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BBC: 90 years on air

More than 55 BBC radio stations will come together for Radio Reunited. It is estimated that the broadcast has a potential reach of up to 80 million listeners.

BBC

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Celebrating 90 years on air: the best moments of BBC speech radio

(Guardian)

TV and Radio Blog

Quasars help shed light on dark energy

Relying on data from quasars has enabled physicists to produce a detailed 3-D “map” of dark energy — the mysterious force from the early universe.

Discovery News

Anti-austerity strikes sweep Europe

Police and protesters clashed in Spain as millions of workers went on strike across Europe to protest spending cuts they say have made the economic crisis worse.

Financial Post

Europe-wide protests disrupt continental travel

politics.co.uk

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Debt crisis live

Telegraph.co.uk

The fiscal cliff: Will Obama and Congress cut a budget deal?

When President Barack Obama sits down with Congress, only 46 days will remain before the “fiscal cliff” — a pileup of scheduled tax increases and spending cuts that threaten to drain the economy.

USA TODAY

Surging storms: Can the US adapt to avert coastal damage?

Damage from severe storms like Sandy is likely to escalate by the end of the century as people continue to build along the Eastern Seaboard. How do we adapt?

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Petraeus scandal: White House ‘wouldn’t call it welcome’

According to a nearly complete investigation, Marine General John Allen played a role in the scandal which prompted CIA Director David Petraeus’ resignation.

Christian Science Monitor

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Defense official denies Allen’s exchange of ‘inappropriate’ emails

(NBCNews.com)

U.S.News

America’s most diverse neighborhoods

In today’s diverse America, Thanksgiving remains widely celebrated and crosses religious, racial and ethnic lines among Americans from different regions of the U.S.

The Atlantic Cities

Idaho inmates claim gangs run prison

A gang war that appears to have taken over a private Idaho prison is spilling into the federal courts, with some inmates contending prison officials are ceding control to gang leaders to save money.

Huffington Post

POLITICS

US House OKs bill to shield airlines from carbon fees

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar airlines from complying with a E.U. law that would force them to pay for their carbon emissions.

Reuters

Puerto Ricans press US for state status

Puerto Ricans have voted to become the 51st U.S. state, but it remains to be seen if American lawmakers will oblige.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Toyota to recall 2.8 million vehicles for steering glitch

Toyota said it will recall 2.77 million vehicles worldwide, including some of its popular Prius hybrid cars, for steering and water pump problems — in the carmaker’s second vehicle recall in about a month.

CNBC

Target employee starts online petition to keep Black Friday on Friday

On the heels of Target’s announcement that it will open on Thanksgiving to give Black Friday shoppers a head start, an online petition has been created to urge the company to reconsider the practice.

Houston Chronicle

Airports gamble with revenue guarantees

Road-weary travelers forced to drive two hours to St. Louis or Kansas City to catch big-city flights were ecstatic when Delta Airlines announced plans to expand service at a regional airport in central Missouri.

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

California’s cap-and-trade auction to begin

Despite fierce opposition from much of the business community, California’s grand experiment in taming global warming is set to begin in earnest.

Kansas City Star

Cap-and-trade plan has national implications

Houston Chronicle

Toxic substance found in snow near oilsands mines

An Environment Canada study has revealed the presence of contaminants in snow near oilsands mines. The researchers found snow near the oilsands contained toxic substances dangerous to fish eggs.

CBC News

Warming temperatures will change Greenland’s face, experts predict

Global climate models abound. What is harder to pin down, however, is how a warmer global temperature might affect any specific region on Earth.

ScienceDaily

How climate change actually causes Antarctic ice to expand

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Chastened Catholic bishops told they must reform themselves

After sweeping election setbacks to the hierarchy’s agenda, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told U.S. Catholic bishops that they must now reform themselves if they hope to impact the wider culture.

National Catholic Reporter

At OKCupid, being an atheist is a date-maker, not a deal breaker

In some circles, being an atheist is a strike against you. But at the online dating site OkCupid, it might just help you get a date.

