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Approximately a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters sweep in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Barricades surrounding the stock exchange were recently removed, allowing protesters to symbolically “clean up” Wall Street. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

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‘Bluegrass Underground’ concerts in Tenn. caverns

The “Volcano Room” of Cumberland Caverns — 333 feet below ground — is a hot destination for bluegrass and acoustic musicians. A new PBS show reveals one of the nation’s most unique concert spaces.

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Plain Dealer

Special section:

American roots music

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PBS

Recession drives more Americans to poverty-wracked neighborhoods

The number of Americans living in neighborhoods beset by extreme poverty surged in the last decade, erasing progress of the 1990’s, with the poorest areas growing more than twice as fast in suburbs.

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BusinessWeek

Cities with the poorest neighborhoods

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Occupy Oakland throng closes down port

Thousands of people jammed into downtown Oakland for a general strike — then marched en masse to the Port of Oakland and shut it down.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Occupy Oakland protesters clash with police after port shut down

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CBS News

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Protesters after ‘successful’ shut down of huge Oakland port in US

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YouTube

Eurozone contemplates possible future without Greece

European leaders are preparing for the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone to preserve the 12-year-old single currency. Greece’s finance minister is also in revolt against a proposed plebiscite.

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Reuters

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Greece given euro ultimatum

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Telegraph.co.uk

Is the US heading for war with Iran?

War with Iran is the last thing Barack Obama needs with the U.S. economy in dire trouble and a tough election campaign looming next year, say officials.

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Guardian

You say you wanna bomb Iran? Take a number and stand in line

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(TIME)

Global Spin

NATION

Federal Reserve: Economy is growing

Information received since the Fed’s Open Market Committee meeting indicates that economic growth strengthened somewhat, reflecting in part a reversal of factors that weighed on growth earlier.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Employers cut fewer jobs in October

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Christian Science Monitor

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Unemployment falls in 75 percent of US cities

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Houston Chronicle

More states want federal government’s OK to grow hemp

It hasn’t gotten the attention of medical marijuana, but a growing number of states have passed laws authorizing the growth of hemp and are attempting to get the federal government to make it legal.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Herman Cain flap exposes generation gap

The allegations against Herman Cain have split conservative commentators into two camps. Some think that they’re defending Clarence Thomas; others worry they’re defending Bill Clinton.

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Politico

Arizona redistricting chief ousted; Commission attorneys fight back

Gov. Jan Brewer and the GOP-controlled state Senate touched off legal and political battles with the unprecedented removal of the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.

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Arizona Republic

BUSINESS

Why wait until Black Friday? Retailers tout big deals early

Black Friday is more popular than ever with holiday shoppers, but that isn’t stopping retailers from trying to lure bargain hunters ahead of Thanksgiving.

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CNBC

AIG makes nearly billion-dollar payment to Uncle Sam

American International Group, which took a sweeping rescue package in 2008, took another step toward paying back American taxpayers by paying the Treasury Department $972 million.

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Forbes

EDUCATION

Study warns of limited savings from closing public schools

Closing schools doesn’t save much money in the context of an urban district’s budget, and selling or leasing surplus school buildings is difficult because they’re often old and in struggling neighborhoods.

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Philadelphia wants to close 9 schools

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(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philly School Files

More schools considering a 4-day week

A growing number of public schools are doing what many educators once considered unimaginable: eliminating an entire school day each week.

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EducationNews.org

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

With ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign, church counters lily-white image

Since January, the LDS Church spent millions on advertising for TV commercials, billboards and bus signs with Mormons from African-American, Asian, Latino and other ethnic backgrounds.

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CNN

In China, tensions rising over Buddhism

Buddhism’s broadening popularity in a Sichuan province is stoking tension between Buddhist monks, who demand religious freedom, and their longtime foe: the Communist Party leadership.

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

Frank McCourt agrees to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers in an auction

The Boston real estate developer and Major League Baseball announced that they will seek approval from federal bankruptcy court to auction off one of baseball’s most storied franchises.

