For Friday, December 19, 2008

Bush unveils $17.4bn car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7791999.stm

Hotsheet: Read Bush's Auto Bailout Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/link/main4677016.shtml

US city of cars feels global chill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7781052.stm

Lack of investment in Detroit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7734226.stm

U.N. divided over gay rights declaration

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh7ew-us-un-homosexuality/

Mugabe insists 'Zimbabwe is mine'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7791574.stm

People 'still willing to torture'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7791278.stm


Investor warned regulators about Madoff's Ponzi scheme in '99

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004523

Obama announcing Republican pick for Cabinet position

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004534

Panasonic to buy Sanyo in $9 billion deal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28310493/

Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-start Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218213634.htm

Fossils show some dinosaur fathers incubated, guarded eggs

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004537

Dinosaur baby boom hit Cretaceous Korea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28299120/


Polygamy, Paternal Care In Birds Linked To Dinosaur Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141734.htm

EU agrees deal on fishing quotas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7792088.stm

Botany: Nature's Shut-off Switch For Cellulose Production Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190427.htm

Reforestation Helped Start Little Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094551.htm

Heat Waves And Crop Losses Predicted For California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215091019.htm

Awe-Inspiring Antarctica, Up Close

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/popup?id=6456191

Sandwiches 'caused fainting fits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7789392.stm

Woman has 18th baby

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004511

A sneeze may be a tell-tale sign of sexual arousal for a select few

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7792102.stm

Safety probe of plastics chemicals urged

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh4wk-us-plastic-usa/

Census: More than 54 million disabled in U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28311124/


Water Vapor Detected At Universe's Edge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122244.htm

Earth Not Center Of The Universe, Surrounded By 'Dark Energy'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219032649.htm

Nasa finds 'missing' Mars mineral

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791060.stm

Iraqi shoe-thrower 'was beaten'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7791965.stm

Trek creator's widow dies aged 76

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7791210.stm

Majel Barrett Roddenberry

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

Remarkably Bright White Light Given Off When Diaper Rash Cream Concoction Is Heated To High Temperature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122238.htm

Why Does Gold Occur Where It Does In Bedrock?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132254.htm

'Seeing' The Quantum World: How A Quantum Computer Would Work

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124434.htm

World's First Deep Sea Lab-on-a-chip Sensors Proved To Work

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081622.htm

Gas Misers Unite: Kiwi's MPG Boost

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/story?id=6334966&page=1

British Scientist Warns We Must Protect The Vulnerable From Robots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141724.htm

God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215121559.htm

Hand-written Note Shows El Greco Defending Byzantine Style In Face Of Western Art

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132252.htm

El Greco

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