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Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives at Randy‘s Donuts during its final ground journey in Los Angeles, Calif. The 170,000-pound shuttle will travel at no more than 2 mph along a 12-mile route from LAX airport to its final home at the California Science Center. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AP)

Endeavour embarks on road trip to California museum

In its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour cruised around the Earth at 17,500 mph — faster than a speeding bullet. In retirement, it is crawling along at a sluggish 2 mph through Los Angeles.

USA TODAY

Space shuttle Endeavour’s street parade

SPACE.com

UN Security Council seeks detailed Mali military intervention plan

The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution that gives regional leaders 45 days to provide specific plans for an international military intervention to oust rebels in northern Mali.

CNN

UN urges military action plan for Mali

Al Jazeera

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers rise

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his debate performance.

Reuters

Gestures and emotions during debates

ABC News

Alaska senator holds hearing on Shell Oil’s offshore Arctic drilling

As Shell Alaska wraps up its first exploratory drilling off the shore of Alaska in two decades, key players told a Senate committee that the work went well, but they worry about what will follow.

McClatchy Newspapers

Lessons aplenty for Shell Oil after 1st Arctic ‘drilling season’

Alaska Dispatch

Battle for the Arctic: to drill or not to drill

YouTube

Hooked on feelings: the danger of behavioral addictions

Sneakier than their substance counterparts, behavioral addictions — sometimes called process addictions — are difficult to measure and present many diagnostic challenges.

ABC News

NATION

Americans’ consumer sentiment jumps to 5-year high

U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly rose to its highest in five years in the latest in a string of encouraging signs from the economy.

Reuters

Female Marine vets say sexist culture put them at risk

The Department of Defense has been stressing a “zero tolerance” policy on sexual harassment. Female Marines said they learned there is also zero tolerance for women perceived to be “asking for it.”

Stars and Stripes

Blog:

Thousands of female veterans are coming home — Is the US ready to welcome them?

(NBCNews.com)

U.S. News

MS-13 gang labeled transnational criminal group, a 1st for US street gang

For the first time, a street gang operating in the U.S. has been officially designated a transnational criminal organization, empowering officials to more aggressively target the group, MS-13.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Medicare: How Obama and Romney would rein in costs

Vice President Joe Biden and challenger Paul Ryan sparred over who would cause the most harm to Medicare and the nearly 50 million Americans enrolled in it.

CNNMoney

Casinos tough bet for local governments

More states and cities are turning to casinos to generate revenue and plug budget holes. The latest is Maryland, where groups are waging an expensive campaign.

NPR

BUSINESS

Drafting antitrust case, FTC raises pressure on Google

The Federal Trade Commission is raising the ante in its antitrust confrontation with Google, with the commission staff preparing a recommendation that the government sue the search giant.

New York Times

Ruinous weather batters farm tourism

Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards devoid of apples and fall colors muted.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Weather is costing Ohio’s agri-tourism

Plain Dealer

ENVIRONMENT

Gulf stream diversion

Researchers have discovered that the Gulf Stream diverged well to the north of its normal path beginning in late October 2011, causing warmer ocean temperatures along the New England continental shelf.

Environmental News Network

Fish feces fight climate change

A study has found that the feces of fish such as anchovies sink rapidly to the bottom of the ocean, carrying with it the carbon from the algae the fish feed on.

Discovery News

Special section:

How greenhouse gas works

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA’s robotic exoskeleton could give astronauts, paraplegics improved mobility

NASA’s robotic exoskeleton cannot do what you see in the movies, but the latest project may someday help astronauts stay healthier in space, with the added benefit of assisting paraplegics in walking.

ScienceDaily

NASA’s exoskeleton demonstration

SPACE.com

Publishing: a very public library

A New York City tech start-up wants to create a Spotify-like service for reading. A place where you can borrow books. How novel?

The Independent

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Julia Gillard’s attack on sexism hailed as turning point for Australian women

The gender wage gap is barely closing and sexual harassment is rife, but the Australian PM’s outburst offers feminists fresh hope of change.

Guardian

Gillard labels Abbott a misogynist

ABC News

Not just a film: Ben Affleck on terror, Iran and ‘Argo’

With a nation weary of war in the Middle East and fresh off new embassy attacks in the region, the actor-director is worried about the world — and his audience.

Hollywood Reporter

Ben Affleck’s new film, ’Argo’

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Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Peter Beaumont):

‘Homeland’ is brilliant, but does it present a crude image of Muslims?

Guardian

Column (Bob Ray Sanders):

Cuts to PBS will not help US financial issues

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Lydia Depillis):

Can Research Triangle Park pull itself out of the 1950s?

The New Republic

Editorial:

Why Europe needed Nobel Peace Prize

Christian Science Monitor

Column (David Brooks):

Biden vs. Ryan, the generation war

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

Case remains for considering race

Denver Post

Blog (Alexis C. Madrigal):

Dark social: We have the whole history of the Web wrong

The Atlantic

Column (Liel Leibovitz):

PETA vs. Pokémon: Does the video game make kids cruel?

The New Republic

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GOOD NEWS

Students reap plenty from school garden

Middle school students in Ashland, Ore., have seen their school garden push up close to 100 pounds of produce so far this season, most of which has gone to livening up the students’ school lunches.

San Francisco Chronicle

Animal shelters experience a windfall of unclaimed funds

About $100,000 of the $1.9 billion in the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s Unclaimed Property Program belongs to 12 organizations statewide that deal with animals.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Rohini Nilekani pours her wealth into low-cost books

When Rohini Nilekani found herself suddenly wealthy, the Indian philanthropist founded Pratham Books, a publisher that uses innovative ways to give low-cost books to millions of kids.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Threats fail to deter Somali reporters