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Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, smiles after she received flowers from her supporters as she stands at the gate of her home. (Photo by Khin Maung Win / AP)

Myanmar frees democracy leader Suu Kyi

Myanmar‘s government released Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy icon, after more than seven years of house arrest, offering a glimmer of hope for opposition groups.

Wall Street Journal

Burma frees Aung San Suu Kyi

BBC

USPS sees $8.5B loss, warns Congress it’ll be broke by 2011

The U.S. Postal Service reported an $8.5 billion loss and said it will run out of money in 2011 if economic conditions don‘t improve and Congress doesn’t act.

Washington Post

US warns on exports, China pledges reform

President Barack Obama called for surplus economies such as China to end reliance on exports for growth, but his Chinese counterpart cautioned that economic policy change would come gradually.

Reuters

Orlins interview on China

Bloomberg

Anheuser-Busch files suit against MLB

Perhaps no beer brand is as closely bonded with the national pastime as Budweiser, thanks to its long history with Major League Baseball. But that seemingly solid marriage might be in trouble.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

InBev dilutes loyalty to Anheuser-Busch

BusinessWeek

Special section:

2010 baseball awards

MLB.com

Wounded vets trade boots for suits

The entrepreneurial among the thousands of soldiers returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan frequently use military-learned skills, such as leadership and organization, as they move into business ownership.

ABC News

They’re not the retiring kind

Star Tribune

NATION

High court won’t block ‘don’t ask’ discharges

The Supreme Court has refused to block the military from discharging openly gay service members while the administration appeals a ruling that declared the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law unconstitutional.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Gates launches investigation of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ review leak

(ABC News)

The Note

Supreme Court won’t ban ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

MSNBC

Groups applaud push to boost policing of web privacy

Advocacy groups have welcomed reports that the U.S. government plans to boost the policing of online privacy with new laws and a new watchdog.

BBC

Online holiday shopping: 5 pitfalls

YouTube

POLITICS

President Obama seeks compromise on Bush tax cuts

President Barack Obama has opened the door to a compromise with Republicans, signaling a new willingness to accept tax breaks for the wealthy to avoid immediate tax hikes across the board.

Washington Post

Blog:

Obama: Middle-class tax cuts top priority

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

House Democrats reach deal on leadership

House Democrats have reached a deal to keep both Reps. Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn in the leadership, with Hoyer serving as minority whip and Clyburn taking a new, as-yet-still-undefined number three position.

Politico

BUSINESS

Make money in 2011: your job

If you’ve made it this far into the toughest job market in decades without being laid off, chances are you’re out of the danger zone.

CNNMoney

Talk to your kids about money

USA TODAY

It’s become a month of Black Fridays

Retailers are choosing many different ways to break customers of their habit of waiting for last-minute discounts, hoping the 2010 holiday season will show signs that the economic recovery can hold.

MSNBC

Amazon hiring 1000s to fill holiday orders

NPR

HEALTH

Doctors brace for possible big Medicare pay cuts

Breast cancer surgeon Kathryn Wagner has posted a warning in her waiting room about a risk to patients: She’ll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts in doctors’ pay to go through.

USA TODAY

Study: Severe acne raises suicide risks

Anecdotal reports of suicides in patients taking Accutane for severe acne have long plagued the drug, but studies have failed to prove or disprove a link to suicidal behaviors.

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Michelangelo‘s ‘Last Judgment’ figures ’based on male prostitutes’

A researcher from Pisa University believes the enormous fresco is replete with homosexual imagery, including a man being dragged into Damnation by his testicles and kisses and embraces between male figures.

Telegraph.co.uk

‘Simpsons’ renewed for 23rd season

“The Simpsons,” the longest-running comedy in TV history, is set to return for a 23rd season, the Fox network has announced.

CBC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For Catholics, interest in exorcism is revived

There are only a handful of priests in the country trained as exorcists, but they say they are overwhelmed with requests from people who fear they are possessed by the devil.

New York Times

Suspect turns case against priest

Will Lynch is looking for justice in an unusual way. Charged with beating the priest he says molested him as a child, he plans to use his trial to shame the Rev. Jerold Lindner and call attention to clergy abuse.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

City ethics: Whom will you serve?

Florida Times-Union

Column (William Dalrymple):

Iraq‘s disappearing Christians are Bush and Blair’s legacy

Guardian

Column (Shankar Vedantam):

If parenthood sucks, why do we love it? Because we’re addicted

Slate

Editorial:

After his Asia trip, Obama must not give up on new rules for the global economy

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Paul Bedard):

Voters say don’t tax my soda pop

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Ron Ashkenas):

Why best practices are hard to practice

Huffington Post

Blog (Noreen Malone and Hanna Rosin):

The ‘mama grizzlies’ you don’t know

(Slate)

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The USDA and cheese

Columbus Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Harvard fellows honor Somali reporter

Harvard University has honored an Associated Press reporter in Somalia with its award that recognizes those who display conscience and integrity in communications.

Boston Herald

New Americas wing opens at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

Is it the last of an art museum building boom that began in the affluent 1990s? Or is it state of the art for a 21st-century facility?

Christian Science Monitor

Dentist reaches out to make teens smile

The national movement called Dentistry from the Heart, operating in every state except Alaska and Hawaii, provides free services that could be preventing much more than tooth decay.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Finland’s nuclear waste bunker built to last 100,000 years