Tuesday, December 30, 2008

For Tuesday, December 30, 2008


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7804141.stm

Eyewitnesses - 'City is dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7803305.stm

Ex-aides: Katrina was beginning of end for Bush

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433687/

Shoe-throwing journalist's trial postponed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28431614/

FBI Probing Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6511817&page=1

Tim Mahoney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Mahoney

Consumer confidence hits all-time low in Dec.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28434238/

Crime to boom as downturn blooms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797946.stm

Congress to examine Madoff case next week

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n29316752-us-madoff-congress/

US offers $6bn bail-out for GMAC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7804228.stm

Global growth seen weak as lending stagnates

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Holiday season weakest since at least 1970: ICSC

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt2tf-us-usa-holidaysales/

20% 'have blood pressure gene'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802743.stm

Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194218.htm

Pterostilbene

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterostilbene

Common food additives may feed lung tumors

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28423711/

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs564-us-flu-1918/

Voriconazole: A Highly Potent Treatment For Fungal Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104029.htm

Voriconazole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voriconazole



Flowering Plants Speed Post-surgery Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229104700.htm

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081230/sc_livescience/ancientfossilsuggestsoriginofcheetahs;_ylt=AmCwSn7UOePE52jXB5iZQq4PLBIF

China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt0ta-us-china-dinosaur/

7,600 fossils found at China's 'Dinosaur City'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28430361/

Chinese scientists claim discovery of earth's largest dinosaur fossil site

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/china-fossils.html

Kiwis (the birds) get help to avert extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392912/

Apteryx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_(bird)

Climate Change Effects On Imperiled Sierra Frog Examined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211093559.htm

Rana sierrae

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-genus=like&rel-species=like&rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_h

Researcher says Jell-O may eliminate lake trout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lake_trout;_ylt=Ag_ZjC_zDAlDpDfGgMUK41rtiBIF

Bizarre Reproductive Techniques Discovered For Deep-ocean Squid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209130253.htm

Why Locusts Abandon A Solitary Life For The Swarm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122152.htm




Facebook users hit by virus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7773000/7773340.stm

How Small Can Computers Get? Computing In A Molecule

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113532.htm

N.Z. airline flies jet partly run on veggie oil

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433079/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'
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Monday, December 29, 2008

For Monday, December 29, 2008

Israel strikes key Hamas offices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7802515.stm

Many Questions Left in Bush Scandals


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6519064&page=1

Under Bush, OSHA Mired In Inaction

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4689648.shtml

After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_go_co/warner_s_farewell;_ylt=AmoTpuTetl7GG1FG63NpfP.s0NUE

GMAC stays mum on bailout hurdle

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/gmac_financing;_ylt=AqI3n.sG99hVdRV1Mc7rSYWs0NUE

GM supplier Delphi suspends work at China factory

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_delphi;_ylt=AiGp6bXldT6LnoF8mLk7djGs0NUE

Somalia's president quits office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802622.stm

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Yusuf

North Korea's Kim appears at large public event

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs03s-us-korea-north-kim/

Kuwait cancels $17 billion deal with Dow Chemical

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4br1m9-us-kuwait-dow/

Rohm & Haas: Dow Chemical deal still on

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28419037/


Nearly 200,000 Michigan homes, businesses without power

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008295


Winds knock out power to 413,000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400093/

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802943.stm


Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28408895/

Top medical breakthroughs of 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392976/

Bad debt triggers hospital closings around U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28394340/

Natural disasters killed more than 220,000 people in 2008

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008367

WSJ: Lehman's rush to bankruptcy lost billions for creditors

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008370

Dire warning over 2009 job cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7802461.stm

Pound hits new low against euro

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7802981.stm

Japan insurers seek merger as gloom over 2009 grows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Bad Economy = Less Illegal Immigration

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6541434&page=1

Turn down promotion, save your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/29/cb.decline.promotion/index.html

Child 'slavery' finds its way to the U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28415693/

Study: Murders among black youths on rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28411203/

Chinese warned off lavish New Year gifts in tough times

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7802574.stm

How Helium Can Be Solid And Perfect Liquid At Same Time, Now Explained By Computer-assisted Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227220745.htm

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214927.htm

Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228201342.htm

Smiles and scowls 'in our genes'

How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121135.htm

Nanotechnology May Be Used For Food Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194854.htm

Nutritious Fast-food Kids' Meals Are Scarce, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221541.htm

Homesick? Pandas leave China, lose weight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420691/

Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Ak6sdhvRuY4Ez287YgB0ltMPLBIF

Female dead dolphin was pregnant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400281/

Attention: Rat Bite in Aisle 5

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6525228


Oldest bat has swingin’ birthday soiree

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420864/

Mimon bennettii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bat

Cost Of Hatchling Turtles' Dash For Freedom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080551.htm

Breeding 'success' for crayfish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7802766.stm

Drilling Holes Through Deadly Bacteria's Hide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227222727.htm

Powerful 'Molecular Motor' In Virus Decoded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215530.htm

3-D Moon Imaging From India's Lunar Spacecraft

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227215817.htm

Can Swiss Cheese Illuminate Dark Energy?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214703.htm

Astronomers aim to grasp mysterious dark matter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081229/sc_space/astronomersaimtograspmysteriousdarkmatter;_ylt=AlsPU9BcuiEdkrpB0T66bvWs0NUE

New Label-free Method Tracks Molecules And Drugs In Live Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141722.htm

