For Leap Day, Friday, February 21, 2008

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THE SCIENCE OF LEAP TIME



Britain: Harry's Afghan deployment over



Ricin possibly found at Las Vegas motel



Ricin



'Chemical Ali' execution OK'd in Iraq



Ali Hassan al-Majid



Drinking makes heart grow more sorrowful, study finds



Study shows bacteria are common in snow



FDA: Heparin problems' cause unknown



Heparin



FBI opens investigation of Roger Clemens



Dogs trap mail carrier, flatten tires


Stolen tombstones in Crete walkway reveal names



Oil prices pushed to fresh high

China to log its worst polluters

Patients still stuck with bill for medical errors

Red Tape: Which firms have most ID theft victims?

Consumer sentiment drops to 16-year low

Chimps think like us, too

Experts create new image of Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Evidence Of 'Rain-making' Bacteria Discovered In Atmosphere And Snow

Graphite Whiskers, Rather Than Dark Energy, Could Explain Dimness Of Stellar Explosions

Has The Mystery Of The Antarctic Ice Sheet Been Solved?

Antarctic ice sheet

Key To Life Before Its Origin On Earth May Have Been Discovered

Enantiomer

West Antarctic Glaciers Melting At 20 Times Former Rate, Rock Analysis Shows

Darwin Was Wrong About Wild Origin Of The Chicken

Gallus gallus

UFO snapped over Thames

For Thursday, February 28, 2008

Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye



Economy skids to near halt



Kenya's rival politicians sign deal


Does Experience Matter in a President?



Freddie Mac posts $2.5B loss in 4Q



Cribs recalled for faulty railing



Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies



Detroit mayor: I'm not resigning




Sprint Nextel posts larger $29.5B loss



Fake flipper sought for sea turtle



Chelonia mydas



Groups challenge gov't over gray wolves



Google unveils tools to set up Web sites




Want to buy a fake Ferrari? In Sicily you can


Oldest hominid discovered is 7 million years old: study



Fisherman swims 10 hours to shore

Is depression good for you?

Heart risk link to eye condition

Macular degeneration

Legal aid for whistle-blower site

Campaign spending proposal hems in Obama

Rogue futures trader accused of $141.5M loss

Oil prices rebound above $100 a barrel

SNEAK PEEK AT THE VIRTUAL UNIVERSE

Sci-fi travels from imagination to reality

Non-Native Fish May Be A Benefit Not A Burden

Physicists Search For Dark Matter Deep In Minnesota Mine

Weakly interacting massive particles

Dark matter

Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat To Humanity, Robotics Expert Warns

Expert: Industry bracing for 100 bank failures

For Wednesday, February 27, 2008

EU fines Microsoft record $1.3 billion



Fed chief signals another rate cut



Supreme Court rules against Mayor Kilpatrick



Florida power blackout remains a puzzle



Fannie Mae posts nearly $3.6B loss in 4Q



Life encyclopedia: too popular to live



Study: Contaminent levels high in parks



Pollution turns Chinese river system red



Han River (Hanshui)



Allegations fly in FCC hearing aftermath



Comcast


Clemens decision may come by end of week



Roger Clemens





Termite hunters find 200-year-old mummy


Falling icicles kill six



Sea reptile is biggest on record

Dollar falls to record euro low

Ice Age fish thrives in new home

Coregonus vandesius

Tiny tags track brainy bumblebees

Bombus

Radio-frequency identification

Crowds flock to monkey 'wedding'

Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice Treated

Pancreatic cancer

Bats Use Magnetic Substance As Internal Compass To Help Them Navigate

Magnetite

New Gadget Lets You Track Your Carbon Footprint

Carbon Hero

Centuries-old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved

Maya Blue

William F. Buckley

For Tuesday, February 26, 2008

McCain disavows comments about Obama


Widespread outages reported in Florida



Sen. Dodd endorses Obama


Chinese woman dies of bird flu



Influenza A virus subtype H5N1



Drug resistant TB 'at new high'


Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis


US team wins asteroid competition


First look at vast 'book of life'

Encyclopedia of Life

Key home price index shows record decline

The magic number for getting a loan

For Monday, February 25, 2008

McCain says he could lose over war issue



Existing home sales hit 9-year low



Obama photo causes stir


Visa IPO could be largest in US history



Ralph Nader starts presidential bid


Boy Scouts plan 100th anniversary



South Africa allows killing of elephants


Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta cyclotis



A spry Farrakhan sings Obama's praises


NY Philharmonic arrives in North Korea


Democrats seek FEC probe of McCain


Internet ad revenue exceeds $21B in 2007



German police dogs to wear shoes



McCain hopes Castro to "meet Marx soon"



