The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

This edition was published on 05/04/10 at 4:31 p.m. [ Go to the front page ]

Home

About us

Our Team

Volunteer

Ways to help

Opinion

Baby Boot Camp founder and Chief Executive Kristen Horler, center, leads a work out for mothers Kara Chalmers, left, and Buffy Snider with son Bode Snider in stroller, during an outdoor exercise class at Phillippi Estate Park in Sarasota, Fla. (Photo by Steve Nesius / AP)

Email_icon

Just 5 minutes of 'green exercise' optimal for good mental health

According to a new study by the American Chemical Society, just minutes of exercise in a park, working in a backyard garden, or on a nature trail will benefit mental health.

Email_icon

Medical News Today

Symbol_story

Slimming down employees to cut costs

Email_icon

BusinessWeek

Symbol_video

Moms get fit

Email_icon

Denver Post

Fishing harder for same catch

Marine scientists have discovered that despite modern trawlers being 50 times more effective than their sailing equivalents in the 19th century, they only catch a third more fish due to overfishing.

Email_icon

Telegraph.co.uk

New York plot suspect to be charged with terrorist activity

The Pakistani-American believed to have planned a car bomb attack in New York's Times Square will be charged with an act of terrorism, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Email_icon

Reuters

Symbol_story

The NYC bomb plot: a Taliban connection?

Email_icon

TIME

Symbol_story

Pakistan makes arrests connected to Times Square bomb attempt

Email_icon

Sky News

The Pill started more than 1 revolution

The birth control pill has been called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century, and no wonder. Fifty years after its approval it is still one of the leading methods of contraception.

Email_icon

Symbol_video

The Pill at 50: freedom and paradox

Email_icon

TIME

BP tries to stop oil spill

Officials of BP, the oil giant that owns the leaking well, said they plan to try to cap it with a four-story metal container that will try to suck in the flowing oil.

Email_icon

CNN

Special section:

Oil spill

Email_icon

News-Press

NATION

Fears of finding more victims mount as Tenn. floodwaters recede

Rescuers feared even more bodies would emerge as muddy flood waters ebb from torrential weekend rains that swamped Nashville, much of Tennessee and neighboring states.

Email_icon

Star Tribune

Symbol_slideshow

Email_icon

CBS News

Symbol_slideshow

Aerial scenes of Nashville area flooding

Email_icon

Shots still reverberate for survivors of Kent State

It was 40 years ago that four students were shot and killed and nine others wounded at Kent State University.

Email_icon

NPR

Special section:

Kent State, 40 years later: Top 10 protest songs

Email_icon

TIME

POLITICS

Liberals fear Obama nomination of moderate to court

Liberals fear that after they helped elect President Barack Obama he'll abandon them when he nominates a Supreme Court justice, choosing a moderate rather than a liberal.

Email_icon

Washington Post

Will the oil spill change US energy policy?

More than 70 environmental groups called on the Senate to keep any expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling out of upcoming climate and energy legislation.

Email_icon

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US said to have over 5,100 nuclear warheads

For the first time, U.S. officials have announced how many nuclear weapons are in its arsenal, which for decades was a closely held secret.

Email_icon

DailyTech

In online games, women play to socialize

Online games connected to social networking sites like Facebook are new, but they are going viral. FarmVille, a game in which players cultivate a virtual farm, has grown to more than 80 million users.

Email_icon

NPR

Darwin dynasty cursed by inbreeding

Charles Darwin’s family suffered from the deleterious effects of inbreeding suggests a new study that serves as ironic punctuation to the evolutionary theorist's life work.

Email_icon

LiveScience

SPORTS

Coach Del Negro fired from Bulls

The Chicago Bulls have scheduled a news conference with general manager Gar Forman to discuss the firing of head coach Vinny Del Negro.

Email_icon

ESPN

Symbol_video

Bulls fire head coach

Email_icon

YouTube

Rondo carves up Cavaliers for 19 assists as Celtics tie series

LeBron James better make sure his new MVP trophy isn't missing. The Boston Celtics stole everything else.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Environmentalists warn that Jordan River is drying up

A team of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmental scientists says large stretches of the biblical river could dry up by 2011.

