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Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, speak to the media after a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

The soul of the tea party

The fight is on for the soul of the tea party. On one side: libertarian-minded grassroots activists. On the other: the leaders of the wealthy, powerful and better-established Christian right.

Newsweek

Blog:

How powerful is the tea party anyway?

(Mother Jones)

MoJo

Federal Reserve’s report: We loaned banks trillions

The Federal Reserve has lifted its veil of secrecy regarding special lending programs during the financial crisis by revealing the specifics of transactions with firms like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Federal focus

CNNMoney

Revised debt-cutting plan gets 1st nods of support

The leaders of President Barack Obama’s debt-reduction commission unveiled a revised savings plan as panel members signaled reluctance to reach a consensus to cut benefits and eliminate tax breaks.

BusinessWeek

Deficit panel issues report but puts off vote on recommendations until Friday

Politics Daily

Federal worker: Don’t freeze my pay

CNNMoney

Blog:

Key points from the deficit panel report

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

GM crops ordered destroyed

A judge has ordered the destruction of a genetically modified crop. Meanwhile, Vatican science advisers urge support for the crops, saying scientists have a moral duty to help the world’s poor.

Popular Science

Special section:

Genetically modified crops

GreenFacts

Men worldwide grow mustaches for cancer effort

“Movember,” which inspired 500,000 men all over the world to grow mustaches last month, has raised more than $100 million, as men collected sponsorships that earned more money as those mustaches grow.

Las Vegas Sun

NATION

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

Should Congress again extend jobless benefits for unemployed Americans?

MSNBC

Strong winds, rain close Statue of Liberty

A strong storm system brought rain and winds that shut down the Statue of Liberty and delayed flights for more than four hours at airports in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

CNN

Feds won’t end drilling ban off Fla.

The Obama administration will maintain a long-standing oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida after considering loosening it before the BP spill, a senior administration official said.

The Daily Star

WIKILEAKS

WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon after US political pressure

The United States struck its first blow against WikiLeaks after Amazon.com pulled the plug on hosting the whistle-blowing website in an apparent reaction to heavy political pressure.

Guardian

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

FTC report pushes stronger Web privacy but has limited enforcement

Self-regulation by advertisers has failed to protect Internet users, but regulators alone cannot implement “do not track” rules, the Federal Trade Commission’s top consumer protection official said.

Reuters

Gridlock, partisan anger threaten lame-duck session of Congress

Senate Republicans’ move to block business in the chamber has created a fresh round of partisan anger, threatening to delay the rest of the Democratic agenda in an already gridlocked lame-duck session of Congress.

Politico

RNC contenders lining up against Steele

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele continues to waver on whether he’ll run for re-election, as candidates for the job are building up their own images by drawing a contrast with his.

Roll Call

HEALTH

World AIDS Day: progress and concern

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

CNN

Special section:

AIDS and HIV

Guardian

AIDS around the world

MSNBC

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Review: plant porn and physics prayers

One man from San Francisco is targeting priest, scientist and artist in a playful rally against authority.

Religion Dispatches

Atheist-themed ads appear on Fort Worth, Texas, buses

The sides of four Fort Worth city buses will bear this message: “Millions of Americans are Good Without God.”

Star-Telegram

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Harry Potter’ actors are adults now, and ready to move on

You can see it on their faces and hear it in most of their remarks: They’re ready to move on with their lives.

USA TODAY

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

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Frederick M. Hess):

Time to really rethink teacher pay

Beltway Confidential

(San Francisco Examiner)

Column (Ben Lieberman):

Unleashing US energy resources could spark economic recovery

Washington Examiner

Editorial:

Earmark reform won’t drain red ink

Grand Rapids Press

Editorial:

AIDS battle continues

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Amy Goodman):

WikiLeaks and the end of US ‘diplomacy’

Truthdig

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

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GOOD NEWS

New York to support organ donations

New York City is launching a pilot program to pursue organ donation from people who have died of cardiac arrest outside of hospitals, a federally funded initiative that will be the first of its kind in the nation.

Wall Street Journal

Steroids and own blood help kick pain in the butt, says study

A shot of a patient’s own blood in addition to steroids and “dry-needling” can reduce the pain associated with hamstring tendinopathy, according to a study.

MedPage Today

Amazon deforestation on decrease

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest rate for 22 years, the government says.

BBC

WORLD

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

Boosting solar power ‘could help create jobs’ in South Africa

Increasing capacity for solar power would enable South Africa to become “a major player” in the industry and create thousands of jobs.

Business Day

Eurozone contagion fears spread to Italy

The Republic of Ireland’s bailout has failed to end the crisis of confidence gripping the eurozone, and may even have exacerbated it.

The Independent

BUSINESS

Ky. Gov. Steve Beshear announces theme park with $250M impact

Gov. Steve Beshear said that a creationism theme park, expected to open in Northern Kentucky in 2014, would have a $250 Million annual impact on the state’s economy.

Courier-Journal

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

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

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sugar cools a hot temper?

A spoonful of sugar may be enough to cool a hot temper, at least for a short time, according to new research.

ScienceDaily

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

EDUCATION

Parents and others challenging books find strength in numbers

Parents have long raised concerns about school and library books — children’s and young adult books, and sometimes dictionaries — often for inappropriate content.

USA TODAY

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

US stresses diversity in bid to host 2022 World Cup

Former President Bill Clinton stressed the diversity of the United States in its bid to host the 2022 World Cup, telling the FIFA executive committee that “we can fill a stadium with home-nation rooters.”

Sports Illustrated

Even with numbers on decline, Tim Duncan a force for Spurs

This has been the worst season for Tim Duncan, but it could shape up to be one of his best with the San Antonio Spurs.

USA TODAY

Duncan’s triple-double paces Spurs

NBA.com

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