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A U.S. army soldier walks past military armored vehicles in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that U.S. troops are leaving after Iraq refused to grant them immunity from criminal proceedings. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

Middle-class lifestyle is slipping away

According to a recent study on economic mobility from The Pew Charitable Trusts, nearly three out of 10 Americans, 28 percent, born in the middle class will eventually drop out of it as adults.

Denver Post

Rochester region sees food stamp explosion

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Dead satellite tumbles to Earth — but where exactly?

Scientists were trying to establish how and where a defunct research satellite returned to the Earth, after warning that some parts might survive re-entry and crash at up to 280 mph.

MSNBC

Iraqi Prime Minister: We made the call

A day after President Obama‘s historic announcement that the last American troops in Iraq would be coming home, the country’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki countered that Iraqis made the final call.

NY Daily News

Blog:

Iraqi prime minister says failed talks over soldiers’ immunity led to U.S. withdrawal

The Hill

Interview:

Ahmadinejad slams NATO, denounces U.S. pressure in Middle East

CNN

Strong earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 feared killed

As many as 1,000 people were feared killed when a powerful earthquake struck Turkey, collapsing dozens of buildings and pulling down power lines in the southeast of the country, officials said.

Reuters

Devastating earthquake flattens east Turkey

Rediff

Homeless women are learning how to better defend themselves

Knowing how to slip from an attacker’s grasp and defending themselves can be a matter of life and death for homeless women in Houston.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Millions of Americans volunteer on Make A Difference Day

An estimated 3 million Americans rolled up their sleeves on the nation’s largest single day of service. Volunteers held bake sales and painted murals among other activities.

USA TODAY

Lawmakers open to changes in military health care benefits

The government‘s promise of lifetime health care for the military’s men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

San Francisco Chronicle

Congress open to raising health care fees for military retirees

Chicago Sun-Times

POLITICS

Occupy Wall Street camps provide food and shelter for homeless

As Occupy Wall Street protesters took over parks in Portland‘s soggy downtown, they weren’t just building a community to protest what they see as corporate greed; they created an ideal place for the homeless.

NPR

Protester: Homeless ‘not a problem’ for Occupy El Paso

KFOX14

Twenty-four hours at Occupy Wall Street

YouTube

Nevada moves caucus to Feb. 4

Nevada Republicans have shifted their presidential caucuses to early February, a move that ends a bitter standoff among rival states and clarifies the path to the Republican presidential nomination.

MSNBC

Wash. state Sen. Scott White is found dead at age 41

State Sen. Scott White, a transit advocate who rose quickly to a legislative leadership position, has been found dead at a Washington resort hotel. He was 41.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

BUSINESS

Google said to consider financing an offer to acquire Yahoo

Google Inc. is considering providing financing for an acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. by another company or a group of bidders, according to a person who has been briefed on the matter.

BusinessWeek

France seeks to sway German veto on ECB bailout role

France is lobbying to overcome German opposition to giving the European Central Bank a central role in bolstering the euro zone’s bailout fund, arguing it was the only way to draw a line amid debt problems.

Reuters

HEALTH

Mega-bucks flowing from drug companies to doctors

A dozen pharmaceutical companies have given doctors and other healthcare providers more than $760 million over the past two years. Those companies’ sales comprise 40 percent of the U.S. market.

CBS News

Chemistry labs safety at universities questioned

ABC News

HPV transmission: 20 percent chance an uninfected partner will pick up virus

If one person in a heterosexual couple has human papillomavirus, then there is a 20 percent chance his or her partner will pick up the virus within six months, a new study has concluded.

LiveScience

Vaccine may help slow progression of lung cancer

A recent study suggests that a new, experimental vaccine may enhance the effect of chemotherapy and help slow down the progression of lung cancer.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cinematic TV dramas spark a revolution in online viewing

As more T.V. viewers choose to watch their favorite shows on “catch-up services” or by recording whole series in bulk, American online distributors are revolutionizing the way we watch.

Guardian

Meet the ‘Picasso’ of pumpkin carving

For at least one month a year, Ray Villafane of Arizona experiments on the blank canvas of his pumpkins.

