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  • NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that none of the 28 members offered up "specific pledges."
  • A new study finds that providing insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization leads to fewer multiple births. The study's author says this saves lots of money as multiple births put a strain on neonatal intensive care units and other health services. Only eight states require insurers to cover IVF.
  • A sweetly sincere comedy that adds up to a modest entry in the canon of Italian cinematic mother-worship, The First Beautiful Thing jumps between past and present as a pessimist and an optimist confront an impending death.
  • The magazine cited the university's 4/20 smokeout and its reputation as a "beer drinker's paradise" as reasons for handing it the crown.
  • In an interview on All Things Considered, Rep. Paul Ryan said he believed that even though Medicare has very low administrative costs, the free-market would deliver low costs too.
  • Robert Redford's historical drama looks at the story of Mary Surratt — convicted by a military tribunal in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln — and the Union lawyer who defended her.
  • Will Ferrell is starring in a four-episode arc on NBC's sitcom, The Office. To celebrate, Fresh Air is replaying highlights from a 2006 interview with Ferrell about his time on Saturday Night Live.
  • In preparation for the first Communist Party Congress since 1997, Raul Castro has outlined hundreds of reform measures, including some that would start to phase out many of Cuba's classic American cars and others that would change Cuba's property laws.
  • There were more NATO air strikes on targets in the Libyan capital Tripoli Thursday. Libyan officials immediately reported damage to civilian installations. But an official tour of the bombing sites for journalists did not go as the government planned.
  • The IRS reportedly had filed a $1.7 million lien for taxes on the celebrity couple's home. Sharon Osbourne says they have paid the back taxes but had been unaware of the debt earlier. She posted a mea culpa on Twitter: "You have to be on top of your own business affairs."
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