Economy Trumps Rights and More for Saturday, February 21, 2009

US finds new Afghan supply route

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7901071.stm

Obama tells Treasury to begin cutting taxes

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

Economic woes trump rights as Clinton visits China

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51j435-us-china-clinton/

Dissidents Held During Clinton China Visit

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817568.shtml

Follow stimulus money from DC to you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/02/17/nr.seg.stimulus.money.cnn

Clinton pushes environment on China visit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29312097/

Experts: Bear market's bite could go deeper

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29310906/

Nationalization Fuels Fear on Wall Street

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6925529&page=1

Nationalization

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

Expect a wave of bank failures

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/news/companies/bank_failures/index.htm?cnn=yes

Meek ending for mighty unit that gutted AIG

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29311015/

GM, Chrysler ask for billions in Canadian aid

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/20/carbailouts.html

Obama widens missile strikes in Pakistan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29310523/

Israel shells Lebanon after rocket attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29311140/

Abu Ghraib Reopens: New Name, Fake Flowers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817672.shtml

Abu Ghraib

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

Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

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

U.S. sticks with Bush position on Bagram detainees

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k0mf-us-afghan-usa-bagram/

Bagram Air Base

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

Calif. Man Charged With Al Qaeda Links

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/20/national/main4816449.shtml

Judge lifts restrictions on alleged al-Qaeda agent Charkaoui

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/02/20/mtl-charkaoui-restrictions-0220.html

Adil Charkaoui

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

North Korea accuses U.S. of war-mongering

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k11b-us-korea-north/

Iran Blocks Web Sites Promoting Reformist

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817728.shtml

Mohammed Khatami

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

Dozens arrested in India after hepatitis outbreak

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/india.hepatitis/index.html

Hepatitis B

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

BAE Systems profits almost double

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7898558.stm?lss

BAE Systems

http://www.baesystems.com/

GM's Saab wins creditor protection, seeks savior

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i3b2-us-gm-saab/

CNNMoney: Investors vent over Madoff revelation

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/news/newsmakers/madoff_investors/index.htm

Stanford surrenders passport, Antigua units seized

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h5io-us-stanford/

NASA delays shuttle flight a fourth time

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k0oo-us-space-shuttle/

Simple Method Strengthens Schools, Other Buildings Against Earthquakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125429.htm

Pentagon: U.S. not developing space weapons

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301771/

Court strikes down California video game law

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304769/

CNNMoney: Why I hate Facebook

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?postversion=2009022012

Nanoparticle Ink For Flexible Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141204.htm

China Internet users probe custody death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29302677/

Virtual Autopsy: Into the Skull of Victim

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Technology/story?id=6926071&page=1

Virtopsy

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

Shop Online, Digitize a Library

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=6924894&page=1

Gaza Strip Families Give First Clue To Condition Causing Blindness And Tooth Decay

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212112751.htm

Salmonella scare highlights inspector shortage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29306157/

More dog treats recalled due to salmonella risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304270/

Most fertility clinics break the rules

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305552/

Cell Injections Accelerate Fracture Healing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211193807.htm

Innovative Method To Starve Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211110958.htm

Number Of Fast-food Restaurants In Neighborhood Associated With Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202714.htm

Clot-buster Boosts Survival, Decreases Disability For Deadly Subset Of Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219152128.htm

Stroke: Innovative Team Approach Brings Man Back From The Dead Twice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219211416.htm

View Into The Human Body: The Formation Of Cell Organelles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134548.htm

Injections Of Licorice Ingredient Show Promise As Treatment For Cocaine Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223504.htm

Isoliquiritigenin

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

'Green' Plastics Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122145.htm

Mercury pollution treaty proposed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7902092.stm

Growing Arctic sea ice likely to melt, says scientist

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/21/arctic-ice.html

Most Road Salt Is Making It Into Lakes And Rivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125424.htm

Water Vapor Feedback Loop Will Cause Accelerated Global Warming, Professor Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219152132.htm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Aims To Boost Carbon Management Options

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219201657.htm

GM battles rage on

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7892328.stm

Doctors weigh treatment of chimp attack victim

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/chimp.attack/index.html

Chimp victim moved to face transplant clinic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29286702/

Wyoming Senate votes to end Internet hunting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300904/

Seamounts May Serve As Refuges For Deep-sea Animals That Struggle To Survive Elsewhere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161944.htm

Seamount

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

WATCH: Coyote Goes Wild on Highway

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6925629

Canis latrans

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

Pigs help clear forest floor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7902797.stm?lss

