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A European, left, and two German flags fly under a cloudy sky at the Place of the Republic in Berlin. European leaders met in Brussels for a summit on the European financial crisis.  (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP) Online video sites go pro and get original The online videos Americans watch are about to change. Services are now starting to feature their own professionally made videos. NPR Game changers: the women who are influencing video games Guardian Study: Breast cancer screening may cause more harm than good When taking into account the frequency of false positives and unnecessary surgery, the risk of breast cancer screening offsets the benefits, British researchers reported. ABC News   Europe moves ahead with fiscal union, UK out Europe divided in a historic rift over building a closer fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries agreeing to forge ahead with a separate treaty, leaving Britain isolated. Globeandmail.com Blog: Live: EU treaty and debt crisis Telegraph.co.uk Map: Eurozone deal reached without UK BBC The global financial crisis TIME Occupy Boston protesters to clear out Occupy Boston protesters remained firmly entrenched in a downtown city square after a midnight deadline passed for them to clear out or face eviction. CNN EPA theorizes fracking-pollution link The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of lifting the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for groundwater pollution. Denver Post   NATION Whatever happened to the downtown people mover? The monorail will end up an asterisk in the annals of urban transport, but there was a brief moment in history when it was the next great thing. The Atlantic How US guns flow freely to Mexico If anyone at Academy sports shop in Houston was suspicious as John Hernandez pushed $2,600 in cash across the counter, they kept it to themselves. Guardian Slain Virginia Tech officer identified as Army veteran, father A gunman killed a Virginia Tech police officer, who was a Army veteran and married father of five, at a campus parking lot and then shot himself to death in an attack that shook the university. San Francisco Chronicle Blog: Live updates: Virginia Tech shootings MSNBC POLITICS GOP blocks Obama Consumer Agency pick from taking charge The new watchdog agency designed to shield consumers from the excesses behind the 2008 financial crisis lost a shot at operating at full strength as the GOP paralyzed the White House’s nominee. TIME Is Eric Holder‘s grip on the ’Fast and Furious’ fiasco slipping? As calls grow for Eric Holder’s resignation, the embattled attorney general faces what one Republican promised would be “fast and furious” pointed inquiries from the House Judiciary Committee. Christian Science Monitor Blog: Live: Eric Holder appears at House hearing on ‘Fast and Furious’ scandal CBS News BUSINESS US trade deficit shrank in October to lowest this year The trade deficit narrowed in October to the lowest level of the year, reflecting a drop in imports that will help give the U.S. economy a lift. BusinessWeek The unemployment rate drops, but economists aren’t smiling The U.S. unemployment rate lurched downward in November to 8.6 percent, but economists disagree on the job question because they entertain different scenarios for the factors that affect it. BusinessWeek Texas Instruments cuts revenue outlook, shares slump Texas Instruments cut its outlook for the current quarter and warned demand was broadly lower as customers reduce their inventories, sending the No. 3 chipmaker’s shares down sharply. Reuters ENVIRONMENT Why deforesters could soon have freer rein in the Amazon Despite overwhelming support among the Brazilian public for harsh measures against illegal deforesters, Brazil’s Congress looks set to loosen deforestation restrictions instead. Why? Christian Science Monitor Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil The man known as Indonesia‘s “green governor” chases the roar of illegal chainsaws through plush jungles in his own Jeep. He goes door-to-door to tell families it’s in their interest to keep trees standing. ABC News DNA from invasive Asian Carp found north of Twin Cities dam DNA from invasive Asian Carp has been found in Minnesota, raising the spectre that the destructive fish might already be on their way up river to hugely popular recreational lakes. Star Tribune Rep. Hansen: ‘Time to move into containment process against carp’ State Column EDUCATION Schoolchildren could be given lessons in being transgender Primary schoolchildren could be taught what it is like to be transgender as part of plans to introduce “equality” lessons in to the classroom. Telegraph.co.uk Completion conundrum for community colleges around the nation Community colleges will have to do much of the heavy lifting to achieve the ambitious college degree attainment goals that President Barack Obama and powerful foundations are pushing. Inside Higher Ed RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY King James Bible First printed 400 years ago, it molded the English language, buttressed the “powers that be” — one of its famous phrases — and yet enshrined a gospel of individual freedom. National Geographic Why do we spend money on happiness we can’t afford? James A. Roberts’s “Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don‘t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy” tells the story of the American Dream