The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

This satellite image shows Tropical Storm Hanna roaring past the edge of the Bahamas before possibly hitting the Carolinas. Hurricane Ike, a still-more-dangerous Category 4 storm, was advancing from the east. (Photo by NOAA / AP)

Tropical Storm Hanna to soak East Coast

Many beach vacationers in the Carolinas prepared to pack up and head inland as fast-moving Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast.

Associated Press

South Florida needs to plan for Ike, just in case

CBS4

US jobless rate near 5-year high

The unemployment rate in the U.S. is at its highest level in nearly five years after a higher-than-expected 84,000 jobs lost last month.

BBC

US stocks fall on drop in payrolls, extending global slump

Bloomberg

Sen. John McCain: 'Fight with me'

John McCain vowed to "shake up Washington" and said he's prepared to reach across the aisle to get the country "back on the road to prosperity."

CNN

McCain 2008 nomination acceptance address

C-Span

Special section:

Live commentary - McCain speech

BBC

Cheney pledges US support for Ukraine

Vice President Dick Cheney renewed Washington's backing for Ukraine, asserting America's claim to act as a guarantor in a country that was part of the former Soviet Union.

International Herald Tribune

Palin aides peeked into trooper's files, union says

Aides to the Alaskan governor improperly obtained her former brother-in-law's state police personnel files and used it to raise complaints about the officer, the head of Alaska's state police union said.

CNN

Special section:

An in-depth look at Palin's record

Daily Source

Blog:

Does Palin help or hurt McCain?

CNN

NATION

Cheney supports Georgia NATO membership, condemns Russia

Vice President Dick Cheney went to Georgia to reaffirm Washington's support for this country's eventual NATO membership and to issue a powerful condemnation of Moscow.

International Herald Tribune

Cheney in Tiblisi, Georgia

CBS News

Abramoff sentenced to 4 years in prison

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to 4 years in prison. He was the center of a gifts-for-favors scandal that shook up Washington's power elite.

MSNBC

Detroit Mayor gets jail time, must resign

Associated Press

POLITICS

Obama candidacy giving some black Republicans 'heartburn'

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy is causing a political identity crisis among some black conservatives torn between ideology and the chance to make history.

CNN

Behind Obama's Palin strategy

The Obama campaign is downplaying Sarah Palin's lack of experience in favor of attacking her bigger claim to fame — her reputation as a maverick, non-partisan reformer.

TIME

Georgia lawmaker describes Obama, wife as 'uppity'

McClatchy

On Obama, earmarks, Palin less than honest

ABC News

Senate forges compromise energy bill

An energy compromise bill is winning adherents from both sides of the aisle — and upsetting ideologues of both parties.

BusinessWeek

BUSINESS

Is America losing at globalization?

Free trade used to seem like a good thing for U.S. businesses and consumers. Now we're not so sure.

Newsweek

Apple, AT&T sued for too many iPhones on 'overloaded' network

Apple and its U.S. wireless partner AT&T are being sued for selling too many iPhones by a customer who says the high-speed phone network has been unable to deliver promised performance.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How smarter cars could power the future

Two new technologies have recently come out to provide a greener driving experience and keep down fuel consumption while driving.

LiveScience

Closest look yet at Milky Way's black hole

New observations offering the closest view yet of the heart of the Milky Way present strong evidence for the black hole theory, and even hope of finally settling the question soon.

Space

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Cases in polygamist sect raid dropped

Texas agency drops sect custody cases "as fast as we can," saying most kids are safe with parents.

ABC News

A visit to Palin’s church

Wasilla Bible Church is having an extraordinary week. Its senior pastor Larry Kroons confirmed that Sarah Palin and her family regularly attend services there, and have done so for the last six years or so.

Newsweek

Sarah Palin's pastor problem: Palin calls her proposed $30b pipeline 'will of God'

YouTube

Sarah Palin's pastor problem: Palin's pastor says Alaska will be refuge for America in Armageddon

YouTube

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Beverly Stiles, Max Miller, Walt Chiu, Destinei Waddy, Bryan Panhorst, Joe Gold, Steff White-Olson, Zahra Jaferi, Binal Ghelani, Andrew McMillan and Brian Levine.

GOOD NEWS

Remains of 3 WWII sailors from Pearl Harbor identified

The Pentagon announced that the remains of Eldon Wyman and two other WWII-era sailors, previously listed as unknowns, have been identified, and their remains will be returned to their families.

Yahoo! News

Training curbs sports injuries in women

Through training, women can learn how to activate and strengthen their underused muscles to prevent female-specific sports-related injuries.

NPR

WORLD

Bush advised to back modest troop cuts in Iraq

Defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq, but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said.

Reuters

UN: Developed nations not doing enough for poverty