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President Barack Obama speaks at the G-20 summit in Seoul. The president is wrapping up his nine-day tour of Asia with a final stop in Japan for the APEC economic summit. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

From bomb maker wannabe to e-bike revolutionary

The e-bike revolution is starting on the Web, where groups are choosing to make their own bikes propelled by battery-powered electric motors.

CNN

To reduce national debt, ‘shared sacrifice’ necessary, deficit chairs say

The chairmen of President Barack Obama’s debt commission have outlined a plan designed to show that progress is possible in reducing the national debt — if Americans agree to make tough compromises.

Christian Science Monitor

Digging deeper into the proposal for cutting national debt

ABC News

Obama says he’s not caving on tax cuts

President Barack Obama declared that his “No. 1 priority” is preserving tax cuts for the middle class, and sharply denied that his administration is about to cave into Republicans.

CNN

With jobs going away, middle class downsizes

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama battles dire economy on 2 fronts

CBS News

The battle for the future of health care reform: how it will impact you

Thousands of Americans renewing their health insurance plans will see new benefits kick in, under the health care reform law. But the future of the law remains in limbo.

ABC News

Minn. governor seeks to join health care suit

Star Tribune

Wandering minds less happy

There‘s a good chance your mind is drifting right now, suggests a new study. You’d likely be happier if you just focused.

Discovery News

Daydreaming is a downer

Science

NATION

Deficit panel targets popular mortgage interest tax deduction

Among the proposals put forward by the Democratic and Republican co-chairs of the deficit commission is one idea that could hit homeowners where it hurts: reducing the popular mortgage interest tax deduction.

NPR

Veterans Day: how it’s changed

At Veterans Day events across the country, people gathered to honor the millions of men and women who have served or are serving in the armed forces.

National Geographic

Your warrior stories

Newsweek

Hurricane season winds to a close

The U.S. will escape one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record with relatively minor damage and a handful of deaths.

St. Petersburg Times

POLITICS

End to US military gay ban ‘would not harm war effort,’ experts say

Most U.S. troops think allowing gays to serve openly in the military would have a minimal effect on U.S. war efforts. Some 70 percent of troops surveyed said the effects would be positive, mixed or nonexistent.

BBC

Obama travels signal foreign policy shift

After many months at home, President Barack Obama is taking back-to-back foreign trips that represent a pivot from new foreign policy challenges to old ones.

NPR

BUSINESS

Cotton prices surge; will you pay?

The rising cost of cotton, the “fabric of our lives,” is alarming textile manufacturers and may soon affect consumers‘ wallets. Heavy summer rain and flooding has caused shortages across the world.

ABC News

Climbing mount publishable

Years ago North America, Europe and Japan produced almost all of the world’s science, but the old scientific powers are now losing their grip.

Economist

’Tis the season of hiring?

Joe Cardamone has been working for JC Penny for 36 years. Walking the aisles of his store, he sees signs of an economic turnaround in a pile of picked-over sweaters.

ABC News

Retail stocks drop; Wal-Mart heats up online fight

MarketWatch

EDUCATION

Encouraging deep learning

Many community college students do not engage in enough classroom activities that enhance their “broadly applicable thinking, reasoning and judgment skills,” according to the Survey of Student Engagement.

Inside Higher Ed

College-bound, but not college-ready

The readiness numbers generated skepticism and even heated criticism from some educators who questioned ACT‘s benchmarks.

Chicago Tribune

SPORTS

Nuggets rally to hand Lakers 1st loss

With the game tied and the ball in his hands, J.R. Smith’s gamble paid off. His tie-breaking 3-pointer sparked an 11-0 run that led the Denver Nuggets to a 118-112 win over Los Angeles.

Sports Illustrated

Heisman voters stick by Cam Newton

Cam Newton was on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy — until allegations were made that he sought money to play at Mississippi State and cheated on his schoolwork while a student at Florida.

ESPN

Special section:

Brief history of the Heisman Memorial Trophy

HeismanTrophy.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish museum completes new home in Philadelphia

After 34 years in cramped quarters but with big dreams, a new museum opening in the heart of the city’s historic district aims to tell for the first time the complete story of the Jewish experience in America.

USA TODAY

Hats offer salute to Scripture

When the apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the Christian church in Corinth 20 years or so after the death of Christ, it’s unlikely he had the $599 hat from Shellie McDowell Millinery in mind.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Megan Mcardle):

So, about that deficit commission ...

The Atlantic

Column (Mike Cassidy):

Yahoo! philanthropy is up to its employees

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Joseph A. Bosco):

How well are American Muslims challenging extremists?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Kenneth Walsh):

Trouble ahead for Obama’s presidency

U.S. News & World Report

Editorial:

Veterans Day reminds us we owe more than just parades to the 22 million who served

NY Daily News

Column (Fred Belmont):

Obama’s new digital learning plan: a killer app

Huffington Post

Column (Allison Samuels):

Where are the realistic black characters on TV?

Newsweek

Editorial (John Hayward):

Veterans Day and the end of war

Human Events

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GOOD NEWS

Women seek to change the image of American agriculture

The image of American agriculture has suffered a few punches in recent years, but “Big Ag” has a secret weapon it hopes will soften the blows: women.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Embrace may keep babies warm, alive

Embrace, a San Francisco social enterprise born out of a Stanford design class, hopes to change the tide in keeping infants warm. Its incubator aims to keep babies snug at a much lesser cost.

San Francisco Chronicle

Amputee athlete sets her sights on going for the gold

Daphne Hegreness has mastered rock climbing, wake-boarding, swimming and even skiing. Those feats may not sound that impressive until you learn that she has accomplished them with only one leg.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

G-20 grapples with easing currency strains