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A van hangs over the side of a parking garage at Lambert St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Mo. Several people at the airport were injured after an apparent tornado touched down, spewing debris over the airfield, bursting glass in the concourse and damaging cars atop a parking garage. (Photo by Jeff Roberson / AP)

The fate of the family physician’s solo practice is not looking healthy

Dr. Ronald Sroka has practiced family medicine for 32 years in a small, red-brick building. He tried to sell his once highly profitable practice. No luck. He tried giving it away. No luck.

New York Times

Obama raises celebrity cash, but trip goes off script

President Barack Obama’s re-election fundraising push is in full swing. After a trip to the West Coast, he returned to Washington with a few million dollars more in his campaign’s bank account.

NPR

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2012 candidate tracker

Politico

Tornado rips through St. Louis airport

A powerful storm packing heavy rain, hail and tornadoes pummeled the St. Louis area, blowing out glass at the airport and overturning cars in the garage, authorities said.

MSNBC

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Severe weather

The Weather Channel

Storms roar through St. Louis area

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Syria: Funerals held for dead protesters

Funerals are being held in Syria for anti-government protesters killed, with reports of fresh protests and at least five more deaths. Crowds attending funerals were reported to be chanting slogans.

BBC

Syrian security forces fire at funeral procession

CNN

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Syria unrest

Al Jazeera

Ariz. immigration law: a look at the bill’s impact 1 year later

The law, known as Senate Bill 1070, never took full effect. A federal judge blocked key parts of it, and an estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona have gone deeper underground.

Arizona Republic

NATION

Spill experts worry about Arctic drilling

A year after the disastrous Gulf oil spill, the prospect of a major accident in oil’s next frontier — the icy waters off Alaska’s north coast — has experts even more concerned.

Anchorage Daily News

Chesapeake stems flow from blown Pennsylvania gas well

Reuters

Fight for gay marriage in NY hits suburbs

Celebrities and politicians are working together in New York’s push to legalize gay marriage, a fight that may already be won thanks to shifting voter sentiment.

Cape Cod Times

Gay bookstore in SF closing

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Newt Gingrich’s 2012 immigration dance

Newt Gingrich is taking Spanish lessons, reaching out to Hispanic community leaders and supports “finding a way for residency” for some illegal immigrants.

Politico

Tom and Christie Vilsack must tread carefully on ethics

Being married to the secretary of agriculture could give Christie Vilsack an edge in her race for Congress in the agricultural-heavy state of Iowa.

Des Moines Register

HEALTH

HIV kids growing up well, study finds

Most children born with HIV infection now survive into adulthood, a markedly different prognosis from the near-certain death that awaited HIV-infected babies years ago, researchers report.

HealthDay

New study confirms that some contraceptive pills riskier than others

Tens of thousands of women should consider switching their contraceptive pill to reduce the risk of a potential blood clot, new research suggests.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Preserving Kansas’ prairie

Imagine Kansas without a prairie: no pure running creeks or streams and no wildlife, including swift foxes and ferruginous hawks. It could happen — and already has in many parts of the state.

Wichita Eagle

Earth Day 2011: It’s not easy being green

Four decades into the environmental movement, eco-chic is everywhere: from green weddings to mutual funds, corporate headquarters and thrift shops.

Denver Post

Special section:

Earth Day

CNN

Earth Day 2011

NASA

London 2012 Olympics team publishes 1st green report

London 2012 Olympic organizers have published the first environment report for next year’s Games. The report says it is on target to cut the carbon footprint by 100,000 tons of carbon emissions.

BBC

EDUCATION

‘Crossing State Lines’: 54 writers, 1 American poem

National Poetry Month brings an ambitious collaboration: a cross-country relay race of 54 poets contributing to one poem about America.

NPR

Duncan issues far more NCLB waivers than his predecessors

With Secretary Arne Duncan at the helm, the U.S. Department of Education is gradually — and sometimes quietly — chipping away at key parts of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Education Week

SPORTS

Larranaga accepts Miami job after 14 years at George Mason University

Jim Larranaga has taken the Miami Hurricanes’ basketball job after 14 years at George Mason, including an improbable run to the Final Four in 2006.

CBSSports

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Coaching carousel: 2011 changes

FOXSports

NBA reviewing Jeff Foster’s hits

The NBA is reviewing two hits Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster leveled against the Chicago Bulls during Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series, according to a league spokesman.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Joan Flood Ashwell and Liz Tentarelli):

‘Voter fraud’ threat is a fraud itself

Concord Monitor

Blog (Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac):

Why you should care about iPhone location tracking

(Wired)

Gadget Lab

Blog (Bryan Walsh):

On Earth Day, contemplating the human cost of energy

(TIME)

Ecocentric

Editorial:

Resist overreaction to prejudiced pastor

Detroit Free Press

Column (Gayle Tzemach Lemmon):

Book scandal must not reflect on Afghan girls schools

CNN

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Nobel peace drones

Salon

Blog (Sara Miller Llana):

Easter Sunday: In Mexico, drug war changes travel plans

Global News Blog

(Christian Science Monitor)

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Amnesty

Salt Lake Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

She’s the fairy godmother of gowns

Jeri Kuecks is a dynamo who pretty much shuts down her tailoring shop, Vista Images, each prom season to revamp, restyle and refurbish used bridesmaid dresses for free.

Star Tribune

Iwo Jima hero lives on through cherished gold ring

The gold Marine Corps ring was exchanged 66 years ago, on board a World War II transport barge docked at Honolulu. Through it, the memory of Harold Block lives on.

Houston Chronicle

NY’s MoMath museum aims to add to math appreciation

Glen Whitney, a former hedge fund analyst, is planning to open the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to mathematics. MoMath is scheduled to open in New York City sometime in 2012.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

WORLD

Libyan army ‘to pull out’ from Misrata