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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, N.Y. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm. (Photo by Kathy Willens / 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

NYC mayor says up to 40,000 may need relocation

Victims of Superstorm Sandy went to pray for deliverance as cold weather — and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week — added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom.

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CBS News

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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

Abbas sparks fury over Palestinian ‘right to return’

Mahmoud Abbas is facing widespread condemnation and anger after he publicly waived his right to return to live in the town from which his family was forced to flee in 1948.

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The Age

Minnesota doctor’s solo practice goes against the crowd

Christopher Wenner is part of a fledgling national movement that’s using technology and an entrepreneurial spirit to recapture what some say has been lost in the march toward corporate medicine.

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Star Tribune

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Mid-America Transplant Services and its officials move into for-profit ventures

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

Prison factories are caught in private business debate

Almost 13,000 inmates working in federal lockups around the country for a few dollars a day make everything from military uniforms to electrical parts that are sold exclusively to federal agencies.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Obama joins Romney in bid for slimmest electoral edge

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney crisscrossed the election battleground states hunting for a path to 270 electoral votes needed to win on the final weekend of their campaigns.

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BusinessWeek

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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Mail in ballots: The hanging chads of 2012?

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Reuters

POLITICS

Million Puppet March draws about 1000 on National Mall

More than 1000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. in support of public media at The Million Puppet March three days before the presidential election.

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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

BUSINESS

Siemens to take a further write-down on solar business

German engineering conglomerate Siemens will have to take additional gross writedowns of more than 250 million euros ($321.13 million) on the solar business that it is exiting, a German paper reported.

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Reuters

Union workers strike at Raley’s supermarket chain

Union workers at Raley’s supermarket chain, which operates more than 100 stores in California and Nevada, went on strike after last-ditch efforts to reach a new contract failed.

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USA TODAY

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

Everyone wants a slice of Raspberry Pi

The $40 programmable computer is a global sensation. Will it encourage kids to teach themselves code, or just end up in the hands of nerds?

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Guardian

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

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

Mormon faith may have helped, not hurt, Romney campaign

Concerns about Mitt Romney’s LDS religion barely surfaced in the general election and, in fact, his embrace of leadership roles in the faith in the final months of the campaign may have boosted his effort.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Early education as the best crime deterrent

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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America’s social contract is at stake

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Lawrence Journal-World

Column (Jim Jenkins):

A vote not wasted at all

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McClatchy Newspapers

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

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GOOD NEWS

New company creates freedom for the visually impaired researcher

Students who are visually impaired can face many hurdles throughout their schooling. Now, conducting scientific research doesn’t have to be an obstacle.

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LiveScience

‘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

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

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

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

HEALTH

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

Meningitis outbreak brings attention to treatment of back pain

As the country continues to reel from a fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a tainted steroid used to treat back pain, the medical industry is debating again about how back pain is treated.

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ENVIRONMENT

Is there something larger going on?

Sandy has set off new waves of anxiety about the state of the atmosphere.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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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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

Movie maker George Lucas plans future ‘personal films’

George Lucas is done with “Star Wars,” but not with filmmaking. The “Star Wars” creator says he still plans to make his “own little personal films.”

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FOX News

SPORTS

Andrew Luck’s record day excites Indianapolis Colts

The game between the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts was billed as a showdown between two rookie quarterbacks who have accelerated the rebuilding process in their cities.

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NFL.com

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Chuck Pagano delivers an emotional postgame speech to the Colts

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USA TODAY

Inaugural World Series of Fighting card deemed a success

Anthony Johnson and Andrei Arlovski earned knockout victories in the first World Series of Fighting match. The organization president expects the series “to get better and better.”

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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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