For Monday, December 22, 2008

Signs of hope for economy in 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28300084/

The Reckoning - Bush’s Philosophy Stoked the Mortgage Bonfire ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business/21admin.html?scp=6&sq=Sunday,%20December%2021,%202008&st=cse

Toyota braced for historic loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7794888.stm

Toyota predicts first operating loss since '41

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28344700/

Mortgage re-defaults rise with no sign of slowing

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl2xs-us-financial-defaults/

Banks keep bailout spending secret

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28344965/

Utah Now The Fastest Growing State

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/national/main4682165.shtml

Japan recession deepens, China cuts rates

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Living with recession in Japan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7795390.stm

Japan backs further aid package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7793337.stm

Japan doubles rescue plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7779460.stm

Germany 'mulling Guantanamo move'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7795935.stm

Somalia facing 'hidden genocide'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7794918.stm

Video: Snow, ice grip much of U.S.

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Canada braces for more heavy snow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7796044.stm

4,000-year-old tombs discovered in Egypt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7796038.stm

'Little Ice Age' hastened fall of Aztecs, Incans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353083/

Archaeologists find rare gold coins

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/22/israel.rare.coins/index.html

Groundbreaking, Inexpensive, Pocket-sized Ultrasound Device Can Help Treat Cancer, Relieve Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172050.htm

Development of a portable therapeutic and high intensity ultrasound
system for military, medical, and research use

Lewis-et-al-Development-of-a-portable-therapeutic-AIP-Nov-2008[1].pdf



Gene disease 'recreated in lab'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7791283.stm

Yeast Mimics Severity Of Mutations Leading To Fatal Childhood Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074557.htm

Breathing Life Into Injured Lungs: World First

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172039.htm

Selflessness Has Neuropsychological Connection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124156.htm

Blind man navigates maze

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7794783.stm

New guidelines boost web access

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7789622.stm

How technology helps the blind shop online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792662.stm

Brazil remembers slain activist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7795194.stm

Francisco Alves Mendes Filho

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

Nostrano brand sausage recalled for possible listeria contamination

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/22/listeria-recall.html

University of Chicago to allow co-ed dorm rooms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/co_ed_dorm_rooms;_ylt=AgqfBK7iaAKzdEgHUdg.2ZKs0NUE

Arctic Greening Linked To Retreating Sea Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217203316.htm

Malaysia 'to double tiger stock'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7795944.stm

Pangolin meat seized

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_asia_afp/vietnamanimalspangolin;_ylt=Akasx9bN0gFtQyWQE9avoGUDW7oF

Manis

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



Plea for help spotting bat killer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7779793.stm

Stitch-up to save puffin chicks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7793919.stm

'Illegal threat' to hen harriers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7794682.stm

Circus cyaneus

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

Bees get plants' pests in a flap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7796138.stm

Length Of Root Hairs On Plants Made To Grow Longer: Potential Broad Implications For Agriculture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081214191012.htm

New Type Of Laser Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122609.htm

Solving The Mysteries Of Metallic Glass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122603.htm

Quantum Computing Closer To Reality As Mathematicians Chase Key Breakthrough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100700.htm

Hole-filled 'Ecofont' saves on ink

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28353037/

Ecofont

http://www.ecofont.eu/ecofont_en.html

Tiny clues to collision in space

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7795381.stm

Sex slaves live an American nightmare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28161210/