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Stand-your-ground measures allow citizens to use deadly force when they believe their life is in danger, without requiring them to retreat or try to escape the threat first. (Photo by Julie Jacobsen / AP)

Hail, hail! ‘Taxi of tomorrow’ arrives in New York CIty

Officials unveiled the Nissan-designed cab that will gradually replace the country‘s largest taxi fleet. It is the first New York taxi to be designed for the job since the city’s iconic Checker cab.

NPR

A brief history of NYC taxi cabs

Msnbc.com

Can an ‘online ivy’ school change the face of higher education?

Meet The Minerva Project, the chest-beating, Silicon Valley-spawned, Larry Summers-backed “E-lite” college that might very well reshape the world market for education.

The Atlantic

Rise in justifiable homicide linked to weak gun laws

Rising numbers of civilian justifiable homicides across the U.S. are linked to states with both weak gun controls and stand-your-ground laws, according to a analysis of FBI and other data.

Guardian

Kraft, Coca Cola Co., Pepsi abandon ALEC, gun control supporter

Politico

Holder: Obama recognizes Supreme Court’s authority on health care

Attorney General Eric Holder made clear that the Obama administration recognizes the authority of federal courts to rule on whether the 2010 health care reform law passed by Congress is constitutional.

CNN

Obama risks voter backlash by warning court on health law

San Francisco Chronicle

World’s rarest ducklings hatch

Eighteen Madagascan pochards — the world’s most endangered duck — have hatched in a captive breeding center, which brings the world population of the ducks to just 60.

BBC

NATION

Just how strong is the job market?

The employment report could help answer a key question about the economy: Will the recently strong job growth slow once employers finish replacing the people they fired during the recession?

NPR

New wave of foreclosures is hitting ‘everyday’ borrowers

Unlike in earlier in the housing crisis, which hit Americans saddled with the most toxic sub prime products, those currently with ordinary mortgages have difficulty meeting their payments.

Msnbc.com

America’s romance with sprawl may be over

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Romney goes for Pennsylvania knockout

Mitt Romney is pushing for a decisive victory in the primary on Rick Santorum’s turf in Pennsylvania, while also stepping up his attacks on President Barack Obama.

Bloomberg

Blog:

Independents in swing states breaking for Obama over Romney

The Hill

Connecticut Senate votes to do away with death penalty

The Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 on a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make the state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment.

CNN

Voter identification laws spark heated debate before US election

Liberal activists criticized new voter registration requirements in dozens of states, saying millions of people could be deterred from voting — a claim their opponents disputed.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google: ‘Terminator’ style glasses that could allow you to browse the Internet

Google X added another futuristic product to their list: wraparound shades that you can use to browse the Internet.

The Independent

The project glass parodies have already started

YouTube

Non-military drone use in the US is raising privacy concerns

Unmanned aerial vehicles, a key weapon in the hunt for terrorists overseas, are coming to America. But does this mean people should be worried that Big Brother is coming to watch them?

CBS News

Robot history: the rise of the drone

BBC

What are phablets?

Slightly larger than a smartphone and a fair bit smaller than a tablet (especially the iPad-sized ones), phablets occupy a happy middle ground for power users who want a single device that does everything.

Sydney Morning Herald

HEALTH

Breast cancer: Women with false positive mammograms are at higher risk

A study of more than 58,000 women found those who had false positive mammograms had a 67 higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life.

ABC News

The new Rx sleep drug: Is this pill promising, or perilous?

Intermezzo is a new pill for those who awaken in the middle of the night with still hours left to sleep. This makes it the only Food and Drug Administration approved drug for middle-of-the-night insomniacs.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Dissent from Yale faculty over Singapore

An announcement from Yale that it was creating the “first new college to bear the Yale name in 300 years” at the National University of Singapore has faculty members voicing concerns.

New York Times

Detroit to move 10 high schools into new ‘self-governing’ system

Detroit Public Schools are creating a hybrid system within the district by converting 10 schools into “self-governing” buildings, with a five-member board controlling the schools’ budget, operations and hiring.

