• Florida Senate: Can Charlie Crist Rebound Vs. Marco Rubio? (source: TIME)

  A growing chorus of pundits is suggesting that Charlie Crist should not even try to battle the resurgent right but instead run in the November general election as an independent (source: TIME)

• Health Care Bill: Obama Has Much at Stake in Reform Vote (source: TIME)

  If President Obama fails to win the upcoming congressional votes that are designed to get a health care bill to his desk, it will be one of the few times a loss truly threatens his future (source: TIME)

• Mexican Drug Cartels Extend Reach Farther Into U.S. (source: NPR)

  Along the U.S.-Mexico border, violence related to the country's vicious drug war is escalating. At the same time, Mexican cartels are increasing activities in their top market, the U.S. (source: NPR)

• Turf Battle Opens New Front In Mexico's Drug War (source: NPR)

  Violence has exploded in Mexico's northeastern border cities, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas, as two drug mafias engage in a vicious new fight for turf. Gunfights have killed dozens of people, and communities up and down the river fear it's ju... (source: NPR)

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• Credit card firms make repayments cheaper (source: FT)

  The government has reached a joint commitment with the UK Cards Association, which represents the credit card industry, to implement changes to support consumers' interest. (source: FT)

• Lao PDR Gets Help to Boost Resilience to Climate Change (source: adb.org)

  The Lao People's Democratic Republic is to receive grants of $3.1 million from ADB and the Nordic Development Fund to help the country become more climate resilient in the face of droughts, floods and other extreme weather events. (source: adb.org)

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• Paperless boarding takes off at United (source: CNN)

  More air travelers may soon be scanning their smartphones instead of paper slips at airport gates. (source: CNN)

• Van Gogh's 'The Bedroom' to be on virtual view during restoration (source: USATODAY)

  One of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings has been taken away for restoration, but art lovers don't have to miss it. (source: USATODAY)

• Mp Kumar Found Dead, Aged 53 (source: Canadastandard.com)

  Labour MP Ashok Kumar has died, his office has said. He was found on Monday morning at his home in Middlesbrough, a spokesman said, in what was being treated as a "sudden accidental death". Dr Kumar... (source: Canadastandard.com)

• 21 Ways To Cut Expenses In Retirement (source: Canadastandard.com)

  10 Reasons You Shouldn't Retire Few Americans are saving enough to finance a retirement that could last 30 years or more. Workers who haven't accumulated enough to maintain their current standard of... (source: Canadastandard.com)

• Afghanistan Veteran Ron White Wins Second Consecutive USA Memory Championship (source: newsblaze.com)

  He was suspended from college for earning a 0.9 GPA, but 2009 USA Memory Championship winner Ron White has come a long way in the years since: With his win at the 2010 USA Memory Championship in New York City on March 6, 2010, the Afghanistan War ... (source: newsblaze.com)

• Historic Agreement Reached to Transition Illinois Residents Unnecessarily Housed in Large, Impersonal Nursing Homes (source: newsblaze.com)

  A landmark agreement between the State of Illinois and thousands of persons with mental illnesses will result in significant reforms of Illinois' outmoded, overcrowded and scandalized nursing home system. The agreement, filed in federal district ... (source: newsblaze.com)