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 Monday, October 20, 2008

Files: U.S. pilots ordered to shoot down UFO during Cold War

http://www.yahoo.com/s/973482

'Look out!' Alitalia near miss with UFO remains unexplained

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679145.stm

Britain releases UFO files, dispels some mysteries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27280196/

Financial crisis: Global round-up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7676770.stm

U.N. agency says crisis to cost 20 million jobs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49j4vz-us-financial-jobs/

Leading indicators rise for 1st time in 5 monthsLeading indicators rise for 1st time in 5 months

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_bi_ge/economy;_ylt=AqHJidTY4gjLKoQAEfkqxBGs0NUE

Chinese economy growth rate slows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7679180.stm

UK government in borrowing record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7679951.stm

Obama targets vital early voters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7679508.stm

Closet racism Might white voters abandon Obama on election day?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7675551.stm

NYT: Holes in nominees’ health disclosures

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27274760/

Obama raises record $150 million in September

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/obama.fundraising/index.html

Obama: Powell will have role in administration

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_el_pr/obama;_ylt=Ajb.K06qo.kUNZHxPOC1wI.s0NUE

106-year-old voter hopes to see history made again

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/20/centenarian.votes/index.html

Palin Supports Gay Marriage Amendment

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/palin-differs-w.html

Class voting hacks prompt call for better audits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27205654/

Newsweek: Florida GOP, red with frustration

http://www.newsweek.com/id/164509

Sarkozy bank theft probed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7679960.stm

Your Career: Should you admit a mistake?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27239935/

First aid tips for medical emergencies

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Thirsty world: Desperate quest for water

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html

Flu: The Get-Well-Quick Plan

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6057562&page=1

Foods And Meds You Shouldn't Mix

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4531572.shtml

"Extraordinary Hope" From New Cancer Drugs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4532119.shtml


Hong Kong finds bird flu virus in crow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49j0s4-us-hongkong-birdflu/

Corvus splendens

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

Bird Flu Vaccine Protects People And Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184800.htm

Genetic Diseases: Ancient Evolutionary Legacy?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124043.htm

Gut Bacterial Waste Helps Host Control Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093223.htm

Mutation Protects Against Obesity, Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184802.htm

Parents 'wrong' on child weight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676015.stm

Prescription opiates and kids: One pill can kill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27168078/

Canada to ban baby bottles with BPA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27266627/

Web content 'disturbing children'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679119.stm

High summits 'could harm brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676028.stm

Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676606.stm

Doctors get death diagnosis tips

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7679373.stm

Decay Of Brain's Myelin Causes Physical Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017150738.htm

Myelin

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

Worms' Nervous System Shown To Alert Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014114846.htm

New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111401.htm

Dinosaur Dance Floor: Numerous Tracks at Jurassic Oasis on Arizona-Utah Border

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093414.htm

Survival Secret Of Antarctic 'Antifreeze Fish'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124049.htm

Dissostichus mawsoni

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=7039&genusname=Dissostichus&speciesname=mawsoni

Dubai hotel urged to free shark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7678780.stm

Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012093255.htm

Protected 'Swimways' Urged For Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093221.htm

Tainted feed kills 1500 dogs bred for fur

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=ArOerUTB0wxztifVuZiVK16s0NUE

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_sc/dead_fish;_ylt=AsdbzMCNPMKyNoYLl.V.Z8Ss0NUE

Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081020/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaljapanwildlifeyetioffbeat;_ylt=AlhoKshDtxFUZZG8SJpaRYis0NUE

Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013194043.htm

City Trash Plus Farm Leftovers May Yield Clean Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195119.htm

Call to remove 'pollution time bomb'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7679195.stm

The cruise vessel Sea Diamond

http://www.dolphin-hellas.gr/Cruises/Louis-cruises/Ships/cruise-vessel-Sea_Diamond.htm

Sunken treasure Glittering maritime hoard gives glimpse of ancient past

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7675866.stm

Tang Dynasty

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

Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior Of Nanotubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015183502.htm

Engineers Build First-ever Multi-input 'Plug-and-play' Synthetic RNA Device

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017131010.htm

Spinning Natural Proteins Into Fabrics For New Wound-repair Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020094447.htm

City Trash Plus Farm Leftovers May Yield Clean Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195119.htm

First Tunable, 'Noiseless' Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015183506.htm

Sony game delayed over Koran phrases

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7679151.stm

Data centre to be powered by tide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7675510.stm

Atlantis Resources Corporation

http://www.atlantisresourcescorporation.com/

Computers controlled by gesture?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7678104.stm

Chicken Soup May Help Fight High Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013110117.htm

OMG -- you hit 'send' to wrong person

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/10/20/lw.recovering.email.mistakes/index.html

Disarray at Turkish terror trial

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7679158.stm

Cannibal chef given life sentence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/7679695.stm