The March 5, 2013 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 63 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, March 5, 2026, 120 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, March 5, 2027, in 244 days. You have lived for 4,868 days, or about 116,847 hours, or about 7,010,832 minutes, or about 420,649,920 seconds.
Date: 06 March 2013
By TAMAR LEWIN
Tamar LEWIN
Annual report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association finds that state and local financing for higher education declined 7 percent in 2012, even as tuition levels have risen; points to long-term trend in which cost of higher education is shifting from the public onto students and their families.
Date: 06 March 2013
By AMY CHOZICK
Amy CHOZICK
New Corporation's fledgling education division Amplify will offer its curriculum not just on existing tablet computers but also on its own branded 10-inch Android tablet for K-12 schoolchildren.
Date: 06 March 2013
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Michael GORDON
Government report details mistakes made by United States in improvement projects for Iraq and reflects views of officials from both countries that United States took on too many large projects and often did not consult with Iraqis about which projects were needed and how best to go about them; as result, Iraqis lacked ability to continue projects as American presence dwindled, and United States suffered loss of good will and leverage.
Date: 05 March 2013
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
Laurie GOODSTEIN
Date: 06 March 2013
By JEFF Z. KLEIN
Jeff KLEIN
New York Rangers winger Rick Nash leads team in 4-2 victory over Philadelphia Flyers.
Date: 06 March 2013
By ANDREW JACOBS and CHRIS BUCKLEY
Andrew JACOBS
Wen Jiabao, in his final address as China’s prime minister, warns of growing divisions between rich and poor, hazards of unchecked environmental degradation and risks posed by unbalanced economic growth; Wen also, in break from past, refrains from mentions of rampant corruption in Communist Party.
Date: 06 March 2013
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Lizette ALVAREZ
News of Hugo Chavez's death elicits outpourings of raucous celebration in Miami-Dade County, Florida, where more Venezuelan expatriates live than anywhere else in country and where Chavez is particularly reviled.
Date: 06 March 2013
By KIM SEVERSON
Kim SEVERSON
North Carolina will begin giving some young immigrants driver's licenses marked with pink stripe and words 'no lawful status'; licenses, which have attracted both praise and criticism, will be issued to those who qualify for federal two year deportation deferrals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Date: 06 March 2013
By SARAH MASLIN NIR
Sarah NIR
Some international couples are marrying by proxy over the Internet, practice so new immigration authorities say they do not typically watch for it in efforts to detect fraud; procedure had been used in United States, usually by members of military worried about being killed and leaving loved ones without benefits, but is also being used in immigrant communities, where people are seeking to marry partners from their homelands without expense of matchmaking trips abroad.