How to Solve Toddler Tantrums: Think Like a Neanderthal



UN warns over food aid rationing

New S Korean president sworn in

Experts test Mars vehicle model

Antarctic diary: Polar year

Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

Punter wins £1m for 50p horse bet

Teaching a computer to appreciate art

Your Career: When to disobey the boss

More top economists now forecast recession

Hushed worry about Obama's safety

Russia's likely next president visits Serbia

Dmitry Medvedev

Complete list of Academy Award winners

Electron filmed in motion for the first time

Microsoft unveils e-commerce tracking system

Microsoft pulls plug on HD DVD players

Radiation From Mobile Phones Changes Protein Expression In Living People, Study Suggests

Snakes Locate Prey Through Vibration Waves

Serpentes

Butterfly Fish 'May Face Extinction'

Chaetodontidae

Could Waste Heat From Car Exhausts Be Recycled To Help Power Cars?

thermoelectric effect

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/22/financial.security/index.html

For Saturday, February 3, 2008

Slovenia independence leader dies



Saudi men arrested for 'flirting'

Zimbabwe inflation hits 100,000%

US starts evacuation from Serbia

Jail for Facebook spoof Moroccan

Grey wolf 'no longer endangered'

Canis lupus

Fossil finds are rabbit forebears

Lagomorpha

The towns where people live the longest

Microsoft set to open up software

Microsoft

Snake hunt filmed for first time

Crotalus horridus




Tommy Cooper statue is unveiled

Tommy Cooper

B-2 stealth bomber crashes on Guam

Insurer fined $9M for dropping cancer patient

What are the best jobs of 2008?

Blast of cold air can open computer to hackers

Zigzagging proves fastest way up hills

Gates pushes touch-screen, speech technology

'Green' robot self-propels through sea

Dung Happens And Helps Scientists: Scoop On Poop And Climate Change
Resilience Science Is Promising Approach To Marine Conservation

Resilience Science

Small Sea Creatures May Be The 'Canaries In The Coal Mine' Of Climate Change

Python Snakes, An Invasive Species In Florida, Could Spread To One-third Of US

Pythonidae

First Chikungunya Animal Model Created

Chinkungunya

Kava Linked To Liver Damage, New Evidence Shows

Kava


Novel Organic Metal Hybrids Will Revolutionize Materials Science And Chemical Engineering

Metal-organic framework

Energetic Nanoparticles Swing Sunlight Into Electricity

Plasmon

Japan launches Internet satellite

For Friday, February 22, 2008

Turkish troops enter north Iraq



Bhutto party meeting to pick PM

Triplets born to teenager - again

Microsoft warns on Vista update

US missile hits 'toxic satellite'

First stars 'may have been dark'

Self-healing rubber bounces back

Arkema

Clinton campaign spending worries supporters

Clinton motorcade officer dies after crash

Congressman charged in land deal

McCain denies aides’ statements about lobbyist

The telltale signs of recession

Nissan boss: U.S. auto market in recession

Carlos Ghosn


Genes link native Americans and Siberians

Secret of caterpillar’s bird-poop disguise
Papilionidae

Astronomers Discover Largest-ever Dark Matter Structures Spanning 270M Light-years

Gravity Powered Lamp, Designed By Student, Provides As Much Light As 40 Watt Bulb

PFC Pollutant Harming Loggerhead Turtles, Could Also Signal Danger For Humans

Caretta caretta

Salamanders Are 'Keystone' Species: Headwater Streams Critical In Food Chain

Desmognathus folkertsi

For Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Obama scores 10th straight victory



Analysis: Clinton looks to Ohio, Texas



McCain hauls in nearly $12M in January



Consumer prices rise again in January


Mysterious creatures found in Antarctica



Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled


Shot at satellite unlikely Wednesday: official



Rare cooperation to save gorillas

Gorilla beringei beringei

Brain control headset for gamers

Contract for private space cargo

Hammerhead in need of protection

Sphyrna lewini

Gecko inspires internal bandage

Gekkonidae

Whistle-blower site taken offline

Iris scans to protect your photos

Sharper Image files for bankruptcy

The most overpriced suburbs in America

Spread Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Explained

1918 Flu Pandemic / “Spanish Flu”

Solar Cell Directly Splits Water To Produce Recoverable Hydrogen

Study Of 'Ouzo Effect' May Lead To Design Of Improved Drugs, Cosmetics

Ouzo

Novel Highly Potent Anticancer Drug From The Sea Identified

somocystinamide A

Dozens Of Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies Discovered In Distant Universe

