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Monday, April 7, 2014

UConn Upperclassmen Prove Too Tough For Kentucky Freshmen To Handle

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Connecticut's upperclassmen were too much for the kids of Kentucky.

Poised and experienced, UConn won its second national championship in four years, outlasting Kentucky and its stable of freshmen Monday night.

UConn (32-8) dominated early, withstood a big charge late in the first half and made all the clutch plays down the stretch of a 60-54 victory that made Kevin Ollie the first coach since Michigan's Steve Fisher in 1989 to win a national title in his first NCAA tournament as coach.

Most States Improve Election Performance: Report

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new report by a nonpartisan public policy group says Americans spent an average of three minutes less standing in line to vote in the 2012 presidential election than they did four years earlier. An exception was Florida, where the wait increased by 16 minutes.

The report by Pew Charitable Trusts, released Tuesday, said states generally did a better job of handling elections in 2012 than in 2008. It examined 17 points about election administration, including the percentage of provisional ballots cast, the proportion of voter-registration applications rejected and the percentage of people 18 and older who voted.

Shelves Collapse At Discount Store In New York City, Injuring 8

Eight people were hurt -- including seven seriously injured -- when the shelving apparently collapsed at a discount store in the Bronx.

Three of the injured are children, according to local media reports.

“I was walking toward the back and all I heard was this thunderous loud noise,” Norma Villafane, 59 told The New York Post. “I turned and shelves fell onto one gentleman.”

Shabazz Napier Is The Most Outstanding Player At The 2014 Final Four

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Connecticut's Shabazz Napier has been selected the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four after getting 22 points and six rebounds in Monday night's NCAA championship game.

The Huskies' steely point guard outshined Kentucky's freshmen phenoms in the 60-54 win. Napier and fellow backcourt mate Ryan Boatright controlled the tempo and together outscored Wildcats twin guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison 36-15.

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Actos Verdict: Jury Orders Takeda, Eli Lilly To Pay $9 Billion In Damages

April 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. jury ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd to pay $6 billion in punitive damages and Eli Lilly and Co to pay $3 billion in a case claiming that cancer risks to the diabetes drug Actos were concealed, the plaintiffs' lawyer said.

The lawyer, Mark Lanier, said there was "stunned silence" in the packed courtroom following the announcement of the damages.

The jury in Lafayette, Louisiana also order the payment of $1.475 million in compensatory damages in the suit.

Takeda's shares in Tokyo tumbled 8.4 percent to 4,415 yen following news of the verdict.

The case number is 11-MD-2299. (Reporting by Daniel Levine in San Francisco; Writing by Edmund Klamann)

'One Shining Moment' Remains One Of Greatest Parts Of The NCAA Tournament (VIDEO)

For many college basketball fans, the NCAA Tournament doesn't really end until they hear "One Shining Moment."

With the anthem of the NCAA Tournament again providing the soundtrack, CBS unveiled its latest memorable highlight montage after UConn held off Kentucky to win the 2014 national championship on Monday night. Along with footage of Shabazz Napier and the champion Huskies, the 2014 edition of "One Shining Moment" included a look back at Dayton's Cinderella run, Aaron Harrison's series of game-winning shots for Kentucky and even one especially excited member of the Stanford band.

Watch this year's version of "One Shining Moment" above and then check out some of the past versions below.

Who Wore It Better: These Anime Characters Or Their Poser Humans?

Anime fans are a devoted bunch, showing up to anime conventions en force to profess their deep, deep love for the animated art form -- a style that focuses more on the realism of its environment than the characters themselves.

Attendees show up in "cosplay" (short for "costume play"), submerged in the ethos of their favorite characters, whether they're from anime shows, video games, or -- as seen below -- even "The Hunger Games" and "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia." People get lost in these alter-egos, but unlike the red carpet, it's not a catty scene. If two people show up in the same cosplay, it's as if they'd just found their soul mate.

We pitted the die hards from Kawaii Kon 2014, which took place in Honolulu on April 4-6, against their original versions to see who comes out on top.

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Kevin Ollie Wins It All For UConn In Just His Second Season In Charge

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — It's not that Kevin Ollie looked uncomfortable sitting on a stool in front of the Connecticut bench. It's just that he looked a lot more comfortable in a defensive stance exhorting the Huskies in the national championship game.

That's how he spent the majority of the biggest game of his short college coaching career Monday night, a 60-54 victory over Kentucky. Right on the sideline. In some plays he looked like a sixth Connecticut defender, just wearing a suit and tie.

Missed Free Throws Doom Kentucky In Championship Game Loss To UConn

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Another team coached by John Calipari was done in at that harmless strip of paint just 15 feet from the basket.

After shooting well from the free throw line much of the season, the young kids from Kentucky wilted when it mattered most Monday night. Their inability to make one of the simplest shots in basketball was a big reason why they lost 60-54 to Connecticut in the national championship game.

Rahm Emanuel Faces Public Pension Crisis

CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel has been a force in politics — the mastermind behind a Democratic takeover of Congress, dealmaker in two White Houses and now the hard-charging mayor intent on fixing what ails the nation's third-largest city, no matter whom he ticks off in the process.

But less than a year before asking voters to give him a second four-year term, the man once nicknamed "Rahmbo" for his fierce political maneuvering has now come face to face with a mess that could undermine Chicago's reputation as an efficient metropolis and derail its ambitions to become a high-tech business mecca: the worst public pension crisis of any major U.S. city.

UConn Wins National Championship With 60-54 Win Over Kentucky

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Coaches and players left them. Others told them to go away.

The guys who stuck around at UConn ended up with the last laugh and a pretty good prize to go with it: The national title.

George W. Bush And Bill Clinton Sit Side-By-Side At The NCAA Championship Game

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton sat side-by-side at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Monday as they watched the NCAA championship game with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Bush and Clinton watched the Connecticut Huskies and the Kentucky Wildcats compete to win college basketball's national title. Former First Lady Laura Bush was also in attendance, sitting to her husband's left.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was sitting in front of Bush and Clinton, and made it into a shot of the former presidents on the stadium's jumbotron.

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As Obama Spotlights Gender Gap In Wages, His Own Payroll Draws Scrutiny

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday will call attention to what he has said is an “embarrassment” in America: the fact that women make, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns.

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Monday, April 7, 2014