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High-Profile Rape Trial Of High School Football Players Begins In Ohio

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Testimony began today in a rape trail that has thrown a small Ohio town into the international spotlight. Two football players from Steubenville High School are accused of raping a 16-year-old girl during a night of partying last summer. Lawyers for the boys say the sex was consensual. The case has attracted widespread attention in part because of shocking photos, video and texts that circulated over the Internet.

5:44 pm

Wed March 13, 2013

'Serendipitous Interaction' Key To Tech Firms' Workplace Design

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Google employees play chess at the company's Russian headquarters in Moscow. Experts say tech companies are using "serendipitous interaction" in their workplace design to promote idea sharing and communication between employees.

By Steve Henn

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When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decided to end full-time work-from-home arrangements at her company, a cultural firestorm ignited. But it was just the latest step in Mayer's effort to transform Yahoo's culture.

When the company was founded in the 1990s, it was one of the most exciting places to work in Silicon Valley. Those days are over; Yahoo has fallen woefully behind in the talent wars and now is trying to catch up.

5:19 pm

Wed March 13, 2013

American Catholics Look To New Pope For Hope, Renewal

By Jeff Brady

Originally published on Wed March 13, 2013 5:44 pm

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Catholics in Philadelphia react on Wednesday to selection of the new pope.

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4:23 pm

Wed March 13, 2013

Health Problems Compound For Aging Homeless

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Tony Lithgow, 49, and Andrea Mayer, 51, live together on the streets of Baltimore. Researchers say the aging homeless population is due to younger baby boomers who came of age during the 1970s and '80s, when there were back-to-back recessions.

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While in line at the United Church of Christ soup kitchen, Tony passes Andrea a bag full of her prescription medications. Before being homeless, Andrea suffered from a host of ailments that have only gotten worse, and now she needs both knees replaced. "I'm living on painkillers," she says.

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Tony suffers from a bulging disc that is aggravated by the 75 pounds of the couple's clothing, toiletries, important documents and medications he carries on his back every day.

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Andrea and Tony sit down to eat a meal consisting of white beans, mashed potatoes, hot dogs and a roll. It's challenging to eat healthy when you are on the streets, often relying on free meals.

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Tony and Andrea admit that poor decisions and bad circumstances led them from a middle-class life to living on the streets. "You're a paycheck away" from being homeless, Tony says.

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After dinner, they walk to a bus stop to catch a free bus to a parking lot where they sleep.

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Every night the couple sleeps in a makeshift tent under a highway near downtown. They say shelters aren't an option because they would get separated and the facilities aren't safe.

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Tony plugs a small heater into an outlet in the parking lot. "We're sort of living high class compared to what these people are living," says Andrea, referring to the dozens of others sleeping nearby. "We're warm at night. These people are freezing to death."

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On the bus they often recognize other homeless people taking advantage of the free, heated ride to keep out of the cold. "I think we see more older people," Andrea says of the overall homeless population, "and I've never seen — and I've been in three different states — never seen so many mentally ill."

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But the streets aren't much safer. Andrea says someone stole their belongings — even her dentures — last fall

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Tony says he'd like to go back to work but doesn't want to leave Andrea on the streets alone. They might be able to afford a small efficiency apartment with Andrea's Social Security disability payments but can't gather the security deposit.

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Tony Lithgow, 49, and Andrea Mayer (right), 51, live together on the streets of Baltimore. They are part of a growing number of the nation's homeless who are reaching "premature old age."

By Pam Fessler

Originally published on Wed March 13, 2013 7:27 pm

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Tony Lithgow and Andrea Mayer have been living under a highway overpass in downtown Baltimore since last year. He's 49 and has been homeless on and off for eight years. She's 51 and has been homeless for 10 years.

Living on the streets has clearly taken a toll on the couple, both physically and mentally. While they're standing at a corner waiting for a free city bus to take them to a soup kitchen, Tony shouts at a passenger staring at them from a car stopped at the light.

"We're homeless!" he calls out to the man.

4:13 pm

Wed March 13, 2013

Postpartum Depression Affects 1 in 7 Women

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A JAMA Psychiatry study found that 1 in 7 mothers are affected by postpartum depression.

By Patti Neighmond

Originally published on Thu March 14, 2013 1:09 pm

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It's well documented that some women suffer depression after having a baby. But it's less well-known just how many do.

The largest study to date shows that as many as 1 in every 7 women suffers postpartum depression. And the study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, finds that among women followed for a year after delivery, some 22 percent had been depressed.

The study also recommends that all pregnant women and new mothers be screened for depression.

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