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After climbing a building crane, protesters hang a sign against Arizona immigration bill SB1070 and the 287(g) criminal immigrant fingerprinting system in Phoenix. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin / AP)

Details of 100 million Facebook users published online

The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private.

MSNBC

BP aims for quick well kill

BP may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in U.S. history, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs.

Reuters

Oil spill: 100 days, 100 photos

CBS News

Ariz. immigration law enters new phase

Both opponents and supporters of the Arizona immigration law are confident of winning in the end.

Christian Science Monitor

Immigration law has echoes across US

MSNBC

Q and A: Ariz. immigration law

BBC

Ariz. law sends migrants to Mexico

YouTube

Hearing to address mismanagement at Arlington Cemetery

A senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled to examine the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation's most hallowed burial places.

CNN

FDR papers unveiled at National Archives

The 5,000 documents and gifts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt are shown publicly for the first time at the National Archives. The 14 boxes of items had been sealed with duct tape for years.

CBS News

FDR documents include letter to mistress

Washington Post

NATION

Economists see tepid recovery in 2011

The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire.

MSNBC

Europe confidence improves while US slows

Bloomberg

Drowning in junk: hoarding called a public health issue

Hoarding has become so frequent that a growing number of cities have formed task forces to bring housing, elderly services and health departments together to address the cases.

CNN

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in Calif.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency over state finances, pressuring lawmakers to negotiate a budget that is overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.

Reuters

POLITICS

House votes to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity

The House passed a historic bill that narrows sentencing between crack and powder cocaine convictions, which experts say contributed to the disproportionate imprisonment of African-Americans.

McClatchy Newspapers

Spill issues seep into energy legislation

Energy legislation advancing in the Senate would force companies to reveal closely held details about the chemical cocktails they use to extract natural gas from shale rock.

The Houston Chronicle

Oil disaster: The 1st 100 days

CNN

BUSINESS

RadioShack quarterly profit rises

RadioShack Corp. reported a higher quarterly profit as the consumer electronics chain benefited from higher postpaid wireless sales and the launch of key products.

Reuters

Crude oil rises for 1st day in 5, equities gain allay supply concern

Crude oil rose for the first time in five days in New York as rebounding equity indexes allayed concern that the economic recovery isn’t strong enough to clear excess fuel inventories.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Finding doomed rescue ship just a piece of the Franklin puzzle

As archeologists celebrate their discovery of HMS Investigator, they’re only a third of the way through their own Arctic expedition.

Globeandmail.com

What apps aren't saying: They're watching

Lookout Inc. scanned nearly 300,000 free applications for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and phones built around Google Inc.'s Android software and found that they secretly pull sensitive data.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

EPA relies on industry-backed studies to assess health risks of herbicide

Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using.

Scientific American

Ocean's most abundant food source, phytoplankton, disappearing

In oceans around the world, there has been a surprisingly large and extensive decline in phytoplankton — the tiny algae that keep marine food webs afloat.

Discovery News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Anti-Islamic' ads appear in major cities

The growing debate over Islam's place in America, which is escalating in light of plans to build a mosque near ground zero, is increasingly playing out on city streets across the country.

Christian Science Monitor

Church to release 1971 Ballymurphy killings report

The Catholic Church is to release its archive documents on 11 people killed by the Army almost 39 years ago.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Steve Connor):

A clear picture of accelerated warming that won't level off

The Independent

Column (Ruben Navarrette Jr.):

Ariz. judge gets it exactly right

CNN

Editorial:

War in the age of Wiki

Forward

Editorial (Philip Smucker):

Washington's intelligence bubble needs a pin prick

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (James Norton):

Facebook and Twitter are turning my mind to mush

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Matthew Hulbert):

BP’s future may be decided in Russia

Moscow Times

Blog (Josh Harkinson):

GOP blocks campaign finance reform bill

(Mother Jones)

MOJO

Column (Dr. Allen W. Smith):

The ugly road to Social Security's current problems

News-Sun

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GOOD NEWS

How rights of disabled have changed

The Americans with Disabilities Act was created to provide access to education, housing and jobs for people with disabilities, and to prevent discrimination.

San Francisco Chronicle

Nurse spreads laughter with clowns without borders

They say that laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle or sneeze, which is why one medical professional has made it his mission to treat his patients with humor.

Newsplex.com

WORLD

Pakistan mourns victims of air crash

Pakistan is observing a day of national mourning following the country's worst-ever air disaster. An Airbus A321 crashed, killing all 152 people on board.

BBC

One Pakistani family's crash tragedy