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President Barack Obama speaks at a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room in Washington. He said a “faction” of Republicans in the House is refusing to vote on a Senate bill that would extend a payroll tax cut for two months. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

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Baltimore chocolatiers create sweetness to savor

Even with plenty of national brands, true connoisseurs know the only way to get the finest is from local chocolatiers with old-fashioned, handcrafted techniques that create luxurious confections.

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Rogue chocolatier: 24-year-old starts successful natural chocolate company

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2 new planets are most Earth-like ever seen — but are hot as hell

Astronomers have spotted the two smallest, most Earth-like planets to be discovered outside our solar system. They are orbiting a star called Kepler-20 almost 1,000 light years away.

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Guardian

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Kepler-20 system overview: views on the brand new discoveries

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NASA.gov

House GOP rejects Senate payroll tax plan

The House motion, passed with no Democratic support, expressed disagreement with the Senate plan and called for the dispute to be taken up by a House-Senate conference committee.

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CNN

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57 percent say rich don’t pay enough taxes

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Politico

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Boehner: Call the Senate back to Washington

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C-Span

Jump in housing points to recovery

Housing starts and building permits jumped to a 1 1/2-year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, suggesting the housing market was entering a tentative recovery.

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Reuters

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How to read the surge in housing

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MarketWatch

Ohio set to see oil boom due to fracking

Ohio hasn’t been an oil powerhouse for nearly 100 years. But thanks to a controversial new drilling technology, the state could once again be significant.

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CNNMoney

North Korea seals Chinese border

North Korea’s anointed heir, Kim Jong Un, led a procession of mourners to the glass coffin of his father — a strong indication that a smooth leadership transition was under way in a country known for secrecy.

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Msnbc.com

NATION

Deadly snowstorm halts travel across Great Plains

A late-autumn snowstorm lumbered into the Great Plains, unleashing snow and fierce winds that turned roads to ice, reduced visibility to zero and jeopardized thousands of holiday motorists’ plans.

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CBS News

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Intense, dangerous winter storm

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The Weather Channel

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Blizzard in the Plains

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The Weather Channel

US hopes music and art can soothe traumatized soldiers

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan etched scenes of violence and death into the memories of thousands of soldiers. Now, military researchers are exploring if writing, art and music can sooth their pain.

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BBC

She waited until it was time to go

A journalist, author, political activist, bank executive, rare-book dealer and literary aficionado, Barbara Dudley was an iconic figure to many in her hometown, including Andy Rooney, her life-long friend.

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Times Union

POLITICS

Gingrich’s popularity fading in US polls

Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich’s status as the front runner for the 2012 Republican nomination is fading after weeks of attacks by rivals and media scrutiny of his political record.

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Al Jazeera

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Romney goes on TV to attack Gingrich

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Reuters

Feinstein earmark quietly paves way for easier Calif. water sales

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein quietly used a $915 billion spending bill to accomplish a long-standing and, in some circles, controversial goal of easing Central Valley, Calif., water sales.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

With Detroit auto show, GM, others to show off the future

Pace of information about 2012‘s Auto Show has picked up: Chevrolet will reveal concept cars for millennials, Maserati’s Kubang SUV will debut and Lexus will showcase a new design direction.

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Detroit Free Press

2012 Detroit auto show: what to expect

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Shoppers insist on good customer service from retailers

A study this year by American Express found that nearly 80 percent of Americans have ditched intended purchases because of poor customer service experiences.

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Kansas City Star

EDUCATION

Colleges pay presidents millions while raising tuition

Some private colleges are paying their top executives millions of dollars, at the same time they’re hiking tuition prices for their students.

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CNNMoney

Culture gap

An Iowa professor’s critique of small town life in his adopted state reflects tensions many faculty members must overcome as they take jobs in places they never imagined they would call home.

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Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Scientists find the secret to a long, indulgent life

Italian researchers have identified a molecule produced when people diet that could lead to the development of a drug that mimics the effect of restraint, offering a longer life without self-denial.

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The Independent

In California mental hospitals, assault is rarely a crime

Violent incidents occur often in California‘s psychiatric hospitals — and it’s been a challenge for the criminal justice and mental health systems to figure out how to deal with assaults by the mentally ill.

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NPR

Where germs lurk on planes

Air travelers suffer higher rates of disease infection, research has shown. And the holidays are a particularly infectious time of year, with planes packed full of families — and all those germs.

