03-Apr-2013 19:42

Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need &#8211; poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

What is SignalFuse and why should we care? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/HWgTLIGxrW8/story01.htm

Facebook's mobile hype, eyeballs and dollars grow. Is that enough? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/s6HhGABB11I/story01.htm

Triposo's iOS travel guides gain "opinion mining" data and faster OpenStreetMap rendering :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/PuYO40QGAnc/story01.htm

Kyron Birdine, Texas Teen, Tweets 'YOLO' On Test And Gets Suspended For 4 Days [PHOTO] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A Texas teen displayed his defiance towards a state standardized test.</p>
<p>Kyron Birdine tweeted a photo of the word "YOLO" (you only live once) with a smiley face on the essay portion of his exam. At the top of the page he wrote, "I have the TAKS test to study for, not this unneeded craziness," referring to another state test that he will be graduating under.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kyron-birdine-texas-teen-tweets-yolo-test-gets-suspended-4-days-photo-1169209

A majority of the biggest newspapers in the country now have paywalls [infographic] :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/4mIPoi0fjwo/story01.htm

Sri Lankan Man Swallows Live 2-Foot Cobra [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><object classid="D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="234" id="ep" width="416"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" height="234" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&amp;profile�sktop&amp;context=embedwww&amp;videoId=world/2013/04/02/vo-man-swallows-cobra.slrc&amp;contentId=world/2013/04/02/vo-man-swallows-cobra.slrc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="416" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></p>
<p>Sword swallowers have nothing on this guy.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sri-lankan-man-swallows-live-2-foot-cobra-video-1169157

Starbucks CEO Says 'If You Don't Support Gay Marriage, Feel Free to Sell SBUX Stock' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Starbucks</strong> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/sbux#NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SBUX</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/SBUX/NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) CEO Howard Schultz firmly defended his company's support of same-sex marriage at the company's annual shareholder meeting on March 20.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/starbucks-ceo-says-if-you-dont-support-gay-marriage-feel-free-sell-sbux-stock-1169181

Hyundai and Kia in US car recalls :: Hyundai Motor and its Kia Motors affiliate are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and sports utility vehicles in the US.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22017733#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Moleskine shares close down on debut :: Shares in upmarket notebook-maker Moleskine closed lower on its first day of stock market trading in Milan, after the company's flotation raised 488m euros.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22013321#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bollywood In West Africa: Nigeria's Love For And Fascination With Indian Cinema :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Bollywood, India's huge film industry, not only has the Indian public in its grip, but in recent decades has spread out to Europe, Britain and North America, where a large Indian diaspora has long settled.</p>
<p>But the fascination for Bollywood movies – which typically feature handsome heroes, beautiful damsels, endless musical numbers, improbable plots and happy endings – has also stretched out to a non-Indian audience in parts of the globe.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bollywood-west-africa-nigerias-love-fascination-indian-cinema-1169057

'Hunger Games' Star Josh Hutcherson Poses For NOH8 Campaign [PHOTOS]; 4 Other Celebrities Who Posed For NOH8 In 2013 :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hunger-games-star-josh-hutcherson-poses-noh8-campaign-photos-4-other-celebrities-who-posed-noh8-2013

London Market Report :: Shares in Vodafone fall 3% after Verizon Communications denies reports that it was mulling a takeover move for the UK mobile operator.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

CNN Roundtable '(Get To) The Point' Ridiculed On Twitter: If This Is What Jeff Zucker Has In Store, Cable News Is In Big Trouble :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If you turned on CNN at 10 p.m. this week, you might have thought you were watching a late-night infomercial. You weren't. That brightly lit roundtable discussion was "(Get To) The Point," a temporary experiment that on Monday took over the timeslot that had previously belonged to repeat airings of Anderson Cooper's "AC360."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/cnn-roundtable-get-point-ridiculed-twitter-if-what-jeff-zucker-has-store-cable-news-big-trouble

Cyprus agrees 'challenging' plan :: Cyprus has agreed to a set of "challenging" measures, the IMF says, that will release a 10bn-euro international bailout.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22014500#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Malaga Vs. Borussia Dortmund: Where To Watch Live Stream Online, Betting Odds, Probable Lineups and Team News :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Despite being at home, <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/malaga-vs-borussia-dortmund-preview-prediction-champions-league-quarterfinal-first-leg-1167135" target="_blank">Malaga look set to take a cautious approach</a> to the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal with Borussia Dortmund.</p>
<p>Malaga have been one of the surprise packages in their first ever season in the competition as they topped their group before bouncing back from a first-leg deficit to knockout Portuguese champions Porto.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/malaga-vs-borussia-dortmund-where-watch-live-stream-online-betting-odds-probable-lineups-team-news

Four years in the making, Vdio finally opens up to Rdio subscribers in the US and UK :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/92o8FDfeehk/story01.htm

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie Update Not Coming to Samsung Galaxy S3 US Variant Due To Dual-Core Processor? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There's bad luck brewing for the U.S. variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3, as it will reportedly not be able to be update to Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, which will allegedly debut at next month's I/O Conference.</p>
<p>Variants of five Samsung devices are slated to receive updates to Android 5.0 upon its release, including the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Note 8.0, and Galaxy Note 10.1; however, the U.S. version of the Galaxy S3 will now likely be left out of the mix due to its lack of a quad-core processor.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-50-key-lime-pie-update-not-coming-samsung-galaxy-s3-us-variant-due-dual-core-processor

Bird Flu Redux? What We Know About H7N9 :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p>
<p>In China, nine people have been sickened and three have died from a new strain of H7N9 bird flu. Early scientific examination of the viral strain responsible shows that this avian influenza may be running relatively silent in birds, making it harder to track.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bird-flu-redux-what-we-know-about-h7n9-1168785