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Surrounded by members of his family, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy in Gettysburg, Pa. (Photo by Gene J. Puskar / AP)

How jazz secretly invaded pop music

The “rock” icons of today no longer reflect the same sounds as their earlier counterparts. These days, they resemble what one might imagine as a jazz quintet transported to the 21st century.

The Independent

Tsunami alert lifted after earthquake near Aceh

A tsunami watch declared after two major earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has now been cancelled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has said.

BBC

Moments after quake

CNN

Special section:

Pacific tsunami warning center

NOAA

Rick Santorum suspends campaign

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania announced the suspension of his presidential campaign, removing the last major hurdle for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican Party’s nomination.

San Francisco Chronicle

Santorum’s success pushed GOP to the right

San Jose Mercury News

A look back at Santorum’s campaign

Philadelphia Inquirer

Annan: Iran can be part of Syria ‘solution’

Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy on Syria, has welcomed Iranian support for his efforts to secure peace in the country.

Al Jazeera

Annan ‘gravely concerned’ about Syria as deadline for pullout passes

CNN

Dutch village doubles as nursing home

Hogewey, a tiny village near Amsterdam, boasts shops, restaurants and a movie theater, and is crafted to feel like home to 152 residents. But Hogewey is not a real village — it is a nursing home.

ABC News

Special section:

What is Alzheimer’s disease?

WebMD

NATION

Zimmerman’s attorneys withdraw counsel

Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig, the lawyers who have been speaking for and providing legal representation for George Zimmerman, withdrew as his counsel after citing poor communication.

TIME

George Zimmerman speaks out via website

Christian Science Monitor

US teen births hit record low

The number of American teens giving birth has dropped to an all-time low. The current teen birthrate now stands at about 34 births per 1,000 women ages 15 through 19, a 44 percent drop in the last 20 years.

U.S. News & World Report

Map:

Birthrates down for all ages and ethnicities

CDC

The last savior of newspapers: rich and local owners

The Philadelphia Inquirer was recently saved by a group of investors who bought the paper for “the benefit of the community.” Is this a trend that can stabilize the industry?

The Atlantic

POLITICS

Obama faces skeptical leaders at the Summit of the Americas

After being feted by Latin American leaders, President Barack Obama faces skepticism at the Summit of the Americas for failing to meet promises of a new era in relations with the region.

Reuters

Buffett rule not solution to debt, White House says

The Obama administration is emphasizing “fairness” over deficit reduction in its renewed pitch for the “Buffett rule” ahead of next week’s scheduled Senate vote.

Politico

The super rich sound off on the wealth gap

CNNMoney

BUSINESS

Small-scale dairies create new markets

With small dairies popping up nationwide to meet the growing demand for locally produced food, the market for equipment for five-cow, 10-sheep and 20-goat operations has grown, too.

ABC News

More than just moving metal, Hyundai drives brand makeover

Hyundai, the world’s fifth-largest carmaker, is the envy of its global rivals, outgrowing the market during a severe industry downturn by offering stylish models at affordable prices.

Reuters

HEALTH

Online tool could diagnose autism quickly, developers say

A new online procedure could cut from hours to minutes the amount of time it takes to accurately diagnose autism in young children, a new report by Harvard Medical School researchers says.

HealthDay

Warning over medical implant attacks

Many medical implants are vulnerable to attacks that could threaten their users’ lives, according to studies.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The upstart Christian sect driving invisible children and changing Africa

Many of the men responsible for the Kony 2012 campaign follow something called the Emerging Church, which has become an unusual and newly influential wing of the larger evangelical mission to Africa.

The Atlantic

Evangelical activism takes different shapes at Q Conference

Q, which stands for “question,” will allow 30 different cultural leaders — from New York Times columnist David Brooks to Florida megachurch pastor Joel Hunter — to present their ideas.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘The disconnect’: Why are so many Americans single?

Few things are less welcome today than protracted solitude — a lifestyle that, for many, has the taint of loserdom. Does aloneness deserve a less negative image?

