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Driver texting bans may increase crashes

Laws against using mobile devices to send and receive text messages while driving don’t reduce crashes. In fact, according to a new study, they may slightly increase crash risk.

CNNMoney

Maryland cell phone ban coming soon

MSNBC

US Homeland Security chief pitches plan for air security to 190 nations

The U.S. Homeland Security chief will urge 190 nations to improve security with body scanners and other innovations to stop terrorists from carrying plastic and powdered explosives onto airplanes.

USA TODAY

Democratic voter apathy ‘inexcusable,’ says Obama

Admonishing his own party, President Barack Obama says it would be “inexcusable” and “irresponsible” for unenthusiastic Democratic voters to sit out the midterm elections.

CBS News

Biden to Democratic base: ‘Stop whining’

MSNBC

US to try to salvage Mideast peace talks

Washington’s special Mideast envoy, using a slim lifeline from the Palestinians, rushed to the region on an emergency mission to keep peace talks from collapsing just weeks after they began.

ABC News

Israelis intercept aid boat to Gaza

CNN

Moratorium’s end stirs uncertainty

PBS

Income gap widest on record

The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew in 2009 to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession.

Yahoo! News

NATION

US soldier describes killing innocent Afghans civilians

Corporal Jeremy N. Morlock is one of five soldiers charged with pre-meditated murder in a case that includes allegations of widespread drug use and and photos of the U.S. soldiers holding Afghan bodies.

ABC News

Report: FBI agents cheated on exam

A Justice Department investigation has found that FBI agents, including several supervisors, cheated on an important test covering the bureau’s policies for conducting surveillance on Americans.

TIME

POLITICS

Chief of staff Emanuel likely to leave White House this week

White House officials are preparing for Rahm Emanuel to announce that he is leaving to run for mayor of Chicago, and that President Obama may name senior adviser Pete Rouse interim chief of staff.

Telegraph.co.uk

Rahm Emanuel to decide future plans soon

YouTube

McCain focuses on border security during Senate debate

Republican Sen. John McCain framed the porousness of America‘s borders as both a national security and a human rights issue in the only scheduled general election debate in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US mounting 1st test of cyber-blitz response plan

The U.S. is launching its first test of a new plan for responding to an enemy cyber-blitz, including any attack aimed at vital services such as power, water and banks.

Reuters

Did volcanoes wipe out Neanderthals?

Neanderthals didn’t get dumped on prehistory’s ash heap — it got dumped on them. At least three volcanic eruptions devastated Neanderthals’ Asian and European homelands 40,000 years ago.

Discovery News

HEALTH

Pediatricians want to restrict ads for tobacco, booze, Viagra

The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t want children exposed to tobacco ads at all, and wants to limit their exposure to alcohol marketing and advertisements for erectile dysfunction drugs.

U.S. News & World Report

Straighten those teeth? Braces for the young crowd

The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that children see an orthodontist for an evaluation no later than age 7. But research shows there are often advantages to deferring treatment.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheists, agnostics most knowledgeable about religion

Report says nonbelievers know more, on average, about religion than most faithful. Jews and Mormons also score high on the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey.

Los Angeles Times

US religious knowledge survey

Pew Research Center

Philippine church angered by president’s view on contraception

President Benigno Aquino III has expressed support for contraception in a televised interview abroad. Church officials have argued that contraception is a type of abortion and is banned by the constitution.

CBS News

Churches find empty pews at Sunday evening services

Many churches are seeing a growing trend of declining evening attendance in evangelical denominations that long have cherished a heritage of worshiping twice on Sunday.

Religion News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Defending ‘celebrated novels’

American libraries and bookshops are celebrating the freedom to read as Banned Books Week begins, even though attempts to force books off shelves are still rife across the country.

Guardian

25 titles you won’t believe got banned

Baltimore Sun

Guitar gadget, e-reader for kids may prove top holiday gifts

Paper Jamz Guitar and an interactive e-reader may be among the best-selling gifts this holiday season as toymakers offer budget-conscious parents lower-priced electronic toys.

Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Derek Thompson):

More money won’t solve all our employment problems

The Atlantic

Column (Deepak Chopra):

Making Muhammad safe

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jim Bencivenga):

‘Tea party’ is rejuvenating American politics

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mark Hemingway):

Democrats lose credibility

San Francisco Examiner

Column (Esther J. Cepeda):

Live healthy — but keep it quiet

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Make a decision on Bush tax cuts

Denver Post

Editorial:

Health care reform is just getting started

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Lamis Andoni):

Finding strength in absurdity?

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

National Federation of the Blind makes eBay easier for blind entrepreneurs

In a large lab filled with rows of computers and other devices at the National Federation of the Blind, a small team of technical analysts works to test how easily they can be used by the blind.

Baltimore Sun

Liberia’s only woman newspaper editor packs a ‘Punch’

Ora Garway is Liberia’s only female newspaper editor and publisher, a crusader in reporting on major issues. Garway credits interest in journalism to witnessing a civil war that killed 200,000 people.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

CIA steps up missile strikes in Pakistan

The CIA has stepped up missile strikes in Pakistan, and the uptick in drone attacks is based on precise intelligence, a U.S. official said. The objective of these strikes is to disrupt terrorist plots.

CNN

North Korean leader’s son made general

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s son, Kim Jong-un, has been appointed a general ahead of a ruling party leadership conference, state media say.

BBC

Rarely seen North Korea

Guardian

BUSINESS

Industry not prepared for oil spill

Under grilling by a presidential commission on the oil spill, BP’s top official for oil production said he couldn’t explain why the oil industry didn’t develop technologies to shut down a deep-water oil spill.

McClatchy Newspapers

US commission probes Gulf oil spill

Reuters

Economists divided over remedy for foreclosure problem

Despite the government’s efforts to help the housing market, economists estimate that about one in four households with a mortgage owe more than their house is worth.

NPR

Mistakes widespread on foreclosures

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Expert says 50 percent of spilled BP oil remains in Gulf

No one knows for sure how much oil is still sitting in the Gulf of Mexico. But oceanographer Ian MacDonald sure isn’t buying the Obama administration’s sunny spin that 75 percent of it is gone.

Grist

‘Pollination crisis’ hitting India’s vegetable farmers

A decline in pollinating insects in India is resulting in reduced vegetable yields and could limit people’s access to a nutritional diet, a study warns.

BBC

EDUCATION

Court curbs alternative certification

A federal appeals court struck down part of a federal regulation that permits teachers working towards alternative certification to be considered “highly qualified” under the No Child Left Behind Act.

EducationNews.org

Obama calls for a longer school year‎

Newsweek

SPORTS

Melo: I never said I wanted trade

Carmelo Anthony arrived at media day wearing a Denver Nuggets jersey. How much longer the All-Star forward will wear that white, powder blue and gold uniform, though, remains unknown.

ESPN

Blog:

Melo plays the LeBron card

(CBSSports)

BergerSphere

Struggling 49ers fire offensive coordinator Raye

Jimmy Raye was dismissed after San Francisco lost 31-10 at Kansas City to fall to 0-3. The 49ers have scored 38 points, second fewest in the NFL.

Sports Illustrated

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