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Organ donor Johnny Hernandez’s brother Alfronso Aranda, facing camera, hugs Mikey Carraway, 13, liver recipient, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

13-year-old liver transplant donee on mission of thanks

Eleven-year-old Mikey Carraway’s liver had failed — doctors had to find an organ donor quickly to save his life. Two days later, they had one — 18-year-old Johnny Hernandez, who suffered a fatal injury.

NPR

Sister’s kidney donation condition of Miss. parole

Boston Herald

Ban ‘deeply alarmed’ over call for violence

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that U.N. forces are “authorized to use all necessary means to protect its personnel” after a call to attack the hotel where Ivory Coast’s president-elect is based.

CNN

Blog:

Lanny Davis quits gig with Ivorian despot

(Salon)

War Room

Gbagbo blames France for Ivorian problems

YouTube

Single tip enough to put name on terrorist watch list

A year after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, officials have made it easier to add individuals to a terrorist watch list and improved the government’s ability to thwart an attack.

Washington Post

Israeli ex-president found guilty of rape

Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav has been convicted of rape by a court in Tel Aviv and could go to jail.

BBC

Katsav found guilty of rape

CNN

What’s a mental disorder?

The American Psychiatric Association‘s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual has detailed descriptions of all the mental disorders recognized by psychiatry, but it’s not without controversy.

NPR

Americans turning to technology to help break habits

Americans are trying to control their impulses by using technology that steps in to enforce good behavior. With the new year days away, many tools are available to help people stay in line.

Denver Post

NATION

BP’s spill costs now look manageable

As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more.

BusinessWeek

NY, Ohio state pension funds named top plaintiffs in BP shareholders’ litigation

Times-Picayune

AP analysis: BP still strong despite spill

YouTube

Slavery paintings coming down in Ga. state building

A Prominent Georgia artist’s paintings could be removed from a public building and put in storage. That’s because a newly elected official says they are not acceptable.

Georgia Public Broadcasting

POLITICS

As 2011 arrives, so does a new presidential race

Consider the holidays a short breather between political seasons, because in January a new one kicks off with even higher stakes: the race for the White House in 2012.

McClatchy Newspapers

Politics 2010: a look back

From the unexpected Senate election in Massachusetts to the emergence of the tea party movement that proved to be a force to be reckoned with, 2010 has been head-spinning for political news.

ABC News

HEALTH

New year, new health care provisions: What you can expect

Although most of the new provisions that will roll out as part of the Affordable Care Act apply mainly to insurers, they will have a direct impact on consumers too.

ABC News

Study finds high rate of ER trips for food-triggered allergies

Between 2001 and 2005, researchers estimate that Americans made just over a million visits to the emergency room for allergic reactions to food. That averages out to about 200,000 ER trips each year.

Reuters

USDA: Meat, poultry to have nutrition labels by 2012

Nutritional labels will be mandatory on 40 popular cuts of meat and poultry products beginning in 2012, a measure to make it easier for consumers to understand the content of the foods they buy.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Gov. Christie causes turbulence across NJ education landscape

Gov.-elect Chris Christie’s name had not even been painted on the door of his office in the Statehouse, when his administration jumped into the fray of public education.

Star-Ledger

UC executives threaten lawsuit over pension benefits

Some of the University of California’s highest-paid employees have threatened to sue the UC system if it does not follow through on a promise to boost their retirement payments.

San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

2010: 3 jeers for a joyless sports year

Sport finds itself disconcertingly short of joy. There is no joy in Mudville — or most anywhere else as we muddle to the close of a sports year gone wrong.

USA TODAY

High-powered standoff between TCU and University of Wis.

On New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif., a battle will rage between two units fitting the classic description of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Marching band prevails on flight to LA

Philadelphia Inquirer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The serious side of Jon Stewart

In America’s angriest political landscape in living memory, one public figure proved that he stands alone in his capacity to get things done. He is Jon Stewart.

The Independent

Volcanoes to vuvuzelas: top 10 buzzwords of 2010

With a dwindling economy, endless Washington infighting and a massive oil spill, 2010 was pretty dismal. But hey — we learned some new words, right?

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Ben Mathis and Ben Boychuk):

Is government playing Big Brother?

The Times Herald

Column (Fareed Zakaria):

Why 2011 will be a happier new year

TIME

Column (Sam Harris):

A New Year’s resolution for the rich

Huffington Post

Blog (Erika Christakis and Nicholas Christakis):

Want to get your kids into college? Let them play

(CNN)

Perry's Principles

Column (Tony Hicks):

The Kindle is dragging me kicking and screaming into the digital age

Contra Costa Times

Blog (Sean Gregory):

The NFL’s Brett Favre harassment ruling: Huh?

(TIME)

The Newsfeed

Column (Robert Scheer):

In money-changers we still trust

Creators Syndicate

Blog (Blake Hounshell):

The curious case of Glenn Greenwald vs. Wired magazine

(Foreign Policy)

WikiLeaked

Column (James Bovard):

Congressman wins torture award

CounterPunch

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GOOD NEWS

Family overcoming cancer helps others in similar situations

The last time Ava Brae Jacobs was in the spotlight, she was a toddler with a bald head from cancer treatments. At that point it was a miracle that she was still alive.

Bismarck Tribune

In hard times, family firms do better

Family firms have been better able to take a longer-term, more strategic approach and kept better customer relations relative to public counterparts, says a Harvard Business School professor.

Newsweek

Nonprofits getting 1st shot at purchasing foreclosed properties

The Cruzes will become first-time homeowners, helped by one of many nonprofit groups that can snag foreclosures at a discount before banks make them available to speculators.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Floods force mass evacuations in Queensland, Australia