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Libyan rebels pray some 75 miles east of Sirte in eastern Libya. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

What is today’s American dream like?

They may not have called it the American dream, but for centuries people have gone to America in search of freer, happier and richer lives. Is today’s American dream a mythical concept or still a reality?

BBC

Special section:

Destination America

PBS

The US fiscal situation: Can Congress reach a solution?

As Congress turns its attention to the budget and the country’s fiscal situation, the debt ceiling debate that has been simmering underneath the surface could come to a boil in the near future.

ABC News

Blog:

Senate Dems, White House to offer $20B more in cuts

(The Hill)

On The Money

Libyan rebels target Gadhafi’s birthplace

Libyan opposition fighters continued their march west with a key target in their sights: Sirte, Moammar Gadhafi’s birthplace. Taking the city would be a symbolic victory for the rebels.

CNN

President Obama faces hard sell on Libya

Politico

Blog:

Obama on Libya: what to listen for

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Offering an exit strategy for Gadhafi

Reuters

When standardized test scores soared in DC, were the gains real?

In just two years, Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus went from a school in need of improvement to one of D.C.’s “shining stars.” A closer look, however, raises questions about its test scores.

USA TODAY

Social media has mixed effects on kids

Social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, have become nearly inescapable facets of life for kids. A new report suggests they can have real benefits and risks for children.

HealthDay

NATION

Tough economy refills empty nests

The recession has accelerated the parade of young adults moving back to the nest, reflecting broad cultural changes and rewriting the rules of separation for parents and young adults.

Star Tribune

Are jobs the lagging indicator once more?

Reuters

States’ push for migrant laws fades

In the days that followed the enactment of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 last year, illegal immigration foes predicted that other Republican-led legislatures would quickly follow suit and pass their own versions.

Arizona Republic

Special section:

Immigration in America

Phoenix New Times

Unions strike back at anti-labor legislation

Besieged by state proposals to eviscerate collective bargaining, eliminate teacher tenure and make it harder to collect dues, teachers’ unions are fighting back.

Education Week

Thousands rally for organized labor in Calif.

CBS News

POLITICS

Campaign trailblazer Geraldine Ferraro proof ‘dreams can come true’

Political trailblazers reflected on how first-ever female U.S. vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro changed the face of politics forever, inspiring scores of young women to get involved.

Boston Herald

Senate newbie Rand Paul makes a big splash in DC

In his first months in office, Paul, arguably the highest-profile face of the tea party movement, has made the rounds on the national media circuit calling for $4 trillion in spending cuts.

McClatchy Newspapers

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan nuclear plant data error was deemed ‘unacceptable’

The Japanese government has attacked the operator of a crippled nuclear plant for “unacceptable” mistakes.

BBC

More obstacles impede crews in Japan’s continuing nuclear crisis

AOL News

Radioactivity levels soar and spread to Japan’s soil and seawater

Workers at Japan’s damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading.

MSNBC

Special section:

Disaster in Japan

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Rooting’ your e-reader

What if you could buy a tablet with a slightly smaller screen than the iPad for half the price or even less? Hackers have been turning e-book readers into tablets for cheap Internet on the go.

NPR

Black hole found in binary star system

Astrophysicists have discovered the existence of a black hole 5.4 times greater in mass than that of the sun.

ScienceDaily

MIT lab creates 1st feasible artificial leaf

A practical artificial leaf that can turn sunlight and water into energy as efficiently as the real thing has long been a Holy Grail of chemistry, and researchers at MIT may have finally done it.

Popular Science

HEALTH

Scientists discovered mutations that cause acute myeloid leukemia

Three groups of mutations that cause acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells, have been identified by scientists. The researchers suggest their work could lead to new treatments.

BBC

Infrared technology could improve hearing devices and heart conditions

The research shows that infrared light is more effective than electrical pulses, which are currently used by many devices such as cardiac pacemakers and cochlear implants.

Earth Times

SPORTS

Thunder top Blazers, clinch playoff berth

The Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a 40-point effort from Portland’s Gerald Wallace to clinch a playoff spot with a 99-90 win over the Trail Blazers.