Gravitational Lens

Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles

Unexplored Microbes Hold Incredible Potential For Science And Industry

Cheap, Clean Drinking Water Purified Through Nanotechnology

Living Corals Thousands Of Years Old Hold Clues To Past Climate Changes

Stylasterids

Fossils From Canadian Rockies, Dating To Cambrian Explosion, Preserved In Ancient Mud Slide

Cambrian Explosion

Have Scientists Discovered a Way of Peering Into the Future?

'Devil' frog ate dinos for breakfast

Beelzebufo ampinga

www.wftv.com/video/15310845/index.html?taf=orlc

Tampa UFO Fireball Video

Bush urges Kenya power-sharing

Gecko 'begs' insect for honeydew

Phelsuma

Indian Maoists kill 14 in Orissa

Green watchdog urges store reform

Five-seat concept car runs on air

Deputy in wheelchair case turns herself in

Breathing dirty air may lower kids' IQ

Feds: Druglords launder euros via Miami

Engineering’s greatest challenge: Our survival

National Academy of Engineering’s List of 14 Challenges

Why are thousands of bats dying in New York?

White-nose syndrome

Chiroptera

Losing Our Lakes (Newsweek)

Sheep In Human Clothing: Scientists Reveal Our Flock Mentality

Wireless Monitoring Of People And Things: Future Of Social Networking?

'Old Dogs' Don't Notice New Tricks: Prior Knowledge Affects How Consumers Accept New Information

New Approach May Render Disease-causing Staph Harmless

Colony Collapse Disorder: Researchers Work To Control Varroa Mites, Increase Longevity Of Queen Bees

Varroa destructor

Chemicals In Our Waters Are Affecting Humans And Aquatic Life In Unanticipated Ways

Pioneering Eagle Eye Surgery Removes Cataract, Restores Vision, After Injury

Turning 'Funky' Quantum Mysteries Into Computing Reality

Metabolic Syndrome Linked To Cold Tolerance

Cleopatra's Cosmetics And Hammurabi's Heineken: Name Brands Far Predating Modern Capitalism

Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years

Chronic Pain Harms Brain's Wiring

Bird flu kills another Indonesian boy

Kindness, then sharp words, from Clinton

Easy answers elude Mich., Fla. delegates

Wal-Mart picks Blu-ray over HD DVD

Bats could fly before they had 'radar'

Correction: Bat fossil story

Mystery deaths halt Bengal tiger tracking plan

EBay seller boycott set to start Monday

'Soldier ghost' caught on camera

For Friday, February 15, 2008

Former President Bush to endorse McCain


Review: Media Extender links PC to TV


CDC: Death count 82 for 'choking game'



Woman applying for new ID says she's 120


Microfiber fabric makes its own electricity?



Fifth man arrested in Bhutto case



Trafficking: A very modern slavery

Handshake diagnosed brain tumour

Map shows toll on world's oceans

Spore to go on sale in September

Consumer sentiment fell sharply in February

Feds claim Bonds failed steroids test in 2000

Heading off a toxic iceberg from space

Hydrazine

Rare sandpipers found in Myanmar

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Scientists prove Napoleon not poisoned

Napoleon

New duck-billed dino discovered in Mexico

Velafrons

Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer, Study Suggests

Ocean Dead-Zones May Be Linked To Global Warming

Body Part By Body Part, Sumatran Tigers Are Being Sold Into Extinction

Robot Plumbs Wisconsin Lake On Way To Antarctica, Jovian Moon

Superconducting Surprise: Better Understanding Could Bring 'Endless Applications'

Superconductivity

Heat Treatment Process Supplies Stronger Die Cast Parts

Laser Beam Believed To Set Record For Intensity

Injuries reported in Texas pipeline explosion

For Monday, February 11, 2008

US charges six suspects over 9/11



Gang robs Zurich of top paintings



How to make better decisions


Congressman Tom Lantos dies in US


Shot East Timor leader 'critical'

Fire ravages South Korea landmark

'Ghost-like' white stag spotted

The Romans carried out cataract ops

Space freighter given launch date

Holographic displays step closer

'Flesh-eating' amphibians filmed

Caecilian

Yahoo rejects Microsoft approach

Google Android phones make debut

Saudis clamp down on valentines

Polaroid snaps out of making film

Clinton tries to stop Obama momentum

Jaws’ star Roy Scheider dies at 75

Zednik recovering from lifesaving surgery

Netflix opts for Blu-ray high-def DVDs


All the presidents’ hair goes on display

Clinton, Obama in tight race for delegates

Record cold for northern Minn.: 40 below

Study links population to intersex fish


"And wait'll you see all the closet space!"

