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GOOD NEWS

Slim, Gates pledge $150 millions to fight disease

Two of the world's richest men and the Spanish government have pledged $150 million to battle disease and improve health in Central America and Mexico.

BBC

Teacher finds yellowed piece of history

Eighteenth century Vermont militiaman Jonathan Bates owed somebody a heap of money. He paid up, and 21st century Massachusetts schoolteacher Michelle Eugenio has the receipt.

AOL News

WORLD

Russia weighs intervening in Kyrgyzstan

As four days of ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan threatened to build into a major refugee crisis, both sides of the conflict were calling on Russia to step in.

New York Times

Police arrest 178 people in global credit card scam

Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit cards in an international scam worth over $24.52 million, Spanish police said.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Credit raters could catch a break

Embattled credit-rating agencies like Moody's Corp. and Standard & Poor's could catch a break when U.S. lawmakers craft a final rewrite of financial regulations.

ABC News

Soda gets a new pop in a down economy

Soda sales popped up 2.5 percent in 2009 — the first annual gain in five years — adding fizz to an otherwise flat market.

TIME

BOJ to offer 3 trillion yen to spur corporate loans

The Bank of Japan will offer as much as three trillion yen in a new credit program that will extend loans to companies for as long as four years in an effort to strengthen the economic recovery.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Court upholds NJ governor's school funding cuts

Gov. Chris Christie acted within his constitutional authority in ordering school districts to use surplus money to make up for cuts in state aid during the school year ending this month.

Education Week

Calif. universities consider adopting tuition

Since 1960's master plan for public higher education — which had the goal of tuition-free schooling for all — the word has been eschewed in favor of "fees." But recent realities argue for a change.

EducationNews.org

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Video gaming 'history' to be made at E3

This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual trade show where the biggest news in the video gaming world is made, may be the most influential one ever.

CNN

Video game innovations expected at E3 show

San Francisco Chronicle

Medal of Honor multiplayer at E3 2010

YouTube

Mars had vast ocean, evidence shows

A vast ocean chock-full of microbes may have once covered more than a third of Mars's surface, scientists say. The new evidence adds to growing signs the red planet was once wet.

National Geographic

Scientists retrieve capsule, seek dust

A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mixed feelings define Mubarak's children in Egypt

To the millions of Egyptians who have known no other president, Hosni Mubarak is the "Father of the Nation." But as with many fathers, they also have deeply mixed feelings toward him.

San Francisco Chronicle

Former students struggle with church presence at reconciliation event

For most students, the religious presence will be an example of reconciliation in action. But some insist that the sight of religious figures could stifle their disclosures.

Globeandmail.com

Baptists’ large military presence colors gay debate

In many religious circles, the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay members is considered practically a done deal. But Southern Baptists are not giving up.

Religion News Service

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