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Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. walks amid reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the deficit reduction panel’s deadline approaches with little expectation for success. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

John Steinbeck’s bitter fruit

Seventy years after “The Grapes of Wrath” was published, its themes — corporate greed, joblessness — are back with a vengeance. A look at the remarkable legacy of John Steinbeck.

Guardian

Dallas plans for 50th anniversary of JFK death observance

A few faithful made a pilgrimage to Dealey Plaza to mark the moment at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 22, 1963, when the Kennedy motorcade came gliding down Elm Street and shots rang out.

Seattle Times

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Reporter recalls Kennedy assassination, interview with Zapruder

(Los Angeles Times)

Nation Now

Deadlock gives election year ammunition

The supercommittee’s failure plays well into the emerging campaign themes of President Obama and the front-runners for the 2012 presidential nomination, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

The Hill

Supercommitte had chance at elusive compromise

Reuters

Does supercommittee failure imperil Pentagon?

NPR

Debt crisis worsens for Europe

The eurozone’s debt crisis swept closer to the heart of Europe despite a clear-cut election victory in Spain for conservatives committed to austerity, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank.

Reuters

Spain’s election fails to lift financial gloom

YouTube

How much privacy can smartphone owners expect?

The U.S. Supreme Court could soon allow police to monitor the movements of U.S. mobile phone users without a warrant. With these devices in our pockets, how much privacy can we expect?

BBC

NATION

UC Davis protesters confront chancellor

Following UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi’s apology to thousands of students rallying in fury over the pepper-spraying of nonviolent protesters, many students and faculty demanded she resign.

San Francisco Chronicle

Police pepper spray policies under review

CBS News

Automakers to steer customers to hybrids

Fewer than 1 percent of cars on the road in the U.S. have hybrid or electric technology. But for car companies to meet new fuel efficiency rules, that percentage is going to have to grow by a lot.

NPR

Highest income-inequality tract in America is gentrifying

The increasing concentration of wealth among the nation’s highest earners while most Americans struggle financially has become a rallying point for Occupy protests and news syndicates nationwide.

McClatchy Newspapers

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America’s poor: More people are living in poverty than we thought

(TIME)

The Curious Capitalist

POLITICS

Obama signs bill offering tax breaks for hiring jobless vets

Heralding rare bipartisan agreement, President Barack Obama signed legislation aimed at helping unemployed veterans find work while putting cash in the hands of government contractors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Western states step up sanctions on Iran

The U.S., Britain and Canada announced new sanctions on Iran’s energy and financial sectors, steps analysts said may raise pressure on Tehran but were unlikely to halt its nuclear program.

Reuters

Russia blasts new sanctions

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Consumer Reports ranks companies as ‘naughty’ or ‘nice’

While some companies had consumers’ best interests in mind this year, others seemed to only have eyes for their bottom line.

CNNMoney

Help Wanted USA: Hiring hotspots emerge, but mobility an issue

It’s not like the people in Fort Wayne, Ind., aren’t sympathetic with America’s unemployed. It’s just that they’re not seeing as many of them as the rest of us.

Reuters

Buffett says Berkshire could spend up to $10B on next deal

Warren Buffett, who invested $23.9 billion for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the third quarter, said the company could spend as much as $10 billion on its next acquisition.

BusinessWeek

Buffett may spend $10B on next purchase

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language

University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it.

Mother Nature Network

Blog:

Saving a living language

(PBS)

The Rundown

Occupy Student Debt refusing to pay

For two months, the Occupy protests have focused attention on student loan debt. Occupy Student Debt, a group that started with the Occupy movement, has just proposed a solution: stop paying.

Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

A Montana farmer’s push to grow crops under cover of trees

On a forested hill in the mountains of Montana, beneath a canopy of pine and spruce, Marc and Gloria Flora have planted more than 300 smaller trees, from apple and pear to black walnut and chestnut.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Urban agriculture: Baltimore’s can-do approach to food justice

Two Baltimore-based sustainability and food-planning programs show how an active, involved city government and a willingness to try new ideas can change the urban food landscape for the better.

Grist

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheist to open Jewish library in Lithuania

Wyman Brent may be about the most unlikely person you could find to establish a new Jewish library in the Baltic nation of Lithuania.

Forward

Turkish women’s magazine searches for intersection of Islam and fashion

The Turkish women’s magazine Âlâ first gained notice in the summer of 2011 by putting the most controversial piece of fabric in Turkey, the Islamic headscarf, on its cover.

The Atlantic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Paul Krugman):

Romantic views threaten European technocrats

Houston Chronicle

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How to make money in a failing economy

Newsweek

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Economics and the autocatalytic structure of the economy

(NPR)

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Ron Paul just can’t get no respect from the media

Salt Lake Tribune

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Apple’s American job disaster

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Michael O’Hanlon):

Cut defense, but with eye on these threats

USA TODAY

Column (Mark Juddery):

The 7 most overrated Time Magazine Persons of the Year

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Out to lunch: Congress puts the food lobby above child nutrition

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

Baltimore’s ‘Knitting Behind Bars’ weaves unlikely partnership

Defying every expectation, Lynn Zwerling’s program, “Knitting Behind Bars,” is the most exclusive club at Jessup’s Pre-Release Unit, an all-male, minimum-security prison in Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun

Vietnamese war refugee reunited in New York with long-lost son

After he was thrown overboard and left for dead by pirates thirty-four years ago, a Vietnamese refugee was reunited with his long lost son who was taken from him as an infant in that horrific attack.

NY Daily News

112 monkeys, baboon to get new home after shelter closes

A wildlife shelter that went bust will be transferring 113 primates to a nearby sanctuary after a bankruptcy judge approved the move.

Msnbc.com

WORLD

Slavery: A 21st century evil