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South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon talks to the media upon his arrival at Incheon international airport in Incheon, South Korea. The U.S. and South Korea have reached an agreement on America’s largest trade pact in more than a decade. (Photo by Kim Joo-sung / YONHAP / AP)

Billions at stake as BP disputes spill size

BP is challenging the government’s estimate that its damaged Macondo well gushed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, adopting a strategy that could save it billions of dollars in fines.

Houston Chronicle

Dive finds oil, dead sea life in Gulf of Mexico

ABC News

Blog:

EPA celebrates 40th birthday amid controversy

(USA TODAY)

Green House

Arsenic-eating bacteria hint at possible ‘shadow biosphere’

The discovery of a microbe that thrives on arsenic won’t force scientists to rewrite entire biology textbooks, but some paragraphs will definitely need to be revised, experts say.

LiveScience

US, South Korea agree on largest trade deal since NAFTA

The U.S. and South Korea have reached an agreement on a free trade deal sought by the Obama administration to boost American exports.

NPR

Obama to talk on trade deal with South Korea

CNN

Special section:

Country fast facts: South Korea

CBS News

Now it’s all or nothing on tax cuts

Democrats failed to break a Republican filibuster of two measures that would have ended Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, forcing both parties back to the negotiating table.

Politico

GOP: We need tax cuts for everybody

CNN

Senate takes up tax cut extension

Politico

Cancun’s famous beaches threatened by erosion, climate change

Cancun’s eroding white sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort famed for its postcard vistas.

USA TODAY

NATION

Supreme Court to hear disability case

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left nearly 40,000 U.S. troops wounded, caused veterans’ disability claims to spiral and now brought new urgency to a legal fight over deadlines for claims.

USA TODAY

Outbreaks signal flu season, CDC says

Although winter hasn‘t even arrived, the first signs of flu season have, U.S. health officials said. But there’s good news, too: The flu strains circulating so far seem to be a close match for this season’s vaccine.

HealthDay

Flu activity low, but rising

MedPage Today

3rd of Americans have gotten flu shot

BusinessWeek

Obama grants 1st pardons of term

President Barack Obama granted the first pardons of his administration, erasing the records of nine people convicted for crimes ranging from drug possession to conspiracy to fraud.

CNN

Pardons for drug crimes, ‘coin mutilation’

Bloomberg

WIKILEAKS

WikiLeaks fights to stay online

WikiLeaks has become an Internet vagabond, moving from one website to another as governments and hackers hounded the organization, trying to deprive it of a direct line to the public.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog:

Senators unveil anti-WikiLeaks bill

(The Hill)

Hillicon Valley

Blog:

The war on WikiLeaks

(CBS News)

World Watch

PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow

Online payment service PayPal has suspended the WikiLeaks’ account that the organization used to collect donations, it said in a statement.

MSNBC

Window of freedom closing for Assange?

MSNBC

WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord

Hidden behind the save-the-world rhetoric of global climate change negotiations lies the realpolitik: money and threats buy political support; spying and cyberwarfare are used to seek out leverage.

Guardian

Special section:

WikiLeaks diplomatic cables

Spiegel International

POLITICS

GOP pushes for the ‘Americano’ vote

In an outreach effort, former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich has started a website called “The Americano.” Gingrich called it a place for conservatives to exchange ideas from a Latino perspective.

NPR

Debt panel falls short on votes

President Barack Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission failed to reach consensus on a plan, falling three votes short of the goal.

Politico

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pray tell: Americans stretch the truth about church attendance

A new University of Michigan study finds that Americans are more likely to exaggerate their attendance at religious services than are people in other countries.

U.S. News & World Report

U2charist adds edge to church services

The number of U2 Eucharist, or U2charist, services has grown since the first service combined the Irish rock band’s music and religion in Baltimore in 2004.

Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

A day without orange juice

Former beauty queen Anita Bryant chirped more than four decades ago: “A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” She wasn’t talking about green oranges or genetically altered ones.

Reuters

It’s all a blur for diabetic drinkers

People with Type 2 diabetes who drink are at increased risk for blurry vision unrelated to retinopathy, researchers said.

MedPage Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

3-D spectacles get a fashion makeover

Some moviegoers complain that the reusable glasses you get to watch 3-D movies cause eye strain. They also question just how thoroughly they have been sanitized.

Cape Cod Times

Do our bodies’ bacteria play matchmaker?

Could the bacteria that we carry in our bodies decide who we marry? According to a new study from Tel Aviv University, the answer lies in the gut of a small fruit fly.

ScienceDaily

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Evan Thomas):

Why it’s time to worry

Newsweek

Blog (Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Shesol):

Repealing common sense

(Slate)

Jurisprudence

Blog (Bonnie Reiss):

Bringing digital learning to Calif. schools

(San Francisco Chronicle)

The Opinion Shop

Editorial:

If deficits matter, it’s time to hang tough

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Michael Roth):

Why we teach

Huffington Post

Column (Al Neuharth):

WikiLeaks lesson: We must all guard our ‘secrets’

USA TODAY

Blog (David Bosco):

Duck and cover: the Council on Korea

(The New Yorker)

The Multilateralist

Editorial:

Federal deficit debate begins

Fresno Bee

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GOOD NEWS

School gets $1M pledge for scholarships

The Gesu School, a private Catholic elementary school for low-income students in North Philadelphia, has received a $1 million pledge for a new scholarship fund.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mystery man leaves holiday donations for 20 years to help disabled kids

Each holiday season, a mystery man known only as “Pete” leaves cash donations to benefit the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center and the disabled local children the organization helps.

Huffington Post

Latinos look to send kids to college

A Minnesota state program seeks to help by teaching parents about the application process and converting it into Spanish.

Star Tribune

WORLD

US Congress calls on China to press North Korea