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Bankruptcy among college grads grows

By Aaron Smith

Published: September 13, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Bankruptcy has gotten more educated over the past five years, as financial distress spread to more of the population with college degrees, according to study results released Tuesday.

CNN Money

Turntable.fm lands $7 million for 24/7 streaming music club

By: Laurie Segall

Published: September 13, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- Turntable.fm, one of the tech scene's most-buzzed about startups, has opened its online music venue to the public.

CNN News

Audience at tea party debate cheers leaving uninsured to die

By Rachel Rose Hartman

Published: September 13, 2011

If you're uninsured and on the brink of death, that's apparently a laughing matter to some audience members at last night's tea party Republican presidential debate.

Yahoo News

Sacramento State professor accused is sex harassment case quits

By Laurel Rosenhall

Published: September. 14, 2011

A Sacramento State professor accused of sexually harassing four students and

three professors has dropped his lawsuit against the university and resigned.

Sacramento Bee

Cars don't waste fuel. Drivers waste fuel

By Keith Barry

Published: September 12, 2011

(WIRED) -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Center for

Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) are developing a new way of boosting fuel

efficiency by as much as 30% without changing a car's powertrain at all.

CNN News

Scientists Hint at Why Laughter Feels So Good

By James Gormon

Published: September 13, 2011

Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well being,

but it has been hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts

feels so good.

NY Times

In Study, Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone

By Pam Belluck

Published Monday, September 12, 2011

This is probably not the news most fathers want to hear. Testosterone, that most male of hormones, takes a dive after a man becomes a parent. And the more he gets involved in caring for his children — changing diapers, jiggling the boy or girl on his knee, reading “Goodnight Moon” for the umpteenth time — the lower his testosterone drops.

NY Times

An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer

By Denise Grady, NY Times

Published: Monday, September 12, 2011

PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, N.J., felt his life draining away and thought he had nothing to lose.

NY Times

Rising sea levels could take economic toll on California beaches

By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

Published: Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A state-commissioned study by San Francisco State says erosion and storm damage by the advancing ocean over the next century could cut into tourism and tax revenue.

LA Times

No more cigarettes for smoking Malaysian orangutan

By Sean Yoong

Published Monday, September 12, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit, a Malaysian wildlife official said Monday.

AP News