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World War II veteran Jesse R. Turner salutes while being comforted by Helen Marie Misel at a display of more than 1700 United States flags in Shawnee, Kansas. Turner served in the Army Air Corps. (Photo by Orlin Wagner / AP)

Where is the birthplace of Memorial Day?

On either side of Alabama, there are two places with the same name. Residents say it was here, in Columbus, Miss., after the Civil War, that Memorial Day was born. They say that in the other Columbus, too.

New York Times

Air Guard: from war to home in 4 days

Star Tribune

Special section:

Home and away: casualities

CNN

Hooded, then interrogated for 81 days

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, one of the most outspoken critics of the Communist Party, breaks his silence on his detention, isolation and the endless interrogation.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Syria: Massacre could mark turning point in war

The massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria, has drawn international condemnation and may become a turning point in the 14-month rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Sydney Morning Herald

Syria blames Houla deaths on ‘terrorists’

Al Jazeera

Help wanted — but not for mid-level jobs

Demand remains for people with complex skills and for people to take jobs that require less skill. It’s the jobs in the middle that are being squeezed.

NPR

School for summer jobs

Times Union

Golden Gate Bridge marks 75 years since opening against steep odds

One of the most astonishing and admired man-made wonders of the world, gracing millions of postcards and featured in countless films, the Golden Gate Bridge was not at first met with open arms.

Reuters

Interview:

The Golden Gate Bridge at 75

The Atlantic

From the archives: Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Beryl to drench Southeast coast

A cluster of thunderstorms that stalled off the southeastern U.S. coast is expected to make for a sloppy, rainy Memorial Day on beaches and in tourist towns from Florida to South Carolina.

Msnbc.com

Watching Beryl in the Atlantic

The Weather Channel

What’s an American Indian? Warren case stirs query

What makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don’t agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose claim of Native American identity has become disputed.

Christian Science Monitor

How many people are 1/32 Native American?

Slate

Gay students graduate openly at US military academies

Gay students at America’s military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting from the end of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Lawmakers work with Simpson-Bowles for tax deal

Former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles said he and former Republican Senator Alan Simpson are working with a bipartisan group to frame a compromise on $7 trillion in looming fiscal decisions.

Reuters

Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites.

RealClearPolitics

Blog:

House to examine plan for UN to regulate the Internet

(The Hill)

Hillicon Valley

BUSINESS

Facebook ‘debacle’ likely to derail IPOs for other startups

For more than a year, the tech world anticipated that Facebook’s IPO would open the door for other startups to go public. But those hopes appear to be fading.

San Jose Mercury News

Resource supercycle is beginning to slow down in China

China’s big build is maturing as capacity catches up with demand. It is beginning to backfire through parts of the global commodities supply chain that has fed China for the past decade.

Globeandmail.com

HEALTH

Exercise helps older adults stay fit

People tend to exercise less as they grow older, but keeping physically active is essential for remaining healthy and independent, an expert says.

Yahoo! News

The truth about sunscreen: Are the labels actually lying?

Finding a good sunscreen can be difficult. You’re bombarded with claims such as waterproof, sweat-proof and protects against skin cancer. The problem: many of those claims are false.

ABC News

Sunscreen guide: what to wear, when and why

Huffington Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Battlefield chaplain’s war at home

Darren Turner insisted on going to war. Turner was young and enthusiastic about taking God to the battlefield. The Army captain learned that people in pain are wide-open to inviting God into their lives.

(CNN)

Belief Blog

Pope’s butler arrested over Vatican documents leak

Pope Benedict’s butler has been arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to an Italian journalist, the Vatican said.

CNN

SPORTS

The other dream team: a weekend with the US women’s basketball team

Geno Auriemma, the coach of the UCONN women‘s basketball team, knows the U.S. team he now coaches is as safe a bet to capture gold as any in London. This team is filled with Auriemma protégés.

Grantland

Special section:

2012 Olympic roster and bios

USABasketball.com

Gearing up for the Indianpolis 500

Danica Patrick, the most glamorous driver at Indy, has gone full-time to NASCAR. Now, the Indy 500 gets to prove it can go on without the woman many felt was keeping the race afloat since 2005.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Barry Saunders):

This is hardly disco’s ‘Last Dance’

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Hermione Hoby):

Patti Smith: how she rocks our world

Guardian

Blog (Alec MacGillis):

Obama’s bid to cast Mitt in Hoover mold

(The New Republic)

The Stump

Editorial:

A crackdown on food stamp fraud

Denver Post

Column (Nicholas Lemann):

The cost of college

The New Yorker

Column (Elaine Shattner):

No, Kansas, abortions do not cause breast cancer

Star Tribune

Column (Tony Burman):

Why this week has been a particularly positive one for the world

Toronto Star

Blog (Bob Kerrey):

It’s important to be aware of civic unawareness

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

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GOOD NEWS

Hospice may help an ailing, aging animal

Hospice care for animals can add weeks or months to the life of a terminally ill pet. The pain meds are not expensive and the supplies for the subcutaneous injections cost about $30 a month.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reminding caregivers to care for themselves, too

The weight of caring for family members debilitated by illness created Nancy’s House, a charity that provides respite for caregivers. The Philadelphia house’s mantra: It’s okay to take care of yourself.

Philadelphia Inquirer

3-time cancer survivor teen inspires

Allison Hawkes is a senior in a Methuen, Mass., high school, and at 18 she is also a three-time cancer survivor and a symbol of the Relay for Life Event, which raises money for the American Cancer Society.

Boston Globe

WORLD

Afghan drugs still flow as US nears exit

The unbreakable allure of poppy profits — for producers and traffickers, government officials and Taliban commanders alike — has kept fighting opium at the heart of improved security.

Msnbc.com

US faces dilemma as Muslim Brotherhood leads in Egypt vote

Congress and the White House are facing a dilemma as the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate has taken the lead in the initial round of Egypt’s first democratic presidential elections.

(The Hill)

Global Affairs

EDUCATION

Students may weigh dreams vs. dollars in career choice

There is a long-running ideological debate between those who see college as a vehicle to open the minds of young people and those who see it as a training ground for young capitalists.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Illegal immigrants find paths to college

Thousands of young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children now hold college degrees. The growth in such graduates is spurred by demographics and laws.

Washington Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

Washington hopes to buy historic ranch for conservation

McWhorter Ranch is going up for sale, prompting state and local officials to work with conservation groups in an attempt to raise enough money to stave off speculators.

USA TODAY

Wash. state to make offer on ranch

Tri-City Herald

Soft-shell lobsters arrive early in Maine

Strange things are happening in Maine: Many lobsters have prematurely shed their hard shells, and lobstermen are hauling large numbers of soft-shelled lobsters much earlier than usual.

Environmental News Network

Molting lobster in real time

YouTube

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bigfoot: beyond footprints and DNA

For the first time, researchers at Oxford are subjecting alleged Bigfoot samples to scientific testing.

Discovery News

Music is changing your brain

Music helps kids remember basic facts such as the order of letters in the alphabet, partly because songs tap into fundamental systems in our brains that are sensitive to melody and beat.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For some, pasta is serious business

For women gathered in a Rome hotel, testing plates of pasta for that perfect “al dente” balance was serious work.

Salon

How the prevelance of porn is changing our everyday lives

It’s everywhere — from pop videos to fashion magazines to the theatrical stage. But is the creeping ubiquity of pornography changing the way we behave toward each other?

The Independent

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