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Joey Martin Feek and Rory Feek perform onstage during the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards rehearsals.(Photo: Getty Images)
One final kiss for country singer Joey Martin Feek
A public memorial service for the country singer, who died after a nearly two-year battle with cervical cancer March 4, will be held Sunday at a high school in her native Indiana. Bill and Gloria Gaither, gospel legends<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and friends of Feek, will host the service. Joey<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was one half of the country music duo Joey + Rory, who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>went from finalists on CMT's music reality competition<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Can You Duet<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2008<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Grammy nominees this year. Rory Feek<span style="color: Red;">*</span>shared stories on his blog, This Life I Live | scenes from one mans extraordinary, ordinary life, of Joey's faith and integrity in the face of death. Her story went viral, and millions read of the singer’s unwavering dedication to God, her daughter and her family.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>She<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is survived by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>her husband,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>their 2-year-old daughter, Indiana, and two stepdaughters.
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Joey Martin Feek from the country duo Joey + Rory passed away after a battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband and daughter. USA TODAY
Which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>teams<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will make the cut Selection Sunday?
The day all college basketball fans have waited for is almost here. The field of 68 teams<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for the NCAA tournament will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>aka Selection Sunday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>As in most years, there is drama around which teams will get an invitation. Monmouth, Wichita State, Valparaiso<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>other mid-majors<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that missed their chance to secure spots are nervously waiting to know their fate. Schools from major conferences have a final chance to impress during what will be an action-packed weekend. Here’s a look at the latest USA TODAY Sports<span style="color: Red;">*</span>projection of the field. For those wanting to set up the pools early, you can go to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>our bracket challenge.
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USA TODAY Sports' Scott Gleeson breaks down some of the teams that are battling for a spot in the NCAA tournament.
It’s time to move your clocks forward<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Don’t get enough sleep? Well, get ready to find an hour clipped away early Sunday when daylight-saving<span style="color: Red;">*</span>time arrives.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>At 2 a.m. — except in parts of Arizona— clocks will "spring forward"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an hour, so <span style="color: Red;">*</span>it will suddenly be 3 a.m. Of course, not all clocks jump ahead automatically, so get ready for a morning tour around the house (and car!) to push those numbers forward. All this means that one hour of daylight is switched from morning until evening, so if you have an early shift and have become accustomed in recent weeks to going to work in the light, you’ll probably be back in the dark. Prefer Standard Time? It’ll be back Nov.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>6.
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It's that time of year again to change your clocks. By Keith Carter, Jeff Dionise and Shannon Green, USA TODAY
Germany's Merkel faces voter test on immigration policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been in the news a lot lately, especially for her decision to let in more than a million migrants fleeing wars and poverty, a policy that has not sat well with many Germans. Echoing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the U.S. Republican primaries, some of those citizens get to express their feelings at the ballot box<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sunday in three large states.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>More than 12<span style="color: Red;">*</span>million of Germany's 62 million eligible voters may cast ballots.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Opinion polls show<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a surge in support for Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a populist, anti-immigrant party whose leader,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Frauke Petry, shocked many when he said police may need to shoot migrants at the border.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat out Donald Trump, Caitlyn Jenner and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among others, for 2015 'Time' Person of the Year.
After furor, SXSW prepares to talk online harassment?
The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>South by Southwest<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Festival in Austin rolls into the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>second day of its 10-day music and tech celebration<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with a summit on the connection between cyber-bullying and real-world violence<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Saturday. Festival organizers <span style="color: Red;">*</span>canceled two video game panel discussions<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in October after receiving threats of violence,<span style="color: Red;">*</span> but a flurry of criticism that SXSW caved to online bullies spurred this<span style="color: Red;">*</span>all-day session.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The event, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will be live-streamed, takes place against the backdrop of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gamergate, in which individuals were threatened with death and rape for being seen as against the video game medium.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The summit will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>feature<span style="color: Red;">*</span>speakers from civil rights organizations, video game companies and everything in between, including game developer Brianna Wu, one of the women targeted in #Gamergate. Find all of USA TODAY's SXSW coverage here<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and on Snapchat.
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500,000 are expected to show up at SXSW this year in Austin, TX. Jessica Naziri talks with attendees to find what they are interested in seeing at this year’s festival.
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