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A Boeing 747 jumbo jet starred at the Paris Air Show in 1969. Singapore and Japan airlines have now retired their 747 fleets and others plan to follow.

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Boeing's Iconic 747 May Be Flying Into The Sunset

11:36am March 29, 2014

by Christopher Werth

Sales of the airliner are flagging, and airlines are retiring their 747 fleets. The end may be near for the original "jumbo jet," but in its glory days, it offered an experience like no other.

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Mary Peabody's son, Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody. King thanked the governor for the sacrifices of his mother, Mary, and for her willingness to be jailed for the St. Augustine sit-in.

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Why A Proper Lady Found Herself Behind Bars

10:55pm March 28, 2014

by Karen Grigsby Bates

As racial tensions were rising in 1964, Mary Peabody, the mother of the Massachusetts governor, went to St. Augustine, Fla., to protest segregation.

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American Pastime's Season Starts Off, In Australia

6:34pm March 28, 2014

The Major League Baseball regular season began last week in Sydney, Australia. As sportswriter Stefan Fatsis explains, it resumes with one game on Sunday and a full slate on Monday.

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Internal Report Clears Christie Of Bridgegate, But Dems Don't Buy It

7:03pm March 27, 2014

by Joel Rose

Gov. Chris Christie's administration has released the results of an internal investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures. The report clears Christie of wrongdoing, but New Jersey Democrats question its validity.

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When A Record Quake Struck Alaska, One Small Church Survived

7:03pm March 27, 2014

by Dan Collison

Two residents of Old Harbor, Alaska, recall the 9.2 earthquake that devastated the town 50 years ago Thursday. It remains the largest recorded earthquake in North America and the second in the world.

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Voting Rights Fight Takes New Direction

7:03pm March 27, 2014

by Pam Fessler

Voting rights activists say they're seeing a change in the debate this year — fewer new restrictions and, in some places, a hint of bipartisanship.

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President Prepares To Meet King As U.S.-Saudi Divisions Deepen

7:03pm March 27, 2014

On the eve of President Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia, Robert Siegel speaks with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss U.S.-Saudi relations and questions on Iran.

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On The Syllabus: Lessons In Grit

2:54pm March 27, 2014

by Tovia Smith

Can kids be taught to be more resilient? To see how educators are teaching "grit," Tovia Smith visits a public school in Brooklyn that's trying to change attitudes about failure and frustration.

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Researchers say intervention in early childhood may help the developing brain compensate by rewiring to work around the trouble spots.

Brain Changes Suggest Autism Starts In The Womb

11:03am March 27, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

The organization of certain brain cells in children with autism seems already different from that of typical children by the sixth or seventh month of fetal development, a study hints.

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Christine Moyer checks out options at a health insurance enrollment fair on March 18 in San Francisco.

That Health Insurance Deadline Now Comes With Wiggle Room

8:24pm March 26, 2014

by Julie Rovner

President Obama often said that March 31 was the hard deadline to sign up for individual health insurance. But it turns out it's not so hard. Here's the latest on that slightly squishy deadline.

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