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Streetcars are seen in downtown New Orleans. In another sign that New Orleans is reinventing itself by restoring its past, the city announced plans to spend up to $90 million to lay streetcar tracks downriver from the French Quarter. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

New Orleans streetcar line to get Super Bowl debut

With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome and the French Quarter.

San Francisco Chronicle

Improved invisibility cloak tames light

A team from Duke has refined its previous invisibility cloaking technology to eliminate reflections at the edges of the device — one of the biggest issues preventing a complete illusion of invisibility.

Wired.co.uk

How to make things invisible

BBC

Lawmakers predict future resolution for fiscal cliff

Senior lawmakers in both political parties predict an end to a standoff on the U.S. fiscal cliff that threatens to yield $607 billion in tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January.

Bloomberg

Republicans say a deal is possible on fiscal cliff

Reuters

Fiscal cliff quickly approaching

ABC News

Special section:

The fiscal cliff

USA TODAY

Why Antarctic ice grows as Arctic melts

The mystery of the expansion of sea ice around Antarctica, as global warming is melting swaths of Arctic sea ice, has been solved using data from U.S. military satellites.

Guardian

The scientific truth about climate change

CBS News

Flu during pregnancy may be linked to autism risk

Children born to mothers who had the flu during pregnancy or fevers lasting more than a week may have a slightly higher risk for autism, new research suggests.

WebMD

NATION

Petraeus resignation: just sex scandal or serious security concern?

The sudden downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus seems to have been rooted in simple jealously, but the scandal is raising new questions about the security of top-secret U.S. government information.

CBS News

Explosion destroys homes in Ind., 2 dead

A massive explosion sparked a huge fire and killed two people in an Indianapolis neighborhood where about three dozen homes were damaged or destroyed, authorities said.

CBS News

Indianapolis neighborhood devastated by massive explosion

YouTube

POLITICS

Mitch McConnell loses on Election Day

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell set two top goals for the 2012 election: a Republican takeover of the Senate and the defeat of President Barack Obama.

Huffington Post

With Obamacare now a reality, employers choose strategies

Businesses are being forced to take a fast and hard look at how to handle the shift in healthcare benefits and potential costs that are part of the law that goes fully into effect in 14 months.

Chicago Sun-Times

BUSINESS

Long Islanders join lawmakers blasting LIPA as blackouts persist

Frustrated Long Island residents joined lawmakers in calling for a shakeup of the Long Island Power Authority as the agency failed to restore power to customers two weeks after Sandy.

Bloomberg

Food labels multiply, confuse consumers

While eco-labels can play a vital role in food labeling, experts say their rapid proliferation and lack of oversight or clear standards have confused both consumers and producers.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Malibu: surfers vs. environmentalists

Local politics take a dramatic turn in southern California over a plan to clean up an iconic American playground.

Smithsonian Magazine

Pandas kiss bamboo goodbye

Between 80 and 100 percent of the livable habitat will disappear from a major panda enclave in China by the end of the 21st century.

Discovery News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA probes exploring Earth’s radiation belts get new name

Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen — the pioneering scientist who first discovered the radiation zones.

NBCNews.com

Voyager 1 to go on interstellar space trek

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 began touring the solar system 35 years ago. Voyager 1 is now preparing to exit the bubble and continue its epic journey through interstellar space.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Special section:

How Voyager space probes work

SPACE.com

SPORTS

LA Lakers hire former NY Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni instead of Phil Jackson

The Lakers have stunned the basketball world, opting to take a pass on Phil Jackson and instead hiring former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni.

NY Daily News

Manassero clinches Singapore Open after golf playoff

Italian teenager Matteo Manassero displayed all the nerve and experience of a seasoned veteran to edge out Louis Oosthuizen on the third hole of a playoff and claim a Singapore Open victory.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Robert Kane Jr.):

Mentoring is good for business

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Public leaders need a private sphere

USA TODAY

Blog (Matthew Yglesias):

Do House Republicans want to accomplish anything?

(Slate)

Money Box

Column (Peter Callaghan):

Political campaigns are bad for good government

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Change won’t be easy for Republicans

Lawrence Journal-World

Interview (James Bennet):

The Bloomberg way

The Atlantic

Editorial:

An order of fiscal reform — hold the gridlock, please

Denver Post

Column (Susan Reimer):

Why did David Petraeus have to step down from the CIA?

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Donations rolling in for annual Toys for Tots campaign

It’s only a few weeks into the annual campaign, but Marines with the Toys for Tots effort say the economy hasn’t affected the number of people who are willing to help.

Peoria Journal Star

Flint man uses boxing, hardships to inspire youth

When Rick Daniels isn’t in the hospital battling sickle cell anemia, he’s doing what he can to mentor a group of Flint, Mich., kids with his Save The Youth Boxing Program.

San Francisco Chronicle

Doctoral student delivers stranger’s baby at busy campus bus stop

A doctoral student delivered a stranger’s baby after seeing her in distress at a busy campus bus stop — and later learned the new mother had named the newborn girl after her.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

BBC’s news chief steps aside