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GOOD NEWS

Gene therapy helps children with congenital blindness gain sight

A study using gene therapy safely improved vision in five children and seven adults with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

ScienceDaily

Halloween haul becomes sweet treats for troops

As part of a national program, Dentist Joel Nathanson will pay children a dollar for a pound of Halloween sweets and hand them fancy flashing toothbrushes. The candy he collects will be sent to troops overseas.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Karadzic boycotts war crimes trial start

U.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to appear on the opening day.

CNN

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BBC

Fidel Castro's sister says: "I worked with the CIA in Cuba"

The younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro, Juanita Castro, collaborated with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency against her brothers' rule in Cuba before going into exile in Miami in 1964, she said.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Dollar touches 14-month low as recovery signs spur risk demand

The dollar reached a 14-month low versus the euro as stocks advanced around the world on confidence that the global economy is recovering, increasing demand for higher-yielding assets.

Bloomberg

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Reuters

Amazon suspends wine sales effort

A little more than a year after word of the effort trickled out, a senior Amazon account manager told wineries in an e-mail that the company has decided "not to resume shipping."

CNET News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cloning expert convicted in S. Korea

A cloning expert who falsely claimed major breakthroughs in stem cell research was convicted for embezzlement and other charges connected to the scandal, but he will not serve time in prison.

MSNBC

Rethinking flight safety with air bags

Air bags, standard in autos for decades, are now beginning to make their way into airliners as well.

KQED.org

Airplanes get a safety boost

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Clean environments encourage generosity and fairness

Freshening-up the smell of a room is enough to provoke a subconscious impulse towards fairness, researchers claim.

Telegraph.co.uk

Hope for climate pact fades

The chances of a climate change treaty being signed in Copenhagen are fading fast as it emerges that the U.S. legislature is running out of time to agree on targets and that critical issues remain unresolved.

The Age

Climate map shows human impacts

BBC

EDUCATION

Colleges are being urged to prioritize mental health

Experts urge colleges to keep providing mental health support, even when budgets are tight. The ICACS says that a college campus should have at least one therapist for every 1,000 to 1,500 students.

NPR

Report: economy squeezes school-lunch bottom line

As more children depend on free meals, schools are grappling with rising costs that surpass the federal reimbursement.

Newsday

The influence game: Bill Gates' sway on education policy

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is taking unprecedented steps to spend millions to influence the way the federal government distributes $5 billion in grants to overhaul public schools.

Philly.com

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