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GOOD NEWS

Gates foundation helps poor save money, open accounts

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $350 million to projects that let the poor who have no access to banking keep cash deposits at the local post office, lottery outpost or cell phone account.

Bloomberg

Optimistic women live longer

Women who are optimistic have a lower risk of heart disease and death, an American study shows.

BBC

WORLD

Myanmar court convicts Aung San Suu Kyi

A Myanmar court found democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home and ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

Star Tribune

Sad tale of John Yettaw

Straits Times

Taliban gunman storm buildings near Kabul in Afghanistan

Taliban gunmen seized a five-story building in an attack on a provincial capital and battled Afghan and American forces in the town for several hours.

New York Times

McChrystal: Taliban fighters need political voice

NPR

BUSINESS

Treasurer fears credit freeze

Two years after credit markets seized up and caused one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression, companies are hoarding more cash in at least a decade.

Bloomberg

Chevrolet Volt said to get 230 miles per gallon in city driving

General Motors Co. expects its Volt electric car to earn a fuel-economy rating of at least 230 miles per gallon for city driving, which is more than four times that of Toyota’s Prius hybrid.

Bloomberg

Facebook to buy FriendFeed

Facebook agreed to buy social-media aggregator FriendFeed, acquiring an executive team that includes people who helped launch Gmail and Google Maps.

InformationWeek

HEALTH

Breakdown: In crisis, New Orleans cuts mental health efforts

Even as it faces a skyrocketing suicide rate and increases in cases of depression and post-traumatic stress, the Gulf Coast city is slated to lose the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital.

ABC News

Midlife cholesterol linked to dementia

Recent studies suggest that high cholesterol levels in midlife raise the risk of Alzheimer's and dementia in later life.

NPR

SPORTS

Tiger to be fined for criticism of official

Tiger Woods will be fined by the PGA Tour for his public criticism of a rules official after winning the Bridgestone Invitational, a tour official said.

ESPN

Lacrosse players have excess burden of cardiac arrest

Commotio cordis accounts for a disproportionate number of sudden deaths in lacrosse players, compared with athletes in most major sports, researchers found.

MedPage Today

More chest protection needed

ABC News

EDUCATION

Disabled students are spanked more

More than 200,000 school children are paddled, spanked or subjected to other physical punishment, and disabled students get a disproportionate share, according to a new study.

Herald Tribune

Back-to-school shopping trip means $999 bill: chart of the day

More powerful calculators, field trips and clarinet rentals are driving up the cost of sending a kid to school even as consumers curb spending in the U.S. recession.

Bloomberg

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religious left backs Obama on health care plan

Liberal religious groups announced they are teaming up with President Obama to counter the conservative opposition to his plan for overhaul of the U.S. health care industry.

USA TODAY

People making a difference

When Fati al-Hassan, a middle-aged mother of six, first moved to Accra, Ghana's capital city, she barely could make ends meet.

Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Cupcakes from the Cupcake Cafe in New York are known for exquisitely beautiful butter cream frosting, designed to resemble flowers. (Photo by Yanina Manolova / AP)

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