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GOOD NEWS

Single mothers find new job track

In Wyoming, a state with the highest gap in the U.S. between a man's and a woman's wages, and a high divorce rate, some women are challenging economic barricades.

International Herald Tribune

One volunteer's war against hunger

David Schoen is one foot soldier in the fight, which is growing more intense as fuel and food prices rise and the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis is felt.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Gaza situation 'worst since 1967'

BBC

India's prime minister wants to meet Pakistan's leaders

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited Pakistan's new leaders to put the past behind them and build a new relationship based on cooperation and enduring peace.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Manmade flood unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne pulled the switch to open two giant gates at the base of Glen Canyon Dam in the latest attempt to stir up sands and restore safe havens for fish downstream.

Salt Lake Tribune

Grand Canyon flood aims to save habitat

CBS News

Kenya's wildlife needs tourists to return

Conservation projects to protect Kenya's rich wildlife are at risk if the country fails to attract tourists back after a post-election crisis.

Reuters

OECD: World must act on climate change

The world must respond to climate change and other environmental challenges now while the cost is low or else pay a stiffer price later for its indecision.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars orbiter spies avalanche

A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said.

USA Today

Shyness gene brought out into open

Scientists have spotted a gene linked to shyness in children and introversion in adults.

CBS News

Wave-power proposals alarm locals

Developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America's oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves and currents to produce electric power.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Doing more at home can improve your love life

Fathers are taking on bigger shares of chores and child care, recent surveys show, and marriage experts say that it's probably good for their love lives.

McClatchy Newspapers

Patrick Swayze faces tough cancer battle

Actor Patrick Swayze will likely face an uphill battle in his fight against pancreatic cancer, physicians say.

ABC News

Idol strips back another scandal

American Idol has broken its first big scandal of the season—and the Fox juggernaut's producers barely batted a collective eye.

E! Online

EDUCATION

Changes to rules about homeschooling irk advocates

The D.C. State Superintendent’s Office is proposing regulations for homeschoolers that are among the strictest in the country and, seem to the homeschooling community, completely unconstitutional.

Examiner

Teaching communism in school

A new California plan would allow schools to promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, and let teachers "inculcate in the mind a preference for communism," according to an advocacy organization.

World Net Daily

Physical education may boost girls' academic achievement

Time spent in physical education does not detract from elementary school students' ability to excel in the classroom and may even help improve girls' academic performance.

USA Today

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