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Confetti shoots over the Missouri basketball team at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo., as they watch their team get picked to play as a competitor in the NCAA basketbqall tournament. The NCAA has recently announced the teams that will play in the March Madness basketball tournament. (Photo by L.G. Patterson / AP)

March Madness begins with tournament seeds release

This time around, the madness began before the brackets even came out. Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina all earned top seeding for the NCAA tournament despite recent losses.

Sports Illustrated

Special section:

March Madness 2012: NCAA Men’s Bracket results

Guardian

Committee keeps teams near home

ESPN

Portrait emerges of defendant in Rutgers webcam spying case

Dharun Ravi looked composed for an 18-year-old wearing shorts, a T-shirt and flip-flops when he was brought into a police station for questioning about his Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi.

Associated Press

US fears reprisals after massacre in Afghanistan

U.S. troops in Afghanistan have been placed on alert following the recent alleged killings of 16 Afghan civilians, including women and children, by an American soldier.

BBC

Soldier’s alleged Kandahar rampage: Were warning signs missed?

ABC News

Shooting is another blow to US-Afghan relations

NPR

Maryland college student charged in rampage threat

A University of Maryland student has been arrested and charged with posting an Internet threat claiming he planned to go on a shooting rampage on campus, hoping to kill as many people as possible.

Boston Globe

Blog:

UM student charged with threatening a ‘shooting rampage’

Baltimore Sun

LinkedIn is a hacker’s dream tool

If you use LinkedIn, you‘ve probably told the site where you work, what you do and who you work with. That’s a gold mine for hackers, who are increasingly using public information for pinpoint attacks.

CNNMoney

Meet the kids who are ready to defend against a cyber attack

The Independent

NATION

As cities go broke, pensions are slashed

The economy may be working its way back, but governments at all levels are struggling to close billions of dollars in budget shortfalls.

CBS News

Gun nation: America’s gun-carry culture

A combination of favorable court rulings, grass-roots activism and modern anxieties about government has led to what may be a tipping point on an issue that was one of America‘s most contentious.

Christian Science Monitor

Colorado man indicted for human trafficking, money laundering

A Colorado CEO is accused of luring foreigners to the U.S. to work for a nonexistent university and taking portions of their salaries in what the government called an “elaborate scheme.”

ABC News

Thousands of Chinese trafficking victims rescued by police

Guardian

POLITICS

Republican hopefuls are battling for Deep South wins

The leading Republican presidential hopefuls focused their campaigns on the Deep South, with polls showing a tight three-way contest in pivotal primaries in Alabama and Mississippi.

RealClearPolitics

Government cannot keep up with information requests

The government’s responsiveness under the Freedom of Information Act is widely viewed as a barometer of how transparent federal offices are.

Associated Press

Sen. McCain pans new TV movie about 2008 campaign

Sen. John McCain wants HBO’s “Game Change” — a scathing take on McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate — to just fade away. He said he did not even bother to watch the HBO movie.

NY Daily News

BUSINESS

Homeowners battle banks to stop foreclosures — and win

Six years into the worst wave of foreclosures since the Great Depression, shoddy underwriting and legal shortcuts are coming back to haunt mortgage lenders. Homeowners are fighting back.

(Msnbc.com)

Economy Watch

Hundreds of thousands protest austerity measures in Spain

Hundreds of thousands of people across Spain took part in demonstrations called by the country‘s main trade unions to protest the government’s tough new labor reforms and cutbacks.

USA TODAY

Unions protest as Spain marks 8th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wireless highway charges electric cars as they go

Researchers are close to developing a system that allows electric cars to recharge while they are moving via a recharging road.

BBC

Hacker double-agent?

Does the FBI’s capture and turning of an underground hacker produce results or send fellow hackers even deeper undercover and result in an increase of cyber mayhem?

Scotsman

EDUCATION

Single-district virtual education seen growing fastest

Single-district online learning programs were the fastest-growing sector of virtual learning in the U.S. in 2011. Many districts are launching and sustaining their own virtual learning programs.

Education Week

Michigan Democrats name court, education board favorites

Michigan Democrats chose their favorites for this fall’s state Supreme Court and education board races, hoping to give their candidates a five-month jump in fund-raising and campaigning.

Detroit Free Press

SPORTS

Florida State upsets Duke in Atlantic Coast Conference tourney

Florida State advanced to only the second Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game in the program’s history by beating Duke 62-59. Michael Snaer led the Seminoles with 16 points.

Sports Illustrated

Pens down Bruins to win 9th straight

James Neal had a goal and two assists, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston 5-2 for their ninth straight victory.

MSNBC

Blog:

Rapid reaction: Penguins, 5, Bruins, 2

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Judy Howard Ellis):

Why blacks need another civil rights movement

She the People (Washington Post)

Column (Mitch Albom):

New folks on block are turning it around

Detroit Free Press

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

A lost opportunity for understanding

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

A final honor for Hmong veterans

Star Tribune

Column (Mary Sanchez):

How GOP candidates can reach Latino voters

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Ian Bremmer):

Obama’s Iran dilemma could be a game changer

Reuters

Column (Susan Blumenthal):

Debunking myths about food stamps

Huffington Post

Column (Trudy Rubin):

US will have tough time with hostile Putin

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Kathy Eldon overcame tragedy by helping others tackle challenges

Anyone who knows Kathy Eldon will tell you to beware — she just might change your life. In a world that often sees unlimited challenges, people instead need to “see limitless possibilities,” Eldon says.

Christian Science Monitor

Khan Academy: the future of education?

Sal Khan is a teacher to millions of students, yet none have seen his face. He is the voice and brains behind an increasingly popular free online tutoring site.

CBS News

Longmont nonprofit gives American Indians a helping hand

The Oglala Sioux had buffalo. Loneman Elementary School in Kyle, S.D., had cheeseburgers, pizza, etc. It wanted the buffalo. It had all the earmarks of a win-win situation.

Denver Post

WORLD

Japan marks earthquake anniversary with silence, rallies