Catholic Bishops Set To Challenge Obama On Abortion-Rights Policy, Opinion Piece Says
Although "Catholic bishops welcome working with the incoming Obama administration on immigration and health care reform, they stoutly oppose President-elect Barack Obama's championing" of the Freedom of Choice Act to codify abortion rights, Michael McManus -- a syndicated columnist and president and co-founder of Marriage Savers -- writes in a Washington Times opinion piece.

UC San Diego Researchers Report On How To Improve Long-Term Learning
Combine the aphorisms that "practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" into one and you might get something resembling findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science. Proper spacing of lessons, the researchers report, can dramatically enhance learning. And larger gaps between study sessions result in better recall of facts.

World AIDS Day Marks 20th Anniversary Of Solidarity
For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a "war time situation". "People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends", says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York.