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In this file photo, Anson Mount portrays Cullen Bohannon in the original series “Hell on Wheels" on AMC. Western TV has been out of fashion since the 1960s, but the show and others may be signalling a comeback for the genre. (Photo by Chris Large / AMC / AP)

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Return of the wild bunch: Westerns on American TV

Slow-talking men with mysterious pasts, good-time gals and feisty frontierswomen, barroom brawlers and fast-fisted double talkers? It can only mean one thing: The Western is back in fashion — in a big way.

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The Independent

Overviews of greatest Westerns of 4 directors: Ford, Hawks, Peckinpah and Mann

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TV trailer: ‘Hell on Wheels’

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YouTube

Feds detail supercomputing’s future at Seattle conference

Federal agencies are working on everything from supercomputing in the cloud to software optimizations for fusion research, and will discuss their findings at the annual SC11 conference in Seattle.

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InformationWeek

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Amazon’s cloud: 42nd fastest supercomputer

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Ars Technica

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America’s Jaguar supercomputer

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CNBC

NY court rules against Occupy encampment

A New York judge has upheld the city’s dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters’ First Amendment rights don’t entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza.

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CBS News

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Berkeley police shoot armed man in campus computer lab

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Reuters

Updates on the clearing of Zuccotti Park

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(New York Times)

City Room

Syria’s ‘bloodiest day’ since start of uprising leaves scores dead

At least 70 people have been killed in violence across Syria over the past 24 hours in one of the bloodiest days since an anti-government uprising began eight months ago, activists reported.

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Al Jazeera

Do regulations cost jobs?

Two AEP power plants tell a complex story of what happens when regulations written in Washington ripple through the real economy. Economists say the overall impact on employment is minimal.

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Columbus Dispatch

Stem cell trial halted

The world’s first official trial using human embryonic stem cells in patients has been halted. Geron, based in California, made the sudden announcement that it was halting further work in this field.

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BBC

NATION

Out-of-state retirement slows down

Aging baby boomers who dreamed of retiring in the sun near Florida beaches or Arizona deserts have hit a speed bump: the bad economy.

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USA TODAY

State of Tennessee seeks waiver on No Child Left Behind

Tennessee’s education chief has asked the federal government for reprieve from its No Child Left Behind law in favor of a more flexible state accountability system that focuses on overall school growth.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

11 states seek early-bird waivers

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(Education Week)

As Iraq hostilities end, fate of combatant still unclear

As the U.S. winds down operations in Iraq, national security officials have a big decision to make: what to do with a senior explosives expert captured by American troops five years ago.

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NPR

POLITICS

House caps Fannie, Freddie CEO pay

The Financial Services Committee voted 52-4 to cap salaries for top executives at distressed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in line with the less extravagant federal payscale.

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Politico

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Why Fannie, Freddie execs get paid a lot

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CNNMoney

GOP letter to President Obama: Holder should resign

The letter, addressed to President Barack Obama, highlights Holder’s role in the botched gun-tracking operation Fast and Furious, which was run under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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The Hill

Gingrich basks in recent rise in polls

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the latest GOP presidential candidate to experience an uptick in poll numbers, attributed his success in part to running a “positive” campaign.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Postal Service reports massive $5B loss

Declining mail volumes and mounting benefit costs are taking a toll on the postal service. Losses would have been greater, roughly $10.6 billion, if not for legislation postponing retiree health benefits.

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CNNMoney

Apple appoints Levinson chairman; Iger to board of directors

Apple Inc. (AAPL) beefed up its board by appointing Art Levinson as chairman, filling a vacancy left by the death of Steve Jobs, and adding Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger as a director.

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Bloomberg

Consumers hit stores, boost economy

Consumers are giving a modest lift to the economy. They spent more on autos, electronics and building supplies in October to boost retail sales for the fifth straight month.

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Tulsa World

ENVIRONMENT

Mongolia bids to keep city cool with ‘ice shield’ experiment

Mongolia is to launch one of the world’s biggest ice-making experiments later this month in an attempt to combat the adverse affects of global warming and the urban heat island effect.

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Guardian

A trip into mushroom foraging

While foraging one’s own nettles, berries or chestnuts (or paying top dollar for them at restaurants) has both foodies and greenies in a tizzy, no other gathering has quite the cachet of mushroom hunting.

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Grist

Japan’s radioactive farmland mapped

Nuclear fallout in farmland in eastern Japan is worse than expected. Now, officials have a map of where they should concentrate regulatory and clean-up efforts.

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EDUCATION

Often excluded, more special-needs students taking NAEP

States boosted the numbers of students with disabilities who participated in the 2011 reading and math tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP.

