For Friday, September 26, 2008

WaMu seized, then sold

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893612/

Washington Mutual

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

Germans seize terror suspects on plane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26899493/

Red Tape: Bailout ignores all the empty houses

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/09/bailout-ignores.html

First fear, then loathing, toward Wall Street

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26841602/

CNNMoney: It won't be another Great Depression

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/bailout_impact/index.htm?cnn=yes

Suspect: 'I know who mailed the anthrax letters'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/24/anthrax.ivins/index.html

CORRECTED: Credit card insiders tell of deceptive practices

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_economy_creditcards;_ylt=Aj_23b.hrgFud2cgRJuWgHADW7oF

Nuclear waste piling up at U.S. hospitals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26891309/

Visualize science

javascript:SSOpen('26891829','');

Man crosses English Channel on jet-propelled wing

http://www.yahoo.com/s/960238

China stops tainted sweet sales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7637001.stm

Brazilian serial speeder runs up $1.9m in fines

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7637811.stm

Somali pirates 'seize tanks cargo'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7637257.stm

T-72

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-72

Pakistan 'kills 1,000 militants'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7638157.stm

Auction bidding 'driven by fear'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7635424.stm

Europe's toads face bleak future, researchers warn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635714.stm

Extinct tortoise 'can live again'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7630239.stm

Patent system 'stifling science'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7632318.stm

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

Bacteria ready to make plastic from sugar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26903611/

Plant-eating dinosaur spills his guts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893497/

New species discovered in Yosemite

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872421/

Fossils tell of mass exodus from sea to land

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26873266/

Beetle invasion seen changing weather

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26872373/

Mountain pine beetle

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/23/pine-beetle-canada.html

Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

Flogging blogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7633786.stm

Public 'must assert' data rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7632740.stm

Oldest Rocks On Earth Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144624.htm

Night-shining Clouds Explained?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144806.htm

Traces of alien life could survive space travel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26893147/

Carbon-rich Molecules In Meteors Brought Life?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925102706.htm

Martian Meteorites Could Carry Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm

America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104414.htm

Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919074828.htm

Bizarre Hibernating Stellar Magnet Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924151009.htm

Taking A SMART Sidelong Look At Lunar Peak Of Eternal Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926101223.htm

Unique Dark-energy Probe To Measure More Than A Million Galaxies And Quasars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918192941.htm

100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925114508.htm

Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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












Flogging blogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7633786.stm

Public 'must assert' data rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7632740.stm

Oldest Rocks On Earth Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144624.htm
Night-shining Clouds Explained?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144806.htm

Carbon-rich Molecules In Meteors Brought Life?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925102706.htm

Martian Meteorites Could Carry Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm

America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104414.htm

Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919074828.htm

Bizarre Hibernating Stellar Magnet Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924151009.htm

Taking A SMART Sidelong Look At Lunar Peak Of Eternal Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926101223.htm
Unique Dark-energy Probe To Measure More Than A Million Galaxies And Quasars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918192941.htm

100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925114508.htm

Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922090843.htm

New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Bizarre Morgellons remains a mystery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26890110/

Morgellons

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

Delusional parasitosis

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

For Thursday, September 18, 2008

Hong Kong recalls dairy products

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7623037.stm

Malaysia arrests second blogger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7622437.stm

Hackers infiltrate Palin's e-mail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7622726.stm

No plant CO2 relief in warm world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7620921.stm

X-ray pulse seen in biggest holes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7622692.stm

Britain 'faces power cuts threat'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7618840.stm

Norway joins fight to save Amazon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7621179.stm

Seabird chicks 'killed over food'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7619717.stm

Clampdown call on shark finning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7618802.stm

Nasa selects Mars climate mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7618344.stm

Google and GE in energy deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7622347.stm

YouTube bans some weapons footage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7621013.stm

San Jose wins electric car plant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7617972.stm

Tesla Motors – (Wikipedia link)

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

Tesla Motors

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Bosses' insolvency data is stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7621393.stm

Improving Our Ability To Peek Inside Molecules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080916144006.htm

Significant Increase In Alien Plants In Europe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080917145409.htm

Whale Songs Heard Around New York City Waters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080916143906.htm

Watch And Learn: Time Teaches Us How To Recognize Visual Objects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080911150046.htm

