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The renowned chef may be famous for his Michelin-star-winning restaurants, but he also runs a string of gourmet bakeries. He shares some favorite confections for Easter, with recipes for hot cross buns, marshmallow eggs and carrot muffins.

A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch, one of New Zealand's biggest cities, Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing at least 75 people in one of the country's worst natural disasters.

Visiting the city a little more than four years after Hurricane Katrina, the president told a town hall meeting that his administration "will not forget about the Gulf Coast."

Democrats are split on a proposed amendment to the health care overhaul bill that would allow pharmacies and wholesalers to import lower-cost drugs from overseas. Supporters say it will save consumers billions of dollars. Opponents raise safety concerns — and fears that it could blow up the entire bill.

The lady Aztecs of San Diego State did what the men couldn't do in the NCAA tournament. Joining us on Morning Edition is North County Times Sports Columnist Jay Paris.

More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.

The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis.

California lawmakers recently approved a 10 percent increase to state taxpayers' witholdings.

Last week, Californians overwhelmingly passed Proposition 12, the Veterans' Bond Act of 2008. The measure provides $900 million in home loans to vets. We'll talk about the plight of vets in Californ

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