For Many Americans, Stress Takes A Toll On Health And Family Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News For Many Americans, Stress Takes A Toll On Health And Family Half of Americans say they've had a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's how it hurts. Read this story The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good (Combat-Ready) Women The Marines will be required to open ground combat jobs to women in 2016. Now more than 160 female Marines have volunteered for a grueling training course that will determine their readiness. Read this story Raw Milk Producers Aim To Regulate Themselves To create accountability and transparency, some raw milk producers are coming up with guidelines for testing and safety. But federal agencies say all raw milk is still risky to consume. Read this story Eduard Shevardnadze, Former Georgian President, Dies At 86 The former Soviet minister and Georgian president is credited with helping end the Cold War. He died Monday following a long illness, his spokeswoman tells the media. Read this story Programs Target Poverty In Obama's 5 'Promise Zones' The idea is to basically carpet-bomb specific urban neighborhoods and rural areas with programs like after-school classes, GED courses and job training, with the goal of turning those areas around. Read this story more news stories

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