Monday, March 30, 2009

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



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

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