Detroit News

New plans for Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Free Press

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Passover and Easter have much to share

Important holidays for two faiths share a long history and message of redemption. This year, they share a weekend.

Miami Herald

Easter traditions from across the globe

The Independent

Balancing science, faith

Researchers are studying how medical schools help doctors incorporate religious beliefs after discovering that silence on matters of spirituality left some patients unsatisfied with their medical care.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Shielding New York’s kids from dinosaurs and dancing

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Banks play fast and loose with credit card debt

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Santorum should put away the knives and help Romney beat Obama

Washington Examiner

Blog (Hilary Hylton):

Why Texas’ legal war with the government could be the biggest one yet

(TIME)

Swampland

Column (Raj Patel):

What Cuba can teach us about food and climate change

Slate

Blog (Andrew J. Rotherham):

Are preschool programs about to get gutted?

(TIME)

Ideas

Column (Dick Polman):

Think Supreme Court will be dispassionate on Obamacare? Think again

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Eric Jackson):

2 things that must happen before Yahoo! can be acquired

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

E-books encourage reading among Americans, survey shows

E-books appear to be promoting reading habits among American adults, according to research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

CNN

Evicted 101-year-old Detroiter gets her home back

Baking cookies never seemed as sweet for 101-year-old Texana Hollis as it did when she was allowed back into the home her husband bought after World War II following her eviction.

CBS News

Almost ended by a fire, an Easter bread tradition is resurrected in a new church

A bread-baking tradition at a local church appeared over when a fire raged through the church’s office and sacristy. But the determined parishioners found a way to keep it alive.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Iran’s efforts to stir violence in Afghanistan worry US

With Iran’s motives and operational intentions a subject of intense interest, American officials have closely studied Iran’s ability to provoke violence and unrest in Afghanistan.

Msnbc.com

Special section:

Afghanistan

Guardian

2 decades later, Sarajevo a city divided

April marks the twentieth anniversary of the Bosnian war — the longest siege of a capital city in modern history. More than three years of war, 100,000 people killed, and half the population fled.

NPR

US to soften sanctions on Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Washington would ease restrictions on investment to Myanmar and move quickly to name an ambassador after landmark elections.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Virtual tax audits coming soon?

In what could be an indication of things to come, the IRS launched a pilot program at the end of last year that allows taxpayers to use video conferencing for assistance with tax questions and problems.

CNNMoney

‘Gamblers’ blamed for spike in oil prices

Financial speculators account for at least 65 percent of purchases of contracts for future oil deliveries, while buyers who intend to actually use it, such as airlines, make up only about one-third of demand.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ENVIRONMENT

Earth’s wobble may have ended Ice Age

Ice tells the history of the Earth’s climate: Air bubbles in ice reveal what the atmosphere was like and what the temperature was. But when it comes to the last Ice Age, ice has a mixed message.

NPR

Texas tornadoes: How much warning time was possible?

The tornadoes that hit the Dallas area resulted in no fatalities, in part due to timely warnings. But a new model could help to dramatically improve tornado warning times.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Augusta National: a powerful holdout among men-only clubs

Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has never allowed women to join, though they can be guests. But conversation swirled around the policy as it prepared to open the Masters Tournament.

CNN

Londoners pitch tents for Olympic fans as hotels fill up

The Olympic ritual of renting out space to visitors is under way. London homeowners are taking advantage of a hotel shortage that has allowed operators to charge double the usual rate during the games.

Bloomberg

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why political rivals cannot feel each other’s pain

If you ask people on opposite sides of the political aisle to try to empathize with one another, they tend to consider their rivals not equally human.

TIME

What happens to the long-lost social networks?

What do you do with a social network when we no longer care about it — kill it or let it struggle on and try to lure users back? It’s a question that dozens of such services are now facing.

The Independent

Genealogy: a trip back to your roots

Genealogy tourism — combining a trip away with a trip down memory lane — is one of the fastest-growing travel sectors.

BBC

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