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New York state Sen. Eric Schneiderman, D-Bronx, right, consoles Sen. Thomas Duane, D-Manhattan, following the defeat of same-sex marriage legislation in the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Photo by Tim Roske / AP)

NY Senate votes against gay marriage

In a major blow to the gay rights movement, the New York Senate overwhelmingly killed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

NY Daily News

DC votes to allow gay marriage, issue unsettled

Christian Science Monitor

Ford bets big on small cars

The new Fiesta will be the first subcompact Ford has built in North America since the Pinto, and a test of whether it can make money on small cars.

BusinessWeek

10 truly strange-looking foreign cars

MSNBC

1st new stem cell lines approved for research funding

Thirteen new human embryonic stem cell lines have been approved for use in federally funded research — the first to be approved under an executive order from President Barack Obama.

CNN

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Obama begins embryonic stem cell research support with $21M

Science

Opposing views on federally funding embryonic stem cell research

ABC News

Economy rebounding, Fed survey finds

The economic recovery gained traction in the late fall as shoppers spent more money and factories increased production, according to the Federal Reserve.

CBS News

UN: World economy to bounce back in 2010 with 2.4 percent growth

Monsters and Critics

Efforts under way to stem US school dropout problem

Groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Colin Powell's America's Promise Alliance have analyzed the school dropout rate and are funding programs to reinvigorate schools.

Reuters

NATION

Senators sharply question Afghan plan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid out a defense of the U.S.'s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, but many senators objected to the new strategy.

New York Times

Taliban vows to fight back

BBC

An analysis of Obama's new strategy

ABC News

Most states have not yet adopted sex offender rules

More than three years after Congress ordered stepped-up monitoring of sex offenders, only one state has adopted the government's strict new requirements.

San Jose Mercury News

Seattle shootings may reduce pardons and sentence reductions

The ambush-style shootings of four police officers in Seattle allegedly by a suspect whose prison sentence had been commuted likely will affect the way states approach clemency, say experts.

CNN

POLITICS

Atlanta mayor vote may hinge on race

Voters were choosing Atlanta’s new mayor in a decision likely to break down along racial lines, as a white city councilwoman faced a black former state senator.

MSNBC

Atlanta's mayor's race may hinge on gay voters

Christian Science Monitor

Al Franken fallout has GOP fuming

The Republicans are steamed at Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., because partisans are using a measure he sponsored to paint them as rapist sympathizers — and because he isn't doing much to stop them.

Politico

BUSINESS

ADP says US companies cut estimated 169,000 jobs in November

Companies in the U.S. cut more jobs than forecast in November, indicating the labor market will be slow to mend as the economy strengthens, a private report based on payroll data showed.

Bloomberg

Google limits free news access

Google announced a new policy that allows news publishers to limit the amount of subscription content that Internet users can access for free from Google News.

CNNMoney

17M Americans have no bank account

Eighteen percent of Americans that have bank accounts still use non-traditional banking services like pawn shops and payday lenders, says an FDIC survey.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

More stem cells get approval for government funding

The NIH has just approved the first set of stem cell lines that meet ethical guidelines set out after President Barack Obama lifted previous restrictions put on embryonic stem cell research.

NPR

New forensic technique gives clues about sharks from bite damage

Hit-and-run attacks by sharks can be solved with a new technique that identifies the culprits by the unique chomp they put on their victims.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Paid like a champion: Big bucks await ousted Notre Dame coach

Charlie Weis was fired after four straight losses. Now Notre Dame will have to pay big bucks to boot its coach out the door.

ABC News

Notre Dame's glory fades without a conference

NPR

Stimulant exemptions rise slightly

The number of baseball players authorized to use otherwise banned stimulants because they have ADHD rose by a small amount for the second straight year.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslim women's shelter provides refuge

The victims of domestic abuse are often sequestered in shelters — a situation that's especially difficult for Muslim women, because few facilities meet their cultural and religious needs.

NPR

Suburban parishes come to struggling church's rescue

Eleven suburban Presbyterian churches have come together to rescue a century-old inner-city church that was once a sanctuary for high society but now is too poor to keep its doors open.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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New breast cancer screening uproar

Huffington Post

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Is the jobs summit just a photo op?

Salon.com

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Tiger's confession should buy him privacy

Telegraph.co.uk

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Hope in the Obama Afghanistan plan

Christian Science Monitor

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Searching in vain for the Obama magic

Spiegel International

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John Demjanjuk should not be on trial

Guardian

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Obama's decision to not ban land mines

San Jose Mercury News

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North Korea reaps a bitter harvest

Telegraph.co.uk

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A crushing legacy of Bush

New York Observer

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Still doing God's work on Wall Street

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Dancing newlyweds in line for award

Those dancing St. Paul newlyweds who used the fame of their funky YouTube wedding procession video to raise money to fight domestic violence may be about to get their reward.

Star Tribune

Wedding entrance dance

YouTube

Unique gift card makes charitable giving easy this holiday season

Trying to find that perfect gift for friends and family? A recent study found that almost half of all Americans would love a charitable donation in place of a gift.

USA TODAY

WORLD

Islamist rebels claim responsibility for Russian rail bombing

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for a bombing that derailed a Russian express train, killing 26 people, and vowed further "acts of sabotage" in a letter posted on a rebel website.

Reuters

Detained British sailors: families relieved at release

David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, confirmed that five men who were detained after their boat strayed into Iranian waters were set to be towed into international waters.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

No Asian carp found in canal before poison efforts

Electrofishing efforts in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal have failed to find any Asian carp, officials said.

Detroit Free Press

Climate review finds Antarctica is shielded from global warming

An important report from the British Antarctic Survey shows things aren't always what they seem to be, and that our knowledge of our complex Earth is not as good as we thought.

Environmental News Network

Pandas 'chirp' to get pregnant

Female giant pandas use chirp calls to inform male pandas exactly how fertile they are, scientists have discovered.

BBC

HEALTH

Will electronic medical records improve health care?

Some see electronic health records as little more than disjointed data while others see potential to improve health care, identify trends and stop outbreaks.

Scientific American

Health bill would impact food, drug industries

NPR

Loneliness may be contagious

A new study suggests that lonely people attract fellow "lonelies" and influence others to feel lonely, too.

U.S. News & World Report

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Consumer Reports finds out what annoys Americans the most

Hidden fees and the inability to get a human being on the phone are Americans' top two annoyances, according to a new survey conducted by Consumer Reports.

ABC News

Woods says 'I let my family down'

Tiger Woods, charged with careless driving and fined $164 by Florida authorities and squarely in the crosshairs of the celebrity and tabloid media, issued a statement apologizing for actions he did not specify.

ESPN

EDUCATION

LDS seminary concerns could thwart 'Apex' diploma

Proposals for boosting high school graduation requirements commonly run headlong into sports. But in Utah, the threatened sacrifice of religious instruction at Mormon seminaries looms equally large.

Salt Lake Tribune

Students work with Habitat for Humanity to design Newark homes

Students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology are trying to design affordable housing without the ugly, box-like exterior.

Star-Ledger

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