Ohio school shooting: State likely to seek adult trial for teen suspect (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – T.J. Lane, the teenager held as a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Cleveland-area high school on Monday, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday, where a judge determined that he will remain in custody pending trial. Whether the 17-year-old will face trial as a juvenile or an adult will be determined next month, but Ohio is a state where minors charged with serious crimes are routinely transferred to adult court.

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Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme Court (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The US Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a potential blockbuster case testing the constitutionality of race-based admissions policies at the University of Texas.

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US Capitol suicide bomb plot foiled: How to catch a ‘lone wolf’ (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – Long a mainstay of the drug war, undercover agents have found a new calling in netting so-called “lone wolf” terrorists, including playing a major role in the case of Amine Al Khalifi, the Moroccan man arrested on Friday after he allegedly set into motion a plot to blow himself up inside the US Capitol in hopes of killing at least 30 people.

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Foiled suicide bombing of US Capitol: plot is both familiar and strange (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The man accused of attempting a suicide bombing at the US Capitol building fell into what has become a typical trap set for would-be terrorist attackers in the United States.

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Obama proposes bringing jobs home from overseas. Would his plan work? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama used a Milwaukee factory Wednesday as the venue to amplify his call for the US to create more manufacturing jobs – including by enticing companies to move jobs back to the US from overseas.

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As birth control flap goes on, who benefits most? Santorum? Obama? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The controversy over President Obama’s order on contraception and religious institutions is not going away as a political issue.

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Miramonte sex abuse: Schools facing Catholic Church-like wave of scandal? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The reopening of an investigation into teacher misconduct at a high school in Hollywood and the initiation of another in Pacoima

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Abortion, birth control becoming major campaign issues (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – Whenever abortion becomes a heated political issue, you can be sure that religion is involved. The reverse also

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Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa sees "draconian" cuts ahead in Obama’s budget (The Christian Science Monitor)

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Mitt Romney: From South Carolina loss to big Florida surge (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – In the final days and hours before the Republican primary in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich surged ahead in the polls, leaving Mitt Romney scrambling to make the best of an increasingly losing situation. Romney got shellacked in that race, losing to Gingrich by nearly 13 points.

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