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How big is too big? There's no such thing this weekend, with entertainments whose sheer size and/or towering reputation can’t help but elicit…

Also: February jobs report is due this morning; Japan looks ahead one year after disaster; opposition leader in Syria rejects talks with Assad regime; "Kony 2012" buzz continues.

Also: The Curiosity rover zaps Mars rock with a laser; Pakistan's president orders investigation into blasphemy case against girl with Down's Syndrome; Myanmar's government eases some press restrictions.

Also: Google cuts 4,000 jobs at Motorola Mobility; most of those killed by earthquakes in Iran are women and children; excessive heat warnings continue in Arizona, California; Obama to announce food aid for drought-stricken farmers.

Accusers may testify today in first hearing about allegations against the former Penn State assistant football coach. Also: U.N. says 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian violence.

The administration has cleared out the State Department's top echelons. Congress is noticing the vacuum. So are other countries: Mexico's visiting foreign secretary went straight to the White House.

Immigration remains an intense political debate and a point of contention between Mexico and the U.S. Jorge Castaneda, Mexico's former foreign minister, and Douglas S. Massey, founder and co-director of the Mexican Migration Project, argue that now is the time to solve it "peacefully and quietly."

The Trump administration is trying to ease a farm worker shortage in part by cutting mandatory wages for foreign guest workers. But both immigration hardliners and labor advocates are pushing back. Plus: More urban schools in Missouri are finding value in teaching their students about the farming process.

Most of them are from Syria, Africa and South Asia. The International Organization for Migration says this is the highest migration flow since World War II.

The teachers union at Wichita State University says more than two dozen international students have had their visas revoked and face deportation or other consequences under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.