The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Rescue teams search the site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Tripoli, Libya. The plane with 104 people on board crashed on landing at the airport. (Photo by Abdel Meguid al-Fergany / AP)

Will the Gulf accident stymie plans to drill in Alaska?

While BP struggles to stem the flow of oil, some of the national attention is shifting to Alaska, the next frontier of offshore drilling.

TIME

Oil executives play pass the buck

Politico

Effects of Gulf oil spill continue to spread

Detroit News

2nd container reaches Gulf seafloor

A second, smaller container has reached the seafloor, but it hasn't yet been placed over the well that's spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a BP official said.

CBS News

White House event boosts science, math

The invitation-only summit was part of President Barack Obama's $500 million "Educate to Innovate" campaign, aimed at getting American students motivated about science, engineering and mathematics.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Libyan jet crashes; boy sole survivor

A Libyan plane carrying 104 people crashed while trying to land at the Tripoli International Airport. A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the only known survivor.

Palm Beach Post

Plane crashes in Libya

Toronto Star

Ariz. governor OKs outlawing ethnic studies in schools

A bill to ban ethnic studies in Ariz. schools was signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, cheering critics who called such classes divisive and alarming others who saw it as a law targeting Latinos.

Denver Post

Genetic test kits to hit stores

Coming soon to a drugstore near you will be the promise of answers to some of life's most personal mysteries: Am I at risk for Alzheimer's disease? Or breast cancer?

Hartford Courant

Quick and easy assessment of health risks

ABC News

Morgan Stanley probed, shares fall

Shares fell following reports that federal prosecutors are looking into whether Morgan Stanley misled investors about complex mortgage derivatives it designed.

CNNMoney

NATION

1st lady releases plan to fight obesity

Michelle Obama unveiled a plan to "reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity" and called for help from governments, schools, businesses and families themselves.

USA TODAY

Speech:

Michelle Obama: Childhood obesity plan a 'very solid road map'

Chicago Sun-Times

Veterans face a faceless bureaucracy

The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to cope with tens of thousands of veterans filing for disability benefits.

NPR

NRA convention could draw 70,000 in Charlotte, NC

Since President Barack Obama was elected, the National Rifle Association has seen membership jump from 3 million to 4 million.

Charlotte Observer

POLITICS

Political mood promises rough months ahead until midterms

Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas said that he has encountered "a lot of anxiousness and anger toward Washington" as he campaigned for governor.

Kansas City Star

3 things to watch in midterm elections

CNN

GOP fails in its attempt to end support for Fannie, Freddie

Republicans tried and failed to get an amendment that would have pulled government aid from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and eventually transition them to the private sector.

NPR

Fannie seeks $8.4B in aid after 1st quarter loss

YouTube

The battle over climate bill begins

Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., will unveil a sweeping climate change and energy bill that requires greenhouse gas reductions.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Bernanke to senators: Euro aid no panacea for economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told U.S. senators that the euro region’s almost $1 trillion aid package to stem its debt crisis isn't a cure-all.

Bloomberg

AstraZeneca case rewards repeat whistleblowers with $45 million

Blowing the whistle on drugmakers is becoming a habit for a salesman and a psychiatrist splitting a $45 million award after AstraZeneca settled claims of illegally marketing a schizophrenia drug.

BusinessWeek

Let taxpayers cover your mortgage

Unemployed? Owe more on your mortgage than your home is worth? Your state might pay your mortgage one day.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

International Welcome School provides safe learning for refugee children

Children who attend the International Welcome School in St. Louis, MO, come from refugee camps or villages destroyed by war or disaster.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Young gardeners learn about World War II victory gardens

The kids in the Junior Master Gardener program in Jefferson County, Colorado learn about gardening and sustainable lifestyles from master gardeners.

Denver Post

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Drifting satellite threatens US cable TV

A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the U.S.

San Francisco Chronicle

Embracing the inner young reader

"No more smuggling, no more shame," says one adult reader confessing to her passion for children's books.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Long-term exercise increases longevity

Along with a healthy diet, staying mentally active and socially engaged, exercise is emerging as one of the key ways of staving off chronic diseases and, in general, staying healthier in old age, experts say.

HealthDay

Chemicals not on label found in perfumes

Toronto Star

Food allergies less common than believed, study says

A new report, commissioned by the federal government, finds the field is rife with poorly done studies, misdiagnoses and tests that can give misleading results.

New York Times

Infant precursors to peanut allergies

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Site edited by: Brad Hess, Laurie Hauptli, Rick Dossey, Jennifer Yirinec, Jessica Duncan, Walt Chiu, Alessandra Marseglia, Jodi McMaster, Paul Wertheim, Shuo Zhou, Ayesha Sharma, Mahvish Kazmi and John Allen.

GOOD NEWS

Music City hitting the right notes

Nashville may be the country music capital of the world, but at a time when it's struggling to rebuild from devastating floods, its billing as Music City has never been as fitting.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

14th-century aqueduct found

Archeologists said they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the time of Jesus.

Salon

WORLD

David Cameron is new British PM

Conservative leader David Cameron is the new U.K. premier after the resignation of Gordon Brown. The Conservatives are back into power after 13 years.

CNN

New cabinet posts dealt out in UK