Happy St. Patrick's Day and More AIG Bailoutrage and More for Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patrick’s Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day

Saint Patrick

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

10 Things You Didn't Know About Ireland

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/AroundTheWorld/story?id=7098616&page=1

Senator: ‘Follow the Japanese example’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29733519/

Senator Charles Grassley

http://grassley.senate.gov/

Seppuku

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

Economic crisis sets back water utilities: World Bank

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g37o-us-water-crisis/

Banks' bad assets rise 149 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619163/

As U.S. rivals shrink, 4 Canadian banks crack North American top 10

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/17/canada-banks.html

Web guide to the stimulus plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29660507/

Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f602-us-aig/

Dodd suggests tax to recoup AIG bonuses

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/aig.bonuses/index.html

AIG likely won’t be able to pay taxpayers back

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29728732/

Congress played major role in AIG mess

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724816/

Could Be Worse: How Your $165M to AIG Could Have Been $330M

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7097759&page=1

Banks Giving Back Bailout Money?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/eveningnews/main4870208.shtml

US new homes increase by quarter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7948376.stm

US law sparks Mexican trade row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7947428.stm

GM bondholders: Our plan best chance for automaker

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g06b-us-gm-bondholders/

Caterpillar lays off more than 2,400 workers in three states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044650

Madoff Victims Get Relief From IRS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/business/main4871276.shtml

Luxembourg seeks Madoff deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g1nk-us-funds-summit-madoff/

Josh's journey: Surviving a layoff

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/17/news/economy/josh_hager_one_year_later/index.htm?cnn=yes

Survey: Sick skipping care because of cost

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/health.care.survey.deloitte/index.html

Downsize your life in one of these cities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29723949/

As economy falters, interest in teaching surges

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29732200/

Can't sell? House swapping gaining momentum, brokers say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044633

US firm to close branch due to lack of employees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/ts_alt_afp/useconomyjobscompany;_ylt=AqBGbSsPksh9jwSs4UIOe2Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNHVyMjFtBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3VzZmlybXRvY2xvcw--

Sykes Enterprises

http://www.sykes.com/

North Korean premier arrives in China

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/nkorea.china.visit/index.html

Bomb lobbed at police station in China's west

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet;_ylt=AjH8dydm2tHPSUeNtDqQvY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFibmJudjd1BHBvcwM0MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNib21ibG9iYmVkYXQ-

1st Lebanese Embassy Opens In Syria

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/main4870624.shtml

UK PM in new Iran nuclear warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7947285.stm

China seeks export carbon relief

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947438.stm

Madagascar president 'to resign'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7948196.stm

Arab League will not arrest Sudan's president

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_arabs_sudan;_ylt=AkZoDUuzWhjJvaPUOthE61Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMXR0azAzBHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNhcmFibGVhZ3Vld2k-

Russia announces rearmament plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7947824.stm

Inside Russia's new military hardware

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7943129.stm

New Moon shot Russian space officials unveil plans for a rocket that could carry cosmonauts to the Moon


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm

Sending Out Internet Warnings For Outages, Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075847.htm

'Map Of Science' Shows Scientists' Virtual Trails Through Online Services

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124024.htm

Dell goes upscale with ultra-thin laptop

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/17/adamo-dell123.html

Dell Adamo

http://www.adamobydell.com/

Doesn't Anyone Want A Hybrid?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/blog/main4871275.shtml

Hybrid Vehicle

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

Web browsers battle at festival

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7947841.stm

Ultra-thin Chip Embedding For Wearable Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084844.htm

Shifting Sound To Light May Lead To Better Computer Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316142436.htm

DNA 'Patch' For Canine Form Of Muscular Dystrophy Developed, First Treatment For Human Muscular Dystrophy In Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101426.htm

Stress May Cause The Brain To Become Disconnected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075845.htm

A few states buck stem cell trend with bans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g0rp-us-stemcells-states/

'Shocking' hospital caused deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7948293.stm

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_he_me/dc_aids_epidemic;_ylt=AoeYcOP39SE2_abj5fDgiROs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNjQwMmtuBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNheXMzcA--

Catching The Common Cold Virus Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316142438.htm

