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Eating disorders rising in young children

Among children younger than 12 with eating disorders, hospitalizations surged 119 percent between 1999 and 2006. That’s according to government data contained in an American Academy of Pediatrics report.

MSNBC

Government considers disabling cell phones in cars

Not content with banning talking or texting while driving, the U.S. Department of Transportation is considering adding technology to automobiles that would disable cell phones.

Discovery News

US tries to contain damage from leaks

The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments.

ABC News

Israel greets Wikileaks cables as vindication of its Iran policy

Christian Science Monitor

Fallout over latest WikiLeaks release

CNN

Democratic Congress makes 1 last push for DREAM Act

Seizing a window of opportunity before the new year brings a more conservative Congress, Democratic lawmakers and a few Republicans are leading a final charge to pass the DREAM Act.

Contra Costa Times

Blog:

What is the DREAM Act?

(Yahoo! News)

The Upshot

Obama to announce federal pay freeze

President Barack Obama is expected to propose a two-year freeze of federal civilian pay as part of an effort to reduce deficits, senior White House officials said.

The Hill

NATION

Why ‘Cyber Monday’ is mostly myth

Cyber Monday has never been the biggest day of the year for online retail sales, said Andrew Lipsman, director of industry analysis at comScore, a company that monitors Internet traffic.

CNN

The urge to splurge

Newsweek

Top shopping sites for Cyber Monday

PC Magazine

Ore. Muslims fear reprisal after bomber and mosque fire

Muslim leaders called on authorities to step up protection for the region‘s Islamic community, after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives in Portland, Ore.

CBS News

Keeping Obama to his word

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is a hero to many Hispanics. He says he won’t change his methods, no matter who gets irritated.

Newsweek

POLITICS

Senate set to vote on strict food safety bill

The Senate is set to vote on the biggest changes to food safety laws in 70 years, handing vast new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate farms and food processors.

San Francisco Chronicle

Foodmakers backing $1.4B food-safety bill

USA TODAY

A final push to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

The fate of the 17-year-old law known as “don‘t ask, don’t tell,” which bars openly gay Americans from serving in the military, is expected to be decided before Congress goes home prior to year’s end.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Recyclers find market for toxic trash

Much of our e-waste is being shipped overseas, where it is contributing to a legacy of pollution and disease.

Sacramento Bee

Copenhagen plans bike superhighways

Copenhagen, one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters to leave their cars at home.

Grist

EDUCATION

NYC teacher gets caught up in Spanish curse debate

A public high school teacher is suing the city after he was suspended and fined $15,000 for what school officials say was misconduct for using the word “cono” in his classroom.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mental health care not readily accessible in school system

Early intervention and easy access to care are critical in keeping mentally ill youths in school and out of jail, mental health advocates say. Yet only a handful of Houston-area schools offer services.

Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Albino redwoods hold scientific mystery

Rare genetic mutants, these ill-fated “ghosts of the forest” are spurring scientific study at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz.

Contra Costa Times

Older readers embrace e-readers

For those of an advanced age, who are usually slow to embrace technology, this advancement is a perfect fit.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

How to ‘thrive’: writer Dan Buettner’s secrets of happiness

Writer and explorer Dan Buettner has spent his life traveling the world in search of answers. His early life consisted of trekking throughout the world on a bicycle, covering thousands of miles.

NPR

Validation in a virus?

For years, chronic fatigue syndrome has been dismissed by the medical establishment. Now researchers may be closing in on a culprit.

Newsweek

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Cathy Lynn Grossman):

‘Take Back Yoga’ campaign: back where?

(USA TODAY)

Faith & Reason

Column (Chris Hedges):

Hope, real hope, is about doing something

Truthdig

Column (Patty Fisher):

Brighten the holidays for a foster child

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

Pay more, get less: the Boehner principle

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Jennifer Haupt):

Mind, body, spirit ... and the pizza place across the street

(Psychology Today)

One True Thing

Column (Micahel Gerson):

Liberals fall — and dare call it sabotage

Star Tribune

Column (Christopher Dickey):

Transparency will be the 1st casualty of WikiLeaks revelations

Newsweek

Column (Michael Barone):

For tottering states, bankruptcy could be the answer

Washington Examiner

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GOOD NEWS

Stranger saves Christmas for woman whose gifts were stolen

A Black Friday theft has led to an act of kindness from a stranger, giving true meaning to the phrase “holiday spirit.”

CNN

A Haitian’s inspired portrait of recovery

Buried alive when the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, Kesner “Salvi” Salvent didn’t know whether he would live to pick up his brush to create paintings showing the landscape and people of his country.

San Francisco Chronicle

Buffalo Bills owner Wilson donates $1M to NY adult care

The Kaleida Health Foundation announced a $1 million donation by Ralph and Mary Wilson through the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation to support adult day care and home care in Western New York.

NFL.com

WORLD

Ireland wins $113B aid package