gone awry by profligate materialism. USA TODAY   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Amy Sullivan): Why Rick Perry’s new ads are wrong on religion — and Obama Articles of Faith (TIME) Column (Danny Schechter): What happens in Europe doesn’t stay in Europe Al Jazeera Cartoon (Nick Anderson): Mythblusters Houston Chronicle Blog (Timothy Noah): The end of the affair  (The New Republic) Timothy Noah Column (David Sirota): What real education reform looks like Creators Syndicate Cartoon (Rick McKee): Merry Christmas from the Bowl Championship Series USA TODAY Editorial: Congress, citizens need to face reality Des Moines Register Blog (Scott Barry Kaufman): Confidence matters just as much as ability  (Psychology Today) Beautiful Minds   Site edited by: Tanya Flowers, Kevin Augustine, Sara Stewart, Brian Lam, Diana Shaw, Shahinaz Ayoub, Jessica Duncan, Brian Kendall, Brigitte Leschhorn, Paul Wertheim, Charlene Morisseau, Sarah Alender and Brooke Coggiano.   GOOD NEWS Rhythms flow as aging jazz pianist finds new audience After a chance encounter, Boyd Lee Dunlop, living in a nursing home in Buffalo, got a chance to record a CD and headline a concert. New York Times Computer woes a boon to Colorado Gives Day online charity drive Contributors flooded the Colorado Gives Day online charity blitz with nearly $12 million by the time donations closed at noon, up from $8.4 million collected last year. Denver Post Diego Rivera, communist and Mexican icon, honored with Google Doodle Google pays tribute today to Mexican mural painter Diego Rivera, one of the great artists of the early 20th century. So who was Rivera? What made his art special? Christian Science Monitor WORLD US official: Iran does have our drone A U.S. official has said that there is ‘high confidence’ that a captured American aircraft shown on Iranian television is, in fact, one of this country’s most sophisticated spy planes. CBS News More than 70 deaths reported as hospital in India burns A fast-moving fire ripped through a private hospital in Kolkata, killing scores of people. Dozens of others were injured from smoke inhalation and patients smashed windows in a desperate struggle to escape. New York Times Vladimir Putin accuses Hillary Clinton of encouraging Russian protests Vladimir Putin has accused Hillary Clinton of fomenting an increasingly vociferous opposition movement in Russia, threatening to derail the two countries’ fragile resetting of relations. Guardian SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Scientists excited over hints of finding elusive ‘God particle’ Scientists eagerly await data that may prove the existence of the Higgs boson, which is key to understanding mass in the universe. Or the hints may be a false alarm. Los Angeles Times Researchers watch Type 1 diabetes as it unfolds, in real time A new real-time view of immune cells attacking the pancreas sheds light on how type 1 diabetes unfolds, as white blood cells seek out and destroy insulin-producing beta cells. Popular Science HEALTH Study: the truth behind sugar in breakfast cereals A new study points to the high sugar content in breakfast cereals, but the industry pushes back to make profits. HealthNews Starch consumption raises risk of returning breast cancer Breast cancer survivors whose starch intake is above average have a greater risk of cancer recurrence compared to other breast cancer survivors, researchers from U.C. San Diego concluded. Medical News Today In overweight children, heart risks can start as early as 3, study shows When children are overweight, heart health risk factors such as dangerous cholesterol levels and artery inflammation can start as early as age three, according to a University of Miami study. McClatchy Newspapers Childhood obesity best battled in schools Scientific American LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Photography revolutionized for truth When a set of online teasers for a new camera called the Lytro appeared earlier this year, you could have been forgiven for seeing the invention as just another gimmick. The Atlantic Creating community: The local food movement is changing how we eat The local food movement was at one time dismissed as a marketing tactic for a tiny niche of food sales. But the number of farmers markets and community-supported agriculture programs have gone up and up. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Schadenfreude explained: Why we secretly smile when others fail When the office slacker makes a mistake that could cost them a pay raise — do you truly feel bad, or do you have to work to hide your smile? If you smiled, you’ve just experienced schadenfreud. LiveScience SPORTS Injured Roethlisberger leads Steelers to 14-3 win over the Browns Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played through a high ankle sprain in the second half to help the Steelers win for the eighth time in their last nine games. USA TODAY Rockets massive overhaul falls apart The Rockets’s massive overhaul to get center Pau Gasol from the Lakers fell apart when hours later, after the three teams involved considered the deal “done,” the NBA stepped in and killed it. Houston Chronicle   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT As poppy fields flourish in Mexico, heroin use surges in US What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers have expanded into the Midwest and the Atlantic Seaboard, narcotics experts say. 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