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President Barack Obama drops by a meeting hosted by Vice President Joe Biden on the the New START pact (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), a top foreign policy priority for Obama that would shrink the U.S. and Russian arsenals of strategic warheads. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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Who is arming the Mexican drug cartels?

Mexican drug cartels use their U.S. networks to snap up assault rifles and other weapons from gun shops and shows and bring them back over the border.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Mexico under seige

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Los Angeles Times

New Bible drops neutered language of controversial ’02 version

Since its debut in 1978, the New International Version, or NIV, has been the Bible of choice for evangelicals. But a 2002 gender-inclusive edition bombed after being condemned as too liberal.

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USA TODAY

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Bible language comparison

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Obama forces showdown with GOP on arms pact

President Barack Obama has decided to confront Senate Republicans in a make-or-break battle over arms control that could be an early test of his mettle heading into the final two years of his term.

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MSNBC

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Fact check: arms treaty debate full of half-truths

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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New START treaty a top priority for Democrats in lame-duck session

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YouTube

Ariz. immigration law boycotts costing the state millions

Economic boycotts against Arizona after the state passed a tough immigration enforcement law have resulted in more than $250 million in losses to the state’s conference and convention industry.

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USA TODAY

Scientists capture antimatter atoms

Scientists have captured antimatter atoms for the first time, a breakthrough that could eventually help us to understand the nature and origins of the universe.

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CNN

What is antimatter? 4 essential questions

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Antimatter breakthrough

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NATION

Jobless benefits to expire as Congress debates tax

Jobless benefits will run out for 2 million people during the holiday season unless they are renewed by a Congress that’s focusing more attention on a quarrel over tax cuts.

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Plain Dealer

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The case for and against unemployment insurance

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The Atlantic

Airports weigh call to ditch TSA

In a climate of campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: ditch TSA altogether.

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NPR

Detainee’s acquittal sparks debate over civilian trials

The acquittal in civilian court of the first Guantanamo detainee on all but one of more than 280 terrorism-related charges has escalated political tensions in the nation’s capital.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Calif.’s new and former governor

California‘s governor-elect is a Democrat who’s reinvented himself a time or two. Back in the 1970s, Jerry Brown was the state‘s youngest governor. Now, at 72, he’s about to become its oldest.

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NPR

House ethics panel recommends censure for Rangel

The House ethics committee recommended censure for Rep. Charles Rangel, suggesting that the New York Democrat stand before his colleagues, while receiving an oral rebuke by the speaker.

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MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists explain what could have led to volcanic eruptions in Iceland

Scientists think they can now explain the sequence of events deep inside the Earth that led to the major volcanic eruptions on Iceland earlier this year.

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BBC

Electric cars run on coal, partly

Do electric vehicles, especially in Texas where much electricity is generated with coal, simply move emissions from the tailpipe to the smokestack?

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Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

Gene therapy for metastatic melanoma in mice produces complete remission

A potent anti-tumor gene introduced in mice with metastatic melanoma has resulted in permanent immune reconfiguration and produced a complete remission of cancer.

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ScienceDaily

1st human bird flu case in 7 years

The first human case of bird flu in seven years has been diagnosed in a 59-year-old woman in Hong Kong who had spent time in mainland China, health officials said, urging the public to take precautions.

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CNN

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Avian flu timeline

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Nature

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists isolate a gene that boosts plant root growth

Researchers have found a gene that promotes faster-growing larger roots, which could lead to plants with a robuster ability to sequester excess atmospheric carbon.

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Scientific American

Inside the science of how dogs think

Ever wonder what your dog is thinking as it gazes at you while you are barking commands?

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The trouble with Facebook’s new ‘see friendship’ feature

The social-networking site with half a billion users quietly added a feature that makes your private information available to the friends of your friends, which may be a much more nefarious group.

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TIME

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US Air Force warns of Facebook security risk

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The Independent

Others growing weary of baby boomers

As the oldest wave of Boomers approaches 65 and the attention once again focuses on the first “Me Generation,” some in other generations admit it’s a little hard to take.

