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Reto Stocker, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

Rural America gets even more sparsely populated in the last decade

The majority of the nation’s sparsely populated rural counties lost even more residents in the last decade, though some of the counties saw population gains due to retirees seeking scenic and affordable areas.

Los Angeles Times

Special section:

Where US unmarried men are

Bloomberg

Solar powerhouse

A doctor’s passion for sustainability inspired him to build what may be the most energy-efficient home in the Midwest.

Star Tribune

7 green US government buildings

National Geographic

Intelligence reports offer dim views of Afghan war

As President Barack Obama prepares to release a review of American strategy in Afghanistan, two new classified intelligence reports offer a more negative assessment and see limited chance of success.

Reuters

Taliban down but not out in Kandahar

Reuters

Afghanistan’s most dangerous valley

CNN

Regulator is slowed by budget impasse

The Securities and Exchange Commission is slowing the pace of some investigations and routine inspections as part of a belt-tightening caused by the budget impasse in Congress.

Wall Street Journal

North Korea ‘could be preparing for 3rd nuclear test’

North Korea appears to be preparing for a third nuclear test as early as next March, a South Korean newspaper has reported, as a U.S. politician traveled to Pyongyang with a message for it to “calm down."

Guardian

South Korea stages defense drill

Reuters

NATION

Fed cites unemployment in sticking with $600B bond plan

The Federal Reserve said it will maintain the pace of its $600 billion Treasury bond-buying program because the economy is still too weak to bring down high unemployment.

San Jose Mercury News

Credit Suisse analyst on quantitative easing

Bloomberg

Fraudulent claims in Gulf oil spill investigated by feds

The government’s fight against fraudulent BP claims is kicking into high gear, with a former Gretna, La., restaurateur the latest to be caught in the dragnet.

Times-Picayune

POLITICS

Tax-cut bill nears US Senate approval

President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass as quickly as possible a package to extend Bush-era tax cuts that he said would spur economic growth and hiring.

Reuters

Blog:

Tea party groups divided on tax cut deal

(CNN)

Political Ticker

New showdown: House plans vote on military gay ban

In a new showdown on a volatile issue, the House will take up a bill that would overturn the military‘s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays, Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said.

Modesto Bee

Are gay rights ‘civil rights’?

Newsweek

Will Harry Reid keep the Senate in session through Christmas?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to take up many important issues after the tax deal is passed — from a $1.2 trillion budget bill to a repeal of “don’t ask, don‘t tell.”

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

How to feed electric cars?

The electric car is no longer just a project for smarty-pants MIT students. They are now in showrooms and on the highways. What’s missing, though, is a convenient way to refuel those cars with electricity.

NPR

Sugar and cornstarch make environmentally safer plastics

Environmentalists around the world agree — plastic bags are choking our landfills and polluting our seas. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is using corn starch and sugar to help sustainable plastics compete.

ScienceDaily

A push to make air travel more environmentally friendly

The recession has pushed airlines to find ways to save money on jet fuel, by far their largest operating expense. That’s led to scores of initiatives to make planes more fuel efficient.

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

Food sparks excitement, controversy

American shoppers face a dizzying array of labels in the aisles of their groceries, most designed to help them make healthy choices. Soon they’ll see yet another label — the health of animals in the food chain.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US: More teens smoke marijuana than smoke cigarettes

More high school seniors in 2010 smoked marijuana than smoked cigarettes, according to government data.

USA TODAY

Report: Teen drug use up, binge drinking down

PBS

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sydney ‘Oprah’ House draws 1000s for Winfrey’s farewell

Oprah Winfrey and several thousand fans descended on the Sydney Opera House to record two episodes of her final television series.

Guardian

Australian tourism bosses await Oprah windfall

The Australian

Oprah guests fly out of Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald

Kids write Santa for basic needs instead of toys

U.S. Postal Service workers who handle letters addressed to Santa at the North Pole say more letters ask for basics — coats, socks and shoes — rather than Barbie dolls, video games and computers.

USA TODAY

Christmas tree is made out of plastic bottles

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mark Davis):

Christmas warriors, let’s call a truce

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Nation’s loss

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Kristen E. Jeffers):

Does urbanism have to be black and white?

Grist

Column (Henry Rollins):

The simple solution to America’s unemployment problem

Vanity Fair

Column (Paul Krugman):

Block those metaphors

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Jeffrey Toobin):

With health care reform, the judges rule

(The New Yorker)

News Desk

Column (Eugene Robinson):

A Wiki hornet’s nest

Truthdig

Column (Stephanie Pappas):

Early school start equals slimmer students

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Adopted pets turn into family, neighborhood heroes

When columnist Sharon L. Peters asked Pet Smart Charities to send her examples of animals that, once adopted, turned into family or neighborhood heroes, more than 200 responded.

USA TODAY

Young people WYSE up

A U.N. registered charity, WYSE International, has been bringing together young people from all over the world to explore their leadership potential.

Positive News

WORLD

WikiLeaks founder wins bail ruling

Swedish prosecutors have said they would appeal against a British judge’s decision to grant bail to WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, who has been arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes.

Al Jazeera

Air Force cutting off access to WikiLeaks news