- Bloomberg News: Americans will get an extension to enroll in Obamacare insurance plans, as long as they started the process, but were unable to complete it before the March 31 deadline. With a last-minute surge, more than 6 million are expected to sign up, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimates, a great sign for the White House who have been under siege from lawmakers, charging the law to be riddled with deficiencies. http://goo.gl/qko7eH
- NYT's: New pro-gun legislation passed in Georgia will allow guns in bars, schools, restaurants, churches and airports, pending the signature of Gov. Nathan Deal. Americans for Responsible Solutions, founded by Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who was critically wounded in a mass shooting in 2011, described the new law as “the most extreme gun bill in America”. `` In the past year alone’’, the Times reports, ``21 states have passed laws expanding the rights of gun owners, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Three allow guns in churches, two allow them on college campuses, four in bars and eight in schools.’’ http://goo.gl/jqRH9s
- WSJ: Lost at Sea: short profiles of the people who perished on #MH370 http://goo.gl/U893Zg
- N.Y. Post: Two CNN producers were arrested Tuesday for trying to sneak into the World Trade Center site to test its security in response to a Post story which reported that a teenager made it the top of the WTC. http://goo.gl/3XJgGH
- Pew Research Journalism Project: In 2013, 82% of Americans said they got news on a desktop or laptop and 54% said they got news on a mobile device. Overall, newspaper revenue declined 52% from 2003 to 2012 to $22 billion, while during the same time, digital advertising grew almost three times to $3.4 billion – although that increase still did not make up for the huge losses on the print side. http://goo.gl/VSs3dn
- Quartz: Why Do People Quit Twitter? http://goo.gl/5ciB5f
- Market Watch: The 10 Best Part-Time Jobs: 27 million people work part-time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Despite the fewer hours worked, MarketWatch lists a selection of part-time jobs that pay reasonable well; and are additionally in key sectors of the economy in which the job base is expected to grow. http://goo.gl/ir3em9
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- WSJ INFOGRAPH: 86% of Internet users say they've taken steps to mask their digital footprints. http://goo.gl/Ljsf7U
- World Bank Data Interactive Chart: ``Survival curves” for females from 2005-2010. In Japan, about 78% of female newborns survive up to age 80, in Sierra Leone; by comparison, 7% of female newborns survive up to that age. http://goo.gl/nyRmzr
- USA Today: Gallup ranks best and worst cities for well-being, http://goo.gl/XIlVbu
- World Bank Report: By 2030, up to 70% of the Chinese population - some one billion - will be living in cities. http://goo.gl/oNJP7e
- Mashable: Percentage of Respondents Who Use Moble Apps to Follow March Madness During the Workday: http://goo.gl/lpSCA6
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