Tuesday, September 30, 2008

For Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Financial crisis triggering 'herd mentality,' scientists say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/962401

US shares make recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7643441.stm

Why did the bill fail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7643199.stm

Where did the votes go?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7644259.stm

McCain, Obama push Congress for action

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26955707/

Peston's view: Irish guarantee

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/

Citizens at boiling point

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26948627/

World media blame US Congress

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7644129.stm

Financial crisis shock waves hit municipalities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26946065/

No bailout, here's Plan B

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/30/news/economy/plan_b/index.htm?cnn=yes

Asia stocks fall after US failure

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7643340.stm

1 in 4 chance McCain may not survive 2nd term

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26959868/

Ticker: Post-debate polls not good for McCain

http://www.cnn.com/linkto/ticker.html

Friend turns on Sen. Ted Stevens in corruption trial

Analysis: Bailout defeat now a political credibility crisis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080930/us_time/thebailoutdefeatapoliticalcredibilitycrisis;_ylt=AgAs6J49P3KEecGcTBHs2sOs0NUE

From a Lame Duck Administration to a Dead Duck Economy

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2008/09/from-lame-duck-administration-to-dead.html

Earth's Air Divided by Chemical Equator

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080930/sc_livescience/earthsairdividedbychemicalequator;_ylt=AjopMDxSbWT0VEXY2HcZ5i2s0NUE

Scores die in India temple crush

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7643373.stm

'Shoot-out' aboard hijacked ship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7643561.stm

Voting begins in US state of Ohio

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7643682.stm

Penicillin bug genome unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7638379.stm

Fast forward for mobile broadband

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7642948.stm

Carbon Dioxide Capture Device: Warming Fix?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929123941.htm

New Dinosaur Had Bird-Like Breathing System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212931.htm

When Particles Are So Small That They Seep Right Through Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930102635.htm

Global asteroid watch urged

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/30/1467917.aspx

MI6 secrets found on eBay camera

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26958931/

Your Career: Cleaning up your digital dirt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26904049/

Lipton milk tea powder recalled in Hong Kong

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26957670/

Officials: Amazon deforestation speeding up

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/29/amazon.rainforest.destruction.ap/index.html


Crested pterodactyl inspires aircraft design

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26949339/


Elephants 'phone' friends with rumbles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26957207/


Turtles rescued as highway project looms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956682/

Woz words

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7641182.stm

Fla. man dives in to save dog from shark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956958/

'Iceman' row ends after 17 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7643286.stm




Monday, September 29, 2008

For Monday, September 29, 2008



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26905467/

How to find a job during a recession

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/09/29/cb.job.searching.recession/index.html

Wind and Snow Do Strange Things on Mars

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080929/sc_space/windandsnowdostrangethingsonmars;_ylt=Al3ZqZz1YfgYbC8n.3LYEX4PLBIF

Even Viruses Catch Viruses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080928/sc_livescience/evenvirusescatchviruses;_ylt=Ai6DDACxiiw99tfTv1sq22UPLBIF

Melamine found in Cadbury goods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7641317.stm

Citigroup to buy US bank Wachovia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7642126.stm

Warships surround Somali pirates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7641468.stm

Ivorians tried for mass poisoning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7642202.stm

Alarm sounded on second-hand kit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7635622.stm

Freighter destroyed over Pacific

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7641915.stm

Children's web watchdog launched

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7638492.stm

Dark Energy: Is It Merely An Illusion?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926184749.htm

Dark Energy

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

Tsunami Invisibility Cloak Proposed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926184626.htm

NASA’s Dirty Secret: Moon Dust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924191552.htm

Is The Salad Bar Safe? Produce Concerns Linger After Summer Scares

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922135233.htm

Voice-Commanded Robot Wheelchair Finds Its Own Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922185547.htm

Sunday, September 28, 2008

For Sunday, September 28, 2008

China spacecraft returns to Earth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7640301.stm

'Great progress' in US bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7640223.stm

Q&A: US $700bn bail-out plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7631321.stm

US rescue deal: Sticking points

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7637365.stm

How we got into this mess

http://www.newsweek.com/id/161199

Deal reached on financial markets bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26884523/

Vote: Should Congress OK deal?

http://sfomurchu.newsvine.com/_question/2008/09/25/1910444-as-congress-moves-closer-to-a-deal-on-the-700-billion-bailout-plan-do-you-think-lawmakers-should-approve-it

Senate sends big spending bill to Bush to sign

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26915459/

AP Investigation: Palin got zoning aid, gifts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_el_pr/palin_ethics;_ylt=AhIxjM6dg.ubeY3ql.quRiWs0NUE

What $700B won't buy: a quick fix for the economy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_fallout;_ylt=Aj_vjTsSrq3Q6O31JXNGgbOs0NUE



US destroyer nears Somali pirates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7640496.stm

Vietnam storm death toll hits 32

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7640692.stm

Tourist kidnappers 'shot dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7640837.stm

Typhoon Jangmi lashes Taiwan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7640809.stm

Typhoon Jangmi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Jangmi_(2008)

New Japanese minister steps down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7640197.stm

Sea song
Tuning in to the elusive beaked whale

Learning From Mistakes Only Works After Age 12

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925104309.htm

Volcano Warning!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0611-volcano_warning.htm

