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Liberty Valley Elementary School student Tianna Swisher moves in for a drink at the water fountain, while classmate Eli Zakarian awaits his turn. According to the CDC, children aren’t consuming adequate amounts of water at school. (Photo by Bill Huges/ Bloomsburg Press Enterprise / AP)

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For schoolchildren, where’s the water?

Schools face a variety of challenges when trying to provide water for students. One challenge is the lack of accessible drinking cups, which has officials brainstorming on how to fix a nationwide problem.

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CNN

Hallelujah! At age 400, King James Bible still reigns

This year, the most influential book you may never have read is celebrating a major birthday. The King James Version of the Bible was published 400 years ago.

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NPR

South surveys damage from twisters

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue said she had never seen anything like the devastation that a series of powerful tornadoes unleashed upon her state.

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MSNBC

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Killer tornadoes moved too swiftly

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Star Tribune

Southern storms

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Tornado leaves 8.5-mile swath of destruction in Gloucester, Va.

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Virginian-Pilot

Refugee influx exposes limitations of European solidarity

The influx of economic refugees from the Middle East has exposed deep rifts in the European Union. While they are looking for a better life, their arrival has set off a bitter dispute.

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Spiegel International

Most parents unable to detect sports injuries on and off the field

Parents say they lack the information they need to detect symptoms of sports injuries in their children, according to a survey.

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USA TODAY

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5 ways parents may be sabotaging their children’s health

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TIME

NATION

Your taxes are due

You had three extra days to file your taxes this year, but the time has finally come to hand over your paperwork to Uncle Sam.

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CNNMoney

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Need a tax extension? Here’s how

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Christian Science Monitor

A year after Gulf oil spill, Florida is seeing a comeback

If it’s April in Panama City, Fla., it must be spring break. Here and in other beach towns along Florida’s Panhandle, businesses are smiling once again, a year after the worst oil spill in history.

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Spill changed little in the Gulf oil industry

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CBS News

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BP oil spill anniversary brings environmental warnings in Gulf of Mexico

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Reuters

POLITICS

GOP wave reshapes nation’s agenda state by state

State by state, Republicans are moving at light speed on a conservative agenda they would have had no hope of achieving before the big election gains of November.

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Obama and Biden release tax returns. Will Trump, Palin, and other contenders?

President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden released their returns on tax day. Sarah Palin last released hers as a vice presidential candidate in 2008, and Donald Trump’s finances are carefully guarded.

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Community support may help curb suicide among gay youths

Gay youths are much less likely to attempt suicide when they live in communities where they feel supported, either through groups at school or the presence of same-sex couples.

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HealthDay

Sarcastic or serious? Missing subtle cues may signal dementia

Losing the ability to detect the subtle social clues that help you know when you’re being doused with sarcasm or even dissed with a big fat lie may actually be an early warning sign of dementia.

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MSNBC

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How to tell Alzheimer’s disease from ’normal’ memory loss

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Plain Dealer

Groundbreaking HIV drug Truvada had no preventive effect on women

A prophylactic medicine that preliminary research has suggested prevents HIV infection among gay men appears to have no effect on women.

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ABC News

EDUCATION

More school spending spells success?

A study of about 1,000 public schools in the Houston area shows a complex relationship between a school’s success and its spending, although no magic number guarantees results.

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Houston Chronicle

Calif. community college students swap ideas for achieving success

A large group of energetic and idealistic young college students gathered this weekend in San Jose, Calif., to strengthen the one thing they can count on: one another.

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San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Was Last Supper actually a day earlier?

Jesus’ arrest, interrogation and separate trials likely did not all take place in the space of one night.

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Church connects with local residents

The children crawled between pews and squealed when they found candy-filled eggs. That kind of joy was exactly why Pastor Steve Hawley and his parishioners hosted an Easter Family Fun Day.

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At Passover and all year, creative Jews update traditions

Passover is American Jews’ most observed religious ritual. They retell the story of freedom from slavery during a ritual meal, the Seder, and conclude with a vision of the future: “next year in Jerusalem.”

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

Baseball’s longest game, 30 years later

Thirty years ago, baseball history was made in Pawtucket, R.I., in front of a crowd of almost nobody.

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CBS News

Kenyans sweep at Boston Marathon, winner sets record

Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds — the fastest anyone has ever run the 26.2-mile distance.

