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• '#Facegram' news sparks Twitter storm
• U.S., Brazil uncork new booze protection deal
• Does cyberbullying law punish free speech?
• Bella Santorum to be released from hospital
• Trayvon Martin case: no grand jury for Zimmerman
• Maryland Mega Millions winner comes forward
• Could political uncertainty cause a recession in 2013?
• W.H. Easter Egg Roll: Where the wild kids are
• Team Obama skewers Romney on tax fairness
• Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion
• Gingrich all but quits presidential campaign
• Iran signals possible nuclear compromise
• Photos: Cruise ship retracing Titanic's voyage
• New GSA video released, puts agency in crosshairs -- again
• Birth-control pioneer says fight has personal cost
• Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign raises $6.9 million
• Tiny 'factories' aim to make cancer drugs inside the body
• Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge
• Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow
• UFO or hoax? Aerial video over South Korean stirs speculation
• British boy finds live grenade on Easter egg hunt

'#Facegram' news sparks Twitter storm Posted: Facebook's announcement on Monday it had agreed to acquire Instagram--the popular social photo application for iPhone and Android devices--for $1 billion cash sparked a loud reaction online.

U.S., Brazil uncork new booze protection deal Posted: This calls for a toast: The United States and Brazil took a big step Monday toward protecting some of their best-known exports—Bourbon and Tennessee whiskeys and the sugarcane-derived cachaça.

Does cyberbullying law punish free speech? Posted: Arizona lawmakers will review a recently passed anti-cyberstalking bill after critics raised concerns that it's so broad it could authorize arrests for online "trolls" who write mean comments on social media and news sites.

Bella Santorum to be released from hospital Posted: Rick Santorum's daughter, Bella, who suffers from a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18 is expected to be released from the hospital Monday pending doctor approval, a spokesman for Santorum said Monday. During an interview on MSNBC this morning, Hogan Gidley, national communications director for...

Trayvon Martin case: no grand jury for Zimmerman Posted: Florida state attorney Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, said on Monday that the case will not go to a grand jury. The decision does not rule out the possibility that George Zimmerman, Martin's shooter, could be arrested. The grand jury had been set to meet Tuesday [...]

Maryland Mega Millions winner comes forward Posted: A Maryland winner of a share of the record U.S. $656 million Mega Millions lottery has come forward, the Maryland Lottery said on Monday.

Could political uncertainty cause a recession in 2013? Posted: Do party politics influence investors? Maybe -- maybe not. The S&P 500 (GSPC) has gained more than 62 percent since President Obama took office in 2009, and despite losses last week, the S&P is still up 11 percent year-to-date.

W.H. Easter Egg Roll: Where the wild kids are Posted: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, an annual rite of spring that drew some 30,000 parents and kids to frolic on the South Lawn. Obama, wearing a crisp light-blue-and-white check shirt and khakis in a sea of seasonal pastels, oversaw two of the miniraces, [...]

Team Obama skewers Romney on tax fairness Posted: As part of a weeklong campaign around the Buffett Rule, President Obama's re-election team is making Mitt Romney the face of income tax inequality.

Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion Posted: A picture is worth a thousand words, but a popular photo-sharing app is worth far more: Facebook announced it is purchasing Instagram for $1 billion.

Gingrich all but quits presidential campaign Posted: This week, Newt Gingrich will hold events in North Carolina, New York, Delaware and Missouri as he maintains a packed 2012 campaign schedule. But the former House speaker's activity belies what is quickly becoming the certain end of his presidential bid. Asked by "Fox News Sunday" host Brit Hume Sunday if he's resigned to the idea of [...]

Iran signals possible nuclear compromise Posted: Iran's top nuclear official has signaled that Iran could compromise on uranium enrichment by eventually only enriching to the low level needed for power. Fereidoon Abbasi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, told state television on Sunday that Iran doesn't need uranium enriched above...

Photos: Cruise ship retracing Titanic's voyage Posted: In this photo taken Sunday, April 8, 2012, wearing period costumes, British passenger Jacki Free holds her daughter, name not given, as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship sails from Southampton, England. A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago set sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

New GSA video released, puts agency in crosshairs -- again Posted: The House committee on Oversight and Government Reform released yet another new video clip today from the U.S. General Services Administration's big-spending conference in Las Vegas, extending the embarrassing episode for the agency and the Obama administration. In the newly surfaced clip, which is titled "POTUS [President of...

Birth-control pioneer says fight has personal cost Posted: Taunts of "baby killer" and "butcher" still echo in Bill Baird's ears, nearly five decades after he began fighting for birth control and abortion rights.

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign raises $6.9 million Posted: Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren announced Monday an impressive fundraising haul of $6.9 million, more than double the total raised by Republican Sen. Scott Brown over the same period. "The incredible enthusiasm we have seen from people across the Commonwealth who are contributing to this campaign shows the strong grassroots momentum behind Elizabeth's fight for [...]

Tiny 'factories' aim to make cancer drugs inside the body Posted: Cancer that has spread throughout a person's body is tough to kill without causing too much collateral damage. But tiny "protein-factory" particles could target tumors specifically by manufacturing cancer-killing drugs anywhere within the human body.

Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge Posted: Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have made professors start holding classes outside and forced security officials to put in new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward for information.

Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow Posted: The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.

UFO or hoax? Aerial video over South Korean stirs speculation Posted: A new video has surfaced that some claim shows a saucer-shaped UFO zooming past the window of a passenger airplane flying over Seoul, South Korea. In the video, the unidentified passenger is filming the otherwise uneventful view from the plane's window. Suddenly he makes a startled sound as the white saucer-like image comes into view. [...]

British boy finds live grenade on Easter egg hunt Posted: A 3-year-old British boy on an Easter egg hunt Saturday morning discovered a live hand grenade. The device was on the side of a busy road next to the field where families were conducting their Easter ritual in Holford, Somerset. According to reports in the...

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