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A man suffering from cholera symptoms lies in the hospital in Marchand Dessalines, Haiti. An outbreak of cholera in rural central Haiti has killed at least 142 people and sickened hundreds more. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)

Public housing repairs can’t keep pace with demand

Public housing is falling apart in New York City and around the country, as federal money has been unable to keep up with the repair needs of buildings more than half a century old.

New York Times

Online TV spats mean fewer shows on Web for viewers

Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their programming online to enforce their demands to be paid.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Haiti fears cholera could spread

The number of Haitians infected with cholera and cholera-like symptoms continued to mount as panic spread that the deadly disease could reach the quake-battered capital.

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog:

‘Controlled chaos’ of cholera

(CBS News)

World Watch

Deadly outbreak in Haiti

BBC

NFL players with concussions sidelined longer, study finds

The National Football League announced it would begin suspending players for illegal and dangerous hits that often result in head injuries.

HealthDay

Special section:

Concussions in the NFL

ESPN

Enthusiasts determined to keep photo booths alive

There was something special about the just-for-fun souvenirs; a memento of that bad 1980s perm; an intense teenage friendship; kohl-eyed punk rebellion; your parents, young, giggly and wearing big hair.

The Independent

NATION

Hunting ghosts at Gettysburg

Bolstered by an explosion of cable TV shows, books, and conventions focusing on the paranormal, ghost-tour operators are cashing in on what has been called one of the most haunted places in North America.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Calif. beaches closed after deadly shark attack on bodyboarder

A string of beaches on California’s Central Coast were shut down and there was no word on when they would reopen after a deadly attack on a bodyboarder from what some said was a great white shark.

NPR

Man killed in Calif. shark attack

YouTube

POLITICS

Geithner keeps pressure on China after G20 finance meeting

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is keeping the pressure on China, after finance ministers meeting in South Korea this weekend seem to have staved off the immediate threat of a “currency war.”

Christian Science Monitor

G20 signs pact to avert trade war

Reuters

Immigrant vets face deportation despite military service

Up to 8,000 non-citizens enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces every year, with 16,966 non-citizens on active duty. The military does not allow illegal immigrants to enlist.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Digg this

Four years ago Kevin Rose, the boyish, 20-something founder of Digg, was on the cover of BusinessWeek under a headline that screamed: HOW THIS KID MADE $60 MILLION IN 18 MONTHS.

Newsweek

Privacy body to re-examine Google

Britain’s privacy watchdog is to look again at what personal information Internet giant Google gathered from private Wi-Fi networks.

BBC

HEALTH

The prematurity puzzle

As medicine helps more early term babies survive, doctors and scientists are confronted with a new dilemma: how to prevent a string of developmental disabilities that plague these babies.

Newsweek

STDs signal child abuse, but alone are not good evidence

About one in 10 child sex abuse cases starts with discovery of a sexually transmitted disease, but only about 1 time in 20 does the discovery result in enough evidence to file charges.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Malaria-transmitting mosquito evolving

Researchers have found that the major malaria-transmitting mosquito species, Anopheles gambiae, is evolving into two separate species with different traits.

Medical News Today

Special section:

Malaria

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Unsealed Calif. church docs show abuse allegations by priests

Attorneys for nearly 150 people who claim sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests made nearly 10,000 pages of previously sealed internal church documents public.

San Francisco Chronicle

Dispute over succession clouds megachurch and faithful

The empire that Mr. Schuller built may be in jeopardy, tarnished by an unseemly family feud and a $43 million debt that even by megachurch standards is serious.

New York Times

Special section:

Database of megachurches

Hartford Institute for Religion Research

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Fashion editor doesn’t mince words when talking about politicos

How we look matters to Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan. Givhan‘s fearless and pointed observations have put her in a class by herself; she was the first fashion writer to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Detroit Free Press

Why does the Web love cats?

Even though the occasional panda, turtle or slow loris gets a slice of the viral action, cats are, and always have been, the prevalent species to be found online.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Donovan for AG

NY Daily News

Column (Susan Hammer):

Boxer will fight to create jobs in Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Bruce Jenkins):

Pinch yourself: SF Giants are in the World Series

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (DJ Taylor):

The truth about the state, the Beatles, and Homer’s latent Catholicism

The Independent

Column (Joyce Purnick):

Mike Bloomberg for president in 2012?

NY Daily News

Blog (Dick Polman):

The American debate: 8 views of political culture

(Philadelphia Inquirer)

The American Debate

Column (Debra Saunders):

A witch hunt for bigots singes American media

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Lewis Finfer):

Hidden costs to tax cut

Boston Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Teen drivers have fewer deadly accidents in recent years

The number of fatal car crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers has continued to drop in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ABC News

Discovery could lead to new asthma treatments for sufferers

An unexpected discovery of taste receptors in lungs may provide asthma sufferers with more effective ways to restore free breathing during an attack.

Baltimore Sun

Pa. Hero Walk makes $88,000 donation

Shrapnel may have robbed Sgt. Jeremy Feldbusch of his eyesight, but it also led him to a new purpose: raising money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

WORLD

Richard becomes hurricane, heads for tiny Belize

Hurricane Richard formed in the Caribbean and steamed toward an expected landfall in the tiny Central American nation of Belize, where hundreds of people were evacuated as it approached.

MSNBC

Special section:

Hurricane Richard

The Weather Channel

Gunmen torch NATO trucks in Pakistan

Gunmen in southwest Pakistan torched two vehicles carrying supplies for NATO troops fighting the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan, police said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Signs of traction in fight against Afghan Taliban

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New supercomputer to boost weather forecasting for government

There will soon be a brand new supercomputer available to government scientists aimed at improving forecasts, whether just a few hours out or decades into the future.

AOL News

Avoid the ‘bonk’

About 200,000 Americans will run marathons this year, and about 4 out of 10 of them will “bonk” — run out of gas, metabolically speaking.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules

The government plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from longhaul trucks, according to people familiar with the plan.

MSNBC

Survey: Average national gas prices jump over 5 cents in 2-week span

Star Tribune

UN Convention on Biological Diversity talks stall on cash and targets

Conservation groups have expressed concern that a major UN conference on nature protection is stalling, with some governments accused of holding the process hostage to their own interest.

BBC

EDUCATION

A college offers questions, not answers

Students at the American College of History and Legal Studies are getting used to two things: questions from their professors, and questions from dubious friends and relatives.

San Francisco Chronicle

Colleges aim to boost low grad rates; many students unprepared

Universities have begun accepting students with below average grades while requiring enrollment in a program that provides tutoring and other study support.

Detroit Free Press

Wash. schools learn to deal with homeless students

School districts in Washington are grappling with how to help the growing populations of homeless students, even as budget cuts further slash their ability to meet their federal obligation to do so.

Union Bulletin

SPORTS

Severe fatigue behind swimmer’s death

Doctors determined that severe fatigue was behind Fran Crippen’s sudden death, UAE Swimming Federation Secretary Saeed Al Hamour told CNN.

CNN

Giants add new chapter to proud history

The Giants are heading to the World Series for the fourth time in their 53-year San Francisco history, and hopefully for the orange-clad faithful, this one against the Rangers won’t end in heartache.

MLB.com

Giants fans celebrate NLCS win

YouTube

Oklahoma becomes latest No. 1 to fall

Thousands of yellow-clad fans stormed the field even before the end of the Sooners‘ final, desperate play, hauling one goal post and part of the other to a local tavern after No. 18 Missouri’s 36-27 victory.

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