- WSJ Twitter Feeds: Australia confirms Chinese have sighted objects in southern Indian Ocean in search for #MH370 http://goo.gl/1MnXEi
- WSJ: INFOGRAPH: Inside the Black Box: Best chance of solving #MH370 mystery, is finding it. http://goo.gl/p6b86X
- BBC: Russian troops have seized control of a Crimean naval base at Feodosia, the third such attack in 48 hours. http://goo.gl/Q450pJ
- NYT's INFOGRAPH: How Much Europe Depends on Russian Energy, along with actions Russia and Russian state companies have undertaken in order to increase economic pressure on the new pro-Western government in Kiev, including plans to charge Ukraine $500 for 1,000 cubic metres of natural gas. http://goo.gl/3iLsO4
- Was Russia’s recent land grab all that unique and menacing? Why then didn’t the west voice sharp objections to the land grabs carried out by Turkey and Morocco, asks Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at the Northwestern University School of Law, writing in the op-ed section of the L.A. Times. http://goo.gl/B0VhTn
- Nate Silver and his FiveThirtyEight team revise U.S. Senate forecast and predict the Republicans are now slight favorites to win at least six seats and capture the chamber. http://goo.gl/oaZmCL
- World Bank Data: March 24th is World Tuberculosis Day. Although there has been significant progress made in reducing TB, severe challenges still remain. In 2012, there were an estimated 8.6 million new cases of TB with 1.3 million deaths. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. TB is among the top 3 causes of death for women aged 15 to 44. http://goo.gl/7sXQqG
- Dallas Morning News Photo Gallery: 5 Great Films Set in Texas. http://goo.gl/xps9P2
March Madness Update
- 17 brackets (out of 11 million in the Tournament Challenge) have correctly chosen all of the first 12 Sweet 16 teams
- For the first time since 1995, Virginia reaches the Sweet 16. .
- For only the 3rd time, no Big East teams made advanced to the Sweet 16. The other years were 1986 and 1993.
- UCLA is back in the Sweet 16 for 1st time since 2008.
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