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Firefighers stand by while a search team looks through a devastated building in Joplin, Mo. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 139 people.  (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP) The optimism bias We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic. TIME Marilyn Monroe photos found at garage sale still a mystery Photographer Anton Fury’s hobby of searching weekend garage sales for collectible toys led him to dozens of apparently unpublished photos of a young Marilyn Monroe. CNN   Obama going to Mo. to offer help in healing President Barack Obama is pivoting from diplomacy on the world stage to the intimate and delicate domestic task of acting as healer-in-chief to a devastated community. ABC News Joplin, Mo., tornado death toll at 139 San Francisco Chronicle Aerial view of tornado damage in Joplin Detroit Free Press 300 Gazans enter Egypt in first hour of Rafah opening Egypt opened the Rafah crossing on the Sinai-Gaza border after four years, allowing 300 Palestinians to pass through in the first hour. Hamas and Fatah welcomed the reopening. Jerusalem Post On the Egyptian side of Rafah YouTube Lockheed Martin hit by cyber incident Lockheed Martin Corp, the world‘s biggest aerospace company and the Pentagon’s No. 1 supplier by sales, has been hit by an unspecified cyber incident. Reuters   NATION Biden hails resurgent US auto industry Vice President Joe Biden credited the Obama administration‘s intervention for the American auto industry’s recovery from “the brink of extinction” and pointed to Chrysler’s early repayment of the federal loan that saved it from disaster. CBS News For Ground Zero workers, there is another 9/11 anniversary The men and women who build New York City‘s skyscrapers aren’t a soft bunch, but even the toughest were unprepared for the job that took over their lives in September of 2001. NPR Making Memorial Day more meaningful MSNBC Delta flight catches fire in Atlanta Passengers have been evacuated from a Delta Air Lines flight after the plane’s brakes overheated while landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. MSNBC POLITICS Obama going to Missouri to offer help in disaster healing President Barack Obama is pivoting from diplomacy on the world stage to the intimate and delicate domestic task of acting as healer-in-chief to a devastated community. CBS News Few would place bets on whether Palin is running for president Many people on both sides of the political divide remain skeptical that she will run, or that she has a viable path to the Republican presidential nomination if she does so. The Hill BUSINESS Homeland-security business still booming 10 years later The niche — that includes James Bond-like tools such as infrared cameras, explosive detectors and body scanners — is expected to grow 12 percent annually through 2013. CNBC Pools of nuclear waste becoming a recipe for disaster When it planned the Callaway nuclear plant in the mid-1970s, Union Electric Co. had a straightforward, if wishful, strategy for managing the still-radioactive used fuel. St. Louis Post-Dispatch SPORTS Morality tale: Mavericks’ tradition vs. Heat’s power grab Those prone to hyperbole will cast the NBA Finals as a battle for basketball’s soul. More is at stake than a determination of the league’s best team. The winner of this series hands down a moral judgment. Kansas City Star Indianapolis 500: Classic race is picking up speed on 100th anniversary When Alex Tagliani makes the first turn of the Indianapolis 500, he‘ll be tugging along a century’s worth of triumphs, thrills and tragedy. San Jose Mercury News Tagliani, Patrick talk Indy 500 YouTube Mets-David Einhorn deal outlined David Einhorn, who has been selected to join the New York Mets ownership group as a minority partner, has a path to majority ownership, a source familiar with the negotiations said. ESPN LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT 9 things that make allergies worse If you’re a seasonal allergy sufferer, you probably already have a few tricks to avoid triggers, but you may not know about these less obvious factors that can make symptoms worse. ABC News Warriors who became walking libraries Roland Marbaugh’s son typed his war stories up on an electric typewriter in the 1980s but, unpublished, Marbaugh’s stories remained largely in his mind, until now. CNN Memorial Day quotes Beliefnet ‘Grease’ actor Jeff Conaway has died Actor Jeff Conaway, who was in the TV series “Taxi” and the movie “Grease,” has died, his manager said. CNN Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway’s death CNN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Do prayers help sports players? Atheists regard the idea that religion can make a difference to outcomes in sport as fanciful. But it is possible to put aside the issue of God’s existance and just examine the impact of faith on performance. BBC Cartoonist likes to explore the funny side of Christianity Is faith funny? Cuyler Black thinks it is. “I believe that God is a God of joy,” says Black, who draws cartoons about the funny side of Christianity. Winnipeg Free Press   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Robert Reich): Debt limit at heart of GOP’s impending civil war San Francisco Chronicle Column (Scott Simon): The case against Mladic: chocolates and mass graves NPR Blog (Alice Vincent): Lego fan creates 250,000-brick ‘Garrison of Moriah’ Wired Column (Steve Coll): The Syrian problem The New Yorker Cartoon (Jim Morin): Ryan Medicare plan McClatchy Newspapers Column (Mark LeVine and Mathias Mossberg): Parallel states: A new vision for peace Al Jazeera Editorial: Rise of ‘missing girls’ in India and China Christian Science Monitor Column (Jessica Winter): Movies should take chances on unknown actors Slate   Site edited by: Valerie Serrano, Beth Dupke, Sara Stewart, William Ellis, Robyn Waselus, Sam Dieter, Diana Shaw, Cristina Petrut, Sarah Alender, Shahinaz Ayoub and Harsha Malik.   GOOD NEWS How to help a stray dog I don’t remember where I was going when that stray dog weaved across a busy street near my home. But I do remember turning the car around to rescue the white pup with large tan spots. CNN Run honors fallen hero, raises funds for the Special Olympics Each year, Hawaii’s Law Enforcement Officers and Military Personnel run to raise money for the Special Olympics, in honor of Troy Barboza, a Honolulu Police officer who was murdered 24 years ago. Hawaii News Now Examiner photo reunites heart-attack victim with woman who saved his life Ken Byk, 53, who had a heart attack during a race last year found a photo of Ruth Rodgers, whose powerful compressions of Byk’s chest broke three of his ribs, but also saved his life. San Francisco Examiner WORLD Egypt reopens border with Gaza In a highly symbolic break with previous policy, Egypt reopened its border crossing into Gaza, opening the door for Palestinians to the outside world and raising fears of increased militant attacks. CNN Egypt opens Rafah border with Gaza Al Jazeera Suicide bomber strikes at top NATO, Afghan leaders A Taliban suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a heavily guarded compound as top Afghan and international officials left a meeting, killing two senior Afghan police commanders. Forbes Suicide bomber strikes in Afghanistan ABC News Poland welcomes Obama moves on security, visas Polish leaders praised President Barack Obama for pushing ahead on issues of key importance to Warsaw: establishing a U.S. military presence in Poland and making it easier for Poles to visit the U.S. Khaleej Times Obama: Poland a model for democracy YouTube HEALTH Recall of drain covers may force closure of many public pools The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled nearly one million drain covers, installed within the last two-and-a-half years because the covers could trap swimmers by pulling them toward the drain. CBS News CMS eases e-prescribing rule The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would be more flexible in allowing doctors to phase in electronic prescribing technology. Medical News Today ENVIRONMENT Pune to celebrate world environment day Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is organizing a host of activities like exhibition, a seminar on trees and a book launch on the occasion of World Environment Day. Times of India Atlantic bluefin tuna put on US environmental watchlist The U.S. government put the Atlantic bluefin tuna on an environmental watchlist as a “species of concern” and will keep checking for any impact on these fish from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental News Network SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Significant role played by oceans in ancient global cooling New research is providing some of the strongest evidence to date that ocean currents played a key role in the major shift in the global climate that began approximately 38 million years ago. ScienceDaily Fish-feeding robots the envy of many research labs The laboratory sits in a basement at Washington University. And it’s the envy of most researchers: robots to feed its 500,000 residents. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Self-serving stewardship: How manufacturers can help the planet Pier Luigi Loro Piana partnered with the government of Peru to develop a new way to harvest the vicuña’s hair. Instead of the animal being killed for its fleece, it would be sheared like a sheep. TIME EDUCATION For-profit colleges see gains Undergraduate enrollments increased by more than a third, to 17.6 million, in the first decade of the 21st century, with the most dramatic growth occurring at for-profit colleges, a federal report shows. USA TODAY IPad not viable as textbook replacement Researchers concluded iPads increased student engagement in the classroom, but they presented too many technical and logistical challenges to completely replace printed textbooks. Virginian-Pilot   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The bigger they come, the harder the stuntmen fall Hollywood is obsessed with explosive — and expensive — stunts. Those who perform them are paying the price. 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