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Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh walks past a bonobo in his outdoor pen at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa. Her work has been credited with uncovering new ways to teach autistic children to communicate and helping bridge the gap between humans and their closest primate relatives.  (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP) Savage-Rumbaugh is mother to the apes Whoever said talk is cheap never met Sue Savage-Rumbaugh or hoped to one day carry on a conversation with endangered great apes. Her work has gained the international spotlight. Des Moines Register What bonobos can teach us TIME Debate begins in earnest as US finally hits debt limit The U.S. is about to reach the debt limit. Without congressional action, the Treasury Department will be shut out from the bond markets and the country could eventually default on its obligations. Reuters   Mississippi River towns brace for floodwater Authorities could open additional floodgates in Louisiana, sending water from the swollen Mississippi River gushing toward homes and farmland in an effort to spare major cities. CNN Miss. River closing would cost US $300M per day CBS News Map: Satellite images of Mississippi flooding USA TODAY Record flooding MSNBC NASA clears Endeavour for next-to-last shuttle flight Having been given a “go” by NASA officials, the space shuttle Endeavour is now scheduled to lift off on its final space voyage. Space Developing new glucose test is high-stakes, slow-going pursuit The painful and inconvenient needle sticks were supposed to be long gone by now. But the race to get a painless device to market has been slow, difficult and marred by false starts. St. Louis Post-Dispatch   NATION Obama administration aims to increase domestic US oil production The Obama administration plans to stimulate domestic oil production to blunt rising gasoline prices with measures including giving oil companies more time to comply with safety regulations. Bloomberg Obama calls for more Alaskan oil drilling YouTube Gun crime highest for 10-19 year olds Americans 10 to 19 years old carried out more firearm homicides than all other ages, a new MMWR report issued by the CDC revealed. Medical News Today POLITICS Mike Huckabee: ‘My heart says no’ to GOP presidential bid Count former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee out of the 2012 presidential race. “My answer is clear and firm, I will not seek the Republican nomination for president this year,” Huckabee said. ABC News Huckabee says he won’t run for president YouTube Reform Social Security now? Demographics of electorate say yes Social Security is in bad shape financially, and federal efforts to reform the program seem to be on a slow track — or no track at all. Those two facts have emerged recently in separate quarters. Christian Science Monitor Bipartisan House group seeks to bolster nation’s police forces with COPS bill As more and more local governments are laying off police officers to balance strung-out budgets, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation to reverse the trend. The Hill DEATH OF BIN LADEN Pakistan condemns raid Pakistani MPs are demanding there must be no repeat of the U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden and say drone strikes targeting terrorists near the border with Afghanistan must end. Sydney Morning Herald Pakistan may cut NATO’s Afghan supply line after Osama bin Laden killing Guardian Security tight after Pakistan blasts Yahoo! News Suit filed to see bin Laden death photos A government watchdog group sued the federal government to release Osama bin Laden death photos and videos. MSNBC BUSINESS Medical device manufacturers keeping business in Mass. ECI Biotech constructs enzyme-based sensors, the kind of technology that could be produced overseas. But the company’s founder and Chief Executive Mitchell C. Sanders wants it made in Worcester, Mass. Telegram & Gazette A storm gathers over equities markets Declines in oil and metals prices are being seen by an increasing number of fund managers and strategists as a signal to get out of riskier areas of the equity market. Business Day ENVIRONMENT Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet in UK Cabinet ministers have agreed a far-reaching, legally binding “green deal” that will commit the U.K. to two decades of drastic cuts in carbon emissions. Guardian Coral reef mining to blame when islands sink beneath waves Two small islands in South Asia’s first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say. BBC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Atomic clocks with amazing accuracy A team of physicists from the U.S. and Russia announced that it has developed a means for computing, with unprecedented accuracy, a tiny, temperature-dependent source of error in atomic clocks. ScienceDaily Guinness awards gaming records to iPhone 4, App Store The Guinness Book of World Records has bestowed the honor of fastest-growing gaming system upon Apple’s iPhone 4, as well as noting that the App Store itself has also set records. PC World Sony to restart Playstation Network Sony has announced it will begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network, more than three weeks since the service had to be shut down because of a security