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his fingers to sprinkle cojita cheese and red onion into chicken tacos.
• A gloveless bartender wedged an orange slice on the edge of a white wine spritzer.
• All of them were breaking a state law that took effect in January, but won't be enforced until July.
• California is a straggler in banning bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food. A state-by-state review of food codes shows 41 other states have a version of the legislation signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Three No. 1s, 3 double-digit seeds the big stories of NCAA's Sweet 16

• The Billion Dollar Dream has been over for a while. Most bracket sheets are loaded with red X's. Still, there is plenty of March Madness ahead of us in the NCAA tournament's round of 16.
• You want favorites? Three No. 1s -- Florida, Arizona, Virginia -- are alive and well after two rounds.
• You want underdogs? How about three with double-digit seedings -- Stanford, a 10, with 11s Dayton and Tennessee.
• You want a rivalry? It's tough to beat Kentucky-Louisville.
• You want rematches? Besides Kentucky-Louisville there is Arizona-San Diego State.

Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Monday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2014. There are 282 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez (vahl-DEEZ') ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil.

• On this date:
• In 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
• In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.

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