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As more internships sprouted across the country, Congress passed a number of laws regulating them, including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1947, which specifically lays out a 6-point test, still in use today, for hiring unpaid interns. (Photo by Shawano Cleary / AP)

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The beginning of the end of the unpaid corporate internship

In the workplace, there seem to be two long-established but contradictory rules: Everyone gets paid to work — unless there is mindless drivel to do, and then you get college kids to do it for free.

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TIME

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NH tells unemployed to try internships

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NPR

Junior Seau found dead at home

Former NFL star Junior Seau was found dead in his home in Oceanside, Calif., at the age of 43. Police have confirmed Seau’s death and suspect suicide.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Fans remember Seau

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ESPN

Deal undone? Activist wants to leave China

A cloud hung over annual talks between the United States and China as a blind Chinese dissident who took refuge in the U.S. Embassy appealed to Washington for more help.

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2 different characters rewriting China’s script

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Guangcheng leaves embassy and goes to hospital after threats to family

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BBC

‘The Scream’ sells for $120 million

Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream,” one of the world’s most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold.

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CNN

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‘The Scream’ at auction

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Guardian

Harvard and MIT to offer online courses. A step in lowering college costs?

Harvard and MIT announced they’re forming a new organization to deliver online courses around the world. Each school is investing $30 million.

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Christian Science Monitor

Explosion in free online classes may change course of higher education

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(NPR)

All Tech Considered

NATION

Florida A&M hazing brings charges against 13 in drum major’s death

Thirteen people were charged in the hazing death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion in what the prosecutor said was “an American tragedy.”

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ABC News

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FAMU hazing: tradition and tragedy

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ESPN

Occupy May Day protests across US

The Occupy Wall Street movement has attempted to breathe new life into its campaign against inequities in the global financial system with a series of May Day protests across the U.S.

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Guardian

Protesters hit streets for May Day rallies, violence flares

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US News

Teen marijuana use on the rise

More teens are smoking dope, with nearly 1 in 10 lighting up at least 20 or more times a month, according to a new survey of young people.

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Arrests for New York marijuana possession rise

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Guardian

POLITICS

The lowdown: Where do Obama and Romney stand?

A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues.

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U.S. News & World Report

The race for NASCAR votes

More than two dozen conservative volunteers worked a race in Richmond, Va., trying to get fans not only to register to vote but to sign a pledge that they would make it to the polls in November.

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Politico

BUSINESS

European unemployment hits record high

Record unemployment figures for the 17 countries that use the euro are set to increase the pressure on leaders to switch from a focus on austerity measures and push for a pro-growth strategy.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Laid-off US SolarWorld workers receive government aid

Many of the 186 former employees laid-off after competition from illegally subsidised Chinese imports can receive federal trade-adjustment assistance, says the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Earth Times

ENVIRONMENT

‘Supermoon’ event

The U.S. will be treated to a “supermoon” event — an evening where the full moon appears at its largest and brightest. It is the first of six major celestial events slated to occur in the month of May.

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USA TODAY

Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions more frequent than thought

The Yellowstone supervolcano — which underlies much of the national park and beyond — may erupt more frequently than thought, a new study predicts.

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National Geographic

Special section:

The geology of Yellowstone

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Our Amazing Planet

HEALTH

Number of opiate-addicted newborns triples in 10 years

The number of babies born addicted to the class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers has nearly tripled in the past decade, according to the first national study of its kind.

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USA TODAY

World‘s largest McDonald’s: a big ad for obesity, say British doctors

McDonald‘s will be the only restaurant allowed to sell brand-name food at the London Olympics. There will be a separate McDonald’s within the athletes’ village and three others at the Olympic Park.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Tutoring service cheated for cash

The federal government says a company — The Princeton Review — that tutored struggling New York City students was caught cheating as it tried to score tens of millions of dollars in federal funding.

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CBS News

Levittown at school: life and debt in a gloomy economy

America‘s student debt has reached $1 trillion. Here is a look at how today’s students are facing challenges that older generations never did.

