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President Barack Obama walks past a South Korean honor guard as he arrives to attend the G-20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Cutting health costs is hard

The dispute between Blue Cross and TheraMatrix provides a window into some of the factors that make overhauling the nation’s health care system so difficult.

USA TODAY

Blog:

In election, economic concerns trumped views on health care reform

(PBS)

The Rundown

Health insurance basics

U.S. News & World Report

Nurses face violence on the job

According to the Department of Labor, there are 38 incidents of violent assaults per 10,000 nurses aides. The only occupations that face a greater likelihood for assault on the job are police and correctional officers.

Philadelphia Inquirer

President Obama arrives in South Korea

President Obama arrived in South Korea, where the leaders of top global economies will convene at the G-20 summit to try to stabilize the world’s financial markets.

CNN

China trade surplus up ahead of G-20 summit

Bloomberg

Obama tours Asia

MSNBC

California ‘mystery missile’ ignites debate: friend, foe or faux?

About the only thing unambiguous about the event is that the go-to agencies either with jurisdiction over launches or with fingers poised over launch buttons said, in effect, “It wasn’t us.”

Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon can’t explain ‘missile’ off Calif. Coast

KCBS

US proposes new, graphic warning labels on cigarettes

A dead man in a coffin, a crying baby, a bald cancer patient and a close-up of dirty teeth and a malignant lip lesion are among new, graphic warnings the United States is proposing for cigarette packs.

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Smoking cessation health center

WebMD

NATION

Terror tapes case closes

A special prosecutor cleared the CIA’s former top clandestine officer and others of any charges for destroying agency videotapes showing waterboarding of terror suspects.

CBS News

Interview:

Q-and-A: waterboarding

BBC

More federal workers’ pay tops $150,000

The number of federal workers earning $150,000 or more a year has soared tenfold in the past five years and doubled since President Barack Obama took office, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Room at the top? Not for new Democrats

A younger generation of Democrats is chafing at being asked to stand aside and let a triumvirate of elders keep their leadership positions in the wake of a catastrophic midterm election result.

The Hill

Will Obama face a Democrat challenger in 2012?

Christian Science Monitor

Ads, politics blur media lines

MSNBC briefly suspended liberal host Keith Olbermann for crossing a line between the media and politics. But that line is increasingly porous — especially in the rough-and-tumble world of talk radio.

Wall Street Journal

EDUCATION

Proficiency of black students is found to be far lower than expected

An achievement gap separating black from white students has long been documented, but a new report focusing on black males suggests that the picture is even bleaker than generally known.

New York Times

‘Sagan Day’ essay contest appeals to love of discovery

Primarily through Facebook and Twitter, contest organizers asked space enthusiasts to submit essays inspired by Sagan’s ocean-as-space allegory in “The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean.”

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

Breastfeeding moms don’t get less sleep

Women who breastfeed their newborns appear to sleep just as long — and as well — as women who rely on bottles or a combination of bottle and breast, a small study finds.

Reuters

An experiment in universal health care

Every year, more than 100,000 Americans start dialysis treatment, a form of chronic care given to people with failing kidneys. And for many, the cost is completely free.

NPR

Excessive texting tied to risky behaviors

Teens who send more than 120 texts per day and spend excessive time on social networks are at greater risk for dangerous health behaviors, including smoking, drinking and sexual activity.

HealthDay

SPORTS

NFL makes public the rules on illegal helmet hits

The NFL released an 11-page guide that details some rules and includes black-and-white drawings of players delivering hits that aren’t allowed.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Parity party: NFL in midst of an unprecedented logjam

For the first time since the NFL‘s 2002 realignment, we’ve got razor-thin margins in every single division at midseason: eight for eight.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

American Humanist Association launches largest atheist ad campaign ever

The Consider Humanism campaign will put ads in newspapers and magazines, and on televisions, buses and billboards across the country.

Examiner

Study: Muslim women uncomfortable with US doctors

U.S. doctors must become more attuned to Islamic beliefs and values that could affect the physician-patient relationship with Muslim Americans, researchers found in a recently released study.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Helen Davey):

Faking positive emotions for our jobs: at what cost?

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Gun safety

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Mike Littwin):

Another brush with bigotry

Denver Post

Blog (Vicki Salemi):

Are we multitasking our way into zero productivity?

(Psychology Today)

Big Career Corner

Editorial:

To your ill health

Las Vegas Sun

Editorial:

Make drilling safer

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial:

Don’t accept bogus figures

Daily Herald

Column (Mike Hall):

Getting solar policy right in Calif.

Forbes

Column (Matthew Lynn):

Salary is last conversational taboo

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Sweet potato revolution could save world from malnutrition

The sweet potato is part of a revolution that aims to create more nutrient-enriched foods that can help save the world from malnutrition.

McClatchy Newspapers

Satellite to beam solar power to Earth

In a step toward solving the global energy crisis, a new plan aims to harvest the sun’s energy with satellites, then beam it down to Earth.

Christian Science Monitor

Federal workers submitting ideas for super saver honor

Designed to streamline government by asking federal employees for ideas on eliminating waste, finalists for the SAVE award vie for a chance to meet the president and see their idea implemented.

CNNMoney