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Recovery begins in nearly half of metros

Nearly half the metro areas in the U.S. began an economic recovery by the end of 2009, according to new Adversity Index data from Moody's Economy.com and msnbc.com.

MSNBC

Rebuilding a nest egg after the great recession

NPR

Who’s creating US jobs? Mexicans

Christian Science Monitor

Snacks mean kids moving toward 'constant eating'

U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent.

Reuters

Processed foods may need US rule to limit salt

BusinessWeek

Bye-bye, Saturday mail?

The U.S. Postal Service plans to propose an adjusted mail service schedule, which will likely cut Saturday delivery. The agency will also suggest closing some branches and expanding self-service kiosks.

CNNMoney

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Postal Service: Stop! We'll help you recycle that mail

USA TODAY

Chile quake might have shortened days

The massive earthquake that struck Chile might have shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say.

CNN

Doctors hastened dying kids’ death

A small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer to end their suffering at their parents' request.

MSNBC

Polite or panicky may depend on how much time there is to react

Comparing who survived two of history's most famous sinkings — the Titanic and the Lusitania — indicates sharply different behavior on the two doomed vessels.

MSNBC

NATION

US plans reductions in nuclear weapons

President Barack Obama is planning dramatic reductions in the country's nuclear arsenal, a senior U.S. administration official has said.

BBC

The legacy of America's nuclear waste

National Geographic

Special section:

Nuclear weapons

Guardian

Supreme Court to address limits of 2nd Amendment rights

The court will decide if state and local gun control laws violate the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" and if an individual's right to own a weapon can extend beyond federal jurisdiction.

CNN

The debate over gun rights

Christian Science Monitor

Utah abortion bill: punishing miscarriages or preventing crime?

A controversial abortion bill in Utah meant to prevent planned assaults on unborn children may have opened a loophole that could allow women to be charged with murder.

ABC News

POLITICS

Some states may ban credit checks on new job applicants

It's hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them.

New York Times

States that are considering credit check bans

Google News

US senator blocks benefit payout

The federal government began to furlough workers, while thousands of jobless Americans braced for an end to their unemployment checks.

Detroit Free Press

Blog:

Anger at Bunning spreads rapidly online

The Hill

Sen. Bunning is angry: 'Excuse me!'

ABC News

HEALTH

Study: Teen pot, alcohol use rising

Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study found.

News Observer

In obesity epidemic, what’s 1 cookie?

Numerous scientific studies show that small caloric changes have no long-term effect on weight. When we skip a cookie, the body’s biological adaptations kick in, reducing the caloric benefits of our effort.

New York Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

ApocalyPS3: Buggy clock drives PlayStation 3 haywire

It’s a cautionary tale of the modern age, as a tiny little bug in the Sony PlayStation Network has left some PlayStation 3 owners unable to login.

Wired

Jay Leno back on 'Tonight Show' as TV landscape changes

Jay Leno has bumped Conan O'Brien to return to his "Tonight Show" spot. But with cable TV and the Internet drawing younger and younger audiences, late-night TV is dramatically changing.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Understanding global climate change through Polar research

The investigation provides the benchmark for future studies on how the diverse range of sea-floor creatures living in Antarctica's chilly waters will respond to predicted environmental change.

ScienceDaily

Colo. researchers say shell serum could save trees from bark beetles

Colorado State University scientists are liquefying crab and shrimp shells shipped from Iceland to produce a serum which, when poured on pine trees, appears to prevent bark beetles from killing the trees.

Denver Post

EDUCATION

Texting, Facebook can give teachers struggles with virtual boundaries

Educators are crossing a new social-media minefield that can explode with one wrong text message or Facebook entry.

Orlando Sentinel

Obama: $900 million to turn around the 'dropout crisis'

President Obama touted a $900 million school grant program designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates.

USA TODAY

Obama vows education reform

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Canadian speedskater donates $10,000

Canadian speedskater Clara Hughes is giving her bronze-medal bonus to a Vancouver program for at-risk youth, Take A Hike Foundation.

MSNBC

90-year-old volunteers at Franciscan Center that raised her

An elderly woman has volunteered weekly for the past 17 years at the Roman Catholic orphanage where she was reared.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Russia may consider Iran sanctions

Russia will back new sanctions against Iran as long as they do not create a humanitarian crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after talks with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

Reuters

Is threat of sanctions making Tehran testy?