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In this file photo, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Straits of Hormuz near Iran. As Iranian warnings to keep U.S. carriers out of the Persian Gulf continue, the Pentagon will announce budget cuts to forces in other regions of the world. (Photo by U.S. Navy / Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate/ AP)

50 years on: 1962

The “Sixties” as we know them, began in 1962, a year of seismic events — the Cuban missile crisis, Berlin Wall, Mandela jailed, Telstar satellite TV, James Bond’s film, and the sexual revolution.

Economist

Special section:

The sixties: years of a generation that shaped a nation

PBS

Sixties music: a musical tour

YouTube

Republican candidates get ready to rumble in South Carolina

The brawl, known as the S.C. Republican presidential primary, is on. The Palmetto State hosts the first-in-the-South primary on Jan. 21. Voters have correctly picked the eventual GOP nominee since 1980.

McClatchy Newspapers

Ron Paul raises $13 million since September

The Hill

US unveils plans for pared down military

President Barack Obama traveled to the Pentagon to unveil his plan for a leaner, cheaper military that will retain the ability to fight terrorism and confront new threats, singling out China and Iran.

CNN

Critics question Pentagon’s new strategy

NPR

Obama’s speech at Pentagon

CBS News

Baghdad hit by deadly bomb blasts

A wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Msnbc.com

Review:

Timeline: deadliest attacks in Iraq

Reuters

Wall St. weighed down by EU banks

U.S. stocks are slipping, pressured by worries over European banks. But concern was tempered by good domestic news, with unemployment claims falling and private sector hiring rising in December.

Msnbc.com

C.F. Martin & Co., a guitar pickers’ paradise for 6 generations

Guitar-playing pilgrims travel to Penn. to tour the most coveted flattop guitars in the world. The story began in 1833 when Christian F. Martin opened a redbrick factory next to a family homestead.

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

CDC scientists deem study of health affects of fracking necessary

The U.S. should study whether hydraulic fracturing used to free natural gas from wells is a hazard to people or food sources, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Bloomberg

Unemployment soars in some college majors — architecture, arts

If you want the best odds of getting a job after graduation these days, don’t major in architecture or arts.

CNNMoney

FDA bans certain uses of antibiotics in food-producing animals

In a bid to protect antibiotics for treating humans and reduce the development of drug resistance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned certain uses of antibiotics in food-producing animals.

Medical News Today

POLITICS

RFK’s grandson forming exploratory committee for Barney Frank seat

Joseph P. Kennedy III is leaving his job as a prosecutor to lay groundwork for the House seat Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., held for three decades. A committee would allow him to raise funds.

(The Hill)

Ballot Box

John McCain endorses Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney and John McCain have a history of tense relations dating back to the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, but have been put aside as McCain endorsed Romney to take on President Obama.

Chicago Tribune

Rick Perry surprises staff, stays in race

Politico

Iowa turnout barely tops 2008 number as voter enthusiasm muted

Bloomberg

Stymied by Congress, Obama to boldly seat nominees

A defiant President Barack Obama took his boldest action yet to show voters he will confront Republicans, announcing he will install nominees into overseeing consumer lending and the labor force.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Demand drops at French bond auction

French borrowing costs rose, as a bond auction of long-term debt saw continued fears of being stripped of AAA credit rating. The euro was steady against the dollar and sterling following the auction.

Telegraph.co.uk

Blog:

Eurocrisis live

Guardian

SEC says adviser defrauded investors using LinkedIn

Securities regulators charged an Illinois-based investment adviser with using LinkedIn and other social networking websites to lure investors by offering more than $500 billion in fake securities.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Michelle Rhee’s ‘StudentsFirst’ coming to Missouri to support school choice

The education advocacy group founded by former Washington D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee will set up shop in Missouri this winter to help pass laws affecting public education.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous

In the spring of 2010, Seattle schools formed a partnership with local chefs to revamp the cafeteria menu to encourage healthy eating.

Grist

HEALTH

Misconceptions about HPV vaccine could deter safe sex, study finds

More adolescent and young women receive the vaccine. But health campaigns may have unintended consequences: Some, believing they are now immune to all infections, engage in riskier behavior.

Globeandmail.com

Monkey vaccine hints at how to stop HIV

Nature

More US women having twins

One in every 30 babies born in the U.S. is a twin — an astounding increase over the last three decades. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheists face uphill climb with new political party in US

Last March, Troy Boyle and a friend founded the National Atheist Party, which they believe to be the first American political party organized on the belief that God does not exist.

USA TODAY

Missouri chapel gives comfort and counsel to workers and travelers

The Interfaith Chapel, which has been at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport for more than 20 years, provides counseling, a daily Catholic Mass and a place for worshipers of all religions to pray.

Salt Lake Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Dave Zirin):

The year I learned to hate college football

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Indecision 2012: Republicans don’t know who they are

Star Tribune

Column (Robert Rabil):

Why US must step carefully in Syria

CNN

Column (Dennis Jett):

Let’s get rid of the State Department

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Ralph Reed):

Iowa caucus punctured the myth of the ‘evangelical voter’

(CNN)

Belief Blog

Column (Suzanne Perry and Caroline Preston):

Philanthropy and the 99 percent in 2012

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Editorial:

All nations must pitch in to stop Iran’s nuclear plans

NY Daily News

Editorial:

Iowa race settles nothing

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Aging animal photos focus on dignity

Isa Leshko, a fine art photographer, took pictures of geriatric animals for “Elderly Animals,” as she herself grappled with emotions from the year spent caring for her Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother.

Houston Chronicle

Flipped classroom changes dynamics of student efforts

In a new twist on education, “flipped” classes allow students to view lectures online on their own time and get individual help on their homework from teachers during class.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Smartphones improve foreign aid missions for US military

When an earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan in 2011, U.S. civil affairs Marines expedited aid delivery with a powerful new tool — hand-held smart devices. It was a trial by fire.

Marine Corps Times

WORLD

Prosecutor seeks death sentence, hanging for Mubarak