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Why are birds getting bigger?

The birds in central California are getting bigger. The reason for the growth is believed to be climate change, but therein lies a mystery: The birds should be getting smaller as the climate warms, not bigger.

ABC News

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Climate change

Guardian

The Brooklyn man who wrote to Gadhafi

Louis Schlamowitz, a Brooklyn native, has more than 6,000 letters and autographed photos from the famous to the infamous, including written correspondence with Moammar Gadhafi.

CNN

Occupy Denver protesters arrested and tents dismantled

Seventeen protesters were arrested after police in riot gear forced protesters out of Denver’s Civic Center park and tore down illegally pitched tents.

Denver Post

Tensions high amid ‘Occupy’ crackdowns

Msnbc.com

Police: Occupy San Francisco protesters injure 2 police officers

USA TODAY

Italian president races to appoint new government amid financial crisis

Italy’s president raced to appoint an emergency government to face a financial crisis endangering the whole eurozone and replace Silvio Berlusconi who resigned as prime minister.

Reuters

Blog:

The end of Berlusconi

(Economist)

Newsbook

Montana’s ‘Big Sky’ country has lots of room for optimism

In Billings, Mont., the land of the “Big Sky,” there aren’t many clouds. A city of about 100,000 people between Denver and Calgary, Billings is weathering the economic storm better than many others.

NPR

NATION

Obama warns Chinese president of US frustrations on trade

President Barack Obama sought to pressure China over its currency and trade policies, warning Chinese President Hu Jintao that Americans were growing “impatient and frustrated” over economic relations.

Reuters

Real estate woes deepen as home prices face more pressure

Home prices are highly seasonal, due to the different mix of homes that sell at different times of the year, but the latest reading for September shows home prices are under added pressure now, falling 1.1 percent.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama hoping for Pacific free trade plan by 2012

Pacific Rim leaders pledged to work together to keep world growth on track, as President Barack Obama announced the broad outlines of a plan that could serve as a model for a trans-Pacific free trade zone.

Bloomberg

Iran dominates GOP contenders’ debate

The Republican presidential contenders met in a debate on foreign policy in South Carolina with the question of Iran at the top of the agenda.

Msnbc.com

GOP debate shows sharp contrasts on foreign policy positions

San Francisco Chronicle

GOP debate: Attack Iran to hold off nukes?

YouTube

BUSINESS

Microlending takes off in the Bay Area; small businesses reap the rewards

When Caitlin McShane looks down San Francisco‘s Mission Street, she doesn’t see taco joints and bodegas bulging with ripe fruit. She sees sharks.

San Jose Mercury News

‘Call of Duty’: largest 1st day sales in entertainment history

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” has broken all sales records in its first 24 hours of release. Sales of over $400 million in the U.S. and U.K. alone beats any entertainment product release ever.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Record flooding damages Thailand’s ancient capital

Water fowl, monitor lizards and stray dogs have replaced the throngs of tourists at one of Thailand‘s greatest historical sites. Record flooding has turned the Thai capital’s ancient temples into islands.

Seattle Times

After oil spill, Chevron halts well drilling off coast of Brazil

Oil giant Chevron halted drilling of a well off the coast of Brazil as it looks into the possible causes of an oil spill in the region.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Students’ education being extended beyond the classroom

For five days a week, One Village, an afternoon education enrichment program for Delaware students, has provided after-school meals, homework help, arts and crafts and summer enrichment programs.

Delaware Online

Teachers unions mobilize in a fight for their lives

Voters rejected Ohio Gov. John Kasich‘s plan to scale back collective bargaining rights for public employees, showing how important the nation’s teachers unions have become beyond the classroom.

NPR

SPORTS

Penn State loses last home game amid child sex abuse scandal

Penn State lost to Nebraska 17-14, tarnishing its perfect Big Ten football record during its last home game of the tumultuous season.

CNN

Blog:

At Penn State: solidarity for abuse victims

NPR

Manny Pacquiao wins by decision

The Filipino sensation, Manny Pacquiao, was taken to the limit before winning a majority decision that infuriated Marquez and most of the sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Kristofor Husted):

A food sculptor’s passion for cheese

(NPR)

The Salt

Blog (Barney Zwartz):

Science as religion

(Sydney Morning Herald)

The Religious Write

Column (Leonard Pitts):

Mississippi, abortion and moral clarity

Baltimore Sun

Column (Bob Ray Sanders):

Drug sentencing disparities haunt US justice system

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

House should block robocall bill

The Star-Ledger

Blog (Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D.):

How society grades teachers

(Psychology Today)

The Moment of Youth

Column (Bob Ray Sanders):

Drug sentencing disparities haunt US justice system

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Eric Reguly):

Berlusconi’s just as bad – not worse – than the rest

Globeandmail.com

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GOOD NEWS

Paralyzed Luther College player Norton to be honored

Chris Norton in Decorah, Iowa, can‘t walk without assistance, after suffering a spinal cord injury while on the football field, but he will win the America’s Choice Honor for the CBS Courage in Sports award.

Sports Illustrated

Chris Norton wins ‘Courage in Sports’ award

CBS News

Church congregations reach out to injured vets returning home

Some wounds of war are all too visible — a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot, and equally hard to treat.

Religion News Service

Young hospital patients get the star treatment, build self-esteem

Teenagers with serious medical conditions were pampered as part of an outing designed to build their self-esteem as they undergo treatment at Shriners Hospitals for Children, in Houston.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Brazil troops and police raid Rio shantytown in clean-up drive

More than 3,000 troops launched a pre-dawn assault driving out heavily-armed gang members from Rio’s Rocinha favela as part of a continuing effort to clean up the 2016 Olympic city.

Guardian

Iran explosion at Revolutionary Guards military base

Seventeen Iranian soldiers have been killed in an explosion at a military base near Iran’s capital Tehran, officials say.

BBC

Deadly blasts hit Iran arms depot

Al Jazeera

Arab League suspends Syria

The Arab League has voted to suspend Syria from its meetings and impose sanctions against Damascus over failure to end a government crackdown on protesters.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Good news — killer solar flare won’t destroy Earth

Contrary to what some doomsayers would have you believe, if the world ends in 2012, the sun won’t be to blame, NASA officials say.

Msnbc.com

Russia continues attempt to contact probe as time runs out

Russian scientists and astronomers continued to scramble over the weekend, as reports surfaced that Russian space officials are unable to contact a failed probe destined for Mars’ only moon.

The State Column

HEALTH

Depression in young people increases risk of heart disease mortality

The negative effects of depression in young people on the health of their hearts may actually be stronger than has been previously recognized.

e! Science News

CDC report finds majority of smokers want to quit

Despite the known dangers of smoking, about 20 percent of Americans still light up, but almost 70 percent want to quit, a new government report shows.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Israel feminists warn of religious-based segregation in public realm

Women who thought Israel’s battle for gender equality was mostly won warn of a new assault from the fast-growing ultra-Orthodox seeking to expand religious-based segregation.

Los Angeles Times

Romney’s LDS faith a strength in Nevada

A LDS spokesman estimated that Mormons make up about 7 percent of Nevada’s population overall with about 120,000 voting-aged members.

Reno Gazette-Journal

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Jay-Z‘s ’Occupy’ T-shirt line yanked after criticism about profits

Jay-Z’s Occupy Wall Street T-shirt line has been pulled from Rocawear’s website after critics slammed the millionaire rapper for cashing in on the movement without promising to share the profits.

NY Daily News

Take the stress out of the season

Susan Keels and Angela Butorac are so organized about hosting holiday gatherings, they have pretty much everything done except the cooking.

Detroit Free Press

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