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In this file photo, Rep.-elect Bobby Schilling, R-Ill., left, talks with Moline, Ill., police officers in Schilling‘s Saint Giuseppe’s Heavenly Pizza restaurant, in Moline.  (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP File) Pizza shop owner gets a taste of Congress Bobby Schilling has owned Saint Giuseppe’s Heavenly Pizza for 14 years now, but a couple years back, he asked his son to take over the business. Schilling wanted to run for Congress. CNNMoney Twitter has become a digital melting pot People have grown used to the idea of Twitter as America’s stream of consciousness, but a new study suggests that the microblogging site is also becoming a digital melting pot for adults. San Jose Mercury News Who tweets? Pew Research Center   WikiLeaks war to continue in cyberspace A member of an anonymous group of hackers, which has been targeting firms it sees as being anti-WikiLeaks, has said the campaign is not over. BBC Next WikiLeaks release: Gitmo detainee files? MSNBC An interview with Julian Assange’s stepfather CNN WikiLeaks, the movie Newsweek House Dems defy Obama on tax cut bill Defying President Obama, House Democrats voted not to bring up the tax package that he negotiated with Republicans in its current form. CNN Safety agency urges parents to strap babies in on airplanes The nation’s transportation safety watchdogs will try to persuade the public to voluntarily buckle their infants into child-safety seats on planes after failing to get the government to order it. USA TODAY Facing backward: keeping kids safe in cars NPR   NATION Tax deal moves forward despite doubts A plan by President Barack Obama to broadly extend tax cuts moved forward despite opposition from his own Democrats and fear in bond markets of long-term damage to the economy. Reuters NTSB pushes 0 tolerance of hard-core drunken drivers The U.S. has undergone a cultural shift on drunken driving was founded, since Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the National Transportation Safety Board has been cracking down more cases than ever. USA TODAY POLITICS Profiles in tax cuts: presidents in tough times The White House‘s extension of the Bush tax cuts are largely viewed by Democrats as too big a compromise, the president defended it, insisting “it’s a good deal for the American people.” ABC News Senate to hold test vote on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would demand a vote on letting gays serve openly in the military, a test of whether Republicans have dropped their objections to overturning “don‘t ask, don’t tell." CBS News Sen. Reid on ‘don’t ask, don‘t tell’ YouTube SPORTS 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 Union tells players it won‘t budge: NBA’s hard cap won’t be accepted The NBA players association has told its members that the league has not moved off its original negotiating position, and reiterated to them it would not accept a hard salary cap. Sports Illustrated HEALTH Surgeon general says a whiff of cigarette smoke can hurt you Any exposure to tobacco smoke can cause immediate damage to your body, according to a report set to be released by the U.S. surgeon general. Los Angeles Times Senate votes 1-year ‘doc fix’ The Senate has passed a $15 billion bill that would block the impending 25 percent cut in the Medicare payment rate to physicians and instead keep rates steady through 2011. MedPage Today EDUCATION Judge tentatively OKs LA teacher layoff policy changes A judge has tentatively approved changes to a layoff policy that forced young teachers out of inner-city schools in Los Angeles. San Francisco Chronicle Getting their babel on The rate at which undergraduate students took foreign language courses in 2009 remained constant compared to three years prior, while the variety of languages offered continued to set records. Inside Higher Ed LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT FCC exploring role in cable TV programming disputes Federal regulators will explore whether they can do more to protect consumers from losing their television signals due to disputes over the fees that video providers pay broadcasters. San Jose Mercury News Jesus’ great-grandmother identified The great-grandmother of Jesus was a woman named Ismeria, according to Florentine medieval manuscripts analyzed by a historian. Discovery News   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Editorial: Teachers unions put on notice Modesto Bee Column (Danielle Nierenberg): Eat locally processed food to support health, communities Detroit Free Press Editorial: WikiLeaks: Were I an alien ... NPR Column (Hendrik Hertzberg): Iran and the bomb The New Yorker Column (Eric Wieffering): Hedge fund bet proves that not all assets are toxic Star Tribune Blog (Peter Grier): President Obama on ‘Mythbusters’: Will his death ray work?  (Christian Science Monitor) The Vote Cartoon (Tom Tomorrow): This Modern World: Middle Man Credo Action Column (Julian Assange): Don’t shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths The Australian   Site edited by: Robert Hang, Jayalaxmi Arasalike, Brigitte Leschhorn, John Harvell, Diana Shaw, Anuja Seith, Tanya Flowers, Daishi Sato, Cat Van Le, Ayesha Sharma, Elizabeth Quinn, Jeff Bromberg, Charles Weiss and Lynne Adams.   GOOD NEWS More billionaires pledge to give away half of fortunes U.S. billionaires, including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in a philanthropic effort led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Reuters Study: Ventilator patients helped by music Playing music to hospital patients on ventilators helps them to breathe more easily, findings show. BBC Baby‘s genome hidden in mother’s blood A developing fetus‘s entire genome lurks in its mother’s blood, potentially offering prospective parents a noninvasive way of testing for any congenital disease. Nature WORLD Nobel Peace Prize win gives some Chinese hope Chinese democracy activists say the Communist Party’s campaign to discredit the Nobel Peace Prize award to a Chinese dissident is proving to the world why Liu Xiaobo deserves it. USA TODAY China ratchets up rhetoric ahead of Nobel ceremony CNN Haitian singer vows to legally challenge presidential vote results A popular singer vowed to legally challenge election results that narrowly ousted him from Haiti’s presidential race, while his supporters barricaded streets. Star Tribune Protests in Haiti as election goes to runoff Guardian An inflated claim of health success in Afghanistan exposed A frequently touted claim that 85 percent of Afghans have access to health care is misleading and stands in the way of improvements, say health care professionals there. Christian Science Monitor US soldiers determined to win Afghan war ABC News BUSINESS US initial jobless claims fell 17,000 to 421,000 The number of workers filing first time claims for unemployment payments fell last week in the U.S., showing the labor market continues to improve. Bloomberg Fewer Americans file for unemployment CNNMoney Jobless claims continue steady decline NPR AIG, Treasury plan large stock sale American International Group Inc. and the Treasury Department are planning a large stock offering for the first half of 2011, sources familiar with the matter said. Reuters ENVIRONMENT Western governors balk at protection of endangered species Governors from throughout the West complained of federal policy, as animal populations described as thriving but listed as endangered ravage private ranches, state parks and golf courses. Seattle Post-Intelligencer 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 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GM, NASA-developed Robonaut 2, visits GM’s Warren Technical Center Robonaut 2, aka R2, is described by its creator, General Motors, as the strongest, fastest, most dexterous and most technologically advanced humanoid robot in the world. Detroit Free Press Is Google trying to kill caps lock? To help turn over a new page, Google has omitted one conventional feature from the keyboard of its new netbook: the caps lock key. ABC News RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY 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 Books probe Christmas’ religious origins Somewhere in all of the sparkly lights and wrapped packages and jolly elves of Christmas, there is — or was — a religious story at the heart of the holiday. Religion News Service   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Secrets of sleeping soundly uncovered Sleep like a log? You can thank your spindles, rapidfire brain waves that act as blockades against noise during sleep, a new study says. National Geographic   Photo of the Day Snow-covered Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest peak at 3,776 meters (12,385 feet), is seen from an airplane window.  (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake Daily Quote Archives Email Newsletters Daily headlines Friends of the DailySource DailySource Archives Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections: News Top Stories Columns and Op-ed The Daily Quote Photo of the Day Email this edition Ways to Help Volunteer Spread the word Donate Shop Search Give feedback Other ways

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