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GOOD NEWS

Astronaut gives down-to-earth lecture to Pittsburgh students

Stressing the importance of science and facing challenges, Col. Catherine “Cady” Coleman addressed 90 young women enrolled in advanced placement programs about work — and fun — in space.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pastor camped on roof to protest neighborhood violence meets goal

A pastor took an unusual approach to bring attention to the blight fostering crime in his neighborhood: He camped on the roof of an abandoned motel until he raised the money needed to tear it down.

CBS News

Dog returned after straying 300 miles

How a husky named Chassis could travel from a rural town to a hair’s breadth of the Iowa border, her owners will never know, but that’s what they say happened.

Duluth News Tribune

WORLD

UN reports Iran expanded sensitive nuclear work

Iran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, the United Nations’ nuclear agency said in a report. This is expected to inflame Israeli fears of an Iranian atomic bomb.

Reuters

Greece asks investors to swap debt in monumental restructuring

Greece’s government formally asked investors to exchange their holdings of government debt for new securities in the biggest sovereign restructuring in history.

BusinessWeek

After bailout, is Greece likely to default?

PBS NewsHour

Haiti’s prime minister resigns after four months in office

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has resigned after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Why horses shrank to the size of cats

Ancient global warming shrunk the earliest horses down to the size of housecats, according to new research that could have implications for what mammals may look like in the future.

Msnbc.com

World Bank issues SOS for oceans

Global lender launches partnership between governments, scientists and organizations to restore health of seas.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Embracing the future: possibly preserving rare languages

Information technology — something seen by many people as a threat to linguistic diversity — might actually turn out to be its savior.

Economist

Pew report finds people are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks

Whether it’s pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks.

Star Tribune

EU’s ‘frontier funder’ turns 5

British-based scientists have received almost one billion euros in funding from the European Research Council since it was set up five years ago.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why Notre Dame is ringing the changes

Paris has echoed to a discordant tune since the medieval bells of Notre Dame cathedral were melted down for cannons during the French Revolution. But now the original peals are to be restored.

The Independent

Monsignor: Philly cardinal shredded suggestive abuse list

A Roman Catholic church official facing trial in a priest child abuse scandal created a list of problem priests in 1994, but Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua had it destroyed, according to a defense memo.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Danica claims 1st Nationwide pole

Danica Patrick won the pole for the season-opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona and became the first woman to secure the top qualifying spot in NASCAR’s second-tier series since 1994.

Sports Illustrated

Ryan Braun says testing process failed

Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun says he won his appeal of a positive drug test and 50-game suspension because “the truth is on my side.”

ESPN

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