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In a surprise appearance, President Barack Obama speaks in the White House’s Brady Briefing Room, in Washington. The president said a “faction” of Republicans in the House is refusing to vote on a Senate bill that would extend a payroll tax cut for two months. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

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Baltimore chocolatiers create sweetness to savor

Even with plenty of national brands, true connoisseurs know the only way to get the finest is from local chocolatiers with old-fashioned, handcrafted techniques that create luxurious confections.

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Rogue chocolatier: 24-year-old starts successful natural chocolate company

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North Korea: Kim Jong Un ‘to share power with his uncle’

Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s new leader, will share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong Il as the isolated country shifts to collective rule from strongman dictatorship.

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Obama presses Boehner to compromise

In a bid to end a worsening standoff over extending a tax break to Americans, President Barack Obama urged Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner to pass a short-term extension.

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Reuters

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Payroll tax cut showdown

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Payroll tax politics pose risk for House and Senate Republicans

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BusinessWeek

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57 percent say rich don’t pay enough taxes

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Politico

Jump in housing points to recovery

Housing starts and building permits jumped to a 1 1/2-year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, suggesting the housing market was entering a tentative recovery.

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Reuters

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How to read the surge in housing

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MarketWatch

‘Layaway angels’ have landed in US

Reacting to news stories of a Michigan woman who paid off strangers’ layaway accounts, anonymous donors have been paying off accounts at Kmart stores across the country.

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Covert Santas cover the layaway bills

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Palm Beach Post

NATION

Ohio set to see oil boom due to fracking

Ohio hasn’t been an oil powerhouse for nearly 100 years. But thanks to a controversial new drilling technology, the state could once again be significant.

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CNNMoney

US hopes music and art can soothe traumatized soldiers

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan etched scenes of violence and death into the memories of thousands of soldiers. Now, military researchers are exploring if writing, art and music can sooth their pain.

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BBC

She waited until it was time to go

A journalist, author, political activist, bank executive, rare-book dealer and literary aficionado, Barbara Dudley was an iconic figure to many in her hometown, including Andy Rooney, her life-long friend.

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Times Union

POLITICS

Gingrich’s popularity fading in US polls

Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich’s status as the front runner for the 2012 Republican nomination is fading after weeks of attacks by rivals and media scrutiny of his political record.

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Al Jazeera

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Romney goes on TV to attack Gingrich

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Reuters

Feinstein earmark quietly paves way for easier Calif. water sales

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein quietly used a $915 billion spending bill to accomplish a long-standing and, in some circles, controversial goal of easing Central Valley, Calif., water sales.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Fed bolsters tools to avert collapse of big financial firms

The Federal Reserve sought to curb the threat of financial turmoil by compelling the biggest banks to follow a tougher standard for risk management and demanding stricter oversight by banks.

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Bloomberg

With Detroit auto show, GM, others to show off the future

Pace of information about 2012‘s Auto Show has picked up: Chevrolet will reveal concept cars for millennials, Maserati’s Kubang SUV will debut and Lexus will showcase a new design direction.

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Detroit Free Press

2012 Detroit auto show: what to expect

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EDUCATION

Winning football, falling grades

The lists of arguments for and against big-time college football programs are both long. A new study suggests adding one item to the latter list: winning football teams may make male students stupider.

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Inside Higher Ed

Colleges pay presidents millions while raising tuition

Some private colleges are paying their top executives millions of dollars, at the same time they’re hiking tuition prices for their students.

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CNNMoney

HEALTH

Deadly bird flu is grown deliberately in laboratory; potential to infect millions

Dutch researchers were able to mutate an H5N1 strain of avian influenza so that it can be transmitted easily through the air. The scientists have been told their research is a terrorist threat.

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Daily Mail

Bioterror security at risk

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Security Clearance

Scientists find the secret to a long, indulgent life

Italian researchers have identified a molecule produced when people diet that could lead to the development of a drug that mimics the effect of restraint, offering a longer life without self-denial.

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The Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish families celebrate Hanukkah in Christmas communities

In a culture dominated with Christmas decorations and Santa sightings, local Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah say creativity and adaptation help them survive what some call the “December dilemma.”

