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  • Find out how to keep things green this Spring.Trowel... check.Spade... check.Hoe... check.Gloves... check.Even if you've already got that garden growing,…
  • Next week, the Supreme Court will hear challenges to the Affordable Care Act. In the first of a series of conversations about the case, host Michel Martin sits down with Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute. Cannon opposes the law and his group has filed four briefs with the high court, arguing that key parts of the measure are unconstitutional.
  • New York Mayor, media magnate and public health zealot Michael Bloomberg said he will give $220 million to fight smoking in the developing world. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is giving $300 million for brain research.
  • Muamba, who plays for Bolton in the English Premier League, was "in effect, dead" for 78 minutes after suffering a heart attack, his doctor says. But doctors kept working. Multiple defibrillator shocks got his heart beating on its own again.
  • For more than a year, NPR's Michele Norris has run the Race Card Project, in which she asks people to express their thoughts on race in six words or fewer. Many have written to her with thoughts on the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, which prompted a nationwide movement calling for justice.
  • Most gynecologists don't ask patients about their sexual orientation or if they're having sexual problems, a new study finds. That makes it hard for women to get appropriate medical care, the researchers say.
  • The Food52 Hotline, a new service on Twitter, promises 24-hour cooking advice, and it delivers. But don't expect an instant answer in the middle of the night.
  • The suspected killer of seven people in France is dead. Mohamed Mareh died in a blaze of gunfire as he jumped from a window to escape French SWAT teams. His death ends a wave of attacks that gripped the nation and raised concerns about home-grown terrorism. Mareh told police he had ties to al Qaida.
  • As the Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of his signature domestic policy achievement next week, President Obama will be keeping his distance from the events in Washington. But GOP candidates competing for Obama's job are expected to be paying close attention.
  • In the lead-up to next week's Supreme Court arguments on the health care act, Republicans have been energized by their desire to see the law repealed. But if the Supreme Court strikes it down, the ruling could complicate the GOP race.
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