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This image shows the 2017 NCAA Division I men's college basketball tournament bracket. Villanova took the overall top seed on Selection Sunday, with Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga joining the defending national champions on the No. 1 line for the NCAA

Selection Sunday: 2017 Men's College Basketball Tournament Bracket Set

8:49am March 13, 2017

by Tom Goldman

On Sunday, the selection committee set the field for the annual descent into March Madness. The four No. 1 seeds are defending champion Villanova, North Carolina, Kansas and Gonzaga.

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Atlanta TV Station Pays Tribute To Rapper Biggie Smalls

7:05am March 13, 2017

On the 20th anniversary of his death, members of the Atlanta news team paid tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. by working the rapper's lyrics into morning traffic reports.

Seals Return To Waters Off Cape Cod And So Do The Sharks

6:59am March 13, 2017

Ecologists insist it's good news that more sharks are expected this summer. Authorities insist swimmers need not worry. The sharks are coming to eat seals.

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In A 'Sanctuary City,' Immigrant Residents Still Fear Police

5:59pm March 12, 2017

by Joel Rose

Newark, N.J., is among hundreds of "sanctuary cities" where local police don't enforce federal immigration laws. But many residents living here illegally still feel anxious around law enforcement.

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Tucker Lane and his mother, Lynn Cash, sit in the wooded backyard of his home in West Barnstable, Mass.

Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S.

5:59pm March 12, 2017

The world is seeing more and more new diseases, and the U.S. is no exception. We're living in a hot spot for tick-borne diseases. Some are deadly. The key to stopping them may be an unlikely critter.

Make America Dinner Again guest Affan Khokhar (left, seated) talks with hosts Tria Chang and Justine Lee (front right, seated) after the dinner as guests (from left to right) Afam Agbodike, Walter Rodriguez and Nick Tucker continue their conversation.

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Political Perspectives Are The Main Course At These Dinner Gatherings

5:59pm March 12, 2017

by Sonia Paul

Most supper soirees aren't strategic ways to get people to work through their disagreements. But two friends have created the ongoing event, "Make America Dinner Again," to get folks talking.

Joni Sledge, one of the original members of Sister Sledge, (second from left) posing with Rodney Jerkins (second from right), her niece Camille Sledge (left) and her cousin Amber Sledge in 2006 in Century City, Calif.

'We Are Family' Singer Joni Sledge Dies At 60

4:07pm March 12, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Together with her sisters, she formed the group Sister Sledge, which was still touring. The band's publicist said they have not yet determined a cause of death and that she had not been ill.

D.R. Johnson's Steve Allen uses a block of wood to make sure boards are aligned properly before the CLT panel enters the pressing machine at far left.

Oregon Lumber Community Looks To Trump And Innovation To Survive

2:00pm March 12, 2017

by Tom Goldman

In Oregon, lumber companies try to innovate to survive the years-long downturn in the timber industry. Some are succeeding. Others aren't and their communities suffer.

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The View From The Border

8:14am March 12, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

With harsh political rhetoric about Mexico still swirling, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro travels to the U.S.-Mexico border to spend time with Border Patrol agents and migrants making the trek to the U.S.

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Deportees From The North, Migrants From The South Overwhelm Mexican Border City

8:14am March 12, 2017

by John Burnett

Donald Trump pinatas and deportees from the U.S. are some of the people and things you'll find in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.