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• 2. WHERE MEXICAN CARTELS ARE CROSSING BORDERS • An AP review finds the drug syndicates are deploying its most trusted agents to at least nine non-border U.S. states, often in middle-class suburbs. • • 3. NORTH KOREA PARLIAMENT MEETS AMID NUCLEAR TENSIONS • The Supreme People's Assembly met after a warning from the ruling party that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life." • • 4. GANG OF EIGHT GO THROUGH FINE PRINT ON IMMIGRATION • Lawmakers are hashing out details of the bipartisan plan after big business and labor settle on a deal that would allow tens of thousands low-skilled workers into the country. • • 5. GRUESOME INJURY LEAVES TEAMMATES IN TEARS • Louisville guard Kevin Ware's badly broken leg during a tournament game against Duke stunned millions watching while players and coach Rick Pitino wept. • • 6. CRUCIAL DECISION ON COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT • Prosecutors will say at a hearing today whether they will seek the death penalty against James Holmes in the movie theater rampage that killed 12. • • 7. 3 DEAD IN MASSIVE MOUNTAIN PILEUP • Nearly 100 vehicles crashed along a foggy interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border in 17 separate crashes. • • 8. DRUG MAKER LOSES PATENT BATTLE OVER CANCER MEDICINE • India's highest court rejected Novartis AG's bid in a decision activists say ensures the poor will have access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines. • • 9. HOW SHAKESPEARE DODGED TAXES • Researchers say the playwright sold grain at inflated prices to his neighbors, was pursued for tax evasion and prosecuted for hoarding grain during a shortage in 1598. • • 10. WHO'S IN THE FINAL FOUR • No. 1 seed Louisville, defeating Duke 85-63 after Ware's halftime injury. Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State also punch their tickets. •
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