Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Sober and Severe Statements and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907570.stm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory at nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/main/index.html

US carbon
satellite fails

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907602.stm

North Korea 'plans rocket launch'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7907039.stm

No Sugarcoating: Obama Address Billed 'Sober Assessment'

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6945577&page=1

Fed chief: U.S. faces ‘severe contraction’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29363747/

Bernanke Biography at whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/bbernankebio.html

Consumer confidence drops to record low

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29366580/

Polls: Most support Obama's economic strategy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29358401/

AIG in talks with U.S. government, sees $60 billion loss: source

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51m6lt-us-aig/

American International Group Wiki Page

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

U.S. home prices drop at record pace in December: S&P

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51n2vv-us-usa-economy-homes-index/

How to Negotiate Out of Foreclosure... Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6942121&page=1

Job interview? Read this

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241014/

Online relief for the recession-weary

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/24/recession.web.sites/index.html

Could the bad economy be good for your health?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/bad.economy.good.health/index.html

Bad economy? Do what you love

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/24/economy.career/index.html

Japan's PM first to visit Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7906999.stm

Taro Aso

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

Reporters track the changes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898977.stm

German firms in surveillance scandal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7907065.stm

US to donate '$900m in Gaza aid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7907483.stm

Palestinian leader may be freed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29362081/

Marwan Barghouti

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

Troops 'at last Tamil Tiger town'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7907282.stm

Smugglers send migrants overboard, U.N. says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/24/yemen.refugees/index.html

Zimbabwe 'illegal gold sale bid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7907177.stm

Joyce Mujuru

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

FAA Testing Radar To Avoid Bird Strikes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/23/eveningnews/main4822942.shtml

Superconductivity: The New High Critical Temperature Superconductors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216092835.htm

Most powerful ever quantum chip undergoing tests

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126965.600-most-powerful-ever-quantum-chip-undergoing-tests.html

'Quantum Data Buffering' Scheme Demonstrated; Potentially Useful For Quantum Computers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115040.htm

Google users hit by mail blackout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907583.stm

Lord Carter defends digital plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907529.stm

Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Carter,_Baron_Carter_of_Barnes

Digital Britain interim report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/29_01_09digital_britain_interimreport.pdf

Microsoft on extra severance: Never mind

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353191/

Take A Darwinian Approach To A Dangerous World: Ecologist Preaches 'Natural' Security For Homeland Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114158.htm

Health care costs to top $8,000 per person

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29355231/

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/anger.heart/index.html

Hypertension Treatment Shows Promise

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4824032.shtml

Report: Family Planning Saving U.S. Money

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4823681.shtml

2 plead guilty in NC tainted syringe case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_us/tainted_syringes;_ylt=Aia9I_WQ9AVZgKXnIltXh9Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHJxbzljBHBvcwM1NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawMycGxlYWRndWlsdHk-

Who's minding your food? Surprise! It depends

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364630/

Achoo! How to avoid the office bug

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26792478/

Brain Hub Links Music, Memory And Emotion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221230.htm

Gene could allow lab-grown teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907192.stm

Working On A Vaccine for the Plague

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223121502.htm

Plague

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

First Step Towards A World Reclassification Of Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172047.htm

Technique Tricks Bacteria Into Generating Their Own Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221427.htm

Increased Research In Flu Transmission Needed To Prepare For Pandemic Flu Outbreak, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218114322.htm

Game consoles 'cause skin sores'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907489.stm

Nano-hydrogels Capable Of Detecting Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217080012.htm

Periodontitis And Myocardial Infarction: A Shared Genetic Predisposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115011.htm

Structure Of Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease Detailed In 3D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115016.htm

Lyme disease

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

Patience Pays Off With Methanol For Uranium Bioremediation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223121411.htm

Uranium

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

Vital Climate Change Warnings Are Being Ignored, Says Expert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141147.htm

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090224/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_mountains;_ylt=AmwEu2hNuk.Xln85MlLXS.btiBIF

Aerosols May Have High Impact On Rainfall, Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093653.htm

Foraging Behavior Of Key Antarctic Predators Unchanged After Storms That Alter Prey Distribution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213105052.htm

Humans turning Indonesian rainforest into a tinderbox

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16652-humans-turning-indonesian-rainforest-into-a-tinderbox.html

Rare cheetah captured on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7905986.stm

Acinonyx jubatus hecki

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

Mole rats may hold secret to long life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126966.600-mole-rats-may-hold-secret-to-long-life.html

Heterocephalus glaber

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

Lost world Getting to know the inhabitants of extinct volcano


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7861563.stm

Mount Bosavi

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

Tailless Lizards Turn Somersaults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213070546.htm

Magpies reportedly build nest using scrap metal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_fe_st/odd_metal_nest;_ylt=AhGUrYmiHdkxUWIrTfAlvintiBIF

Pica pica

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

Strange fish has a see-through head

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29354875/

Macropinna microstoma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide#Bolide

Quark star may hold secret to early universe

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.700-quark-star-may-hold-secret-to-early-universe.html

SN 1987A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A

Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126962.000-do-gravity-holes-harbour-planetary-assassins.html

Sprightly Explanation For UFO Sightings?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223131119.htm

Sprites (lightning)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprites_(lightning)

Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space; Plasma Thruster Is Small, Runs On Inexpensive Gases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221524.htm

There Isn't A 'Right' Way To Cope With Tragedy, Says Researcher

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125333.htm

Fish pedicures get the hook

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364668/

Jagger ring wrangle goes to court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7906642.stm

WATCH: Text the 'KGB'

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6943041





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