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Residents line up to receive a hot breakfast and food supplies at a temporary facility operated by FEMA in Brooklyn, N.Y. Many people in the line indicated that they are still living without heat, six days after Superstorm Sandy struck the region. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

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Solar system gets a revised birth certificate

About 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system’s planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. Or maybe not, according to a new paper.

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Science 2.0

Did the solar system have an extra planet?

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(Nature)

News Blog

Survey: People as young as 30 experience memory loss

A new study reveals that memory loss can begin as early as age 30, even though the average age at which people generally experience memory loss is about 57 years.

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Implanting false memories

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(Psychology Today)

Media Spotlight

Falling temps add urgency to Sandy recovery

Falling temperatures are putting more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Disappointed New York marathoners run in aid of Sandy victims

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Christian Science Monitor

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A forever changed East Coast shoreline

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NBCNews.com

Affirmative action for Asian-Americans: do students support it?

Ethnic politics is always a touchy topic, but the issue at the University of Texas has a sharper edge as the U.S. Supreme Court examines whether the university violates the Constitution.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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The changing state of US ethnicity

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BBC

ADHD drugs do not raise heart risk

A study has shown that children who take Adderall, Ritalin and other central nervous system stimulants do not have a higher chance of developing serious heart conditions.

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Medical News Today

NATION

Portland rally delivers pre-election message against funding cuts

Several hundred people marched through the Lloyd District in Northeast Portland for a rally against funding cuts to social and public services.

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Oregon Live

California winner claims $23M lotto prize just in time

For more than five months — while Julie Cervera struggled to pay a $600 electrical bill, feed her family and keep the cable company from shutting off her service — she was a millionaire without knowing it.

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CBS News

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

What US want from the next president

On the eve of an election that everyone says involves two “stark” choices, people across the country have a simple plea for Washington: Work together.

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Christian Science Monitor

How secure is your electronic vote?

It’s an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?

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CNN

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Voters prepare to weigh in, from president to local issues

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Mail in ballots: The hanging chads of 2012?

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Reuters

Enthusiasm is key in Ohio ground game

Mitt Romney’s campaign is banking on a certain excitement — ephemeral, and harder to quantify by data — for a victory in Ohio, a state that both sides believe is within the close.

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Politico

POLITICS

After vote, ‘fiscal cliff’ still looms

No matter whether President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney is in the White House, a crushing blend of tax increases and spending cuts will go into effect unless Congress acts.

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Columbus Dispatch

GOP aims to expand gubernatorial power

Washington gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna looks to help Republicans cross an important threshold while expanding their power nationally.

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CNN

BUSINESS

SEC questioned Groupon over weak financial controls

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked Groupon Inc. to explain its accounting for coupon refunds and other aspects of its business.

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Bloomberg

An insurance break for homeowners

The switch to calling Sandy a superstorm instead of a hurricane was not just a matter of semantics: The change could save homeowners thousands of dollars.

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BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Curiosity sniffs Martian atmosphere, detects no signs of life

By analyzing the Martian atmosphere, scientists on NASA’s Curiosity team hope to understand whether Mars now — or ever was — capable of supporting life.

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Forbes

Mars rover snaps spooky portraits

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Cosmic Log

SRI researcher leads cybersecurity effort

Many people cite Albert Einstein’s aphorism “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Only a handful, however, have had the opportunity to discuss the concept with the physicist.

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San Francisco Chronicle

In-sync brain waves hold memory of objects just seen

The more in-sync electrical signals of neurons were in two key hubs of the memory circuit, the more those cells held the short-term memory of a just-seen object.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Egypt’s Coptic Christians choose pope

The Coptic Orthodox church has chosen Bishop Tawadros as the new pope to lead the Middle East’s biggest Christian community.

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Al Jazeera

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Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians community

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BBC

IRS not enforcing rules on churches

For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service has not been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches.

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ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Gary Younge):

Barack Obama and the paradox behind his African American support base

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Guardian

Column (Edward Sozanski):

‘Dancing around the bride’ with Duchamp’s modern guests

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Denis Hayes):

When did politics become all about ‘me’?