Flirty women victimize well-dressed men

Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say

Drug-resistant E. Coli And Klebsiella Bacteria Found In Hospital Samples And Elsewhere In US

Toward 'Self-cleaning' Wool And Silk Fabrics

Rubik's Cube In Center Of Earth? Computer Simulations Support New Model Of Earth's Core

Roy Scheider

Tom Lantos

For Friday, February 8, 2008

Putin vows 'arms race' response

Chrysler to slash its product lineup

FDA: Botox linked to kids’ deaths

Leatherback turtle swims across Pacific

Dermochelys coriacea

John McWethy

Google launches online business software

Komodo dragons hatch with no male involved

parthenogenesis

Varanus komodoensis

New way to kill viruses: Shake them to death

For Thursday, February 7, 2008

Romney suspends White House bid

Jolie makes surprise Iraq visit

Spinal injury 'bypassed' by nerve

Egyptian couple finds U.S. gold coin worth millions in closet

Mild winter keeps hedgehogs awake

Romney suspends presidential campaign

Merck paying $671 million to settle charges

Nation’s retailers post weak January results

U.N.: Smoking could kill 1 billion by 2100

FDA fines Red Cross another $4.6 million

Mini-vacuum aids heart attack victims' survival

MySky offers educational fun

Key to fusion power may be found in space

Heavy cell phone use tied to poor sperm quality

Romney quits race, shocks supporters at CPAC


2 held over Bhutto assassination

Tigers: a vanishing act

Fishermen 'beat dolphin to death'

Scan, deposit checks from home

Transparent Adult Zebra Fish Will Make Human Biology Even Clearer

3-D Holography Breakthrough: Erase And Rewrite In Minutes

Daily Glass Of Beet Juice Can Beat High Blood Pressure, Study Shows

Growing Hypoallergenic Rubber Plants In Texas

Parthenium argentatum

Lesquerella fendleri

New Crop FactSHEET Lesquerella

Chemists Create Self-assembling Conductive Rubber

Self-assembly

Mummy Lice Found In Peru May Give New Clues About Human Migration

CIA boss: Waterboarding may be illegal

"Euros Accepted" signs pop up in New York City

Device on knee can produce electricity

Drunk threatened city with TV remote

Keep tortoises in the fridge for winter

Australia has 'shocking' evidence of Japan's whaling: minister

Astro-stock predictors become financial stars

Merriman Market Analyst

Lois Rodden’s Astrodatabank

Maria Shaw

Barry Morse

Joshua Lederberg

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

For Today, Tuesday, February 5, 2008

'New type of bird' found in Nepal

Three-parent embryo formed in lab



Smart tags hail the web of things




Spears psychiatric report ordered


Aquarium cares for second turtle

Chips pass two billion milestone

Overhaul of net addresses begins

Chinese weather 'coldest winter in 100 years'

China sentences writer for 'subversion'

Record rains slam Hawaii, force evacuations

Ben & Jerry’s in a fight over labeling

rBST

Knight unexpectedly quits; son takes over


Cosmic finger taps our galaxy's shoulder

African rhinos on path to recovery, WWF says

Ceratotherium simum

Diceros bicornis

What's at stake on Super Tuesday?

Pimp C overdosed on 'syrup' ingredients

Scrap tires tread new ground as powder

Hidden Art Could Be Revealed By New Terahertz Device

Nanotechnology: Entirely New Way Of Storing Gas Created

Physicists Spot Interstellar Shock Wave Using Spitzer Telescope

Enjoy Candy Without The Cavities: Good Lollipop Kills Bacteria That Causes Tooth Decay

Medicinal use – licorice root

Key vitamin deficiency linked to tripled risk of dementia: study

Good night's sleep is no slumber party for smokers

Judge rules in favor of Detroit papers

Philippines to ban incandescent bulbs

Scientists create 'no tears' onions