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UN focuses on rape as weapon of war

The worldwide attention given to Libyan woman Obeidi’s plight helped secure her safe passage to Romania and shine a spotlight on a horror that continues in war zones.

Bloomberg

Special section:

UN Women justice report: Women share their stories

Guardian

Nearly 200 people die in boat fire in the Red Sea off Sudan

A total of 197 people died after the boat carrying them caught fire in the Red Sea off Sudan, a Sudanese Media Center reported. Three people survived the fire, which burned for four hours, it said.

CNN

50-mile wide dust storm engulfs Phoenix

A dust storm up to 50 miles wide and a mile high descended on the Phoenix area, grounding flights, forcing drivers to stop and causing thousands of power outages.

MSNBC

Blog:

Dust storm swallows Phoenix

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Amazing Phoenix dust storm

The Weather Channel

GOP shows flexibility, Obama aims for higher cuts

Republicans showed signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse, but the White House raised the ante — pushing for more reduction and casting the GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways.

ABC News

What a debt default would mean for the US

NPR

Jobs in US demand multiple skills

Many businesses across America are asking employees to assume multiple roles, transforming the nature of work. The shift is one reason many employers can’t find skilled workers.

USA TODAY

Ways to use social media in your job search

U.S. News & World Report

NATION

10,000 US troops are on offer for Iraq

U.S. officials say that the White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq, despite opposition from many who demand the military be brought home as promised.

Seattle Times

Official: White House to lift ban on military suicide condolences

CBS News

Pot laws will be reviewed

State lawmakers will soon begin studying whether Indiana should amend its drug laws to decriminalize marijuana, create a medical marijuana program or make other changes.

Indianapolis Star

Blog:

Reverse engineering marijuana ‘munchies’

(TIME)

Healthland

Exemplary citizens

Catherine Monday has wanted to become a U.S. citizen since she came to Manchester, N.H. She will be the final member of her family to be granted citizenship.

Concord Monitor

POLITICS

Panel suggests changes could save Wisconsin millions

The state could save $267 million a year by casting a sharper eye on fraud, keeping a tighter rein on state worker overtime and private contractors and using more shared services among local governments.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Talks are in place to resume and end the Minnesota shutdown

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders are set to resume talks in a bid to end the state government shutdown.

Politico

BUSINESS

Hedge fund giants smaller

Midway through 2011, the average hedge fund was off 2.12 percent, preliminary data from Hedge Fund Research show. By contrast, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 6 percent.

Reuters

25 things every Wall Street intern should know

CNBC

You can get a species named after you

If you’ve ever wanted to have a scientific discovery named after you, Discover Life in America has a deal for you.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Calif. Assembly passes bill to require contributions of gays in textbooks

Textbooks and history classes in California schools would be required to include the contributions of gays, lesbians and transgender Americans under a proposal sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

Los Angeles Times

America’s biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta

At least 178 teachers and principals in Atlanta public schools cheated to raise student scores on high-stakes standardized tests, according to a report from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Christian Science Monitor

Report says Hall knew about cheating

The Telegraph

HEALTH

Eating less salt may not lower risk of heart disease, study suggests

Contrary to what medical experts have been saying for years, a new study suggests salt may not be as bad for the heart as commonly believed.

ABC News

Massage beats meds for lower back pain, study says

Massage therapy may be better than medication or exercise for easing lower back pain, a new study suggests.

HealthDay

An accurate way to predict miscarriage

British fertility researchers have developed an accurate way to predict which pregnancies are most likely to miscarry and say it could help doctors target treatment at women who really need it.

Reuters

SPORTS

As boxing fades in the US, it finds its heart in Mexico

Boxing has faded in the United States but south of the border the sport remains hugely popular.

McClatchy Newspapers

No surprise: Woods to miss British Open

After not commenting on his status for the British Open, Tiger Woods announced on his website that he will miss the season’s third major championship.

Sports Network

Tiger Woods will skip British Open

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Michael Marshall):

Coolest mammal in the world gets its genome sequenced

(New Scientist)

Short Sharp Science

Blog (KJ Dell Antonia):

Think you’re not a helicopter parent?

(Slate)

XX Factor

Column (Peter Morici):

A way around the debt limit impasse

Baltimore Sun

Blog (Michael Winship):

Bachmann flunks Canadian history, too

(Salon)

War Room

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Not guilty

Orlando Sentinel

Column (John Stossel):

The college scam

Creators Syndicate

Column (Adam Cohen):

Should the government need a search warrant to track your car with GPS?

TIME

Column (Megan McArdle):

Why can’t the GOP get to yes?

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Charitable donations on the rise nationwide after decline

After a decline during the recession, Americans’ charitable donations have begun to rebound. National figures are up 2.1 percent, according to a recent report from the Giving USA Foundation.

The Seattle Times

Philadelphia flash mob spreads cheer in Rittenhouse Square

It started with just two people, quickly expanded to about a dozen, and soon more than 25 dancers were moving in sync to the sounds of Fat Boy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Families open homes, hearts

Hawaii families welcomed 68 Japanese residents into their homes, providing them respite from the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

WORLD

Pakistan panel says bin Laden family won’t be repatriated

The family members of Osama bin Laden detained in Pakistan will be repatriated once a commission investigating the al-Qaida leader’s killing allows them to leave, the panel said.

Reuters

Somali refugee kids dying in exodus

Throngs of Somali children are dying because of the harrowing journey with their families to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, the U.N. refugee agency said.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The holographic universe: Is our 3-D world just an illusion?

Drawing upon the Holographic Principle, the premise behind the Fermilab project is that space is two dimensional, and that the third dimension is linked with time.

TechNewsWorld

Hubble telescope takes millionth look at the universe

NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope has hit a major milestone after 21 years in orbit: one million science observations, with the latest being a look at possible signs of water in an alien planet’s atmosphere.

SPACE.com

Competing charging standards could threaten adoption of electric vehicles

The electric car industry now has its own internal conflicts — the biggest of which centers on vehicle charging.

Scientific American

ENVIRONMENT

A carbon tax to fly to Paris?

If European lawmakers have their way, any American flying from Boston to Paris will have to pay for the plane’s carbon emissions over Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean and France.

Scientific American

Airlines balk at EU carbon tax plan

CBC News

Flood surge raises fears oil spill on Yellowstone could damage fish habitats

Crews cleaning up an oil spill on the Yellowstone River faced difficult conditions as the waterway rose above flood stage and stoked fears that surging currents could push crude into undamaged areas.

Star Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Dalai Lama visits US: Why did the Tibetan leader step down?

The 14th Dalai Lama handed over his leadership of the Tibetan government to the democratically elected Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard-trained lawyer.

Telegraph.co.uk

Parish festivals bring Catholic communities together for fun

Dozens of parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, are hosting weekend festivals — gatherings that encourage people to patronize other parishes.

Columbus Dispatch

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Facebook and the new face of grieving

Phil Gottlieb gets Facebook invitations to parties. A woman recently came across a photo of Jeffrey Nickelson — and hit on him. The thing is, both men have been dead for about two years.

Denver Post

The science of gaydar

Study results show that straight women are better at judging men’s sexual orientation when they are unconsciously motivated, either by hormonal fluctuations or by the power of suggestion.

When fugitive alleged Boston mob boss “Whitey” Bulger was picked up, it was big news nationwide — because many people are fascinated with organized crime.

CBS News

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