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In this file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., applaud at a campaign stop. President Barack Obama has formally launched his re-election bid. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

Tweaking the climate to save it

Scientists and scholars gathered to ponder the planet’s fate, weighing the idea of climate geoengineering. If research isn’t done now, climatologists say, the world will face grim choices in an emergency.

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Geoengineering

Guardian

Southwest cancels more flights as plane inspections continue

Southwest Airlines canceled 70 flights as investigators continue inspecting its fleet, the airline said. So far, investigators have found indications of cracks in three other aircraft.

CNN

Obama begins 2012 re-election campaign

President Barack Obama launched his bid for re-election in 2012, capitalizing on better news on the economy and pushing ahead of Republicans who are struggling to find a candidate.

Reuters

With video, Obama launches re-election bid

CNN

Blog:

Live 2012 campaign updates

(Politico)

2012 LIVE Blog

Obama kicks off re-election bid

MSNBC

Is the 10-mile radius around US nuclear plants safe?

When Japanese plants began overheating, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission called for Americans living within 50 miles of the reactors to evacuate.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Special section:

Inside a nuclear control room

PBS

Research: Autism treatments fall short

Researchers concluded that medications are of little help to most autistic children, according to three reviews in the journal Pediatrics.

USA TODAY

NATION

Metro communities work to unclog congested roads

Communities around the U.S. are trying to ease gridlock with methods old and new as traffic congestion roars back after a period of relatively uncrowded rush-hour commutes.

USA TODAY

Hawaii parents raise tots in tents rather than go to shelters

In Hawaii, homeless sweeps of beach parks and sidewalks are squeezing families into smaller and more dangerous areas, creating growing concern about the welfare of children who have no place to call home.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

POLITICS

GOP 2012 budget: $4 trillion-plus in cuts

A Republican plan for the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president’s debt commission proposed.

San Francisco Chronicle

Momentum shifts toward Democrats in PR battle over shutdown

The Hill

White House officials try to calm fears of border violence

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke acknowledge that danger still lurks at the Mexican border, but they argue the region is better off than most think.

Politico

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Race at Japan plant to identify path of radiation leak

Workers at Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant are using dye to trace the route of highly radioactive water flowing from a reactor into the sea.

BBC

Water still leaking from Japanese reactor

Al Jazeera

Japan says it may take months for radiation to stop leaking

Japan warned it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami, while voters said a coalition would better handle the crisis and recovery effort.

Reuters

Japan and Haiti: picturing the unimaginable

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Saturn to be visible to naked eye

Saturn, the Lord of the Rings, will be brightest and biggest in the night sky, making it visible to the naked eye.

Daily News & Analysis

Apple’s iPad 1 year later

Since its release one year ago, the iPad hasn’t just entertained gadget geeks and Apple fans, it’s helped catch crooks, make music, teach students, treat patients and more.

ABC News

HEALTH

New heart valve holds both promise and stroke risk

A new heart valve that can be implanted without surgery may hold promise for tens of thousands of elderly patients who might not survive a standard valve-replacement operation, researchers said.

USA TODAY

Scientists spot 5 new Alzheimer’s genes

The identification of five new genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease is a major advance that will help improve understanding of what causes the condition, say scientists who pinpointed the genes.

HealthDay

Blog:

Discovery doubles clues to Alzheimer’s

(CNN)

The Chart

ENVIRONMENT

Sea lions’ appetite for salmon has lawmakers out for blood

Seeking to put an end to the sea lions’ free lunch once and for all, four members of the House of Representatives have teamed up on a bill that would give federal permission to kill the animals.

McClatchy Newspapers

Milk still contaminated from Chernobyl

Milk and other staples like mushrooms and berries are still contaminated in parts of Ukraine by radioactive fallout from Chernobyl, 25 years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Julia Edwards and Lindsey Boerma):

The GOP’s contenders

The Atlantic

Blog (Pamela Rutledge):

Perverts, stalkers and cyberbullies, oh my!

(Psychology Today)

Positively Media

Column (Mitch Albom):

‘Office’ is now the code word for our low morale

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Fiscally, we’re the Titanic

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Marc Dion):

Kindling for the big fire

Creators Syndicate

Blog (Frederick Kagan):

What to do next in Libya

(Weekly Standard)

Today's Standard

Column (Colin Jost):

Your Time Warner bill

The New Yorker

Blog (Jon Lee Anderson):

Libya: friendly fire, signs of stalemate

(The New Yorker)

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GOOD NEWS

Calif. man helps residents with mental disabilities connect with their community

Whether fighting hunger, rebuilding failing businesses or providing services to those with mental disabilities, John Farman’s focus has always been helping others.

Contra Costa Times

Nonprofit organization to celebrate 25 years of helping teens

Since 1986, Youth On Their Own has been providing financial help, basic needs and guidance to enable young people ages 13 to 21 who lack stable homes.

Arizona Daily Star

‘Z’ players win Scrabble tourney

A group of Scrabble zealots zoomed through the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester’s annual Scrabble tournament, zeroing in on the zenith with a partly zen, partly zany determination.

Telegram & Gazette

WORLD

Gadhafi’s sons are said to offer a plan to push father out