Bin Laden's Hide-Out? and More for Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bin Laden's Hide-out? Geographers Urge US To Search Three Structures In Pakistan For Bin Laden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141536.htm

Pressure on NATO allies after Obama's Afghan boost

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h24i-us-nato-afghan/

Listeria warnings for egg salad products, smoked salmon

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cfia-warnings.html

Listeria

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

Cruise ship grounded off Antarctica

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/antarctica.cruise.ship/index.html

Obama: Troops alone cannot win in Afghanistan

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/obama.afghanistan.canada/index.html

US car giants seek $21bn funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7893574.stm

Obama mortgage plan to aid up to 9 million families

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51g5x7-us-obama/

Mortgage aid plan is bigger than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256639/

In Housing Bailout, Look At The Fine Print

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/link/blog/main4809320.shtml

Homeowners' rallying cry: Produce the note

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_us/produce_the_note;_ylt=AjP42jy61TkydiV6VHz5LnEDW7oF

Largest banks that received aid cut lending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29244014/

GM, Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more U.S. loans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/lh623622-us-autos/

GM, Chrysler to cut 50,000 jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/carbailout.html

Goodyear cutting nearly 5,000 jobs after 4Q loss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_goodyear;_ylt=Avro6pmOUUYOY22PpCRQ1iOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpOGw2YjM2BHBvcwMyNwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDZ29vZHllYXJjdXR0

"Truth" Panel Could Spark Partisan Furor

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/politics/main4809264.shtml

Ruling Bringing Detainees To U.S. Reversed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/national/main4809328.shtml

Steep downturn spins across globe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29252158/

Industrial production tumbles in Jan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256455/

Obama to reassure Canada on free trade pact

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29254566/

Calif. on brink as GOP ousts leader

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29229462/

Sen. Dave Cogdill

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

Los Angeles nears water rationing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_water_california;_ylt=AssKtU_6YZ1FR2Nb9BJ7pTIDW7oF

Insights on Economic Choices From Game Theory and Cognitive Psychology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151809.htm

U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n17374295-us-stanford/

Madoff the Sequel? CEO Accused of $8B Scam Goes Missing

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6903014&page=1

R. Allen Stanford

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

Germany drafts bank takeover law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7896476.stm



Captive deal 'key to Gaza truce'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896506.stm

Syria urges better ties with US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896522.stm

Iran says it has built unmanned aircraft

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_unmanned_aircraft;_ylt=AvP0_ldE4sh2FkFfuGNNqHWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJrb2FyMHBmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjE4L21sX2lyYW5fdW5tYW5uZWRfYWlyY3JhZnQEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2lyYW5zYXlzaXRoYQ--

Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/18/cambodia.html

Khmer Rouge

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

India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/srilanka.india.warzone/index.html

Marchers block Mexico-US border

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm

Guadeloupe protests turn deadly

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7896598.stm

'Tibetans held' in China protest


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7896556.stm

Zimbabwe pays wages in US dollar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7897048.stm

Abu Qatada deportation backed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7896457.stm

Abu Qatada

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

Utilities: Protecting Electrical Equipment Against Lightning Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205183620.htm

Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134817.htm

Accidental Wireless: Wireless-based Sensor System Could SAVE Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209163319.htm

Facebook data changes 'withdrawn'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896309.stm

Wiki article Facebook

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

'Mega-fast' mobile internet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896867.stm

The End of Anonymity? Meet the *67 Killer

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=6899472&page=1

TrapCall

http://www.trapcall.com/

Universal charger for phones plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894763.stm

Nanotechnology: Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Better Performance With New Electrode Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209122554.htm

Nanotube's 'Tapestry' Controls Its Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205113740.htm

Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/fda_lab_quality;_ylt=ArlDajD8_U5A5g516H6UA_us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYjFxcjk4BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGZkYXNjYQ--

Tiny 'Lab-on-a-chip' Detects Pollutants, Disease And Biological Weapons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125732.htm

Secrets Of Potential Bioterror Virus Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217102149.htm

Rift Valley fever virus

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

AIDS becomes top infectious disease in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29240222/

Hospitals see big drop in staph superbugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241041/

Engineers Create Intelligent Molecules That Seek And Destroy Diseased Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114323.htm

Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243132/

Engineer Develops Method To Combat Congenital Heart Disease In Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152418.htm

Man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/kidney.donor.craigslist/index.html

Gene Linked To Aggressive Progression Of Liver Cancer Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175114.htm

Smoker's widow seeks $130 million US in damages

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cigarette-lawsuit.html

Fibromyalgia Pain Linked To Central Nervous System Dysfunction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217123124.htm

Statistical Analysis Could Yield New Drug Target For Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213103053.htm

Working Toward Artificial Corneas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172052.htm

Does An Apple A Day Keeps Breast Cancer Away?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125742.htm

Robots Sense Emotions Of Children With Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141544.htm

Loneliness Affects How The Brain Operates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151800.htm

Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social And Personal Well-being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm

Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm

Environmental Impact Of Building Construction Can Now Be Predicted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140815.htm

Climate curbs need 'people power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Cancer-causing Toxins Linked To Unexploded Munitions In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091930.htm

Video: 'I had to' stab my pet

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Owner describes chimp’s horrific rampage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29255129/

Pan

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

Grizzly bears reveal their fancy footwork secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7879581.stm

Ursus arctos horribilis

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

If You're Aggressive, Your Dog Will Be Too

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141540.htm

How to train your cat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7895280.stm?lss

Mutant Rats Resist Warfarin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205214433.htm

Warfarin

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

Vast Cache Of Ice-age Fossils Uncovered At La Brea Tar Pits In Los Angeles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218090539.htm

LaBrea Tar Pits

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

Air-filled Bones Extended Lung Capacity And Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Take First Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212305.htm

'Middle Class' Coral Reef Fish Feel The Economic Squeeze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209122546.htm

Growing Peppers: Does Hotter Mean Healthier?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203142519.htm

Sweet Potato Takes A Ride On Space Shuttle Columbia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125730.htm

Ipomoea batatas

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

Dinner dispute raises alarm at truffle body

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/od_nm/us_truffle_dispute_odd;_ylt=AvKeWuu7o5LvSUj4INUky9qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmazJka2ZlBHBvcwMxOTQEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZGlubmVyZGlzcHV0

Adaptations Key To Extreme Microbe's Survival

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125435.htm

New Way That Bacteria Evolve Into Something That Can Make You Sick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175124.htm

Researchers unveil new model of early universe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243806/

Intricate Structures Of Carina Nebula Captured

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093858.htm

NGC 3372

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3372

Details emerge on possible Mars hot springs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29183141/


Easter Island’s Controversial Collapse: More To The Story Than Deforestation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218095435.htm

Rapa Nui

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

Drug gangs terrorize Mexican town

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243909/

Villa Ahumada

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

Bones of 6 bodies found in N.M. desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29247408/

Opinion: Rodriguez takes us out for a spin

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29249407/

KPRC: Homeless man tries Web panhandling

http://www.click2houston.com/news/18738534/detail.html

Boy marries dog in India to ward off tiger attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_dog_marriage;_ylt=App6W9DBC.GtiWyccla9klLtiBIF

For Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Obama named 'Person of the Year'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787887.stm

Feds: Suspicious packages sent to Guard, Reserve in 36 states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1003564

AP source: Donor to Richardson being probed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28277636/

Becerra won't take U.S. trade rep job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28276692/

Video: Obama adviser grilled over Blagojevich

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Dollar falls as Fed slashes rates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7787239.stm

Where Is YOUR Money? And Why Won't Bailed-Out Banks Say?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Business/story?id=6479322&page=1

Auto rescue being worked on quickly: Paulson

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b50cl-us-autos-bailout/

Morgan Stanley posts loss on writedowns

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3r3-us-morganstanley/

Public mood darkens on job fears: Reuters poll

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3bn-us-usa-poll/

Poll Depicts Deeply Troubled Nation

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Economy/story?id=6473252&page=1

Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114106.htm

Is Holiday Giving An Obligation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131108.htm

Last-minute Web sites to save your holiday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28183159/

Surprise! Credit Card Traps

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6465050&page=1

Are You Drowning in Credit Card Debt?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4772073

More Americans hurt by downturn

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273423/

The dead mall problem

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/17/news/economy/retail_wasteland/index.htm?postversion=2008121706

Fix your attitude for sake of your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/17/cb.attitude.toward.work/index.html

