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GOOD NEWS

Australian teen sets out to sail solo around the world

A 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world.

NPR

Free health care for uninsured

In tough times, many families focus on keeping the roof over their heads, but sometimes there's no money left for health care. This weekend there was a solution to that problem.

News Channel 5

WORLD

Thai billboard with Hitler causes diplomatic flap

A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said.

Denver Post

China starts resettling for water project

Authorities have started resettling 330,000 people in central China to make way for a massive project to divert water hundreds of miles to the cities in its arid north.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Young job seekers hit hard by economy

In 2007, the unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds with bachelor's degrees was just 2.2 percent. Now it is more than four times that, at 9.3 percent.

CBS News

Tipsters aided Silicon Valley insider-trading scheme

The scheme federal authorities call the biggest hedge-fund insider case ever not only targeted some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies, but involved a network of conspirators.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

E-cigarettes: In need of FDA regulation?

A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the FDA has the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes, which contain nicotine but not tobacco.

Christian Science Monitor

Going green license to lie, cheat, steal?

People who buy goods perceived to be morally good are more likely to go on to lie, cheat and steal, according to a study by researchers at University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Toronto Star

New view of the heliosphere: Cassini helps redraw shape of solar system

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have presented a new view of the region of the sun’s influence, or heliosphere, and the forces that shape it.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Climate policies won’t limit warming enough, US says

Current policies to fight climate change in China, India, the U.S. and other major carbon dioxide emitters aren’t enough to limit global temperature increases of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a U.S. envoy said.

Bloomberg

Climate change talks ahead of Copenhagen

ITN

Amazon tribe teams with Google to make stand in rain forests

In an effort to rescue ancient rain forests and a dying culture, the chief of an endangered Amazon tribe has partnered with Google Inc.

San Francisco Chronicle

Scientists release new polar ice findings

In London, Catlin Arctic Survey released its results on its study of sea ice, fending off accusations that a flawed expedition couldn't produce good science.

CBS News

EDUCATION

How to repay student loans early

The first question is where to begin — if at all. If you're in a position to pay off debts early, it pays to attack your costliest obligations first.

ABC News

Twitter lessons in 140 characters or less

Teachers are trying the microblogging tool out in the classroom as an efficient way to distribute assignments and to foster collaboration among students.

Education Week

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