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Cat Island, heavily damaged by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is seen heavily eroded from its previous state in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Oil firms seek to prove they can successfully contain spills

One year after a deadly blowout at BP’s Macondo oil well, deep-water drilling companies in the Gulf of Mexico are just now getting back to work with a tough new regulator and with a lot more rules.

NPR

Blog:

How science stopped BP’s oil spill

Energy & Sustainability

(Scientific American)

McDonald’s to supersize jobs roster

Fast-food giant McDonald’s Canada is holding a one-day hiring blitz, with the aim of signing up thousands of new employees across the country.

CBC News

McDonald’s hiring spree

CBS News

Ariz. governor vetoes ‘birther’ bill

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state’s ballot.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog:

Jan Brewer vetoes birther bill, guns bill

(Politico)

2012 Live

‘Birther bill’ vetoed by Ariz. governor

CNN

Cost of storm damage in Carolinas could add up to millions

North Carolina played a grim numbers game in the wake of storms that killed at least 22 people and injured at least 130 in the state. It also damaged or destroyed at least 800 homes and left more in the dark.

McClatchy Newspapers

Map:

Tornado outbreak

The Weather Channel

Feds OK building plan for Mass. ocean wind farm

A federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America’s first offshore wind farm.

Seattle Times

NATION

Supreme Court to decide who can force utilities to cut greenhouse gases

The Supreme Court is hearing a case about greenhouse gases and global warming. This case could open the way for states and citizen groups to battle the threat of global warming via judicial order.

Christian Science Monitor

Fires burn in Tex. with no end in sight

Dozens of large fires continued to burn out of control in Texas in what officials have described as unprecedented conditions that show no signs of abating soon.

CNN

Can US handle historic Texas wildfires?

Yahoo! News

Wildfires sweep Texas, Oklahoma

CBS News

Gas prices nearing the point where Americans cut back

The prices at the pump hit a national average of $3.83 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s close to the point where consumers say they will have to start cutting back to pay their fuel expenses.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

2012 presidential election: Obama struggles, ditto for GOP lineup

President Obama has gotten no bounce from his re-election announcement, with his job approval rating dropping and his personal popularity at a career low. Yet he leads all the GOP potential candidates.

ABC News

Is Obama morphing into Bush?

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama and Biden release tax returns. Will Trump, Palin, and other contenders?

President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden released their returns on tax day. Sarah Palin last released hers as a vice presidential candidate in 2008, and Donald Trump’s finances are carefully guarded.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

New Alzheimer’s guidelines tap precursors to the disease

The first new U.S. diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease released in 27 years paint the disorder as a disease that occurs gradually over many years.

MSNBC

How to tell Alzheimer’s disease from ’normal’ memory loss

Plain Dealer

To tug hearts, music must tickle neurons

Scientists are trying to understand what makes music expressive, and the results are contributing to understanding of how the brain works.

New York Times

Groundbreaking HIV drug Truvada had no preventive effect on women

A prophylactic medicine that preliminary research has suggested prevents HIV infection among gay men appears to have no effect on women.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Quileute tribe’s tsunami plan: move to national park

After a killer tsunami hit Japan, members of Washington state’s Quileute tribe want to move to higher ground to avoid a possible hit.

McClatchy Newspapers

Feathers tell tale of mercury pollution

Albatross feathers from museum specimens have allowed scientists to construct a record of mercury pollution dating back more than 100 years.

BBC

EDUCATION

A plea to cut Pell wisely

With Republican leaders in the House having approved a plan that would cut the size of grants by as much as $2,000 across the board, supporters of the Pell Grant Program are searching for alternatives.

Inside Higher Ed

For schoolchildren, where’s the water?

Schools face a variety of challenges when trying to provide water for students. One challenge is the lack of accessible drinking cups, which has officials brainstorming on how to fix a nationwide problem.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Obama continues Easter outreach

President Barack Obama will continue a Holy Week tradition that over the years has helped him develop relationships with some of America’s most high-profile Christian leaders.

Politico

Hallelujah! At age 400, King James Bible still reigns

This year, the most influential book you may never have read is celebrating a major birthday. The King James Version of the Bible was published 400 years ago.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Allison Kilkenny):

BP’s oil spill tax credit matches EPA’s entire annual budget

(The Nation)

The Notion

Editorial:

Supreme Court should reject global warming case

Detroit News

Column (Vikram Kanth):

Young readers can help sustain the power of libraries

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

Too big to pay taxes

Philadelphia Inquirer

Video:

Nancy Pelosi vows to fight Medicare 2011 changes

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Liza Mundy):

Accounting for the wage gap

(Slate)

XX Factor

Column (Nouriel Roubini):

China’s bad growth bet

Al Jazeera

Video (Jon Meacham):

Allow non-native Americans to run for president

PBS

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GOOD NEWS

More parents buying ‘green’ baby products, diapers

Being an eco-friendly parent is nothing new for Meg Barge. She purees her 7-month-old daughter’s food and uses cloth diapers. She knows from experience being green is an obtainable ideal.

Fayetteville Observer

San Francisco hopes to return favor to Japan over 1906 quake

One hundred and five years ago, an earthquake decimated San Francisco. In the aftermath, one country above all others stepped forward to help fund the city’s resurrection: Japan.

San Francisco Chronicle

Hilton Kelley helps clean up Texas Gulf Coast town

Hilton Kelley balances fighting air pollution with job creation and talking with chemical and oil companies in Port Arthur, Texas.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

NATO official reports Gadhafi forces firing on civilians