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A U.S. soldier dressed as Santa Claus distributes gifts to other soldiers during Christmas celebrations at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Altaf Qadri / AP)

Holiday heroes: Boatsie’s Boxes lift troops’ spirits

This Christmas, thousands of military men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will receive special Christmas stockings filled with candy, socks, DVDs, toiletries and other small presents.

USA TODAY

Petraeus visits Afghanistan on Christmas

Huffington Post

Wounded warriors offer holiday wishes

CNN

Day-after-Christmas sales: Stars are aligned for a super Sunday

This year, day-after-Christmas sales are expected to be even more festive than usual. Fortuitous timing and Americans’ renewed willingness to spend should cap the improved retail season.

Christian Science Monitor

Christmas services herald global holiday

As Christmas Eve became Christmas Day around the world, services and celebrations marked the holiday. In sharp contrast to the last century, even Beijing Christians held colorful and cheerful services.

CNN

Pope Benedict and the Vatican

Yahoo! News

Salvaging Christmas in parts of Calif.

MSNBC

Storm heads to DC area after bringing snow, travel woes to the Southeast

With a rare white Christmas in parts of the Southeast and snow predicted for the East, airlines canceled hundreds of flights and urged travelers to rethink their plans.

Baltimore Sun

Special section:

Dangerous winter storm

The Weather Channel

Snowstorm gives Southeast a rare and treacherous white Christmas

CBS News

Civil War message opened, decoded: No help coming

A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi City fell to Union forces.

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Christmas ‘star’: theories on what the Magi were following

From the early pages of the Gospel of Matthew to holiday greeting cards and carol scores, the three Magi following a star hovering over Bethlehem has become one of the icons of the Christmas season.

Christian Science Monitor

Legends abound for lords-a-leaping and maids-a-milking in ‘Twelve Days’

Religion News Service

Wilderness areas face criticism from border security advocates

A proposal to consolidate a swath of 250,000 acres of wilderness study areas in New Mexico has sparked an outcry from groups fearing an influx of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico.

Los Angeles Times

TSA issues new alert on beverage containers on planes

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama’s next hurdle: funding his plans

Before adjourning for Christmas, senators passed a stopgap spending bill. It keeps the lights on and the government operating, but it doesn’t include money for new initiatives.

NPR

Kamala Harris: Democrats’ anti-Palin

It’s easy to understand why Kamala Harris, California’s next attorney general, is being called the future of the Democratic Party. She’s a rising political star in the mold of President Barack Obama.

Politico

Biden says gay marriage ‘inevitable’

Vice President Joe Biden predicted the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage.

MSNBC

Blog:

Interview with Vice President Biden

(ABC News)

George's Bottom Line

HEALTH

Why the day after Christmas is hazardous to your heart

December 26 is one of the most dangerous days for people vulnerable to cardiac problems. Many of these so-called Merry Christmas coronaries will hit people who didn’t realize they were at risk.

Health.com

Holiday dangers send 1,000s to ER

Detroit Free Press

US drop in teen births fickle

State survey data showing more sexually active ninth-graders and less condom use could mean that a historic reduction in teen births is reversible.

Star Tribune

Lupus treatment may soon leap forward

Doctors have made slow, incremental progress in the treatment of lupus, a chronic autoimmune condition. But researchers now are preparing for a potential major leap forward.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The end of an era

When Kodak announced the end of Kodachrome film, photographer Pat Willard contacted the director of Rayko Gallery, proposing an exhibit for Kodachrome prints.

San Francisco Chronicle

Top 10 unusual winter sports

There is more to winter travel than skiing and snowboarding. Nontraditional winter sports and activities have sprouted up all over the world.

BBC

Jimmy Stewart museum needs a bailout

For many, the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a holiday staple. Life isn’t so wonderful these days at the Jimmy Stewart Museum, where, just like Bailey Building and Loan, it is trying to stay afloat.

NPR

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ ending

YouTube

EDUCATION

Fed up with school, parents take over

With California’s new “Parent Trigger Law,” a majority of parents can demand a school shut down, change staff, or become a charter. Changes are starting in Compton.

CBS News

No excuses, just diplomas

Educator Craig Zeno knows the dropout scene — he’s been there. And that experience enables him to mold young minds.

Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Mizanur Rahman):

Hearings into Obama’s immigration record on tap

(Houston Chronicle)

Immigration Chronicles

Editorial:

The phoniest ‘war’ has become Christmas tradition

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Dick Morris):

The dying high tax states

Creators Syndicate

Column (Fred Grimm):

My old man and the Christmas tree

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (David Sirota):

Faces of economic death

Truthdig

Column (Michael Goldfarb):

Why US exceptionalism is not exceptional

BBC

Column (Fred Bahnson and Danielle Nierenberg):

Could acacia trees solve Africa’s hunger problems?

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Graeme McMillan):

Let Hulu bring the joys of the season to you

(TIME)

Techland

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GOOD NEWS

Glacier picture tops our 2010 travel photo contest

Who would have thought the slowest-moving object on earth could generate so much energy? Peter Zimmerman did — and walked away with the top prize in the 2010 Post-Dispatch Travel Photo Contest.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Biggest, tallest, fastest, smallest of 2010

Discovery News

Research shows generosity repaid on many different levels

During the holiday season, more people serve food to the hungry, donate warm clothes and give money to charity. But studies show that what motivates people is more than holiday cheer.

San Francisco Chronicle

Homeless rescuers get holiday miracle

Joseph Edwards and Bernice Gonzales got a magical Christmas present. The homeless couple was given a donation from the employees of Foster Farms, and that money will get them into an apartment.

Modesto Bee

WORLD

Dutch arrest 12 on suspicion of terrorism

Dutch authorities in Rotterdam have arrested 12 men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a terrorist attack, authorities said.

CNN

WikiLeaks: How US tried to stop Spain’s torture probe

Three months into President Barack Obama’s presidency, the administration, under pressure to do something about Bush-era interrogation policies, turned to a senator to deliver a message to Spain.

McClatchy Newspapers

Bomb kills dozens in Pakistan aid line

A suspected suicide bomber attacked a gathering of people receiving aid in northwest Pakistan and at least 42 people were killed and 70 injured.

MSNBC

Female bomber kills 43 at Pakistan food center

Associated Press

BUSINESS

Record volume of packages delivered

FedEx, United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service are dealing with their highest shipping volumes ever as more people shift to buying holiday gifts online.

San Francisco Chronicle

Holiday 2010: the year shoppers came back

Santa Fe New Mexican

China fights inflation with rate rise

China’s central bank raised interest rates for the second time in just over two months as it stepped up its battle to rein in stubbornly high inflation.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Alcoholics may stop at 1 drink with Lundbeck pill

The first pill designed to curb a person’s urge to have more than a few drinks is undergoing tests in Europe, promising a new approach to fighting alcoholism.

Bloomberg

The effects of spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous on alcohol dependence

Medical News Today

The joy of train travel

The joy of “slow travel” is that you see how the landscape changes — plus, you avoid the enormous carbon emissions that flying and driving entail.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Is Navy plan a threat to world’s oldest killer whales?

At 59, Ruffles is the oldest known male orca in the world, but Granny is his 99-year-old mother. Environmentalists fear for their safety as the U.S. Navy prepares to expand operations on the Pacific Coast.

McClatchy Newspapers

EPA vows to enforce curbs on emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will regulate greenhouse emissions from plants and oil refineries in an attempt to curb global warming.

Washington Post

SPORTS

Christmas Day showdown with Lakers, Heat boasts stars, hype

The long, uneasy wait will finally end, when all of the hype and anticipation will play out and answer what the basketball world has been breathlessly craving to find out.

USA TODAY

Taurasi fails drug test in Turkey

WNBA standout and former University of Connecticut star Diana Taurasi tested positive for modafinil while playing in a professional women‘s league in Turkey.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Imam to take his pitch for ground zero-area mosque on the road

The imam behind the ground zero mosque project decided to risk reigniting opposition with a national speaking tour to promote the center and foster dialogue about Muslim life in America.

Star Tribune

Hallelujah! The famous chorus goes viral on the Web

The buzz is a reminder of the religious anthem‘s enduring popularity — even if some people aren’t listening to the words.

Star Tribune

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