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Demonstrators chant slogans against the U.S. and the American soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians as they carry a red cross during a protest in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Rahmat Gul / AP)

Are video games art? It’s all in the eye of the beholder

Sure, the three-dimensional vistas explored in video games such as “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Halo” are enchanting, immersive and often dramatic. But, as the age-old question goes, are they art?

USA TODAY

The art of video games

Smithsonian Magazine

Hoarding: the art of letting go

Hoarding can take over people’s lives and homes, but only now is it being recognized as a distinct psychological disorder. Emily Jupp meets members of the first therapy group for sufferers.

The Independent

Afghanistan shooting sparks protest, threats

Hundreds of people took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan to protest the recent killing of 16 civilians, which has been blamed on a U.S. soldier who walked off base and went on a shooting rampage.

CNN

Delegation attacked at site of US killings

USA TODAY

Blog:

Afghanistan protests: live updates

Telegraph.co.uk

Justice Department blocks Texas voter identification law

The U.S. Justice Department blocked a new Texas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, saying state leaders failed to prove it would not discriminate against minority voters.

BusinessWeek

Calif. nitrate contamination of drinking water spreading

According to a study by the University of California, Davis, nitrate contamination of drinking water is a pervasive problem in California’s agricultural heartland and is bound to intensify in the coming years.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog:

Calif. farming communities facing crisis over nitrate pollution

(Msnbc.com)

Open Channel

NATION

Putting out fires for a fee

As budgets get slashed and donations dry up, a growing number of volunteer fire departments — most of them in the rural South — are asking residents to pay an additional fee for firefighting service.

Wall Street Journal

‘Millennium bomber’ sentence ruled as too lenient, resentencing ordered

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour for sentencing Ahmed Ressam to a relatively light sentence of 22 years in prison and has ordered a resentencing.

Seattle Times

Food fight: battle over high food prices

Here’s a news flash that will not be remotely surprising: The cost of food has been rising. In the past year, consumer food prices have increased 4.4 percent.

TIME

High food prices boost farmers’ bottom lines

NPR

POLITICS

Abortion not comic, papers rule

A Garry Trudeau Doonesbury cartoon strip lampooning Texas legislation on abortion has been pulled by some U.S. newspapers, while others are switching it from the comic section to editorial pages.

Sydney Morning Herald

White House touts successes in energy security strategy

The U.S. has made significant advances in the year since President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious strategy for improving energy security.

Politico

Republicans spar for Southern voters in tight 3-way contest

The Republican presidential candidates snacked on hickory-smoked ribs, used grits as a campaign prop and joked about shooting rifles as they made a final push for victories in two Deep South primaries.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

US confronts China about caps on rare earth exports

The U.S. filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization over Chinese limits on exports of rare earth minerals used in high-tech products, deepening a trade dispute between the two countries.

Bloomberg

US tackles China on rare earth minerals

CNN

Yahoo sues Facebook over patents

Yahoo Inc. sued Facebook Inc. over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Internet, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media.

Reuters

EDUCATION

The misunderstood consequences of the student debt crisis

Americans, young and old, are buckling under the weight of student debt. It is a threat to the middle class and a symptom of a malfunctioning education system.

The Atlantic

Contraception key to boost grad rates at community colleges

Colleges could improve their graduation rates by helping students avoid unplanned pregnancies, according to a campaign encouraging faculty to incorporate material about pregnancy into courses.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bishop hopes to restart White House contraception talks

The Catholic bishop leading the push against the White House’s contraception mandate says that the bishops he oversees are hoping to restart contentious talks with the Obama administration.

Religion News Service

Priest who denied communion to lesbian at her mother’s funeral suspended

A priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother’s funeral has been placed on leave, according to the Roman Catholic archdiocese.

Msnbc.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

It’s not just music at SXSW

The South by Southwest festival (SXSW), launched in 1989 to draw attention to Austin’s vibrant music scene, has morphed into a magnet for technology companies, start-ups and large corporations alike.

USA TODAY

Tech buzz at SXSW

Rough Cuts (Reuters)

Richard Nixon’s love letters to wife reveal surprising romantic side

Decades before he became known to some as “Tricky Dick,” Nixon was the one penning sweet nicknames to his future bride in gushy love notes that reveal a surprisingly soft and romantic side.

San Francisco Chronicle

‘The Flintstones’ is coming back!

Cartoon lovers, rejoice! Fox is re-booting everyone’s childhood by bringing back “The Flintstones” — and “Family Guy” man Seth MacFarlane is going to write it into life.

hlntv.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (John Soltz):

Time to end counter-insurgency in Afghanistan

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Voter identification bill paints an ugly picture of democracy

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Jonathan Turley):

Free speech under fire

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (John Yemma):

Guns and freedom: the American paradox

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Fred Kaplan):

Game over in Afghanistan

Slate

Blog (Jeremy Clyman):

The new borderline personality disorder in cinema

(Psychology Today)

Reel Therapy

Column (Mike Littwin):

How pot can make some strange bedfellows

Denver Post

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Energy sources of the past and future

Townhall.com

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GOOD NEWS

Americans deliver fishing boats to Japan on anniversary of tsunami

Family fishermen in Japan took delivery of a very special donation on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that wiped out their local fishing industry.

Good News Network

‘Hero’ bus driver staves off belligerent passenger on freeway

A bus driver is being hailed as a hero for fighting off a belligerent passenger who tried to commandeer the bus while on the freeway, according to Orange County, Calif., officials.

Msnbc.com

Project Unbreakable helps victims

Having spoken with sexual abuse survivors, Grace Brown grew frustrated by her inability to help. When one more friend confessed she had been abused, Project Unbreakable was realized.

Sydney Morning Herald

WORLD

Bali’s village of the deaf