Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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The pope met with cardinals one by one today and was to fly to the papal retreat and into retirement by 2 p.m.
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A conclave of cardinals will meet in secrecy and choose a new pope. Smoke from the Sistine Chapel will let the outside world know.
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But lawmakers believe votes today to avert $85 billion in budget cuts by Friday are doomed.
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The Obama administration says it will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $60 million in assistance.
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A government report today says about $5.1 billion was paid for patients to stay in nursing facilities that didn’t meet quality-of-care rules.
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The budget expert will start as Treasury secretary a day before huge automatic government cuts are to take effect.
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A tycoon plans to send a married couple on a privately built spaceship on a slingshot voyage around Mars.
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The country consumes about 80 percent of the world’s Bluefin tuna, and stocks have plummeted by about three-quarters over the last 15 years.
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Eight rooms have closed in the past two years, as a crackdown on Internet gambling weakens the game’s appeal.
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Smart watches can display texts, email, scan Twitter and also tell time.
