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A man sits on a brick near the debris of a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake in the town of Ercis in Van province, Turkey. The 7.2-magnitude quake killed at least 264 people in eastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Selcan Hacaoglu) (Photo by Selcan Hacaoglu / AP)

Veteran’s trip to memorial was earned long ago

Honor Flight Columbus will start accepting Korean and Vietnam war applicants next year. With 70,000 World War II veterans flown so far, the program is transitioning to a new generation of heroes.

Columbus Dispatch

The all-telling eye

Making online ads that not only know you are looking at them, but also respond to your emotions will soon be possible, thanks to image-processing software and cameras in computers and mobile devices.

Economist

Turkey quake kills at least 279, hundreds still missing

Rescuers clawed through rubble to free victims trapped by a powerful earthquake which has killed at least 279 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.

Reuters

4 quake survivors pulled out alive in Turkey

San Francisco Chronicle

Earthquake survivors find themselves trapped under rubble

BBC

The human cost of Turkey’s quake

YouTube

Rustling is costing ranchers millions in poor economy

High beef prices have made cattle attractive as a quick score for people struggling in the sluggish economy, with other livestock taken as well. Thefts add up to millions in losses for U.S. ranches.

Houston Chronicle

LA vets demand housing at VA campus

The connection seems obvious: nearly 400 acres of land set aside to house veterans and thousands of veterans who need a place to call home.

CNN

NATION

Lawmakers may change military benefits

The government‘s promise of lifetime health care for military veterans is suddenly becoming a little less sacred as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

US rating likely to be downgraded again, Merrill says

The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concerns over the deficit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasts.

Reuters

Nonprofit hospitals’ huge tax breaks under increasing scrutiny

All hospitals are pinched by the growing needs of the poor and the uninsured. Health executives say they are providing more free care — and tax breaks for hospitals are under increasing scrutiny.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

Jobs plan stalled, Obama shifts to a new economic drive

With his jobs plan stymied in Congress by Republican opposition, President Barack Obama will begin a series of executive-branch actions to confront housing, education and other economic problems.

New York Times

Housing crisis: hot topic for elections

NPR

Why Democrats are winning the political money war

Even with the prospect of an entirely GOP-controlled federal government in 2013, Democrats are outraising their GOP counterparts month after month.

Politico

Ron Paul: phase out federal student loans

Republican presidential contender Ron Paul said he wants to end federal student loans, calling it a failed program that has put students $1 trillion in debt when there are no jobs to be had.

NPR

Blog:

Ron Paul says unemployment is 20 percent

(CNN)

Political Ticker

BUSINESS

News Corp. investor urges sale of newspaper business

News Corp.’s third-largest investor has urged Rupert Murdoch to sell all his newspapers and double the size of a share buy-back plan, the Telegraph reported.

Reuters

Google may also want to buy Yahoo

Google Inc. has spoken to at least two private equity firms about helping them to finance a deal to buy Yahoo’s core business, The Wall Street Journal reported.

MSNBC

Blog:

Yahoo sale buzz mounts as Google is said to be interested

(PC World)

Today @ PCWorld

HEALTH

Overhaul helps some with Medicare, but many still struggle

Medication costs are on the minds of Medicare recipients these days, a little more than a week into the enrollment period for next year’s prescription drug plans.

Virginian-Pilot

Blog:

Generic meds make big-name drugs fall off the ‘patent cliff’

(NPR)

Shots

Extra pounds may raise the risk of endometrial cancer

Gaining a significant amount of weight after menopause may be associated with an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study suggests.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Will Ferrell wins the nation’s top humor prize in DC

A career that ranges from television to film, Broadway to the Internet, has recently won the 44-year-old the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

NPR

The zombie craze continues to infect popular culture

If the zombie craze has passed you by then you probably haven’t been hanging out with any children lately — or else you haven’t been bitten yet.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican urges major economic reform

A proposal by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is calling for a new world economic order based on ethics and what it calls the “achievement of a universal common good.”

Seattle Times

Catholics troubled by child abuse case in Kansas City

A two-hour course has been provided by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph designed to help people detect warning signs of child sex abuse and know how to report inappropriate behavior.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz):

What Kim Jong Il learned from Gadhafi’s fall

The Atlantic

Column (Marion Nestle):

World’s 1st fat tax: What will it achieve?

New Scientist

Editorial:

Mortgage refinancings could help boost the economy

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Don’t cut tuition for illegal immigrants

Orlando Sentinel

Column (Mitch Albom):

Empty houses? Needy families? Time to mix

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Wild animals aren’t pets

USA TODAY

Blog (L Paul Bremer, III):

President Obama’s bold gamble on Iraq

The Great Debate (Reuters)

Column (Richard Dalton):

Libya, and the limits of liberal intervention

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Church’s ‘gentle worship’ service aids those with special needs

Emanuel Lutheran Church in Marion, Ohio, holds a “gentle worship” service, intended for people with special needs who might feel out of place in a traditional service.

Columbus Dispatch

Cancer survivorship training and rehab program makes all the difference

Dr. Julie Silver, an author, rehabilitation physician and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, suffered breast cancer in her 30s and has used that experience to help others.

The Herald News

Volunteers foster pets of deployed troops

After learning about the need for temporary homes for soldiers’ dogs and cats, Melvin “Buzz” Miller started a foster program for pets of deployed troops.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Banks and Europe clash over the Greek debt deal