Malaria Immunity Trigger Found For Multiple Mosquito Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110744.htm

Hepatitis C: Key Molecules That Inhibit Viral Production Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310131118.htm

Measuring The Strength Needed To Move Chromosomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312214107.htm

Long-sought food labeling law takes effect today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724685/

Understanding new label of origin laws

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29679355/

Country of Origin Labeling

http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/

'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124022.htm

New Tool For Study Of Air Quality Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085406.htm

How rising sea level has affected the Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7945877.stm

Future of floods Anticipating watery climate change in the Netherlands

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942169.stm

Climate Change Affecting Life In Antarctica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140848.htm

$50 million lawsuit filed by chimp-attack victim

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735924/

Fate of polar bears seen to depend on emissions cuts

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f3ua-us-polarbears-melting/

Ursus maritimus

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

Hippo sweat: The next big thing in sunscreen?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29727352/

Hippopotomidae

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

Bornean sun bear cubs debut at San Diego Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/zoo_sun_bears;_ylt=AlB.00eONqWIaoL0ZBJbzdAPLBIF

Helarctos malayanus

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

Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_sc/sci_cow_compass;_ylt=Al96M2AgbaiUY5FIq4tC5SAPLBIF

Kangaroos in the firing line in Australia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735008/

Macropus giganteus

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

Madrid plans vulture rescue law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7947442.stm

Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble

http://news.stv.tv/oddly-enough/82689-fossil-sea-monsters-bite-makes-trex-look-feeble/

Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947240.stm

Hesperonychus

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

Forests 'facing a testing time'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7942237.stm

Saturn photographed with four moons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090317/sc_space/saturnphotographedwithfourmoons;_ylt=Aq44sNwS4j23lSMflEMXZzCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0a3JkNzRnBGFzc2V0A3NwYWNlLzIwMDkwMzE3L3NhdHVybnBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZHdpdGhmb3VybW9vbnMEcG9zAzE5BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3NhdHVybnBob

Galactic Dust Bunnies Contain Carbon After All

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316143831.htm

The Day The Sun Brought Darkness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316144521.htm

Curious Pair Of Galaxies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316111407.htm

Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

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

President to appear on NBC's 'Tonight Show'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718457/

Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599188542100;_ylt=AnYpciK3Nk07NC7K5M0i4KYDW7oF

Dead Sea scrolls

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

Essenes

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

Gay West Point Grads Form Support Group

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/national/main4871216.shtml

Newsweek: Why eyewitness ID is unreliable

http://www.newsweek.com/id/189294

What If Dream Home Was a Horror House?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7095995&page=1

Lost luggage count rising: airline consumer group

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/17/baggage.html

Printable bracket of the NCAA tournament

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/basketball/ncaa/men/2009/ncaa_tourney/brackets/tourney_m_2.pdf?bcnn=yes

Play the 2009 NCAA bracket challenge game

http://apps.facebook.com/bracket/silanding/?bcnn=yes&bcnn=yes

Beware of Traffic and More AIG Outrage and More for Sunday, March 15, 2009

Traffic Could Trigger Heart Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313171310.htm

Cuba, Venezuela Might Host Russian Bombers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/14/world/main4865332.shtml

Afghan attack kills Nato soldiers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7944775.stm

Behind the paradox of thrift

http://www.newsweek.com/id/189232

G20 summit 'critical for economy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7944625.stm

AIG to cut future bonus payments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7944416.stm

Rep. Frank wants to see if AIG bonuses recoverable

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52e0zj-us-financial-usa-frank/

Madoff files appeal to get out of jail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29677073/

Riding the recession the HP way

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7943300.stm

Hewlett Packard

http://www.hp.com/

Investors Sue Trump Over Failed Resort

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/14/eveningnews/main4866153.shtml

Living the Dream After Layoff

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7083430&page=1

Australia oil coast 'half clear'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7944724.stm

'Bin Laden' attacks Arab leaders

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7943748.stm

Madagascar president offers poll

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7944476.stm

Marc Ravalomanana

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

Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7944760.stm

Maldives

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

Wind Shifts May Stir CO2, Amplify Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140842.htm

Silica Algae Reveal How Ecosystems React To Climate Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309093155.htm

