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A heavily oiled bird is lifted from the waters of Barataria Bay, which were laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP is now shifting blame toward Halliburton for its faulty cement slurry. (Photo by Gerald Herbert)

Social networking for a cure

Does social media amplify our sense of responsibility to one another? Amit Gupta, a cancer patient and tech entrepreneur who founded the photo site Photojojo, tests the strength of the Web.

BBC

Shiite Muslims targeted in deadly shrine blasts in Afghanistan

Two bomb blasts, targeting Shiite Muslim shrines as hundreds gathered to mark the day of “Ashoura,” killed at least 60 people and injured scores more, say Afghan police and media reports.

Al Jazeera

Interview:

Kabul shrine attack: the start of sectarianism in Afghanistan?

Guardian

Halliburton accused of destroying evidence by BP

The allegation by BP that Halliburton, a subcontractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, destroyed data about a cement slurry operation is a glimpse into a nasty battle set to go to trial in federal court.

Christian Science Monitor

BP’s 2009 spill may lead to criminal charges

Anchorage Daily News

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Report urges Congress to funnel oil-spill penalty money to Gulf

(The Hill)

E2 Wire

Obama channels ‘New Nationalism’

Over a century after Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “New Nationalism” speech, President Barack Obama travels to the same town in the Republican heartland of Kansas to sound similar themes.

CNN

Obama on the economy and the future of the middle class

C-Span

Calif. to take big step toward greenhouse gas limits

A little over a year from now, California will limit the greenhouse gas emissions from factories, power plants and, eventually, emissions from vehicles.

NPR

NATION

Postal Service even less relevant

The time it takes to deliver a first-class letter is about to grow longer as cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service threaten to add new meaning to the term “snail mail.”

Chicago Tribune

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Ailing USPS looks to slash expenses, jobs

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Democrats will try again on payroll tax

The stalemated debate over the federal payroll tax holiday wore on as Senate Democrats announced a slimmed-down proposal that would push rates even lower for millions of Americans next year.

Washington Post

Why Americans spend too much

Americans save too little and spend too much. In Western Europe and East Asia, governments aggressively encourage people to save through special savings institutions and savings campaigns.

NPR

POLITICS

Kan. laws highlight latest in abortion wars

There are few issues as polarizing for Americans as abortion and Kansas has long been at the center of the fight. New laws aimed at limiting abortions are adding even more fuel to the fire.

CBS News

Iowa voters see Gingrich, Romney as most electable in 2012

In a CBS News/New York Times poll, 31 percent of Iowa caucus-goers said Gingrich had the best chance to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012, while 29 percent said Romney had the best chance.

CBS News

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Gingrich and Trump team up

CNN

BUSINESS

$200M settlement reported in W.Va. coal mine disaster

The owner of West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch coal mine is reportedly ready to pay $200 million to settle civil and criminal claims resulting from the explosion that killed 29 people last year.

NPR

S&P piles pressure on Franco-German EU budget plan

Standard & Poor’s said that it placed 15 members of the euro currency union on review for a possible downgrade as the eurozone debt crisis continues to worsen.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Danger for whom?

A recent revision of a Justice Department regulation has many professionals worried they can no longer take certain steps to protect college students who may be a threat to themselves.

Inside Higher Ed

More private college presidents making $1M or more

As the U.S. economy staggered, many private college presidents enjoyed modest raises and saw the ranks of those making at least $1 million swell from 33 to 36 in 2009, a new study shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is any college president worth $4.9 million?

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Porn sites set to use domain of .xxx

The suffix was approved by ICANN, the international not-for-profit that coordinates Web addresses. The idea, they say, is to more safely organize content that is, like it or not, common on the Web.

CNN

For creative people, cheating may simply come more easily

In the wake of Enron, psychologists all over the country started looking more closely at how unethical behavior works. New research suggests that people who are more creative are more likely to cheat.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The altar boys’ secret: no longer alone

After decades of despair, former altar boy comes forward to share stories of alleged abuse with dead youth’s family. At last, there are answers — and a new cause to work for.

