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GOOD NEWS

Hope for malaria vaccine within 5 years

A vaccine against malaria could be available within five years after extensive trials have shown that it provides protection for infants and young children.

London Independent

Farmer leaves $2 millions to his church

A tiny church in western Pennsylvania inherited more than $2 million from a farmer who lived in a mobile home.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

WORLD

Good Samaritan returns nearly $100K

Billie Watts found a handbag with a bulging envelope of cash in a Cracker Barrel bathroom in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

USA Today

Vets reattach cat's face after incident

Veterinarians in Boston performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.

Arizona Daily Star

New measures to save many young lives

MSNBC

Search dog volunteers sniff out answers

Search One looks for missing people and human remains. Members have helped in criminal investigations and in disaster rescues, including after hurricanes Katrina and Ike.

Houston Chronicle

Search dog volunteers sniff out answers

Search One is a volunteer organization that looks for missing people and human remains. Members have helped in criminal investigations and in disaster rescues, including hurricane Katrina.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Sony will cut 16,000 jobs as recession curbs demand

Sony plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs in the largest reduction announced by a Japanese company since the credit crunch drove the world into recession.

Bloomberg

Tribune files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Tribune Co., founded in 1847, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its nearly $13 billion debt load, dramatically underscoring the dire near-term future of the newspaper industry.

MarketWatch

Is Sam Zell just bluffing?

Forbes

SPORTS

Kevin McHale moves from front office to Timberwolves’ bench

Minnesota basketball legend Kevin McHale tumbled from beleaguered boss to coach of a Timberwolves franchise that is driving fans away with every mounting loss.

Boston Herald

Florida, Oklahoma secure spots in BCS national title game

The Sooners put up 54 points a game and became the highest-scoring team in major-college football history, scoring at least 60 in their last five games.

USA Today

HEALTH

England to ban tobacco displays

Openly displaying tobacco in shops is banned in England and Wales. But plans for an outright ban on tobacco vending machines have been scrapped.

BBC

Deadliest heart attack takes toll on women more than men

Women hospitalized for the most serious type of heart attack are more than twice as likely as men to die, a new study shows.

WebMD

Gender gap in hear health awareness

MSNBC

EDUCATION

The little things are adding up to big energy savings for schools

It's easy to think a small change — say, shutting down all the computers in a single classroom at the end of the day — will make a small difference in a school district's utility bills.

South CoastToday.com

Obama education pick sparks conflict

President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education secretary will say a lot about the policies he may pursue.

Yahoo! News

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