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Soldiers of a Pakistani paramilitary force stand guard at the site of a bombing outside a training center near Peshawar, Pakistan. A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits, killing 80 people in the first retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen)

This is the police: Put down your camera

There are more than 280 million cellphone subscribers in the U.S. — and many of those phones can record video. With these cameras, clashes between police and would-be videographers may be inevitable.

NPR

Report suggests human rights fight is at a critical point in time

A report from Amnesty International says the wave of popular unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle East makes this a critical time in the history of the human rights movement.

CNN

Blog:

Live updates: Middle East unrest

(Guardian)

Middle East Live

Taliban ‘avenges’ killing of Osama bin Laden

A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan, killing 80 people in a strike that the Pakistani Taliban claimed it carried out to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden.

MSNBC

Blog:

Gates: SEALs concerned for their safety

(CNN)

This Just In

Revenge attack in Pakistan

Guardian

Louisiana braces for flooding onslaught

Residents of south-central Louisiana, already urged to evacuate, awaited a formal decision on whether a spillway will be opened, sending millions of gallons of floodwaters their way.

CNN

Cajun country in sights of swollen Mississippi flooding

CBS News

Special section:

Severe weather: Tornadoes

Scholastic

Pesticide bombing of mice spurs debate

Regulators are considering carpet-bombing the Farallon Islands in California with pesticides aimed at eradicating house mice, an invasive population.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Some states want TSA to ease up

Transportation Security Administration screeners in some states soon might not be able to touch airline passengers’ “private parts” and could even be charged with a sex crime if they did.

USA TODAY

Chicago mayoral dynasty nears its end

After 22 years in office, Mayor Richard M. Daley will step down, and a new mayor — former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel — will be sworn in.

NPR

Is Chicago ready for Rahm Emanuel?

Politico

Donors to political nonprofits coming under IRS investigation

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to determine whether some political nonprofit donors owe federal gift taxes for the donations, an agency spokeswoman said.

ABC News

POLITICS

US will suffer if they use torture

Senator says claims by ex-Bush officials that “enhanced interrogation techniques” led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden are both wrong and dangerous.

CBS News

Romney defends Mass. health care law

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended the health care overhaul he signed as governor of Massachusetts.

USA TODAY

Why Congress can’t fix gas prices

Gas prices keep rising. Both lawmakers and regular citizens are coming around to the reality that there’s really not too much that Congress can do about it.

U.S. News & World Report

DEATH OF BIN LADEN

Accounts piece together bin Laden’s fugitive trail

For a man on the run, Osama bin Laden seemed to do very little running. Instead, he chose to spend long stretches, possibly years, in one place and often in the company of his family.

Forbes

Special report: The bin Laden kill plan

A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before U.S. spy agencies discovered his hermetic compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Reuters

Osama’s son says US violated international law

YouTube

BUSINESS

What makes ads controversial?

Every year thousands of people complain about advertisements, taking offense over messages intended merely to sell products. But which themes are the most controversial and why?

BBC

The new tech bubble

Some time after the dot-com boom turned into a spectacular bust in 2000, bumper stickers began appearing in Silicon Valley imploring: “Please God, just one more bubble.” That wish has now been granted.

Economist

Facebook’s stealth attack on Google

Social network Facebook admitted hiring a public relations firm to bash rival Google by planting negative stories in newspapers and across the blogosphere.

San Jose Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

Expert panel says US should not wait to reduce global warming gases

An expert panel asked by Congress to recommend ways to deal with global warming says that the U.S. should not wait to reduce pollution, and any efforts to delay action would be shortsighted.

Star Tribune

Warning: ‘Mega-fire’ risk is global and growing

Scientific American

Plants versus photovoltaics

There are two ways to capture the sun’s energy: photovoltaic cells that use flowing electrons or photosynthetic plants.

Scientific American

SPORTS

Calif. Senate panel holds hearing on sports agents

Reforms that include providing more scholarship money, strengthening laws and prohibiting sports agents from exploiting student athletes were suggested to a California Senate committee.

Forbes

Sharks clinch series with 3-2 win over Red Wings

After all the blame Patrick Marleau has shouldered for past postseason failures by San Jose, it was only fitting that his winning goal helped the Sharks avoid their biggest collapse yet.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Jon Carroll):

It gets better, for everyone

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Egypt’s rumors of interfaith marriage

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

If the Arab spring has a 2nd phase, Egypt is it

Christian Science Monitor

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Test scores

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Joe Conason):

Return of the real McCain

Creators Syndicate

Blog (Robert Krulwich):

Strange things happen to guys who wear pants

(NPR)

Krulwich Wonders

Column (Jodee Blanco):

How to spot a bullied child and what to do

CNN

Column (Andrew J. Rotherham):

Why the Hispanic student crisis is going ignored

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Apps make college easier to access

No time for class? A small but growing cadre of online universities is developing mobile applications to help students pursue their studies whenever and wherever they want.

USA TODAY

Teen discovers a cystic fibrosis treatment using a supercomputer

A 16-year-old used a supercomputer system to find a new drug combination that shows potential in treating the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis — and won top honors for his work.

LiveScience

Dr. Love builds an anti-cancer army

Thanks to efforts of the best-known breast cancer advocate, there is an “Army of Women” volunteers who have signed up to participate in studies that might find the answer to breast cancer.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Eurozone’s economy grows