For Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Holographic Universe: Discovery Could Herald New Era In Fundamental Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203130708.htm

GEO600

http://www.geo600.de

Eliminating The Threat Of Nuclear Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204093810.htm

Fire engulfs landmark Chicago cathedral

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29012800/

The Up Side: Houses for Less Than Cars

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6798084&page=1


World Watch: Russia's Burning Problem

http://www.cbsnews.com/external/story.php?story=stories/2009/02/04/link/main4774115.shtml&tag=main_home_storiesBySection

Obama Warns Critics Of "Catastrophe"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/politics/100days/economy/main4774819.shtml


Obama imposes executive pay limit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29003620/

MPs welcome Obama's statements against trade war

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/04/obama-protectionism.html

The Note: Obama Admits 'Screw Up'

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/the-note-2409-a.html

Obama On Daschle: "I Messed Up"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/03/eveningnews/main4773752.shtml

Thomas Daschle

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000064

Bank Failures Will Cost FDIC $40 Billion

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/03/business/main4773319.shtml

FDIC

http://www.fdic.gov/

CNNMoney: Unemployment up in 98% of cities

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/04/news/economy/metropolitan_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009020410

Private sector job cuts slow in January

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51333z-us-usa-economy-employment-adp/

China shows glimmer of recovery, Russia's rating cut

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0tl-us-financial/

Panasonic set to cut 15,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7868966.stm

Time Warner reports fourth-quarter loss

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29012694/

Service sector slows less than expected in Jan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29013731/

UK foreign labour row 'deal reached'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7868777.stm

Novel Method Of Immunization Completely Eliminates Malaria Parasites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202103021.htm

World Watch: Obama Reportedly Wants Russia Nuke Pact

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/link/main4774387.shtml


Madoff whistleblower blasts SEC's shortcomings

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5133zf-us-madoff-congress/

Outcry Against Gaza "War Crimes" Grows

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/world/main4774433.shtml

Hamas police 'seize aid for Gaza'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7869704.stm

UN accuses Hamas of confiscating Gaza aid

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/04/aid-hamas.html

Flooded Queensland is 'disaster zone'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7869358.stm

Crocodile risk in Australia flood

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7868854.stm


Russia: We'll help U.S. stabilize Afghanistan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29011174/

'Dozens dead' in S Lanka fighting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7868845.stm

Peanut company tied to unlicensed Texas plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28992986/

Texas Peanut Plant Ran Without Inspections

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/03/health/main4771637.shtml

Tainted peanut products also a menace for pets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28938874/

Executive pledges $100M for AIDS research

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29014105/

Bird flu virus still major concern: WHO

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/04/flu.html

Insulation still safe, company says despite federal order halting sales

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/04/foam-warning.html

RetroFoam of Canada

http://retrofoam.com/



Bipolar Disorder Linked To Risk Of Early Death From Natural Causes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202103023.htm

UV Light-enhanced Tooth Bleaching Dangerous To Eyes And Skin, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090214.htm

The Irony Of Harmony: Why Positive Interactions May Sometimes Be Negative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175047.htm

Summer babies 'tall and strong'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7869146.stm

Donor kidney removed via vagina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7867837.stm

CT scan may give patients high radiation dose: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5126ia-us-heart-scans/

At rest, your brain runs in screensaver mode

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090204/sc_livescience/atrestyourbrainrunsinscreensavermode;_ylt=AtrtGTD8gpwAXO3Yohx8iy6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM4OG8zYzZuBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMjA0L2F0cmVzdHlvdXJicmFpbnJ1bnNpbnNjcmVlbnNhdmVybW9kZQRwb3MDMTkEc2VjA3lu

Pregnant fossil shows how early whales evolved

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5130cq-us-fossils-whales/

Manatees huddle for warmth

javascript:vPlayer('29013997','69287e66-cdcf-4c8b-b76a-7fd2cecd65aa')

Trichechus

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

Bat-killing syndrome spreads in Northeast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29005011/

Titanic ancient snake was as long as Tyrannosaurus

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51346p-us-snake-giant/

Expert: Fossil reveals snake that was 'longer than a city bus'

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1025670

Liberian crop pest mystery solved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7868086.stm

Herbal tea ingredient helps beetle-plagued trees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/bark_beetles_herbal_tea;_ylt=AgO6B0l4.kCyPiDhk4ygttSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMWY2Nm9uBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNoZXJiYWx0ZWFpbmc-

Verbenone

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

Plums Poised To Give Blueberries Run For The Money

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160926.htm

Prunus

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

Can Cannibalism Fight Infections?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174945.htm

