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A U.S. army soldier walks past military armored vehicles in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that U.S. troops are leaving after Iraq refused to grant them immunity from criminal proceedings. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

Russia’s aesthetic revolution still influencing architects

An exhibition of Soviet architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts will showcase radical works of great prescience and experimental power, and some believe its influence is still felt today.

The Independent

Middle-class lifestyle is slipping away

According to a recent study on economic mobility from The Pew Charitable Trusts, nearly three out of 10 Americans, 28 percent, born in the middle class will eventually drop out of it as adults.

Denver Post

Rochester region sees food stamp explosion

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Iraqi Prime Minister: We made the call

A day after President Obama‘s historic announcement that the last American troops in Iraq would be coming home, the country’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki countered that Iraqis made the final call.

NY Daily News

Blog:

Iraqi prime minister says failed talks over soldiers’ immunity led to U.S. withdrawal

The Hill

Interview:

Ahmadinejad slams NATO, denounces U.S. pressure in Middle East

CNN

Strong earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 feared killed

As many as 1,000 people were feared killed when a powerful earthquake struck Turkey, collapsing dozens of buildings and pulling down power lines in the southeast of the country, officials said.

Reuters

Millions of Americans volunteer on Make A Difference Day

An estimated 3 million Americans rolled up their sleeves on the nation’s largest single day of service. Volunteers held bake sales and painted murals among other activities.

USA TODAY

NATION

Lawmakers open to changes in military health care benefits

The government‘s promise of lifetime health care for the military’s men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

San Francisco Chronicle

Congress open to raising health care fees for military retirees

Chicago Sun-Times

Handgun law riles activists; so they say they’ll carry rifles

A new California law banning the open carrying of pistols is loaded for action and the big guns are coming out — literally.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Occupy Wall Street camps provide food and shelter for homeless

As Occupy Wall Street protesters took over parks in Portland‘s soggy downtown, they weren’t just building a community to protest what they see as corporate greed; they created an ideal place for the homeless.

NPR

Protester: Homeless ‘not a problem’ for Occupy El Paso

KFOX14

Twenty-four hours at Occupy Wall Street

YouTube

Nevada moves caucus to Feb. 4

Nevada Republicans have shifted their presidential caucuses to early February, a move that ends a bitter standoff among rival states and clarifies the path to the Republican presidential nomination.

MSNBC

Wash. state Sen. Scott White is found dead at age 41

State Sen. Scott White, a transit advocate who rose quickly to a legislative leadership position, has been found dead at a Washington resort hotel. He was 41.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

BUSINESS

France seeks to sway German veto on ECB bailout role

France is lobbying to overcome German opposition to giving the European Central Bank a central role in bolstering the euro zone’s bailout fund, arguing it was the only way to draw a line amid debt problems.

Reuters

Murdoch takes on shareholders at an annual meeting

Rupert Murdoch jousted with shareholders as the 80-year-old chairman and CEO of News Corp. defended his handling of a phone hacking scandal and deflected any notion that he plans to step down.

CBS News

HEALTH

Mega-bucks flowing from drug companies to doctors

A dozen pharmaceutical companies have given doctors and other healthcare providers more than $760 million over the past two years. Those companies’ sales comprise 40 percent of the U.S. market.

CBS News

Chemistry labs safety at universities questioned

ABC News

HPV transmission: 20 percent chance an uninfected partner will pick up virus

If one person in a heterosexual couple has human papillomavirus, then there is a 20 percent chance his or her partner will pick up the virus within six months, a new study has concluded.

LiveScience

Vaccine may help slow progression of lung cancer

A recent study suggests that a new, experimental vaccine may enhance the effect of chemotherapy and help slow down the progression of lung cancer.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cinematic TV dramas spark a revolution in online viewing

As more T.V. viewers choose to watch their favorite shows on “catch-up services” or by recording whole series in bulk, American online distributors are revolutionizing the way we watch.

Guardian

Meet the ‘Picasso’ of pumpkin carving

For at least one month a year, Ray Villafane of Arizona experiments on the blank canvas of his pumpkins.

Wall Street Journal

Live art installation, Petra Gallerie: ‘Futuristic Ice Huntress’

A stunning live art exhibit is coming to Los Angeles’ hippest art gallery. Hailing from a family of artists and stage craftspeople, Melanie Mills is now showcasing her second art exhibit.

Monsters and Critics

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Meet the spirit junkies

A hip, young generation is rebranding spiritual growth as sexy, stylish — and sellable. In Vancouver, bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein spoke to hundreds about her path to cool guru.

Vancouver Sun

Church wrestles with growth of Wisconsin shrine to Mary

The afflicted and the faithful have long made pilgrimages to the Champion, Wisc., site where Belgian immigrant Adele Brise said in 1859 that she saw the Virgin Mary three times.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (John A. Johnson, Ph.D.):

What anti-evolutionary psychologists are worried about

(Psychology Today)

Cui Bono

Editorial:

Don’t just push homeless along

Denver Post

Column (Roland Martin):

Cain better get serious

CNN

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

No hope for the jobless if a Republican wins

Truthdig

Column (Shervin Pishevar):

Libya: Fear is finite, hope is infinite

Huffington Post

Column (Jim Sollisch):

Take your money and run

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Carl Williott):

Friday’s top 5: animated misfits

(CNN)

Marquee Blog

Blog (Adam Werbach):

‘Green marketing’ is a false gospel

(Guardian)

Guardian Sustainable Business

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GOOD NEWS

People continue banding together to help flood victims

Though it‘s been more than a month since Tropical Storm Lee’s floodwaters around Scranton, Pa., people are still banding together to help flood victims.

Times-Tribune

Noble Elementary recycling pays off

Almost fairy tale-like, Noble Elementary School converted trash into treasure. The Berryessa, Calif., school won what could be called a $50,000 play structure for the school’s empty playground.

San Jose Mercury News

Colorado-based company sets new pace for United Way giving

A cupcake war, jail lock-up and picnic dunk tank all helped Loveland-based Hach Co. employees raise $86,000 for United Way this year, and as a result, the nonprofit’s annual Pacesetter Award.

Coloradan.com

WORLD

Enthusiasm over Tunisia’s historic, 1st free elections