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New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly holds a mock-up component of a bomb while talking to reporters after the arrest Jose Pimentel, who is suspected of plotting to detonate pipe bombs in New York City. (Photo by Louis Lanzano / AP)

In India, spreading a green gospel among religious pilgrims

Sikhs from all over the world come to Amritsar by the tens of thousands each day adding to an already sizable carbon footprint, prompting officials to encourage environmentally friendly practices.

NPR

Holiday shopping; don’t be so trendy

This year, nothing is creating as much talk as the Cabbage Patch dolls or Tickle Me Elmo once did. Experts suggest kids’ fascination with electronics and video games has replaced interest in usual toys.

Detroit Free Press

Bomb suspect monitored for 2 years

New York Police Department officials said that they started watching the activities of Jose Pimentel, accused of plotting to detonate bombs in New York City, about two-and-a-half years ago.

CNN

Blog:

Mayor Bloomberg: arrest in bomb plot

(The Hill)

Blog Briefing Room

Supercommittee likely to announce no deal on deficit cuts

A debt-reduction committee that was supposed to dissolve congressional gridlock in Washington is instead on the brink of failure, setting the stage for $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts.

Bloomberg

Watch for ‘Procrastination’ plan on US debt

CNBC

Innovative ideas on how to make electric cars cost-efficient take shape

At a recent conference, industry analysts put several options on the table about the role utility companies should play in providing the electricity needed for large fleets of electric vehicles.

Scientific American

Special section:

Timeline: the 100-year history of the electric car

NPR

NATION

American spies outed in Lebanon by Hezbollah, CIA operations damaged

The CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah captured a number of American spies, an intelligence debacle that is particularly troubling because the CIA saw it coming.

NY Daily News

Court weighs scrapping huge California water pact

A vanishing lake figures large in a court battle over how Southern California gets it water, a high-stakes dispute with consequences that could ripple throughout the western United States.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

US water facility ‘shut down by hackers’

Telegraph.co.uk

Depleted lakes in Texas expose ghost towns

Denver Post

POLITICS

Lawmakers to rally opposition against state immigration law

A group of Democratic lawmakers will stand in a historic church in Birmingham, Ala., today to help rally opposition to the state’s new law that dishes out tough punishments to illegal immigrants.

Montgomery Adviser

Is US challenging Beijing’s ambitions?

President Barack Obama has wrapped up his nine-day tour of Asia looking to reassert American influence in the region. And not surprisingly, perhaps China, the rising Asian power, is not happy about it.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

As more advertisers monitor your Web use, should someone monitor them?

Advertisers use data acquired by monitoring consumers‘ Internet activity to target goods and services. What isn’t entirely clear is what legal limits, if any, should be imposed on the practice.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

US billionaires find ways to avoid reporting gains to the IRS

Billionaires, who derive the bulk of their wealth from stock appreciation, are using strategies that reap hundreds of millions of dollars from those shares in ways the IRS often doesn’t classify as taxable income.

Bloomberg

The euro: as good (and bad) as gold

The gold standard forced austerity and helped cause the Depression. Today’s problem is the hard-money elites of the euro zone.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Preschoolers learn most language skills from other preschoolers

Children going to preschool often learn as much from each other as they do from the teacher. This is especially true when it comes to language.

The Atlantic

States will have to adjust to changing graduation rate formula

States are beginning to publish graduation rates under a new formula — one which is mandated by the federal government — that makes it easier to make comparisons across the country.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bishops sign open letter criticizing English welfare reforms

Eighteen Church of England bishops have signed an open letter, criticizing the English government’s proposed welfare changes.

BBC

Republicans seek Iowa social conservatives’ nod

Six Republican presidential candidates dove deep into how their religious faith influences their public life during a forum before a large, influential audience of social conservatives in early-voting Iowa.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

New ‘sustainability index’ alters world order, US ranks low

The U.N.’s Human Development Index is an international “score card” which ascribes each national measured an average of multiple metrics reflecting national policies and societal conditions.

PlanetSave.com

Bison plan could remove 360 animals

Seeking an alternative to years past, a proposal from Yellowstone National Park officials could allow as many as 360 migrating wild bison be hunted, captured for slaughter or shipped elsewhere.

Msnbc.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Conor Friedersdorf):

What George Orwell can teach us about police brutality

The Atlantic

Editorial:

Taxing the working poor back to the starting line

Detroit Free Press

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America votes

Telegram & Gazette

Editorial:

IRS should review Scientology and its tax-exempt status

St. Petersburg Times

Column (MJ Rosenberg):

Iranian nuclear program not about Israel

Al Jazeera

Column (Scott Ostler):

Earvin Johnson hasn’t lost magic 20 years later

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jeff Jacobs):

And yet another coach accused of the unimaginable

Boston Herald

Column (Peter A Stott):

How much can we blame on global warming?

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

The holiday season reminds us to consider philanthropy

As the holidays draw near, there is no better time to identify ways to pay favors forward by making a difference in the community. Miami Herald gives seven strategies for philanthropic giving.

Miami Herald

Carl Edwards: The hometown hero who never left

In Columbia, Mo., Carl Edwards’ rise from the dirt tracks of Mid-Missouri to one of the faces of NASCAR’s multibillion-dollar industry has galvanized both fans and residents alike.

Columbia Daily Tribune

Woman rescues dogs, 1 canine at a time

Since Aimee Ryding of Calumet Township, Mich., started Because of Mandy Dog Rescue a year and a half ago, she’s saved more than 400 dogs from kill shelters across the country.

MSNBC

WORLD

Afghan students protest US troops