Headlines from December 1, 2010

Senate approves food-safety bill, which many believe doesn't reach far enough, but is better than serving poisoned peanut butter.
With Congress deadlocked on jobless benefits, two million people will go unpaid this month--a potentially serious blow to the U.S. economy.
With competing billboards near the Lincoln Tunnel, atheists, Catholic League spar over the meaning of Christmas.
The day after shuttering its Fiji facilities and firing all its workers over a tax hike, Fiji Water agrees to the new tax.
Consumer Reports releases its lists of retailers with "naughty" and "nice" holiday return policies.
"When it's hard to sell your home... it's hard to sell your snake ranch." Roadside attractions face tough decisions.
An exhibit of the "degenerate" art Nazis sought to eradicate, excavated from Berlin nearly 70 years later.
Among the Wikileaks: Fearing "thin-skinned" Sarkozy's ire, advisers diverted his plane so he wouldn't see the Eiffel Tower lit like the Turkish flag.
With speculation Bank of America is next for Wikileaking, its stock price dropped more than 3%.
Mr. Assange found a possibly more predictable ally--his mother...who runs a puppet theater in Australia's Queensland state.
Bullying isn't a "sticks and stones" situation, but one as neurologically harmful as domestic abuse.
Scientists reverse aging in mice--next up, humans.
Study suggests the T.S.A.'s racial profiling is less effective than if they searched random people.
Hamas to accept referendum on peace treaty with Israel provided it includes all Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank, and diaspora.
Muslim Brotherhood to boycott Egyptian runoff vote after losing all seats.
Musudan rumors--North Korea's missile, the BM-25--explored; evidence lacking that Iran can hit Western Europe with a missile.
Ecuador's Correa says asylum offer to Assange has been withdrawn.
Dancehall: Jamaican cultural emblem, or homophobic "murder music?"
Real hunters don't shoot pets. Canned hunting is booming; Fair-chase Montana hunters fight back.
Norway reopens inquiry into attempted murder of Salman Rushdie's publisher 17 years ago (case details).
McCann: Europe is now a dreamhouse of America, maybe even more "American" than the U.S itself.
Hey, crowd: Please tell us your personal liner notes for 2010.
Batman's legal status considered in light of state-actor protections.
Nicki Minaj understood in female-rapper context: the best one willing to do it.
See also: Gold-injected plants produce bioluminescence.
Lunchtime game: Hand-drawn erotic photo hunt.