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U.S. Army soldiers stroll past two bronze busts of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the Green Zone in Baghdad on the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

Scientists find what may be the youngest planet ever observed

A new picture of a Jupiter-like world swaddled in gas and dust is a direct image of what may be the youngest planet yet seen, astronomers report.

National Geographic

Huge ‘ice disc’ in space detected

Daily Mail

Special section:

What really happened at our universe’s birth?

SPACE.com

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

US troops to leave Iraq by Dec. 31

President Obama said the United States would withdraw all its troops from Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war that divided the country over its origins and the American lives it consumed.

Concord Monitor

Blog:

GOP candidates criticize war decision

(CNN)

Political Ticker

Veterans bring skills home

TIME

Can Iraq handle the challenges ahead?

Msnbc.com

Heir to Saudi throne dies

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the 83-year-old defense minister and first in line of succession to become king of Saudi Arabia, has died, according to Saudi media reports.

Al Jazeera

Prince Sultan, the man behind Saudi defense

Reuters

Magic lantern show honors the anniversary of the Civil War

Before there were color films, there were black and white films. And before there were talking films, there were silent movies. But before there were any movies at all, there were magic lantern shows.

Hartford Courant

NATION

Feds: Gangs swell in size, try new crimes

The gang problem in the United States is growing and there are an estimated 1.4 million members in some 33,000 gangs, the federal government reported.

CBS News

Is Mexico’s economy really driving down illegal immigration to the US?

A big drop in illegal immigration seems to be taking place along the U.S.-Mexico border. Some attribute this to rising prosperity in Mexico, but other more influential factors are in play.

Christian Science Monitor

Growing income gap: High income workers’ share of total wages grows

San Francisco Chronicle

Rework the household budget: Heating costs expected to soar

Households that use heating oil to keep warm could experience record high heating bills this winter despite predictions that the season will be milder than last year’s in much of the country.

Hartford Courant

POLITICS

Bachmann denies NH staff has quit

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has denied reports that five campaign employees in the state had resigned. But Jeff Chidester, her New Hampshire campaign manager, confirmed he had quit.

Seattle Times

Michele Bachmann once prosecuted tax evaders for the IRS

NPR

Dems to push ‘Rebuild America Jobs’

Next up on President Barack Obama’s jobs agenda: fixing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Democrats have said they’ll turn to a separate $60 billion jobs bill just after a similar bill died in the senate.

Politico

BUSINESS

European stocks post longest streak of weekly gains in 2011

European stocks advanced for a fourth week, for the longest rising streak since December. European leaders will soon meet in Brussels to nudge forward a solution to the region’s debt crisis.

BusinessWeek

Foreign buyers scooping up US homes

International purchases of American homes are increasing, and a new Senate bill would encourage foreign investors to buy even more of them.

CNNMoney

US cities where homes sell the fastest

CNBC

Wal-Mart trims employee health coverage

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Myths of online education

Whereas many educators have questioned the virtue of online education, others have questioned the way in which the questioners question online education.

Inside Higher Ed

School debt a long-term burden for many

With the nation‘s student-loan debt climbing toward $1 trillion, it’s taking many young people longer than ever to pay off their loans.

NPR

HEALTH

Study finds no link between cell phone use and cancer

A Danish study concluded that cell phone use doesn’t increase the risk of brain cancer and other kinds of central nervous system cancers.

WebMD

New food labels would rate nutrition

In an effort to contain epidemic obesity, the Institute of Medicine recommended a new logo for the front of all packaged food that would give consumers a quick assessment of its nutrition value.

San Francisco Chronicle

Possible mercury ban concerns scientists

Scientists are warning officials negotiating a global treaty on mercury that banning the deadly chemical completely would be dangerous for public health because of the chemical’s use in vaccines.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

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

Social workers help LA synagogues

Two of L.A.’s wealthiest congregations have welcomed an unfamiliar sort of professional to their regular synagogue staffs: a social worker.

Forward

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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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Editorial cartoon

Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Ruben Navarrette):

Why Republicans don’t trust Romney

CNN

Interview:

Steven Pinker: Humans are less violent than ever

New Scientist

Editorial:

Medicare fraud must end

Houston Chronicle

Column (Jared Bernstein):

Why Obama needs to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

The New Republic

Column (Jeffrey Goldberg):

How a war with Iran could start accidentally

The Atlantic

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GOOD 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

Natural resource boom in Mongolia — an opportunity to alleviate poverty

The recent economic growth in Mongolia due to a boom in its mining sector represents an opportunity to reduce poverty in the country, the United Nations development chief Helen Clark said.

UN News Centre

Firefighter revives dog, mouth to snout

When his fellow firefighters carried an unconscious Labrador retriever out of a burning house, Jamie Giese had no medical equipment to revive him. So he performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation.

MSNBC

WORLD

Colombian troops killed in what is described as a ‘FARC ambush’