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Obama revising plans for NASA

President Barack Obama will revamp NASA's planned Orion crew capsule, speed up development of a massive deep space rocket and consider adding more shuttle flights beyond their scheduled retirement.

Houston Chronicle

NASA icons blast Obama's space program

MSNBC

Administration to outline revamped space policy

NPR

Gay rights groups outraged over Cardinal's child abuse comment

Gay rights groups have expressed outrage over comments made by a senior Vatican official linking homosexuality to child abuse.

CNN

Earthquake in China leaves hundreds dead

A strong earthquake toppled hundreds of homes and some schools in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau of southwest China, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands.

Reuters

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Biggest earthquakes since 1900

CNN

Massive earthquake in China

CBS News

Budget puts emphasis on justice for Indian tribes

The Obama administration has launched the most ambitious effort in decades to address the breakdown of justice on Indian reservations.

Denver Post

Bernanke sees 'moderate' recovery

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. expansion will remain moderate as the economy contends with weak construction spending and high unemployment.

BusinessWeek

Truckers’ credit-card swipes point to rebound

Bloomberg

NATION

More taxpayers are preparing their taxes on their own

The economic downturn, availability of low-cost tax software, and disillusionment with tax preparation companies have spurred an increase in do-it-yourself taxpayers.

USA TODAY

Mississippi school district ordered to end racial segregation

A federal judge ordered a Mississippi school district to halt local policies that had allowed some of the district’s schools and classes to become racially segregated.

Christian Science Monitor

When students ignited a change in racial politics

NPR

28 states may empower nurses

With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners.

Detroit News

Experts fear future doctor shortage

KATU

POLITICS

Watchdog group: Obama's mortgage aid plan wastes billions

The Obama administration's mortgage aid plan is coming under fresh criticism from a government watchdog who says the program is wasting billions of taxpayer dollars simply to delay foreclosures.

ABC News

US bank chief mobbed by angry borrowers

Reuters

House leaders launch program aimed at increasing racial diversity of staffers

House leaders launched a long-discussed program to increase racial diversity among congressional staff by intensifying recruitment and retention efforts.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Microsoft mouse supplier accused of virtually imprisoning workers

Microsoft has agreed to investigate claims that a contract manufacturer of some of its peripheral products has been subjecting its employees to illegal and even inhumane working conditions.

PCMag.com

Banks making big profits from tiny loans

Drawn by the prospect of hefty profits from even the smallest of loans, a raft of banks and financial institutions now dominate the field, with some charging interest rates of 100 percent or more.

New York Times

Toyota suspends sales of Lexus GX 460

Toyota asked dealers to temporarily suspend sales of the new 2010 Lexus GX 460 after Consumer Reports issued a safety warning on the SUV.

CNNMoney

Toyota retests Lexus GX460 on tight turns

Toronto Star

HEALTH

Hospitals are slow on curbing infections

U.S. hospitals are making little progress in eliminating infections that can harm or kill patients, according to reports released by the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

HealthDay

People without insurance wait longer to seek treatment for heart attacks

Warning signs of a heart attack should be hard to ignore. But that’s just what many people try to do if they have little or no health insurance, a new study finds.

Kansas City Star

'Growing concern' over marketing tainted beef, federal audit says

Beef containing harmful pesticides, antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Twitter starts selling advertising

The blogging site, founded in 2006, will carry "promoted tweets" from advertisers, according to a blog post from the company. At the outset, the ads will appear at the top of search pages.

Bloomberg

Twitter rolls out ads

MarketWatch

At deepest hydrothermal vent yet found, an 'awe-inspiring' view

Scientists have found a hydrothermal vent community three miles beneath the sea near the Cayman Islands, which have led to the discovery of new and exotic creatures.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

UC Berkeley bloated, wasteful

For a world-class university studded with Nobel laureates and innovative research, UC Berkeley manages its finances a bit like a sloppy undergrad, a new report suggests.

San Francisco Chronicle

Detroit schools to end social promotion

As Detroit Public Schools prepares to end the decades-long practice of automatically passing underperforming students from one grade level to the next, officials may learn lessons from the past.

Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

Refugees from Africa piece together American culture as they quilt

An extraordinary quilting bee takes place Saturday mornings at the Young Men and Women's African Heritage Association in Pittsburgh. Refugees from Burundi are learning the craft of quilt-making.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Maternal deaths declines worldwide

For the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth.

New York Times

'Crop mobs' take root in Missouri

The basic notion is almost as old as farming itself: People join together to get a big job done. And crop mobs are contemporary incarnations of this old-fashioned concept.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Chinese Barrier Reef ship crew arrested