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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

Live video: suspicious package on UPS flight

CNN

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: ‘I’m not dropping out’

ABC News

Meek says Crist tried to get him to quit

CNN

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

Airline passengers can expect new pat-down security procedures at U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration said.

CNN

Philadelphia airport option of full-body scans

Philadelphia Inquirer

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A folk artist poses at a fair at the Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts in New Delhi. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)	Afghan women line up for the distribution of humanitarian aid in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ahmad Massoud / AP)	Thunder‘s forward Serge Ibaka, and Bulls’ guard Ronnie Brewer play in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Sue Ogrocki / AP)

NATION

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

Illegal immigration 101

CNN

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

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

Tests warned of troubles before BP blowout

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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

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

(Almost) final student aid rules

A complex set of regulations from the Department of Education is being released in its final form. The rules are intended to guard against waste and abuse in the federal financial aid program.

Inside Higher Ed

Dept. of Ed. finalizes student aid rules

Reuters

Tuition at public colleges jumps 8 percent, College Board reports

Christian Science Monitor

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

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

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Why everybody should pray the foreclosure bans end

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What’s the use of experts?

The Atlantic

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NPR’s very public and poorly handled affair

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Can’t keep a bad idea down

Salt Lake Tribune

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Palestinian statehood is still elusive

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Not his finest hour: The dark side of Winston Churchill

The Independent

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ESPN

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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

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