Kansas earns overall top seed in NCAA tournament
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Written by Eddie Pells   
Monday, 15 March 2010 06:42

The selection committee made its choices. Now, it's America's turn.

The country's biggest office pool, otherwise known as March Madness, serves up the usual smorgasbord of choices, starting with Kansas, the overall top seed in the 65-team NCAA tournament bracket released Sunday.

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CA bills push rules for ski, snowboard industry
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Written by Cathy Bussewitz   
Monday, 15 March 2010 05:43

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 25,2010, Isabella Pier, 5, wears a helmet as she gets skiing intructions from her mother, Marisa Pier, who uses a tether while teaching her daughter how to ski at the Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Alpine Meadows, Calif. Two bills introduced by Democratic lawmakers from Northern California would require minors to wear a helmet while skiing or snowboarding. One of them also would extend to resort operations requiring extensive injury reporting, sign posting and safety planning. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. (AP) — On a ridge near the 8,600-foot summit of Alpine Meadows ski resort, 17-year-old snowboarder Lucas Fuller scopes out the many chutes and bowls that radiate out from Ward Peak.

It's a perfect powder day, with clear skies and fresh snow delivered to the Lake Tahoe area the day before. The teenager from Reno, Nev., likes the resort because it has numerous ungroomed, expert-level slopes that approximate the back-country.

For this run, the teenager from Reno, Nev., is looking for a route that will provide cliffs and bumps so he can catch some air. Despite warning signs at the base of the lift, Fuller is not wearing a helmet.

"I stopped wearing a helmet a long time ago, and it just feels better," he says. "I've been riding for a long time, and I'm pretty confident."

But if some California lawmakers have their way, the decision to wear a helmet will no longer be a personal choice.

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