- April 1, 2012 -- Bruce Weber knows that Kansas State fans may not accept him right away. That much became clear when a small rally for another coaching candidate turned into a protest of his hiring.
(Abc Local Web)- NEW ORLEANS -- The first Final Four game had the bigger buildup but the second game might be better remembered. The teams, though, certainly didnt take a back bench.
(Los Angeles Times)- NEW ORLEANS — Kansas won the "other game" Saturday, the second N.C.A.A. tournament national semifinal, a contest most notable on the surface for what it lacked: even one team from the Bluegrass State.
(New York Times)- (CNN)-- The University of Kansas mens basketball team squeaked by Ohio State late Saturday night, setting up an an NCAA tournament championship showdown with top-seeded Kentucky. Hours earlier, Kentucky defeated Louisville in its own semifinal.
(CNN)- NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of padded, orange seat cushions — a Final Four gift to the 73,361 fans who crammed inside the Superdome — cascaded toward the court in a mini-hurricane from just about every nook and cranny of the world's largest indoor stadium.
(New York Post)- Trailing by 13 points late in the first half and nine at intermission, Kansas (32-6) held OSU to eight second-half field goals on 33 attempts. The Jayhawks also dominated the Buckeyes on the backboards, outrebounding them for the night 42-30.
(USA Today)- NEW ORLEANS — Even though the national semifinal between storied programs Kansas and Ohio State had the prime-time slot on CBS, it was relegated to the undercard in this Final Four.
(New York Daily News)- NEW ORLEANS — Well, this matchup is going to look familiar. John Calipari and his Kentucky juggernaut will face Kansas for the national championship on Monday night.
(Nashville Tennessean)- CHICAGO (AP) — Lottery ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland each selected the winning numbers for the world record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said early Saturday.
(Des Moines Register)- Despite what those Bluegrass basketball fans may have told you, the national championship is not being contested tonight. More importantly, there are actually two games taking place at the Superdome in New Orleans.
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- In a secure laboratory built to contain harmful pathogens, Fouchier took the H5N1 bird flu virus and mutated it, through some worryingly simple steps, into an airborne strain that spread swiftly among ferrets in neighbouring cages.
(The Guardian)- A confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza in Egypt has taken the life of a woman from Dakahlia Governorate according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(Examiner)- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 17-year-old has died of bird flu in Indonesia. He is the countrys sixth fatality from the virus so far this year.
(Houston Chronicle)- NEW YORK -- The U.S. governments biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, dont reveal details bioterrorists could use.
(Huffington Post)- A government advisory committee has reconsidered its advice to keep certain details of bird flu experiments secret. Revised versions of manuscripts that describe two recent studies can be openly published, the committee now says.
(NPR News)- The pro-Hanoi Vietcong began a guerrilla campaign in the late 1950s to overthrow Diems government, which an official Vietcong statement described as a disguised colonial regime.
(Worldnews.com)- Scientists, security experts, flu virologists and others are arguing over whether the details of experiments with lab-altered forms of bird flu can be made public, or whether that would amount to publishing the recipe for a superflu that could be used as a bioweapon.
(NPR News)- KATHMANDU, March 19 (Xinhua) -- After the confirmation of bird flu avian influenza in a farm in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, the alert level among the residents of Kathmandu has been elevated.
(Xinhua News Agency)- While several countries around the world perform details genetic analyses of both the H5N1 strain and other influenza viruses that could contribute to a new pandemic, on a global scale the flu surveillance is in dire shape, reported Nature.
(Scientist)- LIMBURG, Netherlands, March 18 (UPI) -- Bird flu was detected among turkeys at a farm in the Dutch province of Limburg, officials said.
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- This week we face a Full Moon on Friday Actually, your attraction to beauty from foreign places could morph into romance with someone from another culture. (Fun way to learn a new language.
(Chicago Sun-Times)- Welcome to our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about pop culture weve come across in the past seven days.
(Atlantic Online)- In addition, the Weeks' family papers — letters it takes more than a day or two to get a good taste of Cajun culture. Plan to take it in a little at a time.
(Nashville Tennessean)- Pope Benedict preached a message of unity as he opened Holy Week celebrations on Palm Sunday before tens on the peoples who make up the world, on its different cultures and civilizations, he said.
(msnbc.com)- Local Restaurant Week celebrates the unique independent restaurants that contribute to our great WNY culture. Profits from each dollar spent at your locally-owned, independent restaurant stay in WNY and help make our community stronger.
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- -- Epic disasters – the anguished cries, the stories of heroism – are the central narratives of our age, both enthralling and horrifying.
(Huffington Post)- A hundred years ago, the sinking of the Titanic was a tragic disaster. Today, it's fodder for an entertaining outing with the kids.
(Dallas Morning News)- There's no doubt about it: moving stinks. You pack your belongings, living with cartons and mess in the meantime, always needing something that's stashed in a mystery box.
(Savannah Morning News)- To the places doing dinners marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, add Cafe Bacchus in Morgantown, W.Va. The restaurant is in a big brick former home at 76 High St.
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)- Reservations recommended as some dates sell out. Online tickets are $20.68 adults, $10.77 ages 5-12.
