DailySource.org: Quality News from Around the Internet

To donate by check or credit card, click the graphic above.

We are a 501(c)3 charity so donations are tax-deductible.

To find all the ways you can help, click here.

Shop and Donate

Support us by clicking on the graphic below to shop at over 200 major stores. Your prices will be the same, and they will donate a portion of every purchase to us.

A portion of what you spend online can be donated to the Daily Source without costing you an extra cent!

Use the search box below, and Amazon will donate 4-7% of any purchase you make to us.

Other Items

Website monitoring
for DailySource.org
provided for free by
Watchmouse

Click here
to follow our news
updates on Twitter

Subscribe to our
feeds via

The shadows of people in Pamplona, Spain, during the 5 minute silence minutes for the two Spanish Civil Guard killed in an explosion in Palma de Mallorca Island. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

Spain on high alert after blast in Mallorca

The bomb exploded outside the offices run by the Civil guard paramilitary police in Palmanova. The royal family were vacationing nearby.

euronews

Spaniards denounce bombing

Reuters

Growth figures hailed as sign recession is coming to an end

The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized pace of 1 percent from April to June in a clear sign that the longest postwar recession may be drawing to a close.

News & Observer

Gen. Stanley McChrystal prepares new Afghan war strategy

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is preparing major operation changes, including a vast increase in the size of Afghan security forces and intensified efforts to root out local official corruption.

San Jose Mercury News

Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election

Reuters

Players in Gates incident meet for beer

With beer and conversation, President Barack Obama tried to pull himself and the nation beyond an uproar over race, sitting near the Rose Garden with the professor and policeman at the center of debate.

Detroit Free Press

Racial slur may get officer fired

CNN

The beer summit

CBS News

Gitmo prisoner to be released

The U.S. has agreed to release an Afghan prisoner who was captured as a teenager and held for nearly seven years in Guantanamo Bay prison for allegedly throwing a grenade at U.S. soldiers.

Sydney Morning Herald

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A ball boy casts a shadow at a practice field at the Rams' training facility in St. Louis. (Photo by Jeff Roberson / AP)	Gladioluses stretch out to the sun at Hoehndorf, northern Germany. (Photo by Heribert Proepper / AP)	Lyn-z Adams Hawkins practices for the upcoming X Games in Carson, Calif. (Photo by Philip Scott Andrews / AP)

NATION

Senator Reid declares Yucca victory

Senator Reid said President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu have agreed to eliminate all money for pursuing a license for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal project.

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

US adviser’s blunt memo on Iraq: time ‘to go home’

A senior military adviser has concluded that the Iraqi forces are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and that it is time “for the U.S. to declare victory and go home.”

New York Times

POLITICS

House passes $636B defense bill despite veto threat

The House bucked President Barack Obama’s veto threats and overwhelmingly approved a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2010.

The Hill

Pelosi criticizes private insurers

After delaying a vote on a health care bill and accepting a weakening of a public option, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at the health insurance industry.

The Hill

Pelosi on public option

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Global poll finds 73 percent want higher priority for climate change

A majority of peoples around the world want their governments to put action on climate change at the top of the political agenda, a new poll suggests.

Guardian

Feds give millions in grants to combat Calif. water shortage

Federal agencies are directing nearly $60 million in grants to help central California communities, farms and dairies suffering from ongoing water shortages.

KPIX-TV

EDUCATION

Technology, education more entwined

Reality: Many of the jobs students will compete for in the future do not exist yet. Those jobs will use technology that is today “cutting edge” and those students will compete in a global job market.

Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Civics 101: what everyone should know

A group of teachers, lawyers, judges and others will begin shaping proposed improvements in civics education, backed with support from retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.

Union Leader

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers can attack mobile phones via spoofed SMS messages

Researchers at the Black Hat security conference showed how an attacker could spoof a type of SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.

CNET News

Space shuttle touches down safely

The space shuttle Endeavour lands safely at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ending a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

BBC

HEALTH

2 deaths raise concern about swine flu risk for pregnant women

Swine-flu virus has claimed the lives of two Bay Area women who recently gave birth, adding to the growing body of evidence that pregnancy puts women at increased risk of flu-related hospitalization and death.

San Jose Mercury News

Swine flu vaccine available in fall

WIVB

New form of drug-resistant malaria

A malaria that resists the drug artemisinin, which used to be considered a wonder cure for the disease, has been spreading rapidly in the region, causing concern that it could spread globally.

Telegraph.co.uk

Mosquitoes used as flying vaccination needles

MSNBC

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.”

Woody Allen

American director & actor

Daily Quote Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Live Chats All times are E.T.

Washington sketch: Dana Milbank July 31 at noon

Washington Post

Security fix: Brian Krebs July 31 at 11 am

Washington Post

Real wheels: Warren Brown July 31 at 11 am

Washington Post

The Fix goes live: Chris Cillizza July 31 at 11 am

Washington Post

Site edited by: Beth Ruiz, Jeff Bromberg, Sevim Yolacti, Randall Rich, Darling Gutierrez, Jessie Wright-Mendoza, Kari Bruursema, Amy Helfman, Laurie Hauptli and Nadine Natour.

GOOD NEWS

Stiletto Spy School unleashes inner Bond girls to boost confidence

The school puts women through vigorous weekend training sessions designed to help students feel confident and empowered.

MSNBC

Grateful St. Louis dog owners donate $1 million to MU veterinary school

David and Gloria Lowell brought their golden retriever to the college’s Columbia hospital for cancer treatment. Now they are repaying the compassion they found there with a $1 million donation.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Moussavi barred, clashes erupt at memorial for Neda

Clashes erupted as two of Iran's main opposition leaders tried to join the several thousand people at a memorial for the slain woman who became the symbol of Iran's post-election violence.

CNN

Tehran crackdown forbids mourning