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In this file photo, a couple passes by a string of lights in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Electric Daisy Carnival. The Electric Daisy Carnival usually has multiple stages full of a variety of electronic dance music, talented performance artists and visual delights. (Photo by Dan Krauss / AP)

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Vegas revs up for Electric Daisy Carnival

The three-night music and dance festival that will reverberate at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of the biggest DJ-driven music events of its kind in North America.

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NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy to be reviewed by US Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, following demands by campaigners who say the tactic is unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.

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Guardian

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Stop-and-frisks also happen to NYPD officers

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Did the drug industry push Obama on health overhaul?

The broad contours of President Barack Obama’s dealings with the health care industry were known in 2009, but newly public emails show compromises underlying the health care law.

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Msnbc.com

GOP after White House over role in ads supporting health care bill

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(The Hill)

Healthwatch

Court: News groups can have full access to Idaho execution

A federal appeals court ruled that witnesses should have full viewing access to Idaho’s upcoming execution, siding with The Associated Press and 16 other news organizations.

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USA TODAY

Ahead of Rio +20 summit, UN sounds environmental alarm

A U.N. report released ahead of an environmental summit in Brazil warns that overpopulation, urbanization and consumption pose grave threats to the Earth’s biosphere.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Can Rio +20 solve world’s environmental problems?

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CNN

NATION

How to make US agriculture stronger

How productive is America’s farm sector? Viewed in one light, it seems not so impressive: 2009 output equaled 170 percent of the 1948 output, well below the economy-wide average.

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Slate

US braces for tsunami debris

More than a year after a tsunami devastated Japan, killing thousands of people and washing debris into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. has a cohesive plan for cleaning up the rubble.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Military suicide rate surges

The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan by about 50 percent, according to Pentagon statistics.

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Huffington Post

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Disconnect between the public and military

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Light Box (TIME)

POLITICS

Holder assigns prosecutors to investigate leaks

Attorney General Eric Holder said he has assigned two U.S. attorneys to investigate the possible leaking of state secrets amid accusations that the Obama administration deliberately leaked information.

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CNN

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Obama: leaks ‘offensive’

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Politico

Romney‘s prospective VP candidates face ‘intimate examination’

Potential vice presidential candidates must undergo a highly personal examination that is uniquely American, yet vetting is entirely shielded from public view.

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CNN

Rift over political spending divides union

A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees’ union following a crushing failure to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — organized labor’s biggest political loss in decades.

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U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

It is not your imagination: Rent prices really have been rising

Many would-be buyers are worried the market has not yet reached bottom, and years of plunging home values and foreclosures have scared some off.

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TIME

Microsoft and Google play chicken over do not track

Microsoft and Google are playing a high-stakes game of chicken over the controversial practice of advertisers following online users’ footsteps across the Internet.

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CNNMoney

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Realistic view of Oracle’s cloud rivals

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InformationWeek

ENVIRONMENT

EPA sued over wildlife exposure to lead from spent ammunition

Environmental groups filed suit seeking federal regulation of lead in ammunition, claiming exposure to the toxic metal from bullets kills millions of birds and poses a risk to human health.

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Reuters

Exploring the ocean: 20,000 colleagues under the sea

Sea gliders, small unmanned robot submarines cruising the ocean by the fleet, will change oceanography as we know it.

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Economist

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Beneath Arctic ice, scientists find an ecosystem never imagined

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Does financial education work?

The financial literacy movement is getting a valuable boost. The accounting giant PwC will unveil a $160 million campaign to promote financial education in classrooms.

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TIME

Raising Latino achievement seen as ‘demographic imperative’

With strong and growing numbers, the educational achievement of the Latino student community has implications for the national economy and local labor markets.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Russia’s identity crisis

Historic sites, orthodox culture and enduring staples like vodka are common associations foreigners hold about Russia. It’s not only foreigners who are baffled by Russian symbolism, but natives as well.