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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.

Column (Timothy Noah):

Forget tax simplification

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Slate

Preventable medical mistakes take an intolerable toll

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USA TODAY

Column (Andrew Leonard):

Why Chinese teenagers don’t speak Albanian

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Salon

Editorial (Huda Tabrez):

Masculinity redefined

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Gulf News

Interview (Katherine Marshall):

Buddhism: a conversation with Sulak Sivaraksa

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Huffington Post

Column (Kevin Sherrington):

Poise of an executive as Cowboys coach

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Modesto Bee

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Columbus Dispatch

Column (Walter Shapiro):

The barbed wire airport: Is America afflicted with security fatigue?

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Column (Tiger Woods):

How I’ve redefined victory

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Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

‘Alien’ planet detected circling dying star

Astronomers claim to have discovered the first planet originating from outside our galaxy. The Jupiter-like planet, they say, is part of a solar system which once belonged to a dwarf galaxy.

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BBC

$10M commitment will continue Partners in Preservation program

American Express, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will announce an additional $10 million in funding for the Partners in Preservation program.

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PNNOnline

Tampa General nurse donates kidney to co-worker who needs transplant

For 15 years, the two nurses have worked together, sharing friendship, holidays and family trips. When one of them needed a kidney, the other gladly gave it.

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St. Petersburg Times

WORLD

NATO leaders to define a new mission

NATO is ready for a makeover. Leaders of the 28 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — much of Europe, United States and Canada — are gathering in Lisbon for a summit.

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NPR

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Summit in Lisbon: the key issues

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Guardian

Surge in world’s slum dwellers

A third of the urban population in developing regions lives in slums, according to U.N. Habitat, the United Nations department that focuses on urban development.

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CNN

Kurdish writers, once needing pen names, now have a master’s program

In Turkey, the use of Kurdish was once banned. But today Mr. Tekin Cifci is writing the thesis for his master’s degree in Kurdish as part of a first-ever graduate program in the language.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

GM IPO biggest ever

General Motors will raise a record $20.1 billion in its initial public offering — far more than the $13 billion it had projected. The automaker priced its common shares at $33, the upper end of its price range.

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CNNMoney

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Grading the GM IPO

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CNBC

Lawmakers hit banks and regulators on foreclosure crisis

Major lenders admitted to sloppy documentation in testimony to a House of Representatives subcommittee, but said they had taken steps to tighten procedures.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Faith-based debate: Obama signs order on funds for churches

The Obama administration moved to “strengthen the constitutional and legal footing” of faith-based polices with an executive order to add safeguards against inappropriate entanglement.

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ABC News

Tenn. judge refuses to stop construction on a mosque

A judge in Tennessee has refused to stop construction at the site of a proposed mosque that inspired an argument from opponents that Islam is not a religion.

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SPORTS

Slimming sports spending

The Center for College Affordability and Productivity recommends trimming salary expenses to reduce athletics spending, since only 14 NCAA member institutions report positive net revenues from athletics.

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Inside Higher Ed

Jason Garrett guards against sympathy

Dallas Cowboys interim coach Jason Garrett is a mild-mannered, Princeton-educated gentleman. He‘s also a tough guy.

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ESPN

EDUCATION

Teacher salaries under scrutiny in Mich.

With K-12 education one of the state’s largest expenses, any funding cuts could put pressure on teacher compensation. Michigan educators know their pay stubs are likely to see big changes.

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Detroit News

College student body president admits he’s an illegal immigrant

Pedro Ramirez is the student body president at Fresno State University in California. He is also an illegal immigrant. His secret is out after an anonymous tip to the Fresno State newspaper, The Collegian.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Shoulders: weapons key to hunt

Of all the things that make us unique, one that gets overlooked — literally — is the shoulder. Our shoulder altered the course of human evolution by giving us survival skills we never could have imagined.

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NPR

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Boys coax a ram into the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise to wash it for the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in Dakar, Senegal. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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