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Standing the test of time: resurgence of public clocks

On their road to obsolescence, public clocks have taken a surprising detour and are seeing a resurgence that is baffling even to the people who make them.

Washington Post

Changes to the world’s time scale debated

BBC

Live, at a field near you: Why the music industry is singing a happy tune

Music festivals are a rare bright spot in the struggling music industry. The festival business has grown from almost nothing a few decades ago to a multi-billion dollar market.

TIME

Greece’s Prime Minister survives confidence vote

Greece’s prime minister has survived a confidence vote in parliament, calming a revolt in his Socialist party with a pledge to seek an interim government that would secure a vital new European debt deal.

Globeandmail.com

Blog:

Live: G20 debt crisis

Telegraph.co.uk

A difficult day for Greece

Spiegel International

Modest improvement for job market seen in October

The economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and job growth in the two previous months was stronger than expected, a good sign as the nation searches for a way out of the jobs crisis.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Home building spent another year in the cellar

USA TODAY

Can the arts save struggling cities?

Backed by millions of dollars in new grant money, “creative placemaking” promises to breathe new life into hard-hit urban areas. Will it work?

Grist

NATION

CIA following Twitter, Facebook

In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets — up to 5 million a day.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

More young American adults living at home with parents

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that more young American adults are living with their parents, especially men, a trend that does not appear to be linked to the recession.

Medical News Today

Census: 1 in 15 Americans among the poorest of the poor

PBS

Occupy Oakland struggles with provocative fringe

Occupy Oakland protesters sought to distance themselves from masked vandals who they blame for hijacking the peaceful movement, damaging downtown buildings and clashing with police.

San Francisco Chronicle

Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence?

YouTube

POLITICS

Millennials unsure of loyalty toward President Obama

President Barack Obama needs a lot of help from the millennials if he’s going to win a second term. In 2008, millennials — born between 1981 and 1993 — voted for Obama by a ratio of two-to-one.

NPR

The generation gap and the 2012 election

Pew Research Center

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Youngest voters stick to Obama; Oldest stand behind Romney

CNN

Senate blocks Obama plan for $60B measure for infrastructure

Republicans in the Senate dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda, blocking a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

Senate and House in a blame game over stalled jobs legislation

(ABC News)

The Note

BUSINESS

MF Global CEO Jon Corzine resigns after firm files bankruptcy

Jon Corzine, who joined MF Global Holdings Ltd. to transform the futures broker into an investment bank, quit amid regulatory probes and after the firm filed the eighth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Bloomberg

Groupon raises $700 Million in IPO

Daily deals pioneer Groupon raised about $700 million with an initial public offering of stock priced well above expectations. The IPO was set at $20 per share, above the anticipated range of $16 to $18.

Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

A huge iceberg the size of Berlin has formed in Antarctica

A huge iceberg that will grow to around 340 square miles — an area the size of Berlin— is forming in a shelf of floating ice in West Antarctica.

Telegraph.co.uk

Birth of a huge Antarctic iceberg

YouTube

Energy stimulus program plagued by problems, inspector says

The Department of Energy’s inspector general said that the stimulus program for green energy was so at odds with the realities that it was akin to “attaching a lawn mower to a fire hydrant.”

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Hajj timeline: 2.5 million pilgrims and a journey of a lifetime

Pilgrims from around the world have arrived in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the hajj, or pilgrimage. Saudi authorities estimate an additional 800,000 pilgrims will be taking part.

Globeandmail.com

Blog:

Will Hajj have an ‘Arab Spring’ effect?

(CNN)

Belief Blog

Enlightened Jobs’ private spirituality now an open book

Steve Jobs considered moving to a Zen monastery before shifting his sights to Silicon Valley, where he became a brash businessman.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Acropolis Now

The Independent

Column (Amy Sullivan):

Why does Michigan’s anti-bullying bill protect religious tormenters?

TIME

Editorial:

Oakland, Occupy movement need to work together

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

1 year from Election Day, debt bomb ticks on

USA TODAY

Column (Richard Falk):

Goldstone walks alone on a bridge to nowhere

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Would more women on boards lead to less excessive salaries?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Hans-Joachim Voth):

Greek tragedy has echoes of Argentina

CNN

Column (Kayla Webley):

The problem with paying teachers less

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Couple donate $150M to fight poverty in developing nations

Stanford University will open an institution aimed at alleviating poverty in developing nations, using $150 million donated by a Silicon Valley investor and his wife.

New York Times

Muslim cabdrivers rescue NYC’s oldest Jewish bagel bakery

The oldest Jewish bialy and bagel shop in New York City is being rescued by two Muslim cabdrivers — and they plan to keep it kosher.

New York Daily News

Gaining time: Cystic fibrosis drug shows rapid benefits

A rigorous study concludes that experimental medication improved lung function and weight gain.

Scientific American

WORLD

Thailand floods: floating toilets, makeshift jet skis, and doggie lifejackets