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Protestors march to the Port of Oakland to block the next shift of longshoremen, in Oakland, Calif. The “Occupy Wall Street” movement, focused on the ports, hoping the day of demonstrations would cut into the profits of the corporations that run the docks. (Photo by Beck Diefenbach / AP)

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Scientists close in on ‘God particle’

Scientists are expected to announce they may have caught their first glimpse of the Higgs boson, a curious subatomic particle long thought to underpin the microscopic workings of nature.

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Guardian

Higgs vs. hype: a mini-guide

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(Msnbc.com)

Cosmic Log

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying it won’t help solve the climate crisis. Up to this point, the Protocol had not been formally renounced by any other country.

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CBS News

Occupy protesters disrupt ports

Hundreds of protesters blocked gates at some of the West Coast’s busiest ports, causing the partial shutdown of several, in a day of demonstrations.

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CNN

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Oakland port workers stay home

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Occupy Baltimore protesters removed

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Huffington Post

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Why is Occupy Wall Street now trying to occupy West Coast ports?

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Christian Science Monitor

US, Iraq outline post-war cooperation

President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki outlined a postwar agenda as they marked the impending end of the U.S. conflict in the Middle East.

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Washington Post

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Why some US troops are dreading the end of Iraq mission

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Christian Science Monitor

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Iraq: Mission accomplished?

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McClatchy Newspapers

A serious illness or just an excuse?

A growing number of college students are asking for wiggle room with their academic workloads due to mental health issues.

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Wall Street Journal

NATION

Authors are finding e-success

Today’s authors can bypass traditional publishers — digitally formatting their own manuscript and selling it to readers online.

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USA TODAY

Bad economy? Farmers have one of the best years ever

While much of America worries about the possibility of a double-dip recession, stories of prosperity are cropping up as farmers enjoy their best run in decades.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Who are the younger farmers of the new ‘Generation Organic?’

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NPR

POLITICS

$1 trillion spending bill taking shape in Congress before holidays

Weary after a year of bickering, lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending.

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Msnbc.com

Gingrich and Romney spar in center court

Newt Gingrich is now the man to beat. He has piled up double-digit leads in key primary states and survived a debate that took him through the gauntlet of his past alleged and legitimate transgressions.

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CBS News

Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney get nasty — will it backfire?

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

WaMu settles dispute, eyes Ch. 11 bankruptcy exit

Washington Mutual Inc., the biggest bank to fail in U.S. history, said it reached a settlement in the dispute which was preventing the bank from emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Reuters

Global sweet spot may be in tech stocks

Profit forecasts for computer and software makers are holding up better than any industry in the world, a sign of confidence that corporate spending will keep the American economy expanding next year.

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Bloomberg

Bank says no? Ditch the bank — borrow from the crowd

Technology solutions for banking, every bit as powerful as social media such as Facebook, make it possible for you to borrow or lend money safely online.

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EDUCATION

Nation’s community colleges recognized for excellence at National Press Club

Ten community colleges around the country were honored at the National Press Club as part of the competition for the first $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Valencia named nation’s top community college

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Orlando Sentinel

Florida charter schools: Big money with very little oversight

Preparing for her daughter’s graduation in the spring, Tuli Chediak received a blunt message from her daughter’s charter high school: Pay us $600 or your daughter won’t graduate.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Lowe‘s faces increasing backlash for pulling ads from ’All-American Muslim’

A decision by the retail chain Lowe‘s to pull its ads from a TV show based on Dearborn’s Muslim community has sparked controversy from Muslim-Americans.

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Detroit Free Press

Veils banned at citizenship ceremonies

New Canadians will no longer be able to shield themselves behind a face-covering when taking their oath of citizenship, the federal government announced in a move that’s already stirring controversy.

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SPORTS

Chiefs fire coach Todd Haley

The Kansas City Chiefs fired coach Todd Haley, with the team he led to the AFC West title less than a year ago stuck at the bottom of the division following a series of discouraging blowouts.

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Sports Illustrated

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Miami Dolphins fire coach Tony Sparano

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Arizona Republic

Tebow sparking intense spiritual debate

Tim Tebow’s outward display of his Christian faith, along with his unorthodox playing style, have made him one of the most controversial and polarizing players in the National Football League.

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Boston Globe

Clippers fail in attempt to land Chris Paul, door still open

Sources said that the league-owned New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Clippers could not complete their proposed trade because the Clippers decided the asking price for the guard was too high.

