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GOOD NEWS

For microphilanthropist, donations are a part of daily life

Carlo Garcia is a new breed of benefactor: a “microphilanthropist.” Some believe that he has the potential to change the altruistic landscape.

MSNBC

Charities help farmworkers at Christmas

A collection of local agencies did their best to boost the spirits of farmworkers who, because there is a lack of winter work, often find money tight during this time of gift giving and big dinners.

San Jose Mercury News

Jobless couples find holiday spirit

They stand on all they have not lost — faith, love and charity. They lean on each other and reach out to help others. And they don’t look back. They say they’re out of work, not out of spirit.

USA TODAY

WORLD

Korean tension: a look at the conflict

North Korea threatened to launch a “sacred war” after South Korea completed large military exercises near the volatile inter-Korean border.

CNN

New Zealand military releases UFO government files

New Zealand’s military has released hundreds of documents detailing claims of sightings of unidentified flying objects.

BBC

Medicine sent from US to help Afghan soldiers disappearing

U.S. donated medicine and supplies meant to keep the new Afghan army and police healthy have been disappearing before reaching Afghan military hospitals.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Taliban will attempt ‘spectacular’ attacks in Afghanistan, UN envoy says

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Ala. town’s pension failure is a warning

Prichard, a struggling small Alabama city on the outskirts of Mobile, was warned for years that if it did nothing, its pension fund would run out of money. Right on schedule, its fund ran dry.

New York Times

Another blow to state budgets: Build America Bonds end

The Build America Bonds program, a hugely popular Recovery Act initiative that allowed many state and municipal agencies to support infrastructure projects, is coming to an end on Dec. 31.

CNNMoney

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The history of Christmas carols

Did you know that Christmas carols were not sung in churches until the 19th century? The first full-blown carol service wouldn’t come until 1880 in Truro, Cornwall.

BBC

Worshipping at home: household churches new norm for some families

According to a study by the Pew Forum, seven percent of Americans surveyed say they worship in someone’s home.

ABC News

HEALTH

Alternative remedies possibly ‘dangerous’ for children

Alternative remedies can be dangerous for children and can prove fatal, according to a study carried out in Australia.

BBC

Moms who take folic acid, iron have smarter kids

Children in rural Nepal whose mothers were given iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy were smarter than children whose mothers did not get them, researchers said.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Cold winters driven by global warming

Counterintuitive but true, say scientists: a string of freezing European winters scattered over the last decade has been driven in large part by global warming.

Discovery News

EPA chief says agency will deal with tainted water

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said they would likely tighten standards to address health risks of a carcinogen recently detected in the tap water of 31 cities across the country.

Bloomberg

Scientists rail against senator who belittled research

A team of scientists who study pollution’s role in global warming is outraged at a Republican senator who, they say, has maligned their work as wasteful and petty by describing it as a study of “cow burps.”

ABC News

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