Wall Street Journal

Live art installation, Petra Gallerie: ‘Futuristic Ice Huntress’

A stunning live art exhibit is coming to Los Angeles’ hippest art gallery. Hailing from a family of artists and stage craftspeople, Melanie Mills is now showcasing her second art exhibit.

Monsters and Critics

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More churches embracing high-tech approaches, study finds

A study released last month by Hartford Seminary suggests that it is the warm radiance of things like iPads and LCD screens which are illuminating faith communities these days.

Denver Post

Meet the spirit junkies

A hip, young generation is rebranding spiritual growth as sexy, stylish — and sellable. In Vancouver, bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein spoke to hundreds about her path to cool guru.

Vancouver Sun

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Richard Dalton):

Libya, and the limits of liberal intervention

The Independent

Blog (John A. Johnson, Ph.D.):

What anti-evolutionary psychologists are worried about

(Psychology Today)

Cui Bono

Editorial:

Don’t just push homeless along

Denver Post

Column (Roland Martin):

Cain better get serious

CNN

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

No hope for the jobless if a Republican wins

Truthdig

Column (Shervin Pishevar):

Libya: Fear is finite, hope is infinite

Huffington Post

Column (Jim Sollisch):

Take your money and run

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Carl Williott):

Friday’s top 5: animated misfits

(CNN)

Marquee Blog

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GOOD NEWS

Homeless woman survives breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, focusing attention on a disease expected to claim almost 40,000 lives this year. A homeless woman with Stage 4 cancer found a way to beat the odds.

CBS News

People continue banding together to help flood victims

Though it‘s been more than a month since Tropical Storm Lee’s floodwaters around Scranton, Pa., people are still banding together to help flood victims.

Times-Tribune

Noble Elementary recycling pays off

Almost fairy tale-like, Noble Elementary School converted trash into treasure. The Berryessa, Calif., school won what could be called a $50,000 play structure for the school’s empty playground.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Enthusiasm over Tunisia’s historic, 1st free elections

Tunisians will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country’s constitution, replacing a half-century-old dictatorship overthrown by a popular uprising earlier this year.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tunisia prepares for historic elections

YouTube

US Embassy in Kenya warns its citizens of ‘imminent threat’

The U.S. Embassy in Kenya warned American citizens of an “imminent threat of terrorist attacks” after Kenya sent troops across the border into Somalia to pursue suspected Islamic militants.

CNN

Kenya says Somalia rebels on the run

Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants were on the run after Kenya deployed more troops and struck rebel targets by air to secure its border from rebels Nairobi accuses of kidnapping foreigners on its soil.

Reuters

US warns of terrorist threat in Kenya

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

A Silicon Valley school doesn’t compute

The Waldorf School’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found for they are not allowed in the classroom.

New York Times

More schools step up and take action to stem anti-gay bullying

After anti-gay bullying led to a spate of teen suicides last year, schools across the country are stepping up efforts to prevent such incidents, while more students are coming forward to report bullies.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Russia’s aesthetic revolution still influencing architects

An exhibition of Soviet architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts will showcase radical works of great prescience and experimental power, and some believe its influence is still felt today.

The Independent

More women in the lab, making strides in science and math

In the U.S., women earned two-thirds of all undergraduate degrees, 60 percent of master’s degrees and more than half of the doctorates handed out in all disciplines in 2009 and 2010.

Daily Mail

ENVIRONMENT

EPA delays pollution rule for coal plants, but only until December

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will postpone its final rule aimed at slashing air pollution from coal plants for a month, but made it clear it plans to move forward on the regulations.

Environmental News Network

Can Flickr save the whales?

Want to help save the humpback whale? Pick up a camera and start taking pictures, says Gale McCullough, a “fluke matcher” at a marine research group called Allied Whale.

CNN

SPORTS

Albert Pujol’s 3 HRs blast Cards past Rangers; Cards take 2-1 series lead

With three home runs and six RBIs in a four-inning span, Pujols became the third player in history to hit three home runs in a World Series game, leading a 16-7 rout in game three at Rangers Park.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pujols makes history

ESPN

Record day for college QBs

Dominque Davis couldn’t miss. Case Keenum passed Timmy Chang for the first of two records he took from the former Hawaii quarterback. Kellen Moore matched Colt McCoy with yet another victory.

ABC News

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