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The genocide trial of former U.S.-backed Guatemalan General Ephraim Rios Montt began Tuesday. The charges stem from the bloody civil war which lasted for more than three decades. More than 200,000 people died or went missing.

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During a two-day tour, President Obama will deliver a speech to students and visit Ramallah in the West Bank. Obama isn't in the region with a great plan to restart peace talks, instead he's expected to simply try to connect with the Israeli people.

Elizabeth Colbert Busch will be the Democratic nominee, while Sanford heads to a runoff. Both are competing for a congressional seat left vacant when Tim Scott was appointed to the Senate.

The Cypriot finance minister is in Moscow for meetings aimed at securing a Russian alternative to the bailout.

Tom Clements was appointed by the Colorado governor in 2011, after he served for more than three decades in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Police have not apprehended a suspect.

South Korean officials say they suspect that Pyongyang could be the source of the outage, which affected three broadcasters and two banks.

After years in culinary exile, animal fats are finding their way back into Americans' pots and pans. Pork, duck or chicken fat serves as a rich base that lifts an array of dishes to new flavor heights.

At 7:02 a.m. ET, the sun crossed the celestial equator, marking the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. That news is little comfort to cities like Chicago, Buffalo or Minneapolis, which will see highs in the 20s today.

Seaweed might not be as flashy as coral, but it plays an important role on the reef. They compete for space, and rising carbon dioxide levels could someday tip the balance of power.