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The ordinary, everyday superstars made on YouTube

The Internet has upended traditional rules of celebrity, turning YouTube into what is potentially the most powerful organization in the history of entertainment.

The Independent

Blog:

3rd Annual VidCon features huge growth, YouTube upgrades

Rolling Stone

Study links physical punishment to later mental disorders

Children who are spanked, hit or pushed as a means of discipline may be at an increased risk of mental problems in adulthood, new research suggests.

USA TODAY

Millions are still without power amid record heat wave

Residents in the central and eastern U.S. will sweat through another blistering day as power outages from weekend storms continue to plague millions. At least 16 states are under heat advisories.

CNN

Heat adds misery to power outage

Msnbc.com

Gymnastics: young men’s team heads to London Olympics

Jonathan Horton, a two-time medalist at the 2008 Beijing Games, is heading to the Olympics this year with a few rookies, including reigning national champion John Orozco.

Columbus Dispatch

Portraits of Team USA 2012

CBS News

Olympic trials news and highlights

Msnbc.com

Natural gas under cemeteries raises money, moral questions

Loved ones are not the only thing buried in the 122-year-old Lowellville Cemetery in eastern Ohio. Deep underground, locked in ancient shale formations, are lucrative quantities of natural gas.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

Firefighting planes battle wildfires and old age

As wildfires continue to burn in the West, the U.S. Forest Service is going to battle with fewer air tankers. The number of planes that drop retardant on fires has shrunk significantly over the past 12 years.

NPR

After 11 years, US Fire Program Analysis system still is not ready

Denver Post

Midweek July 4th causes muddle, headaches for travelers

For the first time in five years, Independence Day falls on a Wednesday, leaving travelers unsure of when they should celebrate and worrying those who make a living off tourists.

Salt Lake Tribune

POLITICS

Elections: Vice president hopefuls play the name game

The vice-presidential selection process is not merely the act of each nominee picking a running mate. It is also the political equivalent of the Oscars.

Politico

Candidates try to turn ruling into cash

Some Missouri candidates have tried to turn the U.S. Supreme Court’s health care ruling into campaign cash, asking donors to “throw out Obamacare” or stand with those who helped make the law possible.

San Francisco Chronicle

How will the GOP respond to health care ruling?

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Publication: ‘The Leader’s Guide to 21st Century Education’

A new report by Ken Kay and Valerie Greenhill of EdLeader21 outlines seven steps for schools and districts to take to prepare students for the 21st century.

EducationNews.org

Thousands of veterans failing in latest battlefield: college

Among the approximately 800,000 military veterans now attending colleges in the U.S., an estimated 88 percent drop out of school during their first year, and only 3 percent graduate.

Msnbc.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is the hunt for the ‘God Particle’ over?

Scientists in Geneva will gather to hear the latest about the decades-long search for a subatomic particle that could help explain why the objects in our universe actually have weight.

NPR

Animal study: Type 1 diabetes prevented

Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute managed to prevent the onset of Type 1 diabetes in genetically susceptible mice, according to a new study.

Medical News Today

The global diabetes epidemic, brought to you by global development

The Atlantic

HEALTH

Who gets covered under health reform?

The Supreme Court decision to uphold key provisions in the Affordable Care Act cleared up the question of whether the law will stand (for now), but for many people, that was about all they found to be clear.

WebMD

Kids born even a little early have lower school scores, study

Babies born on the early side of full-term may have higher odds of academic delays than those delivered a week or two later, new research finds.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Made in America extends to jewelry

With more than 95 percent of costume jewelry made in China, U.S. jewelers are working to move the manufacturing back to these shores.

Star Tribune

Why you can never, ever find your wallet

Have you ever stashed your wallet in a safe place, only to come up short when you search for it later?

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (David Walker):

It is time for real health care reform

Politico

Editorial:

Why a 3.66 percent interest rate is failing to stimulate the economy

USA TODAY

Column (Elton John):

Gay rights are human rights

Guardian

Column (Robert Frichtel):

Marijuana as medicine needs rules to drive by

Bloomberg

Column (Charles Krauthammer):

Why Roberts ruled as he did

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial:

Foie gras ban is positive move for state, will be openly defied

San Francisco Examiner

Column (Bob Greene):

Why do we pay politicians for no results?

CNN

Column (Salil Shetty):

Passing judgement on 10 years of the ICC

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Motorcyclists in Ace of Hearts Ride to raise money for cancer

Motorcyclists riding in the seventh annual Amelia’s Ace of Hearts Ride in Darlington, Maryland, will raise money for cancer patients and research.

Msnbc.com

Charity fills students’ backpacks and honors colleagues

The Tom Fennessy/Mike Harden Back-to-School Project provided 8,261 backpacks stuffed with school supplies to kids last year. Betty Kletrovets of Grove City, Ohio, hopes to distribute 8,500 this year.

Columbus Dispatch

Olympic fever revs up fitness routines

With the 2012 London Olympics just weeks away, weekend warriors, fitness fanatics and couch potatoes alike will soon be inspired to rev up their routines.

Reuters

WORLD

UN talks could finally rein in lawless trade in killing