| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | In Cuba, Pope meets Fidel Castro | | Pope Benedict XVI spoke in general terms, saying "Cuba and the world need change," but steered clear of political statements during a Mass he celebrated in Havana's Revolution Plaza on Wednesday. |
| Bluegrass great Earl Scruggs dies | | Earl Scruggs, who as a child developed the distinctive picking style that forever changed banjo playing, and whose association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88. |
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