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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks with French President Nicholas Sarkozy after Obama’s arrival at G20 summit in Cannes, France. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Veteran’s journey — from Iraq to Oakland

An Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, has become an accidental symbol of the Occupy Wall Street cause. The fact that he fell wounded not on a battlefield in Iraq, but in an American city, strikes many as ironic.

Reuters

Occupy Oakland throng closes down port

San Francisco Chronicle

Police, Occupy protesters clash in Oakland

YouTube

Occupy Wall Street: a ‘Vanity Fair’ time capsule

Vanity Fair

Immigration bill splits House GOP

House Republicans are split over an immigration bill backed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The measure is escalating criticism from industry groups and rank-and-file members.

The Hill

G20 summit: Obama calls for urgent deal

U.S. President Barack Obama warns assembled nations there is still work to be done on how the eurozone can end a crisis that threatens to engulf the world.

BBC

Greek PM may back off plan for referendum

CNN

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G20 summit live coverage

Guardian

Many American Fortune 500 companies paid $0 taxes

Advocates for reducing corporate taxes argue lower rates in other countries impede competitiveness. Yet many of the nation’s top companies already pay less in U.S. taxes than they do overseas.

CBS News

Recession drives more Americans to poverty-wracked neighborhoods

The number of Americans living in neighborhoods beset by extreme poverty surged in the last decade, erasing progress of the 1990’s, with the poorest areas growing more than twice as fast in suburbs.

BusinessWeek

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Cities with the poorest neighborhoods

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NATION

‘Bluegrass Underground’ concerts in Tenn. caverns

The “Volcano Room” of Cumberland Caverns — 333 feet below ground — is a hot destination for bluegrass and acoustic musicians. A new PBS show reveals one of the nation’s most unique concert spaces.

Plain Dealer

Special section:

American roots music

PBS

Bluegrass Underground: Mike Farris performs ‘Trouble of the World’

YouTube

Is the US heading for war with Iran?

War with Iran is the last thing Barack Obama needs with the U.S. economy in dire trouble and a tough election campaign looming next year, say officials.

Guardian

POLITICS

Herman Cain flap exposes generation gap

The allegations against Herman Cain have split conservative commentators into two camps. Some think that they’re defending Clarence Thomas; others worry they’re defending Bill Clinton.

Politico

Arizona redistricting chief ousted; Commission attorneys fight back

Gov. Jan Brewer and the GOP-controlled state Senate touched off legal and political battles with the unprecedented removal of the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.

Arizona Republic

BUSINESS

European Central Bank cuts rates in surprise move

The ECB cut interest rates by a quarter point to 1.25 percent in a surprise move, acting boldly to support the ailing euro zone economy at President Mario Draghi’s first policy meeting in charge.

Reuters

Why wait until Black Friday? Retailers tout big deals early

Black Friday is more popular than ever with holiday shoppers, but that isn’t stopping retailers from trying to lure bargain hunters ahead of Thanksgiving.

CNBC

AIG makes nearly billion-dollar payment to Uncle Sam

American International Group, which took a sweeping rescue package in 2008, took another step toward paying back American taxpayers by paying the Treasury Department $972 million.

Forbes

EDUCATION

Study warns of limited savings from closing public schools

Closing schools doesn’t save much money in the context of an urban district’s budget, and selling or leasing surplus school buildings is difficult because they’re often old and in struggling neighborhoods.

Education Week

Blog:

Philadelphia wants to close 9 schools

(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philly School Files

More schools considering a 4-day week

A growing number of public schools are doing what many educators once considered unimaginable: eliminating an entire school day each week.

EducationNews.org

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

With ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign, church counters lily-white image

Since January, the LDS Church spent millions on advertising for TV commercials, billboards and bus signs with Mormons from African-American, Asian, Latino and other ethnic backgrounds.

CNN

In China, tensions rising over Buddhism

Buddhism’s broadening popularity in a Sichuan province is stoking tension between Buddhist monks, who demand religious freedom, and their longtime foe: the Communist Party leadership.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Frank McCourt agrees to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers in an auction

The Boston real estate developer and Major League Baseball announced that they will seek approval from federal bankruptcy court to auction off one of baseball’s most storied franchises.

NY Daily News

‘Blade Runner’ not yet qualified for London Olympic Games

Oscar Pistorius must run another 400-meter “A” qualifying time in the three months before the London Olympics to make history as the first amputee athlete to run at an able-bodied games.

Globeandmail.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Robert Jensen):

Occupy demands: let’s radicalize our analysis

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Perry comes down on the right side of the Confederate license plate debate

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

Hartford tarmac mess shows need for common sense

USA TODAY

Column (John Hughes):

Freedom may be messy, but it beats despotism

Christian Science Monitor

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Republican party

Denver Post

Column (Yochi J. Dreazen):

The Taliban is winning the propaganda war

The Atlantic

Column (Tendai Marima):

Kenya’s blundering mission in Somalia

Al Jazeera

Blog (Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D.):

Wanted: More happy people!

(Psychology Today)

Sapient Nature

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GOOD NEWS

Hero entered burning plane to rescue passengers from flames

A Chilliwack man who rushed from his office to rescue survivors in last week’s plane crash in Richmond, B.C., said he didn’t think about what he was doing when he stepped into a burning plane.

CBC News

Stepchildren may step up to help elderly stepparents, new study finds

The quality of relationships is more important than genetic ties in determining who will look after elderly relatives in families affected by divorce and remarriage, according to a new study.

HealthDay

A young girl’s legacy is inspiring other kids to give

Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise money for a clean-water charity by asking for donations instead of presents for her ninth birthday. Now, her death is inspiring other kids to do the same.

MSNBC

WORLD

World leaders slam Israel’s ‘punitive’ expansion of settlements