Stephen Colbert Wants You to Know He's Not a Racist
- Marketwatch: 10 Reasons for the sluggish economy, including the harsh winter resulted in lost sales; the higher cost of cultivating crops, along with shortages created by the cold weather, have driven food prices up faster than at any time in the past three years. Obamacare is another reason for the sluggish economy. http://goo.gl/deQE6g
- WSJ: Faces of the Affordable Care Act: The Journal profiles individual Americans to see how the Affordable Care Act will impact their lives: http://goo.gl/Q2HviU
- WP: Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. admitted the National Security Agency has searched for Americans’ communications without warrants in massive databases that gather e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets. Declassified court documents show the NSA collects about 250 million Internet communications a year under the program. “This is unacceptable,” Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said in a statement. “It raises serious constitutional questions, and poses a real threat to the privacy rights of law-abiding Americans.” http://goo.gl/jl96K7
- AP: Former NFL star Michael Strahan, co-host of “Live with Kelly and Michael'' is expected to join the cast of ABC's "Good Morning America," at least on a part-time basis http://goo.gl/ue4zTl
This and STAT
- WSJ: 10 Facts about Wages in America: the average U.S. orthodontist earns $196,270, the average CEO makes $78,400.There are 4.5 million retail salespeople, the most of any occupation. That’s followed by cashiers at 3.3 million. Average pay for those jobs: $12.20 per hour for retail sales and $9.82 for cashiers. http://goo.gl/Vk1WY1
- Twitter for newsrooms and journalists…simple methods to improve your performance on Twitter. http://goo.gl/gtW5iP
- ESPN INFOGRAPH: Tiger Woods hasn't been the same player since 2008. This year will be the 1st time since 1994 that Tiger Woods will not play at the Masters. http://goo.gl/dDeqMT
- U.S. Map: Percent of target population enrolled in Obamacare: http://goo.gl/MKTxIA
- ESPN: Final Four Facts: http://goo.gl/qCeUoF
- NASDAQ.com INFOGRAPH: Astonishing insights about the current state and future of the mobile gaming industry: http://goo.gl/L9z9GE
- USA Today INFOGRAPH: A majority in Congress had an average net worth of $1 million or more in 2012: http://goo.gl/O8PFb3
- 7,041,000 Americans have enrolled for private health insurance.
- GM has recalled 6.3 million vehicles since Feb. 13.
Blurbs from the Ballpark:
- In Tuesday’s curtain-raiser, Derek Jeter slapped his first hit of his farewell season, number 3,317 of his career.
- ESPN: CC Sabathia allowed only 3 runs in 21 innings in spring training. He's already allowed 6 tonight to Astros. CC Sabathia's ERA is 108.00 right now.
- USA Today: MLB Salaries Database: 114 MLB players will earn $10 million or more this year. http://goo.gl/G8rXMh
- ESPN: Tuesday's rainout between Oakland and Cleveland was the first Athletics rainout at home since May 5, 1998 (vs. Tigers).
- MLB said Tuesday that 223 players among the 853 on opening-day rosters and inactive lists were born outside the 50 states. At 26.1 percent, the share is down from 28.2 percent last year and 28.4 percent in 2012. Players come from 16 countries and territories, the most since 2008.
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