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In this file photo, former Pres. Clinton and VP Al Gore, help Herman Shaw, a Tuskegee Syphilis Study victim, during a news conference. Clinton apologized to black men whose syphilis went untreated by government doctors. (Photo by Doug Mills / AP)

‘Dark chapter’ of medical research

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment of the 20th century is often cited as the most famous example of unethical medical research. Now, evidence has emerged that it overlapped with a shorter study.

CNN

US apologizes for 40s STD study

ABC News

Rutgers pres. to meet with gay community

Rutgers University‘s president pledged to meet with members of the school’s gay community amid furor over a student’s recent suicide.

CNN

It Gets Better Project video collection

YouTube

Northeast storm brings high winds, flooding

Torrential downpours from a faded tropical storm inundated the Northeast, toppling trees, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and cutting power to thousands.

Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Nightmare’ of rain, flooding in Northeast

MSNBC

NATO supply tankers attacked in Pakistan

More than two dozen fuel tankers supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan have been set ablaze by militants in Pakistan, the second attack after the country closed one of its main border crossings to NATO supplies.

AOL News

NATO claims insurgent captures

ABC News

Pakistan halts NATO supplies

Reuters

Google Street View hits Antarctic

Privacy concerns for Google’s Street View may now extend to penguins, following the service’s extension to a seventh continent — Antarctica. The imagery is so far limited, showing coastal panoramas and penguins.

BBC

Google Street View now in Antarctica

Wall Street Journal

NATION

US consumer spending up

Consumer spending in the U.S. rose and incomes climbed, bolstering the Federal Reserve’s forecast that the economy will keep expanding at a “modest” pace.

BusinessWeek

Did the WH meet the stimulus goal?

The White House plans to release a report announcing that it met its deadline for spending 70 percent of the $787 billion stimulus. If so, there must have been a last-minute push.

ProPublica

Was the bank bailout worth it?

Kansas City Star

How will Calif. change if Prop 19 passes?

Polls show California voters may well approve Proposition 19, which would make marijuana legal in the state. Costs and benefits are hotly debated by both sides.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama’s incoming chief of staff helped make him president

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, Chief Counsel Bob Bauer, and many other aides to President Barack Obama all have at least one thing in common. All worked for Pete Rouse.

USA TODAY

Dems face hard choices

Democratic leaders are deciding where to spend precious resources as they debate which Senate candidates can survive the Republican onslaught.

The Hill

How a Repub. Congress would deal with Obama

U.S. News & World Report

Campaign ads for smart phones

As more voters head online for political information, campaigns are spending more of their budgets on Web ads that focus on specific locations and demographics.

Star Tribune

Blog:

Candidates take ad cues from TV

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

EDUCATION

Rural teacher shortage leads districts to grow their own

Faced with chronic teacher shortages and unable to compete with the higher salaries in cities and suburban districts, a growing number of rural school systems are turning to familiar faces to teach their students.

Anchorage Daily News

A call for open textbooks

Student PIRGs, the activist group and gadfly of the textbook industry, has anointed a savior in its campaign against the high cost of course materials. Here’s a small hint: It’s not e-books.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Faithful uprising for Virgin of Guadalupe mural’s return

All it took for Mercy Cruz was about 70 signatures for a letter to Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput demanding a mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe be restored at a north Denver church.

Denver Post

Scandal forces appraisal of gay issues

The allegations against the highly influential Bishop Eddie Long — that he coerced four young male parishioners into sexual activity — have ramifications that reach far outside the South.

Columbus Dispatch

Holocaust music captures camp culture

A handful of the countless songs written by victims of the Holocaust and other World War II prisoners made their world premiere at Emory University in Atlanta.

USA TODAY

Music from Holocaust captures culture of camps

Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Jets pounce on ex-Ravens DE Pryce

The Jets have signed Trevor Pryce, reuniting the former Ravens defensive end with several former teammates. Pryce didn’t need to tell his agent where he wanted to go.

Sports Illustrated

Ryder Cup suspended by rain in Wales; Europe favored over US

Rain suspended play at golf’s 38th Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales, with Europe holding the advantage over the U.S. team.

