Headlines Mar. 14-26

1. Mar. 14 (Political) Rick Santorum swept Mississippi and Alabama primaries, Romney won Hawaii. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 14 (Really?) 52% of GOP voters in Mississippi believe Barack Obama is Muslim. A third believe interracial marriage should be illegal.

2. Mar. 15 (Political) Encyclopedia Britannica announced it will no longer be published. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 15 (Crime) VA Tech is ordered to pay $4 million EACH to the family of the students slain in the 2007 massacre. Jurors debated for three-and-a-half hours before saying that university officials at Virginia Tech were negligent for waiting to warn students about a gunman on campus during the 2007 shooting.

3. Mar. 16 (Crime) George Clooney and his father are both arrested and taken into custody at Sudan protest in Washington. The 50-year-old actor, his father Nick and a number of other protesters (including Rep. Jim Moran from Fairfax, VA) had been given three verbal warnings by police not to cross a police line outside the Sudanese embassy before being taken into custody. With his hands cuffed behind his back in white zip-ties, Clooney addressed the plight of 'innocent children' in Sudan. 'Stop raping them and stop starving them,' he said. 'That's all that we ask.’ When asked his name by arresting officers, he said Brad Pitt. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 16 (Crime) Dharun Ravi in gay suicide case is found GUILTY of hate crime and spying on his tragic room-mate. Ravi set up a webcam in his dorm room at Rutgers in September 2010 and captured his roommate, Tyler Clementi, kissing another man, then tweeted about it and excitedly tried to catch Clementi in the act again two days later. Faces 11 years and deportation.

4. Mar. 16 (World) An American teacher was shot and killed by two men linked to Al Qaeda in Yemen. A gunman riding on the motorcycle driven by an accomplice shot the man, an English-language teacher and deputy director of a local language school called the Swedish Institute, as he drove to work. Local police said the gunmen, who escaped after the attack, were believed to be militants linked to al Qaeda. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 18 (Schools) Falls Church High School teacher, Marilyn Bart, is now under investigation after telling the only black student in her class to “read it blacker.” The 14-year-old George Marshall High School student was asked to read Langston Hughes' "Ballad of the Landlord." "When I read it in my normal voice, she told me to read it blacker.“ He’s the only black student in the class. Mar. 18 (Crime) Jason Russell, co-founder of the charity Invisible Children, was being held in a psychiatric ward after reportedly running naked through the streets of San Diego. 'You're the devil, you're the devil': His wife Danica has blamed his breakdown on the attention and personal criticism the YouTube film has generated. Ugandan government released YouTube response - dismissing the 'slick' video and saying militant leader Joseph Kony was no longer in the country

5. Mar. 19 (World) Russia sends troops to Syria in 'show of support' for brutal regime. Attempts by the United Nations Security Council to halt the violence have been repeatedly blocked by Russia which has accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to start another war. Now the Russian Black Sea fleet's Iman tanker has arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean Sea. An anti-terror squad from the Russian Marines is aboard, according to the Interfax news agency. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 19 (Crime/Sad) FBI to investigate fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer' after mother claims son was killed 'because of the colour of his skin'. Zimmerman shot Trayvon once in the chest on the night of February 26. In Zimmerman's 911 call he said Martin, pictured, looked like he 'up to no good' and on drugs as the teen returned home with skittles for his brotherfrom a nearby 7-Eleven. The 28-year-old was patrolling his neighborhood on a rainy night and called 911 to report a suspicious person. Against the advice of the emergency dispatcher, Zimmerman then followed Trayvon who was walking home from the convenience store.

6. Mar. 21(Political) Romney wins Illinois primary. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 21 (Cool) Sweden could be first country to go cashless as even churches are taking cards for offerings. Nation was first in Europe to bring in notes in 1661. Bills and coins now just 3% of Sweden's economy. Bank robberies plunge, but cyber crime surges . In most Swedish cities, public buses don't accept cash - tickets are prepaid or purchased with a cell phone text message. A small, but growing number of businesses only take cards and some bank offices — which make money on electronic transactions — have stopped handling cash altogether.

7. Mar. 25 (Cool) Online 'streaming' films will outnumber DVDs and Blu-Rays combined for first time this year. 3.4 billion views for streamed video versus 2.4 billion for DVD and Blu-Ray 'Tipping point' after 30 years of video on disc and tape. Driven by online subscription services such as Netflix Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 25 (Politics) 'Obamacare' faces three-day constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court. Key mandate of every U.S. citizen buying health insurance under fire. Scheme would see 30million Americans given health coverage. Supporters say it will spread healthcare costs. Critics call it 'unacceptable encroachment on liberty‘. The states argued the requirement that Americans buy health insurance exceeded the powers of Congress under the U.S. Constitution to regulate interstate commerce. The states argued the mandate could not be severed or separated from the rest of the law. They also said Congress improperly coerced the states to expand the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor. The state of Virginia filed its own lawsuit on behalf of its citizens Supreme Court to debate for three days and then make ruling in June. Could sway November's presidential election, say observers

8. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 25 (Sad) Obama aide, David Plouffe, hits back at Gingrich as Trayvon Martin slaying devolves into political war of words. Obama spoke for the first time on the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was fatally shot last month as he walked home after buying candy. The President called the death a 'tragedy' and said, 'If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon. Newt Gingrich called the president's comments 'disgraceful' and racially divisive. 'Is the president suggesting that, if it had been a white who'd been shot, that would be okay, because it wouldn't look like him?' Mar. 25 (Sad/Really?) Geraldo Riverra under fire for inferring Trayvon would not have been shot had he not been wearing a hoodie.'Who wears hoodies? Everyone that ever stuck up a store‘. Young blacks and Latinos are drawing negative attention to themselves.

9. Headlines Mar. 14-26 Mar. 25 (politics) Santorum won the Louisiana primary.

10. Ryan McDougle's Facebook page, lawmaker who supports forcing women to undergo an ultrasound test before having an abortion, was inundated with sarcastic messages from women offering intimate details of their sexual health. He was a sponsor of a bill which would have made it compulsory for women undergoing an abortion to submit to a transvaginal ultrasound examination before the procedure. They claim that as the state's proposed measure regulates women's healthcare, they are justified in going to lawmakers for advice on matters such as sex, menstruation and pregnancy. Headline Updates Mar. 14-26(not on the quiz) George Huguely, has asked judge for a retrial. Huguely faces 26 years in prison. Media lawyer applies for evidence from trial to be made public Peyton Manning is going to Denver 5 year, $96 million contract The average graduation rate of students nationwide is about 75%.

11. Hair Hitler: Controversial Turkish shampoo firm create ad campaign featuring Nazi leader. Biomen ad uses Hitler to promote 'real men's shampoo’ Underneath the footage of Hitler from an undated speech, there is a caption which translates as, 'If you are not wearing a woman's dress, you should not use her shampoo either‘. Kimberly Edgerton, 29, and Michael Edgerton, 27, allegedly broke into their life-long friend Nicole Mineo's home after chatting with her on Facebook and asking if her her family were out. Teacher, 38, admits having sex with her 17-year-old student Petal High School premises in Hattiesburg, Mississippi In the name of Freedom: Tibetan protester sets himself on fire in demonstration ahead of Chinese president's visit to India Protester ran 50m before collapsing in flames outside Indian Parliament Over 30 have performed self-immolation this year in protest at China's rule over Tibet.