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A barefoot Indian worker sweeps the red carpet before the arrival of President Barack Obama to a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

Nudging grocery shoppers toward healthy food

Grocery stores are getting wise to shoppers’ desires to eat better, and some are using the same marketing tricks the large food companies and restaurants have used for years.

NPR

Chefs: Tasty and light possible, but hard to sell

LiveScience

Pentagon: Afghans can manage by 2014

Afghanistan should be ready to handle its own security by the year 2014, the top United States defense chiefs said.

TIME

Obama in Asia: US-India ties ‘to define century’

Washington and Delhi‘s relationship will be one of the century’s defining partnerships, President Barack Obama and Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh have said.

BBC

Examining US-India economic ties

NPR

Obama offers India permanent UNSC seat

ABC News

Health law appeal turned away by US high court in interest group’s case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive a challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, leaving intact a ruling that said a California man and interest group filed their lawsuit prematurely.

Bloomberg

Cogenra Solar’s system includes practical twist

A gleaming array of mirrors tucked behind a Sonoma County, Calif., winery promises a new wrinkle in renewable energy — solar power without all the waste.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Somali ‘pirates’ set for federal trial in US

Five Somalis accused of firing assault rifles at a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa are to face the first American piracy trial in more than 100 years.

The Independent

New mileage rules prompt backlash

Automakers and car dealers, emboldened by rising profits and a more business-friendly Congress, say they will fight the Obama administration’s proposal to boost average new-car fuel economy.

Washington Post

Blog:

Will the masses embrace electric cars despite high prices?

(USA TODAY)

DriveOn

Mystery still surrounds the Edmund Fitzgerald

It’s one of thousands of shipwrecks that dot the Great Lakes, but it’s easily the most famous. And theories on the sinking’s cause still abound.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Gates urges Congress to repeal gay ban

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military’s ban on gays serving openly.

ABC News

Interview:

Professor tries to get to the root of bullying, could be gender roles

Houston Chronicle

GOP toes hard line on tax-cut extension

In another indication of political gridlock, House Republican leaders took a hard line on compromising with President Barack Obama on an extension of Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Schools raise bar, but not all reach it

The theory behind the small schools model holds that they foster closer personal bonds and improve graduation rates among other things. But the model’s track record on standardized test scores remains mixed.

Denver Post

Academic progress stagnant despite more teacher hires

Nearly 1,000 full-time teaching positions were added at Iowa‘s public schools, yet students’ academic achievement saw little growth during that time.

Des Moines Register

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Genetic ‘battle of the sexes’

A new study of beetles shows a genetic “battle of the sexes” could be even more important to evolution than previously thought.

ScienceDaily

Algae biofuels are moving from promise to reality — but how fast?

Although well over 100 companies are now working to produce algal biomass and oil for transportation fuels, scientists conclude that it will take about ten years to determine the feasibility of those goals.

infoZine

Bedtime texting bad for sleep

Kids who send text messages or use the Internet right before bed may suffer poorer sleep at night as well as mood and cognitive problems during the day, according to results of a pilot study.

ABC News

SPORTS

Newcomers steal show at NYC marathon

Both the men‘s and women’s winners at the New York City marathon were competing in that city’s race for the first time.

Reuters

New York — what a wonderful marathon

NY Daily News

Jerry Jones hints at Cowboys changes

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones refused to discuss coach Wade Phillips’ job status but indicated significant changes are on the horizon after losing to the Packers.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Methodists seek better pastors, vital churches to fight shrinking rolls

Better pastors. Healthier churches. Less bureaucracy. United Methodists hope that combination will help turn around decades of declining membership and attendance.

USA TODAY

Bishop Robinson: I’m retiring

Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson announced he will retire in 2013, in part because of the death threats and strain he’s endured as the first openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican Church.

Concord Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Dan Froomkin):

What in the world is going on inside Bank of America?

(NiemanWatchdog.org)

Ask This

Editorial:

US should give up on failed border program

Denver Post

Column (Robert Reich):

President Barack Obama could learn from FDR

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Barbara Hannah Grufferman):

Life after 50: Run a marathon, change your life

Huffington Post

Column (Jessica Jackley):

How a dollar can buy dignity and power

CNN

Column (Ben Barber):

US foreign aid can sometimes win hearts and minds

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Connie Schultz):

Real work doesn’t sit behind a desk

Creators Syndicate

Editorial (Steve Chapman):

Attack of the food police

RealClearPolitics

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GOOD NEWS

Greetings from Recoveryland

The Great Recession upended the topography of America. But even as parts of the country were laid low, some cities withstood the storm and could emerge even stronger and shinier than before.

Newsweek

Modern miracle: skin turned into blood

Got blood? Future patients who need transfusions for surgery and cancer treatments could get it from a patch of their own skin.

LiveScience

Mass. town makes peace with Du Bois, a native son

Since his death in 1963, the civil rights activist and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois has been praised for his writings but scorned for being a Communist, becoming a citizen of Ghana and criticizing U.S. race relations.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market