'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797280.stm

Microscale System To Study Frustration In Buckled Monolayers Of Microspheres

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190340.htm

Defatted Soy Flour Eyed As Filler Substitute For Rubber Tires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228195823.htm

Modified Lignin Has Potential Benefits For Ethanol, Paper And Feed


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193833.htm

Breakthrough In Production Of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091316.htm

Space Technology To Soothe Roadster Ride

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228200100.htm

Germans create 'future hotel'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7795601.stm

Military Uniforms Now Provide Reliable Protection From Mosquitoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228195413.htm

Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary on Christmas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081229/od_nm/us_christmas_baby;_ylt=Ao0aDLMA_uQu9UZ_LLCZALis0NUE


Microbiologist Tests Safety Of Spiked Eggnog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227223340.htm
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

For Saturday, December 27, 2008

Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800985.stm

At Least 195 Dead as Israeli Airstrikes Slam Hamas in Gaza

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6534135

Hawaii island of Oahu without power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397219/

Hawaii's Oahu island regains power after blackout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hawaii_power;_ylt=Apm1x6ddgPYQBBfsuRysYr6s0NUE

Obama Reporters Get Ditched In Hawaii

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/26/link/main4687333.shtml

China firms 'to pay milk victims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800990.stm

Dozens killed in China accidents

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800874.stm

Suffering Ohio begs for federal lifeline

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28395932/

'09 Jobs Outlook: Bleak, Especially Early

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/27/earlyshow/main4687544.shtml

Advice for renters if landlord faces foreclosure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392662/

NYT: Un-pardon raises plenty of questions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28388177/

Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7800840.stm

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/27/zimbabwe-cholera.html

Dramatic rescue in Sydney-Hobart race

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799901.stm

Madoff suicide investor lost own money, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392132/

Digital TV converter coupons in short supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28393941/

Problems seen in e-voting overseas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390799/

'Painful legacy' of heart attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7469236.stm

Skipping sleep 'hardens arteries'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7796922.stm

Whole grains offer heart failure protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

The risks of risk management

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7761423.stm

Retailers' holiday sales plummet 4 percent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bo1gq-us-usa-holidaysales-spendingpulse/

Mexico suspends meat imports from 30 U.S. plants

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/12/26/mexico-plants.html

Visual Areas Of Brain Light Up For Valuables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215540.htm

New Titanium-glass Alloys Are Tough, Cheap And Light-weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172129.htm

The World's Most High-Tech Nation

http://blogs.abcnews.com/worldview/2008/12/the-worlds-most.html

Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28391933/

Washington state starts free PC, TV recycling

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390798/

Death Valley works to preserve night sky

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390772/

In U.S., Threat of Rising Sea Levels

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6531712&page=1

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190429.htm

Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133442.htm

Real-time Gene Monitoring Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216141855.htm

New Anti-cancer Components Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192815.htm

Coral springs back from tsunami

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800796.stm

Erratic weather 'harms wildlife'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7800869.stm

More than 200 NI rivers polluted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7798536.stm

Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm

Huge Chesapeake Bay cleanup falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/

Sludge spill estimate now 1 billion gallons

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html

Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122150.htm

850-pound emerald at center of dispute

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/27/giant.emerald/index.html

ABC News: How to Make Money Online

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6525445&page=1

'Valkyrie': WWII Thriller With Few Thrills

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Movies/story?id=6527990&page=1

Woolworths store closures begin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7800839.stm

Shoes hurled at Bush pictures in Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800587.stm

'Killer Santa' planned to flee country, police say

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/26/santa.shooting/index.html

Satan Claus

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/12/satan-claus.html
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Friday, December 26, 2008

For Friday, December 26, 2008


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797776.stm

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368980/

Gregoire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_(chimpanzee)

Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081225/od_nm/us_china_wolf_odd;_ylt=AiiPl_86EREPioFv5vUAgHWs0NUE

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131014.htm

Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522115

Snowy Owl -- A Marine Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210143416.htm

Bubo scandiacus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl

Why some Scottish salmon are leaping for joy this year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7797156.stm

Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm

Honey Bees On Cocaine Dance More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091308.htm

Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163051.htm

Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390773/

DIY Genetics: Revolutionary or Risky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6527921

Experts Detail The Three Rules For Technological Fixes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094626.htm

Newsweek: Why we should demolish the FCC

http://www.newsweek.com/id/176809

Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bp1ya-us-walmart-iphone/

Android apps you won't find on the iPhone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355832/

How an old phone can make money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7772985.stm

Vietnam tightens rules on blogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7798681.stm

Enhancing Solar Cells With Nanoparticles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223172705.htm

Efficient Organic LEDs A Step Toward Better Lights

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121129.htm

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordetella_pertussis

'Nano' Drugs Kill Skin, Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151147.htm

New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122559.htm

Salicylic acid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylic_acid

Unwanted Memories Might Be Erasable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm

Premature Babies Have Altered Senses Later On

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100710.htm

How limb pain limits web surfing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Mystery Of Hexagonal Column Formations Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104325.htm

Sparkling Spray Of Stars Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114435.htm

NGC 2264

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2264

Worlds of wonder

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Star of wonder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7791571.stm

Celebrating lack of achievement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7791000/7791966.stm

US singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7799852.stm

Eartha Kitt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt

Informant's Death Brings New Law, Lawsuit

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6518730&page=1

Toll rises in 'Santa' LA shooting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7799809.stm

Suspected Santa Shooter Had Booby-Trapped Car, $10K in Cash

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6530779&page=1

SciTechBlog: The Water Bullet

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/



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