The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Site edited by: Sevim Yolacti, Deionna Pope, Elizabeth Quinn, Jodi McMaster, Megan Morris, Selena Williams, Jessica Duncan, George Knowles, Shuo Zhou, Tanya Flowers, Darling Gutierrez, Michael Makofka and Jennifer Yirinec.

GOOD NEWS

Free Plant City berries offer leads to donations to help rural poor

A local farm's decision to offer its strawberries free for the taking led to a more than $6,100 windfall for an organization that provides child care to the rural poor.

Tampa Bay Online

Grants nurture arts spaces and housing

As part of an effort to increase the impact of its giving, the Ford Foundation is to announce a plan to dedicate $100 million to the development of arts spaces nationwide over the next decade.

New York Times

WORLD

South Africa leaders visit Eugene Terreblanche family

South African leaders have visited the family of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche to pay their respects after he was killed on Saturday.

BBC

Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds

Every day millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds leave Zimbabwe from the world’s richest diamond field. But none of that money reaches the country's poor.

Times Online

Dozens rescued from Chinese mine

State television says nine workers have been pulled to safety after spending more than a week trapped in a flooded coal mine in China. About 153 miners have been trapped there for a week.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Stocks on the rise

Stocks rallied as investors returning from the long weekend welcomed last week's jobs report and the strong launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer.

CNNMoney

Apple’s iPad beat estimates

Apple Inc. probably sold more than twice as many iPads in its debut weekend than some analysts estimated.

BusinessWeek

Business leaders weigh in on iPad's importance

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Baltimore church adds over 1,000 new members for 2nd year

At least 1,090 adults were set to join the church at Masses throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, establishing a new record for the local church for the second straight year.

Baltimore Sun

Churches seize on new ideas to survive

Like many houses of worship, the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hartford, Conn., has been forced to come up with creative ways to continue its spiritual mission.

Hartford Courant

SPORTS

Duke's 'Big 3' steps up, makes it count

In the national semifinal against West Virginia, Duke's "Big Three" did not disappoint, tallying a combined 63 points in the win, which propelled the Blue Devils into the championship game against Butler.

USA TODAY

Who will win the men's NCAA title game?

NBCSports.com

2014 Olympics in Sochi face terror and environmental concerns

The snow deficit that so vexed the organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Games is the least of Sochi's concerns. Never before have the Olympics come to such a hostile neighborhood.

Toronto Star

EDUCATION

Community colleges like attention but need more funding

Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for the higher profile but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them meet demands.

Kansas City Star

A weak spot: weeding out poor teachers

Federal reviewers say Minnesota has trouble even figuring out who bad teachers are. That cost the state $250 million in federal money and dented its reputation for school innovation.

Star Tribune

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other