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Jerald Welch waits for his insurance agent to call after severe winds tore the roof off of most of his house near Rolla, Mo. Several homes and trailers in the neighborhood were damaged. (Photo by Kelley McCall / AP)

Giving Alzheimer’s patients their way, even chocolate

Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case — agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat. But when Beatitudes nursing home agreed to an urgent plea to accept her, all that changed.

New York Times

New Orleans moves to get rid of last FEMA trailers, orders residents out

Officials have told the last remaining residents of FEMA trailers to be out by the start of 2011 or face steep fines.

USA TODAY

Tornado outbreak kills 6 in Midwest, South

At least six people were killed and dozens injured as tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest,

USA TODAY

New Year’s Eve Tornadoes Kill 6

YouTube

Chief Justice urges end to politics on US judicial vacancies

U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts urged the Senate to find a way to stop holding up judicial confirmations for political reasons, citing overworked judges and mounting vacancies across the country.

Bloomberg

Obama: Dems, GOP must cooperate

Baltimore Sun

What will health care reform bring?

As Republicans take control of the House, defunding and eventually repealing one of President Barack Obama’s major legislative accomplishments are top GOP priorities.

Christian Science Monitor

The first round of baby boomers turns 65, qualifying for Medicare, possibly swamping system

NY Daily News

ObamaCare’s here!

New York Post

NATION

Times Square ball drops to ring in 2011

Nearly a million U.S. revelers cheered the traditional ball drop in New York’s Times Square to mark the start of 2011. The celebration took place just days after a blizzard paralyzed the city.

MSNBC

Special section:

Celebrations around the world

Guardian

Times Square celebrates 2011!

YouTube

Live Webcast: Times Square 2011

Times Square Alliance

Political battle on illegal immigration shifts to states

Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states say they will propose bills similar to the controversial law to fight illegal immigration that was adopted by Arizona.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Well-known governors prepare to leave office as new crop sworn in

Some of the nation’s most prominent governors will be leaving office as a new crop of state chief executives are sworn in.

CNN

A win for Obama and Democrats

It took arm twisting, deal making, and working right up until Christmas, but this lame duck Congress turned out to be one of the more productive ones in recent history.

U.S. News & World Report

Americans more optimistic about the world

CNN

SPORTS

Winter Classic time moved to night

Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux never took their rivalry outdoors, back to the purest form of hockey, played on ponds instead of indoor palaces.

USA TODAY

Celtics come up empty

In dropping their third game in the last four with an 83-81 loss to New Orleans, the Celtics showed they were trying to do more than was within their ability.

Boston Herald

EDUCATION

Financial aid for college: tips for the new FAFSA form

For as much help as possible in paying for college, filling out the FAFSA — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — is a crucial first step.

Christian Science Monitor

For-profit colleges charging more while doing less for poorest

As state education budgets are slashed, for-profit colleges are attracting hundreds of thousands of poor and minority students, charging up to 10 times as much for the same degree.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Flu now widespread in 5 states

Flu is now widespread in five states, while activity continues to increase across the nation as a whole.

Medical News Today

Ohio child cancers confound parents, investigators

Since 1996, 35 children have been diagnosed of brain tumors, leukemia, lymphoma, and other forms of cancer — all within a 12-mile wide circle just south of Lake Erie.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope lifts veil of secrecy around the Vatican bank

The Vatican, whose bank is the focus of a money laundering investigation, moved to bring it into line with international standards on financial transparency and the fight against funding terrorism.

The Independent

Fla. sheriff on atheist group controversy: ‘We don’t discriminate against churches’

Accused of violating the First Amendment by steering state-funded sports equipment to religious organizations, Polk County, Fla., Sheriff Grady Judd responded simply: “We don’t discriminate against churches.”

Orlando Sentinel

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Michael Weinstein):

Advancing on AIDS, or giving up on gay men?

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Chuck Raasch):

New Year’s resolutions for the political class

USA TODAY

Column (Ann McFeatters):

If nothing else, politicians entertain

Detroit News

Column (James Burdick):

Yes, it’s constitutional

Baltimore Sun

Column (Robert Beard):

2010, a year for playing games with words

CNN

Editorial:

Put on the brakes

Detroit News

Column (Kate Kelly):

The Times Square ball drop and the story behind it

Huffington Post

Column (David Sirota):

A snow-filled glimpse of America’s future

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Princess revives Swati culture one stitch at a time

Mussarat Ahmed Zeb, princess of Swat’s former royal family, is on a mission to revive the heritage of Swat Valley, “one stitch at a time.”

NPR

Whale tangled up in fishing ropes gets human help

A severely entangled North Atlantic whale — a species whose numbers are down to just a few hundred — was swimming off Florida after experts managed to cut off much of the fishing ropes holding it back.

MSNBC

WORLD

Sarkozy says euro’s demise would be end of Europe

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would fight to shield the euro as the currency‘s members struggle with a debt crisis and vowed to fulfill France’s commitments to improve its own finances.

Reuters

2011 looks grim for progress on women’s rights in Iraq

When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki introduced his national partnership government, he included many groups; however, one group was underrepresented.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

8.5 million homes could lose local TV stations in dispute

A standoff between Time Warner Cable and Sinclair Broadcasting Group could result in a blackout of 33 local TV stations in as many as 8.5 million homes.

CNNMoney

Will optimism for stocks return?

The stock market is ending 2010 on a high note, and investors are slowly growing more hopeful about the economy.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

EPA limit on gases to pose risk to Obama and Congress

With the federal government set to regulate climate-altering gases from factories and power plants, the Obama administration and Congress are headed for a clash that carries big risks for both.

New York Times

Texas spared EPA takeover of carbon-emission rules as court weighs move

Bloomberg

NJ gets new hope for cutting pollution as EPA examines coal plant on Pa. border

A coal-fired power plant just across the Delaware River has been spewing tons of pollutants into New Jersey‘s air for years while the state’s own coal plants have been forced to clean up their emissions.

The Record

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fossilized bird brains may yield secret of 1st flights

By reconstructing the brains of extinct birds, researchers could shed light on when birds evolved into creatures of flight.

LiveScience

Jamestown unearths 400-year-old pipes

Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who‘s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites.

Seattle Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For critics, 2010’s best films revel in the cinematic details

Getting film critics to agree on anything is a tall order. The overwhelming year-end consensus in favor of “The Social Network,” like last year’s across-the-board acclaim for “The Hurt Locker,” is fairly remarkable.

Variety

Review:

The best films you never heard of

Star Tribune

Inside the food-tasting business

Behind a door marked “Sensory Staff Only” lies an environment that is totally controlled. Air is pressurized to keep smells out, and lights cast an even glow.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo of the Day

A woman dries her clothes as others pray after taking a holy dip in the Ganges River in Allahabad, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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