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GOOD NEWS

Everything will be different tomorrow

Ayr Muir spent his student days at MIT experimenting with alloys and polymers, thin films and crystals. Today, he’s set up a different kind of lab, experimenting with just about any food that’s fresh and local.

Technology Review

Chilean miner who jogged in tunnels plans to run New York City Marathon

The Chilean miner who jogged in the tunnels while trapped underground not only will attend the New York City Marathon — he wants to run it.

Star Tribune

Solar-powered lamps lifting Kenyans out of poverty

Evans Wadongo, 23, invented a way for rural families in Kenya to replace smoky kerosene and firelight with solar power. He has distributed an estimated 10,000 solar lanterns for free.

CNN

WORLD

China starts counting its more than 1 billion people

Census takers are fanning out across China, aiming to visit 400 million households over 10 days. At last count in 2000, the country had 1.29 billion people.

The Independent

Nicolas Sarkozy among targets of Greece parcel bombs

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the intended recipients of four parcel bombs found in Athens, Greek police have said. Two men have been arrested over the attack.

BBC

1 hurt in Greek package bomb, 2 arrested

YouTube

BUSINESS

AIG is ready to repay $37 billion in taxpayer bailout money

American International Group Inc. said that it has raised nearly $37 billion from the sale of two foreign insurance units and will use that money to repay a taxpayer bailout.

USA TODAY

Android captures smartphone lead in US

The Open Handset Alliance shipped 9.1 million Android devices in the U.S. With the total number of smart phones shipped in the U.S. standing at 20.9 million, Android’s figures give it 43.6 percent of the market.

InformationWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Young algae industry getting government push

With a big boost from the government, algae is making headway as a potential replacement for some of the 18 million barrels of crude oil used daily nationwide.

MSNBC

Special section:

Biofuels from algae

Guardian

Made in China

As social networking websites Facebook and Twitter stand banned in China, their indigenous versions have hooked Chinese users.

Times of India

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

On an Indian reservation, a garden of Buddhas

A Buddhist lama from the other side of the world is nearing completion of a $1.6 million meditative garden that will draw spiritual pilgrims.

New York Times

Police block abuse survivors’ march toward Vatican

Italian paramilitary police blocked a boulevard leading to the Vatican to prevent a march by some 100 survivors of clergy sex abuse from reaching St. Peter’s Square.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Lame-duck Congress to face education issues after midterms

When the dust settles from the midterm elections, federal lawmakers — the re-elected and losers alike — will head back to Washington for a lame-duck session with a long to-do list.

Education Week

Call to defend the humanities

Arguing that the humanities are facing a crisis of funding and attention, Cornell University’s president, David Skorton, said that he planned to start a national campaign on behalf of the humanities.

Inside Higher Ed

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy’s a medical miracle

Sharon Osbourne has described her rocker husband Ozzy as a “medical miracle.“ The former ”X Factor“ judge discussed the surprising results of her hubby’s recent DNA testing on ”The Talk," on U.S. TV.

Monsters and Critics

Smithsonian explores impact of gays on art history

When artist Jasper Johns was mourning the end of his relationship with Robert Rauschenberg, he took one of his famous flag paintings, made it black, and dangled a fork and spoon together from the top.

San Francisco Chronicle

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