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What you ‘like’ on Facebook can be revealing

By Raphael Satter, Associated Press March 11, 2013

LONDON (AP) — Clicking those friendly blue “like” buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out you as gay. It...

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, taken on Saturday, March 9, 2013 and made available Monday, March 11, 2013, firefighters install the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to the world that a new pope has been elected, at the Vatican. Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks Monday before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs more of a manager pope to clean up the Vatican or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful at a time of crisis. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Cardinals count down to conclave with final talks

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press March 11, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There’s no front-runner,...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth signs the Commonwealth Charter at a reception at Marlborough House, London, Monday March 11, 2013. The Charter is an historic document which brings together, for the first time in the associations 64-year history, key declarations on Commonwealth principles. (AP Photo/PA, Philip Toscano) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

UK queen celebrates Commonwealth Day after illness

By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press March 11, 2013

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II attended a London reception to celebrate Commonwealth Day on Monday, her first public appearance since she was briefly hospitalized for a stomach illness. The monarch...

Braithwaite father & son honored for Isaac rescues

By The Associated Press March 11, 2013

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Foundation honors a Braithwaite father and son for rescuing 120 people from Hurricane Isaac’s winds and rising water. Jesse Shaffer III and Jesse Shaffer...

Jindal planning to see the sinkhole for himself

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press March 11, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Seven months after a sinkhole forced the evacuation of 150 homes in swampy Assumption Parish, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that he’ll visit the site where nine acres...

Police: Man used Facebook, free cakes to lure teen

By Associated Press March 11, 2013

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Slidell police say a 41-year-old man allegedly used a bakery Facebook page and free cakes to lure a 15-year-old girl into a sexual relationship, and now they’re asking local...

Nun among 3 charged with illegal voting in SW Ohio

By Associated Press March 11, 2013

CINCINNATI (AP) — A southwest Ohio nun who voted on behalf of another nun who died before last year’s presidential election has been charged with illegal voting. The Hamilton County prosecutor...

In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013 photo, a selection of bottled waters stands on a kitchen counter in East Derry, N.H. Soda's reign as America's most popular drink could be entering its twilight years, with plain old bottled water making a run for the top spot. Already, bottled water has surged past juice, milk and beer in terms of per capita consumption. The result is that bottled water is slowly closing the gap for the No. 1 spot. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

America’s new love: Water

By Candice Choi, Associated Press March 11, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t too long ago that America had a love affair with soda. Now, an old flame has the country’s heart. As New York City grapples with the legality of a ban on the...

A black vulture carcass is hoisted up in a tree in Bridgewater, N.J., Monday, March 11, 2013, by United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife workers in a tried-and-true method of driving away flocks of damaging buzzards. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

NJ stringing up dead birds to get rid of buzzards

By Rema Rahman March 11, 2013

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The dead vulture’s feathers snap and crack, breaking apart as its frozen wings are spread for one last flight. It will soon soar gracefully — albeit briefly...

Rep. Charles Boustany says he won’t run for U.S. Senate in 2014

By The Associated Press March 5, 2013

(AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany says he won’t challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu in her re-election bid next year. A spokesman for the Lafayette congressman confirmed...

Gov. Bobby Jindal to release tax code rewrite proposal by March 15

By The Associated Press March 5, 2013

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal will unveil the details of his highly awaited tax code rewrite proposal by the end of next week, the governor’s office said Tuesday. Jindal spokesman Sean Lansing...

Oregon man charged with helping suicide bomber in Pakistan

By The Associated Press March 5, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — FBI agents arrested a Portland man who works for the city Tuesday on allegations that he provided support to a suicide bomber who participated in a 2009 attack in Pakistan that...