FDA: Avoid Pistachios and N Korea Nukes and More for Tuesday, March 31, 2009

FDA: Avoid pistachios

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051345

Video: Salmonella scare hits pistachios

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Setton Farms Web Page

http://www.settonfarms.com/

Pistacia vera

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

U.S. military vows to track 800 satellites by October 1

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u0mr-us-usa-satellites/

Eastern Congo volcanoes show eruption warning signs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t6za-us-congo-democratic-volcano/

Mount Nyiragongo

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

Mount Nyamuragira

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

Expert: N. Korea Has Several Nuke Warheads

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/31/world/main4906036.shtml

Home price drops set records in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29971932/

UK troops begin Iraqi withdrawal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7973403.stm

Lahore 'was Pakistan Taleban op'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7973540.stm

Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore raid

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/sp426339-us-pakistan-violence/

India Election 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2009/indian_election/default.stm

India general election, 2009 (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_2009

Chicago Sun-Times parent files for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u3oz-us-suntimes/

Sun-Times Media Group

http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/

Canadian economy contracted 0.7% in January

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/31/january-gdp.html

Big losers of Obama’s auto plan: workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29962730/

Obama sets tight auto aid terms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7972464.stm

Ford to cover car payments if buyer loses job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970641/

Merkel gives assurances on Opel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974129.stm

Adam Opel Gmbh

http://www.opel.com/

Small business forced to change, or die

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29918791/

The Truth About Credit Scores

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7188295&page=1

Here comes your stimulus bonus (…it may not be what you think…)

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/pf/taxes/making_work_pay_credit/index.htm?cnn=yes

World Bank offers trade boost, OECD casts G20 shadow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u1yy-us-worldbank-zoellick/

Government policies will avert economic collapse: OECD report

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/31/oedc-forecast.html

France threatens G20 walkout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974190.stm

Ghost towns Western Australia hit by global slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7973008.stm

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973463.stm

Khmer Rouge torturer accepts blame for 14,000 deaths

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bkk458269-us-cambodia-rouge-apology/

Emergency declared on Philippine island

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973558.stm

Jolo island

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

'Green' Hair Bleach May Become Environmentally Friendly Consumer Product

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171420.htm

Cancer Genomics Browser Gives Cancer Researchers A Powerful New Tool

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330142425.htm

UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser Site

http://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu

Fauci: Why there is no AIDS vaccine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898087/

Philip Morris Appeal of $79.5M Award Ended

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/SCOTUS/wireStory?id=7217419

Why Some People Shake Off The Flu In A Couple Of Days, While Others Suffer Longer, Or Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326100706.htm

Superbug Risk To War Wounded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Antibiotic resistance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Slow-growing TB Bacteria Point The Way To New Drug Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205447.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

Month Of Conception Linked To Birth Defects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330130235.htm

Licorice May Block Effectiveness Of Drug Widely Used By Transplant Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171417.htm

Cyclosporine

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

Glycyrrhizin

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

Polypill 'could become a reality'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971456.stm

Polypill

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

New Theory On Largest Known Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330102659.htm

Permian–Triassic extinction event

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian%E2%80%93Triassic_extinction_event

Zechstein

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

South Downs National Park agreed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7973417.stm

South Downs National Park Wiki page

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

Many Natural-selection Studies Could Be Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200821.htm

You Big Baby! An Elephant Is Born

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7207172

The Secret To Chimp Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200829.htm

Pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(biology)

Nine Lives: Cats' Central Nervous System Can Repair Itself And Restore Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200722.htm

Felidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_(cat)

New hope for endangered bald ibis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7973836.stm

Geronticus

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

Genes tell butterflies to head south

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u2kn-us-butterflies/

Danaus plexippus

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

Ants really are random wanderers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960401/

Formicidae

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

Ice Storms Devastating To Pecan Orchards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131456.htm

Carya illinoinensis

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

Can talking to plants really bear fruit?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7973727.stm

Honda connects brain with robotics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29972476/

Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960044/

Security experts eye worm attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7973131.stm

