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Jen Solomon, a personal trainer, demonstrates stretching in a gym in London. Many people believe they should start their exercise routines with some stretching, but most fitness experts agree that static stretching before exercise is potentially harmful. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)

Just 5 minutes of 'green exercise' optimal for good mental health

According to a new study by the American Chemical Society, just minutes of exercise in a park, working in a backyard garden, or on a nature trail will benefit mental health.

Medical News Today

Slimming down employees to cut costs

BusinessWeek

Moms get fit

Denver Post

Latino kids' social skills found strong

A majority of Latino children enter kindergarten with the same social skills as their peers, but those gains are likely to disappear if they attend low-quality schools.

Education Week

Man arrested for Times Square bomb attempt

Naturalized citizen of Pakistani descent Faisal Shahzad nabbed at JFK Airport as he tried to flee country.

CBS News

Another failed terrorist attack plot leaves NY residents wary and weary

Baltimore Sun

Police comb neighborhood tied to Shahzad

CNN

The Pill started more than 1 revolution

The birth control pill has been called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century, and no wonder. Fifty years after its approval it is still one of the leading methods of contraception.

New York Times

The Pill at 50: freedom and paradox

TIME

BP tries to stop oil spill

Officials of BP, the oil giant that owns the leaking well, said they plan to try to cap it with a four-story metal container that will try to suck in the flowing oil.

CNN

NATION

Fears of finding more victims mount as Tenn. floodwaters recede

Rescuers feared even more bodies would emerge as muddy flood waters ebb from torrential weekend rains that swamped Nashville, much of Tennessee and neighboring states.

Star Tribune

Tenn. flooding

CBS News

Aerial scenes of Nashville area flooding

The Tennessean

Schwarzenegger drops drilling plans

The catastrophic oil slick spreading through the Gulf of Mexico has claimed another victim: cash for California's strapped parks.

San Jose Mercury News

Dead sea turtles wash ashore

YouTube

Shots still reverberate for survivors of Kent State

It was 40 years ago that four students were shot and killed and nine others wounded at Kent State University.

NPR

POLITICS

Japan PM scraps plan to move US base from Okinawa

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial U.S. base from the island of Okinawa.

BBC

Will the oil spill change US energy policy?

More than 70 environmental groups called on the Senate to keep any expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling out of upcoming climate and energy legislation.

TIME

Special section:

Oil spill

News-Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In online games, women play to socialize

Online games connected to social networking sites like Facebook are new, but they are going viral. FarmVille, a game in which players cultivate a virtual farm, has grown to more than 80 million users.

NPR

Darwin dynasty cursed by inbreeding

Charles Darwin’s family suffered from the deleterious effects of inbreeding suggests a new study that serves as ironic punctuation to the evolutionary theorist's life work.

LiveScience

Microsoft's IE losing browser share

Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.

BBC

SPORTS

Coach Del Negro fired from Bulls

The Chicago Bulls have scheduled a news conference with general manager Gar Forman to discuss the firing of head coach Vinny Del Negro.

ESPN

Bulls fire head coach

YouTube

Rondo carves up Cavaliers for 19 assists as Celtics tie series

LeBron James better make sure his new MVP trophy isn't missing. The Boston Celtics stole everything else.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Wal-Mart to pay $27.6 million in Calif. hazardous waste dumping case

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide.

Fresno Bee

Farmers cope with herbicide-resistant weeds caused by Roundup

American farmers’ heavy use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of herbicide-resistant weeds that could lead to higher food prices.

New York Times

Baby peregrine falcons get tagged

Scientists from University of California, Santa Cruz are attaching bands to the legs of falcon chicks to track their movements and collect data.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Behind the Catholic sex abuse scandal

Allegations and admissions of child abuse by priests have shaken the Roman Catholic Church to its core, as a continuous stream of cases has surfaced across Western Europe and beyond.

BBC

Bishops welcome Democrats’ immigration reform policy

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is welcoming the Senate Democrats’ framework for immigration reform but is opposed to its treatment of homosexual relationships.

Catholic World News

Ex-Episcopal bishop returns to flock

Times Union

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GOOD NEWS

Kennedy Centers get major donation

Philanthropists Betsy and Dick DeVos will donate $22.5 million to the Kennedy Center to support the organization's arts management institute.

Variety

Kings' adviser brings peace

The three surviving children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were embroiled in an embarrassing public feud. Now, they have turned over a new leaf, talking about their “shared vision.”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Environmentalists warn that Jordan River is drying up

A team of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmental scientists says large stretches of the biblical river could dry up by 2011.

ABC News

Saudi school aims to save the planet