Sunday, March 13, 2016

Selection Sunday: 2016 NCAA tournament bracket announced; who ... and other top stories.

  • Selection Sunday: 2016 NCAA tournament bracket announced; who ...

    Virginia is a No. 1 seed. (Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports) The NCAA tournament fates of college basketball’s best teams will be decided this evening. The Post has all the angles covered leading up to the Selection Committee’s final picks. Find everything you need to enjoy the final moments before the Big Dance below. *** Take the 2016 Bracket Challenge Sign up to show off your mastery of the bracket. Challenge your friends in pursuit of glory, prizes and even a shot at $1 million. Sign Up N..
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  • The Latest: Kasich compiles Trump quotes promoting violence

    The Latest: Kasich compiles Trump quotes promoting violence
    WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race two days before critical contests in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina and Illinois (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 7 p.m. John Kasich says he asked his aides to give him a list of Donald Trump’s quotes promoting violence at rallies after clashes between protesters and supporters led to the cancellation of a Trump rally on Friday night. The Ohio GOP governor has largely declined to criticize Trump until now. Speaking with The Associ..
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  • Hundreds of thousands protest throughout Brazil

    Hundreds of thousands protest throughout Brazil
    RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians filled streets across the country Sunday to protest corruption and call for the impeachment of deeply unpopular President Dilma Rousseff and the jailing of her predecessor, Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva. Protests were reported in every state in Brazil. Wearing yellow and green Brazil national soccer team shirts and singing the national anthem, protesters denounced a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal involving bribes and kickbacks on fat con..
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  • Mike Rizzo's future in Washington faces a June deadline

    Mike Rizzo's future in Washington faces a June deadline
    Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, left, stands with owner Mark Lerner. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) VIERA, FLA. – With so much change at Washington Nationals’ camp – Dusty Baker in the manager’s office, an overhauled bullpen, a new shortstop for the first time in seven years – it’s almost more difficult to remember the constants. Ryan Zimmerman still holds the corner locker in the clubhouse, closest to the shower. Whatever becomes of this group, the franchise’s all-time leader in g..
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  • Capitals keep third defensive pair in rotation

    Capitals keep third defensive pair in rotation
    (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) SAN JOSE — The Washington Capitals’ defense hasn’t been healthy since early November, which has caused steady shuffling on a blue line that was stable almost all of last season. No defensive pair has stayed the same outside of the new top pair of Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen, as John Carlson and Brooks Orpik have missed a combined 61 games and counting. The rash of injuries and the hope for a long playoff run led the Capitals to acquire defenseman Mike Weber ..
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  • Photos: 45th annual St. Patrick's Parade of Washington, D.C.

    Photos: 45th annual St. Patrick's Parade of Washington, D.C.
    Photos: 45th annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C. By Dennis Foley March 13, 2016 3:19 pm The 45th annual St. Patrick’s Parade celebrated another year of Irish tradition Sunday in D.C. WASHINGTON – The 45th annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C. celebrated another year of Irish tradition Sunday. Thousands lined Constitution Avenue to watch marching bands, bagpipes and river dancers perform down Constitution Avenue Northwest. Here are a few snapshots from th..
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  • Trump blames Sanders for rally disruptions, Bernie calls Donald ...

    Trump blames Sanders for rally disruptions, Bernie calls Donald ...
    Donald Trump is blaming Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders’ supporters for inciting protests and disruptions at his rallies, and vowed to send Trump supporters to Mr. Sanders’ campaign events to stir-up trouble if the senator continues to encourage his backers to disrupt Trump events.“Bernie Sanders is lying when he says his disruptors aren’t told to go to my events,” Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday. “Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours!”On Saturday, Mr. Trump blamed Mr. Sanders’ supporters ..
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  • Nationalists strong, setback for Merkel party in German vote

    Nationalists strong, setback for Merkel party in German vote
    BERLIN — A nationalist, anti-migration party powered into three German state legislatures in elections Sunday held amid divisions over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal approach to the refugee crisis. Merkel’s conservatives lost to center-left rivals in two states they had hoped to win. The elections in the prosperous southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, neighboring Rhineland-Palatinate and relatively poor Saxony-Anhalt in the ex-communist east were the first major political test since Ge..
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  • Why Bernie Sanders needs to start winning big states — big

    Why Bernie Sanders needs to start winning big states — big
    Six days ago, Bernie Sanders pulled off one of the great upsets in modern politics — surging from more than 20 points behind in Michigan’s presidential primary to edge out Hillary Clinton. It was remarkable! It was historic! And it netted him four more delegates than Clinton in the state. Meanwhile, in Mississippi, Clinton won with more than 80 percent of the vote — and gained 28 more delegates than Sanders. On the best night of the Sanders campaign to date, he fell 24 more delegates behind Cl..
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  • Bracketology: Final 2016 NCAA tournament bracket projection for ...

    Bracketology: Final 2016 NCAA tournament bracket projection for ...
    Which teams will find themselves in the 2016 NCAA tournament bracket? (Michael Conroy/AP Photo) UPDATE 5:21 p.m. ET – Connecticut just made a lot of bubble teams a little less anxious by snuffing out Memphis’s shot at stealing an automatic bid. With Michigan State topping Purdue, nothing changes from the previous update. This is the final projection. Now it’s time to see if the selection committee sees things similarly.   UPDATE 3:36 p.m. ET – With just two games left on Selection Sunday, t..
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