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A woman sits near Piazza Navona’s Fontana del Moro in Rome. European Commissioner for the Economy, Olli Rehn, warned Italy it needs to further reform the pension system, and said the 17-country eurozone could slip into “a deep and prolonged recession.” (Photo by Gregorio Borgia / AP)

Space tourism on the horizon with ‘Spaceport America’

The world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport takes shape in southern New Mexico as an outbound hub for tourists ascending to suborbital heights and as a high-tech haven for experimental craft.

SPACE.com

NASA plans to protect lunar landing sites from future tourists

FloridaToday.com

‘Rocket City’ hopes for another boom

NPR

GOP debate: Cain defends, Perry fumbles

In a debate focused primarily on economic matters, Herman Cain faced questions about a sexual harassment scandal, as Rick Perry inflicted a serious and perhaps fatal wound to his own presidential hopes.

CNN

Obama, Romney duke it out in key states

Politico

Perry struggles with own economic agenda

The Hill

Eurozone split feared as EU dithers on Italy

Political and economic crisis in Italy spurred fears of a split in the eurozone, with borrowing costs for Europe’s third biggest economy at unsustainable levels and the bloc unable to afford a bailout.

Reuters

Lucas Papademos named as new Greek PM

BBC

Are we headed toward a two-speed Europe?

CNN

Police disband Berkeley ‘Occupy’ camp

Dozens of police in riot gear confronted anti-Wall Street protesters at the University of California at Berkeley as the demonstrators tried to establish an encampment on campus.

Houston Chronicle

Arab Christians, minorities reshape small US enclaves

As war, the economy and persecution by Muslim extremists push Arab Christians and religious minorities out of the Middle East, refugees and immigrants are quietly settling in small pockets across the U.S.

Las Vegas Sun

Nixon unplugged: Watergate testimony revealed for 1st time

Four months after a judge ordered the Watergate records unsealed, the Nixon Presidential Library began to make them available online. Historians hope it will form Nixon’s most truthful account.

Daily Mail

NATION

Supreme Court likely to take Obama health care case

The politics of President Obama’s health care law could shift dramatically under an expected review by the Court. The justices would hear arguments next year, right in the middle of the 2012 election.

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Nationwide disaster alert test has failed in some regions

A U.S. disaster-warning system that was to be carried on radio and television didn’t work in some regions during its first national test today, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Bloomberg

Ala. county files for largest municipal bankruptcy in US history

Alabama’s most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, years after being plunged more than $4 billion into debt by a corruption-riddled sewer project.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Washington, D.C.-based anti-abortion group wants to join N.C. lawsuit

The Washington, D.C.-based ‘Jubilee Campaign Law of Life Project,’ an anti-abortion public-interest organization, wants to help N.C. defend against a lawsuit challenging a new restrictive law.

McClatchy Newspapers

In blow to Republicans, Ohio voters reject law limiting union rights

Voters in Ohio overwhelmingly rejected a law curbing union bargaining rights for public employees, dealing a blow to Republicans in a state that could prove pivotal in deciding the presidential race.

Globeandmail.com

BUSINESS

Arrival of Amazon’s ‘Kindle Fire’ tablet depresses iPad sales

Imminent arrival of “Kindle Fire” depressed sales of Apple‘s iPad 2. When it is released, some will wait and see, and some will buy an iPad. The interesting question will be how many do each.

Forbes

Amazon’s ‘Fire’ already challenging iPad for hearts and minds

(Wired)

Epicenter

Adobe backs off on Flash, shifts focus to mobile browsers

Adobe Systems Inc. is pulling its Flash software for Web video and games from the browsers of mobile devices, though Flash will still work on mobile apps and on the Web browsers of regular computers.

ABC News

HEALTH

Fat-zapping drug passes crucial test, not all monkey business

A potentially powerful weight-loss drug that strangles fat cells has passed a crucial test in monkeys.

Houston Chronicle

New discovery raises hope for developing anti-malaria vaccine

Researchers found that the malaria parasite needs just one receptor to gain entry and infect human red blood cells — a discovery which could help to develop new anti-malaria vaccines.

Medical News Today

EEG finds consciousness in people in vegetative state

Signs of consciousness have been detected in three people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, with the help of a cheap, portable device that can be used at the bedside.

New Scientist

EDUCATION

Is stardardized testing pressure pushing teachers to cheat?

The alarming number of California teachers who have been accused of cheating on standardized tests raised questions about the pressure to improve scores.

EducationNews.org

Online enrollment grows, doubts persist

Despite theories that online enrollments might be approaching a plateau, the number of students taking at least one online course grew substantially for the ninth straight year.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Md. bishops call on Catholics to oppose same-sex marriage

With legislation to legalize same-sex marriage expected in the General Assembly, Maryland’s Catholic bishops call on parishioners to act against the proposal they say threatens “religious liberty.”

Baltimore Sun

New chapel takes shape at US Army post

A new chapel is taking shape at the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell to accommodate a wide range of religious congregations outgrowing the existing chapels built in the World War II and Korean War eras.

San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

‘Club Frontiers’ helps Philly’s African American youth

For more than five decades, a little-known group of African-American men has quietly raised more than $500,000 in college scholarships for area youth who have strong promise but limited means.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Giant Salvation Army kettle installed in downtown Detroit

Detroit residents donated $7.9 million to the Salvation Army, between 30 percent and 40 percent of that through the 400 Red Kettle bells set up across Detroit, Salvation Army’s Herb Fuqua said.

Detroit Free Press

Trucking food to those in need

All Jennifer Hawes wanted was to help stop wasting perfectly good food. She persisted, and 8 years later, Cold Star, a business she started, facilitates over 250,000 meals to neighborhood homes.

Vancouver Sun

WORLD

Tobacco firms fuming over Australia’s ‘plain package’ law