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A group of protesters hold signs and shout on the steps of city hall in Newark, N.J., to begin an Occupy Newark protest. The group says they plan to stay in Newark’s Military Park. (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)

Speed of light broken again

The speed of light appears to have been broken again after scientists carried out a new set of experiments to test measurements that could require the laws of physics to be rewritten.

Telegraph.co.uk

Blog:

Neutrinos to challenge Einstein’s theory?

(Wired)

Wired Science

House rejects balanced-budget amendment to US Constitution

Rejecting the idea that Congress can’t control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to dam the rising flood of federal red ink.

Denver Post

House rejects balanced budget measure

YouTube

Mass arrests in Occupy Wall Street protest

As thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations across New York City, 252 people were arrested, mostly for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, police said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Lobbying firm’s memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street

Msnbc.com

Special section:

Inside the Occupy movement

Reuters

Libyans celebrate capture of Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam

Libyans celebrated the reported capture of Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, nabbed in a desert gunbattle after an 18-day stakeout.

CNN

Profile: Saif al-Islam Gadhafi

BBC

Afghanistan assembly backs security pact with US

A traditional Afghan national assembly endorsed President Hamid Karzai’s decision to negotiate a long-term security pact with the U.S., but it has also imposed some conditions.

USA TODAY

NATION

US investigates cyber attack on Illinois water system

Federal investigators are looking into a report that hackers managed to remotely shut down a utility’s water pump in central Illinois, in what could be the first foreign cyber attack on a U.S. industrial system.

Msnbc.com

Hacker: I broke into water utility system

CBS News

Struggling economy likely culprit for record low birth rates

Birth rates in the U.S. have dropped for the third year in a row and teen births have also plummeted. Experts speculate that the continued decline is due to a tough American economy.

HealthNews

Fewer mortgage foreclosures are occurring, but crisis is not over

It could take three or four years to return to a typical pattern of delinquencies and foreclosures, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in releasing its quarterly delinquency report.

Los Angeles Times

POLITICS

Obama sending Clinton to Myanmar

Seizing an opportunity for historic progress in repressive Myanmar, President Obama is dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the long-isolated nation in an attempt to accelerate fledgling reforms.

Denver Post

Myanmar’s ghost capital rises from the jungle

NPR

Dismissed GOP outsider Ron Paul gaining traction in Iowa

Despite having been long dismissed by the GOP establishment, Texas Rep. Ron Paul is emerging as a significant factor in the Republican presidential race, especially in Iowa.

Newsday

BUSINESS

US stocks fall as European yields rise

US stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its worst weekly loss in two months as Spanish, French and Italian bond yields rose.

BusinessWeek

Blog:

Should you buy stocks?

(Yahoo! News)

Breakout

A new Anheuser-Busch firmly in charge three years after deal

On the three-year anniversary since InBev took control of Anheuser-Busch in a $52 billion deal that rocked St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is a diminished but still hugely powerful presence.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPS ups rates

Good news: The United Parcel Service is reducing the price of its fuel surcharge. Bad news: You’ll be paying more to send your packages next year anyway.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Raising the bar on quality assurance

Regional accrediting agencies appear to be competing over which can more aggressively prove that the colleges they oversee give students a quality education.

Inside Higher Ed

Oklahoma board rescinds school district online-course requirement

Following opposition from school administrators and concern from lawmakers, the Oklahoma Education Board rescinded emergency rules requiring school districts to provide online courses.

Education Week

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Metro Detroit pastors look at ways to fill empty pews

In Michigan, pastors are struggling to reverse membership losses. And as the nation‘s population becomes older, more racially diverse and less spiritually inclined, they’re facing an uphill battle.

Detroit News

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Benin, ‘home of Voodoo’

Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Benin, on his second visit to Africa. Although the number of Catholics in Benin is rising quickly, the majority of the population follow Voodoo.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Firefighters advance on Reno wildfire

Aided by easing winds and spreading snow, Reno firefighters advanced on a wildfire fueled by fierce gusts that sent nearly 10,000 people from their homes.

CBS News

Environmental bill drafted in secret zooms to passage

Utah lawmakers fast-tracked plans to revamp the state’s environmental oversight boards. The changes have been described as a way to make the state’s government more efficient.

Salt Lake Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

UFC is protected free speech? New lawsuit is a bloody joke

NY Daily News

Editorial:

Day before Thanksgiving no time to cut poor’s food

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Our drug-fed chickens really need to go cold turkey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Bruce Handy):

Is a crumbling Newsweek really “all hell and agony?”

(Vanity Fair)

VF Daily

Column (Thomas Lee):

Some odd justifications for Black Friday hours

Star Tribune

Column (Mary Elizabeth Williams):

Please stop the television remakes!

Salon

Column (Mark Shields):

Thanksgiving – the holiday you have to love

Creators Syndicate

Blog (Andrew Brown):

Antibiotics can’t cure colds – but a placebo may

(Guardian)

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GOOD NEWS

Matchmaking helps the needy

Zealous Good, a Chicago web-based service, matches non-profits’ wish lists with people and companies who want to donate in-kind goods rather than cash.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Queen for the day’

The non-profit Sixteen Candles fundraises, seeks donations and organizes Sweet 16 parties for 16-year-old girls in foster care.

Eagle-Tribune

FDA gives nod to new leukemia treatment

The FDA has approved a new compound for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients who may have difficulties with standard treatment.

MedPage Today

WORLD

Syriain troops attack despite peace plan