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Know This:

• Supercommittee: Congressional supercommittee concede defeat in effort to reach deficit-reduction agreement; Official statement: “[T]he nation’s fiscal crisis must be addressed”; Dems: Grover Norquist-inspired intransigence on tax increases to blame; Grover Norquist: Dems blaming me “is sort of funny”; What now?: Helpful infographic explains.

• Terror Plot: Alleged Al Qaeda-inspired lone-wolf terrorist arrested by NYPD, was supposedly one hour away from building first pipe bomb; FBI passed on case after concluding that Jose Pimentel lacked predisposition, ability to act alone; timing of arrest called suspicious by some, suggest NYPD needed distraction in light of recent bad press.

• OWS: Support for Occupy Wall Street down slightly, but majority of Americans remain neither in favor nor against the movement; two weeks later, Occupy the Highway march from Zuccotti Park to White House reaches end.

• Suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning will go before military panel on December 16th.

• Spies working for US in Iran and Lebanon caught, possibly killed after allegedly meeting with CIA case officers at Beirut Pizza Hut.

• Gaddafi’s notorious intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi captured after three months on the lam.

• RIP: John Neville, Terry Gilliam’s Baron Munchausen, dead at 86; playwright Shelagh Delaney, at 71; Seattle Mariners center fielder Greg Halman, at 24.

Read This:

• Herman Cain retells story how his surgeon’s “too foreign”-sounding name caused him concern.

• Follow Up: Controversial “foreclosure mill” Steven J. Baum to shutter.

• Emily Nussbaum reviews Whitney and 2 Broke Girls for The New Yorker.

• Sylvester Stallone teaming up with Klitschko brothers to produce Rocky musical.

Look At This:

• Crotchless panties for children? Crotchless panties for children.

The Other:

• NewsFeed: The Boundary Effect: Entering a New Room Makes You Forget Things.

• Tea x Time List: The 14 Greatest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011.

• Above: Slice of Pizza Sleeping Bag w/ Veggie Pillows from B Fiber and Craft Emporium.

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