10 Ways to Job Hunt During Winter Break

http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6444613&page=1

Consumer Tips: Health benefits after layoff

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/17/securing-health-benfits-after-a-layoff/

China's middle class vents anger over economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273651/

Watchdog 'ignored' Madoff warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786923.stm

$50B Scam: Did the SEC Miss the Obvious?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/12/did-the-sec-mis.html

UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7787103.stm

Changes 'amplify Arctic warming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7786910.stm

Iraq MPs rage over shoe thrower

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7788096.stm

Zardari rejects Mumbai 'claims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7787518.stm

Anti-piracy force thwarts attack on Chinese ship

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_af/piracy;_ylt=As155mv9kunMN_qmP8jj4kKs0NUE

Political punch-up in Mexican parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787267.stm

Answers To Huge Wind-farm Problems Are Blowin' In The Wind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104307.htm

Microsoft plans quick fix for IE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7787445.stm

United States Death Map Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216201408.htm

The 5 'dirtiest' foods

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1001198


Low Dose Of Caffeine When Pregnant May Damage Heart Of Offspring For A Lifetime

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133440.htm

Why A Virus With Unusual Properties Injects Unusual Substance Into E. Coli Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208140200.htm

Low-glycemic diet better to control diabetes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28262223/

Study changes thinking on how HIV spreads

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28265061/

Airborne pays $7 million to settle allegations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_bi_ge/airborne_settlement;_ylt=ApQZa2CQVId4BsmAm9_yZ4Ss0NUE

Why kids get sicker at night

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/12/17/parenting.kids.sick.night/index.html

'Ancient city unearthed' in Peru

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787053.stm

Farmer digs up ancient sanctuary in Italy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28278047/

Sudan statues show ancient script

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7786361.stm

This year is coolest since 2000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7786060.stm

Engineers Developing Energy-harvesting Radios

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114104.htm

Startup hopes to cash in on free broadband

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28224567/

Free broadband plan stirs debate on filtering

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28224682/



New 'Molecular Memory' Only 10 Atoms Thick: Massive Storage Possible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081121151719.htm

'On Verge Of Revolution' In Lighting With New Developments In Energy-efficient LED Lights

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217074908.htm

Non-toxic Clean-up Method For Potentially Toxic Nano Materials Created Using Horseradish Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131026.htm


What are you looking at? Japan scientists find out


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg2wk-us-japan-brain/

Protected habitat proposed for sea otter in Alaska

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_us/sea_otters;_ylt=ApPF4UhOZu.zEjSvVrs2Uuus0NUE

Enhydra lutris

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

Report: Endangered species decisions tainted

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_go_ot/endangered_species;_ylt=Ak.e8d.1pRfSq1AN0AwdL2MPLBIF

Julie MacDonald

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

Climate Change: A Dark Future For Migratory Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212143527.htm

1,500 parakeets rescued from Berlin apartment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_parakeets_rescued;_ylt=Ar578g3ijC11I9gJf2WJ7Zas0NUE

New Species Of Prehistoric Giants In Sahara

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114750.htm

Researchers find short-armed raptor in Argentina

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg0aa-us-dinosaur-argentina/

'Follow The Elements' To Understand Evolution In Ancient Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208102422.htm

Cosmic Rays Do Not Explain Global Warming, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217075138.htm

Seeing The Shape Of Material Around Black Holes For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104311.htm

Just call them black ‘doughnut’ holes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28255549/


Light on the dark energy mystery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7787461.stm

Dark Energy Found Stifling Growth In Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133438.htm

Mysterious dark energy demystified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28256534/

Holes in Earth's magnetic cloak let the sun in

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bf792-us-sun-holes/

New teams join $30 million moon rover contest

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28258165/

Hawaiian drillers tap accidentally into red hot magma

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7780873.stm

Tiny Terrors? 7 Small Cars in Crash Tests


http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/SmartHome/story?id=6475566&page=1

Bogus aircraft engineer jailed over safety checks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28276654/

Collision sends rail cars into the Mississippi

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28277234/

Gondola tower snaps at Canada ski resort

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7786967.stm

Bury me with my cell phone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28182292/

Dishwashing robot helps with housework

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Wis. Brothers Bowl Perfect 300 Games Together

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/16/ap/strange/main4672334.shtml