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Plane kills man in SC emergency beach landing (AP)
AP - A single-engine plane with oil on its windshield hit and killed a man on a Hilton Head beach as the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing.
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U.S. history textbooks could soon be flavored heavily with Texas conservatism (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - The nation’s public school curriculum may be in for a Texas-sized overhaul, if the Lone Star state’s influential recommendations for changes to social studies, economics and history textbooks are fully ratified later this spring. Last Friday, in a 10-to-5 vote split right down party lines, the Texas State Board of Education approved some controversial right-leaning alterations to what most students in the state—and by extension, in much of the rest of the country—will be studying as received historical and social-scientific wisdom. After a public comment period, the board will vote on final recommendations in May.

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Lowell makes spring debut for Red Sox, at 1B (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Mike Lowell made his spring training debut for the Boston Red Sox -- at an unfamiliar position. Lowell, who had surgery Dec. 30 to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb, played first base Monday in an 8-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. It was his first appearance at the position since 1998, when he played four games there for the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate.
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Chinas Redgate Seeks $43 Million in I.P.O. (New York Times)
The advertising agency runs television, radio, billboards and Internet marketing campaigns in about 160 Chinese cities. Redgate plans to sell 3.75 million American depository shares for between $10.50 to $12.50 each on Monday night for net proceeds of about $33.8 million.
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Plea entered in lotto winner's death (CNN)
A Florida woman accused in the death of a lottery millionaire pleaded not guilty at a court hearing Monday in Hillsborough County, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported.
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