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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, welcomes a delegation headed by a leader of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda, right, in Moscow, Russia. Nawaf Fares,Syria’s first ambassador to Iraq, is the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime. (Photo by Misha Japaridze / AP)

Some businesses see benefits to adopting pro-gay stance

Google has become the latest in a growing number of companies to publicly take a position in support of gay rights. Companies may be embracing the rainbow, but the motivating color is still green.

Msnbc.com

Church ladies launch gay marriage crusade

The Atlantic

Blog:

The surprising queer roots of the blues

The New Republic

DNA: Early Americans arrived in waves

North and South America were first populated by three waves of migrants from Siberia rather than just a single migration, say researchers.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Syria’s Iraq ambassador has defected

The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV interview and becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a 16-month uprising.

ABC News

Syrian opposition reports ‘massacre’ in Hama province

CNN

The Syrian arms race

TIME

Special section:

For Syrian-American doctors, a painful homecoming

NPR

Housing rebound signaled as banks resume notifying foreclosures

U.S. lenders are notifying more delinquent homeowners that they face foreclosure, a step toward clearing a backlog of properties and helping to accelerate a housing recovery.

Bloomberg

McMansions for half off!

CNNMoney

Report: 14-year cover-up at Penn State

The panel investigating Penn State’s role in the recent abuse scandal has determined that top leaders tried to cover up the abuse for 14 years.

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

California bankruptcies have just begun

San Bernardino became the third California city to file for bankruptcy in the past few weeks but it will not be the last. Many municipalities around the nation are struggling to cover their costs.

CNNMoney

SOS call for historic ocean liner

Caretakers for the SS United States, the legendary ocean liner moored on the Delaware River since 1996, are expanding their emergency distress call for the beleaguered piece of American history.

Houston Chronicle

Why Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has remained mum about his ‘mood disorder’

“In the black community, where the stigma of mental health is still there, getting help for these issues is rare,” says Rebecca Walker, daughter of author Alice Walker.

Daily Beast

Rep. Jackson suffering from, getting treatment for ‘mood disorder’

CBS News

POLITICS

Tax plan: What about the 98 percent?

The fight over creating jobs morphed into the battle of the tax plans after Obama renewed his call to let tax cuts for the affluent expire, a policy Romney dubbed a “kick in the gut.”

ABC News

Romney booed by NAACP crowd

Mitt Romney told the NAACP that he has the “best interest” of all Americans at heart, but he drew boos from the crowd in Houston at his first mention of wanting to repeal “Obamacare.”

USA TODAY

Romney booed by NAACP crowd

CBS News

BUSINESS

Federal Reserve signals support for further stimulus if economy slows

The Federal Reserve signaled that a further economic slowdown would bring growing support among policymakers for additional steps to spur the three-year expansion.

Bloomberg

Lagging revenues raise worries about Atlantic City’s Revel casino

Revel is finding that the stakes are high, and some are already concerned that the casino, open just three months, will not be able to meet them.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Deval Patrick strikes casino deal with tribe

Boston Herald

EDUCATION

Yale launches law school Ph.D. program

Yale Law School is starting a Ph.D. law program, calling it the first such program in the country. It is designed to prepare students to become law professors.

CBS News

Push for higher ed assistance hopes to lift graduation rate

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is on a mission to improve college graduation rates, and getting states to pony up more money toward tuition is part of the plan.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ENVIRONMENT

Navassa: Island in the Caribbean may be a sanctuary for elkhorn coral

The uninhabited island of Navassa, part of the U.S. since the Guano Islands Act of 1856, may be a crucial refuge for endangered coral in the Caribbean.

Earth Times

Google’s zero-carbon quest

Finding creative solutions to energy issues has become a major priority for Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page, and he is determined to build the nation’s first zero-carbon company.

CNNMoney

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Scientologists plan Hollywood TV studio

The Church of Scientology plans to start a religious broadcasting center to promote its teachings over TV, radio and the Internet, hoping for an elevated public profile.

Reuters

Mormons in public eye ahead of US polls

A senior figure in the Mormon church has dismissed claims that the religion is a “cult,” and claims that America is learning to love the faith.

Sky News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Richard Posner):

Why there are too many patents in America

The Atlantic

Blog (Paul Gambles):

Does capitalism need to be more Marxist to survive?

CNBC

Blog (Margaret Talbot):

The case against single-sex classrooms

(The New Yorker)

Daily Comment

Column (Joan Walsh):

Mitt’s real insult to the NAACP: disrespecting the group’s legacy

Salon

Blog (Sam de Brito):

Winnowing weddings

(The Age)

All Men are Liars

Column (Doug Gross):

Is social media making the resume obsolete?

CNN

Column (Kate Stone Lombardi):

The bias against sports moms

TIME

Column (Ashraf Khalil):

Egypt’s over-hyped parliamentary showdown

Daily Beast

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GOOD NEWS

Los Angeles’ homeless children get Christmas in July

Over 100 homeless children living in LA’s Skid Row will be treated to Christmas in July — complete with mounds of snow perfect for a snowball fight, presents, and a visit from Santa Claus himself.

Christian Post

Dexter community comes out of tornado stronger than before

Four months after a twister damaged 255 structures and caused $9.14 million in losses, residents of one of the affected subdivisions came together to reconnect during a block party.

Detroit Free Press

Army sergeant replaces vandalized flags

The Partlow family found their flag sprayed with a capital letter A surrounded by a circle: the symbol of anarchy. These images stirred Army Sgt. Don Hollis when he saw an earlier story.

CBS News

WORLD

The universal draft, a call to arms for Israeli Arabs