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Ivory Rushing, 6, enjoys a free meal with his family at the Los Angeles Mission Christmas eve event in Los Angeles. The events provides food, toys, clothes and other gifts for families in need. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AP)

Christmas ‘star’: theories on what the Magi were following

From the early pages of the Gospel of Matthew to holiday greeting cards and carol scores, the three Magi following a star hovering over Bethlehem has become one of the icons of the Christmas season.

Christian Science Monitor

Legends abound for lords-a-leaping and maids-a-milking in ‘Twelve Days’

Religion News Service

India communications satellite rocket explodes after launch

An Indian communications satellite rocket has exploded on take-off. The cause of the failure is under investigation.

BBC

Christmas services herald global holiday

As Christmas Eve became Christmas Day around the world, services and celebrations marked the holiday. In sharp contrast to the last century, even Beijing Christians held colorful and cheerful services.

CNN

Salvaging Christmas in parts of Calif.

MSNBC

Pope Benedict and the Vatican

Yahoo! News

The Obamas ask to remember our troops

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle encouraged Americans to take time during the holidays to remember the service of Americans in the military.

Bloomberg

Military families call Facebook a blessing

CNN

Storm heads to DC area after bringing snow, travel woes to the Southeast

With a rare white Christmas in parts of the Southeast and snow predicted for the East, airlines canceled hundreds of flights and urged travelers to rethink their plans.

Baltimore Sun

Special section:

Dangerous winter storm

The Weather Channel

NATION

Wilderness areas face criticism from border security advocates

A proposal to consolidate a swath of 250,000 acres of wilderness study areas in New Mexico has sparked an outcry from groups fearing an influx of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico.

Los Angeles Times

TSA issues new alert on beverage containers on planes

U.S. Homeland Security Department has alerted air carriers to a potential terror tactic involving beverage containers. The alert stressed that there is no intelligence about a terror plot.

USA TODAY

Jimmy Stewart museum needs a bailout

For many, the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a holiday staple. Life isn’t so wonderful these days at the Jimmy Stewart Museum, where, just like Bailey Building and Loan, it is trying to stay afloat.

NPR

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ ending

YouTube

POLITICS

Obama’s next hurdle: funding his plans

Before adjourning for Christmas, senators passed a stopgap spending bill. It keeps the lights on and the government operating, but it doesn’t include money for new initiatives.

NPR

Kamala Harris: Democrats’ anti-Palin

It’s easy to understand why Kamala Harris, California’s next attorney general, is being called the future of the Democratic Party. She’s a rising political star in the mold of President Barack Obama.

Politico

Biden says gay marriage ‘inevitable’

Vice President Joe Biden predicted the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage.

MSNBC

Blog:

Interview with Vice President Biden

(ABC News)

George's Bottom Line

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Alcoholics may stop at 1 drink with Lundbeck pill

The first pill designed to curb a person’s urge to have more than a few drinks is undergoing tests in Europe, promising a new approach to fighting alcoholism.

Bloomberg

The effects of spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous on alcohol dependence

Medical News Today

The joy of train travel

The joy of “slow travel” is that you see how the landscape changes — plus, you avoid the enormous carbon emissions that flying and driving entail.

BBC

Christmas lights: displays go higher

Thanks to YouTube, people don‘t have to drive to see a light show such as the one at the Larson home in Elburn, Ill., which uses advanced floodlight technology.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The end of an era

When Kodak announced the end of Kodachrome film, photographer Pat Willard contacted the director of Rayko Gallery, proposing an exhibit for Kodachrome prints.

San Francisco Chronicle

Top 10 unusual winter sports

There is more to winter travel than skiing and snowboarding. Nontraditional winter sports and activities have sprouted up all over the world.

BBC

EDUCATION

Fed up with school, parents take over

With California’s new “Parent Trigger Law,” a majority of parents can demand a school shut down, change staff, or become a charter. Changes are starting in Compton.

CBS News

No excuses, just diplomas

Educator Craig Zeno knows the dropout scene — he’s been there. And that experience enables him to mold young minds.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Imam to take his pitch for ground zero-area mosque on the road

The imam behind the ground zero mosque project decided to risk reigniting opposition with a national speaking tour to promote the center and foster dialogue about Muslim life in America.

Star Tribune

Hallelujah! The famous chorus goes viral on the Web

The buzz is a reminder of the religious anthem‘s enduring popularity — even if some people aren’t listening to the words.

Star Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Mizanur Rahman):

Hearings into Obama’s immigration record on tap

(Houston Chronicle)

Immigration Chronicles

Editorial:

The phoniest ‘war’ has become Christmas tradition

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Dick Morris):

The dying high tax states

Creators Syndicate

Column (Fred Grimm):

My old man and the Christmas tree

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (David Sirota):

Faces of economic death

Truthdig

Column (Michael Goldfarb):

Why US exceptionalism is not exceptional

BBC

Column (Fred Bahnson and Danielle Nierenberg):

Could acacia trees solve Africa’s hunger problems?

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Graeme McMillan):

Let Hulu bring the joys of the season to you

(TIME)

Techland

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GOOD NEWS

Glacier picture tops our 2010 travel photo contest

Who would have thought the slowest-moving object on earth could generate so much energy? Peter Zimmerman did — and walked away with the top prize in the 2010 Post-Dispatch Travel Photo Contest.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Biggest, tallest, fastest, smallest of 2010

Discovery News

Research shows generosity repaid on many different levels

During the holiday season, more people serve food to the hungry, donate warm clothes and give money to charity. But studies show that what motivates people is more than holiday cheer.

San Francisco Chronicle

Homeless rescuers get holiday miracle

Joseph Edwards and Bernice Gonzales got a magical Christmas present. The homeless couple was given a donation from the employees of Foster Farms, and that money will get them into an apartment.

Modesto Bee