March14, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S. 

• Ryan budget plan combines old cuts, new tax revenues (Washington Post) 
• Paul Ryan’s budget: Social engineering and a side of deficit reduction (Washington Post) 
• The hot air in wind power (Wall Street Journal)
• A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 1 Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors (Energy Matters)
• Journalism schools try out drones—and test legal boundaries (U.S. News)
• House Democrats demand President release full legal basis for drone strikes (RawStory)
• Rand Paul's Filibuster: The Latest Example of Why We Need "President's Questions"  (Reason)
• State of Ore. backs Klamath Tribes water rights (Sacramento Bee)
• The fire sale at the White House (Jewish World Review)
• Justice issues order supporting photojournalist taking pictures of police  (Media Law)
• How more than $8 billion in US taxpayers' money went to waste in Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
• Dow's 'Record Highs' Misleading Without Including Inflation (NPR)
• Dianne Feinstein ignites debate over veterans with PTSD and guns  (Daily Beast)
• Judge: DHS Must Release Body Scanner Safety Reports (Reason)

WORLD

• Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Who is the new pope? (Global Post)
• Francis is first Pope from Americas: Austere Jesuit who modernized Argentine church (Fox News)
• Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity  (Reuters)
• Chinese Farmers Revolt Against Government Land Grab  (NPR)
• U.N. Security Council Hits North Korea With More Sanctions After Nuclear Test (NPR)
• Bomber kills at least nine people in Kabul during Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan  (The Hill)
• U.S. envoy walks out of nuclear meeting over Iran's Israel remark (Reuters)
• Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights  (Reuters)
• Christian homes torched by Pakistani mob (Christian Science Monitor)
• Khmer Rouge genocide: justice delayed may be justice denied (Reuters)

HEALTH/SCIENCE

• Microsoft fined $730 million over browser choice (Christian Science Monitor)
• Flights from NY airport fueled by cooking oil (UT San Diego)
• National Security Letters Target Thousands of Google Accounts (Reason)
• Newly discovered cell could heal damaged tissue, organs, researchers say  (Jewish World Review)
• Can Milk Sweetened With Aspartame Still Be Called Milk? (NPR)

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• Radioactive bluefin tuna caught off coast of California (10 News)
• A special Memorial Day delivery for La Mesa (La Mesa Today)
• Soccer unites refugee and immigrant kids (UT San Diego)
• Fletcher campaign receives over $56,000 from donors outside of state (Reader)
• Portion of Interstate 8 dedicated to fallen agent  Robert W. Rosas (Backcountry Messenger)
• New library, updated school for Lemon Grove (UT San Diego)

• CA Senate passes bill prohibiting schools and employers from asking for Facebook passwords (Sacramento Bee)
• California Democrats bid for 2/3 control of state Senate (Sacramento Bee)
• Mentally ill inmates on the rise (Sacramento Bee) 

• Feds make first arrest in BP Gulf Coast oil spill (CBS)
• Justices to hear appeal over controversial Arizona immigration law (CNN)
• Obama takes on college costs, eyes young voters (Bloomberg)
• Radioactive particles from Japan detected in California kelp (Los Angeles Times)
• Romney sweeps five northeast primaries (USA Today)
• Mitt Romney: Mothers should be required to work outside home or lose benefits (HuffingtonPost)

• Stirring Mexico volcano closes schools, raises alert (Reuters)
• Afghan girls in school after poison attack (BBC)
• Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault (Reuters)
• Hollande and Sarkozy head for runoff in French election (NY Times)