Email_icon

ABC News

Farmers cope with herbicide-resistant weeds caused by Roundup

American farmers’ heavy use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of herbicide-resistant weeds that could lead to higher food prices.

Email_icon

Effects on plants increase global warming

Trees and other plants help keep the planet cool, but rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are turning down this global air conditioner.

Email_icon

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Behind the Catholic sex abuse scandal

Allegations and admissions of child abuse by priests have shaken the Roman Catholic Church to its core, as a continuous stream of cases has surfaced across Western Europe and beyond.

Email_icon

BBC

Bishops welcome Democrats’ immigration reform policy

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is welcoming the Senate Democrats’ framework for immigration reform but is opposed to its treatment of homosexual relationships.

Email_icon

Catholic World News

Symbol_story

Ex-Episcopal bishop returns to flock

Email_icon

Times Union

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Kings' adviser brings peace

The three surviving children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were embroiled in an embarrassing public feud. Now, they have turned over a new leaf, talking about their “shared vision.”

Email_icon

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Saudi school aims to save the planet

How much would it cost to solve the world's major problems? King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia says $10 billion, which is the amount he's given to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Email_icon

KQED

Symbol_audio

Saudi Arabian school

Email_icon

NPR

WORLD

Italy fines Muslim woman over veil

Italian police have fined a Muslim woman for wearing a face-covering veil in public, officials in the northern city of Novara said.

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Japan PM scraps plan to move US base from Okinawa

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial U.S. base from the island of Okinawa.

Email_icon

BBC

BUSINESS

Housing bust forces Americans to alter retirement plans

As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, a sharp rebound in the housing market is still considered faint, forcing Americans who were hoping to tap into their home equity for retirement to change their plans.

Email_icon

ABC News

Wal-Mart to pay $27.6 million in Calif. hazardous waste dumping case

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide.

Email_icon

Fresno Bee

FCC chairman expected to leave broadband deregulated

The FCC chairman has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, sources say, even as a federal-court decision has exposed weaknesses in the agency's ability to be a strong watchdog.

Email_icon

HEALTH

New stem cells will reduce the need for animal testing

Powerful stem cells made by reprogramming adult tissue could reduce the need for animal testing of new drugs, according to a scientific pioneer of the technology.

Email_icon

Times Online

Kids' TV time linked to school problems, bad habits

Each additional hour of TV that toddlers watch per week translates into poorer classroom behavior, lower math scores, less physical activity, and more snacking according to a new study.

Email_icon

Health.com

EDUCATION

Schools: Suspensions not the answer to bullying

Students who bully their peers should be allowed to stay in the classroom, Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso said while urging parents and community leaders to step up their involvement.

Email_icon

Symbol_story

Bullies target obese kids

Email_icon

HealthDay

Latino kids' social skills found strong

A majority of Latino children enter kindergarten with the same social skills as their peers, but those gains are likely to disappear if they attend low-quality schools.

Email_icon

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tom Colicchio named Top Chef for 2010

"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio passed a quickfire challenge of his own when he was named the nation's top chef by the James Beard Foundation.

Email_icon

ABC News

Symbol_video

Jason Wilson at James Beard Awards

Email_icon

YouTube

Online dating enters the iPad age

The iPod revolutionized the way we consume music, the iPhone made us crazy for apps, and now the iPad is getting ready to rock our sex lives — or at least help improve our search for some flirting.

Email_icon

TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dead Marine's father ordered to pay protesters' legal costs

The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the protesters' legal costs in a civil claim is nothing less than a "slap in the face."

Email_icon

CNN

Photo of the Day

A selection of baby elephant artwork displayed in Trafalgar Square in London. (Photo by Matt Dunham / AP)

Email_icon

DailySource Most Popular

Most viewed

Most recent

Connect with Us

Nonprofitdonate

Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us.

Amazon.com Widgets

Take a Quick Tour

Tour

The Daily Quote

Email Newsletters

Browse Past Content

Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections:

Columns and Op-ed

The Daily Quote

Photo of the Day

Browse past editions

Makehomepage

Ways to Help

Spread the word

Other ways

Copyright © 2006-2024 The Daily Source. All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Website monitoring for The Daily Source provided for free by Nimsoft