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President-elect Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary-designate Bill Richardson laugh after a question was asked about Richardson's recently removed beard. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Obama moves fast to fill top posts

"You don't have time to waste," said incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. "This is the worst economic situation since the Great Depression and the largest commitment of troops since Nixon."

San Francisco Chronicle

In background, president-elect's team weighing auto industry options

Obama and his economic advisers are studying options to help the automobile industry beyond what Congress does or doesn't do before he takes office.

CNN

Lost: 1.9 million American jobs

U.S. unemployment rose by 533,000 in November, official figures show — the biggest one-month rise since 1974.

BusinessWeek

Stocks turn mixed after dismal jobs report

Forbes

Job recovery could be slow and weak

CNNMoney

Recession hits Billy the elephant

BBC

5 Blackwater guards indicted in shooting that killed 17 Iraqis

Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have been indicted and a sixth is negotiating a plea with prosecutors for a shooting that killed 17 Iraqis.

San Francisco Chronicle

Al-Qaida suspect held in US will get hearing in Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments from an accused al-Qaida operative who is being held without charges in a military brig.

USA Today

NATION

Chinese property hunters to raid US

Chinese bargain hunters are preparing to descend on American cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homeowners have suffered some of the steepest price falls in the US.

Financial Times

Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures rise to record

One in 10 Americans fell behind on their mortgage payments or were in foreclosure during 2008's third quarter as the world’s largest economy shed jobs and real estate prices tumbled.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Kennedy interested in Clinton's N.Y. senate seat

Caroline Kennedy has spoken to New York Gov. David Paterson about the Senate seat that will come open when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes secretary of state.

ABC News

Caroline Kennedy introduces her Uncle Ted at DNC

YouTube

Chris Matthews close to Pa. Senate run

Chris Matthews of MSNBC is serious about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, and he is shopping for a house in the state and privately discussing quitting MSNBC to prove his intense interest.

CBS News

Matthews interviews Paul Krugman

YouTube

Hutchinson ready to rumble in Texas?

Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to seek a third term in 2010, but Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison transferred $1 million from her federal re-election account into a new gubernatorial exploratory committee.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Venus comes to life at wavelengths invisible to human eyes

New images taken by instruments on board ESA’s Venus Express provide insight into the atmosphere of our neighboring planet.

Science Daily

Cleaner air to turn iconic buildings green

For buildings the future is bright — bright green, that is. New research into how stone facades will be altered by changes in the atmosphere suggests that the days of smutty gray and black buildings are gone.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Alt-energy carmakers jump on bailout

Tesla Motors is asking the government for $400 million and XP Vehicles has asked for $45 million through the $25 billion auto industry loan program, which is set up by the Department of Energy.

MSNBC

Polluters spending record amounts of money to fix violations

Companies violating environmental laws will spend a record $11.8 billion in 2008 to reduce pollution.

TIME

HEALTH

The art of now: living in the moment

We don't appreciate the living present because our "monkey minds," as Buddhists call them, vault from thought to thought like monkeys swinging from tree to tree.

Psychology Today

How to lose weight safely

Are you sick of crash diets and fad diets? Follow these tips for healthy weight loss.

WebMD

EDUCATION

Virginia school tops US best high schools

For the second consecutive year, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., tops U.S. News & World Report's list of America's best high schools.

U.S. News & World Report

Potential Obama education secretary visits Education Department

A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the U.S. Department of Education on what he said was a purely social call.

USA Today

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Damon Hill):

Honda's demise sounds a warning to the big beasts of the grid

Telegraph.co.uk

Editorial:

An open letter to the European Union

Prague Post

Column:

Paul Krugman on Depression economics

Newsweek

Column:

FDR's bold brain trust versus Obama's timid wonks

Salon.com

Blog:

Is Honda pullout the end of F1?

International Herald Tribune

Column:

Why Detroit's woes are bad for Toyota

TIME

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5 tips for keeping your job

CNNMoney

Column (Eugene Robinson):

Bush revises his history

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

US, India becoming best of friends

Investor's Business Daily

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Critics rap MSNBC, Matthews

Politico

Column:

Detroit revs up its bailout begging

Salon.com

Column (Robert Dreyfuss):

Obama's Afghan dilemma

The Nation

Column (Peter Robinson):

Run, Jeb, run

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Businessman funds 'people's inaugural'

Virginia businessman Earl W. Stafford will invite disadvantaged people, wounded soldiers and others to a prime inaugural location on Pennsylvania Avenue, his "People's Inaugural Project."

CBS News

Laugh and the world laughs with you

Ever wonder whether happy people have something you don't, something that keeps them cheerful, chipper and able to see the good in everything? It turns out they do — they have happy friends.

TIME

Happiness: It really is contagious

NPR

WORLD

At global climate change talks, optimistic eyes look ahead to Obama

At the international climate change talks in Poland, three themes dominate the discussion: money, emissions targets and President-elect Barack Obama.

U.S. News & World Report

Climate change from Poland to the poles

NPR

African leaders take hard line against Zimbabwe's President Mugabe

Two prominent African leaders have launched an attack on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, saying it is time for him to be pushed out of power, by force if necessary.

ABC News

Rice calls on Zimbabwe's Mugabe to 'leave'

YouTube

BUSINESS

Amid cannibalization woes, netbooks eat into Microsoft sales

Sales of netbooks, which have gained traction among budget-conscious computer buyers, have surged since the earliest versions launched three years ago.

CNNMoney

Where's netbook's niche?

ZDNet

AT&T slashing 12,000 jobs

AT&T joined the recession's parade of layoffs by announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force.

CBS News

SPORTS

Midshipmen turn Army-Navy into lopsided series

The Army-Navy game has always been about celebrating the brotherhood of the military, but the game has meant something else this decade: Navy domination.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Patriots sign linebacker Junior Seau

Junior Seau signed with the New England Patriots, coming out of retirement again to help bolster his former team’s injury-depleted defense.

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Digital music to make up 41 percent of sales by 2013

The percentage of sales accounted for by digital-music formats will reach 41 percent by 2013, a new study indicates.

BetaNews

How the baby boom generation is changing retirement

As postwar baby boomers head into their 60s and beyond, marketers are portraying them as free spirits who are set to defy the stereotypes of old age.

Newsweek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Catholic groups fear abortion rights bill

The Roman Catholic Church is coordinating a national postcard campaign to oppose the Freedom of Choice Act.

Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Firefighters stand beside a fire in Duesseldorf, western Germany. Firefighters hold a solemn vigil in front of the state parliament since last Saturday to protest against the cut of salaries. (Photo by Frank Augstein / AP)

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