For Monday, December 8, 2008

Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7770856.stm

White House: Deal near on autos bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28108346/

GM admits it 'disappointed' and 'betrayed' consumers

http://www.yahoo.com/s/998759

Stocks soar on Obama stimulus plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/

Homeowners who modified loans are in trouble again

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=Aqvtlk1WaXbFtRbCoq9SahKs0NUE

Tribune Co. Weighing Bankruptcy Filing

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6413876

Merrill Lynch CEO seeking $10 million bonus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112397/

1st Vietnamese-American elected to Congress

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28086325/

Ahn Joseph Cao

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



Vandals hit French Muslim graves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7771491.stm

Blackwater guards indicted in US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7769435.stm

Shocking Charges, Secret Deal: Blackwater Guard to Testify

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6417440&page=1

Blackwater Indictment Alleges Grisly Tale

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/08/national/main4654088.shtml

Ex-Blackwater guards face manslaughter trial

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/iraq.blackwater.indictment/index.html

Ticker: Karl Rove vows to 'name names'

http://www.cnn.com/linkto/ticker.html

Dow Chemical to slash 5,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7771660.stm

Greek cities hit by fresh rioting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7770887.stm

Secret is out: Wal-Mart to start selling iPhone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28113513/

Walmart.com to offer 'thousands' of Wiis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28098655/

Critics wary of laptop searches at border

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28113582/

Turning air into drinking water

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28003681/

Online network for solar research

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7770997.stm

China displays new robot technology

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7770953.stm

Robots attempt to play soccer in China

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China irks U.S. with computer security rules

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112888/

Robotics Integrated With Human Body In Near Future? Technology Gulf Between 'Have' And 'Have Nots' Predicted By 2020

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205100137.htm

Physicists Set New Record For Quantum Memory Storage And Retrieval

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081207133753.htm

An Old Dream Fulfilled: Zinc Oxide As Semiconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205095950.htm

Zinc Oxide

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

Toughest Ceramic Mimics Mother Of Pearl

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205171011.htm

Biomimicry

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

'Intelligent' Materials To Revolutionize Surgical Implants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203133813.htm

What Makes The Heart 'Tick-tock'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202133220.htm

Death by Common Cold: One Boy's Story

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6403481&page=1

The Key to Washing Flu Away

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6033400

We Scream for Vanilla Ice Cream: At Risk?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6415470

Malaria vaccine shows promise in tests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112611/

Cold sores 'an Alzheimer's risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7770680.stm

California's Deep Sea Secrets: New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203184926.htm

Test reveals dogs' jealous side

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7771259.stm

Dog tries to rescue dog that was hit by car

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_chile_hero_dog;_ylt=Ai6H6mxy8ceEWMm7et4j7YDtiBIF

Has climate change claimed first mammal extinction?

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/12/climate-change-claims-its-firs.html

Hemibelideus lemuroides

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

Nature's top 40: Puffins put on their eye make-up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7762652.stm

Fratercula

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

Amazon Butterflies: Evolution Favors Mutualism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201233452.htm

Spider Love: Little Guys Get Lots More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208081008.htm


Living with threat of melting Himalayas in Nepal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7771933.stm

Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7771042.stm

Nanotechnology 'Culture War' Possible, Says Yale Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081207133749.htm

Religious 'shun nanotechnology'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7767192.stm