For Saturday, December 13, 2008

Frozen states struggle to restore power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28193030/

Foes warned off 'testing' Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7781123.stm

Angry UAW members lash out at Southern senators

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_bi_ge/autos_workers;_ylt=Aoozq4RnHf8u8tXfTL4Jmjas0NUE

Ecuador defaults on foreign debt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7780984.stm

Top investors 'hit by $50bn con'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7781086.stm

Indian warship captures 23 pirates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7781436.stm

Ice storm hits north-east US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7781680.stm

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Can Have Genetic Causes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210121920.htm

Death Rates In Hospital Highest For Infants, And Children Without Insurance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210103043.htm

Farm workers 'starving' amid drought

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28199544/

Did magnetic blip trigger mass extinction?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28199059/

Ancient armored amphibian had world's oddest bite

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bb6yj-us-amphibian-jaws/

Clear Computer Chip Fabricated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209154935.htm

Discovery Of Warm Plasma Cloak Surrounding Earth, New Region of Magnetosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212141849.htm

Russian engineering student is crowned Miss World

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7781708.stm

Burglar: Ghost held me captive for 3 days

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28205738/