San Francisco Chronicle

Corey Pavin on day 1 of the Ryder Cup

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (J.A. Adande):

LeBron James, race and the NBA

ESPN

Column (Trey Graham):

3 words to help gay teens: It gets better

NPR

Blog (David Challan and Terence Burlij):

Change at the top: out goes Rahm, in comes Rouse

(PBS)

Rundown

Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

The US searches for war criminals

(Salon)

Unclaimed Territory

Blog (Matt Taibbi):

Some good news

(Rolling Stone)

Taibblog

Column (Bill McClellan):

Tolerance changes when dollars fly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial:

Faster trains, for real

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Victor Davis Hanson):

Who’s the smart one?

San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

Collaborative development hopes to make Brooklyn, NY, neighborhood bloom

Innovative effort turns former prison into an affordable housing complex with sustainable environmental design, services for the homeless, and a 32,000-square-foot common green.

NY 1 News

Hiker survives without food, water

Edward Rosenthal set out on what he thought would be a scenic hike but somehow took a wrong turn. Search and rescue crews eventually found him severely dehydrated, but miraculously alive.

AOL News

The evolution of a handmade ecosystem

Etsy, an online market of handmade craft, has features to encourage camaraderie. One of the earliest additions was an online homepage for “teams” using the site to arrange local shows or discuss techniques.

Newsweek

WORLD

Shiite bloc taps al-Maliki as PM candidate

The National Alliance — Iraq’s main Shiite parliamentary bloc — has tapped Nuri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister.

CNN

Special section:

Iraq

Christian Science Monitor

UN: Congo killings may be genocide

A U.N. report into the killings of Hutu civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1990s says they may constitute “crimes of genocide”.

BBC

BUSINESS

Lenders review foreclosure procedures

A top federal bank regulator said that he has directed seven of the nation’s largest lenders to review their foreclosure processes after learning about the mishandling of homeowner evictions.

Washington Post

A single large trader led to May 6 stock market plunge

A trading firm’s use of a computer sell order triggered the May 6 market plunge, which sent the Dow Jones industrial average plunging nearly 1,000 points in less than a half-hour.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

EPA official praises NM emission plan

Govenor Bill Richardson and the New Mexico Environment Department were commended for trying to establish a greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program.

CBS News

Cap and trade plan stirs debate across NM

BusinessWeek

Advertising firms urge Dallas City Council to allow digital billboards

It’s been 10 years since the Dallas City Council decided enough was enough when it comes to billboards lining city streets and highways and passed an ordinance banning any more from being built.

Dallas Morning News

Amid nationwide drilling fight, Dimock, Pa., gets public water

Dimock, Pa., center of a nationwide debate over natural gas drilling, will soon be connected to a public water supply, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced.

Times-Leader

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A brief history of ‘Peanuts’

Since debuting, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends have become the most recognizable cartoon characters in America — and left their cultural mark.

TIME

Willie Nelson will rock on at Farm Aid

The 25th Farm Aid concert will take place in Milwaukee. The man who started it all — legendary singer Willie Nelson — has taken the stage at each concert.

CBS News

Willie Nelson: ‘On the Road Again’, live at 1st Farm Aid (1985)

YouTube

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft sues Motorola in patent case

Microsoft is suing Motorola in a case that involves the mobile phone maker‘s use of Google’s mobile operating system, Android.

Seattle Times

Change to ‘Bios’ will make for PCs that boot in seconds

New PCs could start in just seconds, thanks to an update to one of the oldest parts of desktop computers.

BBC

HEALTH

Debate over on new depression guideline

The American Psychiatric Association hadn’t updated guidelines for treatment of major depression since 2000, and now, the APA has finally unveiled new guidelines that are so vague as to raise questions.

MedPage Today

1 in 10 American adults depressed

Medical News Today

Poll results say most men unaware of own breast cancer risk

Did you know that a man who has had at least one blood relative on his mother’s side with breast cancer is at higher risk of developing the disease himself?

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