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GOOD NEWS

Eat your way to well-being

For those new to the term, “raw food’” might mean salads and mountains of fruit. But vegetarianism long ago dispelled the assumption that it is without variety or taste.

Positive News

Bullied student ready to shine

After classmates voted Whitney Kropp onto her high school’s homecoming court, much of the town has rallied, with businesses donating a dress, flowers and a salon trip to the sophomore.

Detroit News

Bruce Lasky trains young lawyers in Asia to defend the poor and powerless

The New York City native quietly champions legal reforms in Southeast Asia, a region where the rule of law is often weak and governments are criticized for their human rights records.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Al-Shabaab overpowered in Somalia, rivalries remain

The demise of al-Shabaab extremists at the hand of Kenyan forces in Somalia appears imminent, but clan factionalism dividing the region could take decades to mend.

Guardian

Frustrated, idle youth in Somalia a threat to the world, UN believes

Alert Net

Iranian government opposition supporters push for recognition by US

Supporters of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran are to press the Obama administration to recognize them as the “legitimate opposition” to the Iranian government.

Guardian

Special section:

Has the People’s Mujahedin of Iran changed?

Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

The missing Americans

New graduate enrollments fell 1.7 percent compared to the prior year offset only in part by the enrollment of more international students, according to a new report.

Inside Higher Ed

College rankings: Which countries have the best education systems?

Christian Science Monitor

School rejection leaves Camden neighborhood at a loss

The plan for the multi-school KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy in Camden, N.J., was blocked on a 4-4 vote with one abstention. The rejection, locals said, was a grassroots victory.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Media: in the digital age, a rare fight for print readers

The battle for print readers comes even as more people get their news online and from cellphones — generally from newspaper websites — and more news media share stories to save money.

Detroit News

Can we handle this new digital age?

IDEA Channel (PBS Arts)

Graphics chips are for much more than just eye candy

Chances are there is a graphics chip in your desktop computer. Those chips are fueling a revolution as their parallel processing helps to speed up everything from medical imaging to cosmos studies.

New Scientist

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For Germans, religious membership comes with a price

The road to heaven is paved with more than good intentions for Germany’s 24 million Catholics. If they don’t pay their religious taxes, they will be denied performance of weddings and funerals.

CBS News

Saudi Arabia turns back 1,000 female pilgrims from Nigeria

Saudi Arabia turned back more than 1,000 Nigerian women pilgrims seeking to perform the Hajj who were not accompanied by male guardians.

CNN

Hope dims for many female religious pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

allAfrica.com

SPORTS

Reds’ Homer Bailey pitches 7th no-hitter during regular MLB season

Homer Bailey had a certain milestone on his mind when he walked to the mound, but he wound up pulling off an even bigger feat. Bailey pitched the seventh no-hitter in the majors this season.

Sports Illustrated

MLB no-hitters in 2012

Sporting News

Professional sports return to Brooklyn after 5 decades

From the crack of the bat to the dribble of the ball, getting a team back to Brooklyn has been 55 painstaking and controversial years in the making, the last 10 devoted to getting the Nets.

USA TODAY

The return of pro sports to Brooklyn

Times Union

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