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David Legates, a professor whose research has been supported by fossil fuel companies, has been hired for a top position at the federal agency that oversees weather and climate forecasting.

In a rare test of democracy, a soft-spoken, 31-year-old aid worker won a seat on the Aleppo provincial council in a vote held on March 3 in neighboring Turkey. Abdul Rahman Kahir won top votes for his work organizing aid distributions in the Syrian city.

Last week, Morning Edition looked at possible cuts to the Defense Department as part of what's known as sequestration. Next, we examine the effect of across-the-board spending cuts on the rest of the federal budget. One analyst says right off the top expect a 15 percent reduction in the federal workforce.

Three of the top candidates have said they support only part of the DREAM Act, which proposes paths to citizenship for some undocumented children of immigrants. It's an unpopular stance among the Latino voters the candidates are courting in the border state.

Eight candidates are vying for the office in a race that has tightened in recent weeks. The top two contenders include the candidate from the ruling party that has been in power since 2009, and the wife of the former president who was deposed by the military four years ago.

Jimmy Fallon is on track to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show on NBC in 2014, according to reports in The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter.

After watching Greece from afar, many Spaniards feel that they could be next in line for a costly bailout. Spain will have to pay $40 billion in interest this year alone. Unemployment tops 24 percent and is rising.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who's 81, did not say whether she will stick by a pledge she made in 2018 to limit her tenure in elected leadership.

Five states hold primaries Tuesday, with Senate races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina getting top billing.

As part of a local conservation effort, beehives dot a section of coastline in Mombasa to try to deter people who chop mangroves for firewood or home construction.