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Friday, March 15, 2013 – Daily News 5A WORLD BRIEFING help the Republican Party change its image: white, old, and male. After a second straight presidential loss, the party is trying to find a way forward. But there are divisions even among the activists at the conservative conference — just as with Republicans across the nation. Some worry that the party may become too inclusive in the name of winning elections. Pope Francis ushers in new style VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style of papacy than his traditionminded predecessor who tended to stay ensconced in the frescoed halls of the Vatican. The break from Benedict XVI's pontificate was evident even in Francis' wardrobe choices: He kept the simple iron pectoral cross of his days as bishop and eschewed the red cape that Benedict wore when he was presented to the world for the first time in 2005 — choosing instead the simple white cassock of the papacy. And in his first Mass as pope, Francis showed how different he would be as a pastor, giving an off-thecuff homily about the need to walk with God, build up his church and confess — at one point referring to children building sand castles on the beach. It was a far simpler message than the dense, threepage discourse Benedict delivered in Latin during his first Mass as pope in 2005. Obama meets with lawmakers onto planes despite a backlash against the proposal. TSA Administrator John Pistole told the a House committee on Thursday that he doesn't believe small folding knives would enable a terrorist to take over a plane and that finding and eliminating them is time-consuming. Pistole says that screeners find 2,000 small knives a day on passengers or in their carry-on bags, with each incident requiring two to three minutes to deal with. Several lawmakers at the hearing say they don't see much difference between the knives and the box cutters used by 9/11 terrorists. TSA tells Congress the On to 2016 OXON HILL, Md. plan to allow (AP) — America's conservatives are searching knives on for Mr. or Mrs. Right. And there's no shortplanes will be age of hopefuls. Officeimplemented holders and other RepubWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration says the agency will allow passengers to carry small knives licans are jockeying to fill a leadership void this week as talk of the party's future dominates hallway discussion at a conservative summit. Activists gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference say they want a leader brash enough to protect conservative orthodoxy and open-minded enough to WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he had ''a great conversation'' with Senate Republicans on Thursday, the third stop in his ice-breaking tour of RANDAL S. ELLOWAY DDS IMPLANT DENTISTRY 2426 SO. 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