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Customers line up to look at firearms at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault riffles. (Photo by LM Otero / AP)

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Democrats' victory triggers gun sales

Gun enthusiasts nationwide are stocking up on firearms out of fears that the combination of an Obama administration and a Democrat-dominated Congress will result in tough new gun laws.

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With Obama's win, gun sales go way up

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US automakers ask Congress for bailout

The heads of Detroit's automakers asked congressional leaders for "immediate and necessary funding" to help the troubled auto industry weather the economic crisis.

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GM reports $2.5B 3Q loss, says company running out of cash

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How tough-talking Russia sees Obama

Moscow administration lays down its political markers, but doesn't want to upset business cooperation.

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U.S. News & World Report

Obama: US faces 'greatest economic challenge'

After meeting with his economic advisers about a strategy to right the economy, President-elect Barack Obama warned about the gravity of the situation in his first press conference since his election.

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Barack Obama's first press conference as president-elect

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CNN

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Meet the new chief of staff

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Pelosi backs including tax cut in stimulus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will add a tax cut to an economic stimulus measure Congress will consider early next year.

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Bloomberg

Iraqi forces kill senior al-Qaeda leader

A statement said the Iraqi army and members of a U.S.—backed Sunni Arab neighborhood patrol shot Abu Ghazwan as he hid in the grass near a house they were searching north of Baghdad.

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Reuters

Black coach numbers lowest in 15 years

Days after the election of the country's first black president, a study shows the number of African-American coaches in major college football is the lowest in 15 years.

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Google News

Gay-marriage ban protesters target Mormon church

More than 2,000 people marched and chanted in front of the West Los Angeles Mormon temple in California, criticizing the church for what they see as its relentless support of discrimination.

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NATION

US unemployment rate climbs to 14-year high of 6.5 percent

The jobless rate rose to 6.5 percent in October from 6.1 percent the previous month, the Labor Department reported.

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Bloomberg

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A few bright spots for job seekers

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TIME

8-year-old arrested in double-homicide

An 8-year-old Arizona boy may face double-murder charges in the shooting death of his father and another man at the family residence.

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POLITICS

Even with mandate, Obama faces difficulty implementing health care plans

President-elect Obama promised to bring health insurance to millions of Americans and to spend $50 billion to take American health records electronic, but he will struggle to find the money to do it.

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Reuters

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Brokaw reflects on the American presidency

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President-elect Barack Obama accepts the mantle

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MORE POLITICS

Sen. Byrd steps down from Appropriations Committee chairmanship

Sen. Robert Byrd cited the victory of President-elect Barack Obama as the time for new leadership of the committee that doles out more than $1 trillion a year in federal spending.

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Google News

Lieberman to Republican caucus?

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman have been talking. McConnell and other Senate Republican leaders have previously said they'd welcome Lieberman to their caucus.

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Lights out: Activists are showing the darker side of Paris

Meet Le Clan du Néon, a popular environmental movement that wants to make the City of Lights a little darker.

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Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google abandons deal with Yahoo

Google has decided to abandon its advertising partnership with Yahoo to avoid a "protracted legal battle" with regulators.

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BBC

Obama's win means future elections must be fought online

He may be older than most Facebook users, but Barack Obama understood the potential of social media to communicate and to raise funds — and left his 72-year-old opponent floundering.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

Experts recommend strengthening students' critical thinking skills

Experts recommend that Texas schools retain controversial language calling on students to examine the "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theories to strengthen their critical thinking skills.

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MarketWatch

Orleans Parish School Board approves $2 billion schools plan

The Orleans Parish School Board voted to approve a public school facilities master plan, pushing ahead on the largest school-building effort in New Orleans history.

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Nola.com

ENVIRONMENT

Bush officials moving fast to cut environmental protections

In the next few weeks, the Bush administration is expected to relax environmental-protection rules on power plants, uranium mining and coal mining.

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McClatchy

Montana State scientist discovers fungus that could fuel a car

A Montana State University researcher found a microorganism in a South American plant that could fuel vehicles one day.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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

Brains are back!

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Newsweek

An open apology to boomers everywhere

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Salon.com

Motor City needs a good ol' fashion shotgun weddin'

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Wired

Column (William Pesek):

5 reasons why the Obama victory will relieve Asia

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Bloomberg

Party like it's 2009, 'cuz baby, now the real work begins

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San Francisco Chronicle

Confessions of a drama queen on life without the ACM

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Examiner

Recipe for rescuing our reefs

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BBC

The Republicans' future

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Economist

Column (Richard Kim):

Behind Prop 8's win

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The Nation

Column (Timothy Noah):

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Slate

Column (David Johnson):

How McCain lost: message, funding woes

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USA Today

Editorial (Nancy Gibbs):

How Obama rewrote the book

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TIME

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GOOD NEWS

A tradition of service to Baltimore

It is not in one grand gesture that communities are built or cities develop. Rather, it is by collecting the good will over the years to serve others in a future not even imagined.

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India school teaches women to improve their lives and towns

Barefoot College in northern India teaches women skills to bring solar power to their villages and to manage the energy system in rural areas.

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NATION

With voter approval, it's full steam ahead for California's high-speed rail

Even before the final ballots were tallied, California high-speed rail advocates were laying the foundation for a bullet train connnecting San Francisco and Los Angeles as early as 2020.

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Wired

Spitzer won't be charged in scandal

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in connection with the prostitution scandal that prompted his resignation, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said.

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CNN

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No charges for Spitzer

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Business Review

WORLD

Deadly school collapse in Haiti

A school has collapsed in a suburb of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, killing at least 30 people and trapping an unknown number in rubble.

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BBC

Leaders discuss Congo violence

African and U.N. leaders were meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, trying to stop the latest violence plaguing the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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CNN

Cuba on hurricaine watch for Paloma

A hurricane watch was issued for parts of Cuba as Paloma continues barreling toward the Cayman Islands.

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Early season blizzard blasts South Dakota

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BUSINESS

Clean technology in the downturn

The economic slowdown casts a shadow over the prospects for clean technology.

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Economist

Bailed-out banks spent $32M on lobbying

Nineteen banks taking taxpayer money from the Treasury Department spent $32.4 million lobbying the federal government during the first nine months of this year, their lobbying disclosure reports show.

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USA Today

Stocks tank for second straight day

Concerns about widespread economic weakness sent the major stock indexes down more than 4 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which tumbled more than 425 points.

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ABC News

SPORTS

Fine for Giants' Tuck follows roughing penalty against Cowboys' QB

New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said he would appeal a $7,500 fine levied by the NFL for a much-debated roughing-the-quarterback penalty in New York's victory over Dallas.

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ESPN

No. 10 Utah rallies to beat No. 11 TCU

Brian Johnson led No. 10 Utah on an 80-yard march in the final minutes for a 13-10 comeback win over No. 11 TCU.

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HEALTH

Washington preps assisted suicide plan

Washington state officials have four months to set up a new voter-approved law allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally-ill patients.

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CBS News

Migraines may cut breast cancer risk

Women who suffer from migraine headaches may be at significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer, a new study shows.

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WebMD

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Hope for new cancer treatment

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CBS News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Study links faith, depression

People who feel close to a higher power and pray often are more likely to be depressed, while people who attend services and feel that their lives have purpose are less so.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Extensive tourist fingerprinting comes to US

Efforts to collect fingerprints of noncitizen visitors is part of a Department of Homeland Security test that will make it harder for people with criminal pasts to enter the United States.

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Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Honda Motor Co. introduced an experimental walking assist device. It supports body weight, reduces stress on the knees and helps people get up steps. (Photo by Katsumi Kasahara / AP)

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