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Glenn Beck, center, holds hands with faith leaders at the "Restoring Honor" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

China: the women who want to run the world

The role of women in China is changing. In fact, Chinese women appear to be far more ambitious than their counterparts in the United States.

Newsweek

Thousands flee volcano in Indonesia

Thousands of Indonesians have been forced to flee after a volcano erupted on the island of Sumatra.

BBC

Thousands flee Indonesia volcano

YouTube

Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics'

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck says his revival-style rally at the Lincoln Memorial was meant to reclaim the U.S. civil rights movement, arguing that it was about "people of faith."

CNN

On the National Mall, divisions kept in check

NPR

Palin at rally: 'We must restore America'

Yahoo! News

Case shows frustrations of proving allegations of incest

Maia Beadeau's story sheds light on problems with reporting and investigating allegations of incest, a potentially devastating but seldom discussed crime.

Des Moines Register

Study: Many teens ready to unfriend parents on Facebook

Like the cyber version of being picked up in an uncool car, teens are now mortified by nagging chats and clueless comments left by their mothers.

San Jose Mercury News

Blog:

On Facebook, kids often don't know who their 'friends' are

(CBS News)

Eye on Parenting

NATION

5 years after Katrina, New Orleans housing goes green

Conservation was never a top priority in New Orleans, but Katrina changed that. The city is now an incubator for new home building featuring natural resources and sustainable architecture.

Christian Science Monitor

Army Corps: NOLA 'absolutely' safer now

CBS News

Special section:

Katrina: 5 years after

TIME

Rising up: 5 years since Katrina

ABC News

The math of monetary policy

The prospect of the U.S. central bank to drive down borrowing costs raises the issue of whether such measures can help stimulate a recovery that is faltering due to a lack of consumer demand.

Reuters

What can be done to cure the ailing economy?

New York Times

'Bernanke bad for US, plan kills recovery'

YouTube

POLITICS

How mayor aims to revive New Orleans

Mayor Mitch Landrieu vows to repair the city's government, bring down the murder rate, and close a gaping budget deficit — on top of tackling the brutalized infrastructure left behind by Hurricane Katrina.

Newsweek

Eight lawmakers may soon know if ethics probes will proceed

Eight lawmakers may soon know the results of an ethics investigation into possible links between fundraising and their votes on the Wall Street reform bill.

The Hill

BUSINESS

DOJ signs off on United-Continental merger

The U.S. Justice Department has completed its review of the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines without raising objections, according to a statement released.

MarketWatch

HP tops Dell in 3Par bidding

Hewlett-Packard Co. topped Dell Inc. in the bidding for 3Par Inc. for a third time, saying it would pay $30 a share, or $2 billion, for the data-storage provider.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

New book to allege major Miami violations; NCAA on standby

Former UM booster and convicted criminal Nevin Shapiro is writing a book about the UM football program in which he alleges former Canes players committed major NCAA violations.

NBCSports

Randy Couture dominates James Toney at UFC 118

Mixed martial arts can be an unpredictable sport, but at UFC 118, Randy Couture knew exactly what he wanted to do to James Toney.

USA TODAY

Couture pounds Toney

ESPN

HEALTH

Spinal fusion device is a real bone of contention for FDA

In 2002 the FDA approved a product that many thought would revolutionize spinal surgery. Six years later, the FDA warned doctors that the product had the potential to cause life-threatening complications.

MedPage Today

Avoiding Alzheimer's proves elusive

An exhaustive study of medical research finds no evidence that pills, a healthy diet or anything else can ward off the disease.

Star Tribune

Medical marijuana costs some a job

In some cases, workers have been fired for failing drug tests despite having prescriptions proving that what they are doing is legal in their states.

New York Times

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GOOD NEWS

Networks direct volunteers to micro gigs

Extraordinaries is one of a handful of services that are applying the concept of crowdsourcing — tapping into the masses to find solutions for complex problems — to philanthropic and charitable causes.

San Francisco Chronicle

Quilters create comfort for injured soldiers

Quilters Guild of Southern Maryland started the project seven years ago. Word of mouth and the Internet helped spread the idea. Volunteers have sewn more than 10,000 quilts for the military.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Drilling to free trapped miners

A huge machine which will drill a 700-meter deep shaft to rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners is being assembled at the site.

Mirror.co.uk

'Plan B' could speed rescue of miners