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In this file photo, people in New York protest against the proposed construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site. (Photo by Swoan Parker / AP)

Ground Zero mosque plans move forward after key vote

A New York City panel voted unanimously to reject landmark status for a building near the World Trade Center site, paving the way for construction of a mosque and an Islamic community center.

Bloomberg

Panel clears way for mosque near Ground Zero

MSNBC

Keeping Bush tax cuts 'irresponsible'

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said it would be "deeply irresponsible" for the Obama administration to support a wholesale extension of Bush era tax cuts, including breaks for the wealthy.

CBS News

BP oil spill: final testing before 'static kill'

BP hopes to carry out a crucial test in final preparation for sealing the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, which scientists agree has been the worst accidental oil spill in history.

Guardian

Blog:

Oil spill: What's going on under the Gulf?

(Ecocentric)

TIME

BP's 'static kill' test explained

CNN

Stimulus slammed: Republican senators release report alleging waste

The Obama administration has credited its $862 billion stimulus program with getting out of recession, but a report by two senators argues the stimulus is full of wasteful projects that do not create jobs.

ABC News

Confronting racial bias has surprising motivation: hope

The belief that others can change may cause people to speak up when the target of prejudice. This finding indicates that speaking up is more of a hopeful rather than confrontational act.

LiveScience

NATION

99 weeks later, jobless have only desperation

A hard-luck group of jobless Americans have taken to calling themselves "99ers," because they have exhausted the maximum 99 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits that they can claim.

New York Times

Jobless workers vie for spots at new Wal-Mart

Detroit News

States turn to tolls to fund roads

Toll roads are increasingly emerging as the go-to strategy for states and metro areas eager to build and maintain expressways amid a recession that has battered government budgets.

USA TODAY

High-tech wow for police is a privacy worry for some

Kansas City police last month joined a growing number of area cities that have installed automated license plate readers on some patrol cars.

Kansas City Star

POLITICS

In Calif., Whitman spent nearly $100M

Billionaire Republican Meg Whitman reported that she has spent more than $99 million in her quest to become California's governor, while Democrat Jerry Brown is saving money.

NPR

Blue Dogs at risk get help: $200M

House Democratic leaders have directed tens of millions of dollars in federal funds to the districts of vulnerable incumbents, including many conservative Blue Dogs who typically stress fiscal restraint.

The Hill

Missouri's referendum: Will the Show-Me State show up Obamacare?

Missouri voters go to the polls for the first-in-the-nation referendum on President Obama's health care plan.

TIME

Missourians have their say on reform

KY3

ENVIRONMENT

Ice core team hits bedrock in Greenland

Next to Antarctica, Greenland is home to the largest ice sheet on Earth. Scientists in the frigid north of this enormous island have achieved quite an accomplishment by drilling all the way to the bedrock.

Environmental News Network

New UN climate chief calls on US to act responsibly and participate

The U.N.'s new climate chief, Christiana Figueres, called on the US to ''participate in a meaningful way'' in climate change negotiations at preparatory talks ahead of November's summit in Mexico.

Monsters and Critics

Interview:

Todd Stern

Reuters

EDUCATION

America's growing education deficit

America is ranked 12th in education. If the pattern continues, we'll be behind nations smart enough to match their understanding of the importance of college completion with the investments that make it possible.

EducationNews.org

School-based clinics await funds from health care reform

School-based health centers, which provide comprehensive medical care to students beyond the standard school-nurse clinic model, are awaiting a big boost from the federal government.

Education Week

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Shoulders: weapons key to hunt

Of all the things that make us unique, one that gets overlooked — literally — is the shoulder. Our shoulder altered the course of human evolution by giving us survival skills we never could have imagined.

NPR

Do our pets shape human evolution?

Our love of all things furry has deep roots in human evolution and may have shaped how our ancestors developed language and other tools of civilization.

Christian Science Monitor

Space-time 'wrinkles' igniting bursts?

Unusually short but intense "fireballs" in the distant universe might be created by the plucking of invisible cosmic strings — ultra-dense flaws in space-time.

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Faith and phones commune in apps

With smart phones boasting apps to do everything, developers were bound to make programs that bring age-old religious practices into the digital world.

Reuters

Infertile Muslim parents face tough choices, cultural pressure

Muslim women seeking to become mothers face a number of hurdles during infertility, including Islamic laws and traditions that frown on egg and sperm donations or surrogacy.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Charles Postel):

Conservatives in disguise

Politico

Editorial:

Energy reform needs a voice

Detroit Free Press

Column (Leonard Pitts):

Teaching vs. teachers unions

Orlando Sentinel

Column (David Francis):

Estate tax bills take aim at a growing 'aristocracy of wealth'

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Gwynne Dyer):

The last resort on climate change

Toronto Star

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

The media's real bias: caring about itself too much

Salon

Editorial:

Next steps will be crucial to ensuring Common Core Standards' success

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Alan Fisher):

Niger's vicious cycle

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Man runs barefoot for youth charity

Anyone who's ever tried walking on hot asphalt or bumpy gravel knows how much it hurts. But imagine running 30 miles a day without shoes. Matt Jenkins has been doing just that for about two weeks.

WWLP

Mom sheds pounds to donate kidney to 2nd 14-year old son with rare disease

This mom really went the distance. When Evette Leavy looks in the mirror, she sees a slimmer version of her former self — and a woman who whipped herself into shape to save her son's life.

NY Daily News

WORLD

Pakistan floods: Rescuers aim to reach stranded victims

Rescue teams in northern Pakistan are battling to reach tens of thousands of people still cut off by floodwaters. UNICEF said 3 million people had been affected and 1,400 had been killed.

BBC

Pakistan's floods: millions displaced