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The decision by the IRS to publish the names of those who renounce their citizenship is referred to as “name and shame.” That’s because those who renounce are seen as giving up their citizenship for financial reasons (Photo by Don Ryan / AP)

Hawaii: a century since the birth of surf

For centuries, surfing had been almost entirely the preserve of Hawaiians. While other Polynesians rode the sea on their bellies, it was in Hawaii that the art of standing on a wave was perfected.

The Independent

Kelly Slater, the chairman of the board

Smithsonian Magazine

The fight to save India’s daughters

It‘s been called gendercide: the elimination of girls through sex-selective abortion, neglect or murder to avoid a deep-set custom in Indian culture.

ABC News

Save a Girl Campaign | 2012

YouTube

Some renounce citizenship over taxes

Last year, almost 1,800 people renounced their U.S. citizenship or handed in their Green Cards. The reason? Taxes.

Reuters

Blog:

The taxes Americans really pay

(Washington Post)

WonkBlog

Americans divided over taxes but support ‘Buffett rule’

Los Angeles Times

US, China engage in cyber war games

The U.S. and China have been discreetly engaging in “war games” amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-coordinated cyberattacks on Western governments.

Guardian

US census records from 1940 unlock old family mysteries

Finding a long-lost uncle‘s name on a census form or discovering that grandpa identified himself as a mural painter: This is the stuff genealogists and history hunters live for.

CNN

2080 census: The world as we don’t know it

NPR

NATION

Tornado warnings helped save lives

When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above Woodward, Okla., residents learned of the monster twister from a wide range of sources.

NY Daily News

Blog:

‘He was a good daddy’: father, daughters among 5 killed by tornadoes

Msnbc.com

On the ground with a storm chaser

TIME

Obama calls for ‘rigorous’ probe into Secret Service prostitution allegations

President Barack Obama called for a “thorough” and “rigorous” investigation into allegations involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents in Colombia.

CNN

Secret Service caught in prostitution scandal

Denver Post

Americans do not walk the walk, and that is a problem

“Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world,” says writer Tom Vanderbilt. Seeking the root of the problem, Vanderbilt examines the underlying structure of U.S. towns.

NPR

POLITICS

Congress to investigate General Services overspending this week

U.S. House and Senate committee hearings are scheduled this week to look into a spending scandal at the General Services Administration, the real estate arm of the federal government.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama raised $53M in campaign funds during March

President Obama’s fundraising gained strength in March, as he raised a combined $53 million for his campaign in preparation for the next phase.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Kim named World Bank president

American Jim Yong Kim was tapped to be the World Bank’s next president, besting Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in what was the first-ever challenge to the U.S. nominee.

CNNMoney

Senior discounts: popular, but under fire

Although cherished, senior discounts are under fire. Some critics wonder why older generations deserve a price break when younger generations are struggling more.

Christian Science Monitor

Housing investors becoming landlords

The housing market has a new frontier — turning foreclosed homes into rental properties. Some big-time investors are starting to buy up thousands of homes to turn into rentals.

NPR

EDUCATION

School turnaround push is still a work in progress after 2 years

The federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools remains a work in progress with no definitive verdict on its effectiveness.

Education Week

Progress 5 years after VA Tech shooting

The shadows are lifting from Virginia Tech, five years after the deadliest mass school shooting in U.S. history.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Has the Kindle killed the book cover?

Digital reading is already happening, but e-books have barely begun to adapt to our new habits and devices. The technological and financial constraints allow hardly any clarity in seeing what books will be.

The Atlantic

Can Booktrack make e-books sensuous?

Guardian

Dating while Mensa smart — how to be bright about it

Mensa, the group for the very smart, held a gathering and testing session on Mercer Island, near Seattle, as some hopefuls talked about the social lives of the very, very smart.

Seattle Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Christians talking politics: Was Jesus for small government?

What would Jesus do with the U.S. economy? That’s a matter of fierce debate among Christians, with conservatives promoting a small-government Jesus and liberals seeing Jesus quite differently.

