The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

This edition was published on 12/10/10 at 9:30 a.m. [ Go to the front page ]

Home

About us

Our Team

Volunteer

Ways to help

Opinion

Trenise Duvernay teaches fourth grade math class at the Alice M. Harte Charter School in New Orleans. She is eligible for $2,000 a year or more in merit bonuses based on how well her students perform in classroom observations. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Email_icon

Questioning a degree’s value

The value of a master’s degree in education in monetary, philosophical and educational terms is under fire as conflicting camps are responding to increasingly high-profile criticism of merit pay systems.

Email_icon

Inside Higher Ed

Obama weighs income tax overhaul

President Barack Obama is considering whether to push for a tax code overhaul to lower rates and raise revenues in what would be his first major effort to address the long-term growth of the national debt.

Email_icon

MSNBC

Symbol_story

Tax package seems headed for Senate passage

Email_icon

TIME

Symbol_video

Obama ‘confident’ Congress will pass tax deal

Email_icon

NPR

‘Don’t ask’: Senate vote kills repeal

A Senate vote dealt a death blow to repeal of the “don‘t ask, don’t tell” ban, delivering a setback to President Barack Obama one week after a Pentagon study urged an end to the Clinton-era ban.

Email_icon

San Francisco Chronicle

Symbol_story

Senate bid to end gay ban fails

Email_icon

BBC

Symbol_video

History of ‘don‘t ask, don’t tell’

Email_icon

ABC News

Japan targeted on Kyoto climate stance

As this year’s U.N. climate summit nears its end, nations looking for a new deal have launched a diplomatic assault on Japan in the hope of softening its resistance to the Kyoto Protocol.

Email_icon

BBC

Cancún climate change summit

Email_icon

Guardian

Snowbirds help recovery after BP spill

Tourism officials in the areas of the Gulf Coast hit hardest by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill say winter tourism appears to be normal or better as snowbirds flock there.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

NATION

Imagine more, eat less

To avoid overeating during the holiday season, try this: When you arrive at the next party, picture yourself gorging on piles of cheese, chocolates, cookies and other tempting fare from the food table.

Email_icon

Americans’ wealth grew 2.2 percent in the last quarter

After declining in the spring, Americans’ wealth grew 2.2 percent in the July-September quarter as a rebound on Wall Street boosted stock portfolios.

Email_icon

MSNBC

Last Cabrini-Green residents pack up, move out

For the last Cabrini-Green high-rise standing in Chicago, the countdown to the end of an era began when 27 families received 90-day notices to vacate.

Email_icon

Chicago Sun-Times

POLITICS

Illegal immigration poses burden for developing nations as well as US

In the lowlands of Central America, Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica are proof that illegal immigration is not a problem solely for the U.S., Europe and other wealthy nations.

Email_icon

Arizona Republic

Symbol_story

Slim majority supports DREAM Act

Email_icon

Politico

Sept. 11 health bill for workers blocked by Senate Republicans

Senate Republicans blocked a bill providing as much as $7.4 billion in health costs for thousands of volunteers and workers ill from toxic dust after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Email_icon

Bloomberg

Kerry urges FCC Democrats to vote for net neutrality

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wrote to Democrats at the FCC urging them to support a net neutrality proposal, even though it’s not perfect.

Email_icon

The Hill

EDUCATION

Feds allege Va. Tech violated law during 2007 shootings

Virginia Tech could be fined or lose federal aid because it broke the law by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage, according to a federal report.

Email_icon

Houston Chronicle

Judge tentatively OKs LA teacher layoff policy changes

A judge has tentatively approved changes to a layoff policy that forced young teachers out of inner-city schools in Los Angeles.

Email_icon

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Edwards funeral to be picketed by controversial church

A church that pickets funerals to protest what it calls American immorality says its members will be picketing the service for Elizabeth Edwards, who died of breast cancer.

Email_icon

MSNBC

Chaplains worry about careers if ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is lifted

While most military personnel see no problem serving with openly gay comrades, some military chaplains are bristling.

Email_icon

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tech jobs rebounding, analysts say

Tech jobs are coming back after hitting bottom, according to economy tracker Moody’s Analytics. The U.S. economy has added 47,000 technology jobs this year amid demand in Asia and Latin America.

Email_icon

San Francisco Chronicle

Symbol_slideshow

US cities with the most tech jobs

Email_icon

BusinessWeek

New planet found: star’s 4th world stumps astronomers

If three’s a crowd, a new planet recently discovered orbiting a sunlike star is really cluttering up its neighborhood.

Email_icon

National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Bolivian president warns nations against committing ‘ecocide’

Delegates from almost 200 nations worked to clear away a host of disputes at the climate change conference whose limited goals drew an accusation of “ecocide” from Bolivia’s President Evo Morales.

Email_icon

Huffington Post

Big agriculture criticized as top polluters

A report by Environment America said agriculture contributes to pollution that has made 100,000 miles of U.S. rivers and streams and 2,500 square miles of lakes too polluted for supporting wildlife.

Email_icon

Des Moines Register

SPORTS

Recent struggles beg the question: What’s wrong with Peyton Manning

NFL season week 14 comes with seemingly half the league wondering whether the slumping Peyton Manning deserves the milk-carton treatment: Have you seen this quarterback?

