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Police officers gather at the site of a shooting in Toulouse, in southwestern France. A father and his two sons were among four people who died when a gunman opened fire in front of a Jewish school. (Photo by Bruno Martin / AP)

Video game nation: Why do so many play?

One interesting thing about the video game industry is that most are unaware of how prevalent it has become in American culture, gaining widespread popularity even with adults.

Christian Science Monitor

It’s all fun and games in big-time competition

Des Moines Register

New Age grandmas juggle time with grandkids, marathons and Facebook

“Let us get one thing straight,” Lenora Gregory is quick to tell you: “I am not a grandmother.” She boasts three grandchildren, but doesn’t like to be called grandma. “I’m a nana,” Gregory says.

Detroit Free Press

School shooting in France leaves 4 dead

A gunman on a scooter has opened fire on a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing three children and a teacher, police say.

BBC

Gunman fires on school in France

Telegraph.co.uk

3 children, 1 teacher shot dead at Jewish school in France

YouTube

Romney wins Puerto Rico, calls for unity

After sweeping all 20 of the GOP delegates in Puerto Rico, Mitt Romney is intensifying calls for his Republican opponents to concede defeat in the presidential nomination battle.

Boston Herald

Romney wins Puerto Rico, eyes Illinois

ABC News

Apple shares $98 billion cash hoard

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.

Reuters

Apple: Our stock is still a good deal at $600

YouTube

NATION

Locks and dams near Pittsburgh are on the brink of failure

Pittsburgh’s three rivers, an economic engine since Lewis and Clark departed the city for their epic exploration of the West, are flirting with disaster.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NJ top state for fighting corruption

Despite a reputation for scandals, New Jersey leads all states in the fight against official corruption, according to a wide-ranging study.

MSNBC

How do you know if someone’s too stoned to drive?

For years, states that legalized medical marijuana have grappled with determining impairment levels. As voters decide if the drug should be legalized for recreational use, there is a new urgency to the issue.

NY Daily News

POLITICS

As natural gas production grows, questions arise about methane leaks

As natural gas production in the U.S. reaches an all-time high, a major unanswered question looms: What does growing hydraulic fracturing mean for climate change?

McClatchy Newspapers

Explain it to me: fracking

CNN

Untested rape kits deny many justice

According to some estimates, between 180,000 and 400,000 rape kits remain untested nationwide, despite the presence of DNA technology that can swiftly link rapists to crimes.

CBS News

Obama raises $5 million in 1 day

President Barack Obama, juggling dual roles as fundraiser extraordinaire and commander-in-chief, piled up a cool $5 million, all of it raised in a lucrative single-day campaign blitz.

Khaleej Times

BUSINESS

Some stores toughen policies, crack down on coupons

Coupon use has become common since consumers in the recession hit the brakes on spending and retailers began discounting. Now, companies are requiring customers to buy more to get the discount.

Orlando Sentinel

Building a better apocalypse

On Chris Hackett’s personal periodic table, the most interesting item is an element he calls obtainium, which might include a teapot-turned-propane burner or a beer bottle-turned-razor.

New York Times

Women slip behind as economy picks up

Women held onto their jobs so much better than men during the recession that some even called it a “man-cession.” But now, even though job creation is up, job growth for women lags behind men.

Star Tribune

EDUCATION

New Orleans schools still struggling

After Hurricane Katrina, McDonogh No. 11, one of more than 30 New Orleans schools funded by philanthropist John McDonogh, struggled in a tangle of local, state and federal authorities’ resources.

The Atlantic

US graduation rate rises, report finds

Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percent increase in the national high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, a recent study reports.

NPR

Students benefiting from new measures

Researchers say it has never been easier to match students with teachers who can serve them best, thanks to the “value-added” measurement that tracks students’ progress over time.

Columbus Dispatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Taking the measure of mind

At the newly created Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, neuroscientist Richie Davidson and his team try to see how far our minds can go and how many ways meditation can help us.

Shambhala Sun

Pope will visit violence-wracked Mexico for public Mass

Pope Benedict XVI descends into Mexico’s heartland before heading to Cuba for nearly a week of religious celebration and messaging that for some will also be fraught with political significance.

Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bob Dylan’s debut album: 50 years later

The album — entitled “Bob Dylan” — was released half a century ago by a 20-year-old from Minnesota who had arrived in Manhattan the previous year by hitching a ride on a freight train.

Guardian

We bought a zoo — and then they made a movie about it

In 2006, after a career in journalism, Benjamin Mee, with his wife, two young children and mother, bought a large house in Devon and the zoo that came with it.

The Independent

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

The mission in Afghanistan is over

Seattle Times

Column (Matthew O’Brien):

Has the great recession made us forever poorer?

The Atlantic

Blog (Michael Michalko):

How Leonardo da Vinci got his ideas

(Psychology Today)

Creative Thinkering

Editorial:

Memo to Congress: Get off the soapbox and renew domestic violence law

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Phillip Weiss):

The compassion of the Clementi family

Salon

Column (Chuck Dietrich):

How every startup can be philanthropic

Forbes

Column (JL Granatstein):

Help is not coming for Syrian opposition

Ottawa Citizen

Column (Ford Vox):

The lessons that we can learn from Jason Russell

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Years later, he brought her passport back

Typically, college newsletters are not thrilling reads, but an article in a recent University of California, Berkeley, newsletter tells the story of two alums who connected in a story fit for a movie.

NPR

Census documenting Great Depression to be released

Details of 132 million people who lived through the 1930s will be disclosed when the U.S. government releases the 1940 census to the public for the first time. The census was kept confidential for 72 years.

ABC News

Finding your roots — video preview

PBS

Boy honored for donation to military

Bailey Lewis enjoyed a unique birthday celebration. Instead of buying the video game he was saving for, Bailey opted to donate the more than $100 he had earned cleaning dog cages to military personnel.

Columbia News Times