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President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden stand during a ceremony marking the return of Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, right. Officials plan to re-asses where best to use u.S. military might. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Wash. outpost draws those hungry for slap of sea spray

There are more remote outposts in America, where winds are more brutal and rain more relentless. But in this part of Washington, you can catch the ferry home for dinner.

New York Times

Iran to hold new naval drill near the strait of Hormuz

Iran is planning new military exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a naval commander, after threatening to close the strait and completing another set of maneuvers.

Virginian-Pilot

The Strait of Hormuz by the numbers.

Reuters

Under new strategy, US looks for biggest threat

So just what kind of wars will the United States be fighting in the years to come? And whom does the Pentagon now see as the greatest threats to America?

Christian Science Monitor

New military strategy shifts U.S. priorities

Detroit Free Press

National Guard troops head to Afghanistan

Washington Post

Weeks after Iraq withdrawal, Obama announces plans to shrink U.S. military

YouTube

December jobs report: Hiring up, unemployment down

American employers stepped up their hiring in December, helping to add 200,000 jobs in that month, and bring unemployment down, the Labor Department reported.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Jobless rate dips to 8.5 percent, 200,000 jobs added to payrolls

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Mental decline can start at 45

Sorry, Boomers, but a new study suggests that mental functions can start to slip as early as age 45, a finding which runs counter to conventional wisdom that mental decline doesn’t begin before 60.

HealthDay

NATION

Obama administration plans change in immigration rule

The Obama administration plans a rule change to reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States.

TIME

Mistakenly deported Texas teen will be returning to United States

NY Daily News

Gabrielle Giffords: Will she seek re-election after shooting?

On the one-year anniversary of the shooting in Tucson that killed six and severely wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, she and her husband will attend a memorial to the other shooting victims.

CBS News

CDC scientists deem study of health affects of fracking necessary

The U.S. should study whether hydraulic fracturing used to free natural gas from wells is a hazard to people or food sources, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Santorum draws boos opposing gay marriage before college crowd

By Rick Santorum’s own admission, the Concord, New Hampshire, crowd he was addressing probably wasn’t going to be all that receptive to his conservative view on social issues.

BusinessWeek

Rick Santorum’s tax plan

CNNMoney

House GOP divided

House Republicans aren’t looking for another bloody battle on the payroll tax. They don’t think it’s worth stepping into the ring with President Barack Obama during his 2012 crusade against Congress.

Politico

US ethics group wants lobbying inquiry of Newt Gingrich

An ethics group is requesting a U.S. Justice Department investigation into whether Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich worked as an unregistered lobbyist.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Can construction help build the recovery?

Of all the good news in the December unemployment report, perhaps the most encouraging sign for the 2012 labor market was the increase in construction jobs.

NPR

Stocks gain ground after early struggle

Stocks steadily gained ground after falling sharply at the market’s open. Investors weighed renewed concern about Europe against the latest encouraging report about the U.S. job market.

Msnbc.com

Digital music sales top physical sales

CNNMoney

Barnes & Noble may split off Nook, cuts are in the forecast

Barnes & Noble Inc. cut its Nook sales forecast and shocked investors by saying it may spin off its fast-growing digital business, a move which sent its shares plunging 17 percent.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Unemployment soars in some college majors — architecture, arts

If you want the best odds of getting a job after graduation these days, don’t major in architecture or arts.

CNNMoney

Michelle Rhee’s ‘StudentsFirst’ coming to Missouri to support school choice

The education advocacy group founded by former Washington D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee will set up shop in Missouri this winter to help pass laws affecting public education.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SPORTS

Jason Kidd hurt in Mavericks’ loss

Matt Bonner scored 17 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 93-71 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas point guard Jason Kidd suffered a lower back injury with 24.7 seconds left in the first quarter.

USA TODAY

Paul Westphal fired after 2-5 start

The Sacramento Kings fired coach Paul Westphal after two-plus seasons amid a slow start and an escalating dispute with young center DeMarcus Cousins.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Presidential candidates rate poorly on secular scorecard

The Secular Coalition for America rated all presidential candidates on nine issues, including church-state separation, civil rights, evolution and the taxpayer’s funding of religion.

USA TODAY

California court to mull expiration date for clergy abuse

California‘s highest court is hearing a precedent-setting case that could expose California’s Roman Catholic dioceses to another round of clergy abuse lawsuits.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Equal means equal

Boston Herald

Column (Lawrence Haas):

Radical Muslim power grabs would be huge setback for US

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Jonathan Cohn):

Were the recess appointments constitutional? The case for yes.

The New Republic

Column (Laura Miller):

The death of the very famous celebrity memoir

Salon

Editorial:

The Taleban breakthrough

Khaleej Times

Blog (Deborah Khoshaba, Psy.D.):

Women (and men) who do too much

(Psychology Today)

Get Hardy

Column (Corey Robin):

Ron Paul has two problems: one his, the other ours

Al Jazeera

Column (Dave Zirin):

The year I learned to hate college football

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Cat escapes gas, but city policy stands

In Utah, a stray cat’s will to survive was enough to let it live out the rest of its nine lives with an adopted family, but not enough to change the animal euthanasia policy where it lives.

ABC News

Lessons at 100: he witnessed the evolution of America

In 100 years America has seen Jim Crow laws, segregation, Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, and the election of the first black president. George Gray Jr. has experienced it all.

Denver Post

New material may prove useful in fight against global warming

Scientists have announced a potential breakthrough in developing a new material that removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Bombings target Shiites in Iraq; dozens are killed