DailySource: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

President Barack Obama, flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, announces a new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

Temperatures slow rise of swollen Red River

Bone-chilling temperatures slowed the rise of the record-high Red River, while weary volunteers were left to watch, wait, and wonder if all their hard work was enough to save the city from major flooding.

Houston Chronicle

Obama monitors Midwest flooding, pledges help

Examiner

Fighting floodwaters in Fargo

MSNBC

7 states see double-digit unemployment

More states logged double-digit unemployment rates in February. Seven states have unemployment rates that topped 10 percent last month. That's up from four states in January.

USA Today

Afghan leader: US strategy better than expected

Afghanistan's president said that the new U.S. strategy for the worsening conflict in his country is "better than we were expecting" and provides the right solutions for the problems afflicting the region.

International Herald Tribune

US warns Pakistan on Taliban link

BBC

Obama's al-Qaida policy overhaul

ABC News

Speech:

President's announcement: a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan

WhiteHouse.gov

Auto task force readies announcement

President Obama is expected to announce the next steps to help General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, amid signs of progress for GM to slash its debt and cut costs in response to slack demand.

Reuters

US, Japan mobilize for N. Korean launch

Japan is mobilizing its missile defense system, and U.S. Navy ships are deploying to the Sea of Japan, as North Korea prepares to launch a rocket that is expected next month, officials said.

CNN

Japan OKs deployment of missile defense

Seattle Times

NATION

New World Trade tower loses 'Freedom'

The name "Freedom Tower" has been dropped from the skyscraper under construction to replace the World Trade Center towers destroyed in the September 11 attacks, and some locals are not happy.

Reuters

Thousands attend funeral for 4 of Oakland's finest

Some 19,000 law enforcement officers from across America came to Oakland to mourn their fallen comrades. Four veteran officers died when a wanted parolee opened fire in incidents just hours apart.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

GOP says Obama budget threatens future

Attacking President Barack Obama's grand spending plans, a GOP lawmaker said the U.S. must live within its means or risk its tradition of passing a more prosperous country to the next generation.

Las Vegas Sun

Obama finds himself courting fellow Democrats

MSNBC

Ex-official: Bush panicked after 9/11

A former State Department lawyer says the Bush administration panicked after 9/11 and that the administration was "foolish" to declare that detainees were beyond the reach of U.S. and international laws.

CBS News

HEALTH

Study questions long-term benefits of ADHD drugs in children

The latest data confirmed no long-term behavior differences between continuously medicated children and those never medicated, and that long-term use of the drugs can stunt growth.

Kansas City Star

Senate takes on network insurance

If you ever had to pay to see a doctor who wasn't in your insurance network, you might have wondered how your bill was calculated. Sen. Jay Rockefeller says it might have been by fraud.

Forbes

EDUCATION

No jobs without college as employers treat degree as a minimum

College has become the new high school. The ability to multitask and communicate with customers, skills that years ago high schools supplied, are now found almost solely among those with four-year degrees.

U.S. News & World Report

States eye education stimulus to fill budget gaps

Desperate for cash to fill growing budget deficits, states are starting to tangle with federal and local officials over stimulus money that was designed to prop up the budgets of local school districts.

Education Week

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Tom Hanks talks about 'DaVinci Code' sequel, 'Angels and Demons'

To hear Tom Hanks describe him, the hero who broke "The Da Vinci Code" is an academic superman whose knowledge of art, religion, history and philosophy can handle anything.

Yahoo! News

Celebrities' latest must-have: Twitter

Over the past few months, an account with Twitter, long a favorite of Silicon Valley, has muscled its way onto the A-List's list of must-haves, along with a self-named liquor and signature fragrance.

ABC News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Jihadi dispute points to deeper radicalism among youths

A leading jihadi theologian and adviser to the late leader of al-Qaida in Iraq is under fire for "moderating" his views.

Christian Science Monitor

German-born nun will take over Mother Teresa's order

She met Mother Teresa at a youth gathering in Berlin in 1980 and joined the order that same year, Sister Christie said. She served mostly in Italy and other parts of Europe before moving to Calcutta.

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:

The persistence of vision

Newsweek

Editorial:

Media distortion damages science

New Scientist

Column:

Oakland mourns

Salon.com

Column (Cory Franklin):

Was Canada's health care the problem?

Baltimore Sun

Column:

If it's too big to fail, regulate it

USA Today

Column:

The angry left

Atlantic Online

Editorial:

Time to stop whining

Las Vegas Sun

Editorial:

Plain talk about drug war

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Refocusing war against al-Qaida

Hartford Courant

Editorial:

Newspapers’ self-inflicted wounds

Truthdig

Editorial:

Time to drop 'expectation of privacy'

Wired

Site edited by: Emily Naughton, Joe Gold, Larry Suir, Lauren Thurmond, Lisa Lamphere, Charles Jones, Danny Bittker and Binal Ghelani.

GOOD NEWS

Sydney marks Earth Hour 2009

Sydney became the first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.

San Francisco Chronicle

World cities begin big switch-off

BBC

US donates dairy surplus to schools

The U.S. government will shift $160 million of surplus dry milk into school lunches and food donations to help poor people, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Reuters

WORLD

Iran and NATO end 30-year impasse

Iran's ambassador to the European Union, Ali-Asghar Khaji, held informal talks with NATO officials for the first time in 30 years. Iran also confirmed it will attend a US-backed conference on Afghanistan.

BBC

EU sends Netanyahu strong warning over two-state issue

Karel Schwarzenberg, foreign minister of the Czech Republic, said that if the new Israeli government does not commit itself to establishing a Palestinian state, "relations would become very difficult."

Jerusalem Post

BUSINESS

Bank of America may increase salaries for investment bankers

Bank of America Corp. plans to increase some investment bankers’ salaries by as much as 70 percent, people familiar with the proposal said.

Bloomberg

Bank CEOs: We're in this thing together

Top U.S. bankers supported President Obama's plan to rid financial institutions of bad debts, but the vow of unity was overshadowed by their gloomy statements about the economy.

Reuters

Geithner: the regulatory war ahead

BusinessWeek

Will recession change America?

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

New fuel efficiency standards to cost auto industry $1.5 billion

The 2011 model year passenger car fuel efficiency standard is 30.2 mpg. The regulation will save 887 million gallons of fuel and reduce emissions by 8.3 million metric tons.

Detroit News

Virgin River protection bolsters environmentalists' hopes

The Utah Rivers Council wants federal protection for 85 Utah rivers, including a part of the Green River that runs from below Flaming Gorge Dam to Lake Powell.

Salt Lake Tribune

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

UK identifies kids at risk of radicalization

***** Empty. Click here to edit. *****

Ha'aretz

Tesla's electric sedan: under the hood

The auto industry is in shambles from a crippled economy, but that hasn't stopped luxury automaker Tesla Motors from launching what it calls a "mainstream" $50,000-plus electric sedan.

InformationWeek

SPORTS

Wizards: Gilbert Arenas' season debut

Wizards interim coach Ed Tapscott confirmed after practice the plan is for all-star guard Gilbert Arenas to suit up against Detroit, and probably start, too.

Sports Illustrated

Gillispie won't be back, sources say

Billy Gillispie will not return as the coach of the Kentucky basketball team next season, sources told the Louisville ABC affiliate.

Sporting News

Gillispie out as Kentucky coach

ESPN

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other