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

For Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas

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

Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008

Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 Humanitarian Crises

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/

Military 'seizes power' in Guinea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7796902.stm

Dictator's death sparks coup in Guinea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366192/

Lansana Conte

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

Guinea

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

Fear at army takeover

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7797371.stm

World Watch : Russian Missile Test A Dud

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/23/link/main4684076.shtml

US Warns Russia Against Selling Missiles to Iran

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_russia_iran;_ylt=AjcCITEr0IXQ0xfKF30kxj0DW7oF

Ex-Clinton adviser pleads to child-porn charge

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28363279/

Wade Sanders

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

Official: Calif. could be broke in 2 months

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28359987/

Economy slows some areas' population growth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355559/

Governments must be ready to spend more on stimulus: IMF

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm1th-us-financial-imf-economist/

GDP shrank in third quarter as economy chilled

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm2wi-us-usa-economy-gdp/

Economy, consumer spending shrank in Q3

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365353/

World economies limp to Christmas

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Existing home sales plunge 8.6 percent in November

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm3f0-us-usa-economy-housing-1/

Home prices take record tumble

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365973/

Retirement Woes: Forced to Work to Death?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=6513517&page=1

ABC News: Your Complete Guide to Refinancing

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ConsumerFinance/story?id=6498727&page=1

When mortgage rescues go bad

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/23/real_estate/new_modifications_same_problems/index.htm?cnn=yes

Contraction of UK economy speeds up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7796960.stm

Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796806.stm

Interpol 'not given Mumbai data'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7796993.stm

US questions net overhaul plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797206.stm

Motorists plucked from flood water in US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7797727.stm

Investigators: Doomed jet made odd noise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28330517/

NY Times sued over copyright issues

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366260/

Vatican says 'amen' to iTunes prayer book

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28357287/

EU's new digital library is back online

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365676/

Europeana

http://www.europeana.eu/

Coming soon to a home near you: 3D printing

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/22/tech-printers.html

More companies look to cloud computing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28350442/

Wind power picks up in Wales

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South Korean sites indicted over online piracy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365678/

Health Monitoring With Your Cell Phone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221600.htm

Cognitive Computing: Building A Machine That Can Learn From Experience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081221215537.htm

Robotic Technology Improves Stroke Rehabilitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203084306.htm

Artificial Human Bone Marrow Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221558.htm

In America, Millions Breathe Too Much Soot

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/tech/main4683513.shtml

Even a tiny bit of flab raises heart failure risk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4io-us-heart-obesity/

FDA warns of 28 diet pills sold online

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355841/

Too many pain pills can make migraines worse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28354911/

Drug shields mice from chronic lung disease: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4ys-us-lung-drug/

Examination Of Widely Used Antimicrobial Compound Reveals New Strategies To Fight Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210121910.htm

Racial Tension In A 'Split Second'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124146.htm

Genes May Influence Popularity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074607.htm

Blocking The Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141730.htm

Men more responsive to caffeine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7797132.stm

Pollen Grain Study Yields New Picture Of Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113522.htm

Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7796312.stm

Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indonesiawildlifeanimalspeciesrhino;_ylt=AuMCVIkhBH84QOkh4rsyNSADW7oF

Baby Fish In Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted And Deformed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209100940.htm

Protea Plants Help Unlock Secrets Of Species 'Hotspots'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221539.htm

South African Protea Plants List

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Protea&submit=Search&sp-a=0002249e-sp00000001

Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-start Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218213634.htm

Evolution: Life On Earth Got Bigger In 2-million-fold Leaps

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221537.htm

Quantum Computing Closer To Reality As Mathematicians Chase Key Breakthrough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100700.htm

Galactic halfway house discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355265/

Bad bonbons: 9 tonnes of counterfeit chocolate seized in France

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/23/counterfeit-chocolate.html

Rare disease causes people to pull out their own hair

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=Al6ZSQyJwqatNkBsdCp0E9qbvZx4/SIG=1256g3pq7/**http%3A//cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226723%26cl=11211819

More than 100 passengers stuck on world's largest ferris wheel

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApGxOLHbVwFqQzbo4czadbibvZx4/SIG=12a3vf07t/**http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_singapore_flyer

Chinese arrested for fake uniforms and starch scam

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_counterfeits;_ylt=AnoDq.lHRmMiskDh8j0CuJPtiBIF

Why Some of Us Hate to Cry

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081223/sc_livescience/whysomeofushatetocry;_ylt=AjiPk6wsrWzA4ufiz68oKgUPLBIF