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U.N. special envoy to Syria led by Kofi Annan, middle, meets with Ahmad Badr Al Din Hassoun, Syria’s Grand Mufti, far right.  (Photo by Muzaffar Salman / AP) ‘Bully’: A provocative and essential documentary hits theaters A film that concerns itself with kid-on-kid violence arrives at the multiplex amid a firestorm of audience-generated, studio-fanned social-media interest. NPR ‘Bully’ released without rating USA TODAY Best Buy to cut costs and close stores To revamp the struggling chain, the largest U.S. specialty electronics retailer said it plans to close 50 of its U.S. big box stores, cut 400 corporate jobs and trim $800 million in costs. BusinessWeek   Annan demands Syrian ceasefire ‘now’ The U.N. and Arab League envoy to Syria, and Kofi Annan expects the government to implement his peace plan immediately, reports say. BBC Syria: Bashar Assad raises questions over commitment to peace deal Telegraph.co.uk Fresh clashes erupt in Syria Seattle Post-Intelligencer Assad must implement Annan’s plan Guardian Euro zone set to almost double size of bailout funds Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree to temporarily almost double their financial backstops in a move to end the sovereign debt crisis, although Germany continues to favor a smaller increase. CNBC Special section: Euro zone debt crisis in graphics Reuters Faster than 50 million laptops — the race to go ‘exascale’ A new era in computing will see supercomputers perform at least 1,000 times faster than today’s most powerful machines. They are predicted to go online by the end of the decade. CNN   NATION Health care law’s fate under discussion The survival of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and is placed in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices. Columbia Daily Tribune Health care law: All or nothing? CBS News US health care, how it began Discovery News Over-medication in foster care at issue The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report saying that foster children were far more likely to be prescribed psychiatric medication than children who weren’t in foster care. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette POLITICS House approves GOP budget The U.S. House approved a strict party-line vote of a Republican budget plan that would restructure Medicare, enact deeper cuts in federal spending and rewrite the tax code for individuals and corporations. USA TODAY Statement by press secretary on budget WHITEHOUSE.GOV Obama outspends Republican campaigns by millions With Republicans locked in an expensive primary, President Barack Obama has spent far more to build a campaign that is larger and more focused on November‘s election than any of his opponents. CBS News BUSINESS BlackBerry maker RIM abandons battle with iPhone and Android The BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion, is to pull back from trying to compete with Apple’s iPhone and the Android mobile platform and instead return to its original focus on business users. Guardian Mothers trump regulators as Campbell dumps chemical ConAgra Foods Inc., the maker of Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim snacks, has removed BPA from some of its Hunt’s tomato products and is seeking alternatives for other lines. Bloomberg HEALTH 1 in 88 US kids has autism The number of children with autism in the U.S. continues to rise. The latest data estimates that 1 in 88 children has some form of autism spectrum disorder, a 78 percent increase from a decade ago. CNN Report higlights rise in cancer linked to inactivity, obesity The decline in deaths from all cancers combined continued in the U.S. from 2004-2008, but a major government report highlights a worrisome rise in cases linked to obesity and inactivity. USA TODAY RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY America’s deepening Bible belt divide Religion in America has an unmistakable geographic dimension. Survey data from the Gallup Organization documents the country’s well-defined “religiosity belt” which stretches across its southern tier. The Atlantic Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize as more than ‘simple Buddhist monk’ He calls himself a “simple Buddhist monk.” But his biographers and religion experts say the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is way more than that. Christian Science Monitor In politically tinged Mass, pope urges Cuban freedom Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba in an unusually political sermon before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette EDUCATION Cost cuts would remove 2 million from public preschools The House is preparing to pass a budget that would slash funding for Head Start, a federally funded program providing a wide range of services to young children living in poverty and their families. Huffington Post Why so many college students drop out The phrase “dropout factory” is ordinarily applied to America’s failing high schools, yet the term is quickly becoming associated with institutions of higher education, as well. The