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Fossil find: Is it a new species or ‘nothing extraordinary?’

A previously unknown type of human — jut-jawed, heavy-browed, deer-eating cave dwellers — may have been identified via Stone Age bones from southern China, according to a controversial new study.

National Geographic

Interview:

Stone Age people discovered

ABC News

Documents show murderers got preferential treatment

Investigative documents show that preferential treatment may have been given to two of the convicted murderers who were pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.

CNN

US soldier suspect flown to Kuwait

The U.S. soldier who is suspected of killing 16 civilians during a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan has been flown to Kuwait, U.S. officials say.

BBC

Afghanistan shooting

Al Jazeera

Demographics, local tastes fuel Arab video game industry

The Middle East has one of the fastest growing communities of online gamers in the world, and demographics mean this is likely to remain true for many years.

Reuters

Blog:

(Msnbc.com)

Today Tech

More support for passing on the red meat

People who eat a lot of red meat are more likely to die at any given time than those who go light on burgers and hot dogs, a new study suggests.

Reuters

Red meat mortality risk leaves many meat eaters unfazed

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

As gangs move to New York suburbs, so does crime

Over the past few years, authorities have arrested more than 200 gang members in an unexpected place: the tree-lined suburbs along the Hudson River in New York state.

NPR

A St. Louis street that divides communities

BBC

Mexico gangs use more children as ‘mules’

CBS News

Romney’s delegate count adds up

Rick Santorum charged out of wins in the South with a fresh claim as Republicans’ favorite. Mitt Romney limped out with something that could endure longer: an enhanced lead in delegates.

Wall Street Journal

Key moments in recent primaries

U.S. News & World Report

POLITICS

Ron Paul in quest to bury Fed

In Rep. Ron Paul’s fantasy playbook, abolition of the Federal Reserve and restoration of the gold standard would usher in an era of reduced government, economic growth and jobs, jobs, jobs.

Houston Chronicle

Senate passes transit programs overhaul

The Senate voted to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects, while also strengthening highway and auto safety.

Kansas City Star

Republican voters down, but not out

Republican turnout is down in presidential primaries, but that does not mean all is lost in the GOP quest for the White House.

Politico

BUSINESS

Retail sales suggest consumers shrugging off gas prices

As the surge in at-the-pump costs nears its fourth month, the data show people are not yet making the spending cuts they have been expected to make.

USA TODAY

US trade school students being hired prior to graduation

As millions of young Americans struggle to land jobs, students in manufacturing trade schools are sitting in a sweet spot: They are hired even before they graduate.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Grieving kids say that schools could be better at helping

A new survey suggests many grieving kids do not get as much help as they would like from schools, even as they draw strength from friends and families. They still struggle with sadness and isolation.

USA TODAY

Spring break is the biggest peak for students’ alcohol abuse

According to research at the University of South Florida, alcohol use by college students follows seasonal patterns. Consumption peaks during holidays, with the biggest peak of all being spring break.

Bradenton Herald

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic bishops urge day of fasting to protest insurance mandate

Calling the Obama administration’s mandated insurance coverage for contraceptives an “assault” on religious freedom, 10 Catholic bishops have petitioned a day of prayer and fasting.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Christian Pakistani mother faces execution

Activists presented a petition to the U.N. Human Rights Council, calling on Pakistan to free a Christian mother of five from being put to death. The woman has been charged with blasphemy.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

What happened to saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’?

Listen to the conversations around you. Notice anything missing? The traditional magic words “please” and “thank you” that many people learn as children appear to be disappearing from the dialogue.

NPR

Chinese bloggers are using slang to subvert censorship

Bloggers call it the “Grass-Mud Horse” lexicon, and lucky for language lovers, the China Digital Times just started a word of the week feature that catalogs the slang China’s bloggers use to subvert censorship.

The Atlantic

Blog:

Watch your language! In China, they do

International Herald Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Jonah Goldberg):

Obama’s energy policy is a failure

Columbus Dispatch

Editorial:

Now is the time to withdraw even faster from Afghanistan

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Doug Bandow):

Americans for permanent war: target Syria

Huffington Post

Column (Ron Elving):

Why it is time for Newt Gingrich to say good night

NPR

Column (Tucker Slosburg):

Need a politician? There is an app for that

Kansas City Star

Editorial:

IRS must verify tax-exempt status of independent political organizations

The Platform (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Editorial:

Hard choices in the Afghan war

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Ana Palacio):

Fukushima, Europe’s nuclear test

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Judges, elected for life, should be subject to sunshine on their finances

San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

‘Stolen’ items pour in when hotel offers amnesty to former customers

As it prepares to celebrate its 100-year anniversary, the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa is offering amnesty to anyone who has stolen something from the hotel over the last century.

Huffington Post

Whistleblower facing foreclosure wins $18 million settlement

Lynn Szymoniak is walking away with an $18 million settlement after blowing the whistle on a “robo-signing” fraud, perpetrated by some of the nation’s largest mortgage companies.

CBS News

Michigan teen’s breast cancer research nets him $100,000

Nithin Tumma, a 17-year-old senior at Port Huron Northern High School, won the $100,000 first prize in the Intel Science Talent Search, the first Michigan student to do so in the competition’s history.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Former beauty queen makes waves in Afghanistan’s legal system

Kimberley Motley is a former American beauty queen turned lawyer who only left the U.S. for the first time four years ago. Now, she is an unlikely champion for change in the Afghan legal system.

BBC

Strong quakes shake Japan, but no apparent damage

A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan, but caused no apparent damage or injury in the region hit by last year’s devastating tsunami.

Boston Herald

Japan earthquake: 6.8 magnitude

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Sea level studies: US coasts even more vulnerable than previously thought

Cities and hamlets along America’s popular coastlines are more vulnerable to rising sea levels than has been previously estimated, according to recently published studies.

Christian Science Monitor

Negotiators reach consensus on global land governance guidelines

Negotiators in Rome have agreed on a set of voluntary global guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure as well as access rights to land, fisheries and forest resources.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The end of the light bulb?

Efficient LED technology looks set to flick the switch on traditional incandescent light bulbs forever, say researchers.

BBC

Swimming robots break world distance record in Pacific

Four robots have set a new distance world record, swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean.

BBC

HEALTH

Elderly sometimes keep using opioids after surgery

Because so-called opioids, which include codeine and OxyContin, have a higher risk of abuse and overdose than other painkillers, researchers say the drugs should be prescribed carefully.

Reuters

Screening reduces deaths from prostate cancer, study finds

Routine tests used to detect prostate cancer reduce the risk of death from the disease, researchers said, adding more fuel to a debate over the role of screening in cancer treatment.

BusinessWeek

A rare disease in the smallest of patients

For families dealing with rare diseases, the road to a diagnosis is a long, winding one, and it is riddled with confusion, complications and expenses.

CNN

SPORTS

How much of a factor is momentum in NCAA tournament?

Does it matter that Kentucky and Syracuse, two top seeds in the NCAA tournament, are coming off losses in conference tournaments? Recent history says yes.

USA TODAY

Obama chooses NCAA bracket based on teams’ momentum

YouTube

Alaska’s Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod

When Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, he posed with Diesel and Guinness, but he could have used a little more podium space.

Star Tribune

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