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Wayne Pittman, 46, sits in his Lawrenceville, Ga., home looking over unemployment papers as his extended benefits are set to expire unless Congress passes a vote to extend them. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

Baby names reveal more about parents than before

A new analysis of name statistics suggests that the meaning conveyed by a baby‘s name has ramped up as baby names have become more diverse and numerous.

LiveScience

Baby names from gems become popular again

Kansas City Star

Deficit commission to begin debate on plan, including benefit cuts

The members of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission will begin to go on the record as they debate politically explosive budget cuts in a revised plan to wrestle the national debt under control.

Baltimore Sun

National debt: Will anyone buy panel’s plan?

Christian Science Monitor

At holidays, 2 million lose jobless benefits

Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans will begin to run out, guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay.

Detroit Free Press

Loss of jobless benefits may affect economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Companies in US added 93,000 jobs

Bloomberg

Should Congress again extend jobless benefits for unemployed Americans?

MSNBC

2 Republicans hint at hope for arms treaty with Russia

President Barack Obama’s hopes of winning Senate approval for a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year were encouraged by two Republican senators, including John McCain.

New York Times

Medvedev warns of arms race

Reuters

Amtrak to let passengers bring guns on most trains

Amtrak will allow passengers to bring guns on most trains. The change, pushed by gun rights advocates and ordered by Congress, aligns Amtrak’s firearms policy with air travel rules.

Sacramento Bee

NATION

No decision on tax cuts

President Barack Obama and Republicans hailed the bipartisan summit as a positive step forward. But no firm agreement was reached on extending tax cuts.

ABC News

Geithner, Lew to negotiate tax cuts

Bloomberg

Pentagon: No harm in letting gays serve

The U.S. military could allow gays to begin openly serving in the military immediately with minimal risk to military readiness even as it fights two wars, a Pentagon study released concludes.

McClatchy Newspapers

‘Anti-gay’ iPhone app pulled from Apple store

ABC News

Law and civil rights

Polling Report

WIKILEAKS

Interpol puts Assange on most-wanted list

Interpol, at the request of a Swedish court looking into alleged sex crimes, has put WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on its most-wanted list.

CNN

WikiLeaks holds Bank of America documents from executive’s hard drive

BusinessWeek

Special section:

WikiLeaks: state’s secrets

New York Times

Amid fears, WikiLeaks presents some upside to US

Some revelations in WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of diplomatic cables and documents could ultimately prove useful to U.S. foreign policy objectives, analysts say.

NPR

Wikileaks: key issues

BBC

POLITICS

Senate passes bill to boost food safety

The Senate passed legislation to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities.

Houston Chronicle

House approves funds for black-farmer, Indian suits

The House gave final congressional approval for $4.6 billion to settle discrimination claims by black farmers and allegations that the government cheated American Indians out of land-use royalties.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Natural gas drillers feeling pressure

The Obama administration is considering forcing energy companies to reveal more details about the chemicals they use to help extract natural gas from public lands, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.

Houston Chronicle

Calif.’s controlled fires boost biodiversity

In certain ecosystems, fires are a natural and essential occurrence for maintaining forest health. However, resource managers have prevented natural fires.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

Dropout rates are falling, but still no cause for celebration

As part of the push for greater accountability in schools, states are now required to report on graduation rates in a more rigorous way.

TIME

Blog:

Patchwork nation: mapping high school dropout rates

(PBS)

The Rundown

Anthropology without science

A new long-range plan for the American Anthropological Association omits the word “science” from the organization’s vision statement, exposing fissures in the discipline.

Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

A team with a losing record could well win the ‘NFC Worst’

It is possible that the NFC West champion will have a losing record. Not only that, a 7-9 NFC West team could wind up hosting a first-round playoff game against a team that has won 10 or 11 games, maybe more.

Seattle Times

Sports Illustrated names Brees Sportsman of Year

New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees is the recipient of Sports Illustrated’s 57th Sportsman of the Year award.

