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		Making math uncool is hurting America, report says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday.

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World Headlines IMF in global 'meltdown' warning The world financial system is on the "brink of systemic meltdown", the head of the International Monetary Fund warns. N Korea taken off US terror list The US removes North Korea from its state terror list after the North agrees to nuclear inspection demands, the US says. Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts' Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives key ministries to his own party - in defiance of a power-sharing deal, reports say.

Wall Street's crazy, crazy week Stockholders bailed. Bargain hunters bought. And Wall Street turned into a wild roller-coaster ride. Bob Moon tells to Kai Ryssdal what was driving the action and when it's going to settle down. Where are people stashing their cash? Panicky stockholders are pulling cash out of the market at a dizzying pace. But where is all that money going? Mattresses? Gold mines? But seriously, where? Ashley Milne-Tyte went looking. Last stops on the 'Road to Ruin?' Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott hook up with Kai Ryssdal in St. Louis, at the end of their road trips through the Main Streets of America. So, has Wall Street put the country on the Road to Ruin?