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Earthquake survivors rest in the town of Ercis in Van province, Turkey. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake in eastern Turked knocked down more than 100 buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby villages, killing at least 366 people and injuring some 1,300. (Photo by Selcan Hacaoglu / AP)

An effort to help poor students achieve

For kids whose families struggle to meet basic needs, keeping up in school can be a challenge. Now a new federal program is taking a new approach to meeting these kids’ needs outside of school.

Msnbc.com

A push to register new voters reaches behind bars

One South Carolina woman is passionate about registering those who others might ignore. Dr. Brenda Williams, a physician in Sumter, S.C., regularly visits the county jail to sign inmates up to vote.

NPR

Baby rescued from earthquake rubble

Dramatic video showed a small baby apparently rescued from the rubble in eastern Turkey, two days after a devastating earthquake toppled buildings.

CNN

Thousands spent second night outdoors

Huffington Post

Moment of Turkey earthquake caught on security camera

YouTube

Perry wants to have a flat tax with popular deductions

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is rolling out an economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security and a lower corporate tax rate.

Houston Chronicle

Rick Perry readies assault on Mitt Romney

Politico

Closing the cultural gap between psychology and God

In a culture where over 80 percent of the population identifies itself as Christian, people’s beliefs about the nature of the divine can have ramifications on mental health — particularly in uncertain times.

Scientific American

NATION

Legal paths into the US are long, difficult for immigrants

Many newcomers to the United States find the legal process of immigration difficult. Few visa categories, high expenses and lengthy processing times are all obstacles faced along the legal road to immigration.

USA TODAY

Obama offers mortgage relief on Western US trip

President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of an ongoing housing crisis.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wright brothers: 100th anniversary of longest glider flight

On Oct. 24, 1911, Orville Wright was at Kitty Hawk with a glider. The winds were howling at up to 50 mph. Orville lifted off from a sand dune and stayed in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds.

ABC News

Marvelous early flying machines

LIFE

POLITICS

Nev., Texas illustrate difficulties of 2012 congressional redistricting

Many voters in states gaining or losing congressional districts don’t know which district they will live in, much less who their candidates might be.

The Hill

Special section:

Redistricting across the U.S.

Rose Institute of State and Local Government

Gallup poll: Americans want popular presidential vote

According to a new Gallup poll, as many as 62 percent of Americans say they favor adopting a popular vote system to elect the president of the United States over the Electoral College.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers

Netflix lost 800,000 U.S. subscribers in the quarter that just ended, which was littered with PR nightmares. It was the first time in years that Netflix’s U.S. customer base shrank instead of grew.

CNNMoney

Netflix warns of more cancellations, shares drop

Reuters

The big battle over overseas profits

Goaded by battalions of lobbyists, members of Congress are working to give a select group of U.S. multinational firms like Oracle, Apple and Pfizer a lavish tax break on $1 trillion stashed offshore.

Politico

HEALTH

Yoga, stretching may ease chronic back pain and improve functioning

According to a new study, weekly yoga classes eased pain and improved functioning in people with chronic lower back pain — but the yoga sessions weren’t any better than regular stretching sessions.

Reuters

Therapy helps patients with schizophrenia to cope

In a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, a team co-led by psychologist Paul Grant, reported that cognitive therapy aimed at changing dysfunctional beliefs was successful.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Overhaul helps some with Medicare, but many still struggle

Medication costs are on the minds of Medicare recipients these days, a little more than a week into the enrollment period for next year’s prescription drug plans.

Virginian-Pilot

Blog:

Generic meds make big-name drugs fall off the ‘patent cliff’

(NPR)

Shots

ENVIRONMENT

Saving US grasslands: a bid to turn back the clock on desertification

As grasslands diminish on prairies and savannas around the world, an innovative ranching technique that reverses the environmental damage of desertification makes its way to the United States.

Christian Science Monitor

Eco-concierge can guide ‘green’ lifestyle

They run your errands by bicycle, recommend a spa for vegan manicures or buy organic clothes for you and your dog. They will even book you a dream vacation and buy appropriate carbon offsets.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is the danger of global warming the heat?

Crop scientists in the U.S., the world’s largest food exporter, are pondering an odd question: Could the danger of global warming really be the heat?

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish chaplains get memorial of own

A ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will dedicate the first monument to commemorate 14 Jewish chaplains killed on active duty in America’s armed forces.

Forward

More young women are becoming nuns

Each year in Britain a growing number of young women are giving up careers, boyfriends and everything they own to devote themselves to God.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The right to vote

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Yang Yao):

China’s weak financial sector

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

What’s good for Silicon Valley is good for the US economy

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Katrina Onstad):

Celebs as fashion designers? Sorry, but I’m not buying it

Globeandmail.com

Column (Uri Dromi):

What Israel will do for its own

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Amy Lange):

Yes, let’s put health care on the table

Star Tribune

Column (Ruth Graham):

The fading of fall

Slate

Blog (Marc Kuchner):

Hungry for jobs and for change, scientists join the Occupy movement

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

Sliced bread just got better

Growing up in Bombay, India, Arjun Khakhar witnessed malnutrition devastate his community. Now, he hopes to save lives by addressing the global issue on hunger using synthetic biology.

HappyNews.com

1st black Marines to recieve long-overdue credit

Nearly 70 years after their joining the last military branch to accept blacks under in 1941, Congress will vote on whether to grant the Montford Point Marines the Congressional Gold Medal.

CBS News

Cancer survivorship training and rehab program makes all the difference

Dr. Julie Silver, an author, rehabilitation physician and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, suffered breast cancer in her 30s and has used that experience to help others.

The Herald News

WORLD

WikiLeaks announces suspension of ‘publishing operations’