The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

The bustling scene on the red carpet is seen reflected in the sunglasses of actor Ple Nakorn Sirachai, of Thailand, at the 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Amy Sancetta / AP)

‘Help’ and ‘Hugo’ early Oscar winners

Billy Crystal returned to the Oscar stage to host Hollywood’s biggest night for a ninth time, while Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer win Oscars for best supporting actress and best supporting actor.

CNN

Blog:

Oscar night

Carpetbagger (New York Times)

2012 Oscars red carpet

CBS News

Life among the asexuals

In a society obsessed with sex, it’s hard if you have no sexual desire at all, but research suggests that 1 percent of the world’s population is asexual. Some are now searching for a new form of intimacy.

Guardian

Syrians vote amid continuing violence

The Syrian government is holding a referendum on a new constitution as violence continues, killing at least 30 people. The new constitution would call for a multi-party parliamentary election.

BBC

Aid agencies find themselves unable to evacuate wounded in Syria

Boston Herald

President Assad and wife cast ballots in referendum on constitution

The Telegraph (You Tube)

Schools weigh disciplining students for off-campus behavior

School districts are considering disciplining students for their off-campus transgressions, even though such policies may spark lawsuits from parents and free speech advocates.

Star-Ledger

Andromeda galaxy’s exotic X-ray signal is really a bright black hole

An intensely bright X-ray beacon shining in the Andromeda galaxy is actually a signpost for a hungry black hole that is gobbling up matter at a furious pace, new studies are revealing.

MSNBC

NATION

Rents keep rising as housing prices fall

Unlike home prices, the cost of rent has been rising. Rental rates are up 2.4 percent in January from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department.

CNBC

States urged to restore money for anti-smoking programs

Funding for chilling TV ads and other smoking cessation programs in New York and other recession-battered states is being slashed, despite success and savings in health care costs.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Gov. Christie says contested GOP convention a possibility

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that a contested convention is possible if his pick for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, loses the Michigan primary.

Star-Ledger

Romney, Santorum campaign in Michigan as primary looms

With Super Tuesday — when 10 states hold primaries or caucuses — just around the corner, analysts say that a loss by Romney in his home state of Michigan could trigger a stampede against him.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Down to the wire in 2 man GOP race in Michigan

Boston Herald

BUSINESS

Goodyear recalls 41,000 Wrangler Silent Armor tires

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said it would recall about 41,000 of its Wrangler Silent Armor tires produced in 2009 over concerns that a small number could tear, leading to crashes.

Reuters

Rise in oil prices to 10-month high raises specter of global recession

A jump in energy prices is jamming the slow-turning cogs of an economic recovery in the West, but that may be nothing compared to the economic shock an Israeli attack on Iran would cause.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tech giants have power to be political masters, as well as our web ones

As the Internet becomes more central to our lives, the power of the commercial companies that mediate citizens’ interactions with one another and with the state increases with every passing day.

Guardian

Apple to elect board by majority after investor pressure

Apple Inc., bowing to pressure from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and other shareholders, agreed to start electing its directors by majority votes rather than a plurality.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Medicare covers yoga for heart disease

Medicare, the government health insurance program for Americans 65 and older, covers the Ornish program, which teaches a plant-based, meatless diet, meditation and regular exercise.

CNN

Heart warning signs women might miss

Msnbc.com

Cancer’s growing burden: the high cost of obtaining care

Patti Tyree was afraid that cancer would steal her future. Instead, the cost of treatment has.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Special section:

Managing the cost of cancer

Cancer.net

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars countdown under way

Hollywood takes the spotlight for the 84th annual Academy Awards, the world’s most prominent celebration of film.

