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GOOD NEWS

Brain zap improves dexterity

A slight zap of electricity to the brain could make righties better at using their left hands, a new study shows.

LiveScience

Good Samaritan saves crying woman's foreclosed home

Tracy Orr sat in the back of the room and prepared to watch her foreclosed home go up for auction. That's when a pesky stranger sat down beside her and struck up a conversation.

CNN

WORLD

Russia looks to create an 'OPEC' for natural-gas nations

The nations with the world's three biggest reserves of natural gas — Russia, Iran, and Qatar — are quietly moving ahead to form a "gas OPEC," an organization modeled after the oil cartel.

Christian Science Monitor

Congo rebels declare cease-fire

A rebel leader in Congo, whose forces are threatening the city of Goma, told BBC he has declared a ceasefire.

BBC

Battles rage in Congo

ABC News

Thousands rendered homeless in Congo

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Fed cuts interest rate

The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark rate by a half-point as it fights the ongoing crisis in credit markets.

USA Today

Fed funds rate cut by half-point

CNBC

United Airlines offers to FedEx luggage overnight — at a price

United Airlines passengers who don't want to lug their luggage and other belongings to and from airports can now ship them via an overnight courier — at a price.

San Francisco Chronicle

US airfares rose to 13-year high in 2nd quarter

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Maradona will coach Argentina

Diego Maradona, Argentina's soccer coach, is an icon whose achievements on the field were undercut by a history of erratic behavior and drug abuse.

Sports Illustrated

Marion Jones, in first post-prison interview, says lying was a mistake

Disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones told Oprah Winfrey that she will never compete again, but believes she would have won her five Olympic medals without an illegal drug.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Step 1 in curbing mercury emissions: Find their source

Some amount of the element mercury, occurs naturally on earth’s surface. Since 1750, the rate at which mercury is deposited into the environment has tripled.

Christian Science Monitor

Legal ivory auction yields $1,300,000

The first ivory auction in a decade sold more than seven tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese bidders in Namibia, raising more than a million dollars for elephant conservation.

National Geographic

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Papal audience: the Cross in the teaching of St. Paul

Continuing his series of weekly catechetical talks on St. Paul, Pope Benedict XVI used his public audience to speak on the Apostle's constant references to the Cross of Christ.

Catholic World News

Pa. college settles free speech lawsuit

Shippensburg University and a religious student group settled a free speech lawsuit at the state-owned university.

USA Today

Photo of the Day

Fireworks explode over the Ottoman-era Mecidiye Mosque and the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, during a celebration to mark the 85th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. (Photo by Murad Sezer / AP)

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