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Family members react during a funeral in Jerusalem for the victims of a school shooting in Toulouse, France. The four victims — a rabbi and three children — were buried in a Jerusalem cemetery. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP)

Ghosts in the newsroom

Despite the Washington Post’s history of swashbuckling journalism, its business strategy has been deeply conservative, showing the money, opportunities and great battles of the American newspaper.

Vanity Fair

NY Times cuts number of free online articles

Bloomberg

Commuters cover long distances

In the technology-driven modern workplace, “the office” can be almost anywhere. As families try to cope with a tough job market, working remotely has become more prevalent.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rising gas prices are not as bad as you think

CNNMoney

Raid on Toulouse shooting suspect

Police hunting a gunman suspected of killing seven people in France are laying siege to a flat in Toulouse. The suspect has said he belongs to al-Qaeda and acted to “avenge Palestinian children.”

BBC

French police in standoff with shooting suspect

Msnbc.com

Romney wins primary battle in Illinois

Mitt Romney took a major stride toward the Republican presidential nomination by beating Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary, his third big-state win in a row.

TIME

Blog:

With a big win in Illinois, Romney could regain momentum

(NPR)

It's All Politics

Special section:

Elections 2012

Guardian

In wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, America is soul-searching

The shooting death of a 17-year-old Florida youth has become the latest flashpoint over how young black men are perceived in the U.S.

USA TODAY

Trayvon Martin’s parents speak out

Msnbc.com

NATION

Police eject Occupy protestors from NY park, arrest 6

More than 100 protestors from the reawakened Occupy Wall Street movement were ejected from Union Square Park after a standoff with police. Six arrests were made during the incident.

Reuters

America’s most trustworthy companies

Corporate scandals, bailouts and bankruptcies have damaged investors’ trust in the country’s largest public companies. However, many corporations are models of openness and integrity.

Forbes

Phone logs reveal last moments before shooting of Fla. teen

A teenager on the phone with an unarmed teen, Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain, asked the boy to run and heard the confrontation, telephone logs reveal.

Toronto Star

POLITICS

New Hampshire lawmakers consider gay marriage repeal

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has threatened a veto, but that has not stopped some state legislators from moving toward a repeal of the 2-year-old gay marriage law.

Christian Science Monitor

NH Gov. Lynch would veto gay marriage repeal bill

Portsmouth Patch

The budget wars: Obama and the GOP are light years apart

If it seems like Republicans and Democrats are on different planets with their approach to budgeting, it is because they really are providing answers to a completely different set of questions.

The Atlantic

Paul Ryan introduces Republican budget’s sweeping Medicare reform

Congressional Republicans have proposed a budget of sweeping spending cuts, tax reductions and reform to health care for the elderly that may prove politically toxic for their party in an election year.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Apple sells 3 million new iPads in 3 days

Apple said it sold three million new iPad tablet computers over the weekend, setting a company record. By comparison, it took 28 days for the first iPad in 2010 to reach one million units sold.

USA TODAY

Do background checks for job candidates go too far?

With more than four unemployed workers per opening, the Great Recession has created a buyer’s market for labor. Employers now rely on background reports to help thin the applicant pool.

McClatchy Newspapers

Job seekers being asked for Facebook and social network passwords

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

A greener, cleaner office building

An office building that lasts 250 years with no monthly electricity or water bills? It is possible, say the builders of what they hope will be the biggest self-sustaining office tower in the nation.

Msnbc.com

Illegal logging makes billions for gangs, report says

Illegal logging generates an average of $10 to $15 billion around the world, according to new analysis from the World Bank. Most of the illegal profit winds up in the hands of corrupt officials.

BBC

Noise pollution affects plants, too

Noise pollution is altering the landscape of plants and trees, which depend on animals to pollinate them and spread their seeds.

Discovery News

The science of spring equinox

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Strep throat and beer

The World Health Organization has long encouraged alcohol screening during a doctor’s visit, and recently, 32 institutions have been applying public health principles to college alcohol use.

Inside Higher Ed

CSU to close door on spring enrollment

California State University will accept no new admissions for the spring semester of 2013 — with a few exceptions — as part of a drastic, cost-cutting strategy to reduce enrollment by about 16,000 students.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholics eye Cleveland closures for national precedent

Catholics fighting church closings keep their eyes on the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, where Bishop Lennon was overruled by the Vatican for not following church law and procedures on closing churches.

USA TODAY

Leading Obama critic named 16th archbishop of Baltimore

The leading voice of Roman Catholic bishops opposing a contraception mandate in the Obama administration‘s health care law was named the 16th archbishop of Baltimore, the nation’s first diocese.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Barbara Hollingsworth):

Where going to jail is a campaign advantage

Washington Examiner

Editorial:

Greg Smith to Goldman Sachs: a new era in Wall Street ethics

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Crackdown on disabled parking abuse

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Katherine Ramsland):

Trail of fears

(Psychology Today)

Shadow Boxing

Column (Bill McKibben):

90 degrees in winter: This is what climate change looks like

The Nation

Editorial:

China’s high-handed behavior on rare-earth exports

Kansas City Star

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John Demjanjuk’s judgment

Plain Dealer

Editorial:

More thoughtful conversation is needed in public debate

Casper Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Boy, 10, rushes into burning house to save younger sister

When fire broke out at a Louisville, Ky., home, 10-year-old Antoine Burks ran outside. But then he remembered his little sister and ran back in, braving the flames in order to save her.

Msnbc.com

Girl’s best friend is dog who carries her oxygen tank

When the Knoblochs found out their daughter would need to carry an oxygen tank everywhere she went, they were determined to find a solution. Enter Mr. Gibbs, a service-trained golden doodle.

Msnbc.com

Boy with autism wants to bring dog to school

CBS News

Peace-minded Israeli reaches out to everyday Iranians via Facebook

Ronny Edry, an Israeli graphic designer based in Tel Aviv, hoped to get his message of peace across to the people of Iran by using social media.

CNN