CBC News

Oscars 2012: behind this year’s nostalgic films

Discovery News

A homecoming for Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater’s artistic director

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is on a national tour that has brought its artistic director, Robert Battle, back to where he started — a public school in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Miami.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Karen Tumulty):

Candidates’ wives provide a reality check

(Washington Post)

She the People

Blog (O. M.):

The Academy Awards: Why ‘The Artist’ should not win

(Economist)

Prospero

Column (Chris O’Brien):

Obama campaign leaves no social media stone unturned

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Sarah Sands):

Life‘s a breeze — as long as the washing machine doesn’t pack up

The Independent

Blog (Zara Rapoport):

My body is my non-denominational temple

(Huffington Post)

The Morningside Post

Column (Andres Oppenheimer):

Legalization forces are gaining ground in drug war

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (William D. Balgord):

Nature has thinned invasives to make way for native fish

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Irwin M. Stelzer):

Recoveries and oil do not mix well

(Weekly Standard)

Today’s Standard

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Ashley Nawn, Sanaz Ariya, Rachel Barrus, Catherine Lux and Izzy Rosen.

GOOD NEWS

Cat rescues owner hours after adoption

Pudding the cat is big. He is orange. He is laid-back. And he’s a lifesaver, after saving his owner from the grip of diabetic seizure mere hours after she adopted him from a local animal shelter.

MSNBC

How a girl lost – and found – the horse that she loved

As many horse lovers will attest – and as thoroughbred owner Megan Chance would discover – a horse who is your best buddy can also break your heart.

Huffington Post

Taylor Swift invites teenage cancer patient to ACM Awards

After turning down an invitation to his prom, Taylor Swift gave a teen cancer patient an offer he couldn’t refuse: an invitation to be her date to the Academy of Country Music Awards.

KSL TV

WORLD

Voters cast ballots in Senegal election

After weeks of riots, Senegalese voters began casting their ballots in an election that threatens the country’s image as one of the oldest and most robust democracies in Africa.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Senegal elections: a history of stability at stake

CNN

Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow city center

Thousands of Russians joined hands to form a human chain around Moscow city center in protest against Vladimir Putin’s likely return as president.

Reuters

Thousands attend anti-Putin rally in Moscow

Al Jazeera

Colombia’s left-wing Farc rebels vow to free hostages

Colombia’s left-wing Farc rebel group says it will free 10 members of the security forces it holds hostage and abandon kidnappings for ransom.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

How to stop fishermen fishing

Acidification, warming, the destruction of coral reefs: The problems facing the sea are as vast and deep as the oceans themselves. Of all the sea’s problems, overfishing should be the most fixable.

Economist

Ranchers’ land becomes ground zero In fight over XL pipeline

President Obama denied a permit to construct the massive Keystone XL pipeline, but the fight over its construction continues. Ranchers and their land have become the center of attention.

NPR

Eavesdropping on squid

Scientists are starting to get a much clearer understanding of what squid can hear and how they respond to sound.

BBC

EDUCATION

NYPD surveillance of Muslim students called ‘disgusting’

At Columbia University and elsewhere, the fear has spread that the New York Police Department might secretly be infiltrating the lives of Muslim students.

ABC News

Florida schools brace for tougher new grading system

Like students assigned to a tough new teacher, Florida’s public-schools administrators are jittery and looking for a schedule change as the state gets ready to revamp its A-to-F school-grading system.

Orlando Sentinel

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mormons posthumously baptize Holocaust victim Anne Frank

Anne Frank, the famous diarist and Holocaust victim, was put to death on account of her Jewish faith. But earlier this month, she was nonetheless secretly co-opted into the Mormon Church.

The Independent

Pope tells infertile couples to shun artificial procreation

Speaking at a Vatican conference on diagnosing and treating infertility, Pope Benedict XVI urged infertile couples to shun artificial procreation, decrying such methods as a form of arrogance.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Many vie for Daytona 500 glory

Tony Stewart has had plenty of chances to win the Daytona 500, and he’s had his heart broken every time. Stewart wound up on his roof in 2001, and his engine blew in the opening laps of the 2002 race.

Detroit News

A half-century of the Daytona 500

TIME

As profile grows, Giants’ Victor Cruz looks to capitalize

Since playing a pivotal role in the Giants’ Superbowl victory, the marketing of wide receiver Victor Cruz is in full throttle — and even includes a memoir.

The Record

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other