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Teen video-gamers’ brains may reward them more

Teenagers who spend considerable time on video games have different activity levels in areas of the brain that are linked to reward as well as potential addiction.

Reuters

Does video game playing alter the brain?

WebMD

FHA could need taxpayer bailout next year, report says

The federal agency that insures more than $1 trillion in mortgages may need as much as $43 billion from the U.S. Treasury to stay afloat if the housing market fails to rebound next year.

Los Angeles Times

Raising FHA loan limits

Yahoo! News

A deserted park and impending evictions

What started as the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in N.Y. has spread across cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth. Developments continue nationwide.

CNN

UC Berkeley shooting terrifies Occupy protestors, students

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Occupy Wall Street

Guardian

Fishing boats smuggle immigrants to Calif.

Over the last year, more than 600 immigrants have been caught trying to sneak into Southern California by sea.

NPR

Obama boosts US military in Australia

President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled plans to deepen U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific.

Reuters

NATION

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.

InformationWeek

America’s Jaguar supercomputer

CNBC

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.

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.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Blog:

11 states seek early-bird waivers

(Education Week)

Politics K-12

POLITICS

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.

Columbus Dispatch

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.

Politico

Why Fannie, Freddie execs get paid a lot

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.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Small businesses still find big banks to be reluctant lenders

Despite ads by Bank of America and others touting their records of helping small businesses, some merchants say their loan applications are routinely rejected — and have more success with small banks.

Los Angeles Times

Gibson playing the blues

A fight between the Obama administration and Gibson has reignited debate over how much a company must know about its foreign trade partners.

McClatchy Newspapers

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.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Does the New Orleans school system welcome disabled students?

In New Orleans, more than 70 percent of students attend a charter school — but the city’s new system has led to questions about whether the district is truly open to the most challenging students.

NPR

Counselors see conflicts in carrying out unique mission

Middle and high school counselors believe they soundly prepare students for good jobs or college, but they feel hamstrung by insufficient training and their own schools’ priorities, according to a study.

Education Week

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US Roman Catholic Church prepares to accept Episcopalians

The U.S. Roman Catholic Church will establish a body to accept members of the Episcopal Church, beginning with a few dozen ministers and at least two congregations seeking communion.

Reuters

American Atheists holiday ‘myth’ billboards to go up

The group American Atheists is planning to erect signs featuring images of Santa, Jesus, Poseidon and the devil next to the message: “37 million Americans know MYTHS when they see them.”

Huffington Post

SPORTS

Penn State scandal emboldens other abuse victims to step forward

The fallout from the Penn State scandal is prompting people with no ties to the university to contact lawyers across the country and reveal secrets they’ve kept hidden for years.

NPR

Blog:

Penn State and pride

(The New Yorker)

Daily Comment

NBA players file lawsuits against league

NBA players kept offering economic concessions, and it was never enough to satisfy owners. So with no labor deal and no place else to go, players decided to take their fight to the courtroom.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Dennis Jett):

What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street really have in common

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Reconsidering the tar sands oil pipeline makes sense for US

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Perry’s memory

Orlando Sentinel

Column (Robert Grenier):

Istanbul and the US ‘peace process’ for Kabul

Al Jazeera

Column (Elizabeth Bernstein):

Is it time to talk to your kids about sex?

MarketWatch

Column (Gideon Rachman):

Europe’s new technocrats are not miracle-workers

Business Day

Column (Christine Pawlak):

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

Slate

Blog (Alexis Madrigal):

#Occupy: The tech at the heart of the movement

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

On Block Island, RI, Mary Donnelly’s got your back

For more than half a century, Mary Donnelly — still toiling as a state nurse at the age of 83 — has helped nurse fellow Islanders back to health after surgeries, difficult pregnancies and other ailments.

(Msnbc.com)

The Daily Nightly

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.

Medical News Today

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.

Discovery News

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.

BBC

Crude oil futures turn higher after US data

DailyMarkets.com

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.

Al Jazeera

Arab League meets with Assad’s foes

Reuters

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.

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.

CNBC

Google friends Facebook to fight Piracy Act

Bloomberg

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.

BBC

HEALTH

New studies point to weight loss at the doctor’s office

Two new studies offer some of the first evidence of success with weight-loss programs that the authors said would be relatively easy for primary care providers to put into practice.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

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.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

As glaciers melt, Bhutan faces increased risk of ‘mountain tsunamis’

As the Himalayan glaciers melt due to global warming, the small Kingdom of Bhutan struggles to head off an increasing number of GLOFs: glacial lake outburst floods, or “mountain tsunamis.”

TIME

Experts debunk polls claiming fewer Americans believe in climate change

Politicians, and the public have all been told by the media and others that public belief in global warming has dropped sharply. Except that it hasn’t, as polling by certain media syndicates makes clear.

Grist

Whales and salmon: when enemies need each other

Both killer whales and Chinook salmon are endangered in the Pacific Northwest. However, one of the biggest problems facing both animals is one eats the other.

Discovery News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The small, but proud, ukulele has an enthusiastic new generation of fans

Nearly a half century after Don Ho played “Tiny Bubbles” and Tiny Tim tiptoed through the tulips, the ukulele is hot again. More young people are leading the way in the unlikely musical renaissance.

Denver Post

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.

CNET News

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