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A sign calling for the ouster of Oakland‘s Mayor Quan is seen taped to a tent at the Occupy Oakland encampment in preparation for a citywide general strike, called by Occupy protesters after police forcibly removed their City Hall encampment. (Photo by Ben Margot / AP)

‘Socialbots’ used to steal Facebook data

Using computer programs called “socialbots” that mimic real Facebook profiles and pass themselves off as real Facebook users, researchers were able to harvest vast quantities of personal data.

BBC

Blog:

Researchers flood Facebook with bots, collect other user’s data

The Register

Cain battling to contain fallout from sexual harassment allegations

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denied that he was changing his story as he struggled to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations that could threaten his recently surging campaign.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

Herman Cain’s accuser says he’s lying

(ABC News)

The Note

Oakland Council plan: ‘Collaborate’ with Occupy protesters

The Oakland City Council will take up a resolution supporting the Occupy protestors and asking city administrators to “collaborate with protesters” for the use of Frank Ogawa Plaza.

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland gearing up for general strike, thousands potentially downtown

San Jose Mercury News

Oakland activists step up ‘Occupy’ protest

YouTube

Greek PM: Referendum will confirm Greece in euro

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said a referendum will confirm the nation’s membership of the euro as he stuck to plans to hold the vote amid signs his government may collapse.

Bloomberg

Blog:

European debt crisis live

(Guardian)

Business Blog

FBI: 4 militia members plotted to attack buildings, release poison

Four Georgia men were arrested, accused of being members of a right-wing militia group that plotted to attack federal office buildings and to disperse a deadly biological poison in Atlanta.

Msnbc.com

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A hippo cub touches its mother Nicole during the first public presentation at the Zoo in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)	A model poses during the Mao Gepin make-up styling show at the China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)	School children wait for their school bus on Mount Washington overlooking downtown Pittsburgh. (Photo by Gene J. Puskar / AP)

NATION

States scramble to restore power after recent snowstorm

Utility companies in five states scrambled to restore power to more than 1 million people still in the dark after a snowstorm pounded the Northeast over the weekend.

CNN

Alabama-lite? US sues to block South Carolina illegal immigration law

As in Arizona and Alabama, the Justice Department wants to stop an anti-illegal-immigration law from taking effect — this time in South Carolina.

Christian Science Monitor

Calif. high-speed rail to cost $98B

The new business plan for California’s high-speed rail system shows the nation’s most ambitious state rail project could cost nearly $100 billion in funding over a 20-year construction period.

Philadelphia Inquirer

POLITICS

GOP front-runners wage quiet war on Capitol Hill

Two months before Republicans begin choosing a nominee to challenge President Barack Obama, a select few members of Congress are quietly coaxing colleagues to pick sides.

Kansas City Star

President Obama takes ownership of pipeline decision

President Barack Obama indicated he’ll be making the final call on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Alberta to Texas.

Politico

Blog:

State Department denies conflict of interest in pipeline review

(The Hill)

E2-Wire

Congressional debt panel told to be bold or risk economic disaster

Experts from bipartisan debt-reduction commissions gave Congress’ debt supercommittee stark warnings about imminent economic disaster unless lawmakers act quickly to cut federal debt.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Bank of America axes $5 debit card fee

Bank of America is axing its plan to charge a $5 fee for customers who use their debit cards to make purchases.

CNNMoney

Blog:

Bank of America dropping plan for $5 monthly debit card fee

(NPR)

The two-way

Your phone company is selling your personal data

Your phone company knows where you live, what websites you visit, what apps you download and even where you are. Now, some have begun selling that valuable information to the highest bidder.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Tax hikes for education in Colorado defeated in polls

Colorado voters resoundingly defeated an attempt to raise state income and sales taxes to fund education.

Denver Post

US schoolchildren don’t make grade on reading, math tests

Only three out of 10 U.S. children make the grade in reading, says the Education Department. Four out of 10 passed math. Only half of fourth-graders knew a right triangle had at least one right angle.

Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican invites scientists to discuss future of stem cell research

In a rare move, the Catholic Church is investing $1 million to explore adult stem cell research and scientists from around the world will meet at the Vatican to discuss the future of stem cell therapies.

NPR

Kentucky Gov. Beshear slammed for taking part in Hindu ceremony

In a Bible Belt state that is home to the Creation Museum, the sight of the Democratic governor taking part in a Hindu-style earth worshipping ceremony was easy pickings for political opponents.

Star Tribune

Catholics more inclined to share wealth

Catholics are more likely to support government intervention in the economy and also have a stronger preference for sharing wealth equally than Protestants, a European Central Bank study said.

Reuters

SPORTS

Frank McCourt agrees to sell Dodgers

McCourt and Major League Baseball have agreed to seek approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for an auction of the Dodgers, according to a joint statement.

Los Angeles Times

Raiders reunite former teammate Houshmandzadeh with Palmer

The Oakland Raiders signed wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh to a contract, reuniting him with his former quarterback, Carson Palmer.

Sports Illustrated

Big East votes to add new members

Big East Commissioner, John Marinatto, tells reporters that the league’s presidents voted to add new football and all sports members at their annual meeting. But he declined to identify the schools.

Orlando Sentinel

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

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Blaise Pascal

French mathematician

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D.):

Wanted: More happy people!

(Psychology Today)

Sapient Nature

Column (Dean Nelson):

Afghanistan is a proxy war between India and Pakistan

Telegraph.co.uk

Column (Eugene Robinson):

Let Herman be gone

Indianapolis Star

Editorial:

Oakland’s mayor is bungling the challenge presented by Occupy

San Jose Mercury News

Cartoon (Mike Smith):

Quickie divorce lasts longer

Las Vegas Sun

Editorial:

A test for America’s reading skills in NAEP scores

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Annette John-Hall):

45-year-old echoes of ‘power to the people’

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Jesse Bering):

Culinary racism

Slate

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Boston Globe

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Washington Post

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The New Yorker

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GOOD NEWS

Harvard professor among veterans to get Congressional Gold Medal

Japanese-American Susumu Ito, along with more than 1,000 others, will be honored on Capitol Hill with a Congressional Gold Medal for his extraordinary accomplishments in World War II.

CNN

Progress in the gender gap

The World Economic Forum’s 2011 global gender gap index shows countries are making progress in the status of women, with various developed countries notably moving up overall.

Daily Beast

Is the world closer to closing gender gap?

YouTube

‘Movember’ gets hairy, for a cause

During Movember (the month formerly known as November), men across the globe grow mustaches (hence the name) while raising money for men’s health.

CNN