NPR

Temple breaks ground at tri-faith campus

The construction of a tri-faith campus in Omaha officially kicked off. What‘s special about the project is that it’s part of a tri-faith campus that will include a synagogue, a mosque and an Episcopal church.

Omaha World-Herald

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Unwitting criminals

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Diana Bass):

When spirituality and religion collide

USA TODAY

Column (Jon Meacham):

If our schools fail, do the terrorists win?

TIME

Column (Nicholas Lemann):

Where is the class war taking place?

The New Yorker

Editorial:

Where drones in Pakistan are undermining US interests

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Leonard Pitts, Jr.):

A Republican politician defends the Muslim faith

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Mitch Albom):

I would like to teach the world to ... glee

Detroit Free Press

Column (Ted Kolderie):

Regulation — like chasing the wind with a net

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Hospice workers honored during National Volunteer Week

In recognition of National Volunteer Week, the National Hospice is honoring the volunteers who bring compassion, support and dignity to those facing a serious, life-limiting illness.

MarketWatch

Environmental activist helps clean up China’s pollution

Ma Jun decided to start with properly informed people, and that strategy has turned his small nonprofit organization into China‘s most respected — and feared — public environmental watchdog.

Christian Science Monitor

Vet rescues: saving lives, 1 pet at a time

World Vets, a once-small nonprofit, has grown into an international organization that has administered thousands of emergency surgeries conducted by volunteer veterinarians.

Msnbc.com

WORLD

Norway killer claims self-defense at trial

Anders Breivik, who carried out bomb and gun attacks in Norway that left 77 people dead, has pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial in Oslo. He said he did not accept criminal responsibility for the acts.

BBC

Norway massacre: the worst terrorist atrocity in peacetime Europe

Telegraph.co.uk

Special section:

Massacre in Norway

CBS News

Militants attack Kabul to test security

Approximately six months ago, insurgents targeted the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Then, as now, fighters took up position in a building under construction that served as a launchpad for attack.

BBC

Afghan Taliban rehearsed attack for 2 months

Reuters

World’s armies circle as Arctic warms to reveal untapped supplies of oil and gas

The world’s military leaders are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources and a slew of potential conflicts.

Msnbc.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars life search to go into high gear

Looking to make planetary exploration lemonade out of budgetary lemons, NASA says it is open to taking a quicker route to the holy grail of Mars — learning if there is or was life there.

Discovery News

Valve experimenting with augmented reality ‘wearable computers’

Could the future of gaming someday reside in a pair of augmented reality glasses? Valve is making a bet that it will by beginning research into the possibilities of AR gaming.

Digital Trends

Blog:

Apple CEO spotted at Valve headquarters

(CNET News)

CNET Asia

ENVIRONMENT

Stretch of Colorado River offers spectacular vistas, fishing

It’s safe to say that the vast majority of folks at the Lees Ferry boat ramp arrive with visions of grandeur and anticipation of the unrivaled adventures found in the legendary rapids of the Colorado River.

Denver Post

Some Asian glaciers ‘putting on mass’

Some glaciers on Asia’s Karakoram mountains, to the west of the Himalayan region, are defying the global trend and getting thicker, say researchers.

BBC

HEALTH

What doesn’t kill you...

When we escape death, we feel lucky and purposeful, but what are the real mental processes behind these feelings?

Salon

Chin implants on the rise in US

Chin augmentations are the fastest-growing plastic surgery procedures in the United States, according to new statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

ABC News

Biomarkers may predict chemo-resistant breast cancers

Researchers have identified a family of proteins that could potentially be used as markers in predicting resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

Clemens faces another round in court over doping testimony

Baseball star Roger Clemens goes on trial for a second time on charges that he lied to a congressional committee about using steroids and human growth hormones.

NPR

Flyers take down Penguins to take 3-0 series lead

The Penguins and Flyers talked trash, laid the smack down, and the result was still the same: The Flyers rallied from another early deficit to win and put them on the brink of a sweep.

USA TODAY

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