Sports Illustrated

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Between lines on WikiLeaks, some reassuring revelations

Detroit Free Press

Blog (Marc Muchnick, Ph.D):

Got regrets?

(Psychology Today)

No More Regrets

Column (Dorsey Nunn):

Stop building prisons and invest in success

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Jack Shafer):

Why I love WikiLeaks

Slate

Column (Richard Reeves):

Dr. Strangelove redux

Truthdig

Blog (Andy Greenberg):

An interview with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

(Forbes)

The Firewall

Editorial (Bruce Drake):

Public favors spending cuts to reduce deficit

PoliticsDaily.com

Blog (Kevin Drum):

Bipartisanship at last

Mother Jones

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Lukas Dregne, Nisha Dubey, Pallavi Sukhia and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

World AIDS Day: progress and concern

As the global community commemorates World AIDS Day, international health organizations report both promising and sobering trends.

CNN

Licensing deal threatens cheap pharmaceuticals

The Independent

Special section:

AIDS and HIV

Guardian

AIDS around the world

MSNBC

Holiday giving expected to surpass $48B, study forecasts

Charities that can appeal to the emotions and those that make pitches in lots of ways will fare the best, according to a survey released by Convio, the fundraising software company.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

WORLD

It‘s official: North Korea says ’modern’ nuclear plant is operating

For the first time, North Korea made its uranium enrichment program a matter of written record with the proud claim in the country’s leading newspaper of a modern facility that is already operational.

Christian Science Monitor

Torrential rains leave 30 dead in Venezuela floods, landslides

Flooding and landslides unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 30 people in Venezuela, forced thousands from their homes and idled an oil refinery.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Google close to clinching Groupon deal

Google is reportedly closing in on a deal to buy online discount-coupon sensation Groupon for up to $6 billion, signaling a willingness to buy growth.

Reuters

Google’s doodlers humanize technology with art

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Customers pay by swiping smart phones, not credit cards

That smart phone in your pocket might soon replace your credit card. Dozens of wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and Silicon Valley startups work toward that goal.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Overeating, like drug use, rewards and alters brain

Brain scientist Ralph DiLeone has concluded: “The motivation to take cocaine in the case of a drug addict is probably engaging similar circuits that the motivation to eat is in a hungry person.”

NPR

Prescriptions for stimulants, painkillers soaring among youth

The number of prescriptions for controlled medications such as opioids and stimulants has nearly doubled in adolescents and young adults since 1994.

HealthDay

New labs will advance pharmaceutical studies in capital

Four laboratories, the first of their kind in Israel, for research, development and teaching, were opened at the Jerusalem College of Engineering.

Jerusalem Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Unraveling the mystery of why we give, or don’t

Generous impulses often are described as coming “from the heart.” In fact, the origins of giving probably are deep in the brain’s circuitry.

USA TODAY

New planet system may be most populated yet found

A densely packed set of planets around a sunlike star may be the closest match yet found to our solar system, at least by the numbers, astronomers say.

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Blair: Differing faith can be positive

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he believes differing religious faith need not result in strife and division, but rather an inspiration to do good and to make the world a better place.

Khaleej Times

Children learn about Jewish heritage through PJ Library program

Children in Florida’s Pinellas and West Pasco counties can get books on Jewish pride, identity and freedom through the PJ Library, a program that distributes Jewish books and music to U.S. children.

St. Petersburg Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Playboy bunny looks to Asia

Instead of relying on American men buying magazines and watching cable, the company’s profits will depend on two seemingly unlikely demographics: Asian women and cosmopolitan clubgoers.

TIME

Richard Branson launches Project as ‘1st truly digital’ magazine for iPad

“This is not a battle! This is not a war!” Richard Branson declared, guns blazing, at the launch in New York of his new digital venture — a monthly interactive magazine designed for the iPad.

Guardian

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