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Middle East
3:31 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Obama Asks Young Israelis To Push For Mideast Peace

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Originally published on Sun March 24, 2013 8:24 am

President Obama is urging both Israelis and Palestinians not to abandon long-stalled peace talks. The president has been practicing some low-key shuttle diplomacy this week.

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3:31 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Children Of Gay Parents Support Same-Sex Marriage

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The Rev. Gene Robinson, along with his daughter Ella and partner Mark Andrew, attend a news conference after Robinson was confirmed as bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minneapolis in 2003. Robinson was the church's first openly gay bishop, and his daughter is an advocate for gay marriage.
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Zach Wahls addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 6. A YouTube video of Wahls testifying in the Iowa Legislature went viral in 2011. He told lawmakers "the sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character."
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Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 2:21 pm

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Research News
2:02 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Mosh Pit Math: Physicists Analyze Rowdy Crowd

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Fans in the mosh pit during the performance of Liturgy at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, Chicago, on July 14, 2012.
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Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 9:55 am

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Movies
2:01 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Not Doing So 'Boffo,' 'Daily Variety' Drops Print Edition

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Print versions of Daily Variety, like this one from 2003, will no longer be available on L.A. newsstands. Variety will continue online and in a print weekly, but the daily print edition is being dropped.
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Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 9:55 am

For eight decades, Daily Variety has been a Hollywood must-read for everyone from studio heads to actors looking for a big break. But the days of assistants running out to grab the "trades" are over: This week, the Los Angeles institution published its last daily edition.

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Business
2:00 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Google's Eric Schmidt Heads To Another Isolated Asian Nation

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Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman and former CEO, stands near a statue of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang in January. He's headed now to Myanmar, another largely untapped market.
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Customers at an Internet and multimedia services store in Yangon, Myanmar. The country is working to expand and improve Internet and mobile phone networks nationwide.
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Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 9:55 am

Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, who went to North Korea in January, is making a short visit Friday to Myanmar, also known as Burma.

Why is the senior executive of a U.S. technology powerhouse visiting some of the poorest and least wired countries in Asia?

Schmidt will be the first top U.S. executive to travel to the Southeast Asian nation since it began emerging from decades of international isolation under a military dictatorship.

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