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Being older is being wiser

It turns out grandma was right: Listen to your elders. New research indicates elders are better at dealing with conflicts, accepting life's uncertainties and change.

CBS News

Braille displays promise to deliver the Web to the blind

A team of North Carolina State University researchers has taken the first steps toward developing a device that would allow the blind to take better advantage of the Web and other computer applications.

Scientific American

Foreclosure crisis hits building inspectors

Few people experience the dirty underbelly of the home foreclosure crisis on a daily basis like Kyle Caluya, one of four field inspectors assigned to the city of Sacramento's vacant building program.

Sacramento Bee

With caution, Americans still want a house

CNNMoney

Special section:

Foreclosures

New York Times

The Pentagon springs a WikiLeak

At least one Pentagon insider leaked a bloody video that appeared to show the killing of two reporters by a U.S. helicopter gunship in Baghdad to WikiLeaks, an independent Web site.

TIME

AP source confirms video of Baghdad firefight

YouTube

Calif. attitudes toward illegal immigration change drastically

In a dramatic turnaround from 16 years ago, Californians now overwhelmingly favor giving illegal immigrants a "path to legalization," a recent poll indicates.

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

25 dead in W.Va. coal mine explosion

An explosion at a coal mine with a history of safety problems killed 25 workers and at least four others were still missing more than a thousand feet underground in the worst U.S. mine disaster since 1984.

San Francisco Chronicle

Mining company previously fined for safety

CBS News

Mine tragedy 'part of our history'

CNN

US service sector is expanding

The service sector grew at its fastest pace in two years, suggesting the economic recovery is expanding from factories to shops, restaurants, hospitals and other jobs.

TIME

Report illustrates economic revival

Wall Street Journal

POLITICS

General Election 2010: Gordon Brown and David Cameron set the stage

Gordon Brown has called the U.K.'s General Election for May 6 and launched his campaign by calling for a "mandate" to restore the trust between voters and the politicians elected to represent them.

Telegraph.co.uk

Political parties prepare for election

BBC

Stevens weighs retirement

Justice John Paul Stevens is expected to announce by month's end whether he will retire from the Supreme Court, sources close to him say.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Off-roaders in search of trails

The dustup between all-terrain vehicle enthusiasts and land conservationists is intensifying this year as more people go in search of places to ride and more groups race to protect portions of public lands.

USA TODAY

Ham radio growing in the age of Twitter

Only a few years ago, blogs listed ham radio alongside 35 mm film and VHS tape as technologies slated to disappear. They were wrong. Nearly 700,000 Americans have ham radio licenses — up 60 percent from 1981.

NPR

Need privacy? Grow a living fence

Good fences do make good neighbors. Trees and shrubs add long-term interest and privacy to your property, while providing cover for birds, pollinators, and other wandering critters.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Prescription drug deaths increase

The number of deaths and hospitalizations caused by prescription drugs has risen precipitously in the past decade, with overdoses of pain medications.

Scientific American

Doctors face board specialty expiration

For the first time since leaving medical school, doctors are having to take tests to renew specialty board certification.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Measure hastens adoption of solar power

Maryland is moving to require utility companies to accelerate their use of solar power — an idea rankling some lawmakers who are concerned it would needlessly raise the price consumers pay for electricity.

Baltimore Sun

China rejects Mekong River dam criticism

China has rejected claims that its dams on the Mekong River are to blame for record low water levels in downstream nations.

BBC

EDUCATION

Good child care invaluable: ELC creates new tool for parents

The Early Learning Coalition, a nonprofit created under Florida law to implement, coordinate and administer school readiness programs, is assessing about 290 providers surrounding Tallahassee.

Tallahassee Democrat

Death of the liberal arts

The recession and unemployment are making schools and students rethink the value of an education in the humanities.

Newsweek

Hispanic-serving institutions best at increasing Latino success, report says

To increase the number of Latino students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a new report recommends improvements in transfers to Hispanic-serving institutions.

Chronicle of Higher Education

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GOOD NEWS

Tuition-free colleges stand their ground against costs

Even as the price tag of a four-year college degree outpaces inflation, a handful of U.S. colleges and universities are picking up full tuition for every student they enroll.

USA TODAY

American Academy of Pediatrics offers sound advice on autism

Parents who receive a diagnosis of autism in their child face a daunting set of questions. American Academy of Pediatrics has created a series of audio interviews to provide guidance and support

Medical News Today

WORLD

Indian police killed by Maoist rebels

Left-wing Maoist rebels in India have killed at least 70 paramilitary police in an attack in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials have said.

Al Jazeera

Maoist rebels kill 70 police troops in ambush