It’s All In The Hips: Early Whales Used Well Developed Back Legs For Swimming, Fossils Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080917210028.htm

Bovine Mastitis: Could A Vaccine Be On The Way?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080917145736.htm

Bovine mastitis

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

Novel Anti-cancer Mechanism Found In Long-lived Rodents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918081158.htm

Dark Matter Disk In Our Galaxy, Supercomputer Simulation Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915210506.htm

First Picture Of Likely Planet Around Sun-like Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915162420.htm

3-D Computer Processor: 'Rochester Cube' Points Way To More Powerful Chip Designs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915105733.htm

Innovative Hydrogen-powered Car Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080912091726.htm

Low-emission, High-performance Engine For Future Hybrids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915164550.htm

New Ant Species Discovered In The Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage Of Ants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080915174538.htm

Were Ike's missing washed away?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26765035/

Poker site cheating plot a high-stakes whodunit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26563848/

New Mozart piece found in French library

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26772717/

FDA eyes mandatory tracking program for food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26763265/

1,000-year-old Viking shield found in Denmark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26772763/

Cactus goo can clean up drinking water

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26759259/

Mucilage

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

Could inner zombie be controlling your brain?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26742742/

One fish, two fish ... glowing-red fish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26741465/

Enneapterygius pusillus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=16979&genusname=Enneapterygius&speciesname=pusillus

Grizzly bears rebound from near extinction

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/16/grizzly.bears.montana.ap/index.html

Ursus arctos horribilis

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

Plants make own painkillers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080918/sc_livescience/plantsmakeownpainkillers;_ylt=Agb4W6wmwCqzeTgTXrHc5Qus0NUE

FDA to review genetically engineered animals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_he_me/super_chicken;_ylt=AvmYN06ZrR_HLR4eoKsg25ms0NUE

Scientists to use satellites to count kangaroo rats

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_sc/sci_kangaroo_rats;_ylt=AtTQxX.oDEpwve.5bW6vqZ2s0NUE

Dipodomys

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

Scientists name 100 new shark and ray species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080918/sc_nm/australia_sharks_dc;_ylt=Apxk8vXiuY2gimDnHX0_CxUPLBIF

Heart Disease, Diabetes Linked to Plastics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080917/ts_usnews/heartdiseasediabeteslinkedtoplastics;_ylt=ApBphlvN503TdJ2pVUvq8ewDW7oF

4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane

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

Rare hairy-nosed otters discovered in Vietnam

http://www.yahoo.com/s/955623

For Saturday, August 9, 2008

Bernie Mac dies at 50

http://www.yahoo.com/s/931758

Bernie Mac

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

In-law of U.S. Olympic volleyball coach killed in Beijing


http://www.yahoo.com/s/931785

John Edwards admits he had affair after repeated denials

http://www.yahoo.com/s/931781

Analysis: What if a jury heard the anthrax case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_an/anthrax_opening_arguments;_ylt=AuwMpTcUpdzM1iLbShaXz6ms0NUE

Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_he_me/venezuela_vampire_bats;_ylt=AqdGpH7sBZUeYWBpt0TW8nCs0NUE

Lyssavirus

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

Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/poisoned_lake;_ylt=Ag2xZh.yxKD8AzsDb.Pthrms0NUE

Great Salt Lake

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

Mercury (element)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29

2.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in Romania

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/sci_romania_prehistoric_mammal;_ylt=AgDZ_SEsRIi.P1mC8.Fjd3Gs0NUE







Waterboarding an attraction at amusement park

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080807/od_nm/waterboarding_art_odd_dc;_ylt=At94AmwKEJVywNtVBaELriSs0NUE

Waterboarding

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

Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm

Phelps opens with Olympic record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7551278.stm

Dachshund gene 'blindness clue'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7547883.stm

Study examines bluetongue spread

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549866.stm

Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7548870.stm

FBI tries to fight zombie hordes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6752853.stm

Why Ice Flouts Third Law Of Thermodynamics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807144311.htm

Third law of thermodynamics

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

Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together -- And Form Enormous Colony Sizes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113318.htm

Maximum Of Perseid Meteor Shower, August 12 -13, 2008

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080808123912.htm

Perseids

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

Quantum Chaos Unveiled?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806140211.htm

1.2 million pounds of beef recalled in E. coli scare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26101733/

Mexican army takes lead fighting crime

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26091269/

Rising prices, flat paychecks worry consumers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25971159/

106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html

Zero Pollution Motors

http://www.mdi.lu/eng/affiche_eng.php?page=accueil

Finally, what is Object # 587744874248929738?

