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Workers work on street car track construction on Loyola Avenue in New Orleans. New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome, where the Super Bowl will be played, and the French Quarter. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

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New Orleans streetcar line to get Super Bowl debut

With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome and the French Quarter.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Improved invisibility cloak tames light

A team from Duke has refined its previous invisibility cloaking technology to eliminate reflections at the edges of the device — one of the biggest issues preventing a complete illusion of invisibility.

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Wired.co.uk

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How to make things invisible

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BBC

Lawmakers predict future resolution for fiscal cliff

Senior lawmakers in both political parties predict an end to a standoff on the U.S. fiscal cliff that threatens to yield $607 billion in tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January.

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Bloomberg

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Republicans say a deal is possible on fiscal cliff

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Reuters

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Fiscal cliff quickly approaching

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ABC News

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The fiscal cliff

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USA TODAY

Flu during pregnancy may be linked to autism risk

Children born to mothers who had the flu during pregnancy or fevers lasting more than a week may have a slightly higher risk for autism, new research suggests.

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WebMD

Are female soldiers ready for battle?

The U.S. Department of Defense is assessing whether women should be allowed to serve in front-line combat units. The Marine Corps has unveiled plans to send 40 women to front-line battalions.

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Telegraph.co.uk

NATION

Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship?

Newspaper reduction — cutbacks or morphing into lean websites — means less watchdog reporting and local information.

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Christian Science Monitor

Petraeus resignation: just sex scandal or serious security concern?

The sudden downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus seems to have been rooted in simple jealously, but the scandal is raising new questions about the security of top-secret U.S. government information.

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CBS News

POLITICS

Mitch McConnell loses on Election Day

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell set two top goals for the 2012 election: a Republican takeover of the Senate and the defeat of President Barack Obama.

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Huffington Post

With Obamacare now a reality, employers choose strategies

Businesses are being forced to take a fast and hard look at how to handle the shift in healthcare benefits and potential costs that are part of the law that goes fully into effect in 14 months.

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Chicago Sun-Times

BUSINESS

France’s champagne harvest shrinks

The champagne harvest is down 40 percent, as vineyards were ravaged by hailstorms, wet weather and fungus. “This is the lowest harvest in at least 40 years,” the Agriculture Ministry said.

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BusinessWeek

Long Islanders join lawmakers blasting LIPA as blackouts persist

Frustrated Long Island residents joined lawmakers in calling for a shakeup of the Long Island Power Authority as the agency failed to restore power to customers two weeks after Sandy.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Modest climate aid dismays many developing nations

Rich nations are dismaying developing countries with pledges merely to continue aid to help them combat climate change in 2013 despite past promises of a tenfold surge to $100 billion a year by 2020.

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The Age

Malibu: surfers vs. environmentalists

Local politics take a dramatic turn in southern California over a plan to clean up an iconic American playground.

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Smithsonian Magazine

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why Antarctic ice grows as Arctic melts

The mystery of the expansion of sea ice around Antarctica, as global warming is melting swaths of Arctic sea ice, has been solved using data from U.S. military satellites.

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Guardian

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The scientific truth about climate change

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CBS News

NASA probes exploring Earth’s radiation belts get new name

Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen — the pioneering scientist who first discovered the radiation zones.

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NBCNews.com

SPORTS

LA Lakers hire former NY Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni instead of Phil Jackson

The Lakers have stunned the basketball world, opting to take a pass on Phil Jackson and instead hiring former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni.

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Manassero clinches Singapore Open after golf playoff

Italian teenager Matteo Manassero displayed all the nerve and experience of a seasoned veteran to edge out Louis Oosthuizen on the third hole of a playoff and claim a Singapore Open victory.

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Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Why I’m breaking up with Coach K

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Sports Nut

Column (Robert Kane Jr.):

Mentoring is good for business

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Public leaders need a private sphere

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USA TODAY

Blog (Matthew Yglesias):

Do House Republicans want to accomplish anything?

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Money Box

Column (Peter Callaghan):

Political campaigns are bad for good government

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Change won’t be easy for Republicans

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Lawrence Journal-World

Interview (James Bennet):

The Bloomberg way

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The Atlantic

An order of fiscal reform — hold the gridlock, please

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Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Donations rolling in for annual Toys for Tots campaign

It’s only a few weeks into the annual campaign, but Marines with the Toys for Tots effort say the economy hasn’t affected the number of people who are willing to help.

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Peoria Journal Star

Flint man uses boxing, hardships to inspire youth

When Rick Daniels isn’t in the hospital battling sickle cell anemia, he’s doing what he can to mentor a group of Flint, Mich., kids with his Save The Youth Boxing Program.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Doctoral student delivers stranger’s baby at busy campus bus stop

A doctoral student delivered a stranger’s baby after seeing her in distress at a busy campus bus stop — and later learned the new mother had named the newborn girl after her.

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WORLD

BBC’s news chief steps aside

The BBC’s news chief and her deputy have stepped aside while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from a child abuse scandal that forced its director-general to resign.

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TIME

Special section:

BBC director general appointment — runners and riders

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Guardian

Special section:

BBC director general quits: how the UK media covered it

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Hollywood Reporter

Syria’s new opposition coalition seeks to gather recognition

Syria’s new opposition leadership, painfully forged under Arab and Western pressure, has set out to gather recognition and wider backing for the struggle to topple al-Assad.

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Reuters

Special section:

Israel makes ‘direct hits’ on Syria — live updates

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Guardian

EDUCATION

US colleges look to foreign students

International enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities grew nearly 6 percent last year. Much of the growth is concentrated in big, public land-grant colleges, notably in the Midwest.

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U.S. News & World Report

Tucson schools submit a new desegregation plan

The Tucson Unified School District has outlined its latest plans to free itself from federal oversight of its desegregation efforts to a federal judge.

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San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Medical journal slams Roche on Tamiflu

A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu.

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ABC News

Nestle issues recall of Nesquik for possible salmonella contamination

Nestle issued a voluntary recall of Nesquik because of possible contamination of salmonella; 200,000 canisters were recalled, according to the FDA.

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Examiner

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Most Muslims, Hindus don’t take time off from work for holidays

Muslim and Hindu businesses generally do not close on the holidays, and those followers who work for non-Muslim and non-Hindu businesses don’t ask for time off to celebrate.

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Orlando Sentinel

Australia to hold wide-ranging judicial inquiry into child sex abuse

Australia is expected to hold a wide-ranging judicial inquiry into child sex abuse in the country, including investigations into religious organizations, state care facilities and schools.

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Guardian

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Dorothy‘s dress from ’The Wizard of Oz’ finds a new home

It might be Oz, Kansas or somewhere over the rainbow. While the destination may not be known, there’s no doubt the dress worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” has a new home.

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CNN

When sharing less might be for the best

Digital faux pas are not easily forgotten when everything is permanently recorded in cyberspace. Employers and employees are struggling to come to grips with personal and professional identities online.

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The Age

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Woman fired over Obama ‘assassination’ and ‘n-word’ Facebook slurs

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Examiner

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Where is the toughest place to be a binman?

Jakarta and its surrounding metropolitan areas are home to 28 million people, and the Indonesian city is struggling to cope with all the rubbish.

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BBC

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Oversized beer bottles reflected in a water basin in Nuernberg during the construction of the Brau Beviale fair. (Photo by Timm Schamberger / AP)

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