Animals Successfully Relearn Smell Of Kin After Hibernation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114207.htm

Feds: Calif. returning chinook salmon a record low

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_salmon;_ylt=AnNpv2PidC_kqr1gDn51Pnys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWdkbW1xBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNmZWRzY2FsaWZyZXQ-

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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

New butterfly found with mustache disguise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305885/

Spread Of Rice Virus Could Be Reduced With Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210182437.htm

Rice tungro bacilliform virus

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

Cracking The Species Code For Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217080017.htm

First Crystal Structure Of An Intermediate Particle In Virus Assembly Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090208133232.htm

In a swirl Astronomy project records rapid early online traffic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7899658.stm

Google dismisses 'Atlantis find'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7903169.stm

Atlantis

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

Jefferson Davis' slave spied for Union

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/spy.slaves/index.html

Black Dispatches

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

Army medic gets life in killing of 4 Iraqis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/21/medic.detainee.deaths/index.html

Canadian businessman shot dead in Thailand on 34th birthday

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/20/cdn-thailand.html

Nigerian man accused in $27 million scheme

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_us/transnational_swindle;_ylt=AnrSlapG0HIFcBs_X6AWkyqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNTIwN2RhBHBvcwM1OARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuaWdlcmlhbm1hbmE-

How do You Make Snap Decisions?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=6905370&page=1

WATCH: Flipping Angry Over Obama Coin

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6899334

'Oscars list' dismissed as fake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/oscars/7903045.stm

Jackman ready to be 'drunk, nude' for Oscars

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/20/hugh.jackman.oscars/index.html

Hugh Jackman

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

3 Charged With Pirating Best, Worst Films

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/entertainment/main4817705.shtml

For Thursday, February 12, 2009

Africanized honey bees discovered in Utah for the first time

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029499

High winds knock out power in South, East

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158553/

Pakistan admits India attack link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885261.stm

Pakistan arrests 'main operator' in Mumbai attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india;_ylt=AgOuuGF4RQ6EytvUt5BsRIKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiN3FtdW9yBHBvcwM0MQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNwYWtpc3RhbmFycmU-

Pakistan says it arrests Mumbai attack plotters

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b258-us-pakistan-india/

2008 Mumbai Attacks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks

Pakistani 'terror' base?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7765875.stm

India pair found guilty of murder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885579.stm

South Korea warns North not to test-fire missiles

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b0mn-us-korea-north/

Yes He Can? Obama and the Nuclear Threat

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=6848370&page=1

U.S. Nuke Weapons Lab Loses 69 Computers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/national/main4795443.shtml

Los Alamos National Laboratory

http://lanl.gov/

US lawmakers reach stimulus deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7884537.stm

Obama nears win on stimulus plan to boost economy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a61l-us-usa-stimulus/

What's in It for You? $789B Stimulus Bill -- What It Does and When

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6862083&page=1

Frank: Bank bailouts will have strings attached

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29157587/

Frank: Obama Will End Bailout Abuses

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/politics/100days/economy/main4795968.shtml

Recession, bailout costs push deficit to record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29144295/.

Financial Meltdown Cases Flooding the Feds

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Economy/story?id=6855179&page=1

U.S. retail sales rebound, new jobless claims slip

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n12444195-us-usa-economy/

GM Bankruptcy In Bondholders' Hands

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/business/main4795973.shtml

Ontario looking to protect jobs after GM Canada turns down emergency loan

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/02/12/ont-autos.html

Japan's Pioneer to cut 10,000 jobs globally

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/12/japan-pioneer.html

Pioneer

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

Almost 5 million getting jobless benefits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29157886/

More firms challenge unemployment claims

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29151900/

No health insurance? Get help here

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/12/ep.health.insurance.help/index.html

CNNMoney: Home prices plunge to 30-year low

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/12/real_estate/Latest_median_prices/index.htm?postversion=2009021210

U.S. home foreclosure notices hit 274,000 in January

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/12/foreclosures.html

U.S. January foreclosures fall: RealtyTrac

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b16h-us-usa-economy-housing-foreclosures/

Obama: Caterpillar to rehire if stimulus passes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29139938/

Australia parliament rejects stimulus plan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b2vl-us-australia-stimulus/

Peanut butter could be labeled high-risk food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158355/

Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Lax Regulation In Peanut Factories

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/eveningnews/main4793925.shtml