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Moscow Times

‘Car Talk’ duo retiring, reruns to continue

The comic mechanic brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi said they will stop making new episodes of their joke-filled auto advice radio show, 25 years after “Car Talk” began in Boston.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Working with the ‘Car Talk’ Crew

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WBUR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Frank Muller-Karger):

Decline of American satellites is a matter of national security

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Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Hal E. Hershfield):

Does feeling sad mean being wiser?

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Psychology Today

Blog (James Losey):

Why do so many bloggers get arrested after Internet freedom conferences?

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Slate

Children should be allowed to use social networks — with safeguards

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Economist

Column (Sarah Marusek):

Recognizing the peaceful Palestinian resistance movement

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Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Tim Padgett):

The Catholic contraction

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(TIME)

Ideas

Column (Derek Thompson):

Who killed unions?

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The Atlantic

Column (Robert Reich):

End the Bush tax cuts

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Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Man’s best friend learning while helping war veterans heal

Operation Freedoms Paws, a nonprofit started by an Army veteran, helps other veterans train their own service dogs in northern California.

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CNN

Technological advances in prosthetics help amputees become athletes

A growing number of amputees worldwide are running marathons, bicycling and swimming — sometimes faster than competitors with fully intact limbs.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Smart hand pumps promise cleaner water in Africa

Rural African communities may soon benefit from improved water. U.K. researchers designed data transmitters that fit inside hand pumps and send messages if the devices break down.

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BBC

WORLD

As the rest of the world slows down because of past exuberant consumerism and speculative investment — or debt, as they used to call it — Africa is expected to grow.

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Christian Science Monitor

UN combs deserted Syrian village of Qubair after massacre

The United Nations says its monitors have made it into the Syrian village of Qubair and are trying to compile a list of who was killed in a massacre there.

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ABC.net

Spain likely to request EU for bank aid

Spain is expected to ask Europe for help with recapitalizing its stricken banks, according to EU sources, becoming the fourth country to seek assistance since the debt crisis began.

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The Independent

HEALTH

Young adults skip health care as medical debts rise

Millions of young adults are forgoing necessary care and treatment because of rising health care costs, a report said.

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CNN

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Health law adds 6.6 million young adults to parents’ plans

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BusinessWeek

Do family dinners reduce teen drug use?

Families who eat dinner together are in many ways better off than those who do not. But contrary to previous findings, a new study concludes that family meals do little to reduce drug use long-term.

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TIME

What America spends on groceries

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Planet Money

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why do some programming languages live and others die?

Google wants to change the way the world writes software. The search giant has unveiled two new programming languages that seek to improve on some of the most widely used languages on the planet.

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Wired

The future of automotive safety: cars that talk to each other

At a recent transportation conference, guests were offered a peek into the future of automotive safety: cars that talk to each other and warn other drivers near them of impending collisions.

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Star Tribune

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The cars that altered American history

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Reel faith: how the drive-in movie theater helped create the megachurch

The Crystal Cathedral structure is neither crystal nor, technically, a cathedral, but it has acted as an archetype for a 20th century phenomenon: the Christian megachurch.

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The Atlantic

Vatican bank: a mix of money, mystery and monsignors

Judicial woes and internal upheavals at Vatican bank, officially known as the Institute for Works of Religion, have raised new hurdles for the Vatican.

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Reuters

SPORTS

For NFL, legal blitz on safety

Many ex-NFL players are finding themselves crippled by neurological problems that took years to develop and prevent them from earning a living.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Former NFL players team up for lawsuit that says league hid brain injury risks

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Kansas City Star

I’ll Have Another scratched from running at Belmont

I‘ll Have Another’s bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the chestnut colt was out of the Belmont Stakes because of a swollen left front tendon.

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Kansas City Star

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

UK group: too much salt in shop bread

A recent survey of the salt content of nearly 300 fresh bread loaves from markets and bakeries found 28 percent contained at least the same amount of salt in one slice as in a packet of potato chips.

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Medical News Today

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Belmont Stakes hopeful Paynter gets a bath after training at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)

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