For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Google unveils 2008 search hits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7775344.stm

Spore at top of the piracy charts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7772962.stm

Don't be 404, know the tech slang

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7775013.stm

IWF backs down on Wiki censorship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7774102.stm

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7775000/7775188.stm

A future full of gadgets — no batteries required?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28143266/

Keeping Track: Software Locates People And Objects, Immediately Detects Unauthorized Persons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209111512.htm

Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems Offer Considerable Potential For Improving Traffic Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085626.htm

Report finds nanotechnology safeguards inadequate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b94a5-us-nano-risks/

Panel Blasts Federal Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210103045.htm

Video Game Review: 'Tom Clancy's EndWar'

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/story?id=6331627&page=1

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml

Peter Gabriel backs human rights website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7773004.stm

The Hub

http://hub.witness.org/

Massive World War II collection debuts online

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_wwii_collection;_ylt=AiVI2yBWIJo5yUQdIYCCkvqs0NUE

Footnote.com

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157293/

Robust Watermarking Offers Hope Against Digital Piracy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092114.htm

Chemists And Security Scientists Add New Technology To Redesigned Five Dollar Bill

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0901-anticounterfeiting_money.htm

Plastic Made To Conduct Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209111514.htm

New Polymer Coatings Prevent Corrosion, Even When Scratched

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125929.htm

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/10/iran.spy.arrests/index.html

US-led strikes kill Afghan police

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774939.stm

Report: Armor decision could have cost lives

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/us.iraq.ieds/index.html

Illinois scandal could have a ripple effect

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1708215.aspx

Sources Say Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1

State of Disarray: What is Wrong With Ill.?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6428980&page=1

Fla. Investigates Mass Grave at Boys School

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6428293&page=1

Strike adds to unrest in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774634.stm

Pakistan questions key militants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774912.stm

Brazil considers Indian land case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7774895.stm

Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774698.stm

Rio Tinto

http://www.riotinto.com

Wholesale inventories, sales plunge in Oct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157537/

Dow 4,000: 8 really, really scary predictions

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/index.html?cnn=yes

Office Depot cutting 112 stores, 2,200 jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_bi_ge/office_depot_strategic_review;_ylt=AgjITys5eFo37Al2Ta_3a3as0NUE



Chinese police detain protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7774693.stm

Chinese exports drop in slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774934.stm

Sterling hits new record euro low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7775191.stm

Somali piracy backed by international network

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28158455/

Agreement sealed on auto bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28108346/

Inaction on Big 3 would cost taxpayers billions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156558/

Congress to vote on car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774459.stm

Panel questions Treasury on bailout plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28155752/

Newsweek: How the Tribune deal went bad so fast

http://www.newsweek.com/id/173152

Smell of Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7771184.stm

Rare white lion cubs born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7775782.stm

Why Do Pigs Die During Commercial Transportation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091035.htm

Sexual Stereotypes in Dolphin Kingdom?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=6431619&page=1

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Warning: Fifth of world coral reefs lost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156581/

Tropics No Longer Museum Of Plant Biodiversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221705.htm

Tropical Rainforests' Secret Ingredient Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125830.htm

Molybdenum

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

Precious Metal Could Lead To Next Generation Of Cancer Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092122.htm

Osmium

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


'Border Patrol Agents' Identified In The Gut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208180335.htm

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Giant black hole confirmed at the centre of our galaxy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm

Unprecedented 16-year-long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221707.htm

CO2 found on "hot Jupiter" planet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b86uh-us-space-carbon/

Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide On An Extrasolar Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209144923.htm

100-meter Sprint World Record Could Go As Low As 9.48 Seconds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081128082831.htm

Pastor Prays Over Deposit Slip, Gets $1.5M Gift

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/09/ap/strange/main4658523.shtml



Brain swelling blamed in many Mount Everest deaths

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b9023-us-everest-deaths/

Assisted suicide in Zurich to air on TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7775465.stm

For Thursday, July 31, 2008

Plants Talk, Even Eavesdrop

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/plantstalkeveneavesdrop;_ylt=AuhONRnKRLb10exFLg.awJUPLBIF

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/sc_nm/nanofoods_dc;_ylt=AsuQVRyf83C016.NrMgWyBAPLBIF

Signs of Life Found Inside Rock Salt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/signsoflifefoundinsiderocksalt;_ylt=AhWpONAIl1iIp_e4DIv7F3UDW7oF

Live fish caught at record depth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7525552.stm

Tips to get ahead in Beijing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7511876.stm

European Birds Flock To Warming Britain, While Some Northern Species Not Faring As Well

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234302.htm

New Class Of Glassy Material Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728193229.htm
New Yeast Trick For Eating Favorite Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730140730.htm

Life In A Bubble: Mathematicians Explain How Insects Breathe Underwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730155354.htm

Frankincense Provides Relief To Arthritis Sufferers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234300.htm

Boswellia serrata

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

Solar Eclipse On The Morning Of August 1st

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080724143903.htm

Sleeping man beheaded on Greyhound bus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25949218/

Texters hurt as they walk, ride — even cook

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25934644/

Texidiot

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/07/texidiot.html

Salmonella outbreak tied to irrigation water

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25935332/

Georgia's lab apes languish in post-Soviet limbo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25934538/

Video game spawns naughty Web 'Sporn'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/spore.sporn/index.html

For Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Sick bees lose their buzz, study finds - Yahoo! News



Early Mars Was All Wet - Yahoo! News



Chesapeake watermen fear blue crab not coming back - Yahoo! News



Callinectes sapidus



Maryland Blue Crab


Training reassessed after plutonium spill - Yahoo! News



E. coli linked to beef now reported in 5 states - Yahoo! News


Man spent $1,000 a week on beer? - Yahoo! News


Gulf Dead Zone May Grow Larger Than Ever - Yahoo! News


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fishing ban brings seas to life


BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Breeding rate fall for rare bird


Podiceps auritus



BBC NEWS UK Scotland Tayside and Central Ancient tree 'one of UK's best'



Fortingall Yew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Taxus baccata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Mechanism Behind Mind-body Connection Discovered


Two Extinct Flying Reptiles Compared: One Was A Glider, The Other A Parachutist


The 700-year-old Mexican Mummy With A Tummy Ache



Tigers Disappear From Himalayan Refuge


Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years



Hippodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The science behind the August eclipse - Space.com- msnbc.com



8 charged over skull-trafficking ring - CNN.com



Dead Great White Shark Washes Up On Beach - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston