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President Barack Obama, right, walks with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva, left, during the arrival ceremony at the Belem National Palace in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano / AP)

Sensors monitor older people at home

Sensor networks, which made their debut in hospitals and assisted living centers, have been creeping into the homes of some older Americans in recent years.

CNN

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.

USA TODAY

Bible language comparison

The Tennessean

Afghan strategy is focus as NATO meets

President Barack Obama arrived in the Portuguese capital for meetings that will put Afghanistan war strategy in the spotlight. NATO countries are expected to pull most of their 150,000 troops.

New York Times

Summit in Lisbon: the key issues

Guardian

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.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Immigration: a nation divided

MSNBC

Debt-cutting plans share this: Taxes will go up for everyone

Just in time to dash holiday cheer, a set of recently unveiled debt-reduction plans underscore how huge the fiscal challenges and how tough the trade-offs are with facing U.S. debt.

McClatchy Newspapers

$14 trillion in debt — why you should care

CBS News

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.

Plain Dealer

Special section:

The case for and against unemployment insurance

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.

NPR

Outrage at TSA continues as holidays near

ABC News

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.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

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.

MSNBC

Fact check: arms treaty debate full of half-truths

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

YouTube

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.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Global warming could actually be triggering global cooling

The shrinking sea-ice in the eastern Arctic caused as a result of increased warming in the region leads to strong anomalies in the atmospheric airstreams which trigger cooling of northern continents.

PlanetSave.com

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?

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.

ScienceDaily

Study: Outreach, enforcement can curb college kids’ drinking

HealthDay

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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.

CNN

Antimatter breakthrough

ABC News

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.

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?

CNN

SPORTS

Chicago Bears defense eats Miami Dolphins like units of old

Before and throughout the game, highlights of Miami‘s classic 38-24 victory over Chicago in 1985 — the Bears’ only loss in that season — were shown on the Jumbotron at Sun Life Stadium.

CBSSports

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.

Inside Higher Ed

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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.

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.

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.

St. Petersburg Times

WORLD

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.

CNN

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.

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

Mexico under seige

Los Angeles Times

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.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

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.

Reuters

Calif. tribes’ leadership expect better days ahead for casinos

California‘s Indian gaming leadership is comfortable with the election of Democrat Jerry Brown as governor, but they are more concerned about actions that might emanate from the federal government.

Las Vegas Review Journal

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.

ABC News

Hindu text joins Christian Bible in area hotel rooms

Pull open a drawer in some Houston hotel rooms, and beside your room-service menu and Gideons Bible, you might find a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita.

Houston Chronicle

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.

Boston Herald

EDUCATION

Context on admissions jumps

A new report reveals that colleges are receiving more applications than before and part of the phenomenon is linked to top students applying to more colleges.

Inside Higher Ed

Math and reading test scores: Mass. excels, W.Va. lags

For the first time, the “Nation’s Report Card” includes rich, state-level data on the math and reading skills of America’s 12th-graders.

Christian Science Monitor

Report card for America: How are our kids faring?

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Your relationships can be affected by your view of personal goals

How you think about your goals — whether it’s to improve yourself or to do better — can affect whether you reach those goals. Different kinds of goals can also have distinct effects on your relationships.

Medical News Today

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.

TIME

Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ new wing

The entire Boston community is invited, free, to view its brand new sparkling Art of the Americas wing on Nov. 20.

Examiner

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