Q&A: Conficker protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7973841.stm

EA 'dumps DRM' for next Sims game

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972677.stm

Digital Rights Management

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

Google to venture into start-ups

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7973783.stm

Skype on the iPhone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972613.stm

Skype

http://www.skype.com/

Facebook campaign to catch rapist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7973889.stm

Giant laser experiment powers up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7972865.stm

US National Ignition Facility

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

How NIF Works

https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/nif/how_nif_works/

National Ignition Facility homepage

https://lasers.llnl.gov/

Portable Energy Source Utilizes Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111257.htm

Methanogen

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

Green power from algae?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/30/1871113.aspx

'Alarming' Use Of Energy In Modern Manufacturing Methods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327112547.htm


Island nears energy independence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951286.stm

El Hierro

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

New Form Of Destructive Terrorist Material Unlikely, Chemists Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324200927.htm

'Most Habitable Zone' on Mars Revealed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090330/sc_space/mosthabitablezoneonmarsrevealed;_ylt=AiHk25cKujJiceJQ.APHfisPLBIF

Southern Albertans claim to have seen 'great glow' in the sky

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/31/cgy-meteor-fireball-calgary-alberta.html

Unexplained Lights Seen Over East Coast

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/national/main4904669.shtml

U.S. unveils Orion spacecraft to take crew to Mars

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t6xh-us-space-orion/

Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/index.html

Russia locks up six volunteers for 3-month Mars experiment

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051411

Mysterious East Coast Boom Was Falling Russian Rocket

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090330/sc_space/mysteriouseastcoastboomwasfallingrussianrocket;_ylt=AghMP4TtMLfQ6ln3wFXV9YEPLBIF

The (Real) View: Stunning Space Station Vid

http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2009/03/the-view.html

NASA in Colbert conundrum over Space Station

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t5tn-us-space-colbert/

Cold War-like stand-off over access to US space station toilet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7973747.stm

JetBlue worker flies N.Y. to Boston in cargo bin (…unintentionally…not part of the job description…)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29968586/

Man charged with drunk driving on bar stool (…a sad commentary on the ingenuity of drunks…)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29971638/

Crises in N Korea and Auto Industry? and More for Monday, March 30, 2009

Mysterious flash of light, boom rattles Virginia image licensed under Creative Commons by Now I'm Always Smiling

U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t0f8-us-korea-north/

Obama: We Cannot Let Auto Industry Vanish

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4903151.shtml

Auto Workers Uneasy Over Obama's Auto Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4902920.shtml

Obama denies bailout funds for automakers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29944834/

Car problems slam Wall Street

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

World stock markets tumble on automotive, banking concerns

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/30/world-markets.html

GM, Chrysler rocked by Obama autos team hard line

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52s1vv-us-autos/

GM chief Wagoner ousted by Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7971202.stm

Rick Wagoner

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

Japanese Anxious Over U.S. Auto Woes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/business/main4902178.shtml

Officials: Waterboarding Foiled No Plot

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4901154.shtml

Abu Zubaydah

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

2nd U.S. GI Convicted For Iraqi Executions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/iraq/main4902039.shtml

North Korea rocket shown on launch pad

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/north.korea.rocket/index.html

China dismisses cyber-espionage claims

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/ghostnet.cyber.espionage/index.html

Israeli military rejects Gaza abuse claims

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/30/israel.gaza.abuses/index.html

Fargo braces as new storm nears

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706/

Obama monitors flooding, pledges federal help

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29938827/

Fargo Works To Protect Good Water From Bad

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/national/main4902624.shtml

'Torture' Could Haunt Bush Officials

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7203966&page=1

Brown accused over green spending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7971183.stm

Judge to rule whether British MP can enter Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/29/galloway-mp--ruling-injunction.html

George Galloway

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

Hamas (Wiki page)

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

Spain bank bail-out hits shares

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7971582.stm

Japan debates digging itself out

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29951880/

Why wasn't I hired? How to deal with rejection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796678/

Court hears Khmer Rouge testimony

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971231.stm

Thirty years on, Khmer Rouge torturer in dock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t0kz-us-cambodia-rouge/

