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A woman wearing a surgical mask walks near Shimbashi train station in Tokyo. The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Japan’s 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / AP)

Mo. farm is an island in a sea of suburbia

Ron and Jolene Benne’s 127-acre farm near St. Louis bumps up against the busy highway. Development has gobbled up the land around them, but the Bennes have a different approach toward growth.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘Shorter, clearer’ credit card offers are coming soon

Credit card offers should soon get easier to read. That‘s according to Elizabeth Warren, who’s charged with putting together the new consumer watchdog charged with policing financial products.

San Francisco Examiner

Japan increases efforts to cool nuclear plants

The number of workers battling the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is doubled, but leaking radiation has hampered attempts to dump water on some areas and the situation appears to be deteriorating.

Los Angeles Times

Radiation from Japan: Why the West Coast shouldn’t worry

TIME

Following quakes in fine detail

New Scientist

Live: NHK World

Washington Post

Pakistan court acquits CIA contractor after “blood money” deal

A CIA contractor was acquitted of two murder charges and released by a Pakistani court after a deal to pay “blood money” to the victims’ families was reached, Pakistani and U.S. officials said.

Reuters

States localizing juvenile detention

Driven by budget problems, California and New York are moving to close state youth prisons for good and instead let local governments lock up young offenders.

USA TODAY

NATION

School buses give ads a ride

The look of school buses hasn’t changed much over the years, but as states scramble for revenue sources, a growing number are advertising for such clients as banks, real estate and insurance agents.

USA TODAY

Labor backers arrested at Tenn. protest

Troopers forcibly carried out seven union supporters from the Tennessee’s legislative office complex after their protest disrupted a Senate committee hearing.

AOL News

Nev. boom ends in record number of empty homes

There were 167,564 empty houses in Nevada last year, according to newly released U.S. Census data. The number of vacant homes represents about one out of every seven houses.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

John Boehner’s weakened hand

The breakdown in Republican discipline weakens Speaker John Boehner’s hand in budget talks and raises the chances of a government shutdown unless he and President Barack Obama step up their game.

Politico

As president throws bones to political base, liberal anger wanes

President Barack Obama has appeased elements of his liberal base recently by repealing the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, reversing course on the Defense of Marriage Act and pursuing gun-control measures.

The Hill

Nuclear energy lobbyists scramble on Capitol Hill

Lobbyists for the nuclear energy industry rushed to Capitol Hill to try to reassure members of Congress, who are deeply concerned about the nuclear crisis in Japan.

CNN

Nuclear industry lobbyists’ clout felt on Hill

Politico

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan nuclear crisis deeply worries Emperor Akihito

Japan’s Emperor Akihito urged people to pull together as the country tries to stave off a full-blown nuclear crisis even as it recovers from last Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

CBC News

Americans in Japan voice anxiety over nuclear meltdowns

With radiation levels detected in Tokyo and at two nearby U.S. military bases, alarm is building among Americans in Japan who fear the government and the U.S. military are underplaying the threat.

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog:

Radiation exposure: a quick guide to what each level means

(Guardian)

DataBlog

Special section:

Disaster in Japan

CBS News

Japan’s pets have rescuers, too

With all the other emergencies Japan is facing, pets aren’t being overlooked and are being taken care of during this tragic time.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Helping students see the point of arguing

Read the comments on any website and you may despair at Americans’ inability to argue well. Educators note the need to for students to leave school with this skill.

ScienceDaily

Concurrent enrollment smooths students’ path to college

In evolving attempts to smooth the path to college, the number of students enrolled in college classes concurrent with their high school studies is growing.

Denver Post

Financial aid rock

Pat Watkins, director of financial aid at Eckerd College in Florida, owns her job in the way she knows best — as part of a troupe of balladeers who turn financial aid ironies into ditties.

Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

Gridiron gridlock: NFL labor talks start to turn nasty

The outcome of the league’s first work stoppage since 1987 could be decided in court. The first hearing on the players’ request for an injunction to block the owners’ lockout was scheduled for April 6.

AOL News

Top contender Baker wins the Iditarod

To the sound of Native drummers and cheering fans, John Baker and his team of record-setting huskies claimed victory in the 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Anchorage Daily News

History made as native son wins Iditarod

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Japanese look to ancient traditions for spiritual strength

Experts on Japanese culture say they’ll find strength in the comforting rituals of religion. They will rely on centuries-old Buddhist traditions and ancient Shinto beliefs.

USA TODAY

Professional pope’s lengthy paper trail

Any book with an initial printing of 1.2 million copies in eight languages qualifies as a global publishing event, regardless of its author. But the release of pope’s latest tome was especially remarkable.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Michael Schuman):

Will Japan’s quake rock the world economy?

(TIME)

Curious Capitalist

Editorial:

A hitch in the Teacher Tenure Act

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Libya could become next Afghanistan

Spiegel International

Editorial:

Await lessons from Japan before shutting off nuclear’s future

Detroit Free Press

Column (Dan Gillmor):

The rise of citizen photojournalism

Al Jazeera

Blog (John Yemma):

Japan knows how to rise from the ashes

(Christian Science Monitor)

Editor's Blog

Blog (David Jackson):

Europe fails to agree on Libyan no-fly zone; what will Obama do?

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Column (Brian Palmer):

So many species, so little money to give

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Herbal derivative wins praise as latest malaria treatment

Artesunate should replace quinine as the drug of choice for treating malaria, according to an updated review of clinical trial results.

HealthDay

12-year-old food grower donates 2 tons of vegetables to homeless

When Katie Stagliano was just nine years old, she planted a cabbage seedling that changed her life. When the cabbage was harvested, it was delivered to a nearby soup kitchen, where it fed 275 people.

Positive News

Kim Hill’s legacy leaves a world of grateful families

Kim Hill’s illness became the catalyst for the creation of facilities for families of children needing pediatric treatment far from home.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Massive online pedophile ring busted; 230 abused children rescued