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Supporters of a bill to overturn the military‘s “don’t ask, don‘t tell” policy holds up a portrait of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who opposes the amendment to repeal the military’s 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops, during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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Cuban-Americans haul goods home on holiday visits

Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana this holiday season carrying electronics, medicine, clothing and toiletries to help relatives back home supplement monthly salaries averaging about $20.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Controversial study suggests our universe is 1 of many

The sky holds many wonders, but now scientists claim it could hold something potentially more extraordinary — hints of an earlier universe, or even other universes.

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Space News

Senate votes to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

The military’s prohibition of openly gay people serving within its ranks is one step closer to ending, after the Senate voted to repeal the armed forces’ “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

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Senate passes DADT repeal

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MSNBC

Congress recognizes a cultural shift

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Politico

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Bill sent to Obama for signature

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San Jose Mercury News

Obama invokes Reagan to push nuclear arms treaty with Russia

Most national security experts and former arms-control officials of both parties favor START, the nuclear weapons treaty, with Russia, but some Republicans are opposed, and it takes 67 votes.

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Christian Science Monitor

Democrats confident that 9/11 health bill will pass

The first responders still suffering health effects more than nine years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks could get a “Christmas miracle” this year, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said.

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ABC News

NATION

Say ... ‘Picture Day’?

Picture Day, as anyone who has a kid, or is one, knows, is the school day when students get their picture taken by a professional photographer.

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Boston Globe

Bank of America halts all transactions to whistleblower site

Bank of America halted all transactions for WikiLeaks, joining other institutions that refuse to process payments for the website that has exposed a trove of U.S. government cables.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Series of storms bears down on Calif.

A series of winter storms bearing down on California could be the largest system the region has seen in the last decade, the National Weather Service said.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

States move ahead with high-speed rail

There have been some political bumps lately for the Obama administration’s plan for a national high-speed rail system. Two incoming governors said they would reject federal money for high-speed rail.

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NPR

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Building up America

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CNN

Senate rejects DREAM act

Senate Republicans and a handful of Democrats voted to block legislation that would grant legal residency to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before the age of 16.

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The Hill

Death of a DREAM

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(Houston Chronicle)

Texas on the Potomac

Is ‘earmark’ new dirty word on Hill?

There was no last hurrah for earmarks — known to supporters as “congressionally mandated spending,” and to critics as “pork-barrel” spending — before a House ban on earmarks takes effect.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Prions mutate and adapt

Scientists have shown that prions, infectious proteins that cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, have the ability to adapt to survive in a new host, similar to viruses like the flu.

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ScienceDaily

Found bones may solve Amelia Earhart mystery disappearance

Three bone fragments found by a team of researchers on a deserted South Pacific island along Amelia Earhart’s fateful route could provide the long-sought answer to what happened to her.

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Discovery Channel

HEALTH

Major shift in understanding eczema

Like a fence or barricade intended to stop unwanted intruders, the skin serves as a barrier protecting the body from the hundreds of allergens, irritants, pollutants and microbes people come in contact with.

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ScienceDaily

High hemoglobin not risky for dialysis

Dialysis patients who have naturally high hemoglobin levels — although they are relatively rare — do not appear to be in danger, according to the results of a large prospective study.

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EDUCATION

New measures of scholarly impact

The method for measuring the influence of journals and authors by counting the number of times their articles are cited has hardly changed since 1955. But the way researchers read them has changed.

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Inside Higher Ed

LA aims to engage parents in schools

It’s no secret that students do better in school if their parents are involved in their education, but getting them interested is a challenge that makes Haydee Escajera roll her eyes and sigh.

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San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

NFL commissioner, Dayton to talk stadium

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will meet with legislative leaders over the Vikings’ drive for a new, publicly subsidized stadium to replace the Metrodome.

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Star Tribune

Vince Carter dealt to Suns

The Orlando Magic, already in serious trade talks with the Washington Wizards about acquiring Gilbert Arenas, have agreed to a deal in principle with the Phoenix Suns, according to league sources.