Peanut butter outbreak prompts tighter food safety

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Al5YCOM0CVnNpdlmh0IGLBes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFldW9hOWNjBHBvcwM3NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNwZWFudXRidXR0ZXI-

Owner of peanut company in U.S. salmonella outbreak refuses to testify

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-recall.html

Peanut executives take the Fifth

javascript:vPlayer('29157258','1feaf2f8-8ac5-4173-b5ee-8cd53094669f')

From Floor to Mouth: Sickening Peanut Info

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Arachis hypogaea

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

Victim: PCA has blood on hands

javascript:vPlayer('29142758','89665937-87a1-4a28-8d7e-bcc97a53484e')

Russian and US satellites collide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885051.stm

U.S. and Russia track satellite crash debris

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a8ia-us-space-collision/

Iridium 33 satellite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_33

Kosmos 2251

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-2251



US 'lost track of Afghan weapons'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885533.stm

Pope condemns denial of Holocaust

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7885933.stm

Arrests follow China tower fire


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7885078.stm

Chinese investment in Rio Tinto

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7885111.stm

Obama 'must act now' on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885036.stm

Dramatic Rise In Sea Level And Its Broad Ramifications Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205314.htm

UK's CO2 plan 'certain to fail'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7881868.stm

New Tool Gets Handle On Cropland Carbon Dioxide Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152420.htm

Electricity From Straw And Other Waste Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081613.htm

Reducing Nitrate Discharge To Downstream Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131123518.htm

Scientists map Neanderthal genome; may reveal human link

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029517

Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a8ii-us-genes-humans/

Deducing Diet Of Prehistoric Hominid With Math

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211111005.htm

Australopithecus africanus

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

Fishermen in 'dolphin rescue' off Philippines coast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7880375.stm

Jaguar Spotted In Central Mexico For First Time In 100 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134448.htm

Panthera onca

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

Long-term Recovery Of Reefs From Bleaching Requires Local Action To Increase Resilience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110520.htm

Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211101711.htm

Why Fruits Ripen And Flowers Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162027.htm

France defends GM ban after report says safe in food

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b3tb-us-france-gmo/

Discovery Fleshes Out Metabolism Of Key Environmental And Energy Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174650.htm

On The Origin Of Subspecies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161842.htm

Scientists debate a robot war

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142213/

Tories admit to Wiki-alteration

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7884121.stm

Engineers Revolutionize Nano-device Fabrication Using Amorphous Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161838.htm

Slow Down: Those Lines On The Road Are Longer Than You Think

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175107.htm

The 'recession diet': Fast food sales up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7885312.stm

Measles Vaccine Not to Blame for Autism?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismNews/wireStory?id=6862798

Drug Discovery Short-circuits Cancer Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205052.htm

Sirolimus

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

Compounds Could Be New Class Of Cancer Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203145513.htm

Exercise 'cuts colon cancer risk'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883480.stm

Study finds hidden phosphorous in fast food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141110/

Paying smokers to quit may boost success rate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141604/

Novel Benefits Of Fatty Acids In Arteries Shown

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205161105.htm

Arginine Discovery Could Help Fight Human Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204161848.htm

Arginine

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

Butt-Boosting Jabs Send Women to Hospital

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6858351&page=1

Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161934.htm

High Level Of Adverse Drug Reactions In Hospitals Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082403.htm

Cadet Suicides Prompt Change At West Point

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/national/main4795323.shtml

Decoding Funny Faces To Detect Mental Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204131619.htm

Happy Hospitals Make Happy Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152414.htm

Genetics May Predict Risk For Relapse Among Alcohol-dependent Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203162316.htm

Even Natural Perfumes May Cause Allergies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110549.htm

Cotton candy may help grow human tissue

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142079/

Girls Growing Up With Heroin-addicted Parent More Resilient Than Boys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161859.htm

WATCH: Living Large in 375 Square Feet

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6857170

Gaza to export Valentine's blooms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7885412.stm

Online florists pull price bait-and-switch

http://redtape.msnbc.com/

Blagojevich: Ill. officials are drunks, adulterers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29156166/

Police making arrests in Phelps pot scandal

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29125081/

Video of violent arrest sparks investigation

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/police.violence/index.html

Praise Be to...Guns? Weapons OK in Church

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6857715

Threats send California octuplets mom into hiding

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/us_nm/us_octuplets;_ylt=AnSh0dMoKGJUdaFT8UN.zPKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNjByZzFsBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3RocmVhdHNzZW5kYw--

Philly Transit Agency Sells Pass With Photo Of NYC

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/ap/strange/main4794839.shtml