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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Liquid Water on Mars? and More Water Trouble on Earth? and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

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

Mountains of ice invade beachfront homes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/gallery.michigan.ice/index.html

Obama agrees to sign $410 billion spending bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29632177/

Obama wants new rules for earmarks

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html

Earmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_(politics)

Wildfires: Why California Should Consider Australia's 'Prepare, Stay And Defend' Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226102308.htm

Why Some People Don’t Heed Tornado And Other Severe Weather Warnings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310115809.htm

North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting attack

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo27318-us-korea-north/

UN debates drug policy's impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936605.stm

Reinventing your career in a tough economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29436658/

Not All Bad: Meet the 'Recession Angels'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7042022&page=1

Food caravan stops in hard-hit Ind. county

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29617742/

L.A. Schools To Lay Off Nearly 9,000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4857792.shtml

Bank to use 'newly created' money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936319.stm

China's exports in sharp decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936528.stm

China exports slump, IMF warns on toxic banks

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5250li-us-financial/

US-China talks as sea row rumbles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7936468.stm

USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)

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

Britain denies G20 planning rift with United States

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a2vq-us-g20-britain-usa/

Economy even worse than recent figures suggest: parliamentary budget officer

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/11/economy-page.html

CNNMoney: Four states have 10% unemployment

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/economy/state_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009031110

Does your career fit your personality?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/11/cb.career.fit.personality/index.html

US Congress eases curbs on Cuba

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936430.stm

Tariq Aziz guilty of Iraq murders

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7937034.stm

Tariq Aziz

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

Greenspan says Fed didn't cause the housing bubble

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a1kr-us-housingbubble-greenspan/

Alan Greenspan

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

John Lewis sees profits fall 26%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7936786.stm

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Department_Store)

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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

Bioencapsulation: Creating A Safe Haven For Sensitive Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226105130.htm

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Experts use nanotech to deliver anti-cancer genes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5294yt-us-cancer-nanotechnology/

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm



Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211632.htm

Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310152329.htm

Table Salt

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

Inactivity Of Proteins Behind Longer Shelf Life When Freezing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084053.htm

Genetics Of Fear: Anxiety Disorder Genes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310161503.htm

Headaches Linked To High Temp, Low Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

Toxoplasmosis Parasite May Trigger Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085151.htm

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204321.htm

New Genre Of Sugar-coated 'Quantum Dots' For Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223403.htm

Quantum Dot

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

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

Newsweek: Obama's Intel Czar Resigns

http://www.newsweek.com/id/188725

Electronic Amplifier Capable Of Functioning In Extreme Temperatures Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309210239.htm

Mechanism To Increase Magnetic Response Of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132555.htm

Tiny Radio Transmitters On Skis Help Competitive Skiers Analyze Every Move

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309122203.htm

First Responders: Random Antenna Arrays Boost Emergency Communications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225151337.htm

New Design Means Cheaper, More Sustainable Construction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303082813.htm

Gmail down again for some users

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7934443.stm

YouTube stands by UK video block

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933565.stm

Warning over US broadband funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933895.stm

Barbara Liskov wins Turing award

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7937010.stm

Barbara Liskov (Wiki page)

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

Military Robots: More Than Meets the Eye

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7049327&page=1

German school gunman 'kills 15'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936817.stm

Ten die in Alabama shooting spree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936382.stm

Former Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29633400/

FBI probes U.S. Somalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29620604/

Trunk tricks Elephants discover how to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant pool


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7932769.stm

The elephants in action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7933058.stm

Loxodonta

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

Poached skins matched to tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935661.stm

Why monkey mums bow to baby temper tantrums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7934852.stm

Calif. whale watchers delight

javascript:vPlayer('29615560','458170a4-b4f8-477f-9908-b1314e2998c2')

Walruses are world's most unusual snoozers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616122/

Odobenus

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

Indian police enroll rat recruits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7933538.stm