Religion News Service

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Human brain is wired for harmony

Many creatures react negatively to dissonance — harsh, unstable, grating sounds. Since the days of the ancient Greeks, scientists have wondered why the ear prefers harmony.

Wired Science

Google report reveals sharp increase in government requests for users’ data

Government surveillance of citizens’ online lives is rising sharply around the world, according to Google’s latest report on requests to remove content and hand over user data to official agencies.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Black men bring positive message to Philly schoolchildren for a 2nd year

Philly men gave their time to talk to a group of third- and fourth-graders about having goals in life as part of the kickoff of a program called Black Male Engagement.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hayden students donate, spell out mission to end hunger

More than 200 students stood in formation on a Topeka, Kan., school football field to spell out their mission to “stop hunger.”

Topeka Capital-Journal

San Diego Zoo announces panda cub’s name: Xiao Liwu

Under Chinese tradition, cubs are named after they reach the 100-day mark, so the San Diego Zoo just revealed the name of its 15-week-old giant panda cub: Xiao Liwu, which means “little gift.”

NBC Los Angeles

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Sea lion and 5-year-old form friendship through aquarium glass

(Today)

Animal Tracks

WORLD

No surprises as China congress gives clues to new leadership

China’s Communist Party congress offered the first clues on a generational leadership change as Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang took the first step to the presidency and premiership, respectively.

Reuters

Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries, even as it pursues statehood

While Palestinians prepare for an upgrade to non-member state status at the U.N., businesses in the West Bank are sliding toward a fiscal crisis that threatens the Palestinian Authority’s existence.

Christian Science Monitor

UN ‘failed Sri Lanka civilians,’ says an internal probe

The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, says a leaked draft of a highly critical internal U.N. report.

BBC

EDUCATION

Charter schools grow, add 200,000 students for public education

Twenty years after their creation, charter schools constitute the fastest-growing sector of American public education, according to a report.

Huffington Post

Governor gets CSU, UC increases halted

One week after voters approved his plan to raise taxes to protect public schools, Gov. Jerry Brown persuaded the University of California and California State University to postpone votes on fee hikes.

San Francisco Chronicle

Punished, but still learning

Success Academy costs more than $1.2 million a year to run, but the Baltimore school district says keeping students in school while they serve out a suspension is far less expensive than the alternative.

Education Week

HEALTH

Doctor shortage a future possibility

The U.S. will require at least 52,000 more family doctors in the year 2025 to keep up with a growing and increasingly older U.S. population, a new study finds.

ABC News

St. Louis doctor helping women preserve chance at motherhood

Women facing cancer treatments have been freezing and storing their own ovarian tissue with Dr. Sherman Silber. Two women have had a transplant and given birth.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Bikers shed spandex to inspire new riders

Style-themed bike rides are just one way advocacy groups are hoping to shed bicycling of its association with racing.

CNN

Forget the big wedding — let’s elope!

Where once elopement involved escaping through a bedroom window at midnight, nowadays eloping couples just want a stressless wedding.

Sydney Morning Herald

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A new twist on a tradition: honeymoons with friends

(NBCNews.com)

Itineraries

Could ‘Skyfall’ be James Bond’s 1st real shot at the best-picture Oscar?

Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film, commemorated the film franchise’s 50th anniversary with a record $87.8 million debut.

The Atlantic

SPORTS

Champions Classic brings the drama

This time of year, even the most dedicated hoops fan has to admit that many games are not beautiful through even the most rose-colored eyes of the beholder.

ESPN

Elway puts it on the line in a comeback

He could have stayed on the sideline, but John Elway wanted back in the game. The king of the comeback is directing his latest rally from the Denver Broncos executive offices.

Denver Post

Photo of the Day

A Pakistani Hindu girl holds an earthen lamp while decorating an area of her house to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Photo by Shakil Adil / AP)

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