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GOOD NEWS

Yellow Ribbon: help and hope from soldiers, for soldiers

The military created the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program in 2008 as a way to help Guard and Reserve members make the transition from soldier to civilian.

NPR

Pioneers who helped break Marines’ color barrier await honor

The men who broke the color barrier during World War II in the last branch of the military to admit blacks will soon be awarded one of the nation’s highest honors.

McClatchy Newspapers

US students survive 9 days in wilderness in New Zealand

Two U.S. students trapped in the New Zealand wilderness by a snowstorm trekked back out to safety after surviving their nine-day ordeal by rationing their meager supplies.

USA TODAY

WORLD

Afghan arsonists seek to enforce truancy from school

Standing at a narrow half-open school gate, two boys in school uniform conduct body searches on fellow pupils and visitors, while others take down details of comings and goings in a register.

Reuters

Firemen, architects race to save the euro zone in crisis

While investors’ confidence in the ability of European leaders to stem the debt crisis has been ebbing by the day, the redesign now under discussion to will take months, if not years.

Reuters

HEALTH

How effective are kettlebell workouts?

A few basic movements with a kettlebell can raise heart rate and recruit muscles throughout the body.

Globeandmail.com

Mental rest tied to concussion healing

Taking a week off from nearly all mental and physical activity was linked with improved mental performance and fewer symptoms in people who had suffered a concussion, a study concluded.

Baltimore Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

No elegant technical fixes for distracted driving found

Dialing or texting on a phone is a proven distraction when you’re behind the wheel. But as ‘smart’ as today’s phones are, they can’t compensate for human folly.

Christian Science Monitor

New domain names to break grip of technology giants

A massive overhaul of Internet domain names will unlock the market dominance of a handful of multibillion-dollar technology giants.

The Independent

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Madagascar 3’ is top weekend film with sales of $60.4 million

DreamWorks Animation’s “Madagascar 3” opened as the top film at U.S. box offices with $60.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, edging out “Prometheus,” a science-fiction thriller from Ridley Scott.

Bloomberg

Minnesota duo break board game record

It was game on (and on and on) for two Minnesotans who broke a board-game endurance record by playing Strat-O-Matic for more than 61 hours.

Star Tribune

Flying high — non-stop

Jet planes are getting so advanced, soon you’ll be able to just say no to stopovers. Sydney to London in one 20 hour hop: gruesome or godsend?

The Global Mail

SPORTS

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win record 7th French Open

Rafael Nadal stopped Novak Djokovic’s run in major tennis tournaments by beating him at the French Open for a record seventh men’s title.

San Francisco Chronicle

Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam victories

Sports Illustrated

Devils’ delays are making the inevitable less so

Twice the Kings have lost with the Stanley Cup waiting in the wings as New Jersey, well-schooled in resilience, grows more confident.

Star Tribune

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