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In this file photo, Mary Polocy, left, stands in line and waits to enter a career fair, in Independence, Ohio. Polocy has been unemployed for three months and is looking for a customer service job. (Photo by Tony Dejak / AP)

Coloring inside the lanes: Art that helps create community

Drawing residents together to literally paint the town, community art projects bring the power to the people and help to build both lasting relationships and healthier neighborhoods.

Grist

After duty, dogs suffer like soldiers

If anyone needed evidence of the frontline role played by dogs in war, here is the latest: the four-legged troops used to sniff out mines and track down enemy fighters are struggling with the trauma of combat.

New York Times

Puppy therapy helps law students chill out

The Atlantic

Jobless rate drops to 8.6 percent, hiring picks up

Employment growth picked up speed in November and the jobless rate dropped to 8.6 percent, the lowest it has been since March 2009 and further evidence economic recovery is gaining momentum.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Unemployment benefits 101: 4 basic questions

Christian Science Monitor

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Unemployment rate may be misleading

(NPR)

The Two-Way

European debt crisis threatens future

There are glimmers of hope for the economy. But employers still aren’t hiring much, the number of people seeking unemployment benefits remains high and Europe’s debt crisis poses a grave threat.

Washington Post

Merkel, Sarkozy fight for euro

Globeandmail.com

10 days of planning to rescue markets

Reuters

Fl and Lv headed for periodic table

Years after their discovery, the elements 114 and 116 have finally been christened by their Russian and American discoverers. Say hello to flerovium and livermorium, also known as Fl and Lv.

Cosmic Log (MSNBC)

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A worker dressed as Santa Claus greets spectators during an aquarium show in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Apichart Weerawong / AP)	Rapid Bucharest’s Cristian Oros stretches for a ball in a Group C, Europa League match against Hapoel Tel-Aviv, in Bucharest, Romania. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda / AP)	Air Force One with President Barack Obama onboard departs Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa. (Photo by Rich Schultz / AP)

NATION

Oil boom puts strain on ND towns

North Dakota‘s oil boom is expected to make it the third largest producer of oil after Alaska and Texas. But many residents are not singing “Happy Days Are Here Again” — they’re saying “enough.”

NPR

Crude oil rises, heads for weekly gain

BusinessWeek

Hinckley not dangerous and should be released, lawyers say

A hearing continues to determine whether John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others, should be released from the mental hospital he has been a patient at since his 1982 trial.

CNN

POLITICS

Next move remains unclear on the payroll tax cut extension

Senate defeat of competing Democratic and Republican plans to extend a cut in the Social Security payroll tax has punted the issue to the House, where GOP leaders are facing ideological divisions.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama, Clinton to announce energy saving program

With former President Bill Clinton as a partner, President Barack Obama is announcing a $4 billion effort to increase energy efficiency in government and private sector buildings at no cost to taxpayers.

NPR

According to Republicans, Obama to face huge obstacles in 2012

Republican governors, who swept to big victories last year, think President Barack Obama faces huge political obstacles. But they’re hardly brimming with confidence about the 2012 election.

Star Tribune

Immigration issues trips up GOP presidential contenders

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Has US learned the lesson of Enron 10 years later?

From humble origins as a natural gas distributor, Enron became a great trading operation. Virtually no one knew how it had made so much money. Ten years ago came the answer: It hadn’t.

Houston Chronicle

Web usage-based billing on its way

Time Warner Cable and U.S. pay-TV companies, weighing how to profit from surging Internet demand spurred by Netflix and Hulu, are on the verge of charging new fees on customers who use the most data.

San Francisco Chronicle

Siri can’t direct you to an abortion clinic

Apple’s Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

CNN

Stephen Colbert tests Siri’s conservative cred

Rolling Stone

EDUCATION

More pay issues at Calif. state universities

California State University trustees will cancel a vote on salaries for campus presidents, while University of California regents were criticized for giving raises to some of UC’s best-paid executives.

San Francisco Chronicle

Florida A&M University dismisses 4 students in hazing death

Florida A&M University said that it’s dismissing four students for their role in the hazing death of a marching band member.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Hugo’ picks up best film and earns Martin Scorsese director of the year

“Hugo”, Martin Scorsese’s 3-D hymn to cinema, has been named film of the year by the National Board of Review. The Manhattan-based collective board also named Scorsese director the year.

Guardian

‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ fans struck with Stockholm syndrome

Stieg Larsson has brought many visitors to Stockholm. A number of tourists have traveled to Stockholm because of the books. They see the city almost as one of the characters in the stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Exhibit explores religion’s cultural side

Rev. Kevin Flynn and Rabbi Reuven Bulka launched a new exhibit at the Museum of Civilization called “God(s): A Users Guide” to highlight the similarities of practices, symbols and belief systems in major faiths.

Vancouver Sun

Interracial couples banned from attending Kentucky church

A small baptist church in eastern Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from joining the congregation and from taking part in all church functions other than funerals.

Guardian

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”

George Eliot

English author

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Cartoon (Joe Heller):

Shop til you drop

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mark LeVine):

Let’s look at Egypt’s 12,001 missing votes

Al Jazeera

Blog (Sonia Tsuruoka):

Welcome back, Bob: An iconic TV host returns

(Slate)

Brow Beat

Column (James Ridgeway):

The future of growing old in America

Guardian

Cartoon (Nick Anderson):

Not a cartoon

Houston Chronicle

Column (Lily Rothman):

Why I am proudly, strongly, and happily in favor of adverbs

The Atlantic

Column (Michael Weinreb):

Boise State vs. LSU: The game that should (but won’t) happpen

Grantland

Column (Jocelyn Newmarch):

The West has money, lacks ’political will’ on climate change

Business Day

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Home-schoolers combine academic lessons, real-life experiences

Home schooling has evolved in the past 20 years from simply giving children lessons at home to arranging a complex network of extracurricular activities that supplement the academics.

Columbia Missourian

Village of Shia and Sunni sects an oasis of religious tolerance

In Qila Bhatianwala village, Shia and Sunnis live, pray, celebrate and mourn together, while the rest of the country sinks deeper into religious intolerance.

Express Tribune

Vegetables and fruit may lower stroke risk in women

Diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and whole grains appear to lower a woman’s odds for a stroke, even if she has a prior history of heart disease, new research shows.

HealthDay

WORLD

Old laws leading to a new crackdown in South Korea