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Just 5 minutes of 'green exercise' optimal for good mental health

According to a new study by the American Chemical Society, just minutes of exercise in a park, working in a backyard garden, or on a nature trail will benefit mental health.

Medical News Today

Slimming down employees to cut costs

BusinessWeek

Bold new national fitness plan announced

Red Orbit

Moms get fit

Denver Post

Latino kids' social skills found strong

A majority of Latino children enter kindergarten with the same social skills as their peers, but those gains are likely to disappear if they attend low-quality schools.

Education Week

Man arrested for Times Square bomb attempt

Naturalized citizen of Pakistani descent Faisal Shahzad nabbed at JFK Airport as he tried to flee country.

CBS News

Another failed terrorist attack plot leaves NY residents wary and weary

Baltimore Sun

Police comb neighborhood tied to Shahzad

CNN

The Pill started more than 1 revolution

The birth control pill has been called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century, and no wonder. Fifty years after its approval it is still one of the leading methods of contraception.

New York Times

The Pill at 50: freedom and paradox

TIME

Farmers cope with herbicide-resistant weeds caused by Roundup

American farmers’ heavy use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of herbicide-resistant weeds that could lead to higher food prices.

New York Times

NATION

Fears of finding more victims mount as Tenn. floodwaters recede

Rescuers feared even more bodies would emerge as muddy flood waters ebb from torrential weekend rains that swamped Nashville, much of Tennessee and neighboring states.

Star Tribune

Tenn. flooding

CBS News

Aerial scenes of Nashville area flooding

The Tennessean

Shots still reverberate for survivors of Kent State

It was 40 years ago that four students were shot and killed and nine others wounded at Kent State University.

NPR

May 4th remembered

WKSU

Schwarzenegger drops drilling plans

The catastrophic oil slick spreading through the Gulf of Mexico has claimed another victim: cash for California's strapped parks.

San Jose Mercury News

Current could push oil spill up East Coast

Discovery News

Dead sea turtles wash ashore

YouTube

POLITICS

Japan PM scraps plan to move US base from Okinawa

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial U.S. base from the island of Okinawa.

BBC

Will the oil spill change US energy policy?

More than 70 environmental groups called on the Senate to keep any expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling out of upcoming climate and energy legislation.

TIME

Special section:

Oil spill

News-Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In online games, women play to socialize

Online games connected to social networking sites like Facebook are new, but they are going viral. FarmVille, a game in which players cultivate a virtual farm, has grown to more than 80 million users.

NPR

Darwin dynasty cursed by inbreeding

Charles Darwin’s family suffered from the deleterious effects of inbreeding suggests a new study that serves as ironic punctuation to the evolutionary theorist's life work.

LiveScience

SPORTS

Coach Del Negro fired from Bulls

The Chicago Bulls have scheduled a news conference with general manager Gar Forman to discuss the firing of head coach Vinny Del Negro.

ESPN

Bulls fire head coach

YouTube

Rondo carves up Cavaliers for 19 assists as Celtics tie series

LeBron James better make sure his new MVP trophy isn't missing. The Boston Celtics stole everything else.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Wal-Mart to pay $27.6 million in Calif. hazardous waste dumping case

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide.

Fresno Bee

Baby peregrine falcons get tagged

Scientists from University of California, Santa Cruz are attaching bands to the legs of falcon chicks to track their movements and collect data.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Behind the Catholic sex abuse scandal

Allegations and admissions of child abuse by priests have shaken the Roman Catholic Church to its core, as a continuous stream of cases has surfaced across Western Europe and beyond.

BBC

Bishops welcome Democrats’ immigration reform policy

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is welcoming the Senate Democrats’ framework for immigration reform but is opposed to its treatment of homosexual relationships.

Catholic World News

Ex-Episcopal bishop returns to flock

Times Union

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GOOD NEWS

Kennedy Centers get major donation

Philanthropists Betsy and Dick DeVos will donate $22.5 million to the Kennedy Center to support the organization's arts management institute.

Variety

Kings' adviser brings peace

The three surviving children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were embroiled in an embarrassing public feud. Now, they have turned over a new leaf, talking about their “shared vision.”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Environmentalists warn that Jordan River is drying up

A team of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmental scientists says large stretches of the biblical river could dry up by 2011.

ABC News

Saudi school aims to save the planet

How much would it cost to solve the world's major problems? King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia says $10 billion, which is the amount he's given to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

KQED

Saudi Arabian school

NPR

BUSINESS

Housing bust forces Americans to alter retirement plans

As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, a sharp rebound in the housing market is still considered faint, forcing Americans who were hoping to tap into their home equity for retirement to change their plans.

ABC News

FCC chairman expected to leave broadband deregulated

The FCC chairman has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, sources say, even as a federal-court decision has exposed weaknesses in the agency's ability to be a strong watchdog.

Seattle Times

HEALTH

New stem cells will reduce the need for animal testing

Powerful stem cells made by reprogramming adult tissue could reduce the need for animal testing of new drugs, according to a scientific pioneer of the technology.

Times Online

Bullies target obese kids

New research suggests that just being overweight increases the risk of being bullied. The study found that being overweight increased the risk of being the target of bullying by 63 percent.

HealthDay

EDUCATION

Schools: Suspensions not the answer to bullying

Students who bully their peers should be allowed to stay in the classroom, Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso said while urging parents and community leaders to step up their involvement.

Baltimore Sun

275,000 school jobs on chopping block

Cash-strapped school districts are considering deep staff reductions — an estimated 275,000 employees — in the 2010-11 school year.

Education Week

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tom Colicchio named Top Chef for 2010

"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio passed a quickfire challenge of his own when he was named the nation's top chef by the James Beard Foundation.

ABC News

Jason Wilson at James Beard Awards

YouTube

Online dating enters the iPad age

The iPod revolutionized the way we consume music, the iPhone made us crazy for apps, and now the iPad is getting ready to rock our sex lives — or at least help improve our search for some flirting.

TIME

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