ALL OF TODAY'S REPORTS

• Buckeyes overpower Red Flash
Ohio State center Jantel Lavender dominated inside for 23 points and 16 rebounds against smaller Saint Francis, Pa., and the Buckeyes took a 27-point lead before halftime during a rout in Pittsburgh.

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ROAD CLOSINGS

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MEETINGS

• Editorial: Early warning system
The National Hurricane Center's decision to issue storm warnings 12 hours earlier than in the past is a smart move.

• Election recommendations
This newspaper makes the following recommendations for Saturday's ballot.

• Gay seniors come out late, start second lives
On his 75th birthday, Bill Farthing decided to be reborn. In the six years since he'd buried his wife of 45 years, he'd felt as he did long before: Lonesome, different, outcast. He wondered if he was going crazy; he contemplated suicide.

• Historic building rotting in limbo
A school on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard where generations of Central City children were educated may finally succumb to the wrecking ball.

• HIT MAN
Elmore Leonard met Raylan Givens about 20 years ago.

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• Nagin attending meeting on Haiti
At the invitation of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will attend the International Conference of World Cities and Regions for Haiti, which begins today on the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique, his office said in a press release.

• People
JESSICA SIMPSON GETS SERIOUS ABOUT BEAUTY

• Rites of spring
Beware the Ides of March Madness, for there is madness upon the land at anytime, though never more than now.

• The social scene marches on
Roaring in like a lion and with lots of rallying, this month spotlighted the Italian American Marching Club St. Joseph Parade and the earlier coronation of the queen; fairway play, thanks to the 2010 Volunteers of America GolfStar Classic presented by Cox Charities; and hoops hobnobbing.

• Charter schools likely to band together
With several local charter-school operators gearing up to run additional schools next year, most of New Orleans' charter schools could soon be part of clusters that share a board of directors, overarching vision and back-office support.

• HEALTH CARE NARROWLY CLEARS HOUSE IN VOTE
WASHINGTON -- By a narrow partisan margin of 219-212, the House approved massive health care legislation Sunday night that supporters said would cover 32 million uninsured Americans, expand Medicaid, protect consumers from unfair insurance limits and exclusions and close the prescription drug coverage gap for seniors.

• 'Treme' crew disrupts Uptown area
As New Orleans revels in the label of "Hollywood South," attracting film crews, celebrities and convoys of big trucks to the region with the promise of tax incentives and incomparable scenery stretching from Audubon Park to the Lower 9th Ward, one neighborhood isn't welcoming the limelight.