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President Barack Obama is greeted by Gen. David Petraeus, left, and Ambassador Karl W. Elkenberry, center, during an unannounced visit to Afghanistan. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

Insurance brokers fight for their future

Some experts would say Debbie Stocks ought to start looking for a new career, that the new health overhaul law makes insurance brokers like her obsolete.

NPR

Households with insurance hits 50-year low

USA TODAY

Information unstacks the deck

The reams of data culled from colleges across the country need to be broadened, put in one place by the federal government and made more consumer-friendly, a Harvard University professor argues.

Inside Higher Ed

Obama in Afghanistan on unannounced trip to thank troops

Speaking to nearly 4,000 U.S. troops after a secret overnight flight from Washington, President Barack Obama said they were making “important progress” against militants in Afghanistan.

MSNBC

LIVE: Troops wait for Obama

CNN

Unemployment rises to 9.8 percent

Non-farm payrolls rose by a disappointing 39,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 percent, the government said.

ABC News

Oddities abound in disappointing jobs data

Reuters

Unemployment rate rises

YouTube

Congress acts to stifle loud TV ads

The House gave final congressional approval to a bill that would prevent advertisers from abruptly raising the volume to catch viewers wandering when programming is interrupted.

Detroit Free Press

Congress approves a ban on loud TV commercials

Examiner

NATION

Held as slaves, now free

They arrived in the U.S. from West Africa, young girls held against their will and forced to work for hours on end. This time, it wasn’t hundreds of years ago.

CNN

Human-trafficking bill sent to House

Columbus Dispatch

‘Premature’ to end military ban on gays: Sen. McCain

It may be premature to end the U.S. military‘s ban on gays, Senator John McCain warned, as Republicans geared up to block President Barack Obama’s push to repeal the “Don‘t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Reuters

WIKILEAKS

WikiLeaks fights to stay online after US company withdraws domain name

The U.S. was accused of opening up a dramatic new front against WikiLeaks, effectively “killing” its web address just days after Amazon pulled the site from its servers following political pressure.

Guardian

Forget policy, some of this WikiLeaks stuff is great to read

Note to Tatiana Gfoeller, U.S. ambassador to Kyrgyzstan: If you ever tire of the Foreign Service — or get drummed out — there may be a reporting job for you.

Bradenton Herald

POLITICS

US House votes to keep Bush middle class tax cuts

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans while letting them lapse for the wealthy.

BBC

Senate plans weekend votes on Dem tax plans

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

House approves bill to improve school lunches’ nutritional value

The House approved a bill that would improve the safety and nutritional value of food served at schools — and expand the number of schoolchildren eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals.

USA TODAY

Erskine Bowles: a Democrat willing to swing the budget ax

Erskine Bowles is co-chairman of the presidential deficit commission, which will soon vote on U.S. fiscal plan. He‘s no stranger to budget-cutting. He’s had to trim more than $550 million and 1,000 jobs.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Is infidelity genetic?

Genes associated with sensation-seeking behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or gambling, may also be associated with sexual promiscuity and infidelity, according to a new study.

WebMD

Employer insurance costs rising

Although premiums for employer health insurance have risen 41 percent since 2003, new research says that employees are getting less bang for their buck.

HealthDay

Man doses himself with a parasite for intestinal problems

After reading research on the effect of an intestinal worm found in pigs on ulcerative colitis, a patient tracked ingested eggs from a similar roundworm that infects humans, in hopes of easing his own colitis.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Your brain on meditation

Science has proven that meditating actually restructures your brain and can train it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress and more.

Yoga Journal

Holiday battle: Catholics vs. atheists

As if trying to negotiate the traffic wasn’t hard enough, drivers coming into New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel are getting caught up in a battle of beliefs.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Where has ‘Tron’ gone?

Has anybody seen Tron lately? Not the new “Tron: Legacy” — with its reported $170 million budget, it’s impossible to miss all the billboards — but Disney’s original 1982 film.

Newsweek

Hello Kitty hooks generations on cute

Sanrio, the Japanese company that defined cute, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010. Its star, Hello Kitty, remains popular with adults and children.

NPR

The real ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ badge coming for Chuck Norris

Actor Chuck Norris for years played a Texas Ranger on television. Now he’s going to become one in real life. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to present the actor with a designation as an honorary member.

Chicago Sun-Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (John C. Abell):

Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t do: ‘objectivity’ in the age of the Internet

(Wired)

Epicenter

Column (Matt Warman):

Net neutrality: where philosophy meets economics

The Telegraph

Editorial:

After Rangel censure, will House backtrack on ethics?

USA TODAY

Column (John Dickerson):

Please stop playing nice, Mr. President

Slate

Blog (Mark Thompson):

All players stick to script at Senate hearing on repealing ‘Don‘t Ask, Don’t Tell’

(TIME)

Swampland

Column (David Korn):

Palin, the GOP, and the wimp factor

Mother Jones

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WikiWorld

MarkFiore.com

Editorial:

Republicans should not kill labor committee

The Portland Press Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital staff works overtime to give sick kids a dose of cheer

Lisa Scherber has spent the past 18 years working to brighten the lives of children with cancer. Last Christmas, Lisa and her staff created a wonderland in the pediatric cancer clinic at a hospital in Boston.

USA TODAY

Microsoft co-founder gives $26M for animal health

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is giving $26 million to Washington State University for its School for Global Animal Health.

Star Tribune

Brain scan ‘best thing’ for early detection of autism

The way autism is diagnosed could become less subjective by using a brain-imaging-based test that is being developed by researchers and that, in early trials, was 94 percent accurate.

MSNBC

WORLD

Bhopal: India wants compensation by US company doubled to $1.1B