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GOOD NEWS

Rescuing girls from sex slavery

Maiti Nepal is a group that fights to prevent sexual trafficking of women and girls. More than 12,000 Nepali women and girls have been rescued and rehabilitated since 1993.

CNN

Miss. tornado couple receives wedding dress, trip

Days after a tornado obliterated their home and delayed their wedding, a Mississippi bride and groom say they feel blessed by the kindness of strangers.

Chicago Sun-Times

WORLD

New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki's enemies latch onto torture allegations

The election recount demanded by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki might take up to two weeks while recent allegations of torture could further weaken his ability to head a coalition government.

Christian Science Monitor

Torture, rape in 'secret' Iraqi prison

The Province

Man stabs 28 children in China nursery school attack

Twenty-eight children and three adults have been injured by a man with a knife at a nursery school in eastern China, the third such attack in a month.

BBC

Timeline: deadly school attacks in China

Google News

Israel slows building in east Jerusalem

Where someone builds in Jerusalem — and why — is at the center of an ongoing diplomatic tussle between Israel and the Obama administration.

NPR

BUSINESS

Greek debt restructuring gains traction

European policy makers say a Greek debt restructuring is not an option, but economists and some politicians are starting to suggest it may have to be part of the solution to Greece's debt crisis.

Reuters

HP, Palm merger could shake up PC industry alliances

Hewlett-Packard's bid to gobble up Palm Inc. could shake up alliances in the personal computer industry, as other players in the sector figure out their play in a rapidly-changing smartphone arena.

MarketWatch

Blog:

Is Motorola next in line to be acquired?

CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Jay Leno, the man in the middle

This will be Jay Leno's fifth appearance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner — he's appeared during every administration since Reagan's.

Politico

Long after Cold War, artists' paintings of Soviet weapons remain

During the Cold War, Defense Intelligence Agency artists painted pictures of Soviet missiles to build support for defense spending. The paintings remain at a Smithsonian museum.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

FDA approves 1st cancer vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine to treat prostate cancer — or any cancer — the culmination of decades of research into harnessing the immune system to fight tumors.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Surviving prostate cancer

WebMD

Ready for $1,000 personal genomes?

Do you really want to know all of the information encoded in your genes? A thought-provoking new study shows why you might — and why you might not.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US defense of global religious freedom

A bipartisan national commission finds President Barack Obama lacking when it comes to defending and promoting global religious freedom. The commission also names 13 countries as serious violators.

Christian Science Monitor

India's Catholic bishops frame new sex abuse rules

The Roman Catholic church in India has recommended a zero-tolerance policy on sexual abuse complaints against priests.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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