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A day in the life of the happiest woman in the US

She’s at the peak of the mountain — 50 years young — with a child old enough to drive himself to school and a husband who comes home to make her lunch as she telecommutes to a job that helps the world.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Studies show that happiness fuels success

(CultureMap.com)

Random Acts of Kindness

More options for history Ph.D.s

The president of the American Historical Association issued a call for their discipline to stop thinking of Ph.D. training as being primarily about producing the next generation of professors.

Inside Higher Ed

Northeast storm closes hundreds of schools

Thousands of schoolchildren around the Northeast had one of the earliest snow days in memory after a snowstorm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped power lines and trees.

NPR

Rare snowstorm hits the Northeast

CNN

US snowstorms: ‘All hell has broken loose’

BBC

Thailand hopes flooded factories are back up and running soon

Nearly 400 people have been killed in floods that have disrupted the lives of more than 2 million. Economic growth has been set back and global supply chains thrown into disarray.

Reuters

Thailand’s flood crisis challenge

BBC

Obama to order FDA to offer help in reducing drug shortages

Acting once again ahead of Congress, President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce the problem of drug shortages.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Trust in America: recovering what’s lost

Barely 10 percent of the public trusts the government and trust in public institutions like corporations, banks, courts, and universities is at an all-time low; the military is one of the few exceptions.

NPR

Several states want end to after-school tutoring program

Dozens of states intend to apply for waivers that would free their schools from a federal requirement that they set aside hundreds of millions of dollars a year for after-school tutoring.

ABC News

Rescue efforts suspended after Kansas grain elevator blast

Crews have suspended rescue efforts for three people missing since an explosion at a Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and injured two.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Candidates mold economic teams

Republican presidential candidates’ economic teams are taking shape at a time when concerns about the recovery are dominating the 2012 presidential race.

Wall Street Journal

Cain denies sexual harassment claims

Republican candidate Herman Cain is denying a report claiming he was repeatedly accused of sexual harassment.

CBS News

Volunteer attorneys steer protesters through the legal system

As copycat Occupy Wall Street encampments spread, a growing army of First Amendment-loving lawyers is helping the demonstrators through the legal system at no charge.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Bonds beating US stocks over 30 years for 1st time since 19th century

The biggest bond gains in almost a decade have pushed returns on Treasuries above stocks over the past 30 years, the first time in which that’s happened since before the Civil War.

Bloomberg

Dollar hits 3-month high on yen

Reuters

Panasonic forecasts biggest loss in decade on strong yen, TV

Panasonic Corp., the maker of Viera televisions, forecast its biggest annual loss in 10 years, citing the impact of a stronger yen and one-time charges.

BusinessWeek

Chevrolet celebrates 100 years as an American icon

Sometime during 100 years of carrying families on vacation, winning races and hosting first dates, Chevrolet became the vehicle of our dreams and hopes as much as it is a line of cars and trucks.

Detroit Free Press

EDUCATION

Socratic backfire?

Some students complained about Steven Maranville’s Socratic teaching style at Utah Valley University. Those complaints against him led the university denying him tenure.

Inside Higher Ed

Parents slow to give up on struggling Imagine schools

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Some parents, teachers call foul on San Francisco school ‘special zones’

At Malcolm X Academy, a small elementary school on top of a hill in Bayview, Calif., more than 90 percent of students qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch.

San Francisco Examiner

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church folk stuck when they gave pastor their faith and their money

From the pulpit of his modest Spring City, Pa., church, Pastor Michael Wilkerson delivered electric sermons on God’s desire to shower down riches upon his faithful.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jersey City temple prepares to install its first female rabbi

Debra Hachen, the recently-named head rabbi at Jersey City’s Temple Beth-El, and its first female rabbi, reminds that religious congregations are meant to foster a community that furthers spiritual growth.

The Hudson Reporter

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Boyz II Men rebranding themselves

Boyz II Men have always straddled two generations: the Grammy-winning teenage quartet crooned with the passion of old-school swooners.

Philadelphia Inquirer

The ‘ick’ factor: Bugs can be hard to swallow for Westerners

Entomaphagy — eating insects — is common in most of the world, but in North America and Europe this idea is considered, well, gross.

NPR

Why feeling disgust can be good for us

BBC

Why zombies never die

Halloween is a popular time for zombie activity, but even when the pumpkins are gone and the witch costumes are put away, zombies will keep on marching. They are a year-round affair these days.

Discovery News

Zombies! The new horror obsession

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jillian C. York):

Debating human rights in the IT industry

Al Jazeera

Column (Ed Kilgore):

The inevitable Newt bubble has arrived — here’s why

The New Republic

Editorial:

Obama breaks the cord

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Susan Heitler, Ph.D.):

Agitating ends in frustration; thinking leads to solutions

(Psychology Today)

Resolution, Not Conflict

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Romney’s balancing act

Star Tribune

Blog (Roger Angell):

That series

(The New Yorker)

The Sporting Scene

Column (Margery Eagan):

Smoke signs are breath of fresh air

Boston Herald

Column (Monica Yant Kinney):

Female-friendly car guys are tuning up the charm

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Rare wolves raised near NYC for return to the wild

In partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a 27-acre wolf center is raising and breeding Mexican and red wolves in large enclosures.

Houston Chronicle

For Angels’ Night, volunteers hitting Detroit in force

Angels’ Night volunteers are out in force, patrolling Detroit neighborhoods in the hopes of preventing arson fires.

Detroit Free Press

SC Habitat for Humanity volunteer moves into her own Habitat house

Tammy Heath, of Rock Hill, S.C., recently went from being homeless to having her own house, thanks to Habitat for Humanity and the Women Build program.

The Herald

WORLD

Syria’s Assad warns of potential ‘earthquake’ if West intervenes