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Why the Brontës really weren’t so in touch with nature

The moors shaped the Brontë sisters’ books, poems and paintings evoking the wild beauty that surrounded them at their remote parsonage home. However, their gardening skills were prosaic at best.

The Independent

Gardening tools, for sowing or reaping

New York Times

Wal-Mart scandal worries Mexico

As shock waves stemming from Wal-Mart’s corruption case began to ripple across Mexico, the government approved the nation’s first anti-corruption law.

Forbes

Mexico seized 68,000 guns from US since 2006

Virginian-Pilot

CISPA cybersecurity bill passed

On a bipartisan vote of 248-168, the Republican-controlled House backed CISPA, which would encourage companies and the federal government to share information collected on the Internet.

Guardian

House passes cybersecurity bill despite veto threat over privacy protections

Christian Science Monitor

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How CISPA would affect you

CNET News

9,000 Marines to leave base in Okinawa

Some 9,000 Marines will be transferred from Okinawa under an agreement between the U.S. and Japan with about 5,000 being sent to Guam as part of a military buildup on the U.S. territory.

CNN

US and Japan agree to Okinawa troop redeployment plan

Al Jazeera

US and Japan reach new base deal

Reuters

A failure to communicate

It is the weirdest thing. There are more ways than ever to communicate with people, yet it sometimes seems like it is more difficult to connect — and stay connected — with anyone.

NPR

NATION

Firearms industry jobs up 30 percent from 2008 to 2011

A report released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation said nationally that the firearms industry increased jobs by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2011.

McClatchy Newspapers

Looking at the invisible borders that define American culture

When we think about borders, we tend to think of demarcating lines, often grown out of rivers and mountain ranges. But are there more organic borders, brought to life by our own activities?

The Atlantic

Another Secret Service scandal

As fallout continues from revelations that Secret Service agents took prostitutes to their hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, others may have done the same with strippers in El Salvador in 2011, CBS affiliate reports.

CBS News

POLITICS

On the million-dollar trail of a mystery superPAC donor

Among the few rules that superPACs supporting presidential candidates face: They must reveal their donors.

NPR

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Outside spending by non-profits, businesses, is way more secretive

ABC News

A farewell to superpowers?

Is the emergence of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) a signal of a new, multi-polar world? Soon, the acronym may have to include Turkey, Indonesia, South Korea and Iran: BRIIICTSS?

Salon

Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act

Congressional lawmakers from both political parties, along with the White House, agreed to renew the Violence Against Women Act, an 18-year-old law that helps victims of domestic violence.

McClatchy Newspapers

Gender gap persists among political donors

On Politics (USA TODAY)

BUSINESS

US economy grows at 2.2 percent annual rate, less than forecast

The U.S. economy expanded less than forecast in the first quarter as a smaller contribution from inventories overshadowed the biggest gain in consumer spending in more than a year.

Bloomberg

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US economic growth slows in 1st quarter

(Msnbc.com)

Economy Watch

Consumers and businesses to get over $1B in health insurance rebates

Insurance companies will have to return more than $1 billion this year to consumers and businesses, thanks to a new requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a report concludes.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

Are soft drinks the enemy in the American obesity fight?

About 1 in 4 Americans gets at least 200 calories a day from sugary drinks. Many experts say cutting sweetened drinks would fight obesity or diabetes.

CNN

How Washington went soft on childhood obesity

Reuters

Eating berries staves off memory decline, study suggests

Berries might provide a safe and easy way to boost brain power. A study from Harvard shows eating berries could stave off the cognitive decline and memory loss that comes with aging.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Wycliffe Bible translation criticized over word substitution

One of the largest Bible translators is undergoing an independent review after critics claimed language in some of their translations intended for Muslim countries misses the Christian notion of Trinity.

Huffington Post

Sikhs launch mobile app to report profiling at US airports

Sikh civil rights activists will unveil a mobile phone application that they say will allow travelers who believe they have been profiled by airport screeners to file complaints directly from their cell phones.

Religion News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pop culture’s undying obsession with Poe

Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the few writers to have fully pervaded America’s pop-culture consciousness.

The Atlantic

Rubik’s Cube being honored ahead of its 40th anniversary with exhibition

It‘s a puzzle, a metaphor and a hit toy — and in a couple of years, the Rubik’s Cube will be a museum exhibition in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

Star Tribune

Rubik’s Cube focus of museum exhibition

Washington Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Linda Feldmann):

Obama’s cool factor: what Romney can do to counter it

(Christian Science Monitor)

DC Decoder

Column (Stacy Mitchell):

The Wal-Mart de Mexico scandal: Here is a punishment that befits the crime

Grist

Column (Anya Kamenetz):

Obama should push bankruptcy relief for student loans

CNN

Editorial:

Arrogance unlimited for lawmakers who break the law

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Mike Lux):

Right-wing craziness keeps getting crazier

Huffington Post

Blog (Katie Drummond):

Is the US military ready for women on the frontline?

(Guardian)

Comment is Free America

Blog (Bob Egelko):

Romney, on immigration, rewrites some history

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (David Spiegelhalter):

What are the chances of coincidences happening?

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

‘Care in your heart’: homeless health care

A radical pilot program launched by Boston Medical Center has helped homeless emergency room users, betting their health will improve with a permanent roof over their heads.

Huffington Post

A recovering addict runs for her mom

After 24 years of heroin addiction, Cynthia Lockett got clean and rebuilt her life. She graduated from Drexel University, got a job and is now preparing to compete in the Blue Cross Broad Street Run.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Baby boomers invaluable in volunteer work and helping others

Retiring baby boomers are proving to be valuable volunteers. They are more educated than previous generations, and they bring well-honed skills and years of real-world work and life experience.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes