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  • Everyone's favorite underwriting game is back, only this time host Ophira Eisenberg throws great works of art, literature, and music into a blender of product placement.
  • You could also call this game "Geographic Anagrams." A puzzle guru--Ask Me Another's own John Chaneski--faces off against Shortz, a true puzzle master, in a trivia match that'll twist your brain into knots.
  • The Amplify tablet is specially designed for K-12 classroom interaction. While the company touts the ability to improve teaching and learning, critics have questioned News Corp.'s motives.
  • Lack of a director can leave a federal agency treading water on policy and personnel issues, and several major agencies have been leaderless for years. The Senate also needs to act before federal judgeships can be filled, and some 10 percent of those jobs are vacant.
  • The vote on Brennan's nomination came only after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul gave up his effort to block it. He spoke on the senate floor for nearly 13 hours, to make a point — not so much about Brennan, but about the potential use of drones to take out American citizens in the U.S.
  • Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is expected to appear in a Manhattan federal court Friday after he was detained in Jordan and sent to the United States. If he goes to trial, he would be one of the people with the closest connection to bin Laden to face trial in a U.S. court.
  • Economists expect to hear that there were about 160,000 jobs added to payrolls in February. The jobless rate likely stayed near 7.9 percent. Slow job growth and stubbornly high unemployment likely continued.
  • After a special Mass, the closed-door gathering to choose a successor to the now-retired Pope Benedict XVI will begin.
  • Many forecasters predicted a monster storm would hit Washington, D.C., but the nation's capital just got a bit of snow and rain. Channel 5 meteorologist Tucker Barnes did not blame the vagaries of the weather. He took a "timeout," shown on camera sitting in a corner during the broadcast.
  • Colorado voters recently legalized small amounts of marijuana. State lawmakers must work out the details and regulations. They put together a special committee. Because it consists of members of both the state House and Senate, it is known by the phrase that such committee always are. Yes, it is the joint committee on marijuana regulation.
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