Obama bans 'downer' cows from food supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29691788/

Salmonella cases: Half still come from crackers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619415/

Check Your Burgers: E. Coli Season Ahead

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/story?id=7080622&page=1

Green tea, mushrooms lower breast cancer risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681075/

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191455.htm

Reducing Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120349.htm

'The Unexpected' Is Key To Human Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145952.htm

What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205323.htm

Single Virus Particle Can Cause Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150254.htm

Novel Antibiotics That Don't Trigger Antibiotic Resistance Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150121.htm

The Making Of An Intestinal Stem Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121647.htm

Poisoned, wounded Calif. condor treated at LA Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/california_condor;_ylt=Ao82I4uRXRss6y.Yu.3QdQis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHEwdmJxBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNwb2lzb25lZHdvdW4-

Gymnogyps californianus

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

Falcons combat Dubai's pigeon 'pest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7943314.stm

Falconry

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

Island of the Rats: Soon it May Be Rat-Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7079928&page=1

Adak

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

Metal Discovered To Become Transparent Under High Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312180838.htm

Na (Sodium)

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

Nanotube Structures Could Improve Electric Motors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310124855.htm

Chemists Find Secret To Increasing Luminescence Efficiency Of Carbon Nanotubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090306103637.htm

New Nanoporous Material Has Highest Surface Area Yet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105056.htm

Hot Electrons In Carbon: Graphite Behaves Like Semiconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304091512.htm

Instant Control For Laser Welding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105032.htm

How to tell, what to do if computer is infected

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_hi_te/tec_inside_a_botnet_checklist;_ylt=AiBLSTLTS0iS3M072iCWlF.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoaXRpbDQzBHBvcwMxMjMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90ZWNobm9sb2d5BHNsawNob3d0b3RlbGx3aGE-

Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_hi_te/tec_inside_a_botnet;_ylt=AgpTIjxlQe8V0VVzQfvWlVas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoMGtlbjE2BHBvcwMxMjIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90ZWNobm9sb2d5BHNsawNzdG9sZW4tZGF0YXQ-

Is That Your Final Answer? Study Suggests Method For Improving Individual Decisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310155609.htm

Byzantine Period Church With Beautiful Mosaics Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315114041.htm

Diamonds: A fighter pilot's best friend?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29677221/

Touring Mars, old and new

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/13/1835281.aspx

Creditworthiness may be linked to looks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090313/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_financial_creditworthiness;_ylt=AuMcvNVd8tIbFe8W1eUBPWjtiBIF

Ugly scenes at TV model audition

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7944596.stm

First Superman fetches $317,200

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7943376.stm

In case of death, please send e-mail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681926/

Malaysian Mistakes Woman For A Monkey, Shoots Her

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/ap/strange/main4864985.shtml

Iraqi footballer shot dead by fan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7944919.stm

The Recovery and More for Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Determined Obama vows to renew US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7908476.stm

Recovery.gov

http://www.recovery.gov/

Fact check: Obama glosses over some realities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29377101/

Report card

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/speech.poll/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

Mass Layoffs Rising, New Report Shows

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/25/business/main4828332.shtml

Next Up: Major Speech on Iraq Withdrawal

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6954907&page=1

Full coverage: Why the world is slipping into a recession, and how it affects you

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2007/creditcrunch/default.stm

Report urges EU finance watchdog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7909274.stm

Home resales drop to slowest pace in 12 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29386380/

Quebec pension giant posts $39.8B loss

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/02/25/mtl-caisse-losses-0225.html

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

http://www.lacaisse.com/en/

Nortel cutting another 3,200 jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/25/nortelmorecuts.html

Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm

9 dead in plane crash

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035364

How to survive a plane crash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5402342.stm

More crews head to Victoria fires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7909383.stm

3 Men Set Themselves on Fire in Beijing

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6953993

3 words to save your home

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035029

Napolitano: DHS to miss cargo screening deadline

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/napolitano_congress;_ylt=AjLVspzBjg.lfwTF6aOWflOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWsybGw4BHBvcwM3MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNuYXBvbGl0YW5vZGg-

UAW boss backs Ford contract concessions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29385390/

How long until Ford also needs bailout?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304253/

