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U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres, right, talks with delegates at the climate change summit as it nears it’s end in the city of Durban, South Africa. The conference hopes to unify internationally the fight against global warming. (Photo by Schalk van Zuydam / AP)

Vogue puts its 120-year history online

It‘s known as fashion’s Bible — Vogue magazine, where the elite and the aspiring turn for the style of the moment, and of the past. Now, the magazine celebrates 120 years — in covers.

CBS News

Russia’s Putin under heavy pressure after mass protests

Vladimir Putin faces a huge challenge to restore his authority after thousands of people stepped up pressure on him across Russia in the largest opposition protests since he rose to power.

Reuters

Putin faces nation’s biggest demonstration as Russians rally

Bloomberg

Nations agree to landmark climate deal

Climate negotiators in Durban, South Africa reach a compromise. The deal doesn’t set targets to limit global warming, but delegates embrace it so to not risk a collapse of the unified process.

NPR

Deal welcomed but battles loom over details

Financial Times

What UN climate talks agreed to in Durban

Reuters

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Climate change

Guardian

Republican candidates clash in pivotal debate

Less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, six Republican presidential candidates faced off in a high-stakes presidential debate dominated by the question of who is the most consistent.

ABC News

Blog:

Gingrich leads in South Carolina, Florida

(Msnbc.com)

First Read

Romney could lose $10,000 bet

The Atlantic

Mail call: Sending love to troops abroad

For military personnel who are far from being home for the holidays, few sounds are more welcome than these two words: “mail call.”

CBS News

NATION

Federal oversight lacking on most state highway projects

The federal government spends $40 billion a year on highway construction but does not track how many projects are over budget, how much goes toward overruns or whether the record is getting better or worse.

USA TODAY

Passenger advocate sought for airports

Two New York lawmakers have called for a passenger advocate at airports to immediately act on complaints by passengers over security screenings.

Seattle Times

Faced with evictions, Occupy protesters look to new tactics

As the Occupy movement heads into the cold winter months, the movement is counting on ingenuity, good luck and — in one case — the federal courts to keep it outside financial districts and city halls.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Alternate routes to the same goal: Tax the wealthy

The governors of New York and California proposed tax hikes to plug major holes in their state budgets. Democrats are asking their states’ wealthiest residents to pay higher income taxes.

NPR

Frustrated by gridlock, Senator Murray seeks more women in Congress

Sen. Patty Murray says that if Congress had more women, there might be a plan in place to deal with the nation’s $15 trillion debt.

Seattle Times

BUSINESS

Lessons of the 1930s: There could be trouble ahead

In 2008 the world dodged a second Depression by avoiding the mistakes that led to the first. But there are further lessons to be learned for both Europe and America.

Economist

Worries grow over IMF loans to Europe

Reuters

US’ China dreams may now be a chimera

Tens years after China joined the World Trade Organization in December 2001, America ponders China’s commitment to freer trade.

Msnbc.com

ENVIRONMENT

Billion-dollar disasters ‘Harbinger’ of future extreme weather: NOAA

The 12 $1-billion-plus disasters that hit the United States this year are most likely not simply a matter of the stars aligning against us, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

LiveScience

Group purchase gets residential solar to grid parity in Los Angeles

The Open Neighborhoods organization in Los Angeles has organized another group purchase of residential and commercial solar PV, bringing the lifetime cost of solar under the cost of grid electricity.

Grist

HEALTH

Abortion not linked to mental health risk

Data from 44 studies showed women with an unwanted pregnancy have a higher incidence of mental health problems in general, but this is not affected by whether or not they have an abortion.

Medical News Today

Gene therapy proves effective for hemophilia B

A single treatment with gene therapy has been shown to boost output of a vital blood clotting factor, possibly offering a long-term solution for people with hemophilia B.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Reading and math is stifling curriculum, say teachers

Common Core research has found that two-thirds of teachers believe that the current Reading- and Math-centric curriculum is marginalizing other subjects.

EducationNews.org

Denver judge rules low funding for Colorado schools is “unconscionable”

In a ruling that could have consequences for Colorado‘s budget, a Denver judge said the state’s school-funding system is not “thorough and uniform” as mandated by the state constitution.

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope: Christmas will be tough this year

Pope Benedict XVI says he knows that, because of the economic crisis, Christmas this year may be difficult — but urges the faithful to remember there’s more to the holiday than gift-buying.

CBS News

Female priests push Catholic boundaries

Dressed in a priestly white robe and green stole, Monique Venne lifted communion bread before an altar, defying centuries of Catholic Church law.

Star Tribune

Afro-Brazilian religion under threat

More than 400,000 Brazilians have followed the Afro-Brazilian religion their whole lives, but continue to face prejudices that clash with the country’s public image of racial and religious harmony.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Joshua A. Tucker):

A colored revolution in Moscow?

Al Jazeera

Column (Leonard Pitts):

Christmas in troubled times: then and now

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

New 49er stadium remains a good deal for Santa Clara

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (Mark van Vugt and Anjana Ahuja):

The sound of leadership

(Psychology Today)

Naturally Selected

Column (Andrew Light):

Big carbon emitters should cut a deal

Grist

Column (Stewart Patrick):

A banner year for human rights

The Atlantic

Column (John Cassidy):

Why the Euro isn’t finished

The New Yorker

Blog (Aloysius Boyle):

Salvaging the American football culture

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Turning knitting into art that pops

Magda Sayeg is the first to admit that she herself rarely hand-knits. “That‘s the irony of it all — I’m still not good at knitting,” she said.

Wall Street Journal

Gene therapy lets hemophiliacs skip weekly shots in study

A single dose of a gene therapy let four patients with severe hemophilia stop regular injections of clotting factors previously needed to protect them from bleeding to death, a study showed.

BusinessWeek

Workers at Providence-St. John hospitals for needy families

Rosemary Marsh, 67, searched the tables of clothes and toys at the St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital Christmas store, looking for gifts for her five young great-grandchildren.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Syrians attack their embassy in Jordan