breach. CBC News Sony: Restoration has begun MSNBC   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Kathleen Pender): Putting a value on LinkedIn stock offering San Francisco Chronicle Blog (Jon Lee Anderson): Tim Hetherington’s funeral — and 4 missing journalists The New Yorker Editorial: Tough response to furniture scandal could help Detroit Detroit Free Press Blog (Wanda Horrell): The art of diagnosing  (Psychology Today) In the Trenches Editorial: ISI’s admission Daily Times Column (Susan Estrich): Billionaire babies Washington Examiner Column (Andres Oppenheimer): Latin American universities get a bad idea McClatchy Newspapers Cartoon (Edstein UFS): Arab spring Christian Science Monitor   Site edited by: Valerie Serrano, Brigitte Leschhorn, Sam Dieter, Kathie Raikes, Robyn Waselus, Sara Stewart, Shahinaz Ayoub, Diana Shaw, Cristina Petrut, Virginie Gilles and Sarah Alender.   GOOD NEWS Young philanthropists can effect real change on all levels Younger philanthropists have had unprecedented access to information about the world in which they live. Their commitment to solving local, national and global problems is remarkable. Denver Post Exoskeleton lets UC Berkeley grad take a huge step With his yellow history honors ribbon flapping against the exoskeleton strapped around his gown, Austin Whitney walked on his graduation day at the University of California at Berkeley. San Francisco Chronicle Acalanes seniors take top prize at Intel science fair Acalanes High School seniors Blake Marrgraff and Matthew Feddersen have taken the top prize at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Los Angeles. San Jose Mercury News WORLD Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters Clashes have been taking place at four separate borders or crossing points — at Erez in Gaza, near Ramallah in the West Bank, on the Golan Heights and at the border with Lebanon. BBC Witnesses: Soldiers shell Syrian border town amid refugee flight The two-month-long tumult across Syria echoed along the Lebanese border as the regime’s troops shelled a town and hundreds of refugees hustled to safety into Lebanon. CNN Hundreds flee amid violence in Syria YouTube EDUCATION Largest UNLV graduating class ever UNLV held its 49th spring commencement ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center, where graduates quietly sat on the arena floor in their robes while family and friends cheered, yelled names and blew air horns. Las Vegas Sun Teachers without licences in Ind. A new state law that allows Indiana to expand the number of charter schools is sparking concerns that some schools will trade traditional teachers for professionals who lack teaching licenses. Chicago Tribune HEALTH Medicare to run out of money sooner The federal government has predicted that the program’s largest trust fund would run out in 2024. Funding for Social Security, could be exhausted in 2036. Baltimore Sun Eight things to know about Medicare and Social Security trust funds Star Tribune 13 cases of salmonella have been confirmed in Illinois Kane County health officials say 13 people now have been confirmed as having contracted salmonella, with some suspected to have come from a St. Charles restaurant. Chicago Sun-Times LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Bob Dylan denies China censored his choice of songs Singer Bob Dylan has hit back at suggestions that he gave in to censorship during a recent series of concerts in China. He was criticised in print and online for ignoring 1960s-era protest songs. BBC Market forces stir upfront ads As the TV biz enters the feeding frenzy of the upfront advertising market, questions are swirling about prices, targeted messages and even the definition and parameters of TV advertising. Variety RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Head of Philadelphia priest sex-abuse review panel criticizes church leaders The head of the panel that reviews clergy sex-abuse cases for the Philadelphia Archdiocese has lashed out at Cardinal Justin Rigali, accusing him of hiding facts about the misdeeds of priests. Philadelphia Inquirer Nazis’ grandchildren probe sins of the long past Germans have officially confronted the Nazi era head-on. But most Germans have skirted their own families’ possible involvement in the atrocities. Detroit Free Press SPORTS Ongoing investigation into death of New York Ranger Derek It may be weeks before authorities know exactly how and why New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died, although foul play was not immediately suspected. Sports Illustrated Derek Boogaard found dead ESPN Cardinals’ loss to Reds carries extra sting Those with Cardinals ties expecting some version of fireworks had to be disappointed in what transpired at Great American Ball Park. St. Louis Post-Dispatch   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Brain scan holds promise of more accurate autism diagnoses The way autism is diagnosed could become less subjective by using a brain-imaging-based test that is being developed by researchers and that, in early trials, was 94 percent accurate. MyHealthNewsDaily   Photo of the Day A woman looks at an ice sculpture at the “Fun Ice World” in the Venetian Macao, a hotel and casino resort in Macau.  (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. 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