For Friday, December 26, 2008

Storm blankets West with snow, dangerous ice glazes Midwest

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1007521

Tainted milk trial opens in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799986.stm

Japan's industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799908.stm

Around The World, A Grim Economic Forecast

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/25/eveningnews/main4686597.shtml

Consumers cashing in on Boxing Day bonanza

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/26/boxing-day.html

Boxing Day

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

Americans admire Obama most, poll finds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28391268/

Poll: 75 percent glad Bush is done

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html

Indians warned to avoid Pakistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7800329.stm

Ahmadinejad UK TV speech condemned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7799652.stm

5-year terrorism threats forecast for U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28387496/

Mortgage Applications Close In on 5-Yr High

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6523213

Out with the rat, in with the ox: Japan welcomes new year

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1007565

Year of the Ox

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

Rice tops US 'official gift list'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7798561.stm

How to deal with a holiday debt hangover

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28370086/

Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28352583/

Orangutans learn to trade favours

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://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792671.stm

Water tested where sludge hit homes

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/