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President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

The data-driven parent

Baby data apps offer tech-savvy parents a substitute for handwritten sleep and feeding logs. More importantly, though, they allow for analyzing data, making parenthood more quantifiable and science-based.

The Atlantic

The hidden costs of breastfeeding

ABC News

How do we count the world’s hungry?

Outrage over the “horrifying figure” of 1 billion hungry people around the world has turned to embarrassment in some quarters, and doubts emerge about the accuracy of the number.

Reuters

Blog:

What will make the food desert bloom?

(NPR)

The Salt

Obama visits Kabul to sign strategic pact

President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death with a speedy trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul and delivering a message that the war is winding down.

Reuters

Blog:

US-Afghan agreement short on specifics

(CNN)

Security Clearance

President Obama signs pact in Afghanistan on bin Laden anniversary

YouTube

Occupy May Day protests across US

The Occupy Wall Street movement has attempted to breathe new life into its campaign against inequities in the global financial system with a series of May Day protests across the U.S.

Guardian

Blog:

Protesters hit streets for May Day rallies, violence flares

(Msnbc.com)

US News

May Day brings out Occupy protests

Msnbc.com

Gassed up in the US

America is in the midst of a mining boom that is propelling it towards energy self-sufficiency. The country’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil may soon be a thing of the past.

The Global Mail

NATION

America’s older historic sites in danger, according to historians

America’s historic lands are disappearing, and the rate of loss will continue accelerating without quick action, historians and federal officials say.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Colorado DNA program’s 1st success: convicted murderer exonerated

After spending almost 18 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit, Robert Dewey is likely to walk free. Not only that, but the real murderer also seems to have been identified.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

The lowdown: Where do Obama and Romney stand?

A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues.

U.S. News & World Report

Gingrich to officially back out of race

Newt Gingrich has said he will quit the race for the Republican presidential nomination and will throw his political weight behind Mitt Romney for the presidency.

Guardian

DHS inspector general launches Secret Service investigation

Under pressure from members of Congress, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is launching its own investigation into the Colombian prostitution scandal.

CBS News

BUSINESS

European unemployment hits record high

Record unemployment figures for the 17 countries that use the euro are set to increase the pressure on leaders to switch from a focus on austerity measures and push for a pro-growth strategy.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Laid-off US SolarWorld workers receive government aid

Many of the 186 former employees laid-off after competition from illegally subsidised Chinese imports can receive federal trade-adjustment assistance, says the U.S. Department of Labor.

Earth Times

ENVIRONMENT

Cheap sensor measures fruit ripeness, prevents wasted food

No one likes spoiled fruit. Catching fruit when it is about to go bad and selling it before it turns would be ideal, and a new sensor can do just that.

TreeHugger

Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions more frequent than thought

The Yellowstone supervolcano — which underlies much of the national park and beyond — may erupt more frequently than thought, a new study predicts.

National Geographic

HEALTH

Number of opiate-addicted newborns triples in 10 years

The number of babies born addicted to the class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers has nearly tripled in the past decade, according to the first national study of its kind.

USA TODAY

The true cost of at-home caregiving

Few people want to turn over a loved one to institutional care, and it may seem impersonal and very expensive. But making the choice to provide care yourself is fraught with financial risks.

NPR

EDUCATION

Levittown at school: life and debt in a gloomy economy

America‘s student debt has reached $1 trillion. Here is a look at how today’s students are facing challenges that older generations never did.

BBC

Magnets reimagined as new school choice option and solution

Once a solution to desegregate school districts, magnet schools are now forced to evolve, given legal barriers that prohibit using race to determine school enrollment and to provide more public school choices.

Education Week

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Danny Schechter):

The inequality that ate American democracy

Al Jazeera

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Bo’s security detail

Townhall.com

Column (Leonard Pitts, Jr.):

20 years later, justice still a straggler

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

WWII leftover: The US exit from Okinawa should be step 1

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Debra J. Saunders):

Mitt Romney: rich man, poor dog

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jeffrey D. Sachs):

Occupy Wall Street: rise of generation Occupy

Salon

Column (Mark NeJame):

A deadly combination — guns and ‘stand your ground’

CNN

Editorial:

When elephants fight

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Barefoot lawyers bring food, security to India’s tribes

In India, a number of barefoot paralegals are going from one village to the next, attending meetings and listening to people’s stories of land lost through exploitation, abuse and indebtedness.

Reuters

Elementary students learn flip side of charity — giving back

At an Orlando elementary school, where many students are homeless, kids are used to accepting the kindness of strangers. But recently, they got a chance to learn what it is like to give back.

Orlando Sentinel

‘Granny’s Got Game’: a senior women’s basketball team

Basketball might be thought of as a game reserved for the young. But across the country, a group of sprightly grannies — featured in a new documentary — are proving that you are never too old to play.

Huffington Post

WORLD

China denounces US, Chen leaves embassy