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Terrell Collins of Detroit pauses while checking employment opportunities on a laptop computer while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. (Photo by Paul Sancya / AP)

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Is the dollar dying a slow death?

The U.S. dollar seems to have many lives. Even before 2008's financial crisis, countless pundits and economists predicted its demise as the world's primary currency.

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TIME

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Commodities rally, dollar declines

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Bloomberg

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Freebies for the jobless

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CNNMoney

Cars are approaching 'auto' pilot mode

When it comes to driving, humans have an appalling safety record. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 2.35 million were injured in car accidents last year.

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MSNBC

US 'grieving' after army base shooting

President Barack Obama has said the "entire nation" is grieving after a shooting that killed 13 people at a Texas army base.

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BBC

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Female officer stopped Fort Hood soldier

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ABC News

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Muslim backlash fears post-shooting

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NPR

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Tragedy at Fort Hood

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CBS News

Internet, cell phones don't increase isolation, study says

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that the Internet and cell phones have not increased social isolation in the U.S. Pew's Personal Networks and Community Survey.

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NewsFactor

Special section:

Study: social isolation and new technology

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Pew Research Center

Spirit bears become 'invisible'

On a few islands in Canada, white 'spirit bears' walk the woods. Now scientists have discovered how these striking animals, a race of black bear, survive.

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BBC

NATION

US official endorses workplace clinics for vaccine distribution

The federal health official in charge of immunization and respiratory diseases said that H1N1 vaccines should be distributed through many outlets, including workplace clinics, to get it to high-risk people quickly.

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Report: Pot use, arrests rising in Calif.

Marijuana arrests in California are increasing faster than the nationwide rate, and African Americans are being booked for pot-related crimes much more often than whites, a new report says.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Calif. medical pot shops abound, despite order

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MSNBC

Florida jail rescue video turns inmates into heroes

Half a dozen TV cameras lined a small conference room inside the Hillsborough County Jail in Florida — all waiting to interview the inmates who saved a deputy's life three days earlier.

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St. Petersburg Times

POLITICS

More delays? House health care bill vote may be further delayed

Members of the House of Representatives are poised to vote on health care legislation, but a top Democratic leader acknowledged that the vote may get pushed back a few more days.

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ABC News

Abortion is overhaul hot button

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NPR

Census-immigration amendment rejected

The Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, that would have constructed the 2010 census so as to include a question about citizenship.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Securities firms hire derivatives lawyer to lobby for them

Seven major American and foreign banks have hired a prominent financial lawyer to lobby on legislation that would restrict how banks do business in the multitrillion-dollar derivatives market.

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The Hill

ENVIRONMENT

Geoengineering discussed in DC

Dr. Ken Caldeira, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, provided a balanced look at the potential benefits and also the costs and possible harm of geoengineering.

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Environmental News Network

Plan to save world's rarest duck

Fewer than 20 Madagascar pochard are believed to be living on just one lake in the wild. The endangered duck is so rare that it was declared extinct in the late 90s.

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Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Texas' teacher merit pay program hasn't boosted student performance

For the $300 million spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement. But it didn't happen with the now-defunct program.

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EducationNews.org

Report: Student health plans inefficient

A new report shows that the health insurance plans sold to almost 100,000 college students in Massachusetts result in higher profits for insurance companies than those available to the general public.

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HEALTH

Are doctors ailing US health care?

A Dartmouth analysis has shown that physicians gravitate toward affluent locales in the U.S. that already have all the medical help they need.

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Reuters

Can a bad boss make you sick?

If an inept or abrasive boss is ruining your workday, you may be taking that stress to heart, literally.

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HealthDay

Bacteria thrive in select areas of body

A new inventory of the body's microbial community provides one of the most thorough whole-body maps to date of the estimated 100 trillion individual microbes the body harbors inside and out.

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U.S. News & World Report

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

A mix of flash and idealism at the Latin Grammy Awards

Glitz and heart-on-sleeve emotionality mingled, every so often, with political and social messages at the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.

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Oprah's future in question

Whether Oprah Winfrey will move her chat show to her own cable network remains an industry guessing game.

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Forbes

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The Oprah Winfrey network?

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CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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America is rusting because of free trade

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Salon.com

Climate change threatens millions of jobs

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Huffington Post

Is Fort Hood a harbinger?

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Newsweek

What independents want

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How can we adapt to unemployment?

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Christian Science Monitor

'Sesame Street' in constant renewal

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USA TODAY

Afghanistan: Gordon Brown digs in

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Telegraph.co.uk

Don't punish pro-lifers

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Obama and gay rights

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Huffington Post

The current deficit debate is for the birds

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Slate

Obama has FOX; Truman had TIME

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McClatchy

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GOOD NEWS

Fashion industry helps power shelter

Clothing offered by an LA shelter is an essential aspect of the support services it offers, and has a host of individuals and organizations in the fashion industry to thank for its continued availability.

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USA TODAY

Perot pledges $6.1M to Kan. Army college

Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College.

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Ford Foundation commits $100 million to change public education

The Ford Foundation has pledged $100 million over seven years to support efforts to improve American public education.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

WORLD

Brown warns Afghan leader on corruption in government

In unusually harsh terms, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the Kabul government would forfeit its right to support against the Taliban insurgency if it failed to root out corruption.

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Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design.

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MSNBC

Deal on Honduras crisis 'fails'

A deal to resolve the crisis in Honduras has failed after interim leader Roberto Micheletti said he was forming a "unity government" without ousted President Manuel Zelaya's representatives.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Shopping with a time limit: Why pop-up shops are hot

Despite the negative sales forecasts for the holiday shopping season, now might be the right time to open a store. As long as it's going to go away.

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TIME

AIG posts net income of $455M

American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the U.S., posted its second straight profit as investment losses narrowed and catastrophe costs declined.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan

More than a hundred people were lined up outside a Verizon Wireless store in Manhattan to be among the first people to buy the new Motorola Droid.

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CNET News

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Droid smartphone arrives at Verizon Wireless

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YouTube

Are the Alps growing or shrinking?

The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result comes from a new study by a group of geoscientists.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Its 'Mother' dead, the future of a doomsday sect is in doubt

Members of a Montana-based sect whose influence expanded as it prepared for a nuclear holocaust, now search for new directions after the death of Elizabeth Clare Prophet — "Mother" to her followers.

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Google News

Hindus, teachers oppose US state tax on yoga classes

Yoga practitioners are criticizing a Missouri sales tax that applies to yoga classes, claiming they should be exempt because the lessons include spiritual elements.

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SPORTS

Crowds roar, bells ring as NYC throws parade for Yankees

Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.

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USA TODAY

Zenyatta projected to place 1st in Breeders’ Cup Classic

Alexandra’s absence leaves the 5-year-old mare Zenyatta as the star attraction of the Breeders’ Cup, a collection of 14 races that will be run in Arcadia, Calif.

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Kansas City Star

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Scientists closer to diabetes cure

Scientists have coaxed immature pancreatic cells to produce insulin in mice, a result that could eventually lead to a cure for type 1 diabetes in humans.

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ABC News

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Visitors relax in a furniture installation titled: "Phantasy Landscape Visiona 2" designed by Denmark's Verner Panton, whose works are on display at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in Tokyo. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama / AP)

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