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This undated photo shows this headstone which is one of three in the Mississippi Delta region marking a suspected final resting spot for famed blues guitarist Robert Johnson. (Photo by Justin M. Norton / AP)

At 100, Robert Johnson still dispelling myths

Although Robert Johnson recorded just 29 songs, the bluesman had a huge influence on guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards and is one of the most studied of all country blues musicians.

NPR

Feeding world stirs hot debate

The numbers have become a familiar refrain: 9 billion people by 2050. For aid organizations and policymakers, the figures raise an alarming question: How to feed them all?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

How many people are in the world today?

Grist

US officials unveil videos of bin Laden

Keenly conscious of his image, a graying Osama bin Laden no doubt never expected this video — showing him hunched over, draped in a blanket and using a television clicker — to hit the world’s airwaves.

CNN

The cost of bin Laden: $3 trillion over 15 years

The Atlantic

Egyptians protest bin Laden killing

UPI

Pentagon releases bin Laden videos

CBS News

Gas prices expected to drop about 50 cents by summer

Some relief from suffocating gas prices will likely arrive just in time for summer vacation. Expect a drop of nearly 50 cents as early as June, analysts say.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Older moms a new movement

At one time, women older than age 40 giving birth was a headline-making rarity. But today it is a mainstream phenomenon.

San Jose Mercury News

Special section:

22 surprising facts about birth in the United States

BabyCenter

NATION

50 years later, students retrace 1961 Freedom Ride

Students retrace the original 1961 Freedom Ride and pay tribute to those who helped win the civil rights that their generation enjoys.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Freedom Riders

LIFE

Residents brace for more flooding as Mississippi River swells

As the Mississippi River gushes downstream with no clear boundaries, flooding continues to deluge parts of Tennessee as residents farther south brace for what will come.

CNN

POLITICS

Can lawmakers crack a deal before debt ceiling deadline?

With the debt ceiling deadline looming over Congress, Democrats and Republicans appear to be inching closer together to a plan that would keep the country from spiraling into default.

ABC News

Obama’s pledged trip to Pakistan is less than certain to occur

President Barack Obama‘s promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now turning into a looming headache for the White House.

Philadelphia Inquirer

DEATH OF BIN LADEN

How Osama bin Laden changed America

For the United States of America the question now may be whether an era that began on 9/11 ended as the eddies stilled and the ocean closed over the corporeal remains of Osama bin Laden.

Christian Science Monitor

Taliban: Bin Laden’s death reinvigorates war against US

The Taliban, one of Osama bin Laden’s closest allies, has confirmed that the founder of al-Qaida had been killed by U.S. commandos during a raid in Pakistan.

CNN

Special section:

Osama bin Laden: How al-Qaida’s No. 1 lived, died

NPR

President Obama meets bin Laden raiders, promises victory over al-Qaida

President Barack Obama met with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al-Qaida.

CNN

BUSINESS

Post 9/11 business changes will outlive Osama bin Laden

Even after the demise of Osama bin Laden, security screening at airports will still be a hassle and raise the cost of travel. Laws that turned banks into financial cops will stay in place.

Daily Herald

BP opens Rosneft Arctic deal to TNK-BP

BP has agreed to cede its share of an Arctic oil exploration pact with Rosneft to its half-owned affiliate TNK-BP in a compromise with Russian partners who have fought for a slice of the action.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Hundreds of water voles released near Llangorse Lake in Wales

Hundreds of endangered water voles have been released near a Welsh lake in a project to boost their numbers.

BBC

The world’s farmers feel the effects of a hotter planet

Scientists have long predicted that eventually temperatures and altered rainfall caused by global climate change will take a toll on four of the most important crops in the world: rice, wheat, soy and corn.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Is the end nigh? We’ll know soon enough

Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day, he braces for rejection.

NPR

Philippine city holds mass circumcision

Hundreds of boys in a Philippine city turned out for a daylong “circumcision party” to provide a safe, free procedure for what is seen as a rite of passage that most local males undergo as preteens.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2 Muslim clergy were recently told to exit plane headed for NC

Two Muslim religious leaders on their way to a Charlotte conference on “Islamophobia” said they were removed from a commercial flight because the pilot refused to fly with them on board.

