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Ehren Alcindor of New Orleans cries as he leans against the Industrial Canal flood wall during a public memorial on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Schoolchildren smoking less, but decline is losing steam

The number of middle and high school children who use tobacco products has dropped since 2000, but the decline has been slowing down, according to a new CDC report.

Medical News Today

Special section:

Kids and smoking

KidsHealth

Department of Agriculture recalls Cargill ground beef

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recalled 8,500 pounds of ground beef distributed by agribusiness giant Cargill after three people on the East Coast fell ill from a rare strain of E. coli.

Star Tribune

Memories of Katrina's chaos, rebirth

Strangers shared an umbrella and a somber embrace as they scanned 163 names on a marble wall honoring those who died when Hurricane Katrina wracked the region.

Denver Post

Obama visits New Orleans on anniversary

CBS News

Katrina: then and now

CNN

Special section:

Landscape of the lower 9th ward

New York Times

Chilean miners: drilling of rescue shaft to begin as Pope prays

Chilean rescuers will begin the long task of drilling a shaft to rescue 33 miners trapped deep underground as officials push for an accelerated rescue plan.

Telegraph.co.uk

Still no trial date or venue for 9/11 mastermind and terror cohorts

After announcing five Sept. 11 plotters would be tried in lower Manhattan for killing 2,973 people, the White House is no closer to justice.

NY Daily News

NATION

Obama plans on refinancing aid and instituting loans for jobless homeowners

The Obama administration plans to set up an emergency loan program for the unemployed and a government refinancing effort to help homeowners pay their mortgages.

Bloomberg

Study: Many teens ready to unfriend parents on Facebook

Like the cyber version of being picked up in an uncool car, teens are now mortified by nagging chats and clueless comments left by their mothers.

San Jose Mercury News

Blog:

On Facebook, kids often don't know who their 'friends' are

(CBS News)

Eye on Parenting

Case shows frustrations of proving allegations of incest

Maia Beadeau's story sheds light on problems with reporting and investigating allegations of incest, a potentially devastating but seldom discussed crime.

Des Moines Register

POLITICS

Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics'

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck says his revival-style rally at the Lincoln Memorial was meant to reclaim the U.S. civil rights movement, arguing that it was about "people of faith."

CNN

Crowd estimates at 'Restoring Honor' rally

NY Daily News

Blog:

Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally reactions

(NPR)

The Two-Way

How mayor aims to revive New Orleans

Mayor Mitch Landrieu vows to repair the city's government, bring down the murder rate, and close a gaping budget deficit — on top of tackling the brutalized infrastructure left behind by Hurricane Katrina.

Newsweek

BUSINESS

Sanofi-Aventis makes bid for Genzyme

France's Sanofi-Aventis publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp. in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.

Reuters

Jobs report critical to investors and politicians

Where are the jobs? That's what everyone wants to know — from Main Street to Wall Street to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where President Barack Obama resides.

MarketWatch

DOJ signs off on United-Continental merger

The U.S. Justice Department has completed its review of the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines without raising objections, according to a statement released.

MarketWatch

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1001 inventions: science in Muslim lands

The lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of flying carpets, Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.

Las Vegas Sun

Test finds healthiest fish for breeding

The Norwegian company Aqua Gen has developed a new genetic test that quickly determines which salmon have the highest resistance to the IPN virus.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Randy Couture dominates James Toney at UFC 118

Mixed martial arts can be an unpredictable sport, but at UFC 118, Randy Couture knew exactly what he wanted to do to James Toney.

USA TODAY

Pakistan cricket players questioned over 'betting scam'

Three Pakistan cricket players have been questioned by police over claims they were involved in a betting scam, the team manager has said.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Feds probe fire at proposed Tenn. mosque site

Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged at least one construction vehicle at a Tennessee site where a new mosque is being built.

Houston Chronicle

Why Americans are hostile toward Islam

Kansas City Star

In Egypt, more people call for civil instead of religious marriage

Controversial cases in Egypt have spotlighted a legal system that leaves regulation of marriage and divorce to religious institutions, limiting individuals’ freedom to make personal decisions.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Michael Cassidy):

The recovery act worked

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Column (Charles Euchner):

Why King's march transformed America

CNN

Editorial:

Leadership deficit: Washington has failed to deal with national debt crisis

NY Daily News

Blog (Brooke Crothers):

IPad, iPhone, notebook, Netbook: a gadget glut?

(CNET News)

Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Column (Errol Louis):

Katrina — a man-made disaster

NY Daily News

Column (David Weigel):

Beck's rally was about as angry as a Teletubbies episode

Slate

Column (Toby Harnden):

Why can't Obama tell the world about American tolerance?

Telegraph.co.uk

Editorial:

Puppy law has flaw

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Advice to steroid users: Don't say it ain't so

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Frozen Zoo attempting to save species

The San Diego Zoo began collecting ski samples from rare animals in 1972 with hopes to one day save them.

Guardian

Networks direct volunteers to micro gigs

Extraordinaries is one of a handful of services that are applying the concept of crowdsourcing — tapping into the masses to find solutions for complex problems — to philanthropic and charitable causes.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Thousands flee volcano in Indonesia

Thousands of Indonesians have been forced to flee after a volcano erupted on the island of Sumatra.

BBC

Thousands flee Indonesia volcano

YouTube

China: the women who want to run the world

The role of women in China is changing. In fact, Chinese women appear to be far more ambitious than their counterparts in the United States.

Newsweek

1st Australian Aboriginal MP elected

An Aboriginal man has been elected to Australia's House of Representatives, becoming the first indigenous MP in the country's history.

BBC

EDUCATION

School-aged boys may benefit from aggressive play

While some educators prohibit this behavior, other educators and researchers claim that banishing violent play from classrooms can be harmful to boys. It's a debate entangled in gender issues.

LiveScience

Education secretary says US needs more minority teachers

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that he plans to recruit more African-American and Latino teachers in a bid to narrow achievement gaps among students.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

As life spins on, the midway beckons

In 1932, a wire editor published a novel about the agricultural shows he remembered from his childhood. Still the state fairs go on.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'As The World' stops turning, are soap operas dead?

Hardly anyone these days admits to watching the soap operas that once dominated the daytime TV schedules. Are soaps dying out?

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

UN hopes science review eases climate skepticism after 2007 error

A review could help restore public faith in the U.N. panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is man-made despite errors in a 2007 report, the U.N.'s environment chief said.

Reuters

China: Reduction of rare earth exports protect environment

China's decision to slash export quotas of rare earth elements was a necessary step to protect the country's environment, commerce minister Chen Deming said following criticism from Japanese officials.

Reuters

HEALTH

Genetic link found common to migraine

Gene detectives announced they had found the first inherited link to common types of migraine, a finding that boosts hopes for new drugs for this painful disorder.

Arizona Republic

Field of greens: the growth in farmers markets across the nation

Been to the supermarket this weekend? These days you have another choice. Farmers markets have taken root in cities across the nation.

CBS News

Spinal fusion device is a real bone of contention for FDA

In 2002 the FDA approved a product that many thought would revolutionize spinal surgery. Six years later, the FDA warned doctors that the product had the potential to cause life-threatening complications.

MedPage Today

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