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Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung dies at 85

Kim Dae Jung, who died of heart failure in Seoul at age 85, was the consolidator of democracy in South Korea. During an era when South Korea was ruled by the military, Kim was its most active dissident.

TIME

Kabul hit ahead of Afghan poll

A suicide car bomber has killed four Afghan army personnel on the major Jalalabad-Kabul road, as attacks increase two days before Afghanistan's presidential election.

Al Jazeera

Corruption fears over Afghan poll

BBC

Taliban resists Afghan election

CBS News

Taliban 'confirms Mehsud's death'

The chief spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan, has confirmed that the group's leader is dead, Pakistani officials have said.

BBC

Obama's hint that he'd drop public plan provokes ire

Concerned the president might negotiate away one of their key goals, liberal Democrats pressed President Obama to resist conservative opposition and maintain support for a government insurance option.

McClatchy Newspapers

Option for government health insurance over?

ABC News

Is President altering his health care plan?

MSNBC

Tests begin on drugs that may slow aging

It may be the ultimate free lunch — how to reap all the advantages of a calorically restricted diet, without eating one fewer calorie. Just take a drug that tricks the body into thinking it’s on such a diet.

New York Times

Hurricane Bill heads for Bermuda

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season loomed far out in the ocean, gaining power and moving on a track that forecasters said could take it close to Bermuda by the end of the week.

Baltimore Sun

Monkey see, monkey do: Why we flatter via imitation in social interactions

A new investigation looks at whether a widely documented human phenomenon — the fact that we tend to prefer people who behave the same way we do in social interactions — exists in other species.

TIME

NATION

Texas judge: Closing court before appeal wasn't a ruling

A Texas judge on trial for closing her court despite knowing that a death row inmate's final appeal was running late testified that denying a request to stay open was no judicial ruling on her part.

Houston Chronicle

Fellow judge says Keller violated procedure in death row case

American-Statesman

Visits to national parks are up

It could be the upside of the economic downturn: The Obama administration says visits to national parks are up nearly four percent in 2009.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Economic stimulus for national parks working?

CNN

Hacker indicted for stealing 130 million credit cards

A federal grand jury has indicted Albert Gonzales, 28, of Miami, Fla., for allegedly hacking into computers belonging to retail and financial companies and stealing more than 130 million credit and debit cards.

InformationWeek

POLITICS

New administration calls marriage law unfair and urges its repeal

The Obama administration filed court papers arguing that a federal marriage law discriminates against gays, even as government lawyers continue to defend it.

NPR

57 percent don't see stimulus working

Six months after President Obama launched a $787 billion plan to right the nation's economy, most Americans think the federal aid has done too little to end the recession.

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Military enthusiasts begin re-enacting Vietnam War

For decades, re-enactors have played out key events in the Revolutionary or Civil wars. Now they are illustrating one of the nation's most controversial conflicts — and paying tribute to veterans.

San Francisco Chronicle

Mya, Kelly Osbourne, others join 'Dancing With The Stars'

The celebrity cast, which includes an Osmond, a cowboy and a former House majority leader, will team with professional dancers and face off on television's hit ballroom competition.

MTV.com

'Dancing With the Stars' cast revealed

ABC News

HEALTH

Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull

Longer days, lower pay, less prestige and administrative headaches have turned doctors away from family medicine, the frontline for wellness and preventive-care programs that reduce health care costs.

USA TODAY

Medical fraud has a staggering price tag

In the midst of the health care debate, there's a point of certainty. Everyone — Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives — would like to see health care fraud wiped out.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cell phones problematic for 911

For the millions of Americans giving up their land lines in favor of cell phones, dialing 911 may no longer mean a quick response. It can lead to a slower emergency response.

USA TODAY

Chasing after the elusive narwhal

Narwhals are an Arctic whale known as the unicorn of the sea; the males have a distinctive long, spiral tusk. But even though it has long been famous for its horn, most of the narwhal's life is a mystery.

NPR

First amino acid on a comet found

Amino acids found on a comet for the first time, a new analysis of samples from NASA's reveals, confirms that some of the building blocks of life were delivered to the early Earth from space.

New Scientist

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Faith rites seen boosting brain power

Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits.

Reuters

Blacks, Haitians decry closings of South Florida Catholic churches

Archbishop John C. Favalora said that he will close several churches, many of which serve minorities. Parishioners of these churches say they see their congregations as an essential part of their spiritual lives.

Sun-Sentinel

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GOOD NEWS

Astronaut is a mom on a mission

Nicole Passonno Stott will lift off for a four-month stint aboard the International Space Station with six other crew members flying on NASA's STS-128 mission.

Houston Chronicle

World War II death march survivors to be invited to Japan

Sixty-four years after Japan surrendered to end WWII, Japanese media reported that for the first time, U.S. GIs held as prisoners of war are to be invited to the country for a commemorative ceremony.

Detroit Free Press

New maple tap developers foresee a sweet season

It's two inches tall, costs about 35 cents and looks like a tiny rocket ship. But it has big potential.

ABC News

WORLD

Arctic Sea hijackers 'threatened to kill crew, sink ship'