Atlantic   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Linda Campbell): SAT cheating is about ethical lapses and security flaws McClatchy Newspapers Column (Taylor Mali): Don’t ever judge someone by their paycheck CNN Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.): Case is not about Trayvon Martin’s hoodie McClatchy Newspapers Column (Robert Reich): Break up the big banks, says the Dallas Fed Huffington Post Blog (Patricia Murphy): All-male Augusta can do as it likes — and so can Ginny Rommety She the People (Washington Post) Blog (Tom Chivers): Why liberals need conservatives, and vice versa Telegraph.co.uk Blog (Peter Coy): Women suffer most when government cuts jobs BusinessWeek Column (Allison Hoffman): What does Obamacare look like minus the mandate? NY Daily News   Site edited by: Tanya Flowers, Kevin Augustine, Laura Olson, Mark Rittenmeyer, Paul Wertheim, Sam Dieter, Harsha Malik, Brooke Coggiano, Kristen Podgurski, Carla Baranauckas, Brian Kendall and Sarah Alender.   GOOD NEWS ‘Route 29’ Batman, Lenny Robinson, is a real life superhero Lenny Robinson has been visiting sick children in hospitals since 2001. He dresses up as Batman when he makes his rounds and sometimes his teenage son, Brandon, tags along as Robin. Huffington Post Black church leads fight against AIDS with HIV testing It’s been three decades since HIV and AIDS invaded Chicago’s South Side and surrounded Bray Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church near Chicago. The Republic Seattle schools aim to create arts education for everyone Amid budget cuts, the arts have increasingly been pushed to the side. Seattle Public School officials received a $1 million grant from The Wallace Foundation to confront that reality. Seattle Times WORLD North Korea begins rocket preparations, satellite images show North Korea has begun preparing for a rocket launch next month despite international condemnation, satellite images show. Japan vowed to shoot down the projectile if it poses a threat. Telegraph.co.uk Exploring North Korea TIME Police detain 19 suspected religious extremists in France Police have detained 19 people in a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists in cities around France, and more such raids are planned, the French president said. USA TODAY ENVIRONMENT Analysis shows Gulf states not only pump oil — they burn it, too The Middle East, home to six OPEC members, saw oil consumption grow by 56 percent in the first decade of the century, four times the global growth rate and nearly double the rate in Asia. Economist Pesticide has been linked to the collapse of bee colonies A controversial type of pesticide involving neonicotinoids has been linked to declining global bee populations. It appears to scramble the bees’ sense of direction, making it hard for them to find home. Wired SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY We are all scientists now From China to the Congo, a new wave of volunteer science projects aim to allow amateur participants to actively gather data for the benefit of their communities. BBC Mars’ dust cloud spotted by amateur NEWS.com.au Robots could have the ability to ‘feel’ in the future Robots may have the ability to “feel.” Researchers demonstrated that a gel can be resuscitated in a fashion similar to a medical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. ScienceDaily SPORTS Taking the West by storm Instead of showing the Thunder that the road to the NBA Finals has to go through L.A., the Lakers reminded them of something that has become clear this season: They haven’t figured it out yet. ESPN In bounty seasons, Saints among NFL’s most violent In a season in which the New Orleans Saints rewarded players for injuring opponents in a “pay-for-pain” bounty scheme, the team was among the most violent in the National Football League. Reuters NFL bounties talk of league’s head coaches Telegram & Gazette LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Louvre uncovers restoration of Leonardo da Vinci’s last work The 18-month-long restoration of the painting that Leonardo labored on for 20 years will go a long way to raising “Saint Anne” to its place as one of the most influential Florentine paintings of its time. Telegraph.co.uk Madonna leaves Malawi ‘struggling’ Celebrity promises have turned to disappointment, finger-pointing and lawsuits in Malawi, a troubled southern African country where Madonna has drastically scaled back charity efforts. Sydney Morning Herald   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Scientists looking for the thumbprints of parallel universes An emerging new idea is that the universe had a Big Bang, but only one of countless creation moments in a “megaverse” that is eternally inflating with multiple big bangs, like a string of firecrackers going off. Discovery News   Photo of the Day A Humboldt Penguin swims underwater after taking a dive from the new Olympic London 2012 style diving board installed in the penguin enclosure at the London Zoo.  (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 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