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ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Advice from LinkedIn: Change your passwords

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San Jose Mercury News

Blog (F. Diane Barth):

You can have a happy interfaith holiday!

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(Psychology Today)

Column (Andrew Trees):

Our gold-plated ruling class: the new age of aristocratic despotism

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Defeating Alzheimer’s

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Journal Gazette

Senate failed ground zero heroes

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Laura Ziskin):

I have cancer, but I’ll buy you a drink

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Huffington Post

Obama’s small step to slow the flow of assault weapons to Mexico

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (David Brooks):

In an age of polarization, making big deals is easier

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Group’s care packages lift troop spirits

Carol Blashek founded Operation Gratitude in 2003 — the year the Iraq war started. The organization sends care packages to the troops that include handwritten letters and handmade scarves.

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NPR

Researchers develop rapid diagnostic test for common type of pneumonia

University of Georgia researchers have developed a technique that can quickly diagnose a common type of pneumonia, potentially replacing existing tests.

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Medical News Today

Eagles’ Hobbs shows profound generosity at local toy store

The stage was set for an entirely unremarkable tale. But then Ellis Hobbs did something wonderful, something that would make even Ebenezer Scrooge hoot, “God bless us, everyone!”

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

UK heavy snow brings travel chaos

Christmas travelers are facing severe disruption as heavy snow falls across many parts of the U.K. airport closures have hit thousands of passengers.

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BBC

EU needs ‘watertight’ answer to crisis

The European Union will have to review its bid to find a “watertight” solution for the debt crisis in the region, according to Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads euro-area finance ministers.

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Bloomberg

Emergency security council meeting

The U.N. is scheduling a closed-door meeting to discuss the escalating tension between North and South Korea.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Growing market for photo cards

Forget Hallmark. Personalized photo holiday cards are hogging the mantel. Digital photography, easy-to-use websites and advances in printing technology are fueling double-digit growth for photo cards.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Retailers hope for big finish to season

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Reuters

Recovery for Madoff victims at halfway

Investigators have jumped a major hurdle in recouping the money stolen by Bernard Madoff. The government is about halfway done recovering stolen assets in the largest ever Ponzi scheme.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Legislation passed to reduce lead in drinking water

The bill would set federal standards for levels of permissible lead in plumbing fixtures that carry drinking water. It limits the amount of lead that can leach from plumbing into drinking water.

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CBS News

Space laser spies for woodpeckers

An Idaho University team has been using a satellite-borne laser to try to predict in which part of a state forest the birds might be living.

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BBC

Calif. backs off strict diesel rules

California’s air regulators significantly scaled back the nation’s toughest diesel pollution rules, giving owners of trucks and other diesel-powered machines more time and more options to reduce their emissions.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ind. church embraces ‘quaint’ service

The historic Powers Church, located just east of Angola, Ind., holds an annual old-fashioned Christmas service for people who bundle up to worship in the 1876 church that has no heat, no electricity.

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USA TODAY

4 in 10 Americans hold creationist views

If you’re in a room of 100 people, odds are about 40 think God created humans about 10,000 years ago, part of a philosophy called creationism, according to a new Gallup poll.

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LiveScience

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Scholar uncovers legend of Jesus’ great-grandmother

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AOL News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kicks like a workout, feels like a party

Some savvy fitness instructors are moving the hot Latin dance craze Zumba from the gym to the nightclub dance floor.

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Star Tribune

Graffiti veterans go after the big picture

Once secretive and vaguely menacing but now active in local classrooms, Houston’s leading graffiti artists are pushing for greater public acceptance with their first city-sponsored project.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

School science kits targeted for safety

One of the tools that teachers use to get kids excited about science — hands-on science kits — could face an uncertain future amid a debate on safety.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Jellyfish are seen in an aquarium of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau / AP)

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