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ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Vanessa Veselka):

In the wake of protest: one woman’s attempt to unionize Amazon

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The Atlantic

Blog (Bryan Walsh):

UN Global-warming talks: good for diplomats, indifferent for the climate

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TIME

Blog (Mark Banschick, M.D.):

Teens: To medicate or not to medicate?

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(Psychology Today)

The Intelligent Divorce

Blog (Nick Carbone):

What were the memes of the year? Depends on how you define ‘meme’

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(TIME)

NewsFeed

Free markets, carbon tax best to fight climate change

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Bloomberg

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The growing menace of domestic drones

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Salon

Column (Snowden Wright):

Why they haven’t occupied Mississippi

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The Postal Service plots its own demise

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

School transforms teens’ lives, 1 pound at a time

At Wellspring Academy, a boarding school for overweight children, located near Asheville, N.C., students learn to control weight through a healthful diet, exercise and counseling.

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NPR

Couple’s love story was tested by war — 4 times

The pictures on the walls at the Dukellis home tell the story of the couple‘s time together — and apart.

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CNN

Extra hands in the classroom

Many parents of preschool and school-aged children are discovering that volunteering in the classroom is another way to show their kids how important, and fun, school can be.

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Des Moines Register

WORLD

Settlers clash with Israeli troops in the West Bank

Dozens of Israeli settlers entered an army base in the West Bank, lighting fires and damaging vehicles — a sign of growing animosity between Jewish extremists and soldiers guarding the settlements.

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USA TODAY

Iran rejects US request to return drone

Iran has rejected the United States’ request for the return of a spy drone captured by its military and instead demanded an apology from Washington.

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Guardian

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Leaders are defiant, but Iranians fear war

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Washington Post

UN Security Council urged to act after Syria death toll is raised to 5,000

The United Nations Security Council faced new calls to intervene in Syria after the U.N.’s top human-rights official raised the civilian death toll to at least 5,000.

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Bloomberg

Live from Syria

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(Al Jazeera)

Syria Live Blog

HEALTH

US teen birthrate hit a record low in 2010

Last year, the teen birthrate dropped to the lowest level ever reported in America. Increased use of birth control is one reason, and many say that parent-child dialogue is key.

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Christian Science Monitor

Food giants fight proposed national nutrition guidelines

An effort by four federal agencies to limit marketing of junk food to children has provoked a fight between the packaged food industry and public health groups.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Call Grandma: Even a small bit of social time can boost seniors’ happiness

Americans 65 years of age and older maintain a happy outlook with less social time than their youthful counterparts, according to a new survey.

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LiveScience

ENVIRONMENT

Real Christmas trees save water

Fake Christmas trees might be convenient and seem eco-friendly at first glance, but their environmental costs — measured in greenhouse gas emissions and landfill space — far outweigh their benefits.

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National Geographic

How tourism is taking the turtles from Kenya’s blue waters

A global hotspot for turtle-spotting, Kenya is facing a problem — the tourists are destroying what they come to see.

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Guardian

House passes a bill in order to toughen pipeline safety

A final compromise to toughen safety rules on the nation’s fuel pipeline network cleared the House, with Senate passage expected to follow shortly.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

People can hallucinate color at will

A recent experiment concluded that people can hallucinate colors just with the power of suggestion.

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National Geographic

Using virtual reality to cure PTSD

Doctors are hoping that virtual reality can help cure soldiers of their all-too-real wartime traumas.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Celebrating Amundsen’s South Pole conquest

One hundred years ago this week, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four brave souls accompanying him became the first men to set foot on the South Pole — and they took photographs.

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Forgotten discoveries of Scott’s Antarctica

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YouTube launches school-friendly video service — ‘YouTube For Schools’

YouTube, the world’s largest video sharing service, has launched a new school-friendly version of its site.

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BBC

Smart toys for kids can be the simplest

Eight-month-old Anna Swanwink doesn’t just stack her soft cloth blocks. She chews them, inspects them, rolls them across the carpet. She shakes them, listening for the hidden jingle bell inside.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Pouch puzzle: Kangaroo moms mysteriously swap offspring

Kangaroos adopt. It doesn’t happen often, but to the astonishment of biologists at Wilsons Promontory National Park in Australia, sometimes a mother invites a foreign youngster to hop into her pouch.

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An Indian family walks out of the doorway of the Lord Hanuman Hindu Temple in the Karol Bagh neighborhood of New Delhi, India. Lord Hanuman, the monkey god, is one of the most revered of gods in Hinduism. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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