Romney scores big win over Santorum in Illinois
CHICAGO - Republican Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory over top rival Rick Santorum in Illinois on Tuesday, moving him one step closer to clinching the party's volatile battle for the presidential nomination. | Video
French police swoop on suspects in school killings
TOULOUSE - Two French police officers were injured in a shoot-out during a raid on a house in Toulouse on Wednesday to arrest suspects in the killings of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in southwest France this week, a police source said. | Video
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From gold dust, a billion dollar claim
SEMONGKONG, Lesotho - A class-action lawsuit involving thousands of people who claim South African gold mining firms ruined their lungs touches on race, politics and history, and the implications for the industry are huge. Full Article
The Wall Street gold rush in foreclosed homes
NEW YORK - A growing list of big and small investors are renting out foreclosed homes. But the heated competition for these homes is reminiscent of the frothy expectations that seem to accompany each new Wall Street investing craze. Full Article
Phone call sheds new light on teen's killing
ORLANDO, Florida - Prosecutors announced the case of a teenager shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain will go before a grand jury, as a lawyer for Trayvon Martin's family said the teen was on his cellphone with a friend in the moments before he died. Full Article
Teen's slaying spotlights phantom gun effect
NEW YORK - As the investigation continues into the shooting of an unarmed teenager killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, psychology researchers point to one aspect of the tragedy: how easy it is to "see" that someone is holding a gun when he is not. Full Article
Iran will attack to defend itself: Khamenei
In the face of aggression from the United States or Israel, Iran will attack to defend itself, Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said. Full Article
Syrian cartoonist paid price for getting personal
LONDON - Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat, famous for his bitingly satirical works ridiculing corruption and nepotism, says that after he depicted Assad in his drawings, he was attacked by masked men who dragged him from his car and beat him with batons. Full Article
New iPad reportedly gives off excessive heat
SAN FRANCISCO - The influential U.S. watchdog Consumer Reports is investigating online reports that Apple's new iPad throws off an unusually large amount of heat and will publish its findings later on Tuesday. Full Article
Afghan 'insider attacks kill 13'
Mar 21 - The commander of international forces in Afghanistan says 13 NATO-led troops have been killed this year in attacks apparently by members of the Afghan security forces. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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Examining the insanity defense and MSNBC’s weekend sleaze
Robert Bales' alleged massacre of 16 Afghanistan citizens provides a useful opportunity to explore the insanity defense, particularly in a court-martial setting. And what ratings and ad numbers explain the racy material MSNBC runs on weekends? Commentary
Mike Daisey’s brief guide to answering difficult questions
Thanks to the "Retraction" episode of This American Life and his appearance at Georgetown University last night, we now know more than we ever wanted to about Mike Daisey's damage control theories. Commentary
Surprise — we might actually begin meaningful housing reform this year
There is some real hope that a reform effort will start shifting a portion of the government's role in housing finance back to the private sector, while maintaining the availability of credit and ensuring the transition doesn't jeopardize the nascent recovery. Commentary
Goldman Sachs history shows resignation naivete
For 143 years Goldman has tried to strike a balance between serving the needs of its customers and creating lucre for its partners. By the numbers, Goldman has thrived. But what the firm failed to calculate was the cost to its reputation of a success born less of helping customers than helping itself. Commentary
How to stop the Whac-a-Mole of insider trading
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's work rooting out insider trading is good news for U.S. investors, sort of, as long as you're not one of the 240 people being investigated. But until governments tackle insider trading on a global basis, it's like playing Whac-A-Mole, according to Robert Boxwell and Maeen Shaban. Commentary
No, a nation’s geography is not its destiny
World inequality cannot be explained by climate or diseases, or any version of the geography hypothesis. Instead, inequality in the modern world largely results from the uneven dissemination and adoption of technologies, according to authors Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Commentary
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When the entrepreneur met the venture capitalist ... a love story
The characters in "When Harry Met Sally" should step aside. Venture capitalists and the entrepreneurs they decide to commission share how they met and how important their close relations are to succeeding. Video
Texas redistricting wrangle hits Romney, Republicans
AUSTIN, Texas - A dispute over the redrawing of Texas' congressional districts has delayed the state's primary by almost three months, complicated the Senate and House contests and altered the race for the White House. Full Article
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