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ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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Accounting for the wage gap

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XX Factor

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China’s bad growth bet

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Allow non-native Americans to run for president

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PBS

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The most confusing part of the income tax code

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Everyone’s bored of sex

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The Atlantic

Killing ‘Visit Florida’ a big mistake

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Florida Times-Union

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Libya proves that war still means mass rape

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Kansas City Star

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Living among nature: nurturing your neighbors as yourself

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Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Hilton Kelley helps clean up Texas Gulf Coast town

Hilton Kelley balances fighting air pollution with job creation and talking with chemical and oil companies in Port Arthur, Texas.

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Christian Science Monitor

San Francisco hopes to return favor to Japan over 1906 quake

One hundred and five years ago, an earthquake decimated San Francisco. In the aftermath, one country above all others stepped forward to help fund the city’s resurrection: Japan.

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San Francisco Chronicle

From buttons to fridges, recyclers in St. Louis make haul

The McCoys made a trip to drop off items at the Recycling Extravaganza, a massive recycling effort that was making its debut as part of the 22nd annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

NATO official reports Gadhafi forces firing on civilians

The head of NATO’s military operations in Libya accused forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi of hiding in hospitals and firing on civilians from the roofs of mosques in the city of Misrata, Libya.

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MSNBC

US secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, WikiLeaks cables show

The State Department has secretly financed Syrian opposition groups, including an anti-government TV channel, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables.

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Washington Post

Goodluck Jonathan retains presidency in Nigeria

Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan is the winner of the presidential election in Nigeria, the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission declared.

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CNN

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Will Goodluck Jonathan actually bring good luck to Nigeria?

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TIME

BUSINESS

Standard & Poor’s puts ‘negative’ outlook on US AAA credit rating

Standard & Poor’s put a “negative” outlook on the long-term AAA credit rating of the U.S., citing a “material risk” that the nation’s leaders will fail to deal with rising budget deficits and debt.

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Bloomberg

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Text of S&P’s downgrade

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MarketWatch

Google’s Page and Wall Street: Who needs who?

It took fewer than 400 words for freshman Google Inc. CEO Larry Page to set the tone for a strained relationship with Wall Street that could haunt him for years.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Repelling bugs with grapefruit

The CDC is pushing hard to develop a completely natural insect repellent made from a chemical called nootkatone, which is found in cedar trees and citrus fruit.

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NPR

Sophos calls for Facebook to improve privacy for users

Security firm Sophos is calling for Facebook to improve privacy for social networkers. In an open letter, the security firm has set out a plan that includes privacy by default.

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PC Advisor

ENVIRONMENT

Quileute tribe’s tsunami plan: move to national park

After a killer tsunami hit Japan, members of Washington state’s Quileute tribe want to move to higher ground to avoid a possible hit.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Feathers tell tale of mercury pollution

Albatross feathers from museum specimens have allowed scientists to construct a record of mercury pollution dating back more than 100 years.

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BBC

Furniture flame retardants vs. environmental damage

Legislation on California state Sen. Mark Leno’s desk has the potential to affect every household in the U.S. At issue is the amount of flame retardant carried in furniture.

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Scientific American

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

2011 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and arts

The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times were the only newspapers to win multiple honors, while ProPublica made history with the first Pulitzer Prize won for print-free investigative journalism.

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San Francisco Chronicle

ProPublica makes history with Web-based Pulitzer Prize win

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Richard Adam's Blog

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2011 Pulitzer winners in photography

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Spokesman-Review

Getting in the last word

Anatoly Liberman is trying to beat the clock to finish his masterwork, a multivolume dictionary on the history of common English words.

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Star Tribune

Greg Mortenson book under review after CBS report

Greg Mortenson’s bestseller “Three Cups of Tea” is being reviewed by the publisher, following a “60 Minutes” report where the author and humanitarian is accused of fabricating stories.

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CBS News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

For US veterans, the war after the wars

More than nine years of war in Afghanistan and seven in Iraq have so far cost America nearly 5,800 lives lost in combat, close to 40,000 wounded and more than $1 trillion.

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Reuters

Photo of the Day

A paraglider flies in front of the Alps near Germany’s highest mountain, Zugspitze, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Schrader / AP)

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