Charlotte Observer

SPORTS

Manny Pacquiao wins title fight easily

Manny Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision, retaining his version of the welterweight title in a fight that was roundly booed over the late rounds because Mosley refused to trade punches.

ESPN

Animal Kingdom captures Kentucky Derby

In his first race on a dirt surface, Animal Kingdom roared from the back of the pack to capture the 137th Kentucky Derby.

Baltimore Sun

Seve Ballesteros remembered as ‘inventor of Spanish golf’

Steve Ballesteros was a genius with a golf club in his hands who created shots that didn’t seem possible. His career was defined not only by what he won, but how he won.

Denver Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Mike Littwin):

A tale of 2 photographs

Denver Post

Column (Engy Abdelkader):

What Mother’s Day means to one American Muslim

Huffington Post

Blog (Libby Copeland):

The coolest geek-nun ever

(Slate)

XX factor

Blog (Lawrence Blum and Leon Hoffman):

Mothers and Mother’s Day

(Psychology Today)

Beyond Freud

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Obama’s presidency after Osama bin Laden

The Atlantic

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The ultimate Mother’s Day gift

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Firefighter deal

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Peter Roff):

Bin Laden death photo debate shows Obama credibility problem

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

Cycling for the environment

Designed for cycling enthusiasts who are also concerned about the environment, Climate Ride 2011 runs from New York City to Washington, D.C., and promises to be a fun and meaningful adventure.

Earth Times

Older students are taking zigzag path to college graduation

About 16 years ago, after all five of her kids had earned college degrees, Kay Mullally decided that one more diploma was needed around the house: her own.

Orlando Sentinel

Mothers of slain children work to put an end to the violence

Ask Lucinda Jackson about her son and her weary eyes light up. The Antioch woman is quick to share how the gregarious young man reluctantly became a dedicated father.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Greek prime minister denies euro exit

Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou denied there was even unofficial discussion over quitting the eurozone and asked that his troubled country be “left alone to finish its task.”

Reuters

Taliban launch assault on Kandahar

Militants staged attacks on government buildings in the restive southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in a brazen Taliban onslaught designed to seize or kill the provincial governor.

CNN

EDUCATION

More public schools are dropping out of summer sessions

With fewer public schools offering traditional summer programs this year, some students might find themselves scrambling to get into classes.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Calif. educators warn lawmakers about dangers of further cuts to schools

A blunt message was delivered to five members of the state Senate budget committee at Microsoft’s campus: Either stop the cuts to public education or watch California’s economy die.

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

Are morgellons a hidden epidemic or just a mass hysteria?

So it’s new, frightening and profoundly odd. But if you were to seek the view of the medical establishment, you’d find the strangest fact about this disease: morgellons doesn’t exist.

Guardian

Pediatric liquid acetaminophen is one concentration to prevent overdose risk

Having various concentrations of pediatric liquid acetaminophen medications has the disadvantage in that parents may give their child excessive doses.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Library of Congress builds a large record collection

Sounds of all kinds are preserved at a Library of Congress facility in Virginia. Access is limited, but that is about to change.

Los Angeles Times

Home 4 hours after birth

Some women opt for early discharge from the hospital after giving birth. But others fear the health risks for new mothers and their babies.

The Age

Why do we insist on judging mothers?

Who can blame the modern mom for fantasizing about breezy afternoons sipping martinis on the patio with absolutely no idea what her kids are up to.

Globeandmail.com

Are you my mother?

Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Are there criminals hiding in the cloud?

Following the exposure of the Sony PlayStation 3 security flaws — and with so much of our data stored online — are we making it too easy for criminals to gather our information?

BBC

US military launches new missile warning satellite into space

A new U.S. military satellite launched into orbit on a mission to enhance the country’s missile defense and detection capabilities.

Space News

Malaria mosquitoes accurately find their way to smelly feet

African malaria mosquitoes use their olfactory organs to search for their hosts. However, at a certain point the mosquitoes are diverted toward the feet, their preferred place to bite.

ScienceDaily

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