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Gaining ground on the ‘God particle’

More than 10,000 scientists are working at the Large Hadron Collider in search of the Higgs boson — a subatomic particle believed to create mass and hold together the universe.

BusinessWeek

Blog:

Have scientists found the Higgs boson? If so, here is why we care

Houston Chronicle

The evolution of those annoying online security tests

A free tutorial website, Duolingo, is a project born out of guilt from the man behind one of the most annoying features of web surfing — those online security checks involving random words.

BBC

Blog:

The generation gap in computer security

(PC Magazine)

Security Watch

President Obama asserts executive privilege

President Barack Obama has asserted executive privilege over documents sought by a House committee investigating the botched Fast and Furious gun-running sting.

CNN

House committee poised for contempt vote against Eric Holder over Fast and Furious

NY Daily News

LIVE: House panel considers contempt charges against attorney general

CBS News

Debate over non-profits’ donors

The advertising onslaught against Missouri Sen. McCaskill has been unrelenting — costing nearly $7.1 million. Nearly all donations have come from non-profits that do not disclose donors’ identities.

USA TODAY

Big political donors shy away from public and political scrutiny

NPR

Special section:

The million dollar donors

NPR

CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file

The unit dedicated to hunting for Osama Bin Laden complained that it was running out of money, and analysts considered the likelihood of catching the terror leader to be extremely low.

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

Veterans return to find jobs gone

Members of the National Guard and Reserve sign up to serve our country as needed, and when they return home many expect to find their civilian jobs waiting. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Msnbc.com

State, local spending at lowest point since ’80s, tax revenue rising

State and local governments are keeping the tightest lid on spending in three decades, even though tax revenue is rising again and powerful interest groups are asking for more money.

USA TODAY

The high costs of high security at supermaximum security prisons

llinois has joined a growing list of states starting to turn away from the Supermax concept. State legislators have proposed closing its only supermaximum prison or converting it into a lower-security facility.

NPR

Supermax: ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ and mentally ill prisoners

The Atlantic

POLITICS

Mitt Romney says Marco Rubio is being vetted for vice president

In a rare breach of his secretive process for selecting a running mate, Mitt Romney confirmed that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was under serious consideration, denying a news report to the contrary.

Boston Herald

Special section:

Possible vice-presidential candidates for the GOP ticket

Christian Science Monitor

Americans say they are better off since Obama took office

A plurality of Americans now say they are better off than when Obama was inaugurated, providing a surprising lift to Obama’s re-election campaign.

Bloomberg

MIDDLE EAST

Mubarak in critical condition

The former Egyptian President’s health had been in decline since he was ousted in February 2011 and found guilty of charges related to killings of hundreds of demonstrators during the revolution.

CNN

Face to face with Syria’s apocalypse

The Syrian conflict is becoming increasingly brutal, with eyewitnesses describing horrific massacres. Both sides have a sense that the end game is approaching, but no one knows how it will play out.

Spiegel International

William Hague: Russian ship carrying arms to Syria ‘has turned back’

Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

Walgreen Co. to buy 45 percent stake in Boots for $6.7B

Walgreen Co. (WAG), the biggest U.S. drugstore chain, agreed to buy a 45 percent stake in Alliance Boots GmbH for $6.7 billion in an attempt to create a global chain of pharmacies.

Bloomberg

Teens ‘struggling to survive’ a historically tough job market

Here is a message for recent high school graduates: Finding a good job has likely never been harder — especially if you are trying to start a full-time career.

McClatchy Newspapers

EDUCATION

Generation Z worries about paying for college, getting a job

Both Gen Z kids and their parents listed jobs and unemployment first when asked to identify their biggest concerns about the economy.

USA TODAY

Murray amendment restores aid for career pathways programs

Introduced by Wash. Sen. Patty Murray, the amendment would allow students enrolled in career pathways programs to qualify for federal student aid.

EducationNews.org

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The evolving way we listen to music

What are you listening to? Chances are you accessed it from a streaming music-subscription service. Who wins and loses from the surging popularity of such sites as Rdio or Spotify?

The Global Mail

Map:

Pandora’s size issues

Wired

Are men less moral than women?

What do Barry Bonds, Bernie Madoff and James Murdoch have in common? They were all in it to win it — whatever the cost. Their appetites for success disabled their moral compasses.

Scientific American

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Richard Whitmire):

Winning campaign issue? Charter schools

USA TODAY

Column (Carl Pope):

Cheap coal is dead, long live renewable energy

Bloomberg

Column (Sarah Zhang):

In defense of genetically modified crops

Mother Jones

Column (Dave Zirin):

Why Roger Clemens belongs in Cooperstown

NY Daily News

Blog (Michael Moran):

How oil may end a conflict

(Slate)

The Reckoning

Column (Alex Seitz-Wald):

GOP senators: No disclosure, please

Salon

Column (Paul Krugman):

Don’t blame the Greeks

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Editorial:

Millions and millions of reasons to revisit Citizens United

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Rwanda’s peace baskets heal wounds

On the outskirts of Rwanda’s capital, a group of women sit side by side, pooling their weaving skills to create exquisite baskets. It is hard to believe they were once enemies at war.

CNN

US charitable giving approaches $300B

Giving by Americans increased 4 percent in 2011 compared with 2010, with individual donations accounting for nearly three-quarters of all donations.

Msnbc.com

Boy Scout reunited with life savings thanks to recycling plant workers

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of workers at a New Jersey recycling plant, a 12-year-old boy has been reunited with his life savings after it was mistakenly thrown out by his mom.

Huffington Post

WORLD

Swimming to freedom and into center of the fight against modern-day slavery