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Stay-at-home dads deal with returning to the work force

As the economy continues to putter along, households are shifting gears, allowing more dads to embrace the role of Mr. Mom. Some men have been left wondering how to return to the labor market afterwards.

ABC News

1 in 5 women are main or sole earners as more fathers stay at home

Daily Mail

Lawyer forms home foreclosure resistance movement

In a stately 19th century mansion in the middle of this former textile mill town, a local political scion has formed a mortgage foreclosure resistance movement.

Reuters

UPS: FBI probes packages on 3 jets

United Parcel Service Inc. said the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is inspecting possible suspicious packages on three jets that flew in from Europe.

Bloomberg

New pat-down procedures to be phased in at airports nationwide

CNN

Suspicious packages in US, UK planes

CBS News

New GDP numbers show economy is growing only slowly

The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2 percent, the government reported, a tepid showing that underscored a sluggish recovery as congressional elections near.

McClatchy Newspapers

Jobless claims drop

BusinessWeek

Vancouver, Wash. schools test iPods as classroom tools

Four third-grade classes are part of a special iPods in the Classroom pilot program under way in Vancouver Public Schools.

Columbian

NATION

BP oil disaster: pre-spill tests ‘showed cement flaw’

Both BP, which owned the Macondo well, and Halliburton, the cement provider, were aware beforehand of tests showing the cement used to try to seal the blowout was unstable, say investigators.

BBC

Tests warned of troubles before BP blowout

YouTube

Hispanics in US more divided over illegal immigration policy

Hispanics are growing more divided about how they view illegal immigration, and native-born Hispanics aren’t as convinced of the contributions of illegal immigrants as they used to be, according to a study.

USA TODAY

Illegal immigration 101

CNN

POLITICS

State laws show business influence

The American Legislative Exchange Council’s director of policy says that bills are written by the group’s members — a mix of state legislators and some of the biggest corporations in the country.

NPR

Meek says dealmaking Crist is ‘a desperate candidate’

Rep. Kendrick Meek said he trusts the counsel of Bill Clinton, but insists the former president’s advice never included dropping out of the Florida Senate race.

CBS News

Meek says Crist tried to get him to quit

CNN

Meek: ‘I’m not dropping out’

ABC News

High court’s green light is latest twist in lethal injection controversy

After clearance from a deeply split U.S. Supreme Court, Arizona officials executed murderer Jeffrey Landrigan following a dispute over the source of a drug used in the lethal injection.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Faulty mortgage documents, new crisis?

Concerns are rising that faulty mortgage paperwork may spawn a wave of lawsuits against big banks. Still, a second financial crisis seems unlikely, not impossible.

Christian Science Monitor

Wells Fargo’s foreclosure changes fail to shock

Reuters

Follow the metro foreclosures

CNBC

Warren calls out financial industry ongoing obstructionism

The financial industry continues trying to thwart the Obama administration’s effort to set up an effective consumer protection agency, though one is needed now more than ever, Elizabeth Warren charged.

CNBC

EDUCATION

White House against school bullying

The Department of Education has issued a letter to schools, affirming that harassing a student based on his or her race, nationality, sex or disability may be a violation of federal civil rights.

NPR

Disconnect between concept and reality of income-based school integration

The concept jumped into the spotlight when the Century Foundation released a new study touting the benefits of economically integrated schools. But there’s a problem from a policy perspective.

TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stewart-Colbert rally — organized in jest — drawing a serious crowd

If this is a rally in jest, why are so many people so serious about it? Comedy Central comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are staging their “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Bloodlust or bloodless? Horror film love runs deep

Horror film buffs actually get just as freaked out by scary movies as everyone else. The difference is, they enjoy it more — and it may be in the genes.

LiveScience

Can this pig fatten up our economy?

To you, it is peculiar; to gourmets, it’s delicious, and to Traverse City, Michigan entrepreneur Marc Santucci, it’s a potential moneymaker for area farmers.

Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Nouriel Roubini):

A presidency heading for a fiscal train wreck

Financial Times

Cartoon (Tom Tomorrow):

This modern world

CREDO Action

Column (Alexander Henley):

Middle East synod reveals East-West tensions in the Catholic Church

Guardian

Blog (Raina Kelley):

What we mean when we talk about zombies

(Newsweek)

Pop Vox

Interview (Stephanie Fitch):

Why everybody should pray the foreclosure bans end

Forbes

Column (Elspeth Reeve):

What’s the use of experts?

The Atlantic

Column (Bob Ray Sanders):

NPR’s very public and poorly handled affair

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Thomas Friedman):

Can’t keep a bad idea down

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Jonathan Hiskes):

The UniverCity project: an experiment in suburban urbanism

Grist

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GOOD NEWS

The social legacy of Cadbury chocolate

Cadbury was a Quaker family enterprise and one whose business aim wasn’t to make a lot of money and then become a philanthropist. The goal was to benefit others right from the start.

NPR

University of Md. gets record donation for celiac research

Doctors at the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research have received a $45 million donation for their efforts to find new treatments, and even a cure, for the autoimmune disease.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Pentagon: Intel contractors went too far

A Pentagon inquiry has concluded that private military contractors overstepped their legal authority in gathering intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Houston Chronicle

EU sets course for treaty change, new safety net

European Union leaders set in motion plans to amend the treaty that creates a permanent system to ward off financial crises, and said that new budget rules would strengthen the euro.

Reuters

Herman van Rompuy outlines EU Council Summit progress

You Tube

North Korea exchanges fire with South

North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed border, the South’s military said. It is unclear whether the shots were accidental or intentional.

MSNBC

Special section:

North Korea: secretive state

BBC

HEALTH

New colon cancer test shows promise

A new noninvasive test to detect pre-cancerous polyps and colon tumors appears to be more accurate than current noninvasive tests such as the fecal occult blood test, Mayo clinic researchers say.

HealthDay

Everyday BPA exposure decreases human semen quality

The more bisphenol A men were exposed to the worse off their sperm were, according a new study that finds the link in humans.

Scientific American

Sodas linked to risk of Type 2 diabetes

A study has found that regular consumption of soda beverages is associated with a risk of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes.

ScienceDaily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Other Earths? A new estimate raises the odds of finding them

Researchers predict finding many Earth-sized planets around sun-like stars, right in our own galaxy. But don’t pack your bags just yet — you might not want to live on them.

Christian Science Monitor

Early humans’ weapon-making skills sharper than expected

A delicate, sophisticated way to craft sharp weapons from stone apparently was developed by humans more than 50,000 years sooner than had been thought.

LiveScience

SPORTS

San Franciso Giants’ Cain is rock steady

The Giants are going to Texas with a 2-0 lead in the World Series, and Matt Cain is a secret no more.

San Francisco Chronicle

Frustrated Devils are feeling the heat

After 10 games the New Jersey Devils are grasping for something — anything — that can restore a little chemistry to what should be a dynamic lineup.

Sporting News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

50 years of work brings wisdom to West

Kazuaki Tanahashi was still in his 20s when he showed up at the Soto Temple in Japantown where a Japanese Buddhist priest was offering meditation lessons to a small but intense band of beatniks.

San Francisco Chronicle

Don’t use Bible to justify claim, says Catholic synod

A meeting of Middle East Catholic bishops declared that Israel cannot use the Bible to justify territorial claims to land in Israel.

Jewish Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

North Slope Borough, Shell plan joint scientific studies

Shell Alaska and the North Slope Borough announced they will collaborate on scientific research aimed at concerns about petroleum drilling on Alaska’s Arctic Ocean outer continental shelf.

Anchorage Daily News

Biodiversity study sounds an extinction alert for vertebrates

Biodiversity researchers warn that 20 percent of vertebrate species are threatened with extinction, largely because of human damage to habitats.

Christian Science Monitor

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