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People walk in front of the Supreme Court as others form a line in Washington, D.C. The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply will be argued before the Supreme Court. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

Artist turns from propaganda to pop art

Once a propagandist, defector Song Byeok now paints satirical works about North Korea. His paintings dwell on the miseries of life in his homeland and the joy of freedom in the South.

CNN

Revolution redefines art in Syria

BBC

Eating your way to happiness in a restaurant in the Philippines

“Van Gogh is Bipolar” is a restaurant in Manila named after the famous artist who — like restaurant owner Jetro Rafael — battled mental illness.

BBC

Supreme Court readies for health care battle

The Supreme Court will engage in a historic three-day showdown over health care, leading to decisions that could ensnare everyone from private citizens to the president.

Indianapolis Star

US health reform law 2 years old and still a heated debate

San Jose Mercury News

A legal guide to the health care arguments

NPR

Police arrest 14 in NY Occupy protests

Protesters were arrested in separate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, one that involved a march through Manhattan streets and a second at the United Nations, authorities said.

Reuters

Special section:

Occupy Wall Street

MSNBC

Obama: North Korea rocket test would isolate regime

Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch.

USA TODAY

Obama warns North Korea over rocket launch

YouTube

NATION

Senators ask feds to probe requests for Facebook passwords

Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced.

San Francisco Chronicle

Teen’s death becomes rallying cry

Thousands of people in cities across the country marched this weekend to call for justice in memory of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida.

Msnbc.com

Teen‘s death puts Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law under new scrutiny

ABC News

Few US communities prepared for aging baby boomers

Few communities have started to think long-term about how to plan and redesign services for aging baby boomers as they move out of the workforce and into retirement.

Las Vegas Review Journal

POLITICS

Dick Cheney recovering from transplant

After waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months, former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant and is recovering at a Va. hospital, his office said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Santorum wins Louisiana GOP primary

Rick Santorum won Louisiana’s Republican presidential primary, but his victory seemed unlikely to change the trajectory of the race since Mitt Romney remains the prohibitive favorite.

USA TODAY

Special section:

GOP nomination 2012: primary results, state by state

Guardian

BUSINESS

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s spin may be bad for the company

Savior, showboat and spin-master, the Starbucks CEO was recently named the Business Leader of the Year. But he is now pushing the spin too far for the $40 billion company’s own good.

The Atlantic

Fast-paced stock exchange poses greater risk to investors

As stock trading has shifted to high-speed computers and electronic exchanges, trading costs have dropped sharply. But regulators and others have worried that the new market poses a risk to investors.

CNBC

HEALTH

Breast cancer fundraising lags after abortion dispute

U.S. breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is feeling a pinch on donations following a controversy over its funding for Planned Parenthood, a leading provider of birth control and abortion services.

Reuters

Scientist who coined ‘pink slime’ moniker is reluctant whistleblower

Gerald Zirnstein, a former microbiologist at the USDA, referenced “pink slime” in an internal — and he thought private — email. When it became public, outrage from consumer groups ensued.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why the pope wants stronger ties with Mexico and Cuba

While the Roman Catholic Church is bolstering the faithful in Mexico and Cuba, it is also seeking closer ties with their national governments during Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to these countries.

Christian Science Monitor

Thousands of atheists rally in DC

Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other nonbelievers turned out at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.

Discovery News

EDUCATION

Suspicious school test scores emerge

Hundreds of school systems nationwide, including Detroit’s, exhibit suspicious test scores that point to the possibility of cheating, according to an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Detroit Free Press

Is college tuition debt the next bubble?

Student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history, and unless Congressional action is taken, the interest on Stafford loans is expected to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

ABC News

NJ middle school bans hugging

Of all the things that schools could ban kids from doing, hugging is now apparently unacceptable behavior, at least in one New Jersey middle school.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Trudy Rubin):

Is US committed to rights of Afghan women?

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Stronger measures needed to encourage people to donate organs

Star-Ledger

Editorial:

Foreign predators: The EPA must get tough on lake intruders

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog (Steve Taylor):

Empathy: the ability that makes us truly human

(Psychology Today)

Out of the Darkness

Column (Vincent Carroll):

The new front in fracking wars

Denver Post

Column (Sandy Banks):

Anger over Trayvon Martin’s slaying transcends the issue of race

Los Angeles Times

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GOP primaries: Not everyone eats their young

GoComics

Column (MJ Rosenberg):

The case for bombing Iran is quickly collapsing

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

San Jose neighborhood familiar to gang violence celebrates a day of peace

In San Jose, gang members and former members — and those whose lives have been touched by the violent feuds — came together to participate in a march to promote peace.

San Jose Mercury News

Kids learn by building their own bikes

Daniel Furbish started his Nashville, Tenn., bike-building workshop as a summer experiment. He makes a deal with the kids: Build a bicycle, and it‘s yours.

NPR

Inviting Muslim women to join the games

Sports have become another arena for the struggle over women’s rights in Islamic societies. Two recent developments suggest progress in allowing women to participate more fully.

The Atlantic

WORLD

North Korea meetings set to boost young leader’s power