The Daily Source: Quality News from Around the Internet

Home

About us

Our Team

Opinion

Special envoy Richard Holbrooke returns from Afghanistan with recommendations on region-wide tactics, goals, and perhaps an exit strategy. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

Western Pakistan key to resolving Afghanistan war

U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said western Pakistan presents the chief problem in resolving an eight-year war that has divided allies.

Christian Science Monitor

US tests newest robots in Afghanistan

Fox News

North Korea accuses several American journalists of espionage

A South Korean newspaper reports that two female journalists crossed into the north, were arrested by North Korean guards and sent to Pyongyang.

CBS News

AIG execs giving back more than $50 million in bonuses

Under intense pressure from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, top executives from AIG have agreed to give back at least $50 million in bonus money from a pool of $165 million.

ABC News

Wall Street cheers at Geithner's plan, Dow climbs nearly 500 points

With much fanfare and after much delay, Geithner unveiled the details of the government's "public-private" collaborative plan to get toxic assets off banks' balance sheets so they can start lending again.

TIME

Geithner: One day does not make success

ABC News

Obama's economic braintrust

Talking Points Memo

Gibbs outlines new bank rescue plan

YouTube

Global stocks leap after unexpected good news in US house sales

A surprise 5.1 percent rise in sales of U.S. houses sparked a global rally across stock markets in the U.K., the U.S. and Europe.

Times Online

Dean Maki interview on U.S. housing data

Bloomberg

NATION

Latinos, blacks losing jobs faster

Last hired, first fired: This generations-old cliche rings bitterly true for millions of Latinos and blacks who are losing jobs at a faster rate than the general population during this punishing recession.

MSNBC

Mexican drug war forces into US homes

U.S. law enforcement officials have identified 230 cities around the United States where Mexican cartels and their affiliates "maintain drug distribution networks or supply drugs to distributors."

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Congressmen Feingold, Ryan promote line-item veto plan

The Congressional Accountability and Line-item Veto Act would allow the president to remove earmarks from legislation and send the bill back to Congress in one package for quick votes.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Use of private planes by Florida's Crist draws questions

Despite pledging to run the most open administration in Florida history, Gov. Charlie Crist will not fully disclose details of his political travel on private jets owned by special interests and Republican donors.

McClatchy

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Best Buy staff paid bonuses to deny legit guaranteed price matches

The U.S. District Court granted a motion to allow a plaintiff to sue Best Buy for using "deceptive trade practices" in applying its “Price Match” policy.

HD Guru

Cancer drug 'fuels tumor growth'

A type of drug designed to stunt tumor growth has actually been found to fuel cancer if given at too low a dose.

BBC

HEALTH

Electronic records to provide doctors with new tool

As he looks for ways to pay for universal health coverage, President Barack Obama is placing a multibillion dollar bet on electronic health records, but some fear a loss of patient privacy.

Baltimore Sun

Obama policies fresh air for medical marijuana advocates

The nation's medical marijuana users are breathing a little easier these days. Attorney General Eric Holder said there'd be no more federal prosecutions of cases involving medical cannabis dispensaries.

McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Robin Williams' heart surgery goes 'extremely well'

"His heart is strong and he will have normal heart function in the coming weeks with no limitations on what he'll be able to do," said Dr. Marc Gillinov, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic.

CNN

'I’d like you to meet my…?' The dilemma of labeling your love

Ever since Adam introduced Eve to Barney the dinosaur — talk about awkward! — the nomenclature of relationships has been fraught with difficulty.

Good

EDUCATION

Do you dream of teaching? More career switchers becoming educators

Career switchers make up about one-third of the ranks of new teachers, and that number has jumped in the past decade. Now, as the recession deepens, even more people are deciding to become teachers.

Washington Times

How to end to the war over sex ed

The school district partnered with a local teen pregnancy prevention organization to implement an innovative curriculum in relationship and sex-education from middle school into high school.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column:

Uprising on Main Street

Salon.com

Blog (andrew sullivan):

Obama, the pragmatist

Atlantic Online

Column:

Who was Henry VIII?

History Today

Column:

A new era of service by Barack Obama

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (John Nichols):

A few questions for Mr. Cheney

The Nation

Column (david Kuhn):

The Geithner paradox

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Reviving cars and newspapers

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Timothy Geithner):

We need to get credit flowing

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Lawmakers for water pollution

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Column (Tom Walsh):

Microsoft's Ballmer to join summit

Detroit Free Press

Column:

Die, newspaper, die?

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Lee Hamilton):

Making peace with enemies

Indianapolis Star

Column (Paul Krugman):

Geithner's plan will almost surely fail

International Herald Tribune

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Yagmur Guller, Rachel Barrus, Catherine Lux and Ashley Nawn.

GOOD NEWS

Disney offshoot to plant a tree for every ticket sold for Earth

Disneynature pledges to plant trees in the Brazilian Atlantic forest to mark the release of the feature-length remix of the landmark "Planet Earth" documentary series.

Guardian

Church shows good faith to Iraqi family

There's a reason a committed Muslim such as Emad Hussain attends a Methodist church and why he will raise his Muslim children in its sanctuary.

Denver Post

WORLD

UN says Burma detention 'illegal'

The UN said detaining Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 13 of the last 19 years under house arrest, violates international and Burmese laws.

BBC

Palestinian brothers: Israel used us as human shields in Gaza war

Israel was accused of using Palestinian human shields during its Gaza invasion, a breach of Geneva Conventions prohibiting intentionally putting civilian lives at risk.

Guardian

'Israel should heed war crime charges'

Jerusalem Post

BUSINESS

Skype means business

Skype launched a new Internet telephony small business service, a bid to capture needed revenue by tapping into a new market it expects will find cheap phone service compelling in a global recession.

Wired

ENVIRONMENT

EPA makes a move on emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency wants carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases declared a public health danger, a move that could set the stage for sweeping national limits on emissions.

Detroit News

Nations start to agree on paying for climate pledges

Nations are starting to agree on how rich countries could help pay to reduce greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change in developing markets, the United Nations said.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Phelps will swim competitively until 2012

"I'm going four years, then I'm stopping," Phelps said at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. "2012 will be my last meet. I'll be 27, and I told [Bob Bowman] I'm not swimming past 30."

ESPN

Phelps on video talks about the past

USA Today

Armstrong fractures his collarbone in crash in Spain

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong fractured his collarbone in a race in Spain, leaving in question his participation in July's big race.

ESPN

Interview:

Armstrong talks Giro, Twitter and Tour

Cycling News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Could a new tax plan hurt religious groups?

Some religious groups are concerned about how a proposed 2010 federal budget, which contains a 7 percent cut in charitable tax deductions for wealthy taxpayers, will affect their bottom line.

USA Today

Fish fry tradition bolsters Catholic unity during Lent

The old-fashioned Lenten fish fry soldiers on, giving Catholics an opportunity to observe their meatless Friday while bolstering their sense of community.

Sun Herald

Features

About us

Ways to help

Other