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GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons promises that he will shoot more elephants in 2012 (examiner)
GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons, reacting to the uproar around the Web after he posted a video of himself hunting elephants in Africa, said that he will be back next year, doing the same thing.

FDA Proposes Menu Calorie Display Requirements (huliq)
Putting calorie counts on menus is something that some areas of the country have already done, and the FDA has just proposed the same menu requirements itself, which would mean a national shock to many restaurant-goers. Many admit that the nation, and the world, have a problem with overweight people, and obese people as well.

Trout opener reels in young, old (lohud)
ohn Drago was taking a timeout from fishing the East Branch of the Croton River a little before noon Friday. The 14-year-old Stepinac freshman had been up here from Yonkers with his uncle since around 8 for Opening Day, the start of trout season in the state. Hey kid, aren't you supposed to be in school? "I'm telling you, it's a holiday," Drago said gleefully. "They should put it on the calendar."

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1 in 5 air traffic control trainees wash out (Las Vegas Sun)
More than one in five of air traffic controllers hired by the Federal Aviation Administration in recent years washed out before finishing their training, said a report released Friday by a government watchdog.

NH Gop leader calls bishop a 'pedophile pimp' (KansasCity)
The Republican leader of the New Hampshire House on Friday called Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack a "pedophile pimp" who should have been led from the Statehouse in handcuffs after speaking at a rally criticizing a state budget proposal.McCormack was among about a dozen speakers at Thursday's rally to protest deep cuts to social services ...

Ivory Coast standoff may be near end amid battles (Deseret Morning News)
Laurent Gbagbo's 10-year grip on the Ivory Coast seemed to be in its final hours Friday after fighters encircled both his residence and the presidential palace and battled to unseat the man who has refused to recognize his defeat in last year's election.

Republicans eye bigger cuts amid budget fight (Philadelphia's WB 17)
As the biggest spending cut in U.S. history takes shape in Congress, Republicans are preparing a more ambitious proposal that could scale back the benefit programs that account for the majority of government spending.

More (The Beaumont Enterprise)
In this Feb. 17, 2011, file photo Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks to the media at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis.

US Pulling Tomahawk Missiles Out Of Libya Combat (Local10)
The Pentagon will soon stop firing Tomahawk cruise missiles against Libya, in addition to pulling its attack planes out of the international air campaign, two U.S. defense officials said Friday.

Minn.'s Bachmann scoops up $2.2M since Jan. 1 (KARE-TV Minneapolis)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has kept up the torrid fundraising pace she had last year by raising $2.2 million in the first three months of 2011.

Twenty Percent of All American Mothers Have Children with Multiple Birth Fathers: Study (huliq)
Twenty percent of all American mothers, 1 in 5, have had children with multiple birth fathers, according to a study released by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

Fact Check: Senate did favor Libya no-fly zone (Topeka Capital-Journal)
Some lawmakers are grousing loudly that President Barack Obama sent the nation's military to Libya without Congress' blessing.

Teacher takes picture of student, then mocks her on Facebook (examiner)
Teachers are supposed to help children, not mock them. Thus comes the tale of a Chicago, IL student, who wore Jolly Rancher candies in her hair to school, only to have a teacher take a picture --- not because she thought the hairstyle was cute, but in order to post it to Facebook along with a mocking message.

Winning Ugly in Libya (foreignaffairs)
The Obama administration has been criticized for its muddled approach to intervening in Libya. But as the experience of Kosovo suggests, an ugly operation is not the same as a failed operation, and even a mission that starts off badly can end well.

Facebook sued for $1B over 'slow' anti-Semitic page removal (examiner)
It sounds like an April Fools' Day prank, but it apparently is not. Facebook, along with CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have been sued for $1 billion (with a B) for intentionally delaying the removal of an anti-Semitic Facebook group in order to "further their revenues and the net worth" of Facebook.