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205313.htm

Tiny whale shark rescued

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615174/

Rhincodon typus

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

'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935482.stm

New Fish Discovered In Antarctic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150919.htm

Gosztonyia antarctica

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

Big-hearted Fish Reveals Genetics Of Cardiovascular Condition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132534.htm

Danio rerio

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



Coral Reefs Dissolving From CO2 In Air?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162125.htm

Live Evolution In Tiny Predator-Prey Battle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150917.htm

Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191850.htm

Cyanidioschyzon

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

Electric Signals In Plants Induced By Wounding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105030.htm

Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122730.htm

Tsuga

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

Tree-eating Bugs Seen By Satellite As They Denude Invasive Tamarisk Trees In Southwest U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084729.htm

Tamarix

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

How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105058.htm

Bryophyte

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

Discovering The Secret Code Behind Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230709.htm

Photosynthesis

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

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302182954.htm

Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084334.htm

3-D View Of Remote Galaxies -- When Universe Was Half Its Current Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120400.htm

Cosmic strings could solve positron mystery

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090310/full/news.2009.143.html?s=news_rss

Madoff faces life in prison on 11 criminal charges

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n10463499-us-madoff/

Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a0fg-us-lincoln-watch/

Photo may last of Lincoln before his death

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/index.html

Two Notable Lincoln Artifacts Revealed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4856676.shtml

Abraham Lincoln

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

Egypt: Ancient golden jewelry found in tomb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615388/

Storm may have uncovered Civil War shipwreck

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29609474/

St. Francis Basilica frescoes bound with milk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616121/

Malaysian dig reveals ancients were high-tech

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552914/

Popular Kids Earn More When They Grow Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309171922.htm

Jon Stewart to CNBC's Cramer: %$#@ you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/03/10/moos.stewart.rips.cnbc.cnn

Jon Stewart (Wiki page)

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

Jim Cramer (Wiki page)

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

Ontario lottery corporation apologizes for imported car giveaway

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/olg-car-giveaway.html

Global gambling sector rolls snake eyes in '08

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/10/gambling-sector-downturn.html

Quebec man hopes to remember the dead with all-obituary cable channel

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090310/K03109AU.html

Nebraska dealership execs — and 80 cars — missing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/missing_cars;_ylt=Asa.uGx6Ut2ECG4vUeXhd7ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmM0bjEwBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuZWJyYXNrYWRlYWw-

Fargo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(movie)


Eurovision axes 'anti-Putin' song

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7935865.stm

Eurovision Song Contest

http://www.eurovision.tv/


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Friday, January 9, 2009

For Friday, January 9, 2009


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7819453.stm

Gaza aid held as U.N. truce plan rejected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28404637/

Israeli Jets Continue To Punish Gaza

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/world/main4709370.shtml

U.N. human rights chief wants investigation of Gaza abuses

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1013290

World Watch : Obama To Open Dialogue With Hamas?


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/link/main4709220.shtml

Oak. Mayor: "I Don't Want Anybody Killed"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/national/main4709360.shtml

Could Toxic Spill Be Warning Sign?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/08/eveningnews/main4708740.shtml

Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_go_ot/coal_ash;_ylt=Au0z1m_.MqfKVNkTJ9b543.s0NUE

Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28539642/

Questions loom over use of Treasury bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28577991/

Salmonella outbreak: 1 in 5 victims in hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28567096/

Unemployment rate jumps to 7.2 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574446/

US job losses hit record in 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7820164.stm

Mechanic? Barista? Trader? Jobs on All Fronts Slashed in 2008

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6606593&page=1

Canada's jobless rate up to 6.6% in December

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/09/unemploymentdec.html

Did Bush cause the financial crisis?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7814704.stm

Obama team prepares bailout overhaul

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574416/

Democrats attack Obama on economy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7819941.stm

FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_ot/fda_dissidents;_ylt=AlnerMv5NcxjfMjXXVZGSFus0NUE

Ford learning to 'think like an electronics company,' Mulally tells CES crowd

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/09/tech-ces-ford.html

S Korea cuts rates as woes deepen


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7819706.stm

Wash. floods close roads, stall commerce

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28541070/

Madrid travel snarled by deepest snow in years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28576217/

Heat may spark world food crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817684.stm

UK e-mail law 'attack on rights'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7819230.stm

Activist blog closed amid China's porn sweep

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28577927/

Obama urges delay in digital TV transition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562781/

Footage shows Costa Rica quake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7819252.stm

'Unprecedented' UK rise in measles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7819874.stm

EU gas monitors arrive in Ukraine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7820315.stm

Saudi tanker 'freed off Somalia'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7820311.stm

Spanish industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7819569.stm

Pakistan al-Qaeda leaders 'dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7819305.stm

Canada expels US woman deserter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7817078.stm

Canadians claim South Pole record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7819357.stm

Madoff had $173 million in checks ready, U.S. says

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_madoff_bail;_ylt=AhsYZxDRBtqa4.UGYP1SrjMDW7oF

Floods To Become Commonplace By 2080

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101627.htm

Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144745.htm

Do-it-yourself 3D movies at home


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7819714.stm

Charging gadgets using a magnet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7819732.stm

Campaigners highlight 'toxic TVs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7820229.stm

TV stations to broadcast to mobile devices

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28566256/

Chip maker aims to connect home media

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28560357/

Researchers Control The Assembly Of Nanobristles Into Helical Clusters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144751.htm

Mothers Pass On Disease Clues To Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120312.htm

Neanderthals done in by competition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562264/

Tourist finds soldier's bones at Civil War site

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562487/

Rare venomous mammal is caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791989.stm

Solenodon paradoxus

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

How many meerkats? London Zoo critter count

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562653/

Suricata suricatta

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

Mosquitoes make sweet love music

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7814404.stm

Culicidae

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

Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108121625.htm

To Bee Or Not To Bee

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/tech/main4709462.shtml

Big, Old Mice Spread Deadly Hantavirus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106230720.htm

Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101633.htm

Structure Mediating Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144753.htm

Macbeth's Curse: Link Between Sleeplessness And Paranoia Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108150857.htm

Jupiter-like Planets Form Around Twin Suns?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120322.htm

Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134526.htm

Star Light, Star Bright, Its Explanation Is Out Of Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107175009.htm

Milky Way A Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105131208.htm

Astrophysicists Map Milky Way's Four Spiral Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105090844.htm

Milky Way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_(astronomy)

Strange Rock Formations on Mars Explained

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090109/sc_space/strangerockformationsonmarsexplained;_ylt=Ah_QnYhcdg6FF.IiDiXQu3IPLBIF

Global Warming: Overrides Volcano Cooling?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105175356.htm

Decline Of Carbon-dioxide-gobbling Plankton Coincided With Ancient Global Cooling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108111419.htm

Andes' Formation Was A 'Species Pump' For South America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109083451.htm

A web of intrigue as Obama appears in Spider-Man comic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7819726.stm

Classic board games go digital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28563753/

Women Can Smell a Man's Intentions

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090109/sc_livescience/womencansmellamansintentions;_ylt=AlVtiD_duPGrcw..W7t5aXcPLBIF

Animals in Bulgaria zoo shiver without gas heating

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_ukraine_gas_zoo;_ylt=ArcvhOosbaCOB_.iYjaZVJwPLBIF

Japan scientists clone legendary bull

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloningfood_newsmlmmd;_ylt=Aj0P1o6Zi9.xiJM7UsJTJokPLBIF

Gotti's Neighbor Dissolved In Acid?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/08/national/main4708066.shtml

What Are These Remains?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109174/Is-Beast-Exmoor-Body-mystery-animal-washes-beach.html

Beast of Exmoor

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

Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1013012/*-http:/music.yahoo.com/read/news/61942135

Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.

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