For Friday, December 5, 2008

533,000 jobs slashed

http://www.yahoo.com/s/997473

Most jobs lost since 1974

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28067433/

US job losses reach 34-year high

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7767326.stm

Biggest Monthly Job Loss In 34 Years

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/business/main4649747.shtml

Labor Pains: More Than Half-Million Jobs Lost in November

http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/12/massive-layoffs.html

Workers' nightmare: 1.9 million jobs vanish

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/economy/jobs_november/index.htm

One-in-10 in mortgage trouble

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28069420/

Fed Chief: Foreclosures Have to Go

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6392452

Jobs figures depress oil prices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7766445.stm

US economy 'weaker in all areas'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7763953.stm

Barney Frank: Bleak jobs report makes auto bailout more urgent

http://www.yahoo.com/s/997466

US carmakers' plea scrutinised

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7766354.stm

Big 3 Grilled on Hill; Bush Pushed by Dems

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6400102&page=1

Detroit bailout drive sputters on Capitol Hill

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b10c6-us-autos-bailout/

Auto Bailout May Be Tied To Big 3 Overhaul

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/business/main4649832.shtml

CNNMoney: Auto bailout not just about Detroit

http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/stateautoworkers/index.html

CNNMoney: $1 trillion rescue: Not so far-fetched

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/economy/trillion_stimulus/index.htm

U.S. bank holdings have lost billions so far

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28069615/

Cash-needy, some sell body bits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28040824/

US recession affects Billy the elephant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7766331.stm

Muslims delay hajj amid tough economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28069327/

Hajj

http://www.performhajj.com/index.php.

Blackwater Guards Could Get 30 Years

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/national/main4649532.shtml

Stranded workers in Iraq: We were duped

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.forgotten.workers/index.html

India acknowledges Mumbai attacks revealed security lapses

http://www.yahoo.com/s/997478

Hero Nanny Saved Baby Amid Mumbai Horror

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/earlyshow/main4649757.shtml

Bangkok airport resumes operation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7766390.stm

China 'faces mass social unrest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7766921.stm

Russian Orthodox Church head dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7766625.stm

Patriarch Alexiy II

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

Antarctic cruise passengers saved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7766085.stm

Quantum Trick Turns Metals Into Insulators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204141757.htm

Opening Up The Last Part Of Electromagnetic Spectrum

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202081459.htm

'Solar taxi' goes round the world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7766249.stm

Warning over internet painkillers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7764971.stm

Microsoft tackles auction pirates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7766607.stm

Parents warned on fake consoles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7766708.stm

'Koobface' virus turns up on Facebook

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28065486/

Koobface

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koobface_(virus)




A fast, free, no-porn Internet?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28054919/

Snow globes full of stars

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/04/1698557.aspx

A Celestial Globe of Stars

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/40/image/a/format/zoom/

Messier 13/Globular Cluster M13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_cluster_M13


Electric Mini 'with 150 mile range'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7762840.stm

Climate bill 'could lead world'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7767061.stm

Seawater holds key to future food

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765109.stm

Scientist: Colo. River usage not sustainable

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28068692/

Gorilla states in poaching pledge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765379.stm

Saving the Komodo dragon

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Varanus komodoensis

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

Blueberries 'reverse memory loss'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7450032.stm

Cyanococcus

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

A Little Wine Boosts Omega-3 In The Body: Novel Mechanism For A Healthier Heart Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204133610.htm

New Insight On Wonder Of Cell Division

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204141753.htm

Nasa delays its next Mars mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765818.stm

Ancient Climate Cycles Recorded In Mars Rocks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204141801.htm

Paris thieves steal $100m jewels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7766850.stm

Video: Mom ticketed on way to delivery room

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How I got a life (and love) on Craigslist

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28057143/

Your happiness could be contagious

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28058552/

9 tips for creating a happy life list

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26665762/


Man killed for 'hogging karaoke'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7766666.stm