For Sunday, October 12, 2008

2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pennsylvania

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27139187/

Oleum

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

Toxic cloud passes; residents allowed home

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/12/chemical.leak/index.html

EU chiefs confront markets crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7665729.stm

Finance crisis: in graphics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7644238.stm

IMF in global 'meltdown' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7665515.stm

UK banks look to bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7665823.stm

Newsweek: There's a silver lining to this crisis

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163449

What jobs are safe right now?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2008/10/11/intv.merritt.jobs.cnn

Haider 'crashed at double speed limit'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7666065.stm

McCain in 'hatred' war of words

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7665780.stm

Issue of race seeps into campaign

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27141688/

Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.crowd/index.html

McCain to crowd: 'Don't be scared' of Obama

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/11/mccain-to-crowd-dont-be-scared-of-obama-presidency/

Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_go_co/second_stimulus;_ylt=AjKLBzI24i_rh4nbdxpaKu2s0NUE

McCain strikes back at Obama ally

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27130171/

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(politician)

George C. Wallace, Jr.

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

Rep. Lewis clarifies George Wallace remark

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/12/mccain.lewis/index.html

NYT: GOP worries after McCain's rough week

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27138361/


How would candidates tackle economy?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163456

Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27148089/



Nun, 106, to back Obama after not voting since 1952

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7665925.stm

India gets its first woman saint

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7666158.stm

Sister Alphonsa

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

Pope creates 4 new saints

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27142490/

Russia in fresh missile launches

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7666058.stm

Hurricane lashes Western Mexico

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7665705.stm

Lions and cheetahs prove to be a big hit on the BBC's webcams

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665498.stm

Unique Fossils Capture ‘Cambrian Migration’

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012093843.htm

Trouble In The Pipeline For Grey Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012100519.htm

Eschrichtius robustus

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

Climate change efforts could slow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27148094/


Endangered Miss. frogs get a break in the weather

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_sc/endangered_frog;_ylt=AqIyZkpjdQBKcgibR7PYyU6s0NUE

Mongoose Pups Pick Parents

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081012/sc_livescience/mongoosepupspickparents;_ylt=Agv4K_qk7i.8JRR9fX4JnpMPLBIF

Mungos mungo

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

Herpestidae

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

Europeans reject animal cloning for food: survey

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/hl_nm/us_eu_cloning;_ylt=AoRqbzr6vM22z5NP.jZbfGIPLBIF

Palm oil clearing swathes of forest in Indonesia's Papua: Greenpeace

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentpapua;_ylt=AgW27bbvvIsJn5UaUgZmHIAPLBIF

Palm Oil

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


Common fibre a 'true superfood'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7663962.stm

Pectin

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

Staying happier for longer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4903464.stm

Banjo used in brain surgery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm