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Mankind, ‘appified’

With the rise of the app, we have now become “Humanity 2.0,” primed for optimization through commercial upgrades — and today’s apps are more harbinger than endpoint.

The Atlantic

Apps: Apple’s not-so-secret iPad weapon

PC Magazine

App helps users drop dimes on crime

Boston Herald

US soldier kills up to 16 Afghan civilians in shooting rampage

A U.S. soldier has killed more than a dozen Afghan civilians in a nighttime rampage in southern Afghanistan. Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, called the shootings “intentional murders.”

Guardian

Japan marks somber anniversary of disaster

Japan is marking one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and the nation’s leaders.

Reuters

The oystermen and the sea, 1 year later

Christian Science Monitor

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Japan quake and tsunami anniversary: live

Telegraph.co.uk

Santorum takes Kansas; Romney counters in Wyoming

Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout, and GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a prelude to a pivotal Southern primary showdown ahead.

Detroit News

Santorum wins Kansas caucuses

Associated Press

Signs of recovery after long downturn

The U.S. economy is looking up. Companies are buying equipment again and hiring workers, while the improving labor market is driving up personal income and consumer confidence.

NPR

States show creativity in job creation

Green Bay Press Gazette

NATION

Legendary USS Enterprise carrier to make final voyage

The USS Enterprise is heading out on its final voyage. The ship‘s 50-year history includes action in wars, a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and serving as a spotter ship for John Glenn’s orbit of the earth.

USA TODAY

As illegal border crossings drop, new crimes begin

The impact of steep declines in the number of migrants illegally crossing the border with Mexico has rippled across Arizona and other border states.

San Francisco Chronicle

Online push to ban ‘pink slime’ in school lunches gains momentum

An online effort to ban beef containing an additive known as “pink slime” from the federal school lunch program has garnered almost 19,000 supporters in less than four days.

BusinessWeek

Blog:

Where you can get slime-free beef

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama campaign identifies women as key to re-election bid

President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has intensified efforts to build support among women as Republicans are caught up in controversies over contraception and abortion.

Sydney Morning Herald

Sen. McCain pans new TV movie about 2008 campaign

Sen. John McCain wants HBO’s “Game Change” — a scathing take on McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate — to just fade away. He said he did not even bother to watch the HBO movie.

NY Daily News

BUSINESS

New York firm uses mushrooms to make eco-friendly packaging

Mushrooms are a key ingredient in pale, soft blocks produced by the thousands in an upstate New York plant. The blocks are used to cushion products ranging from Dell servers to Crate and Barrel furniture.

USA TODAY

Hundreds of thousands protest austerity measures in Spain

Hundreds of thousands of people across Spain took part in demonstrations called by the country‘s main trade unions to protest the government’s tough new labor reforms and cutbacks.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Titanic map shows ‘entire crime scene’

Fascination with the Titanic just goes on and on. The latest development is a preview of the first comprehensive map of the ship’s wreckage at the bottom of the North Atlantic.

ABC News

Silk, not webs

The viral story about spider webs blanketing an Australian city is not accurate. The arachnid at the root of the story does not even spin webs.

Discovery News

The rise of ‘stalker’ apps

What if two features were merged into one service — to find friends, and friends of friends, whenever they were nearby? Is that unnerving? Or is it beneficial?

Sydney Morning Herald

EDUCATION

Report highlights top colleges for graduating Latinos

A report released by Excelencia in Education revealed the top colleges graduating Latinos in the U.S. The report included information on public, private and non-profit institutions.

CNN

Activists seek to curtail student restraints

Tens of thousands of students — most of them disabled — are strapped down or physically restrained in school. Disability advocates hope a new Education Department report will encourage action.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

New wave of activists challenge our notions of beauty

“Miss Representation” is the latest film in a movement to challenge portrayals of beauty in “the media,” a term used to describe all forms of mass communication.

CNN

‘Miss Representation’

Vimeo

Hispanic soap operas thrive in Miami

Actors, producers and writers from Latin America have descended on Miami, turning the city into a telenovela Tinseltown. Even local businesses have become hubs for paparazzi from Hispanic publications.

Guardian

Watching mean people on TV might turn you into one

New research shows that watching TV programs about backstabbing “frenemies” and wig-pulling fights can actually lead viewers to engage in some mean behavior of their own.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Susan Blumenthal):

Debunking myths about food stamps

Huffington Post

Column (Trudy Rubin):

US will have tough time with hostile Putin

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Paul Rosenberg):

Rush Limbaugh should not throw stones

Al Jazeera

Blog (Steve Taylor):

The madness of materialism

(Psychology Today)

Out of the Darkness

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Political cartoons

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Kerry Hannon):

How to lose a job and find a life

Forbes

Blog (Sara Holmberg):

Nearly half of children of hoarders fight guilt, depression

ABC News

Column (James Parker):

Horror for kids

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Using books to build community

Todd Bol came up with an idea to remember his mother, a teacher who had encouraged people to read. At his home in Hudson, Wis., he built a box, made it waterproof and filled it with books.

MSNBC

Visit to ‘Ellen’ show proves a blessing for Minneapolis couple

A Minneapolis couple on the verge of losing their home to foreclosure may have gotten a reprieve, thanks to their appearance last week on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Star Tribune

Alleys of hope: Syringes give way to crops in El Paso, Texas

The El Paso Permaculture Group and the El Paso Central Business Association work to clear out downtown alleys of dirt and trash and to fill the spaces with organic, sustainable vegetable gardens.

El Paso Times

WORLD

Kofi Annan to hold 2nd meeting with Syrian president Bashar Assad