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Storm damage is seen in downtown Springfield, Mass. An apparent tornado struck the downtown of one of the state’s largest cities scattering debris, toppling trees and frightening workers and residents. (Photo by Jessica Hill / AP)

Confederates on the Rhine

Why are so many Germans participating in Civil War re-enactments — and siding with the South? For those at the re-enactment, it is appealing that the U.S. Civil War took place in another country, in another time.

The Atlantic

Google Gmail accounts hacked from China

Unlike a series of cyberattacks from China last year, Google said the goal this time was the individual accounts of users of its email service, including South Korean officials, military personnel and journalists.

San Jose Mercury News

Google victim of hack attack

CNBC

‘We are in lifesaving mode’ in western Mass.

Rescue workers went house-to-house and building-to-building in search of survivors after tornadoes cut a deadly and destructive path through western Massachusetts, officials said.

CNN

Springfield, Mass., battered by deadly tornado

CBS News

Tornadoes in Massachusetts

Telegram & Gazette

Tornado sucks up river

CNN

In Chicago’s schools, kids start their day with breakfast

Audubon is one of nearly 300 Chicago schools to begin serving breakfast in class as part of a district policy, which says breakfast now must be served in elementary classrooms.

NPR

Solar energy plans pit green versus green

Plans to create huge solar energy plants in deserts across the west are pitting one green point of view against another.

USA TODAY

NATION

Employment data may be key to president’s job

No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on election day topped 7.2 percent.

MSNBC

US labor market stuck in low gear

MSNBC

USDA ditching food pyramid for plate as nutrition guide

Farewell food pyramid. Government officials are getting ready to dish out nutritional advice to the nation on a somewhat more appetizing platter.

Los Angeles Times

POLITICS

Christie taking $2,500 helicopter ride to son’s game may cost him support

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s image as a cost-cutter may have started cracking the moment he boarded a state police helicopter to get to his son’s high school baseball game.

Bloomberg

GOP, Obama have ‘frank’ talks; Ryan defends Medicare plan

House Republicans and President Barack Obama had a “frank” but “productive” discussion at the White House, according to Speaker John Boehner, R.-Ohio.

The Hill

Republicans visit White House

Politico

Here come the judges — Obama moves to the benches

Some of the empty seats on the bench in federal courthouses across the U.S. may finally be getting filled, addressing an issue the White House calls a “crisis” and which has wide-ranging ramifications.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Lifetime-income promise fuels surge in variable annuities

U.S. insurers’ sales of variable annuities jumped 24 percent in the first quarter, led by policies that promise lifetime income and protect against market declines, at a time when investors are still wary of stocks.

Bloomberg

‘Walmart of Weed’ to open in Arizona, promote growing your own

The weGrow Store will be the first outside California, where medical weed has long been legalized. None of the chain’s three stores sell the drug. Instead, they unabashedly promote medical marijuana.

CNN

Global war on drugs has ‘failed’ say former leaders

BBC

HEALTH

AIDS at 30: Killer has been tamed, but not yet conquered

On the 30th anniversary of the CDC’s groundbreaking report, the worldwide numbers for AIDS simply astound: More than 30 million are dead, and another 33.3 million people live with it.

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

Living with an HIV infection

AIDSVu

Sound waves can identify cancers that have spread

A device that filters cancer cells from human blood using sound could help to identify tumor cells that have spread.

New Scientist

SPORTS

Blatter commits to ‘change’ after winning FIFA’s presidential vote

Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as president of soccer’s world governing body and immediately vowed to put “FIFA’s ship back on the right course in clear, transparent waters.”

CNN

Stern: New NBA deal in time will be a ‘challenge’

David Stern has added another negotiating session to the two already scheduled with NBA players, and says there will be more beyond those. Even that might not be enough to prevent a work stoppage.

The Telegraph

ENVIRONMENT

Namibia’s coastal parks

Namibia was one of the first countries in the world to write protection of the environment into its constitution. It was as if Namibians recognized that they were bound to the land that they fought for.

