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President Barack Obama speaks during an election night party in Chicago. Obama defeated the Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)

Fundraisers respond faster and smarter with relief

The more than $90 million charities have raised since Superstorm Sandy hit is, in large part, a sign that nonprofits are getting faster and savvier in tapping the public’s impulse to give.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Svelte for the holidays

More holiday decorators are opting to create slim Christmas trees as retailers say they have become more popular this year, real or fake.

Wall Street Journal

Obama makes history once again

In the midst of national splintering and a time of deep ideological animosity, Americans elected President Barack Obama to a second term.

CNN

Dems keep Senate, House stays GOP

Salt Lake Tribune

Obama surprises volunteers with calls

USA TODAY

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Election results

Huffington Post

Indicators healthy for housing recovery

A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago. This was the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Housing market shows sustained improvement

(The Hill)

On the Money

Mixed results for multivitamins

Many Americans spend billions of dollars each year on multivitamins, assuming that they will help protect them against certain diseases — but there have been no conclusive studies on their benefits.

ABC News

NATION

Protection from the sea Is possible

While New York City and other places along the Northeast coast are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, they’re also looking ahead to how they can prevent flooding in the future.

NPR

Looting fears assail NYC as new storm approaches

Philadelphia Inquirer

Battling to get more military veterans into the workforce

There are some disheartening statistics in the job market’s slow recovery. As the nation’s unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September, joblessness for veterans was nearly 10 percent.

Florida Times-Union

2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Weary Americans just glad it’s over

Voters from Seattle to Miami largely agreed about one thing: They were glad that the strident and polarizing contest between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was ending.

Sydney Morning Herald

Senate Tea Party leaves Republicans reeling

The Age

Why you can’t vote online yet

Online voting is taking off in local elections, particularly overseas. But Americans shouldn’t expect to vote for the president on their laptop or iPad anytime soon.

CNNMoney

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10 memes of election night

San Francisco Chronicle

Americans vote

Al Jazeera

Colorado legalizes marijuana

An amendment that would make it legal in Colorado for individuals to possess and for businesses to sell marijuana for recreational use has passed.

Denver Post

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Same-sex marriage leads in Washington, passes in Maryland, Maine

(San Francisco Chronicle)

Politics Blog

POLITICS

New websites help you find a political match

You just learned that the hottie you were interested in voted for the wrong person: How do you deal? By logging onto two new websites designed to help people find their perfect liberal or conservative love.

Philadelphia Inquirer

What to watch for as House, Senate results come in

Regardless of whether the presidential victory goes to President Obama or Mitt Romney, the next president’s ability to govern will hinge on which party holds a majority in the House and the Senate.

CBS News

BUSINESS

The oddities of election year gas prices

Among the many gasoline-related conspiracy theories out there, one says that national elections cause gasoline prices to fall.

BusinessWeek

A word that gets women negotiating for higher salaries

Female job applicants are more likely to ask for more money when employers explicitly give them the option, a new study finds.

The Atlantic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA photos reveal mile-wide asteroid

A team of NASA scientists has captured amazing radar images of a mile-wide asteroid as it drifted silently millions of miles from Earth — the closest it will come to our planet for the next 200 years.

SPACE.com

Why is it so hard to give good directions?

Psychologically speaking, giving directions is a tricky task. Our minds find it difficult to see how the world looks to someone who doesn’t know it yet.

BBC

SPORTS

Syracuse vs. San Diego State aircraft carrier game moved

Because of weather concerns, a basketball game between Syracuse and San Diego State has been rescheduled. The game will take place on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego.

USA TODAY

Former Armstrong teammate fails test

South African cyclist David George, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, admitted using the blood-boosting drug EPO after failing a doping test.

FOXSports

Columns And Op-Ed

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How African-Americans shaped the re-election of Barack Obama

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Matthew Bens):

The wrong side of the horse-racing track

The Age

Column (Mark Hyman):

Kids under 14 should not play tackle football

TIME

Blog (Scott Rosenberg):

Why Obama’s win is not the same-old same-old

Grist

Column (Glenn Garvin):

Electoral College a political asterisk that should be erased

McClatchy Newspapers

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We need more young people working at the polls

Slate

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Why are US vets MIA in US politics?

TIME

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The donations Sandy’s victims don’t need

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Surgery for pets could save human lives

Many devoted pet owners are happy to spend thousands on operations for their cats and dogs — and these procedures could help teach scientists about human diseases, too.

Guardian

‘Footsteps’ helps a group of needy kids walk in new shoes

An Oceanside Unified School District bus pulled up to the local shoe store, and 68 children plus three adults poured out. Each of the youngsters received new shoes, socks and a hygiene kit.

North County Times

Baldwin becomes 1st openly gay Senator

ABC News projects that Tammy Baldwin has won the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, making history as the first openly gay U.S. Senator.

ABC News

WORLD

China crackdown ahead of transfer

Chinese authorities want no surprises as the handover of power begins, as a wide-ranging crackdown on critics bodes poorly for those hoping the incoming leaders will loosen restrictions on activism.

San Francisco Chronicle

What happens when a city can pick and choose its police force?

Over the past eight years, Kyrgyzstan has seen two presidents chased from office. As a result, public trust in the police has plummeted and many are now placing their faith in private security agencies.

The Atlantic

Greece to vote on austerity, protests continue to intensify

Greece’s government hopes to overcome its own divisions and defy protesters’ fury at parliament’s gates to push through an austerity package needed to secure an injection of aid and avert bankruptcy.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Law students help monitor voting

About 40 law students in the Voters’ Rights Project at Rutgers-Camden spent Election Day shuttling between polling places in Camden, N.J., and a law school conference room.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Education reform law turned back

Voters overwhelmingly rejected Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s education reform law, which sought to overhaul the way South Dakota public schools evaluate and reward their teachers.

Argus Leader

HEALTH

Anesthesia study opens window into patients’ consciences

A new study records for the first time what happens to brain cells when patients go under. Electrodes implanted in their brains help doctors determine the source of their seizures.

TIME

Can predicting your heart attack risk be as simple as looking in a mirror?

A new study presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting links visible signs of aging to an increased risk for heart disease and heart attack.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Shocking number of squatters found in Sumatran National Park

Sumatra’s Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park — home to critically-endangered Sumatran rhinos, tigers and elephants — has become overrun with coffee farmers, loggers and opportunists.

Environmental News Network

Thai man pleads guilty to South African rhino smuggling

A Thai man plead guilty to smuggling a rhino horn from South Africa, in a case in which prostitutes posing as big game hunters were used to conceal an international trafficking ring.

NBCNews.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Group warns religion is creeping into some British Columbia public schools

A controversy in the Canadian township of Chilliwack has prompted a call for Education Minister Don McRae to investigate whether religion is creeping into some British Columbia public schools.

Vancouver Sun

Egypt’s new pope potentially opposes religious constitution

Egypt’s new Coptic pope said the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious, a sign he would campaign with his Christian minority against Islam’s increasing role.

USA TODAY

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ rumor roundup

With little concrete information available, Yoda-level patience is demanded. There are some things we know about the slated Disney reboot for sure, and much more we do not.

TIME

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Harrison Ford might return for a new film

(Christian Science Monitor)

Culture Caf

Bringing the color back to ancient Greece

Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity.

Smithsonian Magazine

The civilizing power of disaster

Researchers in disaster science have again and again debunked the idea that catastrophe causes social breakdown and releases the ugliest parts of human nature.

Slate

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