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GOOD NEWS

Boy marches across America to raise homelessness awareness

Zach Bonner, 12, has walked approximately 2,478 miles and crossed over eight states — all to bring awareness to the plight of homeless youth.

CNN

'America’s Got Talent' $1M winner to buy home for grandparents

Struggling musician Grimm, raised by his grandparents, who lost nearly everything in Hurricane Katrina, entered "Talent" with the hope of being able to buy them a new home. It’s a promise he intends to keep.

People

WORLD

UK: 5 arrested over plot targeting pope

Five men have been arrested in London and were being questioned over an alleged threat to Pope Benedict XVI while on his tour of Britain, police said.

MSNBC

Pakistani politician Imran Farooq murdered in London

Exiled Pakistani politician, Imran Farooq, a senior member of the MQM party, was attacked outside his home in Green Lane, Edgware, leaders of his party have said.

BBC

Geithner criticizes China's policy

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner criticized Chinese exchange rate policy, saying that the administration is looking at using "all tools available" to improve trade imbalances between the two countries.

CNNMoney

Blog:

The real victims of China's yuan policy

(TIME)

The Curious Capitalist

BUSINESS

RIM results top forecasts as shares jump

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reported stronger-than-expected profit, revenue and shipments that exceeded expectations, reducing concerns that it might lose more ground to competitors.

Reuters

China touts ‘complete package’ for Calif.

China can offer a “complete package,” including financing, as it competes to build a high-speed railway in California costing more than $40 billion, according to the nation’s railway ministry.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Obama: CEOs joining to push math, science education

The CEOs of more than 100 companies are launching a new nonprofit initiative, "Change the Equation," to turn a diverse generation of students into tomorrow’s scientists, engineers, and math-literate citizens.

Christian Science Monitor

K-12 policy shifts loom in GOP surge

The conservative wave sweeping toward the 2010 midterm elections could put in power a group of congressional Republicans who are disenchanted with a recent expansion of the federal role in K-12 policy.

Education Week

Not scared of selectivity

Community college students can successfully transfer to some of the nation’s most selective institutions and perform as well as those who start as freshmen, a new report finds.

Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

Qatar plans to spend $4B in bid for soccer World Cup

Qatar, the Persian Gulf emirate aiming to become the first Arab country to host soccer’s World Cup, plans to spend $4 billion in its bid to stage the event in 2022.

Bloomberg

NY Jets CB responds to Randy Moss

Darrelle Revis dominated Randy Moss in both meetings last season, prompting the New England Patriots' wide receiver to remark that he "prided [his] offseason on staying off Revis Island."

ESPN

Brady: What's wrong with our fans?

Telegram & Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

School reporters reflect on the Pope's 'Big Assembly' on Catholic education

Nearly 4,000 young people from schools, colleges and universities across the United Kingdom have an assembly with the Pope.

BBC

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Chart of Pope visits

Economist

An American face of Islam

As the spotlight continues to be thrown on relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, one group is trying hard at myth-busting.

BBC

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