MSNBC: Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border [March ‘11 Diet]

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Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket, only to lose in a landslide, died Saturday. She was 75.

Source: Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75

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Just down the hill from where a state's leaders are wrestling with a $10 billion deficit, a tiny variety store is abuzz.

Source: $319 million! Winning Mega Millions ticket sold

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NYT analysis: Even as the Obama administration defends the NATO-led air war in Libya, there's a new risk to countries seen as far more vital to American interests.

Source: NYT: Unrest in Syria, Jordan is new test for US

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The radioactivity in water in one unit of a hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has tested 10 million times higher than normal, the plant's operator said Sunday.

Source: Radiation spikes at stricken Japan nuke plant

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Emergency workers struggling to pump contaminated water from Japan's stricken nuclear complex fled from one of the troubled reactors Sunday after reporting a huge increase in radioactivity — a spike that officials later apologetically said was inaccurate.

Source: Japan: Huge radiation spike at plant a mistake

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NATO will assume command of all aerial operations — including ground attacks — in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Mormmar Gadhafi's forces.

Source: NATO to take over as Libyan rebels push west

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Harry Wesley Coover Jr., known as the inventor of Super Glue, has died at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94.

Source: Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, dead at 94

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Highly radioactive iodine seeping from Japan's damaged nuclear complex may be making its way into seawater farther north of the plant than previously thought, officials said Monday.

Source: Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan

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A California woman who was convicted of killing her elderly tenants and burying them in the backyard of her boarding house died Sunday in prison, authorities said. She was 82.

Source: Woman who buried tenants in yard dies in prison

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A sailboat capsized and threw 10 people into the waters of San Diego Bay, leaving two men dead, one woman in intensive care, and seven other people injured, authorities said.

Source: 2 dead, 8 hurt as sailboat sinks off San Diego