Angry over spying, Muslims say: 'Don't call NYPD' (AP)

AP - Fed up with a decade of police spying on the innocuous details of the daily lives of Muslims, activists in New York are discouraging people from going directly to the police with their concerns about terrorism, a campaign that is certain to further strain relations between the two groups.

Police clear out downtown Occupy Oakland camp (AP)

AP - Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment just before dawn Monday, arresting several dozen Occupy demonstrators and clearing out tents from a downtown Oakland plaza after issuing several warnings over the weekend.

Airline fined $900,000 for lengthy tarmac delays (AP)

AP - The Department of Transportation said Monday it has fined a regional affiliate of American Airlines $900,000 for keeping hundreds of passengers cooped up for hours on planes in Chicago earlier this year, a clear warning to airlines on the eve of the holiday travel season that similar incidents won't be tolerated.

White House confident health law will be upheld (AP)

AP - The White House says it is pleased that the Supreme Court will hear arguments over President Barack Obama's heath care overhaul and is confident the law will be upheld.

Supreme Court agrees to hear Obama healthcare law (Reuters)

Reuters - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the healthcare system's biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years.

Obama pushes Congress' deficit panel to act (AP)

AP - Sounding increasingly frustrated as a deadline for action approaches, President Barack Obama accused members of a special congressional deficit-reduction panel of refusing to budge from rigid positions and find a solution to the country's yawning deficit.

Candidates seek to limit federal role in education (AP)

AP - When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance: Get the federal government out of schools. How they'd do that varies.

USDA: 'Locally grown' food a $4.8 billion business (AP)

AP - Carolyn Anderson likes to chat up the growers at her local farmers market in Missouri, at times hanging out behind the beds of pickup trucks brimming with ears of corn.

No deficit deal in sight despite prods by Obama (AP)

AP - Despite prodding from President Barack Obama, members of Congress' supercommittee concede no deal is in sight to meet their goal of $1.2 trillion or more in deficit savings over the next decade.

Rules lag as factory dust explosions kill workers (AP)

AP - Each year, people are killed and maimed by explosions of finely powdered wood, metal or chemicals at factories around the country. Safety experts have studied the threat posed by dust at industrial sites for nearly a decade, yet tighter regulations are still years away.

No aloha: Obama skips out on APEC tradition (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says the colorful Hawaiian aloha shirts are out when it comes to world leaders.

'Immortals' reigns with $32M opening weekend (AP)

AP - The gods of ancient Greece have extended their rule to the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the action tale "Immortals."

Penn State prays for abuse victims, perpetrators (Reuters)

Reuters - Churchgoers at embattled Penn State University offered prayers for victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse on Sunday, and the state's governor said more victims of alleged abuse by a former university football coach are likely to be found.