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‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ rumor roundup

With little concrete information available, Yoda-level patience is demanded. There are some things we know about the slated Disney reboot for sure, and much more we do not.

TIME

Blog:

Harrison Ford might return for a new film

(Christian Science Monitor)

Culture Caf

Indicators healthy for housing recovery

A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago. This was the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Obama wins re-election

Voters returned President Barack Obama to the White House, but he will face a Congress with the same divisions that marked his first term.

New York Times

Democrats in Senate; House stays GOP-led

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

Obama wins re-election

BBC

Obama acceptance speech — live

PBS NewsHour

Mitt Romney’s concession speech

ABC News

Greece to vote on austerity, protests continue to intensify

Greece’s government hopes to overcome its own divisions and defy protesters’ fury at parliament’s gates to push through an austerity package needed to secure an injection of aid and avert bankruptcy.

Reuters

Fundraisers respond faster and smarter with relief

The more than $90 million charities have raised since Superstorm Sandy hit is, in large part, a sign that nonprofits are getting faster and savvier in tapping the public’s impulse to give.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NATION

Costs of shoring up coastal communities

For more than a century, for good or ill, New Jersey has led the nation in coastal development, with barrier islands lined by rock jetties, concrete sea walls or other protective armor.

New York Times

Looting fears assail NYC as new storm approaches

Philadelphia Inquirer

Motel families live in limbo

For scores of schoolchildren, home is not a street address or an apartment number but a motel room number. They are not technically homeless, yet they have no home beyond a week-to-week existence.

McClatchy Newspapers

2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Weary Americans just glad it’s over

Voters from Seattle to Miami largely agreed about one thing: They were glad that the strident and polarizing contest between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was ending.

Sydney Morning Herald

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Full live coverage

NPR

Obama and Romney through the years

BBC

Why you can’t vote online yet

Online voting is taking off in local elections, particularly overseas. But Americans shouldn’t expect to vote for the president on their laptop or iPad anytime soon.

CNNMoney

Colorado legalizes marijuana

An amendment that would make it legal in Colorado for individuals to possess and for businesses to sell marijuana for recreational use has passed.

Denver Post

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Same-sex marriage leads in Washington, passes in Maryland, Maine

(San Francisco Chronicle)

Politics Blog

POLITICS

What to watch for as House, Senate results come in

Regardless of whether the presidential victory goes to President Obama or Mitt Romney, the next president’s ability to govern will hinge on which party holds a majority in the House and the Senate.

CBS News

Women donors shun super-PACs, favor Democrats fundraising

Women named individually or as part of a married couple accounted for 16.5 percent of $272 million that the 100 biggest donors gave to outside groups, a Bloomberg review found.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Firms learning how to profit from Pinterest

Ever since Pinterest pinned its way onto a prominent spot on the social media industry’s billboard, companies have been trying to figure out where it fits into their marketing strategies.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A word that gets women negotiating for higher salaries

Female job applicants are more likely to ask for more money when employers explicitly give them the option, a new study finds.

The Atlantic

Asia drives BMW to record 3rd quarter profit rise

Booming sales in Asia have helped German car firm BMW shrug off the gloom in Europe to report a record third quarter pre-tax profit.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA photos reveal mile-wide asteroid

A team of NASA scientists has captured amazing radar images of a mile-wide asteroid as it drifted silently millions of miles from Earth — the closest it will come to our planet for the next 200 years.

SPACE.com

Why is it so hard to give good directions?

Psychologically speaking, giving directions is a tricky task. Our minds find it difficult to see how the world looks to someone who doesn’t know it yet.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Glenn Garvin):

Electoral College a political asterisk that should be erased

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Katherine Goldstein):

We need more young people working at the polls

Slate

Column (Bingham C. Jamison):

Why are US vets MIA in US politics?

TIME

Column (Jose Holguin-Veras):

The donations Sandy’s victims don’t need

Star Tribune

Column (David Frum):

America’s voting system is a disgrace

CNN

Column (Rebecca Solnit):

Words as weapons against destroying the world by greed

Al Jazeera

Column (Eugene Robinson):

Keeping storm at bay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Anthony Bourdain):

Eat out and tip big to save NYC restaurants after Sandy

(CNN)

Eatocracy

Column (Jakob Augstein):

America has already lost Tuesday’s election

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

Mayor aids friend’s charitable venture by donating hair

Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy of Lynn, Mass., only winced once when her long chestnut hair was cut short, but she shook it off because she was sure it would be used for a good cause.

The Daily Item

Total raised for Superstorm Sandy relief now tops $92.3 million

The American Red Cross announced that it has raised $85 million for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts as more charities update their fundraising totals to $92.3 million overall.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

New probiotic lowers bad cholesterol

A new probiotic taken twice a day has been found to lower key cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood.

Times of India

WORLD

What happens when a city can pick and choose its police force?

Over the past eight years, Kyrgyzstan has seen two presidents chased from office. As a result, public trust in the police has plummeted and many are now placing their faith in private security agencies.

The Atlantic

Radioactive water threatens Middle East

The Middle East and North Africa suffer from water shortages and pump millions of liters a day from ancient aquifers — but the water contains high levels of naturally-occurring radioactive toxins.

Spiegel International

EDUCATION

Other people’s money

Is it fair to consider financial status in admissions? A new fairness debate has cropped up in several states this year and is beginning to change policy in Iowa.

Inside Higher Ed

Record numbers of young adults have finished both high school and college

Record numbers of young adults are completing high school, going to college and finishing college, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available census data.

Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project

HEALTH

Can predicting your heart attack risk be as simple as looking in a mirror?

A new study presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting links visible signs of aging to an increased risk for heart disease and heart attack.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Thai man pleads guilty to South African rhino smuggling

A Thai man plead guilty to smuggling a rhino horn from South Africa, in a case in which prostitutes posing as big game hunters were used to conceal an international trafficking ring.

NBCNews.com

The Arctic Ocean’s pollution problem

A new study reveals that the amount of plastic debris and litter on the Arctic Ocean’s sea floor has doubled in the past 10 years.

E Magazine

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Group warns religion is creeping into some British Columbia public schools

A controversy in the Canadian township of Chilliwack has prompted a call for Education Minister Don McRae to investigate whether religion is creeping into some British Columbia public schools.

Vancouver Sun

Egypt’s new pope potentially opposes religious constitution

Egypt’s new Coptic pope said the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious, a sign he would campaign with his Christian minority against Islam’s increasing role.

USA TODAY

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The civilizing power of disaster

Researchers in disaster science have again and again debunked the idea that catastrophe causes social breakdown and releases the ugliest parts of human nature.

Slate

Broadway shows take a hit at the box office following Sandy

Broadway shows reported declines in box-office revenue across the board following Superstorm Sandy. Total Broadway grosses were down about 30 percent from the week before Sandy.

Los Angeles Times

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ spins up some controversy

“Wreck-It Ralph” earned nearly $50 million at the box office this weekend, and landed high praise from critics. But one plot point has puzzled a few observers and sparked discussion about the Disney movie.

NBCNews.com

SPORTS

Syracuse vs. San Diego State aircraft carrier game moved

Because of weather concerns, a basketball game between Syracuse and San Diego State has been rescheduled. The game will take place on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego.

USA TODAY

Former Armstrong teammate fails test

South African cyclist David George, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, admitted using the blood-boosting drug EPO after failing a doping test.

FOXSports

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