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Health care reform activist Iwanka Kultschyckyj plants a flower in a snow bank as she and several others begin a march to Washington, in Philadelphia. The activists plan an eight-day walk from Philadelphia to Washington to call on Congress for health care reform. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)

New US credit card rules to boost payday lending

Credit card rules soon to take effect will squeeze access to subprime credit, analysts say, which could give a lift to the shadow banking sector and payday lenders.

Reuters

Understanding the new credit card rules

ABC News

Anonymous buyer pays millions for Casanova's diaries

In what may be the most expensive manuscript ever, a donor purchased the 3,700 yellowing pages of Casanova's memoirs on behalf of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France for more than $4 million.

Guardian

Fight over health care premiums heats up as costs rise

A firestorm between the Obama administration and health insurers escalated, as the Department of Health and Human Services pointed to double-digit price increases.

Wall Street Journal

Medicare private plan premiums jump

CBS News

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Medicaid rolls swell as economy slips

NPR

Detroit area strains to help homeless

At a time when foreclosures in the nation are forcing millions to find new living arrangements, the homeless are frequently turning to alternatives to overbooked and inadequate shelters.

Detroit News

A familiar sight for poor neighborhoods

New York Times

Dolphins may help treat diabetes

Bottlenose dolphins can switch diabetes on and off — a trick that might yield a treatment for humans with the condition.

Guardian

US school accused of Web spying

Parents from Pennsylvania have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops.

BBC

NATION

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into office building

A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees.

Yahoo! News

Man crashes plane into building

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Upcoming census hiring set to boost jobs reports by more than half a million

According to a new study released by the Commerce Department, which includes the Census Bureau, the upcoming survey will add up to 635,000 temporary jobs by May to the nation's employment reports.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama forms deficit commission

President Barack Obama has created a bipartisan commission to confront what he calls the federal deficit's "disturbing" projected trajectory.

Wall Street Journal

Dems hurting, but lead in cash

Amid sinking poll numbers and a spate of retirements by veteran lawmakers, Democrats have one early advantage heading into November's congressional elections: money.

USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sex at work: weapon or repression?

People can use relationships at work to kick-start their career, but relationships can also turn out to be repressive and hinder careers from flourishing.

BBC

'Feed the Children' charity under fire

Most donors have no idea about the feud that's tearing apart the billion-dollar-a-year charity that solicited aid for Haiti.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Greenland's fjords are melting

Waters from warmer parts of the ocean are penetrating into the normally chilly fjords of the Greenland coast, driving some of the glacier melt that has been speeding there in recent years, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Climate chief's resignation sparks treaty talk

ABC News

Chemical omitted from Lejeune report

An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it as the base prepared for a federal health review.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Millennial generation less likely to claim religion, study finds

The millennials — those born after 1980 who began to reach adulthood around the year 2000 — are less likely to claim a religion than their parents and grandparents were at the same age, a new report says.

Denver Post

Ayatollah: Islam forbids Iran from seeking nuclear bombs

Iran's supreme leader said the Islamic republic isn't seeking and doesn't believe in pursuing nuclear bombs.

CNN

Nuclear evidence in Iran

ABC News

EDUCATION

Grants to develop and test next-generation teaching tools

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced 15 grants totaling more than $19.5 million to support the development and testing of prototype instructional tools in math and literacy.

PNNOnline

Haas family gift to boost UC Berkeley diversity studies

A $16 million donation will help UC Berkeley study diversity and related issues and, university leaders hope, make minority students feel more welcome on campus.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: How viruses changed evolution

Italian scientists say they have found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.

Vancouver Sun

Protein is key to fly forgetfulness

A protein responsible for forgetting has been identified in flies, and it's been used to speed up and slow down the erasure of painful memories.

New Scientist

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GOOD NEWS

Haas family gift to boost UC Berkeley diversity studies

A $16 million donation will help UC-Berkeley study diversity and related issues and, university leaders hope, make minority students feel more welcome on campus.

San Jose Mercury News

Polk deputy donates kidney, considers liver donation as well

Rick Hohl has given back for years, but he took his volunteer work to another level when he donated his kidney to Florida sheriff's deputy he had never met.

Tampa Tribune

WORLD

Afghan Taliban chiefs 'held in Pakistan'

Two senior members of the Afghan Taliban are reported to have been seized in Pakistan, media reports say.

BBC

Schools in China have been linked to Google attacks