Sports Network

VCU’s improbable run continues past Kansas into Final Four

The 11th-seeded Rams, who didn’t even bother to watch the NCAA tournament selection show, are heading to Houston, and final No. 1 seed Kansas is heading home after a spectacular collapse.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Stanley Crouch):

This crazy quilt called America

NY Daily News

Column (Jane Wellman and Charles B. Reed):

Mend, don’t end, state systems

Inside Higher Ed

Column (Tom Malinowski):

Obama deserves more credit in Libya

The New Republic

Column (Mitch Albom):

And when I die ... no webcam is necessary

Detroit Free Press

Cartoon (Steve Sack):

The fig leaf

Star Tribune

Column (Tom Krattenmaker):

Even religious freedom has limits

USA TODAY

Column (Connie Schultz):

It’s your labor movement, too

Creators Syndicate

Cartoon (Michael Ramirez):

Japan, land of rising radiation levels

Slate

Column (Murray Richmond):

I preached against homosexuality, but I was wrong

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Parents can read to children from afar with new application

Parents whose hectic schedules mean they can’t be at home when their children go to bed can now buy an app that enables them to read their youngsters a good-night story or sing them a lullaby from afar.

Reuters

For those with autism, documentary offers new hope

Tracy Thresher and friend Larry Bissonnette, who have been advocates for people with autism, are spreading this message in their new film: being “disabled” doesn’t mean you’re “dumb.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Burt’s Bees founder wants to donate national park

Quimby wants to give more than 70,000 wild acres next to Maine’s Baxter State Park to the federal government, hoping to create a Maine Woods National Park.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Clinton: US won’t intervene in Syria

Clinton said the elements that led to intervention in Libya are “not going to happen” with Syria, partly because members of the U.S. Congress say they believe Assad is “a reformer.”

Bloomberg

In Libya, the truth is often tough to pin down

NPR

China and US among countries with most executions, but death penalty in decline

China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the U.S. carried out the most executions last year, bucking a global trend toward abolition of the death penalty, an Amnesty International report reveals.

Guardian

Special section:

Capital punishment

BBC

BUSINESS

Pursuing the American dream by renting

The start of spring usually brings a surge in existing home sales and housing starts. But this year, warming temperatures may not be enough to pull the real estate market out of a deep freeze.

NPR

Strong corporate profits amid weak economy: What’s up with that?

U.S. corporations continue to post strong profits quarter after quarter, even as the unemployment rate remains high and the U.S. economic recovery plods along in fits and starts. What gives?

McClatchy Newspapers

EDUCATION

Climate of violence stifles city schools

In Philadelphia, schools are no sanctuary. An assault on Teshada Herring, which left her bleeding and dazed, was the 2,095th violent incident the school district recorded in the 2009-2010 year.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Discredited principals still in charge

An easy way for schools to qualify for a slice of the $3 billion available was to pick a reform plan that called for replacing failed leadership. But many of those principals are still running schools in Minn.

Columbus Dispatch

South Korean official advises caution in following his country’s model

Education Week

ENVIRONMENT

Tree canopy declining in Seattle’s parks and forests

Seattle, Wash., is losing trees in its parks and urban forests, the last places you might think that would happen. The trend results from an aging public forest that’s dying.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bats show gender differences, important in conservation

Conservationists may be taking a second look at how close to extinction some animals are, thanks to scientists who have spotted important differences between how male and female bats feed.

Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Whistle-blowing Wiccan grounded by TSA

If you were the boss at a U.S. government agency and one of your employees complained that she was afraid of a co-worker’s religious practices, what would you do?

MSNBC

Helping fellow Amish transition in life

Youth face many challenges when they try to leave for life outside of the Amish community.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Horses and inmates tame each other

Wild mustangs rounded up by the government are brought to a prison for training and possible Border Patrol duty.

Los Angeles Times

Working mothers spend 81 minutes a day looking after their children

It is the dilemma facing every working mother — how to devote enough time to her children, while juggling career demands with household chores.

Telegraph.co.uk

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