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Today’s primaries about bragging rights

It's the largest delegate haul yet in the GOP race for the White House. Colorado and Minnesota hold caucuses. Missouri holds a nonbinding primary.

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Komen exec quits over Parenthood flap

Karen Handel, a vice president with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, resigned her position Tuesday following a controversy over funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the foundation said.

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Did store spill beans on Apple TV?

Best Buy wants to know if you'd pay $1,499 for a 42-inch, high-definition Apple TV which uses your iPad or iPhone as a remote control.

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LZ: Strip club law a no-brainer

LZ Granderson encourages anybody against the "strip club" bill to walk into a manufacturing plant and ask workers how they feel about their tax dollars being spent on strippers -- by welfare recipients no less.

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Powell boys hit with hatchet before fire

Two boys killed with their father in an apparent murder-suicide suffered hatchet wounds before a fire in their Washington state home, police say.

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‘For God’s sake, this is too much’

Pictures show children shredded by shrapnel. An injured man is rushed from a clinic after it's attacked. The United Nations estimates at least 6,000 people have died in the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. FULL STORY

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Obama to boost Alzheimer’s funding

The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer's research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.

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L.A. school replaces staff after abuse

Students at Miramonte Elementary School will return to class later this week to a new staff because administrators do not want any more "surprises" at the Los Angeles school that is at the center of two child abuse cases.

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Navigating social media traps at work

If you've ever wondered what a social-media presence is worth in an increasingly digitized business world, just ask Noah Kravitz's former employers.

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Greek unions set to strike

Greek union members are expected to go on a daylong strike Tuesday to protest new austerity measures sought by foreign lenders as the country negotiates to keep its finances afloat.

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