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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 US stocks soar after crisis talks Wall Street shares rise strongly as stock markets welcome fresh efforts by governments to end the recent financial turmoil. NK restores nuclear site access UN monitors confirm North Korea has let them back to the Yongbyon nuclear site, including the reprocessing plant. Krugman wins Nobel for economics American Paul Krugman has won this year's Nobel economics prize for his work on trade patterns, it has been announced.

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?