Friday, January 30, 2009

For Friday, Janauary 30, 2009

Exxon posts record $45.2 billion profit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931011/

Exxon

http://www.exxon.com/

Alaskans brace for volcanic eruption

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28914322/

Alaska volcano 'more energetic,' scientists say

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/30/alaska.volcano/index.html

She's Gonna Blow! Eruption Imminent

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6767149

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Hundreds Seek Escape From Cold, Dark Homes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/national/main4763758.shtml

Plea At Davos: Don't Forget World's Poor

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/world/main4764355.shtml

World Economic Forum

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

Obama Looks To Boost Middle Class

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/politics/100days/economy/main4764111.shtml

GOP stakes claim with stimulus vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28926731/

Gates predicts four-year downturn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7860708.stm

Eurozone jobless at two-year high

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7860469.stm

US economic output falls sharply

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7860892.stm

GDP sees biggest drop in 27 years

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n30348995-us-usa-economy/

Economy shrinks at fastest rate since '82

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28930809/

Big slump in Japan factory output

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7859774.stm

Financial rules 'worsened crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7860326.stm

Refinery strikes spread across UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7859968.stm

NEC to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28928377/

NEC

http://www.nec.com/

Caterpillar laying off 2,110 more workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28933349/

Shrinking auto production will cut economic growth: Scotiabank

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/30/auto-decline.html

Problem gambling may rise as economy falls

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28921476/

Ludomania

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

Obama: Wall St. bonuses 'shameful'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28916936/

Wall Street Bonuses Decline 44 Percent

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/CEOProfiles/wireStory?id=6747578

Cuomo eyes return of $4 billion in early Merrill bonuses: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50t114-us-cuomo-merill/

Newsweek: Bush lawyer to Rove — Don't cooperate

http://www.newsweek.com/id/182240

Families sue Pentagon over 2 Gitmo deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919377/

Judge refuses to delay Gitmo detainee's trial

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28914869/

Homelessness surges as funding falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28916152/

Econo-cide: Financial Woes Turn Deadly


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6765383&page=1

North Korea tears up agreements

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7859671.stm

Turkish PM gets hero's welcome after shouting match with Israeli leader

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/30/turkey.html

US puts up $20 million for Gaza relief

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_palestinians;_ylt=At_9A2.x5ixf3Go5ekQAqxqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJhb3JtNjEyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMTMwL3VzX3BhbGVzdGluaWFucwRwb3MDMTIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDdXNwdXRzdXAyMG1p

Heatwave cripples southern Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7860776.stm

Would-be suicide bomber in UK sentenced to prison

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_restaurant_blast;_ylt=AkQypQOgjdXhZmhvrpSZPUCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiOTJsMXY3BHBvcwM0NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawN3b3VsZC1iZXN1aWM-

Ex-Congo Soldier Admits Training Children

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/world/main4764510.shtml

World court fumbles Congo warlord trial as witness recants

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1023255

Illinois governor guilty of abuse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7859588.stm

Jailed spy accused of pulling son into espionage

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/29/spy.charges/index.html


Australian fires destroy homes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7860726.stm

Firms back data protection pledge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7860075.stm

Testbeds To Breed Next-generation Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122652.htm

Open Source Research Platform: Wireless At WARP Speed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129113318.htm

'SnowMan' Software Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off The Road

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129113327.htm

Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play Hockey?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129155416.htm

Entangled particles face sudden death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28920874/

Red Tape: Facebook ID theft targets 'friends'

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/post-1.html#posts

Continents Act Like Thermal Blankets: How Continental Drift Will Change Continents In 120 Million Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122100828.htm

'Green' light bulb fears rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7858156.stm

Britain warned over air quality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7858655.stm

Zimbabwe cholera cases pass 60,000

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/30/Zimbabwe.cholera.cases/index.html

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7858559.stm

Bad peanuts found weeks before outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931141/

Plants don't have to report contamination

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919975/

Peanut plant problem forces fresh recall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

"Filthy, Putrid" Substance On Peanuts

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763753.shtml

Georgia wants answers for PB contamination

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/georgia.peanuts/index.html

Surgical Implants Coated With One Of 'Nature's Antibiotics' Could Prevent Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129180313.htm

