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The real story behind Facebook stories

To mark its 500 millionth member, Facebook is promoting happy "Facebook Stories" from its fans. But the real story isn't as pretty.

PC World

Facebook hits 500M users

YouTube

Facebook's half billion users: fun facts

PC World

Along the Gulf Coast: uneasy feelings

The sea defines the people who live along the Gulf of Mexico, provides their livelihoods and sets the rhythm of their days. Now it is something many of them fear.

USA TODAY

Jobless benefits extension approved

The House voted to extend unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed as the nation suffers a wretched job market.

MSNBC

Extension a win for Obama and Democrats

U.S. News & World Report

20 percent of Americans hit by loss

CNNMoney

Charles Rangel charged with ethics violations: how bad for Democrats?

Charles Rangel, a Democratic congressman from New York, faces a House trial in which eight members will rule on the findings. Democrats will be concerned about its effect on midterms.

Christian Science Monitor

Bernanke says extending Bush tax cuts would maintain stimulus to economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said extending tax cuts passed during the Bush administration would help strengthen a U.S. economy still in need of stimulus.

Bloomberg

Bernanke talks jobless remedies

Reuters

NATION

Gulf oil spill effort halted by storm brewing in tropics

A tropical depression has formed over the Bahamas and is moving toward the site of the oil spill. The depression has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph and could become a tropical storm.

CBS News

Gulf storm could cause oil to flow free

ABC News

Gulf Coast pelicans find home at zoo

Chicago Sun-Times

Could shale deposits bring mid-Atlantic states $2 trillion?

A new oil industry study says there is as much as $2 trillion in natural gas locked in shale deposits beneath New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. But drilling for it can be fraught with problems.

Christian Science Monitor

Marcellus Shale drilling raises many issues

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

POLITICS

Education grants for military spouses revived, but limited

The Defense Department will revive an education grant program for military spouses that was suspended after an overwhelming surge of applicants.

San Francisco Chronicle

USDA flap shows 'post-racial' future has not arrived

The decision to fire Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod — an action that has now been rescinded — is clearly part of a larger debate about discrimination and racial sensitivity in the public sphere.

NPR

Who speaks for the tea party?

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge

Archaeologists discovered a second henge at Stonehenge, the most exciting find there in 50 years.

BBC

Storm chasers complete largest-ever tornado study

Storm-chasing scientists have wrapped up the most dangerous stage of the largest-ever study on why some storms become tornadoes and others don't.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Future support decisions loom for ethanol

The government has lowered ambitions for advanced cellulosic ethanol, but the industry says weak policy is holding back investment.

National Geographic

Plastiki boat brings oceanic pollution to prime time

Plastiki, the boat built from recycled plastic bottles, will sail into Sydney Harbour at the end of a voyage from San Francisco to raise awareness of pollution in the oceans.

iTWire

SPORTS

Armstrong hires top criminal defense attorney in doping case

Lance Armstrong has hired a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the federal investigation for possible fraud and doping violations by the seven-time Tour de France winner and his cycling teammates.

CBS News

MLB suspends Dodgers' Kershaw, Torre

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, manager Joe Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer were all suspended as a result of incidents in the team's loss to the San Francisco Giants.

ESPN

Hit batters lead to ejections

MLB.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

God? There's an app for that

Millions of people have downloaded apps for Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Jews, among others. The apps provide a way to access their religion through technology.

ABC News

Korean Seungmu: 'Seon' meditation through dance

Korea has a unique cultural heritage listing system for recognizing intangible skills that have been passed on through the generations. Among these is “seungmu” or monk’s dance.

The Korea Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Frida Ghitis):

Iran's neighbors are nervous

Star Tribune

Column (David Brooks):

The technocracy revolution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Christopher Whalen):

EU stress tests: Who knows, who cares?

Reuters

Editorial:

Obama blames media for his administration's firing of Shirley Sherrod

Huffington Post

Column (Cary Tennis):

Does God hate New Orleans?

Salon

Interview (Fareed Zakaria):

Washington's 'media firestorm' over Libya

CNN

Editorial:

Disclosure can help control lobbyist influence on Calif. Legislature

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Gene Lyons):

GOP suffering from LeBron James syndrome

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Daycare center for seniors aims to help families cope

Open Hearts adult day center is aimed at family members who need a break from the demands of caring for ailing relatives.

Globeandmail.com

Volunteers spruce up home of World War II veteran

Volunteers working with Sears' Heroes at Home and Rebuilding Together, returned the good deeds of Edward Schultz, a World War II and Korean War veteran.

Denver Post

WORLD

Kosovo independence not illegal, says UN court

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, top U.N. judges have ruled in a non-binding decision.

BBC

Egypt diary of 'torture' captures brutality

On any day in Egypt — a U.S. ally with a much-criticized human rights record — citizens who cross the nation’s security forces may be subject to brutal violence, a human rights organization suggests.

Christian Science Monitor

Kabul conference sets lofty goals

The latest international meeting on Afghanistan optimistically set a date for a security handover and devised a plan to rebuild the country. But is any of this actually achievable?

Newsweek

Karzai: 2014 still goal for Afghan-led security

YouTube

BUSINESS

Stocks, US futures gain on earnings, European economy

Stocks and U.S. futures gained as growth accelerated in European manufacturing and services, U.K. retail sales rose more than forecast and earnings topped estimates.

Bloomberg

Starbucks 3rd quarter profit climbs 37 percent on increased traffic

Starbucks Corp.'s effort to rebuild itself is taking hold. The world's largest coffee chain said that its third-quarter profit rose 37 percent as more customers visited its stores and spent more when they did.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Earnings report: Starbucks

YouTube

Feds dismiss post-Enron tips of fraud

Whistleblower protections passed after the Enron accounting scandal have been largely gutted by the federal bureaucracy responsible for protecting employees who try to expose corporate fraud.

The Hill

HEALTH

Heart-attack study: bypass ER, save lives

If you're having a heart attack, you may not need an emergency room at all, according to a groundbreaking study at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Star Tribune

Hopeful talk of a cure for AIDS

Scientists at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna are serious about the idea that the human immunodeficiency virus can be eliminated from the body.

Globeandmail.com

Scientists have identified molecular origins of Celiac Disease

Scientists from Australia and the U.K. have identified the molecular material that causes Celiac Disease in some humans.

iTWire

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

French game draws melange to New York City park

In Bryant Park, there is a little corner where people play petanque. What's striking is how international the players are: Africans, Latinos, Europeans — and they hail from every class and profession.

NPR

Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison

Thousands of offenders across the U.S. are placed in rehabilitation programs where they attend reading groups and discuss literary classics as an alternative to prison.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Panel adopts US academic standards

The Massachusetts Board of Education unanimously approved replacing the state’s academic standards with national guidelines, ushering in a wave of change in classrooms.

Boston Globe

Fewer Latinos select 4-year colleges

When Latinos go to college, they are less likely than any other racial or ethnic group to attend a four-year college or university.

Education Week

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