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Fairmeadow Elementary School second grade student Jonathan Cheng, center, looks at fruits and vegetables during a school lunch program in Palo Alto, Calif. More children would eat lunches and dinners at school under legislation passed by the House. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

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House approves bill to improve school lunches’ nutritional value

The House approved a bill that would improve the safety and nutritional value of food served at schools — and expand the number of schoolchildren eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals.

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USA TODAY

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GOP blocks childhood nutrition bill

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CBS News

Congress lowers volume on TV ads

Congress is coming to the aid of millions of Americans who find themselves reaching for the mute buttons to silence those loud television commercials.

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Kansas City Star

House censures Rangel for ethics violations

The House voted to censure Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., for ethics violations. In a vote of 333-79, the House handed down its steepest punishment to one of its most senior and beloved members.

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The Hill

House censures Rangel

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USA TODAY

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House censures Rep. Rangel: 333 to 79

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C-Span

Madoff trustee sues JPMorgan

The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s former investment firm sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $6.4 billion over claims the bank aided and abetted the imprisoned con man’s fraud.

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BusinessWeek

JP Morgan suspected Madoff

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(ABC News)

The Blotter

Is infidelity genetic?

Genes associated with sensation-seeking behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or gambling, may also be associated with sexual promiscuity and infidelity, according to a new study.

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WebMD

NATION

Held as slaves, now free

They arrived in the U.S. from West Africa, young girls held against their will and forced to work for hours on end. This time, it wasn’t hundreds of years ago.

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CNN

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Human-trafficking bill sent to House

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Columbus Dispatch

‘Premature’ to end military ban on gays: Sen. McCain

It may be premature to end the U.S. military‘s ban on gays, Senator John McCain warned, as Republicans geared up to block President Barack Obama’s push to repeal the “Don‘t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

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Reuters

Special section:

DADT reports released

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Washington Post

Jobless claims average at 2-year low

More Americans applied for unemployment benefits recently, but the broader trend in layoffs points to a slowly healing job market. The average over the past month fell to a two-year low.

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CBS News

WIKILEAKS

Business beware: WikiLeaks expanding

WikiLeaks‘ release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the world’s biggest companies.

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CBS News

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces new warrant

Swedish authorities have issued a fresh arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange following a procedural error with the first.

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BBC

Australia braces for its own WikiLeaks damage control

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lambasted WikiLeaks as the government braced itself for the publication of 1,500 diplomatic cables relating to Australia.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Extension passes on middle-class only

The House passed a bill extending middle class tax cuts, letting those for the wealthy expire. The bill was a political move to satisfy Democratic supporters who oppose extending cuts for the wealthy.

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Denver Post

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Boehner on the middle class tax cut vote

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ABC News

Obama gains in push for nuclear treaty

President Barack Obama gained ground in his push for Senate ratification of a stalled nuclear treaty as once-reluctant Republicans signaled a willingness to back the pact with Russia.

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Guardian

HEALTH

Vitamin D requirements tough to meet through diet

Several top national nutritionists say many people will need to fine-tune their diets to reach the vitamin D recommendation of 600 International Units a day.

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USA TODAY

Man doses himself with a parasite for intestinal problems

After reading research on the effect of an intestinal worm found in pigs on ulcerative colitis, a patient tracked ingested eggs from a similar roundworm that infects humans, in hopes of easing his own colitis.

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ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Holiday battle: Catholics vs. atheists

As if trying to negotiate the traffic wasn’t hard enough, drivers coming into New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel are getting caught up in a battle of beliefs.

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CBS News

Searching for Buddha in Afghanistan

An archaeologist insists a third giant statue lies near the cliffs where the Bamiyan Buddhas once stood.

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Smithsonian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Detroit residents hold vigil for ailing Aretha Franklin

Residents and community leaders in Detroit held a prayer vigil for ailing singer Aretha Franklin.

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The real ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ badge coming for Chuck Norris

Actor Chuck Norris for years played a Texas Ranger on television. Now he’s going to become one in real life. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to present the actor with a designation as an honorary member.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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After Rangel censure, will House backtrack on ethics?

