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Gloria Guy looks at a home that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina from the rear window of her new home, built by Brad Pitt's "Make It Right " program, during an open house party. The first few homes in Pitt's rebuilding project in the city's Lower 9th Ward are complete.   (Photo by Bill Haber / AP) Brad the builder in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt called in the world's top architects for his acclaimed "Make It Right" project. Guardian Probe of runaway Prius story in Calif. Sikes called 911 to report losing control of his Prius as the hybrid reached speeds of 94 mph. A California Highway Patrol officer helped Sikes bring the vehicle to a safe stop on Interstate 8 near San Diego. USA TODAY Prius 911 Call: "My car won't slow down" YouTube   Israel to investigate timing of settlement announcement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting. CNN Clinton's harsh words stun Israel Los Angeles Times Obama pollster: US will like health care bill, despite poll numbers President Barack Obama's pollster said the health care bill will win over public support once it becomes law, despite polls showing Americans are against the plan. The Hill Are stock market woes bad for the heart? HealthDay International adoption: A big fix brings dramatic decline Along with the growth of international adoption came publicized scandal and a chillier new adoption climate, causing plummeting adoption rates and leaving behind many orphans around the globe. Christian Science Monitor   NATION Snapshot of America The 2010 census forms should begin arriving in mailboxes soon. Inside the envelope, you'll find a form with 10 questions. No long forms this year, like the ones that had 52 questions in 2000. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ireland frees US woman in terrorist plot Jamie Paulin-Ramirez of Colorado had been arrested in an alleged plot to kill cartoonist Lars Vilks, after following radical Islamists to Ireland. Her parents await word of her and their grandson, 6. ABC News POLITICS Coffee party brews up rival for tea party The "Coffee Party", a grassroots political grouping that has emerged in recent months in opposition to the conservative tea party movement, has been holding its first national day of meetings in the U.S. BBC 'Coffee party': Not far from 'tea party' message? Christian Science Monitor Coffee party founder wants common grounds NPR Henry Kissinger released from South Korea hospital Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was discharged from a hospital in Seoul after being treated for a stomach virus. CNN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Innovation ruled Game Developers Motion controls and social gaming were hot topics at the Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of designers, programmers and executives. San Francisco Chronicle Blog: We like to move it, move it Toronto Star Biologists find 1st confirmed species of monogamous frog Amphibians may be a love 'em and leave 'em class, but one frog species defies the norm. ScienceDaily Human cells exhibit foraging behavior When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, a team of Vanderbilt researchers has found. ScienceDaily HEALTH Gum disease 'linked to early births' Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, U.S. research suggests. BBC Diabetes heart treatments may cause harm Three aggressive treatment strategies that doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes have proven to be ineffective or even harmful, new studies show. New York Times Brain scan 'can read thoughts' British scientists from University College London found they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories and thereby identify thought patterns by using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Sydney Morning Herald ENVIRONMENT Edible gardens are sprouting all over People are eating up the idea of growing their own food. Economic hard times have sent millions of Americans foraging for ways to eat more economically, and they're doing it by growing their own food. St. Louis Post-Dispatch British government's ads banned for overstating climate change Two British government advertisements that use nursery rhymes to warn people of the dangers of climate change have been banned for exaggerating. Times Online SPORTS McNamee attorneys may ask Jeter, Rivera to testify against Clemens Brian McNamee's defense attorneys might call on former teammates of Roger Clemens as the ex-pitcher attempts to appeal a judge's decision to dismiss his defamation suit against his former trainer. Sports Illustrated Zenyatta gets job done yet again Zenyatta displayed her brilliance, and continued perfection, in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita, extending her winning streak to 15 races. ESPN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Abuse claims sweep church in Europe From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons. MSNBC Vatican: Pope being set up over sex abuse case Guardian Reform Judaism Movement's prayer book 'could upset' A progressive wing of the Jewish religion is publishing a prayer book for funerals which it says could prove controversial among orthodox believers. BBC   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column: Kathryn's Oscar comes too late Observer Column: An open letter to Conan O'Brien Newsweek Column: Geithner's unpopular success The New Yorker Column: Gap in world view of Dems, GOPs San Francisco Chronicle Column: Too big to be green? USA TODAY Blog: Technology takes its toll on relationships ABC News Editorial: Shining a harsh light on Lehman Economist Editorial: 5 days a week will work Des Moines Register   Site edited by: Jodi McMaster, Jessica Flier, Rick Dossey, James Morris, Nabila Dellil, Deionna Pope, George Knowles, Michael Makofka, Walt Chiu, Antonio Jules, Tanya Flowers and Brian Levine.   GOOD NEWS Daddy, I want to help the poor – let’s sell the house Kevin Salwen obviously wasn’t thinking. He opened his mouth, said the first thing that popped into his head and brought his family’s hitherto comfortable existence to an end. Times Online Denver school officials heartened by enrollment in preschool, kindergarten Denver Public School officials see a promising future for the district as enrollment continues to climb for preschool and kindergarten classes. Denver Post WORLD Going rogue or leading the fight? U.S. Marine commanders have a different view of the dusty, desolate landscape that surrounds Delaram. Controlling this corner of remote Nimruz province as essential to promoting economic development. MSNBC Deadly blasts rock southern Afghanistan CNN Iraq vote count too close to call With early results representing only a fraction of the vote and no figures in from areas like Basra, overall results from Iraq's general elections were too close to call. Al Jazeera New fraud cases point to lapses in Iraq New York Times Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count YouTube BUSINESS Storms probably hurt production Blizzards on the East Coast and harsh weather in other parts of the U.S. probably impeded manufacturing and construction, representing a temporary setback to the recovery, economists said. Bloomberg Google, China at impasse Google is "99.9 percent" certain it will have to close its Chinese search engine as talks with Chinese authorities about censorship have reached an apparent dead end. CBS News LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT People names for pets has become our new calling The roster includes Hannah, Cameron, Sophie, Henry, Tucker and Emma, the same names you'd find at just about any day care center in town. But these names are from a day care for dogs. Denver Post How do you make a Yugo cool? Turn it into a book Remember the Yugo? Jason Vuic would like to remind you of its not-so-illustrious story. Vuic's book is on the tiny, no-frills, breakdown-prone automobile imported from communist Yugoslavia in the 1980s. NPR Breaking poverty cycle 2 wheels at a time How to stop child poverty in the third world? There's no easy answer, but some kids might say a bicycle is a good place to start. CBC News EDUCATION Lured into trade school and debt America has become a beneficiary of the recession: for-profit colleges and trade schools, where anxious students borrow aggressively to pay tuition that can exceed $30,000 a year. New York Times Schools spar over stimulus funding Herald Tribune The Mad Hatter's secret ingredient: math Since author Lewis Carroll was also a math teacher in Oxford, England, mathematicians say the Alice books are full of algebraic lessons — such as why a raven is like a writing desk. NPR   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Quit smoking to double cancer survival People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says. MSNBC   Photo of the Day A Buddhist mountain priest controls a fire during a rite of purification at the foot of Mt. Takao in western Tokyo.  (Photo by Junji Kurokawa / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. 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