Working Environment Is One Cause Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924111009.htm

Effect Of Climate Change On Animal Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922155948.htm

Seabird Ammonia Emissions Contribute To Atmospheric Acidity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923084535.htm

Acoustic Communication In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924175158.htm

Ophidiidae

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

Compound Could Help Detect Chemical, Biological Weapons At Long Distances

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926120531.htm

It's pond scum, but algae could be green fuel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26855814/

In barren patch of ocean, hope for life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26905315/

Saturday, September 27, 2008

For Saturday, September 27, 2008


Movie legend Paul Newman dies at 83

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7639614.stm

Acting legend Paul Newman dies at 83

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26913988/

Obituary: Paul Newman

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3283327.stm

Paul Newman

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

Typically, we don’t “do” entertainment links, but this is heartbreaking. Paul Newman was one for the ages. In our opinion, his greatest film was
The Verdict. Particularly, the heart-wrenching summation soliloquy is not to be missed.

Analyze this! Dissect the debate by key word, topic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#scroll_debates

Bank crisis overshadows defense in first debate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26906967/

Fact checks on candidate statements

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/fact-check/

Chinese regulator calls US lending 'ridiculous'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_wef_credit_crisis;_ylt=An9z5nhd2CjahrpBbNEpfMys0NUE

Palin giving back tainted money

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26904419/

Readers cry foul over bailout talks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26906502/

Foreclosures on million-dollar homes surge

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26869897/

China tainted food scandal expands, more ill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26901721/

Underground ‘plumbing’ spotted on Mars

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26908119/

Hole in Adobe software allows access to movies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26907946/

Apple to make iTunes more accessible for blind

Earth's Magnetic Field May Reverse, Soon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926105021.htm

Toward A Fast, Life-saving Test For Identifying The Purity Of Heroin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922105021.htm

Heroin

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

Please Note: Normally, we do not include links to stories about death-dealing drugs like heroin, except in instances (above) where lives may be saved.

Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922122427.htm

Personality Can Hamper Physician's Assessment Of Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924133432.htm

Bees Can Mediate Escape Of Genetically Engineered Material Over Several Kilometers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100152.htm

Mother Of A Goose! Giant Ocean-going Geese With Bony-teeth Once Roamed Across SE England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926143908.htm

Dasornis emuinus

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/dasornis_emuinus_prehistoric_goose_was_the_size_of_a_small_plane_and_had_bony_teeth

From One Laying To Another, The Female Collembolan Adapts Its Eggs To Environmental Constraints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100150.htm

Collembola

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

Animals Farmed For Meat Are The No. 1 Source Of Food Poisoning Bug, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925214821.htm

Campylobacteriosis

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


Australian Frog Species Chooses Not To Put Eggs In One Basket

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918091335.htm

Pseudophryne bibronii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibron%27s_Toadlet

New More Efficient Ways To Use Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104307.htm

Wild, Hidden Cousin Of SN 1987A: Powerful Supernova Caught By Web Of Telescopes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083211.htm

Special Probe Aids In Looking For Water On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926194617.htm

Dark Energy Vs. The Void: What If Copernicus Was Wrong?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926184749.htm

Japan's unicycle-riding robot

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Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk_quality_control;_ylt=AiGPetnrkoExwW2e9Xwdfyqs0NUE

Friday, September 26, 2008

For Friday, September 26, 2008

WaMu seized, then sold

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893612/

Washington Mutual

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

Germans seize terror suspects on plane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26899493/

Red Tape: Bailout ignores all the empty houses

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/09/bailout-ignores.html

First fear, then loathing, toward Wall Street

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26841602/

CNNMoney:
It won't be another Great Depression

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/bailout_impact/index.htm?cnn=yes

Suspect: 'I know who mailed the anthrax letters'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/24/anthrax.ivins/index.html

CORRECTED: Credit card insiders tell of deceptive practices

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_economy_creditcards;_ylt=Aj_23b.hrgFud2cgRJuWgHADW7oF

Nuclear waste piling up at U.S. hospitals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26891309/

Visualize science

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Europe's toads face bleak future, researchers warn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635714.stm

Extinct tortoise 'can live again'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7630239.stm

Patent system 'stifling science'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7632318.stm

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

Bacteria ready to make plastic from sugar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26903611/

Plant-eating dinosaur spills his guts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893497/

New species discovered in Yosemite

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872421/

Fossils tell of mass exodus from sea to land

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26873266/

Beetle invasion seen changing weather

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872373/

Mountain pine beetle

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/23/pine-beetle-canada.html

Dendroctonus ponderosae

Unique Dark-energy Probe To Measure More Than A Million Galaxies And Quasars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918192941.htm

100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925114508.htm

Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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












Flogging blogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7633786.stm

Public 'must assert' data rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7632740.stm

Oldest Rocks On Earth Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144624.htm
Night-shining Clouds Explained?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144806.htm

Carbon-rich Molecules In Meteors Brought Life?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925102706.htm

Martian Meteorites Could Carry Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm

America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104414.htm

Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919074828.htm

Bizarre Hibernating Stellar Magnet Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924151009.htm

Taking A SMART Sidelong Look At Lunar Peak Of Eternal Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926101223.htm
Unique Dark-energy Probe To Measure More Than A Million Galaxies And Quasars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918192941.htm

100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925114508.htm

Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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