Tadpoles may hold cancer clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7851932.stm

New Insights Into A Leading Poultry Disease And Its Risks To Human Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127094038.htm

How Ebola Virus Avoids The Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127152838.htm

Five Cases Of Ebola Virus In Philippines

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763711.shtml

Ebola

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

New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127214430.htm

BSE

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

Cases of sexually spread diseases on the rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28639521/

Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s5zo-us-heart-worms/

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Physically Fit Kids Do Better In School

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128113246.htm

American Seniors Living Longer On Less

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122816.htm

New Stem Cell-like Functions In Plants Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132645.htm

Thirsty Plants Text For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0101-thirsty_plants_text_for_help.htm

Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112055.htm

Gene's Past Could Improve The Future Of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123164359.htm

Rice

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


Nail-bomber given life sentence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7859887.stm

Mumbai 'not planned in Pakistan'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7859865.stm


What's below the crosses 'is crying out'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/30/florida.boys.school/index.html


FrankenBeasts: Do Pet Clones Really Match?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6762235&page=1


Indonesia welcomes baby elephants


http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AlCONJFFZth5NAg.pzVyArSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dmZlMG5lBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl92aWRlb3MEc2xrA2luZG9uZXNpYXdlbA--?ch=4226713&cl=11786829&lang=en

Locust swarms 'high' on serotonin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7858996.stm

Serotonin

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

Termite Insecticide Found To Be Potent Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144059.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090130/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_safe;_ylt=AhjpXJd0b5VLa6Pv7Nc3hRTtiBIF


Exploding 'bath bombs' hurt 13

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/30/exploding-bath.html

In pictures An exhibition of Chinese treasures opens in London

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7860724.stm

Ponder your putt too long and you may make things worse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7859385.stm

Coke 'Classic' no longer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28932986/

Coca-Cola

http://www.cocacola.com/

Is Eight Too Much? Ethics Experts Weigh In

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6767745&page=1

'Unsaid Chemistry': Science of Seduction


http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=6761212&page=1

What's in a name? Maybe a criminal future

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28916131/

N.Y. Madam In Spitzer Case Sentenced

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/national/main4763493.shtml

Swiss authorities to take action over rise in naked ramblers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7860556.stm

WATCH: Bush Shoe-Thrower Inspires Statue

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6764157

'Rush to Failure': Ad Targets Limbaugh

Thursday, January 29, 2009

For Thursday, January 29, 2009

Alaska volcano may erupt in days

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/alaska.volcano/index.html

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Huge crowds join French strikes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857435.stm

Economy at heart of strike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857814.stm

Pensions protests strike France

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7459879.stm

Jobless claims hit record peak, orders plummet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n29272638-us-usa-economy/

Home sales fall to record lows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s46f-us-usa-economy-newhomes/

For Many Economists, Stimulus Falls Flat

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/politics/otherpeoplesmoney/main4759532.shtml

How a 'perfect storm' led to economic crisis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/29/economic.crisis.explainer/index.html

1.3 million lose power, long outage feared

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28873371/

New bank bailout could cost up to $2 trillion: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0xh-us-financial-bailout/

EU anti-terrorism chief: EU, U.S. need time on Guantanamo

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s38x-us-guantanamo-eu-usa/

US House passes stimulus package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7857276.stm

Ford reports record yearly loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7858289.stm

Kodak posts loss, plans up to 4,500 job cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911027/

Consumer Tips: Getting a job with Uncle Sam

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/29/getting-a-job-with-uncle-sam/

Peanut Corp. recalls all products back to 2007

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

FDA finds multiple problems at peanut plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28897859/

Durable goods orders fall for fifth month

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911134/

Canadian companies losing confidence: Conference Board

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/29/consumerconfidence.html

Obama signs equal-pay bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28910789/

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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

UN launches $613m appeal for Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7857874.stm

Hamas Signals Willingness To Negotiate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/world/main4761708.shtml

UN urges Thailand refugee inquiry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857635.stm

Wounded S Lanka civilians rescued

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7857491.stm

China's Tibet action sparks plea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857896.stm

Shell hit by falls in oil price

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7857532.stm

Somali pirates seize German ship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7858462.stm

