Happy St. Patrick's Day and More AIG Bailoutrage and More for Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patrick’s Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day

Saint Patrick

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

10 Things You Didn't Know About Ireland

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/AroundTheWorld/story?id=7098616&page=1

Senator: ‘Follow the Japanese example’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29733519/

Senator Charles Grassley

http://grassley.senate.gov/

Seppuku

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

Economic crisis sets back water utilities: World Bank

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g37o-us-water-crisis/

Banks' bad assets rise 149 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619163/

As U.S. rivals shrink, 4 Canadian banks crack North American top 10

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/17/canada-banks.html

Web guide to the stimulus plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29660507/

Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f602-us-aig/

Dodd suggests tax to recoup AIG bonuses

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/aig.bonuses/index.html

AIG likely won’t be able to pay taxpayers back

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29728732/

Congress played major role in AIG mess

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724816/

Could Be Worse: How Your $165M to AIG Could Have Been $330M

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7097759&page=1

Banks Giving Back Bailout Money?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/eveningnews/main4870208.shtml

US new homes increase by quarter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7948376.stm

US law sparks Mexican trade row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7947428.stm

GM bondholders: Our plan best chance for automaker

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g06b-us-gm-bondholders/

Caterpillar lays off more than 2,400 workers in three states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044650

Madoff Victims Get Relief From IRS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/business/main4871276.shtml

Luxembourg seeks Madoff deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g1nk-us-funds-summit-madoff/

Josh's journey: Surviving a layoff

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/17/news/economy/josh_hager_one_year_later/index.htm?cnn=yes

Survey: Sick skipping care because of cost

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/health.care.survey.deloitte/index.html

Downsize your life in one of these cities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29723949/

As economy falters, interest in teaching surges

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29732200/

Can't sell? House swapping gaining momentum, brokers say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044633

US firm to close branch due to lack of employees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/ts_alt_afp/useconomyjobscompany;_ylt=AqBGbSsPksh9jwSs4UIOe2Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNHVyMjFtBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3VzZmlybXRvY2xvcw--

Sykes Enterprises

http://www.sykes.com/

North Korean premier arrives in China

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/nkorea.china.visit/index.html

Bomb lobbed at police station in China's west

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet;_ylt=AjH8dydm2tHPSUeNtDqQvY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFibmJudjd1BHBvcwM0MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNib21ibG9iYmVkYXQ-

1st Lebanese Embassy Opens In Syria

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/main4870624.shtml

UK PM in new Iran nuclear warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7947285.stm

China seeks export carbon relief

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947438.stm

Madagascar president 'to resign'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7948196.stm

Arab League will not arrest Sudan's president

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_arabs_sudan;_ylt=AkZoDUuzWhjJvaPUOthE61Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMXR0azAzBHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNhcmFibGVhZ3Vld2k-

Russia announces rearmament plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7947824.stm

Inside Russia's new military hardware

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7943129.stm

New Moon shot Russian space officials unveil plans for a rocket that could carry cosmonauts to the Moon


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm

Sending Out Internet Warnings For Outages, Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075847.htm

'Map Of Science' Shows Scientists' Virtual Trails Through Online Services

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124024.htm

Dell goes upscale with ultra-thin laptop

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/17/adamo-dell123.html

Dell Adamo

http://www.adamobydell.com/

Doesn't Anyone Want A Hybrid?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/blog/main4871275.shtml

Hybrid Vehicle

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

Web browsers battle at festival

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7947841.stm

Ultra-thin Chip Embedding For Wearable Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084844.htm

Shifting Sound To Light May Lead To Better Computer Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316142436.htm

DNA 'Patch' For Canine Form Of Muscular Dystrophy Developed, First Treatment For Human Muscular Dystrophy In Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101426.htm

Stress May Cause The Brain To Become Disconnected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075845.htm

A few states buck stem cell trend with bans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g0rp-us-stemcells-states/

'Shocking' hospital caused deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7948293.stm

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_he_me/dc_aids_epidemic;_ylt=AoeYcOP39SE2_abj5fDgiROs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNjQwMmtuBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNheXMzcA--

Catching The Common Cold Virus Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316142438.htm

Malaria Immunity Trigger Found For Multiple Mosquito Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110744.htm

Hepatitis C: Key Molecules That Inhibit Viral Production Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310131118.htm

Measuring The Strength Needed To Move Chromosomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312214107.htm

Long-sought food labeling law takes effect today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724685/

Understanding new label of origin laws

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29679355/

Country of Origin Labeling

http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/

'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124022.htm

New Tool For Study Of Air Quality Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085406.htm

How rising sea level has affected the Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7945877.stm

Future of floods Anticipating watery climate change in the Netherlands

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942169.stm

Climate Change Affecting Life In Antarctica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140848.htm

$50 million lawsuit filed by chimp-attack victim

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735924/

Fate of polar bears seen to depend on emissions cuts

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f3ua-us-polarbears-melting/

Ursus maritimus

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

Hippo sweat: The next big thing in sunscreen?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29727352/

Hippopotomidae

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

Bornean sun bear cubs debut at San Diego Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/zoo_sun_bears;_ylt=AlB.00eONqWIaoL0ZBJbzdAPLBIF

Helarctos malayanus

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

Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_sc/sci_cow_compass;_ylt=Al96M2AgbaiUY5FIq4tC5SAPLBIF

Kangaroos in the firing line in Australia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735008/

Macropus giganteus

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

Madrid plans vulture rescue law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7947442.stm

Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble

http://news.stv.tv/oddly-enough/82689-fossil-sea-monsters-bite-makes-trex-look-feeble/

Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947240.stm

Hesperonychus

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

Forests 'facing a testing time'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942237.stm

Saturn photographed with four moons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090317/sc_space/saturnphotographedwithfourmoons;_ylt=Aq44sNwS4j23lSMflEMXZzCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0a3JkNzRnBGFzc2V0A3NwYWNlLzIwMDkwMzE3L3NhdHVybnBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZHdpdGhmb3VybW9vbnMEcG9zAzE5BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3NhdHVybnBob

Galactic Dust Bunnies Contain Carbon After All

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316143831.htm

The Day The Sun Brought Darkness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316144521.htm

Curious Pair Of Galaxies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316111407.htm

Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

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

President to appear on NBC's 'Tonight Show'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718457/

Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599188542100;_ylt=AnYpciK3Nk07NC7K5M0i4KYDW7oF

Dead Sea scrolls

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

Essenes

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

Gay West Point Grads Form Support Group

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/national/main4871216.shtml

Newsweek: Why eyewitness ID is unreliable

http://www.newsweek.com/id/189294

What If Dream Home Was a Horror House?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7095995&page=1

Lost luggage count rising: airline consumer group

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/17/baggage.html

Printable bracket of the NCAA tournament

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/basketball/ncaa/men/2009/ncaa_tourney/brackets/tourney_m_2.pdf?bcnn=yes

Play the 2009 NCAA bracket challenge game

http://apps.facebook.com/bracket/silanding/?bcnn=yes&bcnn=yes