Khmer Rouge

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

Death toll cut in Australia fires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971270.stm

2009 Victorian Bush Fires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2009_Victorian_bushfires

Tibet reopens to foreign tourists

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7971445.stm

Border corruption US graft fuels the drugs war, Mexico's president tells BBC (…actually most Americans think/believe it’s the other way around…)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7971335.stm

Felipe Calderon

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

Fans blamed for Ivorian stampede

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7971596.stm

'Open cloud' computing sparks dissent

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7969458.stm

Cloud Computing Manifesto (Wiki page)

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

Google China to push music tracks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972399.stm

Obama plans climate summit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7970274.stm

Nasa man's 'extinction' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7951833.stm

Poison Takes Toll On Africa's Lions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/60minutes/main4894945.shtml

Furadan

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

Panthera leo

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

Coyote attacks in urban areas on the rise, alarming residents

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1050867

Canis latrans

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

Mysterious Bleeding Disease in German Cattle

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,615962,00.html#ref=rss

Fish Oils Help Flatulent Cows Emit Less Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205457.htm

Caffeine overdose linked to St. John's seagull deaths

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/03/30/caffeine-seagulls.html

Caffeine

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

Laridae

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

Aussie Meat Ants May Be Invasive Cane Toad's Achilles' Heel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330091601.htm

Bufo marinus

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

Iridomyrmex purpureus

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

Evolutionary study aims to examine pace of change in snail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7971200.stm

Helix aspersa

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

'Leaf Tatters' Linked To Herbicides: Study Explores Effects Of Herbicide Drift On White Oak

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162624.htm

Microbes In Mud Flats Clean Up Oil Spill Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205505.htm

Genes That Make Bacteria Make Up Their Minds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205455.htm

Corrosion-inhibiting Coatings Containing 'Good' Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205443.htm

Strategy Discovered For Fighting Persistent Bacterial Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143910.htm

Doctors treating virtual patients in Second Life

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/index.html



Panel: All teens should be tested for depression

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945008/

Statin cuts risk of blood clots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971414.stm

Family History Associated With Increased Risk Of Blood Clots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161119.htm

Thrombus

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

Genetic Changes Outside Nuclear DNA Suspected To Trigger More Than Half Of All Cancers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101759.htm

TV Crime Drama Compound Highlights Immune Cells' Misdeeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154439.htm

Luminol

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

Improved Antibiotic: Genes For Synthesizing Thiostrepton Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161123.htm

Thiostrepton

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

Quantum Effect May Hold Promise For Low-cost DNA Sequencing, Sensor Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154420.htm

Quantum tunneling

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

Efficiency Of Blue Organic Light-emitting Diode Boosted By 25%

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154424.htm

OLED

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

New Material Could Lead To Faster Chips: Graphene May Solve Communications Speed Limit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081443.htm

Graphene

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

The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/60minutes/main4897053.shtml

New Step Towards Quantum Computers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205547.htm

Statistical Road Safety Illuminated By Mathematics Of Eighteenth Century Minister

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327092904.htm

Thomas Bayes

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

Could the Internet run out of space?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/03/28/execed.websites/index.html

Internet (Wikipage)

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

Supreme Court Won't Revive Anti-Spam Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/30/supremecourt/main4903078.shtml

High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7193603&page=1

Mars domes may be 'mud volcanoes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7966437.stm

Tanzania train wreck 'deliberate'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7972019.stm

Women's shopping sprees linked to time of the month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971578.stm

Food Choices Evolve Via Information Overload

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323212116.htm

Guy rows solo 2,950 miles, is exhausted

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/03/30/whitfield.row.hope.cnn



Why Parachutists Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161223.htm

Parachuting

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

A loss by your favorite team may really kill you
Death rates jumped in L.A. following the Rams' 1980 Super Bowl defeat


How passengers are getting even with cruise lines

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29921431/

'Worst song' Agadoo re-released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7971778.stm

Agadoo

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

Mysterious flash of light, boom rattles Virginia

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1050870