AP 2011-03-21

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1. President Barack Obama says he wants a safety review of all 104 nuclear reactors¹ in the US in the wake of the disaster in Japan. The president wants to make sure plants can withstand earthquakes and other disruptions.

2. The House votes to end public funding for National Public Radio, but support in the Senate is slim. Republicans say this makes good fiscal² sense. Democrats³ say it is an ideological⁴ attack, depriving stations of programs.

3. A guilty plea for a lab technician who killed a Yale graduate student, stuffing her body inside a wall. Raymond Clark III is facing 44 years in prison.

4. A 32-year-old gibbon gives birth at an Israeli zoo. Something vets⁵ say is a surprising feat⁶ for an ape of that age. Last time Bettina gave birth was 11 years ago. At 32, the ape is closest to a woman 60 years old.