Iraq ends licence for Blackwater

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7857844.stm

Pakistan To Prosecute Mumbai Suspects

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/world/main4761797.shtml

LA Cardinal Subject Of Federal Probe

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/national/main4761391.shtml

3 boys killed in police chase crash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911338/

Discovery may keep millions from going hungry

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/waterproof.rice/index.html

Chemicals 'may reduce fertility'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7855323.stm

Previously Unidentified Bacteria May Cause Preterm Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127090730.htm

Too many babies: What went wrong?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28902137/

Stem Cells Used To Reverse Paralysis In Animals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160933.htm

Shaken Self-confidence? Certain Products And Activities Can Fix It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112321.htm

Stress Disrupts Human Thinking, But The Brain Can Bounce Back

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127190442.htm

'Paperless' Hospitals Are Better For Patients, Study Confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173721.htm

Contagious Products: For Good Luck, Stay Close To A Winner

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112309.htm

Zoloft, Lexapro best new antidepressants: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s00o-us-depression/

Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain In Mice, Researchers Discover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074931.htm

Sepsis can strike, kill shockingly fast

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/29/ep.sepsis.infection/index.html

Sepsis

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

Changes needed to medical isotope production, scientist says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/29/isotope-alternative.html

Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease'

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/29/bubble-boy.html

Broadband in every home by 2012


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7858498.stm

House defeats bill to delay digital TV transition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28896344/

Should Silent Camera Phones Be Illegal?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6750825&page=1

Rock reveals moon had liquid metal core

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28901606/

Luna

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

PlayStation 3 tackles black hole vibrations

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28895353/

Study revisits black-hole controversy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28901832/


Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132641.htm

I Feel Your Pain: Neural Mechanisms Of Empathy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074929.htm

Is Technology Harming Critical Thinking?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm

Al Gore testifies on greenhouse gasses

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Arctic thaw raises security concerns

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/arctic.global.warming.security/index.html

Ocean climate fix remains afloat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856144.stm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

Geoengineering To Offset Global Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127190338.htm

Global Warming Fix? Some Of Earth's Climate Troubles Should Face Burial At Sea, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128212809.htm

Climate Change Irreversible, NOAA Reports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127163403.htm

Army recalls body armor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28902427/

Fusion-fission Hybrid Power Plant Designed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127131654.htm

New Catalyst Paves The Path For Ethanol-powered Fuel Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126100645.htm

Low–cost LEDs May Slash Household Electric Bills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090218.htm

Novel Approach To Create High-density Magnetic Data Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090000.htm

Novel Technology Could Produce Biofuel For Around $2.49US a gallon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090004.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_sc/as_china_new_bird;_ylt=AuaO1JaqvQcj0qVlo.7Vjpys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlajBqa2tiBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNiaXJkZGlzY292ZXI-

Liberia faces second worm wave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7857410.stm

Worm saviours Could this creature be key to human health?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7856095.stm

Key food, biofuel crop sorghum's genome deciphered

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r6hk-us-sorghum-genome/

Sorghum

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

Billion-year Revision Of Plant Evolution Timeline May Stem From Discovery Of Lignin In Seaweed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127090723.htm

New Computational Technique Allows Comparison Of Whole Genomes As Easily As Whole Books

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160833.htm

'Fishy' Clue Helps Establish How Proteins Evolve

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112043.htm

Distant planet's roasting orbit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7857749.stm

Mystery Of Twin Quasar Brightness Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090216.htm

Q0957+561 quasar

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

Why are so many U.S. presidents, leaders left-handed?

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1022601

WESH:
Passengers trapped in frozen plane

http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/18591982/detail.html

Hoard Of Hundreds Of Antique Gold Coins Uncovered In Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127161357.htm

'128-year-old woman' in Uzbekistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857591.stm

'Edible' hotel room unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7858103.stm

Cat helps deliver town's letters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7857873.stm

Who do pirates call to get their cash?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7847351.stm

Police Google farmers, find marijuana field

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28913784/

Picture perfect How to start a career in film special effects

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7853461.stm



KXAN:
Road sign hacked to warn of zombies

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies

Top tech blogger takes break in face of threats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28799253/

Kathy Sierra

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

Food Mishaps: Toxic Fish Testicles and More

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6749187&page=1