Haiti Immigrants. Calling the aftermath of the earthquake "a disaster of historic proportions," the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said she was granting a designation known as temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants because their safety would be at risk if they were deported.
Working Women. In a trend that researchers call "the rise of wives," women are increasingly better-educated than their husbands and have emerged as the dominant income-provider in one of five marriages.
Afghanistan. A small but determined squad of at least seven attackers laid siege to the heart of the Afghan capital Monday morning, detonating explosives, hurling grenades, and engaging in a fierce four-hour gun battle with security forces in one of the most brazen insurgent assaults on Kabul in at least a year.
Quote of the Day. “It’s like we’ve got more going on in our parking lot than we do within the walls of the church.” Craig Goodwin, pastor of Millwood (WA) Community Presbyterian Church. When the church was told it would have to close its farmers’ market on the church parking lot or the lot could no longer be claimed as tax-exempt, it decided to keep the market and pay the $700 in annual taxes. (New York Times)
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