National Geographic

Nesting turtles give clues on oil spill’s environmental impact

While scientists are collecting information on nesting turtles, they said it’s difficult to assess the total population because the animals are difficult to track at sea and some of them rarely come ashore.

Detroit News

Facts: Kemp’s ridley sea turtle

MarineBio

Gulf turtle eggs relocated

National Geographic

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Brent Budowsky):

Jobs: an angry dissent

The Hill

Column (William Pfaff):

Budget problems, America? Try ending your many wars

Truthdig

Blog (Judith Acosta):

Are we all victims of emotional terrorism?

(Huffington Post)

Healthy Living

Column (Lawrence Kudlow):

Boneheaded stimulus never works

Creators Syndicate

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What’s worth more?

USA TODAY

Column (Henry Lai):

Warning on cellphones an important first step

CNN

Blog (Amanda Gefter):

The prison of our beliefs and how to escape it

(New Scientist)

CultureLab

Blog (David Warmflash):

Why were all the strange creatures on the Shuttle Endeavour?

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

Denison runner’s 120-mile quest rewarded by the kindness of strangers

Makrobondo “Dee” Salukombo, of Ohio, had a plan. It would be foolish to attempt to run 120 miles from Granville to Lakewood without a plan.

Plain Dealer

Transgender student wins prom queen

Every girl grows up with dreams of being prom queen. So did Andii Viveros, a transgender student who had her wish become a reality when she was crowned McFatter High School’s prom queen.

NBC Miami

Only 14, Hadley going the extra miles

Alana Hadley, 14, is running a 5K race in Albany, N.Y. Her personal record is not fast enough to win the race, but plenty fast to make her a curiosity in running circles around the country.

Times Union

WORLD

Russia bans EU vegetables over E. coli, and EU protests

Russia banned imports of raw vegetables from the European Union because of a deadly E. coli outbreak centered in Germany, a move branded “disproportionate” by Brussels.

Reuters

Map:

E. coli outbreak spreads across Europe

Guardian

Security forces attack Bahraini protesters

Bahraini troops attack anti-government protesters in villages near the capital, hours after martial law is lifted.

Al Jazeera

Japan political drama leaves country’s basic ills unresolved

A lame duck leader, a combative opposition and a ruling party riddled by private feuds and differences leave Japan divided over how best to solve the country’s long-term ills.

Reuters

EDUCATION

The global search for education: More focus on Finland

There were many things that led to Finland topping the international education league tables. A key driver: A tremendous investment in teaching made it the most sought-after profession in Finland.

EducationNews.org

Spelling bee pregame: Why are some words so hard?

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is under way outside Washington, D.C., and over the next few days, 275 kids from ages 8 to 15 will put their spelling skills to the test.

NPR

National Spelling Bee begins with 3 from Bay area

ABC News

The e-reader effect

A new survey by the Association of American University Presses suggests that e-book sales or licenses accounted for less than three percent of total revenue for the majority of university presses.

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New military brain scans show injuries from bomb blasts

Some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though their CT and MRI scans look normal.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

3 eclipses start with midnight eclipse of the sun

The world will soon experience three eclipses: two partial solar eclipses a month apart and one total lunar eclipse set to occurr exactly in between.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Gone With the Wind’ turns 75

The sweeping Civil War classic novel about Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler and the destruction of the Old South turns 75 this month. Unlike Rhett, it appears we still give a damn.

USA TODAY

Lawsuits for the cure?

The “Mush for a Cure” sled-dog race to raise money to fight breast cancer was working well until it received a letter from Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Star Tribune

Jackie Robinson biopic takes flight

Legendary Pictures will develop and produce a Jackie Robinson biopic with Brian Helgeland on board to write and direct. Legendary said it’s collaborating with Robinson’s widow.

Variety

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A pioneering polymath who is open about his faith

Omnipresent and polymathic, 70-year-old Professor Robert Winston is a public figure who is “out” about being a Jew in the the same sense of the word as gay men and lesbians in public life.

Forward

Katrina volunteers continue, even when it costs them

A Methodist hurricane-recovery ministry that sent nearly 68,000 hammer wielding volunteers into metro New Orleans, until it ran out of money, has reinvented itself.

Christianity Today

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