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Column (Joel Connelly):

‘Redefining’ marriage: We’ve been doing it for centuries

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Christie forces Fox to rewrite its script

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Alec MacGillis):

On voting worries, sweat the small stuff

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(The New Republic)

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Blog (Ingrid Wickelgren):

Where are the gifted minority students?

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Streams of Consciousness

(Scientific American)

Editorial (Tex ‘Red Tipped Arrow’ Hall):

Analog tribes in a digital economy

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USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

‘Good Deed’ warms the heart

Thanksgiving is but a few weeks away, and it’s a time when many families will be gathering together, sharing food, memories and gratitude. A recently published memoir fits these themes.

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Arizona entrepreneurs innovate on shoestring budget

The Coe brothers, who founded their Tempe-based business with $500 in cash and an idea to rewire video game controllers to make certain games easier to win, generated $1.8 million in revenue.

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Arizona Central

Bollywood big guns make big donations

It’s charity season in Bollywood, with actors giving away fat wads for causes close to their hearts. Anil Kapoor has just fulfiled his wish of donating his entire “Slumdog Millionaire” fee to charity.

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WORLD

EU chief offers new aid to Myanmar

European Union chief Jose Manuel Barroso has offered Burma more than $100 million in development aid to boost trade following decades of sanctions.

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BBC

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Analysis: unforgiving history in Myanmar

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Economist

Fears grow over pace of reform as China ushers in new leaders

China’s incoming leaders face a growing clamor for reform as the days count down to the country’s once-a-decade power transition, with demands for changes across the policy spectrum.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

Low-performing Colorado schools try to meet improvement deadline

Six of Colorado’s poorest-performing school districts are now coming up on a deadline to get better or risk having the state withhold funding, replacing existing schools with charters.

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Denver Post

EU gives $200M for security, education in turbulent Somalia

The European Union has given Somalia $200 million to improve education, the legal system and security, as the Horn of Africa nation tries to recover from more than two decades of conflict.

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Reuters

HEALTH

When should hospitals be evacuated?

Superstorm Sandy has forced health commissioners on state and city levels to reevaluate their disaster policies.

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Salon

Fewer at-risk patients are receiving the flu jab than last year

With winter fast approaching, many people risk becoming seriously ill if they have not yet been vaccinated against the flu.

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The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Mountain meadows in Pacific Northwest are disappearing, study says

Meadows located high up in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest have been observed to be rapidly declining in recent years.

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Wind farm noise harms sleep and health, say scientists

A recent research presents evidence to support complaints from people living near turbines that the sound from their rotating blades disrupts sleep patterns and causes stress-related conditions.

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Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Plan for a Cuban landmark’s rebirth sparks debate

A celebrity ballet star pledges to raise millions of dollars to rescue an architectural masterpiece abandoned five decades ago in his native Cuba.

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Ballet star seeks to revamp dance school

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Al Jazeera

Why sign language interpreters are considered animated

Signers are animated not because they are bubbly and energetic, but because sign language uses face and body movements as part of its grammar.

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The Atlantic

SPORTS

Mariano Rivera wants to return to Yankees in 2013

All-time saves leader Mariano Rivera plans to pitch again for the New York Yankees next year. He told the Yankees that he’ll return from a knee injury that sidelined him for most of the season.

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FOXSports

Notre Dame rallies to outlast upset-minded Pitt in triple overtime

Down 20-6 in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame was going to need some big plays and a little luck to stay undefeated and keep its national title hopes alive. It got just enough of both.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Martin Luther King Jr. aimed to alter balance of power

A group of activists takes to the streets, demanding that the American government help the poor to stay afloat. Occupy Wall Street? No, the Poor People’s Campaign, created by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Photo of the Day

A boy plays with a soccer ball as a thunderstorm approaches at an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama’s late father, Barack Obama Sr., in western Kenya. (Photo by Ben Curtis / AP)

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