For Friday, January 16, 2009

NY mayor hails 'hero' crash pilot

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7834034.stm

Planes Designed To Survive Water Landings

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/national/main4726621.shtml

Bird strikes becoming a more serious threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679145/

See What a Bird Strike Looks Like

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6659154

How birds can down a jet airplane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28680112/

U.S.-Israel agreement may set stage for ceasefire

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/16/gaza-strip.html

Airstrikes continue to target Hamas leaders

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/israel.gaza/index.html

Urgent drive for Gaza ceasefire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7832406.stm

Israel Boosts Diplomatic Effort For Gaza

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/world/main4726588.shtml

Gaza fighting slows as Israel counters Hamas offer

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5053r7-us-palestinians-israel/

Federal Court Upholds Wiretap Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/15/national/main4723800.shtml

Student safety pays when schools cut busing

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/school.bus.cuts/index.html

Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Denied Access To Lawyer

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/iraq/main4727531.shtml

UK demands quicker Mumbai probe


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7832482.stm

Global Warming Linked To European Viral Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115190453.htm

Nephropathia epidemica

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

Kenya appeals for $406 million in food aid

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28690867/

Kenya site

http://www.kenya.go.ke/

Bitter cold spreads across the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7833311.stm

Staying safe in a deep freeze

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28678801/

Test: Some peanut butter at Ga. plant tainted

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28690927/

Banks lose billions as state aid pours in

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

Where Are Your Billions? Banks Won't Tell

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6657916&page=1

Bank of America reports $2.39 billion loss

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28689057/

Circuit City to go into liquidation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691963/

Citigroup to split as losses grow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7833090.stm

Madoff's fund may not have made a single trade

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f0by-us-madoff-trades/

Irish bank set to be nationalised

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7832203.stm

Four-month shutdown for Honda UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7833280.stm

Toyota and Honda cut more output amid EU gloom

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f26y-us-autos/

Zimbabwe rolls out Z$100tr note

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7832601.stm

Thais hold more migrants amid row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7832905.stm

Somali executed for 'apostasy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7833621.stm

Apostasy

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

South Korean experts find way to remove lead from blood

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f3d1-us-leadpoisoning/

Letting Infants Watch TV Can Do More Harm Than Good

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074419.htm

Tequila Boom Triggers Social, Environmental Hangover In Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074138.htm

Tequila

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

Humans Can Make Their Own Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112093330.htm

Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114142028.htm

Birnessite

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

Free Antibiotics: Wrong Prescription For Cold And Flu Season

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116111137.htm

MS increasingly recognized as a childhood disease

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/ms-teens.html

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164623.htm

Next Generation Cloaking Device Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164530.htm

South Africa busts rhino poaching ring

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691087/

Elephant count surprises in Malaysia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_jumbo_discovery;_ylt=ApkebggYpXQDPLw5EDgRPous0NUE

Texas' Cattle Dying In Devastating Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/national/main4727076.shtml

Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_eu/eu_hungary_gorilla_surgery;_ylt=AjiAA7OgwZnlrnz_3bk7VPbtiBIF

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Conflicts between humans and elephants harm both parties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

China's wild camels increasing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692129/

Healing Camels in India's Desert State

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6661613&page=1

N.J. River Dolphins Sparking Debate

http://abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/wireStory?id=6652290

Repairing a hut, Antarctic-style: mind the seals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_seals;_ylt=AlLjDvCrQfzuh00GdagvqG3tiBIF

Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826639.stm

Puffinus puffinus

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

Origin Of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115103808.htm

Fish digestions help keep the oceans healthy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e6q7-us-fish-carbon/

Singing began in fish, perfected by birds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692491/

Study of aggressive bees may improve missile technology

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AqPqEFZPGm.IZg3aabb3KiObvZx4/SIG=12a9mr303/**http%3A/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226721%26cl=1156411515679

House Democrats move to overturn Bush species rule

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_co/endangered_species;_ylt=Ah5V2UySnE9VM2LpUM4IrFoPLBIF

Robo-Cat Gives Love, Not Hairballs

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6656257

Farms to take heat out of warming

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7831939.stm

Cooling The Planet By Growing The Right Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164522.htm

Trapping CO2 In Ice-like Hydrate 'Cages'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114162235.htm

Tories plan 'energy revolution'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7832384.stm

New Method Accelerates Stability Testing Of Soy-based Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113174537.htm

Americans Eager To Reduce Their Energy Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114172312.htm

Three million hit by Windows worm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm

Legal downloads swamped by piracy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832396.stm

Intel reports sharp profit drop

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7832361.stm

Newsweek: Media's Apple coverage is rotten

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179825

Microscopic 'Hands' Build Tomorrow’s Machines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114210651.htm

New light on Mars methane mystery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7829315.stm

Mars May Be Living Planet: Methane Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164621.htm

Prof Colin Pillinger on whether aliens made the methane on Mars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7831949.stm

NASA suspends space station contract awards following protest

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/nasa-contracts.html

Hubble Snaps Images Of A Nebula Within A Cluster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115175523.htm

Scientists Resolve Mystery Of How Massive Stars Form

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164617.htm

Top 10 Tips to Get Your Resume Noticed

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/JobClub/story?id=6643655&page=1

Eight bad tech habits to quit in the new year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28680991/

Car Exhaust Fumes Can Cause Lightning Strikes

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6655208&page=1

Fake Chinese banknotes still stinging shoppers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_banknotes;_ylt=As2URlYeTrzWT68Zjw0kQdjtiBIF