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BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Josh Levin):

Will the latest football suicide finally change how we think about the NFL?

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Slate

Blind activist opens eyes on China

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USA TODAY

Column (James Campbell):

Economic integration is the key

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Column (Tony Sayegh):

Mitt Romney has Newt Gingrich to thank for a few things in 2012

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FOX News

Column (Danny Schechter):

The inequality that ate American democracy

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Al Jazeera

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Bo’s security detail

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Townhall.com

Column (Leonard Pitts, Jr.):

20 years later, justice still a straggler

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Detroit Free Press

WWII leftover: The US exit from Okinawa should be step 1

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

Hingham cancer survivor helps a classmate in need

Hingham High School senior Robert Danis knows cancer all too well. So when a fellow classmate was recently diagnosed, Danis was one of the first to lend a helping hand.

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‘Granny’s Got Game’: a senior women’s basketball team

Basketball might be thought of as a game reserved for the young. But across the country, a group of sprightly grannies — featured in a new documentary — are proving that you are never too old to play.

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Huffington Post

Barefoot lawyers bring food, security to India’s tribes

In India, a number of barefoot paralegals are going from one village to the next, attending meetings and listening to people’s stories of land lost through exploitation, abuse and indebtedness.

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Reuters

WORLD

How do we count the world’s hungry?

Outrage over the “horrifying figure” of 1 billion hungry people around the world has turned to embarrassment in some quarters, and doubts emerge about the accuracy of the number.

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Reuters

What will make the food desert bloom?

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The Salt

Mysterious death of MI6 spy grips Britain

It reads like something from a spy novel. An MI6 agent known for his mathematical genius and codebreaking talent is found dead, his naked body padlocked inside a large red carrying bag in a bathtub.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain scans may identify slackers

Slackers may have brains that are wired for underachievement, a study suggests. Scientists have identified neural pathways that appear to influence an individual’s willingness to work hard to earn money.

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The Independent

Spy-high: Amateur astronomers scour the sky for government secrets

As consumer telescopes and techniques improve, will there be implications for national security?

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Scientific American

The data-driven parent

Baby data apps offer tech-savvy parents a substitute for handwritten sleep and feeding logs. More importantly, though, they allow for analyzing data, making parenthood more quantifiable and science-based.

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The Atlantic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The blind are reinventing the iPhone

For its fans and advocates in the visually-impaired community, the iPhone has turned out to be one of the most revolutionary developments since the invention of Braille.

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The Atlantic

Angry Birds Land comes to Finland

Finland’s Särkänniemi Adventure Park has opened its doors with a brand new addition, the world’s first Angry Birds attraction.

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The Independent

How accurate were da Vinci’s drawings?

As Leonardo da Vinci‘s drawings of the human body go on display, critics question their accuracy.

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BBC

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Leonardo Da Vinci’s legacy

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Huffington Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Faith behind bars

Movies and television portray hardened criminals cursing God and everyone else. In reality, many inmates worship God and practice their faith behind bars.

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Kansas City Star

Numbers of Muslims, Mormons rising sharply in US

American Muslims grew in number over the past decade, outnumbering Jews for the first time in most of the Midwest and part of the South, according to a census of American religions.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Schools urged to make sports more attractive to girls

Schools are being urged to introduce more female-friendly fitness activities such as Zumba classes and rollerblading because so many girls are opting out of exercise.

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BBC

Olympics-London Games organizers braced for biggest test yet

London 2012 organizers braced themselves for their biggest test of the Olympic Park while assuring spectators that airport-style security would not mean hours of lines to get in.

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Reuters

Special section:

50 Stunning Olympic moments

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Guardian

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Pacifica teen wins award for creating high school garden

It was at a week-long food conference that 17-year-old Naftali Moed got the idea of creating a garden at his California high school. Two years later, he is set to receive $36,000 for his work.

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San Francisco Examiner

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A vendetta mask is held up in front of the White House as May Day protesters gather in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

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