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GOOD NEWS

Fighting hunger in remote parts of Haiti

There’s a little more hope for the hungry children of Haiti due to the efforts of the Baptist Haiti Mission, which tracks down hungry children in remote areas of the country and feeds them.

Telegram & Gazette

Texas boy wins National Geographic Bee

A 13-year-old boy from Texas won the National Geographic Bee by correctly identifying the country that is home to the Tungurahua volcano.

MSNBC

Innovative teacher finds ways to entice students to discover books

The survival skill children learn when they gather beneath the tent in Chelsea Matthews’ class is one that will one day prove more useful in society than in the wilderness. That skill is reading.

Florida Times-Union

WORLD

G-8 leaders gather in France, eyes on Arabs, IMF head

The leading industrial nations of the Group of Eight began gathering in France to endorse aid to new Arab democracies, but wrangling among over who runs the IMF may take precedence.

Reuters

Embattled Strauss-Kahn relocates to a luxury townhouse

CNN

Egypt to ‘permanently’ open border on the Gaza Strip

Egypt will permanently open its Rafah border crossing, the country’s official news agency reported, easing a four-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera

Egypt’s Mubarak to stand trial for murder

Christian Science Monitor

Japan’s Fukushima plant considered for nuclear graveyard

Japan’s atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste from the crippled station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Obesity epidemic fuelled by decrease In workplace physical activity

Decrease in physical activity in many occupations over the last 50 years, and not just a change in calorie consumption, has contributed significantly to the obesity epidemic in the United States.

Medical News Today

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Healthy eating: true or false?

Jerusalem Post

Study finds aspirin still best at preventing 2nd stroke

A new drug that had shown promise in animal testing is not better than aspirin in preventing a second stroke in someone who’s already had one, a new study finds.

HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

Prozac killing E. coli in the Great Lakes

Scientists in Erie, Pa., have found that minute concentrations of fluoxetine, the active ingredient in Prozac, are killing off microbial populations in the Great Lakes.

National Geographic

China crisis over Yangtze River drought forces drastic dam measures

The Yangtze — Asia’s biggest river — is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years, forcing an unprecedented release of water from the Three Gorges reservoir.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Will smartphone-friendly mileage stickers help car buyers?

New fuel-efficiency labels will appear on 2013 vehicle models, which feature a host of new comparison points on mileage and will even enable smartphone users to scan labels and compare multiple vehicles.

Christian Science Monitor

NASA picks deep-space astronaut ship

NASA said that the vehicle it will use to send astronauts to places like asteroids will be based on its Orion capsule concept.

BBC

Evidence of altered RNA stirs debate

A funny thing happened on the way to the ribosome. That’s the essence of a paper concluding that messenger RNA is routinely altered by unknown mechanisms before its instructions can be read.

Nature

EDUCATION

Report shows education choices expanding across US

When it comes to education choices — from kindergarten up through college — the decision is no longer simple. Children often choose between public school and the charter school across town.

Modesto Bee

Athletic programs hit at historically black universities and colleges

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has banned a record eight teams from postseason play because of their athletes’ poor academic performance.

Inside Higher Ed

States: Stimulus aid sparked progress on education goals

After spending $44 billion in one-time federal education aid, states report they’ve made progress in improving school data systems and distributing highly qualified teachers across all schools.

Education Week

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