For Thursday, August 7, 2008

U.S. holding prisoners in crates

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/segregation.boxes/index.html

'Lost Boy' to carry U.S. flag at Olympics

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/flag.bearer/index.html

iReport.com: McCain bus scratched in wreck

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-56528

China takes Olympic protesters away

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/china.olympics.tibet.protests.ap/index.html

Mega-preacher's wife sued over loss of faith

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/osteen.wife.trial.ap/index.html

Victoria Osteen

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

Navy says sub leaked radiation since 2006

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/navy.sub/index.html

USS Houston (SSN-713)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_%28SSN-713%29


Stocks fall on jobless data, Wal-Mart sales

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

FBI: Hospital used homeless as 'human pawns'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26061635/

Sing it, FreeCreditReport.com guy!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26061279/

Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_security_hole;_ylt=AoF0i8RYf7FOKK30Gq5kjous0NUE

Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_us/detroit_mayor_charges;_ylt=AgnEHXagIfQxjIx2.6aXO.us0NUE

Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_eu/bulgaria_ancient_chariot;_ylt=AgXcNNIcHuL2IajjnLA0z_is0NUE

Killer gets life sentence plus pizza in plea deal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_us/ice_cream_killer;_ylt=AgNoPOmA5xmA_HEAuC9HtlOs0NUE

How Your Inner Athlete Makes You Smarter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080806/sc_livescience/howyourinnerathletemakesyousmarter;_ylt=ArN_ZN.O3ZDxOgmL0XGl0QKs0NUE

Jobless claims rise to highest since March 2002

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy;_ylt=AskRx3umCt5QJdss1fWAQIGs0NUE

Pakistan's Musharraf faces impeachment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_politics;_ylt=Auxh1bQAoJ15yCIEA6W9gZWs0NUE

119 illegal African clawed frogs seized in Nevada

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/frogs_seized;_ylt=AlmlzKuZi3y7L3lCUhX060as0NUE

Xenopus laevis

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

South American stork spotted in Louisiana

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_sc/stork_sighting;_ylt=AigARza3vCe9XC.OcWyJBDus0NUE

Jabiru mycteria

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

Researchers compile West Nile gene "dictionary"

Great Escape veteran Eric Dowling dies at 92

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_great_escape_veteran;_ylt=AgMdurtzKhm9frgYUmuFan4DW7oF

Fiscal 2008 budget deficit seen about $400 billion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_budget_deficit_dc;_ylt=AgHGx7DOwYHdLSufKfSEzMMDW7oF

Anthrax victim's widow speaks out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7547823.stm

Analysis: Case against Ivins not airtight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26067619/



Top Italian car designer killed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7547267.stm

Andrea Pininfarina

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

Is the existence of Guantanamo Bay justified?

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5206&edition=2

'Can anyone hear that picture?'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7545888.stm

Synesthesia

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

Crystal clue in army brain injury

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7545568.stm

Elastic electronics see better

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7543987.stm

Jupiter, Saturn Full Of Liquid Metal Helium

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806184907.htm

Helium

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

Acid Sea Hampers Reproduction Of Marine Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728111400.htm

Red Flour Beetle's 'Selfish' Gene Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807081350.htm

Tribolium castaneum

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/beetles/red_flour_beetle.htm

Nine To Twenty Individual Fire Ant Queens Started U.S. Fire Ant Population

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807080832.htm

Solenopsis

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

Is There Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa? Finding Signs Of Current Geological Activity On A Frozen World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806210116.htm

Clumps And Streams Of Dark Matter May Lie In Inner Regions Of Milky Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806140124.htm

Weird Oxygen Bonding Under Pressure Explained

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804190643.htm

Promising Lithium Batteries For Electric Cars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080807073753.htm

lithium iron phosphate

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

Mobile Phone Technology Brings Robot Swarm To Research Labs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805155626.htm

Swarm robotics

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