Recognition and Favorability of GOP2012 Candidates  —  The rise of Newt Gingrich over the past 10 days or so, now capped with a Manchester Union Leader endorsement, is the culmination of a months long rejuvenation process.  In April Gingrich ran neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in net favorability ratings …

Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B  —  The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret.  Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.  —  The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …

Barney Frank not seeking re-election in 2012  —  Washington (CNN) - Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a prominent 16-term liberal Democrat and arch-enemy of political conservatives nationwide, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, according to a statement from Frank's office.

Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month … Date: Sun.  —  Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned.  —  The Harper government has tentatively planned an announcement for a few days before Christmas, CTV's Roger Smith reported Sunday evening.

Enraged Pakistanis burn Obama effigy, slam US  —  Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis took to the streets across the country Sunday, burning an effigy of  —  and setting fire to US flags after 24 soldiers died in  —  air strikes.  —  The rallies were organised by opposition and right-wing Islamist groups …

Things to Tax  —  The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad.  Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits.  And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal?  —  And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.

The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse  —  In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.

Ahead Of Climate Talks, U.S. Leadership In Question … The U.S. is second only to China in emitting gases that cause global warming.  Above, the smoke stacks at American Electric Power's Mountaineer power plant in West Virginia.  —  A new round of United Nations climate talks is getting under way in Durban, South Africa, Monday.

Payroll Tax Cut Will Top Political Theater  —  Senate Democrats and the White House are setting up a certain-to-fail vote to extend and expand the payroll tax cut as soon as this week as their signature political showcase heading into the election year.  —  For Democratic partisans …

Iran: We'll fire 150,000 missiles at Israel if attacked  —  Defense minister Vahidi tells army volunteers ‘Israel has to be punished for what it has done to the Muslims in Palestine’  —  Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran Independent News Service reported Sunday.

Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars  —  More than 16 million children are now living in poverty and, for many of them, a proper home is elusive.  Some cash-strapped families stay with relatives; others move into motels or homeless shelters.  But, as Scott Pelley reports …

A More Perfect Union  —  Emily Dopper and her boyfriend, Willem van Leeuwen, tourists from the Netherlands, were on their way to lunch at the Boathouse restaurant in New York's Central Park when they encountered the picket line.  Clay Skaggs, a striking waiter, intercepted them.

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Sam Brownback  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.  —  Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway …

DNC hits Romney with television ads in 5 swing states  —  The Democratic National Committee is broadening its message campaign against Mitt Romney, going on the air in six television markets to call him a brazen flip-flopper who might as well be “two men trapped in one body.”