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People vote inside booths during the elections in Thessaloniki. Greeks are voting for the second time in six weeks in what was arguably their country’s most critical election in 40 years. (Photo by Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP)

Title IX’s 40th year: Has the playing field been evened?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, federal legislation signed into law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. But it was years later before the wheels of equality were set in motion.

Seattle Times

Opportunities abounded for women after landmark Title IX legislation

Desert Sun

Drones, computers new weapons of US shadow wars

After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. It’s war in the shadows, with the U.S. public largely in the dark.

Daily Herald

Europe holds breath as Greeks vote

The men hoping to lead Greece out of the crisis that is threatening Europe’s common currency have promised their country a bright future, but they have different visions on how to go about it.

CNN

Greek election may decide future in eurozone

CBS News

Blog:

Greek election: live

Telegraph.co.uk

Greeks vote on day of economic destiny

Al Jazeera

Rodney King dead at 47

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead at his home. He was 47.

CNN

Fathers more involved in kids’ lives than before

Whether from within the home or outside it, by choice or by circumstance, men are reinventing what it means to be a dad.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dads happier than childless peers

Discovery News

Humble history of Father’s Day

National Geographic

NATION

Disabled veterans increasingly cheated by fund managers

They survived the Nazis, the Viet Cong and the Taliban. But hundreds of mentally disabled veterans suffered new wounds when the country they served put their checkbooks in the hands of scoundrels.

San Francisco Chronicle

Challenges give new health care law 4 possible outcomes

The court can uphold the entire health care law, strike down the “individual mandate," strike down the mandate and related health insurance changes or kill the entire law.

USA TODAY

Health care hangs in the balance

CNNMoney

How the end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans

In the brutal chaos that followed the Civil War, life after emancipation was harsh and often short. Hundreds of thousands of freed slaves died from disease and hunger after being liberated.

Guardian

The voices of slavery

PBS

POLITICS

Race matters: why Gallup Poll finds less support for President Obama

With the presidential race shifting into high gear, politicians, journalists and the public are scrutinizing each new poll, with every small swing in one direction or another elevated to outsized importance.

Huffington Post

Obama’s re-election campaign

U.S. News & World Report

40 years later, scene of the Watergate crime is forgotten

There’s little marking the location of the crime that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The office building that was the site of the break-in is still in use, but tenants have changed.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Cropland prices sow fortune and worry

The agriculture industry is riding high, leading to a wave of expansion and driving up the cost of cropland. Ever-new record prices raise worries that the bubble is about to burst.

Star Tribune

US drivers turn to smaller, better engines

Back when gas was cheap, Americans bought cars with V-8 engines and acceleration was all that mattered. Now, the motors that move the nation’s cars and trucks are shrinking.

Philadelphia Inquirer

EDUCATION

National  college costs go up 15 percent

The average tuition at a four-year public university climbed 15 percent, fueled by state budget cuts for higher education and increases of 40 percent and more at universities in certain states.

Daily Chronicle

College graduates: not where they thought they’d be

The Atlantic

Does obesity affect school performance?

Obese children and teenagers face a slew of potential health problems as they get older. As if that weren‘t enough, obesity may harm young people’s long-term college and career prospects, too.

CNN

Blog:

Obese children likely to be worse at math

(CBS News)

Health Pop

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

40 years after, memories of ‘Deliverance’ linger on

With the drama the film Deliverance captured, it’s a wonder anyone signed up for a river adventure in North Georgia after the summer of 1972. But they did — and they still do.

USA TODAY

Is obligation gobbling up your vacation?

Forty-one percent of U.S. adults use the majority of their vacation budgets on obligation trips such as weddings, holiday gatherings and reunions, according to a new survey.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists poised to elect New Orleans pastor as 1st black president

The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, marking the group’s efforts to distance itself from its racist past and become more diverse.

Guardian

Catholic hospitals reject Obama’s birth control compromise

The hospital group was a key ally of Obama‘s in the battle to win congressional approval of his health care overhaul, but doesn’t believe church-affiliated employers should have to provide birth control.

Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Elizabeth Mosier):

Making history, 1 word at a time

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (William Bradley):

The Enlightenment divides American politics

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Paul Daley):

Honey, I left the baby on the roof at the pub

The Age

Column (Tom Horner):

Supreme Court won’t have last word on health reform

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Compassionate immigration policy

Denver Post

Column (Rochelle Riley):

An attack on women — and democracy

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Back on path to protect a treasure

Tampa Tribune

Blog (N. D.):

Consequences of the one-child policy

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Elevate Detroit marks 5th year of feeding the homeless

At a street-corner park in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, about 20 volunteers gathered to mark their fifth year of hauling a grill into the neighborhood each weekend and sharing a meal with all who are hungry.

Detroit Free Press

World’s 1st autism show offers people with autism a chance to shine

The Autism Show, which is believed to be the only event of its kind in the world, aims to show that autistic people can shine in all areas of life.

The Independent

Aung San Suu Kyi finally accepts Nobel peace prize

Twenty-one years after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi has finally accepted, saying that the prize helped shatter her sense of isolation during years of house arrest.

Guardian

WORLD

UN suspends Syria observer mission