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USA TODAY

Column (John Dickerson):

Please stop playing nice, Mr. President

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Slate

Blog (Mark Thompson):

All players stick to script at Senate hearing on repealing ‘Don‘t Ask, Don’t Tell’

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Column (David Korn):

Palin, the GOP, and the wimp factor

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Mother Jones

Cartoon (Mark Fiore):

WikiWorld

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Republicans should not kill labor committee

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The Portland Press Herald

Column (Patrick Cockburn):

What Afghans will do to get friends out of jail

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The Independent

Editorial (E.J. Dionne Jr.):

Where Is Obama going?

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Truthdig

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital staff works overtime to give sick kids a dose of cheer

Lisa Scherber has spent the past 18 years working to brighten the lives of children with cancer. Last Christmas, Lisa and her staff created a wonderland in the pediatric cancer clinic at a hospital in Boston.

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USA TODAY

Microsoft co-founder gives $26M for animal health

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is giving $26 million to Washington State University for its School for Global Animal Health.

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Star Tribune

Brain scan ‘best thing’ for early detection of autism

The way autism is diagnosed could become less subjective by using a brain-imaging-based test that is being developed by researchers and that, in early trials, was 94 percent accurate.

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MSNBC

WORLD

Africa ‘can feed itself in a generation’

A new book claims Africa could feed itself within a generation and become a major agricultural exporter. The book calls on African leaders to make agricultural expansion central to all decision-making.

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BBC

ECB said to be buying bonds in eurozone debt crisis

The European Central Bank resisted pressure to commit to a major bond-buying program to contain the eurozone debt crisis, but traders said the ECB had been quietly buying bonds anyway.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Pending sales of US existing homes rise a record 10 percent

Pending sales of U.S. existing houses unexpectedly jumped by a record 10 percent in October, indicating the industry at the center of the last recession is stabilizing as the job market improves.

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Bloomberg

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Is the housing market on the verge of a rebound?

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The Atlantic

Jump in holiday retail sales pushes stocks higher

Stocks are starting off December with a two-day winning streak. Strong retail sales and a healthy reading on the housing market helped boost major indexes.

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BusinessWeek

FCC focuses on ‘Net neutrality’

FCC chairman Julian Genachowski said the agency’s proposal will build upon Congressman Henry Waxman’s, “strong and balanced framework” which has already garnered industry support.

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InformationWeek

ENVIRONMENT

2010 to be among warmest years ever

The year 2010 will be one of the warmest ever, climaxing a record-breaking decade, the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization says at global climate talks.

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Sydney Morning Herald

NASA images reveal disappearing mangroves worldwide

NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey released the first-ever satellite analysis of the world’s mangrove ecosystems. They found: mangroves covered 12.3 percent less than estimated.

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Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Big bang poured out ‘liquid’ universe, atom smasher hints

In the immediate aftermath of the big bang, the universe behaved like a very dense, superhot liquid, according to data from the most powerful atom-smashing experiment yet performed.

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National Geographic

New life form lives on arsenic

Strange bacteria living deep in a California lake can survive on arsenic and grow by incorporating the element into its DNA. The lab-altered, poison-eating bacteria widens the scope for finding life on other worlds.

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EDUCATION

Read all about it: textbooks are still in

College students are sticking to the traditional printed versions, saying they want to be able to highlight and write in the margins. Other bonuses: No Facebook distractions or batteries needed.

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Star Tribune

NYU professor installs camera in head

Wafaa Bilal, an NYU photography professor, had a camera surgically implanted into the back of his cranium for an art project commissioned by a museum in Doha, Qatar, he said.

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CNN

SPORTS

US loses 2022 World Cup bid to Qatar

The United States lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup today to Qatar in a stunning rebuke to the country that many had considered the front-runner to host the world’s grandest sporting event.

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CNN

Bill Livingston: LeBron James left Cavs in ugly fashion; will be repaid in kind

LeBron James is in Cleveland for the first time as a member of the Miami Heat, and the anger and hurt Ohio voiced since his dumping of Cavaliers fans who’d loved him is expected to rain down on him at The Q.

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Plain Dealer

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Cavs brace for LeBron James’ return

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

British websites are pushing boundaries of online medicine

In Britain, an increasing number of websites are pushing the boundaries of online medicine, with many offering consultations and medication most countries only allow during in-person visits.

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USA TODAY

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Pedestrians walk on the illuminated the boulevard “Unter den Linden” in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

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