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Farmer John Mesrobian, shown here at his vineyard in Sanger, Calif., is one of many farmers who work a job off the farm to make ends meet in the struggling economy. (Photo by Gary Kazanjian / AP)

More farmers work away from fields to pay bills

More than half of America’s farmers work a job off the farm to make ends meet, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

NPR

Obama weighs income tax overhaul

President Barack Obama is considering whether to push for a tax code overhaul to lower rates and raise revenues in what would be his first major effort to address the long-term growth of the national debt.

MSNBC

Tax package seems headed for Senate passage

TIME

Obama ‘confident’ Congress will pass tax deal

NPR

‘Don’t ask’: Senate vote kills repeal

A Senate vote dealt a death blow to repeal of the “don‘t ask, don’t tell” ban, delivering a setback to President Barack Obama one week after a Pentagon study urged an end to the Clinton-era ban.

San Francisco Chronicle

Senate bid to end gay ban fails

BBC

FAA missing info on 119,000 planes

The Federal Aviation Administration is missing key ownership information on one-third of the 357,000 aircraft in the U.S. — a gap it fears could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers.

CBS News

Japan targeted on Kyoto climate stance

As this year’s U.N. climate summit nears its end, nations looking for a new deal have launched a diplomatic assault on Japan in the hope of softening its resistance to the Kyoto Protocol.

BBC

Blog:

Cancún climate change summit

Guardian

NATION

Americans’ wealth grew 2.2 percent in the last quarter

After declining in the spring, Americans’ wealth grew 2.2 percent in the July-September quarter as a rebound on Wall Street boosted stock portfolios.

MSNBC

Snowbirds help recovery after BP spill

Tourism officials in the areas of the Gulf Coast hit hardest by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill say winter tourism appears to be normal or better as snowbirds flock there.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Illegal immigration poses burden for developing nations as well as US

In the lowlands of Central America, Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica are proof that illegal immigration is not a problem solely for the U.S., Europe and other wealthy nations.

Arizona Republic

Slim majority supports DREAM Act

Politico

Sept. 11 health bill for workers blocked by Senate Republicans

Senate Republicans blocked a bill providing as much as $7.4 billion in health costs for thousands of volunteers and workers ill from toxic dust after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Bloomberg

Kerry urges FCC Democrats to vote for net neutrality

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wrote to Democrats at the FCC urging them to support a net neutrality proposal, even though it’s not perfect.

The Hill

EDUCATION

Questioning a degree’s value

The value of a master’s degree in education in monetary, philosophical and educational terms is under fire as conflicting camps are responding to increasingly high-profile criticism of merit pay systems.

Inside Higher Ed

Feds allege Va. Tech violated law during 2007 shootings

Virginia Tech could be fined or lose federal aid because it broke the law by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage, according to a federal report.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Edwards funeral to be picketed by controversial church

A church that pickets funerals to protest what it calls American immorality says its members will be picketing the service for Elizabeth Edwards, who died of breast cancer.

MSNBC

Chaplains worry about careers if ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is lifted

While most military personnel see no problem serving with openly gay comrades, some military chaplains are bristling.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tech jobs rebounding, analysts say

Tech jobs are coming back after hitting bottom, according to economy tracker Moody’s Analytics. The U.S. economy has added 47,000 technology jobs this year amid demand in Asia and Latin America.

San Francisco Chronicle

US cities with the most tech jobs

BusinessWeek

New planet found: star’s 4th world stumps astronomers

If three’s a crowd, a new planet recently discovered orbiting a sunlike star is really cluttering up its neighborhood.

National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Bolivian president warns nations against committing ‘ecocide’

Delegates from almost 200 nations worked to clear away a host of disputes at the climate change conference whose limited goals drew an accusation of “ecocide” from Bolivia’s President Evo Morales.

Huffington Post

Big agriculture criticized as top polluters

A report by Environment America said agriculture contributes to pollution that has made 100,000 miles of U.S. rivers and streams and 2,500 square miles of lakes too polluted for supporting wildlife.

Des Moines Register

SPORTS

Recent struggles beg the question: What’s wrong with Peyton Manning

NFL season week 14 comes with seemingly half the league wondering whether the slumping Peyton Manning deserves the milk-carton treatment: Have you seen this quarterback?

Sports Illustrated

Rondy to introduce team snowball fighting

The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous in Alaska says it’s going to import a new event from Japan for the city’s winter festival — a sanctioned, organized snowball fight called Yukigassen.

Anchorage Daily News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

The media’s authoritarianism and WikiLeaks

(Salon)

Unclaimed Territory

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Government ‘fixes’ only worsen problems

Detroit News

Editorial:

California dropping out on dropouts

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Aaron Sorkin):

In her defense, I’m sure the moose had it coming

Huffington Post

Column (Dan Rodricks):

Obama’s tax compromise: more rotten tomatoes for American workers

Baltimore Sun

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Political martial arts

Newsweek

Column (Toby Quantrill):

Climate change: the daily reality for farmers

The Independent

Editorial:

Teachers unions put on notice

Modesto Bee

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GOOD NEWS

Lighting up a family Christmas

In a three-hour makeover, the family became the first Minnesota winners of a national program that decorates the homes of families with members in the military.

Star Tribune

‘Wise Giving’ website to help public be proactive with philanthropy

The Association of Fundraising Professionals unveiled its new wise-giving website, Change the World With a Giving — and Wise — Heart, designed to help donors think proactively about giving.

PNNOnline

100 needy children go on holiday shopping spree

Hoping to spread a little holiday cheer for families in need, Palm Bay police took nearly 100 children on a Christmas shopping trip.

Florida Today

WORLD

Chinese dissident awarded Nobel Peace Prize with empty chair