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Spencer King of St. Joseph's Heart and Vascular Institute in Atlanta. He is former president of the American College of Cardiology. Its conference earlier this month featured research on these novel devices.
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BracketRacket: Sweet 16 set, Florida Gulf Coast (Dunk City), Craft's shot, NASCAR's Sadler
• Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs.
• Today, we see what happens when Ohio State hits a buzzer beater, ride shotgun with NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler and see why the cool kids are referring to Fort Myers, Fla., as "Dunk City."
• But first, let's acquaint ourselves with the Sweet 16, shall we?
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Monday, March 25, the 84th day of 2013. There are 281 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset.
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Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
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• On this date:
• In 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned the King of Scots.
• In 1634, English colonists sent by Lord Baltimore arrived in present-day Maryland.
• In 1776, Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by the Continental Congress.
• In 1865, during the Civil War, Confederate forces attacked Fort Stedman in Virginia but were forced to withdraw because of counterattacking Union troops.
• In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon (MA'-sih-luhn), Ohio, to Washington D.C., to demand help from the federal government.
• In 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when fire (Continued on page 26)
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