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Anti-Syrian regime protesters carry Syrian revolution flags against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon. Syrian troops sent tanks and snipers into battle against rebels less than a week before an internationally sponsored cease-fire. (Photo by Bilal Hussein / AP)

World’s largest Easter egg hunt begins

The world’s largest Easter egg hunt is under way, with Guinness World Records judges poised to hand over the coveted official title and participants asked to find a unique keyword on each egg.

Discovery News

Top 6 awesome Easter egg hunts

ABC News

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Dinosaur egg hunt

(Smithsonian Magazine)

Dinosaur Tracking

NASA photo captures 12-mile-high dust devil on Mars

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the 12 mile-high, 210 feet-wide twister as it whirled its way through the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.

Christian Science Monitor

US envoy reveals Syria tanks on Facebook

The United States released satellite images that it said showed Syria has artillery poised to hit residential areas and has moved some forces from one town to another despite calls for a withdrawal.

Msnbc.com

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Syria live blog

(Al Jazeera)

Live Blog

Americans spread blame for high gas prices, foresee $4.75 a gallon

Americans believe gas prices will climb higher heading into summer, and they put the oil industry and Wall Street speculators at the top of the list of villains behind higher prices at the pump.

Christian Science Monitor

Gasoline prices about to pinch

Telegram & Gazette

Flashback the largest Mac malware threat yet, experts say

Malware writers are targeting Mac OS X users through Java, altering the runtime technology to harvest user information that can be sold to third parties or for fraudulent activities.

CNET News

Secure your Mac from Flashback infection

USA TODAY

NATION

Thousands of new gas wells coming to eastern Utah

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management intends to approve a major drilling project with air-quality controls and river canyon protection, which wins praise from the industry and environmental groups.

Salt Lake Tribune

Navy jet slams into Va. apartments

Two pilots ejected from a Navy F/A-18D Hornet shortly before the plane slammed into an apartment complex. No fatalities had been reported.

Virginian-Pilot

Neglected for decades, unincorporated communities lack basic public services

In Modesto, Calif., there are at least four disenfranchised islands on county land — all just a quick drive from the city’s busy downtown and $55 million Gallo Center for the Arts.

California Watch

POLITICS

Russia claims that a US sentence of an arms dealer is ‘political’

Moscow has condemned the U.S. prison sentence for arms dealer Viktor Bout as “political” and says the case will be a priority in relations with Washington.

BBC

Critics say RNC aided Romney during primary races

The RNC was supposed to play the part of umpire in the GOP presidential primary, but critics argue that the national party took steps that helped tilt the contest toward Mitt Romney.

Politico

BUSINESS

Occupancy in shopping centers gains amid slow US recovery

Occupied space in U.S. shopping centers rose by 2.96 million square feet in the first quarter, the second-largest increase since neighborhood and community retail centers began losing tenants in 2008.

Bloomberg

Nokia town faces dim future

Salo — along with other Finnish towns inextricably linked to Nokia — is facing an uncertain future as Finland’s most famous corporation shifts its mobile phone assembly to Asia.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

Could ‘pink slime’ be rebranded?

Three out of the four U.S. factories making “lean beef trimmings” are to be shut down following a public outcry. Is “pink slime” finished, or could it be relaunched under a new name?

BBC

Why hospitals should treat you like a kid

Hospitals across the country are working to improve patients’ experiences. Many institutions now use smaller needles to draw blood and let loved ones stay by a patient’s side.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Teachers’ field trip to gold mine a blast

A field trip for teachers in Nevada seeks to educate them — and by extension, students — both about the state’s rich mineral resources and about its long, storied history in mining.

Las Vegas Sun

CSU exploring two-tiered pricing plan

All eyes are on Santa Monica College, where a plan to offer a tier of higher-priced courses has been met with pepper-spray-tainted protests and legal questions.

California Watch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Praying for God to hurt someone is not illegal, judge rules

Is it okay to ask God to do harm to another person? The theology of such “imprecatory prayer” may be a matter of debate, but a judge has ruled it is legal, as long as no one is actually threatened or harmed.

Religion News Service

Passover and Easter align on same day, enrich both traditions

The religious calendars coincide this week for two richly symbolic sets of holy days, Passover and Easter. But even when they do not fall on the same dates, these traditions are closely aligned.

The Journal News

To keep Passover seder relevant, take a lesson from matzo and seize the moment, rabbi says

Detroit Free Press

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Lust, lies and empire: the fishy tale behind eating fish on Friday

NPR (The Salt)

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Marian Wright Edelman):

America’s public schools are still unequal and unjust

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Elaine Jarvik):

Terry Tempest Williams reflects on the riddle of women’s silence

Salt Lake Tribune

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Congress should put support behind an online sales tax

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Libby Copeland):

White bread kills

Slate

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Connecticut’s wise move against the death penalty

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Scott Gerber):

The JOBS Act signing: a giant step for entrepreneurship in America

TIME

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Currency disunion: Why Europe’s leaders should think the unthinkable

Economist

Column (Steven Safyer):

Winning the battle against obesity

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Enthusiasm blooms for native-plant meadow in Pa. park

A suburban neighborhood was unexpectedly left with 11 undeveloped acres. Ultimately the result is not a new housing development, but a park — and it happened without a community war.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Farm helps heal vets

In 2009, Purple Heart recipient Sergeant Adam Burke launched Veterans Farm in Florida, an unconventional setting where veterans can heal from their injuries through “horticulture therapy.”

CNNMoney

PJ Library builds gateway to Jewish culture with free books for kids

PJ Library, funded by philanthropist Harold Grinspoon and Jewish communities, sends free children’s books about Jewish life, heritage and culture to 100,000 families across North America.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Bosnia-Herzegovina marks anniversary of war in Sarajevo