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GOOD NEWS

Philadelphia teacher’s methods make math add up

Students in Thomas Gaffey‘s ninth-grade algebra class at Philadelphia’s High School of the Future use laptops while sitting in rolling chairs at trapezoidal tables spaced out in hexagonal classrooms.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Homeless write to put life in context

In Iowa a homeless man reads an essay about his experiences to seven other homeless residents, all of whom are participating in a new free writing workshop.

Des Moines Register

Israeli device lets paralyzed people walk

A new device called ReWalk can help paraplegics to stand and walk, using crutches for stability, when they lean forward and move their upper body in different ways.

Sci-Tech Today

WORLD

A well-worn path out of Afghanistan

Despite nine subsequent years of effort and billions of dollars in support, the U.S. has been unable to establish security or a strong central government in Afghanistan.

NPR

British PM Cameron hints at Afghanistan troop withdrawal

BBC

US, Japan and South Korea united on North Korea

In a show of unity, the U.S., Japan and South Korea said they would not resume negotiations with North Korea until it stops its “provocative and belligerent” behavior.

San Francisco Chronicle

Leaders discuss raised Korea tensions

Guardian

Eurozone worries pressure Wall Street

Stocks dipped with investors taking profits and looking for further action from European officials to prevent a debt crisis from spreading.

Reuters

BUSINESS

US exits Citigroup stake and earns profit of $12B

The U.S. government sold off its remaining shares in Citigroup Inc. for $4.35 each, marking an exit from ownership in the bailed-out banking giant with a $12 billion gross profit for taxpayers.

Reuters

Wal-Mart class-action appeal goes to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said it would decide if the largest sex-discrimination class-action lawsuit in U.S. history against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can proceed.

Reuters

HEALTH

Daily aspirin linked to steep drop in cancer risk, but experts urge caution

Long-term use of a daily low-dose aspirin dramatically cuts the risk of dying from an array of cancers, but the study’s lead author urges caution.

HealthDay

Benefits of taking aspirin daily

MSNBC

Accepting parents boost mental health of LGBT teens

Parents who advocate for their non-heterosexual teens may be protecting them from ill health as adults, suggests a new study on families with gay, lesbians bisexual and trans-gender children.

LiveScience

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google e-books: Are book prices headed down? To zero?

In this new future, your library becomes electronic and virtually unlimited. The books you’re reading move seamlessly from, say, your computer to your e-reader to your smartphone.

Christian Science Monitor

Google opens e-book store, competes with Amazon and Apple

USA TODAY

Photos: Google Earth goes green

silicon.com

Now you see it: Neuroscientists reveal magicians’ secrets

Five years ago, on a trip to Las Vegas, a pair of neuroscientists realized that a partnership was in order with professionals with an older and more intuitive understanding of how the brain works.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

In Paris, a display from Hockney’s pixelated period

The 73-year-old artist, David Hockney thinks his current exhibition may be the first one that’s ever been 100 percent e-mailed to a gallery.

NPR

More education means more faith in marriage, new report says

The amount of education a person has plays a big role when it comes to deciding whether to make a long-term commitment to that special someone or to have a child outside of marriage, a new report says.

CNN

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