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Residents line up to receive a hot breakfast and food supplies at a temporary facility operated by FEMA in Brooklyn, N.Y. Many people in the line indicated that they are still living without heat, six days after Superstorm Sandy struck the region. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

Solar system gets a revised birth certificate

About 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system’s planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. Or maybe not, according to a new paper.

Science 2.0

Blog:

Did the solar system have an extra planet?

(Nature)

News Blog

Survey: People as young as 30 experience memory loss

A new study reveals that memory loss can begin as early as age 30, even though the average age at which people generally experience memory loss is about 57 years.

Counsel & Heal

Blog:

Implanting false memories

(Psychology Today)

Media Spotlight

Falling temps add urgency to Sandy recovery

Falling temperatures are putting more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Disappointed New York marathoners run in aid of Sandy victims

Christian Science Monitor

A forever changed East Coast shoreline

NBCNews.com

Affirmative action for Asian-Americans: do students support it?

Ethnic politics is always a touchy topic, but the issue at the University of Texas has a sharper edge as the U.S. Supreme Court examines whether the university violates the Constitution.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The changing state of US ethnicity

BBC

ADHD drugs do not raise heart risk

A study has shown that children who take Adderall, Ritalin and other central nervous system stimulants do not have a higher chance of developing serious heart conditions.

Medical News Today

NATION

Portland rally delivers pre-election message against funding cuts

Several hundred people marched through the Lloyd District in Northeast Portland for a rally against funding cuts to social and public services.

Oregon Live

California winner claims $23M lotto prize just in time

For more than five months — while Julie Cervera struggled to pay a $600 electrical bill, feed her family and keep the cable company from shutting off her service — she was a millionaire without knowing it.

CBS News

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

What US want from the next president

On the eve of an election that everyone says involves two “stark” choices, people across the country have a simple plea for Washington: Work together.

Christian Science Monitor

How secure is your electronic vote?

It’s an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?

CNN

Voters prepare to weigh in, from president to local issues

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mail in ballots: The hanging chads of 2012?

Reuters

Enthusiasm is key in Ohio ground game

Mitt Romney’s campaign is banking on a certain excitement — ephemeral, and harder to quantify by data — for a victory in Ohio, a state that both sides believe is within the close.

Politico

POLITICS

After vote, ‘fiscal cliff’ still looms

No matter whether President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney is in the White House, a crushing blend of tax increases and spending cuts will go into effect unless Congress acts.

Columbus Dispatch

GOP aims to expand gubernatorial power

Washington gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna looks to help Republicans cross an important threshold while expanding their power nationally.

CNN

BUSINESS

SEC questioned Groupon over weak financial controls

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked Groupon Inc. to explain its accounting for coupon refunds and other aspects of its business.

Bloomberg

An insurance break for homeowners

The switch to calling Sandy a superstorm instead of a hurricane was not just a matter of semantics: The change could save homeowners thousands of dollars.

BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Curiosity sniffs Martian atmosphere, detects no signs of life

By analyzing the Martian atmosphere, scientists on NASA’s Curiosity team hope to understand whether Mars now — or ever was — capable of supporting life.

Forbes

Blog:

Mars rover snaps spooky portraits

(NBCNews.com)

Cosmic Log

SRI researcher leads cybersecurity effort

Many people cite Albert Einstein’s aphorism “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Only a handful, however, have had the opportunity to discuss the concept with the physicist.

San Francisco Chronicle

In-sync brain waves hold memory of objects just seen

The more in-sync electrical signals of neurons were in two key hubs of the memory circuit, the more those cells held the short-term memory of a just-seen object.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Egypt’s Coptic Christians choose pope

The Coptic Orthodox church has chosen Bishop Tawadros as the new pope to lead the Middle East’s biggest Christian community.

Al Jazeera

Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians community

BBC

IRS not enforcing rules on churches

For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service has not been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Gary Younge):

Barack Obama and the paradox behind his African American support base

Guardian

Column (Edward Sozanski):

‘Dancing around the bride’ with Duchamp’s modern guests

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Denis Hayes):

When did politics become all about ‘me’?

Seattle Times

Column (Joel Connelly):

‘Redefining’ marriage: We’ve been doing it for centuries

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Christie forces Fox to rewrite its script

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Alec MacGillis):

On voting worries, sweat the small stuff

(The New Republic)

Blog

Blog (Ingrid Wickelgren):

Where are the gifted minority students?

Streams of Consciousness

(Scientific American)

Editorial (Tex ‘Red Tipped Arrow’ Hall):

Analog tribes in a digital economy

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

‘Good Deed’ warms the heart

Thanksgiving is but a few weeks away, and it’s a time when many families will be gathering together, sharing food, memories and gratitude. A recently published memoir fits these themes.

Auburnpub.com

Arizona entrepreneurs innovate on shoestring budget

The Coe brothers, who founded their Tempe-based business with $500 in cash and an idea to rewire video game controllers to make certain games easier to win, generated $1.8 million in revenue.

Arizona Central

Bollywood big guns make big donations

It’s charity season in Bollywood, with actors giving away fat wads for causes close to their hearts. Anil Kapoor has just fulfiled his wish of donating his entire “Slumdog Millionaire” fee to charity.

NY Daily News

WORLD

EU chief offers new aid to Myanmar