Bacteria Are Models Of Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204101254.htm

Glaciers Around The Globe Continue To Melt At High Rates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090002.htm

Setting out Obama's green agenda

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7837791.stm

Reality check needed for the world's vulnerable forests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7848200.stm

Cloud Seeding Increases Rainfall In Tasmania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202103012.htm

'Longevity Gene' Common Among Centenarians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081624.htm

Brain Perceives Optical Illusions As Real

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175202.htm

Computer chips may 'repair' nerve

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7867724.stm

Microsoft streamlines Windows 7 options

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_windows7;_ylt=ArUuP6VUuI5vXEeQwtulY2Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoNHRhYWhrBHBvcwMxMjMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90ZWNobm9sb2d5BHNsawNtaWNyb3NvZnRzdHI-

Saving Gas: Pneumatic Hybrid Engine Is Much Cheaper Than Electric Hybrids And Almost As Economical

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131113216.htm

High Pressure Yields Novel Single-element Boron 'Compound'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128215130.htm

Boron

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

Super Strong Nanometals: Ductile Copper Made Four Times Stronger Than Commercial Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204085400.htm

Copper

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

Powerful New Technique Measures Asteroids' Sizes And Shapes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204085309.htm

Volcanic Spreading And Lateral Variations In Structure Of Olympus Mons, Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203175343.htm

Olympus Mons

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

Medical Mystery: Baby Who Won't Grow

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6797798&page=1


Report: Retested Bonds sample now positive

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28900576/

Barry Bonds website link

http://www.barrybonds.com/

Man dies after rejection by 14 hospitals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29013386/

Did a Prefab Home Poison This Baby?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/story?id=6797258&page=1


'Bailout Bill' hands out cash for free to people in New York

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7869000/7869277.stm

Sex offenders booted off MySpace

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7869491.stm

Man held after getting off a flight with live pigeons in his trousers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7869301.stm

Sheriff: Michael Phelps could face charges

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/sheriff.phelps.marijuana/index.html

Link to Michael Phelps Official Website

http://www.michaelphelps.com/

Rubik's Cube gets a makeover ... and now it's a ball

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1025695

Rubik’s Cube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube

Rain-battered Australian state on snake alert

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_floods;_ylt=As.He6sl2nklMcfnSu82Slas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhcWJpN29xBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3JhaW4tYmF0dGVyZQ--

For Monday, February 2, 2009

Obama to set conditions for banks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7865165.stm

Obama says most U.S. troops in Iraq home within a year

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50t6r5-us-obama-iraq/

Obama: More banks could fail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28940067/

Daschle on his taxes: 'Deeply embarrassed'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28975053/

President to order review of FDA after salmonella scare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28969400/

Obama officially breaks first promise

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/02/01/levs.obamas.broken.promise.cnn

Charges against George Obama dropped

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/kenya.george.obama/index.html

George Obama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Obama#George_Hussein_Onyango_Obama

California holds back payments amid budget crisis

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5110s4-us-usa-economy-california/

Israeli, Palestinian attacks batter Gaza ceasefire

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5100oy-us-palestinians-israel/

More dire downturn news, and a glimmer of hope

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0tl-us-financial/



Bailout Banks Sought More Foreign Workers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/02/business/main4768439.shtml

Construction spending drops by record in 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28977216/


Tainted mushrooms hit shelves, recall ordered

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/02/enoki.mushrooms.recalled/index.html

Phillips Mushroom Farms Link

http://www.phillipsmushroomfarms.com/

Flammulina

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

Listeria

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

$27M settlement reached in Maple Leaf listeriosis suits

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/02/maple.html

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Link

http://www.mapleleaf.ca/

Inspection reports from peanut plant varied widely

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_bi_ge/salmonella_outbreak_the_plant;_ylt=AtMAyQAEifOT3bxSMSXAY66s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYmhjNm9kBHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2luc3BlY3Rpb25yZQ--

Manufacturing index for Jan. rises from record low

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_bi_ge/economy_manufacturing;_ylt=AkzG6QrW1kM_mvDoty_BFWSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMjBuc3VsBHBvcwM5MARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX2J1c2luZXNzBHNsawNtYW51ZmFjdHVyaW4-

Tough choices for America's hungry

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/02/food.stamps.economy/index.html

Cows, horses, whales crashed economy

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/02/mf.economic.crisis.history/index.html

Consumer Tips: Get the job you deserve

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/02/get-the-job-you-deserve/



U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Overseas Companies

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/02/national/main4769074.shtml

Keeping health insurance easier under stimulus plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28964897/

