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A Bahraini protester works on art with stones celebrating love for the country at the Pearl roundabout after the military pulled out in Manama, Bahrain. The armed forces were ordered to withdraw as Bahrain’s monarchy seeks to open negotiations with protesters. (Photo by Hasan Jamali / AP)

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Couples who make their relationship work, at work

Many couples look at going into business together as a preferred alternative to working apart. That’s no surprise, seeing that a business owner’s spouse is considered his or her most trusted adviser.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Couples working together

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BusinessWeek

Antibiotics on the farm

Most doctors agree antibiotic drugs are important. But public health advocates, environmentalists and many doctors worry our overuse is making bacteria resistant and limiting effectiveness.

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San Jose Mercury News

How much do farm antibiotics add to the spread of resistant bacteria?

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(Scientific American)

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Bahrain violence calms, Libya’s worsens

As the Bahraini Army pulled out its tanks and police withdrew their forces from the main demonstration site, allowing protesters to return, violence against crowds worsened in Libya and Yemen.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Bahrain unrest: Army withdraws from capital

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BBC

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Anger in the Arab world

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CBS News

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Violence grips Bahrain, Libya and Yemen

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Telegraph.co.uk

Fiscal crisis strikes at labor’s core

Many critics say government unions have used their clout to negotiate generous benefits — and they say these need to be scaled back in the current fiscal crisis.

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NPR

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Wis. legislators aren’t the 1st to walk out

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CNN

Alaska is becoming an increasing draw for TV, film productions

Long a bit player in entertainment, the 49th state increasingly is sought out by TV and film producers for its unmatchable lure of spectacular beauty and peril, of wild adventures and dangerous jobs.

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Kansas City Star

NATION

States hope to cash in on Fla.’s rejection of rail funds

Florida’s decision to shun federal funding for high-speed rail has set off an auction-house-like frenzy among some states hoping to get a bigger piece of the pie.

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CNN

Postage rates going up but not for most first-class letters

First the bad news, postage rates are going up April 17. Now the good news, the basic 44-cent rate for first-class mail stays the same.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

House passes bill to cut $60B

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation to cut from hundreds of federal programs, in what John Boehner described as “one of the largest spending cuts in American history.”

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MSNBC

House votes to strip Planned Parenthood federal funding

The House of Representatives passed a measure to end federal funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood a day after Rep. Jackie Speier described her own personal experience with abortion.

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ABC News

Tea party assembled to rally for Wis. anti-union bill

With Republican state lawmakers stymied over plans to pass an anti-union bill and Gov. Scott Walker not compromising, tea party activists joined in the controversy by organizing in support of the legislation.

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Speaking 2 languages might delay getting Alzheimer’s later on

Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer’s disease later on, scientists said.

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser

That squeaking sound might come from your new hip

Months after getting a ceramic hip replacement, some patients may be startled to find their artificial joint is squeaking.

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HealthDay

Parents giving children alcohol

More often than not, parents are giving their children alcohol. In total, 30 percent of the liquor being drunk by underaged youth is provided by adults or relatives.

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Medical News Today

EDUCATION

Pa. students protest against switch to charter school

Students at Martin Luther King High School walked out to protest the Philadelphia School District’s decision to convert their school into a charter school.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

When the professor is controversial

Instructors’ political views form the core of draft policies being released by the American Association of University Professors concerning politically controversial academics.

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Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

Local coach accused of corporal punishment against youth speedskaters

A local speedskating coach inflicted verbal abuse on young skaters during recent stints, yet continues to teach in the Washington area.

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Washington Post

NFL, union resume mediated negotiations on 2nd day

Representatives of both sides are meeting again with George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a U.S. government agency.

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ABC News

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Sides still far apart

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Open doors await gay teenagers at churches in Texas

In an effort to counter negative messages against homosexuality, almost two dozen Houston-area churches have designated Sunday as Bring Your Gay Teen to Church Day.

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Houston Chronicle

Pope’s coffin to be exhumed for faithful

Faithful attending the beatification of Pope John Paul in Rome will be able to pray before his coffin, which will be exhumed for the event.

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Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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The terrorist attempt you’ve never heard of

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(Salon)

War Room

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Who needs Charlie?

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Arts & Entertainment

(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Column (Michelle Malkin):

Epic showdown: Wis. vs. big labor

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Washington Examiner

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The budget butchers

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Amanda Marcotte):

The contraception war

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(Slate)

XX Factor

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The utter ridiculousness of hip food trends

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Salon

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Showdown in Wisconsin

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The Atlantic

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Harvard study estimates $500B a year for using coal in the US

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GOOD NEWS

Green Awards campaign to launch in Colo. to promote green ideas

Denver is one of three cities chosen to launch Green Giant’s Green Awards campaign, which will celebrate the best green ideas, initiatives and thinkers in communities across the nation.

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Denver Post

Children in Pa. with special needs get hope, care and a chance to live

Created in 1987 to help HIV-positive and crack-cocaine babies whose birth parents could no longer care for them, Best Nest Inc. finds foster and adoptive homes for medically fragile children.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Feds give $20M grant to universities to study winter wheat

The federal government has awarded a $20 million grant to universities in Washington, Oregon and Idaho that is designed to ensure wheat farming in the Pacific Northwest will survive climate change.

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Bloomberg

WORLD

US vetoes UN outright condemnation of Israeli settlements

The Obama administration wielded its first veto at the U.N. security council last night in a move to swipe down a resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.

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Guardian

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Why did US veto UN vote?

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Christian Science Monitor

Japanese media divided on whaling

Japanese newspapers are divided on whether the nation should continue its whaling program after calling off a mission this season due to harassment by militant environmentalists.

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Sydney Morning Herald

BUSINESS

US maple sugaring season starts early

The sugar maple trees are tapped and their rich sap is starting to drain into buckets across New England and elsewhere, as a midwinter thaw heralds the start of the fleeting syrup production season.

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MSNBC

SEC may risk harming investors with ‘trade-at rule’ for stocks

An eight-member committee urged the Securities and Exchange Commission in a report to adopt a restriction called a trade-at rule.

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Bloomberg

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World stocks at fresh highs, oil rises

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Warming is altering anatomy of forests in Western US

Global warming is reshaping forests throughout Colorado and across the West, scientists and public-land managers agreed at a symposium.

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Denver Post

Norway, Sweden work to contain oil spill

The Norwegian Coastal Administration says the leakage of oil from the Icelandic container vessel has stopped. Coast guards from Norway and Sweden have been cooperating to manage the spill.

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Wall Street Journal

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

His thesis: How to crash the Internet

In his tiny shared office at the University of Minnesota, graduate student Max Schuchard has figured out how to crash the Internet, though he doesn’t plan to try it.

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Star Tribune

‘Aeroecology’ uses radar technology to track flying animals

The study of birds, bats and flying insects could be transformed by the use of technology designed for tracking storms, researchers say.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is the ‘ugly American’ label fading?

Over the years, many U.S. travelers have worried about what kind of welcome they might receive when they leave home.

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CNN

A cloud is on the horizon for online music listeners

The ability to download songs and shuffle them remade listening habits. All signs now are that the music industry will try to move away from making music that consumers own and store on their own devices.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Roots revisited

As genealogy gains popularity, people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds are spending their time researching their family histories.

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Rosy Starling birds fly over the Ranmal Lake at Jamnagar in Gujarat state, India. The flocks migrate to India in winters and often outnumber the local starlings and mynas. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

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