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‘Blade Runner’ not yet qualified for London Olympic Games

Oscar Pistorius must run another 400-meter “A” qualifying time in the three months before the London Olympics to make history as the first amputee athlete to run at an able-bodied games.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Robert Jensen):

Occupy demands: let’s radicalize our analysis

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Al Jazeera

Perry comes down on the right side of the Confederate license plate debate

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Houston Chronicle

Hartford tarmac mess shows need for common sense

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USA TODAY

Column (John Hughes):

Freedom may be messy, but it beats despotism

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Christian Science Monitor

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Republican party

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Denver Post

Column (Yochi J. Dreazen):

The Taliban is winning the propaganda war

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The Atlantic

Column (Tendai Marima):

Kenya’s blundering mission in Somalia

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Al Jazeera

Blog (Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D.):

Wanted: More happy people!

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(Psychology Today)

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GOOD NEWS

Hero entered burning plane to rescue passengers from flames

A Chilliwack man who rushed from his office to rescue survivors in last week’s plane crash in Richmond, B.C., said he didn’t think about what he was doing when he stepped into a burning plane.

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CBC News

Stepchildren may step up to help elderly stepparents, new study finds

The quality of relationships is more important than genetic ties in determining who will look after elderly relatives in families affected by divorce and remarriage, according to a new study.

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HealthDay

A young girl’s legacy is inspiring other kids to give

Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise money for a clean-water charity by asking for donations instead of presents for her ninth birthday. Now, her death is inspiring other kids to do the same.

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MSNBC

WORLD

Haiti creating home loans, mortgages

Haiti’s struggle to rebuild homes for hundreds of thousands of quake victims may give the nation something it has never had: loans to help Haiti’s small middle class buy them for the first time.

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Detroit News

Syria: 3 killed after government pledges to end crackdown

Violence left three people dead in northwest Syria, activists said, a day after the government pledged to end its anti-regime crackdown and remove troops.

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CNN

Aid ships head from Turkish port to Gaza

Two boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists reached international waters in the Mediterranean and are making their way towards the Gaza Strip, in the latest attempt to break an Israeli blockade.

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Al Jazeera

HEALTH

Cargill, BASF join race for plant-based omega-3 oils

Cargill Inc. is partnering with German chemical giant BASF in the race to develop a plant-based source of omega-3 oils, a potentially lucrative market as demand for the healthy ingredient soars.

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Star Tribune

Organ transplant recipients at greater risk for a variety of cancers

Most organ transplant recipients are far from finished with hospital visits once the new organ is successfully accepted into the body.

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ABC News

Special section:

Overview of organ transplants

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WebMD

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Teeth and jaw have been found from ‘earliest Europeans’

Worn ancient teeth and a jaw fragment unearthed in the U.K. and Italy have something revealing to say about how modern humans conquered the globe.

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BBC

Study finds dual causes for mass extinction in Ice Age

Ice Age beasts likely fell victim to a changing climate, and for some, prehistoric hunters, say researchers.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

US carbon emissions fall 7 percent

Carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped 10 percent over the four years between 2007 and 2011, and emissions from oil use dropped 11 percent during that time.

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Environment News Service

Japan: Damaged reactors at nuclear plant could take 30 years to retire

The decommissioning of four reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will likely take more than 30 years to complete, according to a report by Japanese officials.

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

James Bond aims to bounce back with new film launch

James Bond returns with launch of a 23rd installment in the famous film franchise, and aims to bounce back after a studio bankruptcy put production on hold.

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Reuters

Celebrities may be overrated as online fund raisers, says study

Ashton Kutcher, Kanye West and other big-name celebrities don’t do as much good for charity on Twitter, Facebook, or other social networks as less-famous people.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Hype aside, ‘green jobs’ are for real

Experts may argue about what constitutes a “green job” or how many of them currently exist in the U.S., but everyone seems to agree there will be many more of them in the coming decades.

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CNBC

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Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun God in Allahabad, India. Rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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