Email_icon

Sports Illustrated

Rondy to introduce team snowball fighting

The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous in Alaska says it’s going to import a new event from Japan for the city’s winter festival — a sanctioned, organized snowball fight called Yukigassen.

Email_icon

Anchorage Daily News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Government ‘fixes’ only worsen problems

Email_icon

Detroit News

California dropping out on dropouts

Email_icon

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Aaron Sorkin):

In her defense, I’m sure the moose had it coming

Email_icon

Huffington Post

Column (Dan Rodricks):

Obama’s tax compromise: more rotten tomatoes for American workers

Email_icon

XXXX wrong item type XXXX:

Political martial arts

Email_icon

Newsweek

Column (Toby Quantrill):

Climate change: the daily reality for farmers

Email_icon

The Independent

Teachers unions put on notice

Email_icon

Modesto Bee

Column (Danielle Nierenberg):

Eat locally processed food to support health, communities

Email_icon

Detroit Free Press

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Ashley Nawn, Sanaz Ariya, Rachel Barrus, Izzy Rosen and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Lighting up a family Christmas

In a three-hour makeover, the family became the first Minnesota winners of a national program that decorates the homes of families with members in the military.

Email_icon

Star Tribune

‘Wise Giving’ website to help public be proactive with philanthropy

The Association of Fundraising Professionals unveiled its new wise-giving website, Change the World With a Giving — and Wise — Heart, designed to help donors think proactively about giving.

Email_icon

PNNOnline

100 needy children go on holiday shopping spree

Hoping to spread a little holiday cheer for families in need, Palm Bay police took nearly 100 children on a Christmas shopping trip.

Email_icon

WORLD

Chinese dissident awarded Nobel Peace Prize with empty chair

An imprisoned Chinese dissident was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway as groups of protesters gathered outside the Norwegian Embassy and United Nations offices in Beijing.

Email_icon

CNN

Symbol_video

China reacts on Nobel award day

Email_icon

Reuters

Woman who faced stoning recounts husband’s murder

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning was shown at her home with her son not because she was freed, but because she was recounting details of killing her husband, Iranian TV said.

Email_icon

MSNBC

Symbol_story

Iranian woman condemned to stoning freed

Email_icon

TIME

Symbol_video

Iranian woman released?

Email_icon

CBC News

WIKILEAKS

Assange’s favored hiding place: UK club for journalists

The Frontline Club in London is the kind of place where war correspondents and investigative reporters mingle with admirers and wannabes, fired by a passion for revealing the truth — and fine dining.

Email_icon

MSNBC

Sweden: Not bowing to foreign pressure

Swedish media and politicians have rejected speculation that political pressure from abroad was exerted on the country‘s justice system to secure Julian Assange’s arrest and extradition.

Email_icon

Guardian

Symbol_video

WikiLeaks activist: ‘Anonymous’ member

Email_icon

BBC

Julian Assange should be awarded Nobel Peace Prize, suggests Russia

Russia has suggested that Julian Assange should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in an unexpected show of support from Moscow for the jailed WikiLeaks founder.

Email_icon

Guardian

BUSINESS

Tough luck for victimized Madoff feeder fund investors

Most of Bernard Madoff’s victims have two things in common: a) they’d never heard of the Ponzi schemer before he was arrested and b) they’re not eligible to get any of their money back.

Email_icon

CNNMoney

US initial jobless claims fell 17,000 to 421,000

The number of workers filing first time claims for unemployment payments fell last week in the U.S., showing the labor market continues to improve.

Email_icon

Bloomberg

Symbol_story

Fewer Americans file for unemployment

Email_icon

CNNMoney

Spiking oil prices may slow recovery

Oil prices climbed to nearly $90 a barrel, and gasoline prices have passed $3 a gallon on the West Coast and in the Northeast.

Email_icon

Columbus Dispatch

HEALTH

A new nursing home population: the young

There‘s one age group that’s going into nursing homes at a higher rate. And it’s not who you would expect.

Email_icon

NPR

Weight training helps breast cancer survivors’ recovery

A study published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds breast cancer survivors may benefit from pumping iron after surgery.

Email_icon

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

On average, 30 million Americans drive drunk annually

With the holidays under way and numerous nights of alcohol-filled parties, there is a risk of more drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol taking to the streets.

Email_icon

CBS News

Jesus’ great-grandmother identified

The great-grandmother of Jesus was a woman named Ismeria, according to Florentine medieval manuscripts analyzed by a historian.

Email_icon

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Off the grid families pioneer sustainable energy lifestyles

An increasing range of Americans are leading a lifestyle mostly unhitched from public utilities. Using nature, they warm and cool their homes and power everything from a blender to a TV to a hot tub.

Email_icon

Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Daniel Lacroix of Chevilly-Larue, practices a skating style of cross-country skiing on the Champs de Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Photo by Francois Mori / AP)

Email_icon

DailySource Most Popular

Most viewed

Most recent

Connect with Us

Nonprofitdonate

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.

Amazon.com Widgets

Take a Quick Tour

Tour

The Daily Quote

Email Newsletters

Browse Past Content

Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections:

Columns and Op-ed

The Daily Quote

Photo of the Day

Browse past editions

Makehomepage

Ways to Help

Spread the word

Other ways

Copyright © 2006-2024 The Daily Source. All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Website monitoring for The Daily Source provided for free by Nimsoft