(Green Bay Press-Gazette)- Filet mignon, poached salmon, lamb with mint sauce, oysters, Waldorf Pudding and other courses will be recreated to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful maiden voyage and raise scholarship money for needy students.
(YAHOO!)- NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Titanic museums in the Smoky Mountains and Branson, Mo., have told the ships story to 7 million visitors in the past six years.
(Tulsa World)- To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of one of the most historic moments in history, the movie Titan is being released in 3-D for a limited time on April 4th. This movie is iconic and it is hard to find someone who hasnt seen the movie.
(Examiner)- MCLEAN, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, USA TODAY and National Geographic Channel kick off an editorial partnership with a series of jointly-produced reports to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
(Marketwatch)- For more coverage, visit natgeotv.com/titanic. Watch Titanic 100th anniversary specials on The National Geographic Channel starting April 8 at 8 p.m. ET.
(USA Today)
- Hunt the Gowk Day is celebrated on April 1. Gowk is Scottish for cuckold or fool, and the goal of the day is to hunt them out and make them aware of their foolishness.
(CNN)- For Google, April Fools Day is the annual launch day for a slew of gag products and hoax services you'll likely never see in real life.
(searchenginewatch.com)- Miss your old Nintendo? The engineers at Google clearly do.
(Forbes)- April First is a day that will live in absurdity. April Fools Day is an opportunity for misfits, pranksters and even the media to pull some legs and cause brows to furrow.
(msnbc.com)- Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow @longform on Twitter. Have an iPad? Download Longform's brand-new app.
(Slate)- No joke: Researchers say we are moving away from personal, real-world pranks and into a world of media-driven jokes and Internet tomfoolery.
(msnbc.com)- Today is April Fools Day. No, Im serious, its no joke! It is not too late to plan a last-minute, wacky trip for you and your family. Just keep it lighthearted and fun. Sometimes a day like this is all you need to break up the monotony of the work week.
(Examiner)- Scotland: April Fools is celebrated for two days. Any type of joke goes on the first day, but the second day is only for physical jokes. Many believe the "kick me" sign originated from this day.
(Examiner)- Yet April Fools Day is a time to have a little fun. Try some of these pranks to play on your Thunder fan this April Fools Day. Tell your Thunder fan that bad weather is canceling the game because the Bulls cant make it from their hotel to the arena.
(YAHOO!)- April Fools Day is finally here, putting everyone on edge to prank and be the victim of av prank.
(International Business Times)
- Does Congress or the Supreme Court define the limits of economic regulation The Reagan-era lawyers sought to rein in what they saw as liberal judicial activism. For example, Fried and Kmiec thought the Roe vs.
(Los Angeles Times)- The courts conservative wing appears ready to engage in some despicable judicial activism on ObamaCare But those Tea Party protesters outside may be matched by a Tea Party Supreme Court inside.
(YAHOO!)- For anyone who still thought legal conservatives are dedicated to judicial restraint, the oral arguments before the Supreme the Roberts court and the Warren court, which conservatives have long railed against for being an activist court.
(New York Times)- The line between legislative and judicial has never been more blurred.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)- No one benefits when one side says, Your judges are judicial activists, only to hear rivals say in response, Nuh uh, your judges are.
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- Allene Wynn of Pacoima, Calif., turned 105 years old this week and celebrated her birthday at the Lakers game against the New Orleans Hornets as a guest of the team. I got to touch [Kobe Bryant]. I shook hands with him and hugged him.
(ESPN)- This was ugly. Really ugly. Like, the offspring of Medusa and Jabba The Hut ugly. The important thing is the win, but the second most important thing is the way the win was manufactured.
(ESPN)- THE FACTS: Kobe Bryant made only three shots Saturday, but his third was the biggest -- a go-ahead 3-pointer with 20.2 left in the game that helped lead the Lakers to an 88-85 victory over the Hornets at Staples Center.
(NBA)- The Pacific Division-leading Lakers should have better luck in that department Saturday night against an offensively challenged New Orleans Hornets team that will likely be shorthanded.
(San Francisco Gate)- Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Despite one of the worst shooting performances of his career, Kobe Bryant hit the shot that mattered most with the game on the line. Bryant rose up from the left wing and nailed a go-ahead three-pointer with 20.
(Calgary Herald)- Nash scored a season-high 30 points in a 120-103 victory on Feb. 1. The Hornets (13-39) have lost four of five, including an 88-85 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday after giving up Kobe Bryants 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.
(NBA)- The Lakers, 4-4 since acquiring Ramon Sessions, get a get-well opportunity with New Orleans in town – and Emeka Okafor, Trevor Ariza, Gustavo Ayon out, Eric Gordon doubtful and Jarrett Jack and Chris Kaman questionable.
(Orange County Register)- Mar 31, 2012 - The Los Angeles Lakers look to get back on track on Saturday afternoon, hosting the New Orleans Hornets at Staples Center.
(SB Nation)- Kaman had missed four games heading into Saturdays game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The 7-foot center was part of the trade from the Los Angeles Clippers that netted Chris Paul.
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