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Wayne Pittman, 46, sits in his Lawrenceville, Ga., home looking over unemployment papers as his extended benefits are set to expire unless Congress passes a vote to extend them. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

Baby names reveal more about parents than before

A new analysis of name statistics suggests that the meaning conveyed by a baby‘s name has ramped up as baby names have become more diverse and numerous.

LiveScience

Baby names from gems become popular again

Kansas City Star

Deficit commission to begin debate on plan, including benefit cuts

The members of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission will begin to go on the record as they debate politically explosive budget cuts in a revised plan to wrestle the national debt under control.

Baltimore Sun

National debt: Will anyone buy panel’s plan?

Christian Science Monitor

At holidays, 2 million lose jobless benefits

Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans will begin to run out, guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay.

Detroit Free Press

Loss of jobless benefits may affect economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Companies in US added 93,000 jobs

Bloomberg

Should Congress again extend jobless benefits for unemployed Americans?

MSNBC

2 Republicans hint at hope for arms treaty with Russia

President Barack Obama’s hopes of winning Senate approval for a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year were encouraged by two Republican senators, including John McCain.

New York Times

Medvedev warns of arms race

Reuters

Amtrak to let passengers bring guns on most trains

Amtrak will allow passengers to bring guns on most trains. The change, pushed by gun rights advocates and ordered by Congress, aligns Amtrak’s firearms policy with air travel rules.

Sacramento Bee

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A lamp covered with snow shines on the Feldberg mountain in central Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)	A soldier of the Scots Guards peers out of his sentry box at St. James’s Palace in London. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)	A bald eagle is perched near a flag at Raptor Rehab of Central Arkansas in El Paso, Ark. (Photo by Danny Johnston / AP)

NATION

No decision on tax cuts

President Barack Obama and Republicans hailed the bipartisan summit as a positive step forward. But no firm agreement was reached on extending tax cuts.

ABC News

Geithner, Lew to negotiate tax cuts

Bloomberg

Pentagon: No harm in letting gays serve

The U.S. military could allow gays to begin openly serving in the military immediately with minimal risk to military readiness even as it fights two wars, a Pentagon study released concludes.

McClatchy Newspapers

Law and civil rights

Polling Report

WIKILEAKS

Lawyer for Wikileaks founder says Assange is being persecuted

Julian Assange’s lawyer said that Mr. Assange has sought meetings with Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny, who has sought an arrest warrant after having ignored or rejected Mr. Assange’s cooperation offers.

Globeandmail.com

WikiLeaks holds Bank of America documents from executive’s hard drive

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who told Forbes magazine that he’ll release documents from a U.S. bank next year, said in 2009 that his group had a hard drive from a Bank of America Corp. executive.

BusinessWeek

Bank of America shares fall on WikiLeaks fears

NPR

Amid fears, WikiLeaks presents some upside to US

Some revelations in WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of diplomatic cables and documents could ultimately prove useful to U.S. foreign policy objectives, analysts say.

NPR

Wikileaks: key issues

BBC

POLITICS

RNC contenders lining up against Steele

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele continues to waver on whether he’ll run for re-election, as candidates for the job are building up their own images by drawing a contrast with his.

Roll Call

House approves funds for black-farmer, Indian suits

The House gave final congressional approval for $4.6 billion to settle discrimination claims by black farmers and allegations that the government cheated American Indians out of land-use royalties.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Natural gas drillers feeling pressure

The Obama administration is considering forcing energy companies to reveal more details about the chemicals they use to help extract natural gas from public lands, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.

Houston Chronicle

Calif.’s controlled fires boost biodiversity

In certain ecosystems, fires are a natural and essential occurrence for maintaining forest health. However, resource managers have prevented natural fires.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

Dropout rates are falling, but still no cause for celebration

As part of the push for greater accountability in schools, states are now required to report on graduation rates in a more rigorous way.

TIME

Blog:

Patchwork nation: mapping high school dropout rates

(PBS)

The Rundown

Anthropology without science

A new long-range plan for the American Anthropological Association omits the word “science” from the organization’s vision statement, exposing fissures in the discipline.

Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

A team with a losing record could well win the ‘NFC Worst’

It is possible that the NFC West champion will have a losing record. Not only that, a 7-9 NFC West team could wind up hosting a first-round playoff game against a team that has won 10 or 11 games, maybe more.

Seattle Times

Even with numbers on decline, Tim Duncan a force for Spurs

This has been the worst season for Tim Duncan, but it could shape up to be one of his best with the San Antonio Spurs.

USA TODAY

Duncan’s triple-double paces Spurs

NBA.com

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

Winston Churchill

Politician, statesman

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Column (Amy Goodman):

WikiLeaks and the end of US ‘diplomacy’

Truthdig

Editorial:

Between lines on WikiLeaks, some reassuring revelations

Detroit Free Press

Blog (Marc Muchnick, Ph.D):

Got regrets?

(Psychology Today)

No More Regrets

Column (Dorsey Nunn):

Stop building prisons and invest in success

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Jack Shafer):

Why I love WikiLeaks

Slate

Column (Richard Reeves):

Dr. Strangelove redux

Truthdig

Blog (Andy Greenberg):

An interview with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

(Forbes)

The Firewall

Editorial (Bruce Drake):

Public favors spending cuts to reduce deficit

PoliticsDaily.com

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Washington Post

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NFL.com

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Boston Globe

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The New Yorker

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GOOD NEWS

New York to support organ donations

New York City is launching a pilot program to pursue organ donation from people who have died of cardiac arrest outside of hospitals, a federally funded initiative that will be the first of its kind in the nation.

Wall Street Journal

RSNA: Steroids and own blood help kick pain in the butt

A shot of a patient’s own blood in addition to steroids and “dry-needling” can reduce the pain associated with hamstring tendinopathy, according to a study.

MedPage Today

WORLD

It‘s official: North Korea says ’modern’ nuclear plant is operating

For the first time, North Korea made its uranium enrichment program a matter of written record with the proud claim in the country’s leading newspaper of a modern facility that is already operational.

Christian Science Monitor

Eurozone contagion fears spread to Italy