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On 11/11/11 — and in honor of the Nigel Tufnel, the Spinal Tap guitarist whose amps went up to 11 — we've taken thousands of your nominations and compiled a list of songs that sound best turned up loud.

The rating agency Standard and Poor's sent out an alert downgrading France's debt on Thursday. It turned out to be a false alarm, but it took nearly two hours for S&P to clarify that. S&P says it's investigating the mistake.

The new movie J. Edgar is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover who headed the FBI for 48 years. Hoover championed scientific crime fighting in general and the use of fingerprints in particular.

A law passed after the Exxon Valdez oil spill requires the government to assess the biological damage from big spills so fines can be fixed and damage paid for. The National Academy of Sciences has a report describing the methods and metrics of determining the "ecosystem services" that have been lost due to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Also: It's time to pause for Veterans Day.

The alleged sexual abuse of young boys by a former assistant football coach is "a tragedy," Rodney Erickson added, and "it will take all of us some time to come to grips with the full magnitude of the damage that has been done."

Is a picture worth a thousand war stories? Suzanne Opton, author of Soldier/Many Wars, took photos of veterans to find out. In one series, she had them adopt a vulnerable position by laying their heads on a table, while in another, she draped them with fabric to explore roles like warrior, martyr, saint.

While some brands of hair straightener bill themselves as free of formaldehyde, some may contain significant concentrations of the chemical, an irritant and a cancer risk. An independent study confirms previous government reports that some hair products are mislabeled.

Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora ran the ministry that oversees police agencies forces battling drug cartels. Mexico's president said the accident may have been caused by bad weather.

An amateur chili grower aspires to break the Guinness World Record for the world's hottest pepper.