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GOOD NEWS

Federal study says grizzly bears are thriving

The majestic grizzly bear, threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Many Texas pets, zoo animals spared Ike's wrath

Although Hurricane Ike devastated stretches of the U.S. Gulf Coast, rescue crews are finding that improved evacuation procedures helped many of the area's animals weather the storm.

National Geographic

WORLD

Bolivia opposition agrees to talk

Bolivian President Evo Morales and opposition governors from rich eastern regions have agreed on steps to resolve the country's political crisis.

BBC

Israeli primary for Olmert successor

The main party in Israel's governing coalition will choose a new leader.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Housing starts at 17-year low in August

New housing starts fell to their lowest level in 17 years in August, sharply worse than expected, signalling the still deepening threat from the housing market to U.S. economic growth.

Financial Times

Barclays will buy Lehman units, save up to 10,000 jobs

British banking giant Barclays (BSC) announced that it has agreed to buy Lehman Bros.' (LEH) investment banking and trading operations.

USA Today

Investors fret over WaMu survival odds

WaMu's stock dropped 73 cents to $2 due to concern that it won't be able to find new capital or a buyer to help the company recover from about $19 billion in bad mortgages.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Lehman collapse sends business students job hunting

Not only has the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy stung the financial world, it is also disrupting the plans of business school students from some of the most prestigious programs in the country.

U.S. News & World Report

San Diego college gets mixed review in Title IX complaint

The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that a San Diego community college violated portions of Title IX after reviewing a complaint filed by a former women's basketball coach.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physicists: US could cut oil use with better houses, cars

The United States can reduce its dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse-gas emissions by making cars and buildings much more energy efficient.

McClatchy Newspapers

Why do we believe impossible things?

About 80 million Americans believe we have been visited by aliens from another planet. Studies show that millions of people believe in ghosts, extrasensory perception and, of course, alien abductions.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Polar bears 'could become extinct' because of melting ice, scientists claim

Polar bears and other rare species are in danger of dying out, scientists fear, as latest figures show the Artic sea ice is at record lows.

Environmental News Network

Bush-meat ban could devastate Africa's animals, poor

A total crackdown on the trade of wild animals for food could prove disastrous for people in central Africa, who have few alternative sources of protein and income.

National Geographic

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