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A taxi driver waits for customers on the outskirts of Idlib, northern Syria. Graffiti on the shutters in the background reads ‘Bashar game over’ in broken English, whichh referrs to Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd / AP)

Google to dig deeper into users’ lives

If you are already alarmed by how much Google knows about you, brace yourself: The Internet’s most powerful company is set to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users.

ABC News

Mozilla watching Google watching you

Discovery News

Robotic camera reveals ‘Jesus Discovery’

Scholars have ignited a firestorm of controversy with the release of a documentary film claiming to offer new insights on the burial practices of first century Christians.

Scientific American

Ancient tomb holds Jesus mysteries: photos

Discovery News

Syria to allow aid as rebels pull back

International relief workers gained Syrian government clearance to enter the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs, where opposition fighters and civilians have been cut off by government shelling.

Wall Street Journal

UN Security Council demands Syria access

Al Jazeera

Syrians bury dead as Homs assault continues

AFP (YouTube)

Syrian uprising

Reuters

Maryland governor signs same-sex marriage bill

Maryland became the eighth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed legislation that he said secures the “human dignity” of all the state’s residents.

CNN

Map:

Where states stand on same-sex marriage

USA TODAY

Preparing to turn 100, Girl Scouts USA imparts skills for 21st century

One hundred years ago — during the same year that Fenway Park opened in Boston and the Titanic set sail for America — Girl Scouts USA was founded by Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low in Savannah, Ga.

Columbus Dispatch

NATION

Senate strikes down amendment on contraception rule

The Senate struck down a controversial amendment that would allow any U.S. employer to deny contraceptive health coverage to its employees based on religious or moral objections.

CBS News

Amendment to curb birth control coverage brings culture wars to Congress

Christian Science Monitor

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dies at 43

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of an explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman’s downfall, has died of natural causes, his attorney confirmed.

CNN

Andrew Breitbart: The left and right react

Politico

In a mock village in Louisiana, a new Afghan mission takes shape

At the Fort Polk military base in the forests of central Louisiana, the Army has created a miniature version of Afghanistan — with mock villages and American soldiers working alongside Afghan role-players.

NPR

POLITICS

How a swing-state upswing could alter the 2012 race

The economy has been, and is likely to continue to be, a major focus of this year’s presidential campaign. In key battleground states like Ohio, the economy appears to be outperforming the nation as a whole.

NPR

Obama calls on Congress to eliminate oil and gas subsidies

President Barack Obama, turning his political sights on snowy New Hampshire, demanded that Congress eliminate oil and gas company subsidies that he called a government “giveaway.”

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Foreclosures made up one quarter of all home sales

Homes in some stage of foreclosure accounted for nearly one in four home sales during the fourth quarter, according to RealtyTrac.

CNNMoney

Facebook seeking bigger credit line

Facebook plans to increase its $2.5 billion credit line to help cover a major tax hit when employee stock awards vest shortly after it goes public, according to two sources familiar with the company’s plans.

Reuters

Facebook gives pages for businesses a new look

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Federal judge nixes FDA’s new cigarette warning labels

A judge has sided with tobacco companies and ruled that requiring cigarette packages to carry graphic health warnings on their labels is a violation of tobacco companies’ First Amendment rights.

MedPage Today

Don’t bend until you break

Yoga lovers and haters alike took note of the headline in the New York Times: “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” which warned of injuries you could sustain by practicing the discipline.

Sydney Morning Herald

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why do Mormons baptize people after they are dead and how do they do it?

Amid reports that Anne Frank and the parents of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal had been posthumously baptized, the Mormon practice of baptizing non-Mormons after death is the subject of new scrutiny.

NY Daily News

Number of US mosques is skyrocketing, study suggests

The number of American mosques has nearly doubled over the past decade, jumping from 1,209 in 2000 to more than 2,100 in 2010, according to a new study.

Slate

EDUCATION

Case renews focus on affirmative action In college admissions

College and university presidents are wringing their hands over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to revisit the issue of affirmative action next fall.

NPR

Charter schools have lasting impact in rural America, report finds

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released its latest issue brief in an attempt to highlight the benefits of charter schools in rural districts.

