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'Hunger Games': Mortal Combat As Appointment TV

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Are You Not Entertained? TV host Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci) takes the celebrity interview to new lows when chatting up the young combatants in the to-the-death Hunger Games — including Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence).

By Bob Mondello

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Hungry for a good dystopia? Well, as you may be gathering from reports of the millions of tickets sold before prints were even shipped to theaters, author Suzanne Collins has a feast for you in the first movie installment of her young-adult trilogy The Hunger Games.

3:17 pm

Thu March 22, 2012

Goldman Sachs Scours Emails To Hunt For 'Muppets'

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Kermit the Frog on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where he was honored.

By Eyder Peralta

In the aftermath of the "take this job and shove it" scandal, Goldman Sachs has embarked on a muppet hunt.

3:13 pm

Thu March 22, 2012

As Health Care And Politics Collide At Home, Obama Heads Abroad

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President Obama signs the national health care law at the White House on March 23, 2010.

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Then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary Timothy Murphy after signing a landmark state health care law on April 12, 2006, in Boston. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., stands at center.

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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.

A coincidence of timing puts the president in South Korea for a global nuclear security summit on Monday and Tuesday, as the Supreme Court holds the first two of its three days of historic oral arguments on the new national health care law.

3:05 pm

Thu March 22, 2012

How Health Care Ruling Could Shift The GOP Debate

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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signs into law a new health care reform bill during an April 12, 2006, ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston. The bill made Massachusetts the first state in the country to require that all residents have health insurance and has become a centerpiece of criticisms leveled by Romney's opponents in the 2012 presidential race.

By Mara Liasson

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As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear arguments about President Obama's health care law, supporters and opponents are planning a flurry of rallies, press conferences and phone banks to remind people why the law is so great — or so terrible. Republicans have been energized by their desire to see the law repealed, but the issue could be more complicated for the GOP than it seems.

2:26 pm

Thu March 22, 2012

Vanderbilt Rule Rankles Faith-Based Student Groups

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Vanderbilt administrators and faculty field questions at a January 2012 town hall meeting on the school's controversial "all comers" rule. Many campus religious groups say aspects of the policy are discriminatory.

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Vanderbilt University's Kirkland Hall. A controversial nondiscrimination policy has roiled the campus.

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Originally published on Thu March 22, 2012 4:05 pm

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Administrators at Vanderbilt University are beginning to enforce a long-held nondiscrimination policy for student groups. The policy is forcing a dilemma for faith-based organizations: Either drop requirements that their leaders hold certain beliefs, or forfeit school funding and move off campus.

Members of Christian student groups say Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy has them feeling more like victims of discrimination. They include the school's star quarterback, junior Jordan Rogers.

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3:30 pm

Thu March 22, 2012