Ace the interview

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28819016/

Weak holiday sales hit Barbie-maker Mattel

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/02/mattel.html

Mattel

http://www.mattel.com/

Bouncing Back From New Year's Failures

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6772574&page=1

Kentucky asks Obama for faster storm aid

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931648/

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/02/02/winter.weather/index.html

Quarter-million without power in icy Kentucky

The Fairy Tale Crumbles for Japan's Royals

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6480752&page=1

Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan

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


Volcano erupts in Japan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7864269.stm

Ash falls on Tokyo as volcano erupts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28970451/

Mount Asama

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

No big energy bursts at Alaska volcano

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28971339/

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Dalai Lama taken to hospital with "discomfort" in arms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/wl_nm/us_india_dalailama;_ylt=AqsLnaGHI23OgZTcylbHDNys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJkMmd1dTJxBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwMjAyL3VzX2luZGlhX2RhbGFpbGFtYQRwb3MDMTYEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDZGFsYWlsYW1hdGFr

'Green' gas could help heat homes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7862696.stm

High-Tech Pranks Expose Flaws In 911

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/02/national/main4768956.shtml

India to unveil low cost laptop

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7864806.stm

Chinese migrant job losses mount

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7864293.stm

Chinese spending creates deficit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7865397.stm


Arson blamed for Australia fires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7864555.stm

S Lanka tells civilians to leave war zone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7865190.stm

Aid groups: Sri Lanka situation 'nightmarish'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html

UN official kidnapped in Pakistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7864268.stm

Britain disrupted by heavy snow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7864395.stm

Snow hits UK net and phone links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7865018.stm

iReport.com: Stonehenge -- in the snow!

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-205818

UK energy saving policy 'failing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856185.stm

France unveils stimulus package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7864942.stm

Colombia Farc hostages released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7863811.stm

Gaddafi elected as next AU leader

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7864604.stm

Zimbabwe dollar sheds 12 zeros

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7865259.stm

Drill Here! Locating Drinking Water Under Challenging Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127210243.htm

New Way To Monitor And Improve Clean-up Of Contaminated Groundwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090130093405.htm

EU to debate cloning for food, wary of trade impact

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50t57w-us-eu-cloning/

Marching To The Beat Of The Same Drummer Improves Teamwork

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160930.htm

9 tiny islands drowning as seas rise

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/02/01/lah.japan.saving.tuvalu.cnn

Structure Of Enzyme Against Chemical Warfare Agents Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160821.htm

DFPase

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase

Human Genome starts shipping new anthrax drug

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/hl_nm/us_anthrax_drug;_ylt=AtqVPf3oG7he5s41dNzcTSoPLBIF

Human Genome Sciences

http://www.hgsi.com/

Single Gene Lets Bacteria Jump From Host To Host

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090201141551.htm

Japanese whalers fire water at activists

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28975732/

Gorilla Diary Convincing militia leaders to lay down their weapons

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Humans share lemur gaze tendency

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7863997.stm

Lemuriformes

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

Tigers 'Took The Silk Road' To Russia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126163011.htm

Panthera tigris virgata

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

Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

States fail in latest prairie dog report card

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_re_us/prairie_dogs;_ylt=AkihPt02GThtdtD7ODZSFjys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2tjbXFjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzdGF0ZXNmYWlsaW4-

Cynomys

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

Toad haul Stunning pictures of Tanzania's hidden amphibians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7856513.stm

Tortoise thieves make quick getaway

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_singapore_tortoise;_ylt=Auj7st4FhPxyikH6yscXHvDtiBIF

Secretive Immune System Of Salmon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127123117.htm

Salmonidae

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

"Immortal" Jellyfish Swarm World's Oceans

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090130-immortal-jellyfish-swarm.html

Scyphozoa

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

Plant Soybeans Early To Increase Yield

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202102942.htm

Glycine max

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

Connectivity Illuminates Risk Of Spread Of Crop Pests, Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202074854.htm

Computer Network Structure Alone Can Affect Outcomes, Relationships And Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122824.htm

Protester throws shoe at China's Wen

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_china_shoe;_ylt=AsoYTPVXL0JoEo7NSsiTYEntiBIF

Wen Jiabao

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

Passers-by ignore man dying in street

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/02/02/beating.victime.ignored.wjla

WRTV: Road sign hacked to say, 'Raptors Ahead'

http://www.theindychannel.com/cnn-news/18620871/detail.html

Bailed-Out Bank Sponsors Super Bowl Party

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6782719&page=1

Fumble at the Super Bowl as porn interrupts TV coverage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7864733.stm