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GOOD NEWS

Finding happiness in helping those who have less

For six hours a week, Sheila Salmon tends to clients who have lost their eligibility for food stamps, need help navigating Medicare eligibility, or are looking to enter a subsidized-housing lottery.

New York Times

5th grader makes 3rd hair donation

Shelbyann Malcolm's most recent haircut marked the third time she has donated her hair to "Locks of Love," a nonprofit that provides natural hairpieces to children who have lost their hair.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Afghan president presents 2nd list of Cabinet nominees

Afghan President Hamid Karzai presented a second slate of nominees to fill his Cabinet after parliament rejected 70 percent of his first picks.

Denver Post

Is Osama bin Laden dead or alive?

BBC

In France, a move to outlaw psychological abuse in marriage

Legislators in France are expected to introduce a bill to outlaw "conjugal abuse of a psychological nature" in both married and unmarried relationships.

TIME

BUSINESS

Shrinking labor force keeps unemployment rate low

An exodus of discouraged workers from the job market kept the U.S. unemployment rate from climbing above 10 percent in December, economists said.

BusinessWeek

Jobs report favors inflation-sensitive sectors of stock market

MarketWatch

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Obama: 'Road to recovery is never straight'

CBS News

Panel investigating financial crisis to question bankers

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will require top bankers and regulators to testify under oath when the panel holds its first public hearings, the chairman and vice chairman of the panel said.

Wall Street Journal

Task force targets 4 types of financial crimes

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

US to give $2.3 billion in clean technology tax credits

President Barack Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax credits for 183 ventures to build advanced batteries, wind turbines and other "clean energy technology."

San Francisco Chronicle

America's drive towards clean technology

The Age

Turning trash to fuel and reducing battlefield risks

To reduce the number of fuel envoy missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and to dispose of trash at remote bases, the U.S. Army is backing a project aimed at turning waste into diesel.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Mass. college alters face coverings ban

A Massachusetts college has modified a controversial security policy after criticism it infringed on the religious rights of students, a school official said.

CNN

Whiteboards' impact on teaching

As educators look for ways to present subject matter in more engaging ways, more and many PTAs are purchasing interactive whiteboards for their schools.

Education Week

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New study contradicts the 'metabolism 1st' hypothesis

A new study rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules without the need of RNA or DNA.

ScienceDaily

Neanderthal 'make-up' discovered

Scientists claim to have the first persuasive evidence that Neanderthals wore "body paint" 50,000 years ago.

BBC

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