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The Times

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Menorahs lit around the world for the first night of Hanukkah

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MSNBC

Study: Christian population has shifted from Europe

The Christian population has shifted dramatically over the last century away from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas, yet Christians overall remain the largest religious group in the world.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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When politicians speak of Christ

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Christian Science Monitor

Expand visa program to create more new jobs soon

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Orlando Sentinel

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‘Evolution’: a book that turns science into art

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The new great leader is Kim Jong Uh-Oh

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USA TODAY

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Ambrose Bierce is the new anti-Santa

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Los Angeles Times

Blog (Larry Doyle):

Please gimme some real truth for Christmas

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Ideas

Cornell and Technion — Israel to create super science school

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North Korea is not less of an enigma after Kim

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Some jobless are saved by the Salvation Army bell

The Salvation Army bell ringers and their iconic red kettles have been a familiar sight during the holidays for more than 120 years. Today, this temporary job has become a lifesaver.

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NPR

Thrifty-minded shopper shares her savings by couponing for causes

Jenny Sanford of Colorado, whose day job is in banking, uses “tactical couponing” to help others fill kitchen cupboards. After counting receipts for 2010, she even had enough to help a family pay back rent.

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Denver Post

Wayward dachshund reunited with Olathe teen at KCI

Crista Banks, a dachshund owner and volunteer, helped Abby Mason, 14, reunite with her missing dog, Addison, by using her own frequent flier miles for the dog and dog owner.

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Kansas City Star

WORLD

Philippines buries dead, rebuilds after deadly storm

Residents of two southern Philippine cities battered by a storm that left over 1,000 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands started the hard work of reclaiming their lives.

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Reuters

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Philippine flood toll rises

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NEWS.com.au

Evading arrest, Iraqi VP denies hit squad claim, killing government officials

Iraq‘s Sunni vice president denied charges he ran a hit squad during the nation’s wave of sectarian bloodletting, accusing the Shiite-led government of waging a campaign of persecution.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Texas Forest Service: Drought may have killed a half-billion trees

As many as a half-billion trees may have died across Texas from the 2011 drought, the state’s forest service says. Early estimates show effects of the drought are numerous and widespread.

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CNN

Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardian crew raided by Japanese police

Twenty officers of the Wakayama Prefecture Police raided the Charmant Hotel where Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardians have been staying near Taiji.

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Environment News Service

Google invests $94 million in California solar farms

Google announced a joint clean-energy investment in four California solar farms, aiming to generate enough power for more than 13,000 average American homes.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Proposed law aims to shine light on conflict metals

Delly Mawazo Sesete wants consumers to know what is in their smart phones, computers and other electronics, and where U.S. companies like Apple are getting the rare metals for making them.

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NPR

Seniors benefit most from ‘exergames,’ medical experts say

A meta-analysis by researchers at Michigan State University evaluated if active video games provide the same cardiovascular benefits as a nonvirtual workout. The short answer is, “kind of.”

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why we feel nostalgic during the holidays

Holidays bring holiday memories, and often a sense of nostalgia for good times long gone.

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LiveScience

The heliotrope house automatically follows the sun like a plant

The sun is the greatest source of energy. Instead of spending money to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.

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Scientific American

The strange saga of a made-up activist

The life and tragic death of Uzbek woman Gulsumoy Abdujalilova turned out to be a Facebook hoax, but her meaning for dissident movements in closed societies like Uzbekistan’s is all too real.

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The Atlantic

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Social media and Syria’s revolution

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Rudaw

SPORTS

Penguins defeat Blackhawks, 3-2

Evgeni Malkin had another big night with three assists as the Penguins downed the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, at the Consol Energy Center. The Blackhawks entered the evening in first place in the NHL.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NCAA gives Ohio State bowl ban, hits Tressel with show cause

The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and additional penalties for violations that started with eight players exchanging Buckeyes memorabilia for cash and tattoos.

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Star Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Heart disease: Know the signs of the No. 1 silent killer of women

Many women with heart disease are caught unaware, and what they don’t know may cost them their lives, since women face a greater likelihood of death from a first heart attack than men do.

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An Indian man drinks from a tap on a water pipe as he bathes outside near a sewage drain on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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