Kansas City Star

Tim Tebow and Christianity — Is it the secret of his success?

Tim Tebow has been an unexpected success as a pro quarterback. Strong faith might be helping Tim Tebow deal with adversity, say some observers. But that could be a two-edged sword.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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New film reminds why Margaret Thatcher matters

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Why has inequality been growing?

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Why a smart tax on soda would work

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Newt’s Big Apple Xmas

(The New Yorker)

Rational Irrationality

Column (Jonathan Gibralter):

Expand the education conversation

Inside Higher Ed

Editorial:

Behind the lines — a taxing question

Salt Lake Tribune

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Winning the bronze medal in life

Meditation for Modern Life

(Psychology Today)

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GOOD NEWS

Homeowners offer houses to charities instead of cash

Since the collapse of the real estate market, charities and nonprofits say there has been a trend toward property owners wanting to donate houses.

Detroit Free Press

Music and kids: Do-re-mis boost ABCs

An early-childhood program in St. Paul, Minn., serves up more proof that using music to teach basic skills helps children learn better.

Star Tribune

$100K in grants boosts Orlando groups’ efforts to curb obesity in kids

The Nemours program and 11 others helping kids fight obesity, which affects 33 percent of Florida youths, received a total of $100,000 in grants from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation.

Orlando Sentinel

Few parents recall doctor saying their child was overweight or obese

USA TODAY

WORLD

Online uproar as India seeks social media screening, control

India has urged social network companies to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users.

Times of India

Pakistan leaving liaison posts

U.S. military officials say Islamabad is pulling its troops out of at least two of the three centers meant to coordinate military activity across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

TIME

Russia election protests: Putin plays down political losses

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has played down his party‘s losses at the parliamentary election as inevitable for a party in power.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Crocodiles monitored at nuclear plant

An unexpected but fruitful relationship has formed between two potent forces in the swamps of South Florida: the American crocodile and a nuclear power plant.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Crocodiles thrive near nuclear plant

Yahoo! News

Was Jane Austen poisoned by arsenic?

Since at least the 1960s, many have tried to identify the illness that killed the 41-year-old English author, and crime novelist Lindsay Ashford thinks she has finally solved the mystery.

Scientific American

Planet found orbiting sun-like star

The most Earth-like planet that could potentially sustain water is circling a star 600 light years away, scientists said.

Reuters

Planet found in habitable zone

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Cores reveal when the Dead Sea ‘died’

Sediments drilled from beneath the Dead Sea reveal that this most remarkable of water bodies all but disappeared 120,000 years ago.

BBC

Over the Dead Sea

Reuters

Small farmers crave horse power

While there’s little doubt that tractors have revolutionized farm labor and made farms much more efficient, a growing number of farmers are choosing horses and mules over John Deere.

Grist

HEALTH

The health risks of being left-handed

Researchers are now recognizing the scientific importance of understanding why people use one hand or the other.

Wall Street Journal

Child abuse may alter structure of the brain, research shows

Teenagers who were abused as young children show changes in their brains that put them at risk for behavioral problems in adulthood, according to research from Yale University.

San Francisco Chronicle

More people getting flu shots this year

New CDC numbers show that 36 percent of adults have already gotten flu shots as of early November — months before the illness normally sweeps the nation.

WebMD

SPORTS

Cubs great Ron Santo elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Ron Santo considered his retired No. 10 Cubs jersey flying over Wrigley Field in 2003 as his "hall of fame,’’ having failed three times to win induction into Cooperstown as a veteran player.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 finalists named for Heisman

The votes are in, and ESPN.com’s panel of experts has made its own selection for the most prestigious trophy in college football.

ESPN

Huskies could be facing a Heisman Trophy winner in Alamo Bowl

Seattle Times

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