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Wall Street Journal

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Airports increase nutritious options

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USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Native American to be canonized as a Catholic saint

The Vatican has announced a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman will be canonized as a Catholic saint, the first Native American from North America so proclaimed.

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USA TODAY

Angels send message of peace to Mexico

In the violent border city of Juarez, Mexico, young evangelical Christians are dressing up as “Messenger Angels” to bear silent witness against murder and corruption, to the dismay of the police.

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NPR

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The new great leader is Kim Jong Uh-Oh

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USA TODAY

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Ambrose Bierce is the new anti-Santa

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Los Angeles Times

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Column: Iraq War is over. Will GOP replace it with Iran?

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USA TODAY

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Please gimme some real truth for Christmas

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Ideas

Cornell and Technion — Israel to create super science school

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North Korea is not less of an enigma after Kim

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Holding the line against mercury

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Detroit Free Press

Higher education should not lose in budget game again

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Thrifty-minded shopper shares her savings by couponing for causes

Jenny Sanford of Colorado, whose day job is in banking, uses “tactical couponing” to help others fill kitchen cupboards. After counting receipts for 2010, she even had enough to help a family pay back rent.

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Denver Post

Wayward dachshund reunited with Olathe teen at KCI

Crista Banks, a dachshund owner and volunteer, helped Abby Mason, 14, reunite with her missing dog, Addison, by using her own frequent flier miles for the dog and dog owner.

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Kansas City Star

Aquaculture could help feed rising world demand for protein

According to a report, aquaculture, one of the fastest growing food production systems in the world, could play an important role in meeting rising global demand for freshwater products.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Philippine floods: President declares national calamity

Philippines President Benigno Aquino has declared a national calamity after a typhoon killed nearly 1,000 people. Some villages have been entirely washed away by the flash flooding.

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BBC

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Philippine flood toll rises

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NEWS.com.au

Evading arrest, Iraqi VP denies hit squad claim, killing government officials

Iraq‘s Sunni vice president denied charges he ran a hit squad during the nation’s wave of sectarian bloodletting, accusing the Shiite-led government of waging a campaign of persecution.

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CBS News

Paroled American Berenson arrives in US from Peru

Lori Berenson, who stirred international controversy when she was convicted of aiding Peruvian guerrillas, arrived in the U.S. for the first time since Peruvian authorities arrested her in 1995.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Power plant closures to cost US towns jobs, taxes

For more than 90 years, the coal-fired power plant in Glen Lyn, Va., has been contributing to local prosperity, so when the plant unexpectedly shut down, so might the community of 200.

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ABC News

The city speaks — and an artist finds fresh ways to listen

Artist Candy Chang calls her work “a kind of love child of urban planning and street art.” Her goal: to get urban neighborhoods to reflect the goals of it’s residents.

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Grist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google invests $94 million in California solar farms

Google announced a joint clean-energy investment in four California solar farms, aiming to generate enough power for more than 13,000 average American homes.

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Christian Science Monitor

Proposed law aims to shine light on conflict metals

Delly Mawazo Sesete wants consumers to know what is in their smart phones, computers and other electronics, and where U.S. companies like Apple are getting the rare metals for making them.

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NPR

Seniors benefit most from ‘exergames,’ medical experts say

A meta-analysis by researchers at Michigan State University evaluated if active video games provide the same cardiovascular benefits as a nonvirtual workout. The short answer is, “kind of.”

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The strange saga of a made-up activist

The life and tragic death of Uzbek woman Gulsumoy Abdujalilova turned out to be a Facebook hoax, but her meaning for dissident movements in closed societies like Uzbekistan’s is all too real.

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The Atlantic

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Social media and Syria’s revolution

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Rudaw

The glorious history of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”

George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was an Easter offering on April 13, 1742, and after 250 years, it continues to mesmerize audiences today.

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Smithsonian Magazine

SPORTS

Ravens must work very hard on game to make postseason

For the Ravens to keep control of the division — and ultimately have success in the postseason — they have a few major concerns to address, ones that resurfaced in a humbling loss in San Diego.

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Panthers’ Chudzinski shows off creative playbook vs. Texans

Panthers offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski has a bag full of tricks and he‘s not afraid to use them — even if it means borrowing a play from a kids’ movie.

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Sports Illustrated

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Google vs. Facebook by the numbers

As the two Internet heavyweights are poised to battle it out in the social networking arena, how do the companies stack up? A look at some data.

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An Indian man drinks from a tap on a water pipe as he bathes outside near a sewage drain on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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