Top two Ford execs to take 30 percent pay cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29375915/

Japan exports drop 46% in January

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7909248.stm

Madoff Judge Won't Waive Claim Deadline

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/25/business/main4828020.shtml

Banking group places $31bn bond order in error

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7909627.stm

Iranians start reactor test run

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7908621.stm

Mumbai attacks suspect is charged


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7908496.stm

Kenyan police 'ordered to kill'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7909523.stm

Border guards mutiny in Bangladesh

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29381742/

Functional Neurons From Engineered Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133154.htm

Illegal food additives still a problem in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29386325/

Tainted Syringes Killed 5, Prosecutors Say

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4825247.shtml

Drink a day increases cancer risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7906355.stm

Health Insurance Essential For Health And Well-being, Report Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133201.htm

Want to live longer? You need this nutrient

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29104695/

Behavioral Link Between Insomnia And Tension-type Headaches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151753.htm

Why Hair Turns Gray: Hair Bleaches Itself

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223131123.htm

Long hours link to dementia risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7909464.stm

Molecular Motors In Cells Work Together, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213161043.htm

Common household chemicals tied to infertility

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29370044/

Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid

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

Perfluorooctanoic acid

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

666 sickened in salmonella outbreak traced to peanut products

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035379

Salmonella strain also linked to Texas plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29376345/

Polar Year 'hailed as a success'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7906539.stm

International Polar Year

http://www.ipy.org/

'Ghost peaks' mapped under ice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7908824.stm

Gamburtsev mountains

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

Inside Norway's Antarctic base

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909252.stm

Greenland And Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting, Rate Unknown

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131158.htm

Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6954089

Global warming danger threat increased

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_update;_ylt=Auz.pJpRu2XEV8gayNP0pZ.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMmJrMTdyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNnbG9iYWx3YXJtaW4-

Great Lake's Sinkholes Host Exotic Ecosystems Akin To Iced-over Antarctic Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224163649.htm

Plan To Protect Everglades Land In Peril

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/national/main4826360.shtml

Antibiotic Resistance: Rising Concern In Marine Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213161033.htm

New Research Identifies Faster Detection Of Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216093014.htm

Carotenoids Are Cornerstone Of Bird's Vitality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114154.htm

Carotenoid

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

House says 'no' to pet primates

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/primates.pets.bill/index.html

Aphids' sticky suicide missions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907643.stm

Florida tests using magnets to repel crocodiles

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o08m-us-usa-crocodiles-magnets/

Laser imaging helps make 3D Dinosaur models

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29371294/

DNA Evidence Is In, Psychedelic Looking Bouncing Fish Is A New Species, Dubbed 'Psychedilica'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224154912.htm

Quicktime Video link of the juvenile Psychedilica

http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=47496

When Fish Farms Are Built Along The Coast, Where Does The Waste Go?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151758.htm

Chemists Offer New Hydrogen Purification Method

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151755.htm

Scientists Prove Graphene's Edge Structure Affects Electronic Properties

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151623.htm

Google makes amends for e-mail outage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29372876/

Google backs European case against Microsoft browser

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/25/google-microsoft.html

UK Government backs open source


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7910110.stm

'All clear' for web auction tool

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7909963.stm

Experts sound scam threat warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907635.stm

Straw hit by internet fraudsters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7908498.stm

Jack Straw

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

Texting 'improves language skill'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7910075.stm

Water-cooled PC 'means speed'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7909014.stm

U.S. scientists build computer model for snowflakes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51n6hz-us-snowflake/

China opens bidding on moon probe technology

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o1pz-us-china-moon/

New search mounted for cosmic inflation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29376391/

Cosmic inflation

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

Watching Venus Glow In The Dark

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133735.htm

Venus

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

Turbulence May Promote Birth Of Massive Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221608.htm

Ex-Supernova Now Dust Factory Around Dead Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133503.htm

Cassiopeia A

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

Into The Eye Of The Helix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073359.htm

Helix Nebula

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

Origins Of Pompeii-style Artifacts Examined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133206.htm

Ancient statue found buried at Egypt pyramids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29368122/

Divers find hotel 300 ft. deep in lake

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/02/23/ntm.lake.jocassee.cnn