The New Yorker

‘Going solo’ and changing norms

Msnbc.com

A century of Dracula

Dracula remains the consummate creature of the night. A hundred years after his creator’s death, Dracula continues to terrify and inspire.

The Independent

On the trail of Big Foot

More and more attempt to prove the existence of Big Foot, but how do you go about finding a creature most people believe to be a myth?

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (James Randi):

The Learning Channel’s ‘Medium’ is not the messenger

Wired

Column (Geoffrey Canada and Ed Koch):

NY: the next battle in city school wars

NY Daily News

Editorial:

Post-Santorum, a new Romney?

Star Tribune

Column (James Surowiecki):

Club Med: affordable health care abroad

The New Yorker

Column (Wendy Kopp):

How micromanaging educators stifles reform

The Atlantic

Cartoon (Tom Toles):

‘Pivoting to the center’

GoComics

Column (Tom Vanderbilt):

Why do Americans not walk more?

Slate

Blog (George Packer):

‘Social Darwinism,’ from the Titanic to the Ryan budget

The New Yorker

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GOOD NEWS

Wash. kids stop school bus after driver suffers medical emergency

A dozen students may not have been looking forward to school on the first day back after spring break, but they knew what to do when their bus driver slumped over the wheel unconscious.

San Francisco Chronicle

Literacy garden promises bounty of food and books

Gardening held little appeal to Stacey Watkins, a Baltimore special-education teacher, until an organization that helps keep her classroom in books put out a call for help with an urban planting project.

Baltimore Sun

GoodGuide and others use technology to help turn consumers green

A host of companies and nonprofits are using technology — from smartphones to social networking — to make it easier for consumers to choose environmentally friendly products.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Abu Hamza and 4 other terror suspects can be sent to US

Britain can send five suspects to the U.S. to face terrorism charges, a judgment that may ease domestic pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to take a tougher line on the extradition of terror suspects.

Christian Science Monitor

Just how bad are US ‘supermax’ prisons?

BBC

‘Jackie Kennedy’ of China focus of murder probe of Communist Party leader

The attention surrounding Chinese Communist Party leader Bo Xilai has shifted to his wife, Gu Kailai. Often called the “Jackie Kennedy of China,” she is now at the center of a murder investigation.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wireless companies move to render stolen cellphones worthless

Major wireless service companies agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen. The strategy is intended to deter the rising number of cases of theft and resale of wireless devices.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dream experiment launches

A series of new studies is using a specially designed iPhone app in an attempt to improve the dreams of millions of people around the world.

ScienceDaily

Homophobia or self-phobia?

University of Rochester professor Richard Ryan hopes that new research prompts those with intense anti-gay reactions to consider the reasons for their responses.

Discovery News

Gays in America: unprecedented progress in a single generation

The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

Fewer trash pickups, more recycling

Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam takeout containers and plastic bags, and told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Interview:

A climate talk with Paul Kingsnorth

Grist

Lost fishing gear becoming big threat to Puget Sound marine life

The death of a rescued seal pup trapped in fishing line shows the deadly toll of lost fishing gear. Old fishing gear kills more than half a million sea creatures in Puget Sound every year.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Misbehaving pupils ending up in court

Hundreds of U.S. schools have police patrolling the playgrounds to keep order. But some believe their presence means an increasing number of pupils are being criminalized for minor offenses.

BBC

Lines, confusion at Pitt buildings with new security restrictions

University of Pittsburgh students find themselves standing in lines outside of campus buildings due to security measures that have been implemented after numerous bomb threats.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SPORTS

Bobby Petrino fired at Arkansas after 4 seasons as head coach

Bobby Petrino believed he could win a national championship. He will not get the chance. Athletic director Jeff Long fired Petrino and laid out a stunning laundry list of misdeeds against the man he hired.

San Jose Mercury News

Arkansas football coach Petrino fired

ESPN

Olympic gold medalist diver Mark Lenzi dies at 43

Mark Lenzi, the last American male diver to win Olympic gold, died at the age of 43 in Greenville, N.C.

Huffington Post

Guillen suspended over Castro remarks

The Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games for comments he made expressing admiration for Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

ESPN

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