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By Jesse Stanchak
Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008, at 6:47 AM ET

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Under the fold, the NYT reports that haggling is making a comeback at big box retail stores. The paper says that tough economic times have convinced retailers that employees sometimes need a little leverage to make a sale, especially on big ticket items.

Cocaine production is back on the upswing in Peru, reports the LAT. This time it may be much harder to combat, says the paper, as drug ring leadership becomes increasingly decentralized.

Movie theaters are diversifying their offerings, according to the NYT, showing sporting events and concerts to supplement ticket sales of feature films.

It's Easter Sunday, so all the papers include stories on different facets of the holiday. The NYT says some preachers will be taking a cue from Sen. Obama and are working thoughts on race relations into their Easter sermons. The LAT covers a Japanese-American church where traditional Taiko drums are being used to shake up Easter services. The WP looks at a local couple whose spiritual lives were reborn after a terrible car accident.

And the WP treats readers to a second installment of what will hopefully become an Easter tradition: the marshmallow peeps diorama contest.

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Jesse Stanchak is an assistant documents editor at Congressional Quarterly. He covers elections in Oregon and Idaho for CQpolitics.com.
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