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American households pay off debt

Americans have paid off nearly $1 trillion in debt over the past two years, although the pace of repayment has slowed, according to a regional Federal Reserve report.

CNNMoney

US household debt shrank 0.9 percent

Bloomberg

Dealing with the unseen scars of war

War veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder say military commanders, policymakers and health care providers need to take more steps to help make their transition into civilian life seamless.

CNN

BP oil spill panel: Risks taken, bad calls were made

The U.S. panel investigating the BP oil spill found no evidence decisions were made to put profit ahead of safety on the drilling rig, its co-chairman said.

MSNBC

Where’s the oil? In the food web, says study

Miami Herald

Gulf oil plumes still a threat?

National Geographic

Obama backs India post on United Nations Security Council

President Barack Obama endorsed India’s longstanding hopes of securing a permanent seat on the UNSC, an influential endorsement that could rankle India’s neighbors in Pakistan and China.

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama backs India for UN permanent seat

Reuters

Fast-food restaurants target US kids

Fast-food restaurants are stepping up efforts to market themselves and unhealthy food products to children and toddlers with television ads, websites and even their own menus, researchers said.

Reuters

Professor sheds weight on junk food

CNN

NATION

9/11 workers face deadline for settlement

Workers suing New York City over their exposure to toxic dust from the World Trade Center on 9/11 have to decide whether to join a legal settlement.

CBS News

Somali ‘pirates’ set for federal trial in US

Five Somalis accused of firing assault rifles at a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa are to face the first American piracy trial in more than 100 years.

The Independent

New mileage rules prompt backlash

Automakers and car dealers, emboldened by rising profits and a more business-friendly Congress, say they will fight the Obama administration’s proposal to boost average new-car fuel economy.

Washington Post

Blog:

Will the masses embrace electric cars despite high prices?

(USA TODAY)

DriveOn

POLITICS

Health law appeal turned away by US high court in interest group’s case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive a challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, leaving intact a ruling that said a California man and interest group filed their lawsuit prematurely.

Bloomberg

Too much money in politics? Ain’t seen nothing yet

The next election will bring an explosion of political money, perhaps hundreds of millions more than ever before, without effective spending limits.

MSNBC

GOP toes hard line on tax-cut extension

In another indication of political gridlock, House Republican leaders took a hard line on compromising with President Barack Obama on an extension of Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Constant curricular change

Faculty members routinely change their courses every semester, experimenting with both minor changes and major innovations, according to a national survey.

Inside Higher Ed

Schools reap benefits by going green

Nowadays a green school could include geothermal heat exchangers and solar energy, strategies that used to be too expensive to consider.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Natural energy scavengers redefine ‘people power’

Some scientists are dreaming about storing and using naturally generated electricity to provide perpetual power to run such things as cell phones and laptops.

Star Tribune

How Neanderthals differed from us

Neanderthal newborns had similar brains to human infants, though just after birth stark changes began to set in. These new findings could reveal details about the evolution of our brain.

LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Okla. Islamic law ban could block Ten Commandments, too

An Oklahoma Muslim filed a federal lawsuit to block a state constitutional amendment that would prohibit state courts from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases.

USA TODAY

Church bringing 40,000 members to St. Louis

About 40,000 “saints,” as members of the Church of God in Christ call themselves, are coming to St. Louis — lured there, says the church, with incentives $1 million greater than Memphis, Tenn., had offered.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ENVIRONMENT

New energy: Climate change and sustainability shape a new era

A new energy revolution, similar to shifts from wood to coal to oil, is inevitable as climate change drives a global search for sustainability in power production.

Christian Science Monitor

Cogenra Solar’s system includes practical twist

San Francisco Chronicle

Climate scientists prepare to take the fight to skeptical politicians

Faced with rising political attacks, hundreds of climate scientists are joining a broad campaign to push back against congressional conservatives who have vowed to stop emission regulations.

Star Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Gad Saad):

Is the death penalty barbaric?

(Psychology Today)

Homo Consumericus

Column (Mary Sanchez):

School zero tolerance policies have gone too far

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

Reality knocks

Columbus Dispatch

Editorial:

Time to soak the rich?

Boston Herald

Editorial (Karen Burke):

Co-operation is the road to ethical investment

Guardian

Blog (Dan Froomkin):

What in the world is going on inside Bank of America?

(NiemanWatchdog.org)

Ask This

Editorial:

US should give up on failed border program

Denver Post

Column (Robert Reich):

President Barack Obama could learn from FDR

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Matching children with adults who live their dream

Chris Balme puts together at-risk teens and business-world mentors who show them a brighter future. He has helped create more than 700 internship opportunities for middle school students.

Christian Science Monitor

A home for older Americans

The Peace Corps announced that the total number of volunteers in its 77 host countries has reached a 40-year high. Volunteers receive complete medical and dental care plus the cost of transportation.

ABC News

Greetings from Recoveryland

The Great Recession upended the topography of America. But even as parts of the country were laid low, some cities withstood the storm and could emerge even stronger and shinier than before.

Newsweek

WORLD

Pentagon: Afghans can manage by 2014

Afghanistan should be ready to handle its own security by the year 2014, the top United States defense chiefs said.

TIME

Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market

Highly enriched uranium that could be used to make a nuclear bomb is on sale on the black market along the fringes of the former Soviet Union, according to evidence emerging from a secret trial in Georgia.

Guardian

Armenian smugglers tried to sell nuclear material to terrorists

Telegraph.co.uk

Netanyahu begins US visit amid peace talks impasse

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a U.S. visit to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and discuss ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Citi debt funds probed by SEC

A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of Citigroup Inc. debt funds has subpoenaed former in-house brokers, some of whom contend the bank misled investors about how risky the funds were.

Wall Street Journal

SEC looks into allegations against Citi

NPR

Companies’ mobile apps adapt to office

As companies become comfortable letting employees conduct business by smart phone, they are increasingly turning to enterprise applications that can run on mobile devices.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Hooked on treatment: Md. patients pay millions, but diagnoses questionable

Marylanders pay millions of dollars to a behavioral clinic in Baltimore to help addicts who might not have the psychiatric illnesses it diagnosed, critics say.

Baltimore Sun

Nudging grocery shoppers toward healthy food

Grocery stores are getting wise to shoppers’ desires to eat better, and some are using the same marketing tricks the large food companies and restaurants have used for years.

NPR

Chefs: Tasty and light possible, but hard to sell

LiveScience

The food-mood connection

You’ve heard the claims: Chocolate evokes that loving feeling. Eating fish makes you smarter. If you are what you eat, as they say, then it certainly stands to reason that food can influence mood and brain power.

Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

Giants’ fast start quiets Seahawks fans in a hurry

The Giants thrashed the Seahawks, 41-7, Seattle’s worst loss at Qwest Field. New York coach Tom Coughlin emphasized that a fast start would quiet a stadium known for causing false starts.

Boston Herald

Giants postgame press conference

NFL.com

Jerry Jones hints at Cowboys changes

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones refused to discuss coach Wade Phillips’ job status but indicated significant changes are on the horizon after losing to the Packers.

ESPN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

German exhibit shows mass appeal of Nazi ideology

A new museum exhibit in Berlin focuses on the mass appeal of a failed artist who spent time in a homeless shelter and went on to become one of history’s biggest mass murderers.

NPR

Mystery still surrounds the Edmund Fitzgerald

It’s one of thousands of shipwrecks that dot the Great Lakes, but it’s easily the most famous. And theories on the sinking’s cause still abound.

USA TODAY

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