EducationNews.org

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Krissah Thompson):

Shirley Sherrod reflects on her link to Andrew Breitbart

She the People (Washington Post)

Editorial (Rob Rogers):

Gun tragedy

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Nina Burleigh):

Why you will not see Saudi women at the Olympics

TIME

Column (Bill Maher):

The great thing about having been poor

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Rick Santorum versus JFK

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (John Lloyd):

God, Richard Dawkins and the meaning of life

Reuters

Column (Lionel Beehner):

Obama right to apologize for burned Qurans

NY Daily News

Editorial:

No community is ever immune to tragedy in schools

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

From hazelnut trees to Foxconn, corporate responsibility is growing

Mountain Hazelnut Venture is planting trees, paying fair wages and supplying customers in a triple win for corporate social responsibility.

Christian Science Monitor

Microloans in Haiti show the power of $1 in fighting poverty

Matt Jones does not need big bucks to create change in a place where half a million people live in tents. He just wants Americans to see how far a few U.S. dollars can stretch in a recovering Haiti.

Huffington Post

WORLD

North Korea agrees to halt nuclear tests

North Korea agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches in an accord with the U.S. that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a “modest step in the right direction.”

Bloomberg

North Korean nuclear negotiator coming to US

CBS News

Afghans fatally shoot 2 US troops following Quran outrage

Two American soldiers were killed in a shooting by an Afghan soldier and a literacy teacher in Afghanistan, officials said. It is the latest U.S. death following the burning of Qurans by U.S. soldiers.

Msnbc.com

ENVIRONMENT

Gigantic Antarctic crack mapped for the 1st time

In a scene straight out of a science-fiction disaster movie, space agency NASA has revealed what a vast crack across Antarctica looks like up close.

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Quick facts on ice shelves

National Snow & Ice Data Center

Shell files pre-emptive offshore drilling lawsuit against environmental groups

Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. is taking the offensive against environmental groups that have put legal roadblocks in the company’s path to offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean.

Seattle Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The story of the ‘six million dollar man’

Forty years ago, the first bionic human was featured in the hit U.S. TV science-fiction series “The Six Million Dollar Man.” Today, new technologies are turning him into science fact.

The Independent

Blog:

Super-human brain technology sparks UK ethics debate

(Reuters)

Faith World

Intel: Cars should be like iPads

Intel is hoping that by spending $100 million over the next three to five years, it will be able to act as a catalyst for improvement in connected cars, as well as make connections with manufacturers.

Telegraph.co.uk

Planet of the apes? Not likely, and this is the reason why

Intelligence is only part of our collective success. You may be the smartest member of your tribe, but if you die without telling anyone all you know, those accomplishments die with you.

TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The challenge of bringing Dr. Seuss to the big screen

Despite the efforts of some big names in Hollywood, attempts to bring Seuss to the box office have been mediocre at best. “The Lorax” is the latest attempt to turn Theodor Geisel’s tales into blockbusters.

The Atlantic

Monkees singer Davy Jones dies at 66

Davy Jones of the Monkees died of a heart attack near his home in Indiantown, Fla., at the age of 66. Jones was not a tall man, but what a long pop-culture shadow he cast.

USA TODAY

Farewell, Davy Jones: 4 songs to remember the Monkees front man

TIME

Upper class more likely to be unethical, research finds

Are rich folks more likely to zoom their costly cars through crosswalks, cut off drivers, cheat on games of dice and take candy from the children’s jar? They sure are, says a UC Berkeley researcher.

San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

US soccer squad secures historic 1-0 victory against Italy

Gaining a rare victory over a soccer power, the United States beat Italy 1-0 on Clint Dempsey‘s goal in the 55th minute for the Americans’ first win over the Azzurri in 11 games over 78 years.

Sports Illustrated

What does the US win over Italy mean?

ESPN

Wilt’s 100 still stands 50 years later

Take whatever NBA star you care to pick. None of them will do what Wilton Norman Chamberlain did 50 years ago — make 36 field goals and 28 free throws in a pro basketball game.

NY Daily News

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