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Why Americans are choosing to study abroad in record numbers

The number of American students who study abroad has been climbing steadily, more than tripling in the last two decades. The need to compete in a globalized world is one reason.

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Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Jerry Sandusky proclaims innocence in NBC interview

The former Penn State assistant coach has denied allegations that he sexually abused eight boys and told a television interviewer he was not a pedophile.

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Detroit Free Press

More suspected victims; Sandusky says he’s innocent

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The Two-Way (NPR)

Hockey Hall of Fame induction: a Mark that would make mom proud

NHL defenseman Mark Howe, goalie Ed Belfour and forwards Doug Gilmour and Joe Nieuwendyk were inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

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Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Istanbul and the US ‘peace process’ for Kabul

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Al Jazeera

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Is it time to talk to your kids about sex?

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MarketWatch

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Europe’s new technocrats are not miracle-workers

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Business Day

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We won’t rock you: music’s decline on FM radio

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Slate

Blog (Alexis Madrigal):

#Occupy: The tech at the heart of the movement

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Christian Science Monitor

Online sales tax could be a boon

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Denver Post

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists find gene that signals ‘Stop!’ to skin cancer

Scientists have found a gene whose absence may be an important driver for a common form of skin cancer, because its presence effectively signals “Stop!” to the proliferation of cancer cells.

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Medical News Today

Hundreds turn out for rally to end pet gas chamber use in Pa.

Two hundred animal lovers turned out in Malvern, Pa., for a rally to end the practice of gassing shelter pets.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Brain implant could treat epilepsy

A flexible brain implant being developed with funding from National Institutes of Health looks promising as a way to get a high-resolution picture of neural firing.

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WORLD

Cuban oil project fuels US anxieties

A massive $750 million Chinese-built oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, is due to arrive in Cuba before the end of the year, to begin drilling a series of exploratory wells.

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BBC

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Crude oil futures turn higher after US data

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DailyMarkets.com

Italy crisis: Debt cost puts pressure on Mario Monti

Italy’s cost of borrowing has risen again to the danger level, with bond yields reaching 7.039 percent, putting the new Prime Minister Mario Monti under pressure as he tries to form a government.

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BBC

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Europe: period of ‘pain and sacrifice’

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BBC

US deepens ties with Asia amid fears about China

The U.S. deepened military ties with Asia, reassuring its partners of its commitment and capitalizing on fears about China’s rise. Both face a simple truth: They need each other, possibly more than ever.

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CBS News

US embarks on an Asia offensive

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(TIME)

Global Spin

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook tracking is under scrutiny

Recently Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users’ privacy by making public too much of their personal information.

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USA TODAY

Google’s music store set to launch

Google will finally launch its long-awaited music store at an event in Los Angeles. The company’s kept the event under wraps, but has dropped some pretty heavy-handed hints.

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CNBC

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Google friends Facebook to fight Piracy Act

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Bloomberg

Deep-chilling trauma patients to save them

Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging critically injured people into a deep chill — cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees into extreme hypothermia — in hopes of saving their lives.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HEALTH

Healthier diets include frequent snacks

People who munch on snacks between meals tend to have healthier diets than those who stick to eating only at regular mealtimes, a new study finds.

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LiveScience

Mirror trick could ease arthritis

The pain of arthritis can be reduced by an optical illusion which uses mirrors to deceive the brain, a study suggests.

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Telegraph.co.uk

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church pitches in to help family in need

When he had a job, Todd Molloy thought of himself as the go-to guy. Now, in his time of need due to family stress, friends from A New Hope church in Riverside, Pa., began fixing up a new home for his family.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

DIA embraces challenge on marketing religion, art

For the Detroit Institute of Arts, promoting a household name like Rembrandt is not cumbersome, but marketing Jesus is much more complicated.

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Detroit Free Press

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kids have adult tech skills; parents just don’t know it

Security firm AVG says the average 11-year-old has “adult skills" with technology. They perform the same tasks when surfing the Web, getting a gadget to work and solving complex computer issues.

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CNET News

Childish Gambino tries to be a grown-up

Donald Glover is truly a multifaceted talent, writing comedy for Comedy Central, and other media outlets. As if that weren’t enough, he also raps under the moniker Childish Gambino.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Health care survey: Employers may cut plans after 2014

Employees can kiss goodbye employer-provided health coverage, at least as it exists today. That’s the message of a survey of 1,300 employers just released by McKinsey & Co.

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ABC News

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A boatman crosses River Jhelum seen through a Chinar tree during a foggy day in Srinagar, India. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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