For Monday, December 29, 2008

Israel strikes key Hamas offices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7802515.stm

Many Questions Left in Bush Scandals


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6519064&page=1

Under Bush, OSHA Mired In Inaction

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4689648.shtml

After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_go_co/warner_s_farewell;_ylt=AmoTpuTetl7GG1FG63NpfP.s0NUE

GMAC stays mum on bailout hurdle

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/gmac_financing;_ylt=AqI3n.sG99hVdRV1Mc7rSYWs0NUE

GM supplier Delphi suspends work at China factory

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_delphi;_ylt=AiGp6bXldT6LnoF8mLk7djGs0NUE

Somalia's president quits office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802622.stm

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

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

North Korea's Kim appears at large public event

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs03s-us-korea-north-kim/

Kuwait cancels $17 billion deal with Dow Chemical

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4br1m9-us-kuwait-dow/

Rohm & Haas: Dow Chemical deal still on

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28419037/


Nearly 200,000 Michigan homes, businesses without power

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008295


Winds knock out power to 413,000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400093/

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802943.stm


Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28408895/

Top medical breakthroughs of 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392976/

Bad debt triggers hospital closings around U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28394340/

Natural disasters killed more than 220,000 people in 2008

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008367

WSJ: Lehman's rush to bankruptcy lost billions for creditors

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008370

Dire warning over 2009 job cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7802461.stm

Pound hits new low against euro

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7802981.stm

Japan insurers seek merger as gloom over 2009 grows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Bad Economy = Less Illegal Immigration

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6541434&page=1

Turn down promotion, save your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/29/cb.decline.promotion/index.html

Child 'slavery' finds its way to the U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28415693/

Study: Murders among black youths on rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28411203/

Chinese warned off lavish New Year gifts in tough times

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7802574.stm

How Helium Can Be Solid And Perfect Liquid At Same Time, Now Explained By Computer-assisted Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227220745.htm

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214927.htm

Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228201342.htm

Smiles and scowls 'in our genes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7798687.stm

Our Unconscious Brain Makes The Best Decisions Possible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215542.htm

Sleep Disorders: Warning Sign For Neurodegenerative Disease?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215534.htm

Thiamine 'reverses kidney damage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7796073.stm

Thiamine

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

How Healthy Are America's Coasts?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm

Food needs 'fundamental rethink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7795652.stm

How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121135.htm

Nanotechnology May Be Used For Food Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194854.htm

Nutritious Fast-food Kids' Meals Are Scarce, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221541.htm

Homesick? Pandas leave China, lose weight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420691/

Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Ak6sdhvRuY4Ez287YgB0ltMPLBIF

Female dead dolphin was pregnant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400281/

Attention: Rat Bite in Aisle 5

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6525228


Oldest bat has swingin’ birthday soiree

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28420864/

Mimon bennettii

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

Cost Of Hatchling Turtles' Dash For Freedom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080551.htm

Breeding 'success' for crayfish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7802766.stm

Drilling Holes Through Deadly Bacteria's Hide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227222727.htm

Powerful 'Molecular Motor' In Virus Decoded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215530.htm

3-D Moon Imaging From India's Lunar Spacecraft

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227215817.htm

Can Swiss Cheese Illuminate Dark Energy?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214703.htm

Astronomers aim to grasp mysterious dark matter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081229/sc_space/astronomersaimtograspmysteriousdarkmatter;_ylt=AlsPU9BcuiEdkrpB0T66bvWs0NUE

New Label-free Method Tracks Molecules And Drugs In Live Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141722.htm

'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797280.stm

Microscale System To Study Frustration In Buckled Monolayers Of Microspheres

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190340.htm

Defatted Soy Flour Eyed As Filler Substitute For Rubber Tires

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228195823.htm

Modified Lignin Has Potential Benefits For Ethanol, Paper And Feed


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193833.htm

Breakthrough In Production Of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091316.htm

Space Technology To Soothe Roadster Ride

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228200100.htm

Germans create 'future hotel'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7795601.stm

Military Uniforms Now Provide Reliable Protection From Mosquitoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228195413.htm

Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary on Christmas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081229/od_nm/us_christmas_baby;_ylt=Ao0aDLMA_uQu9UZ_LLCZALis0NUE


Microbiologist Tests Safety Of Spiked Eggnog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227223340.htm

For Saturday, October 18, 2008

BBC GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS News, explanation and analysis - full coverage of the global turmoil

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

Feds face $1 trillion budget hole

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27247139/

Interactive: Who's to blame for meltdown?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27183355/

Wall Street buzzing about ‘capitulation’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27241353/

Newsweek: Are we in a recession or depression?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/164211

Recession

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

Depression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(economics)

AIG asked for documents on bailout funding

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27242711/

Probe of Lehman collapse escalated: NYT

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49h0lq-us-lehman-probe/

Electric carmaker Tesla hits financing wall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27226233/

Link to Official Tesla Motors website

http://www.teslamotors.com/

McCain v Obama: latest polls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7360265.stm

Electoral Map Calculator: You call the race

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/index.html


Biden hits Palin remark on 'pro-America' areas

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/campaign.wrap/index.html

John McCain's Next Move: Go Positive?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/stephanopoul-12.html

In Chicago, ex-radical better known as a scholar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bill_ayers;_ylt=AhyWO_5bwdDHnrCnre55TYMDW7oF

Deep Background: Cindy McCain's tax returns released

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/17/1562754.aspx

Cindy McCain

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

Voters hit by registration mix-ups

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27247132/

A US election glossary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7461848.stm

White House Wall of Silence Over 'W.'

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6039755&page=1

Hawaii Ending Universal Child Health Care

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/17/health/main4527996.shtml

Dying Lawyer's Son, Clintons Beg Biogen to Use Drug

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081015/pl_bloomberg/ajfbhskp9kae;_ylt=ArpZ8KalhX8Q6pk7qoyrBggPLBIF

Tysabri Natalizumab

http://www.tysabri.com/

Preparing A Family Budget You Can Stick To

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/18/earlyshow/main4530699.shtml

KKK fliers left on Sunday newspapers

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/10/16/kkk.fliers.newspaper.koco

Al-Qaida Web forums knocked offline

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27246890/

Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7677551.stm

China To Help Pakistan Build 2 Nuke Plants

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/18/world/main4530697.shtml

Russians ambushed in Ingushetia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7677834.stm

Ingushetia

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

UK 'must reduce migrant numbers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7677419.stm

China takes blame in milk scandal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7677529.stm

Cookies recalled due to possible melamine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27244985/

Tainted milk takes big toll on rural Chinese

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27243430/

2008 China Milk Scandal - Wiki

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

eBay warning of tough Christmas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7673486.stm

Colombian drug baron admits guilt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7677592.stm

Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante

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

U.S. Kidnapping, Mexican Drug Ties? Missing Boy's Grandfather Arrested

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=6061784

Fraudsters' website shut in swoop

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7675191.stm

Motorola introduces touchscreen phone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27185157/

Motorola MING

http://www.motorola.com.hk/eng/motomobile/a/a1200/

English User Manual Download

http://www.motorola.com.hk/eng/mot_product/a1200/MING_English_User_Manaul.pdf

Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081018/sc_livescience/foamyinventioncouldsaveenergyandlives;_ylt=AsSl5dnSXJpZClMEFZhymysPLBIF

New Composite Metal Foams under Compressive Cyclic Loadings

http://graviruem.ru0.scientific.net/0-87849-428-6/1868/

Italy aims for carbon-neutral farm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7669522.stm

Carbon neutral

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

South's dry spell travels north

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/10/18/drought.woes.ap/index.html

EPA slashes lead limit in air by 90 percent

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/16/epa.lead.air.standard.ap/index.html

Flu Season Hits: 7 States Report Outbreaks

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6058186&page=1

Outrage Over N.J.'s Mandatory Flu Shots

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6051917&page=1

Mass Production Of Stem Cells From A Hair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017164917.htm

Stem cell

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

RNA-based computers could check on cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27242794/

When Under Attack, Plants Can Signal Microbial Friends For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017150732.htm

Hydroxybutanedioic acid

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

Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/0804-danger_in_your_backyard.htm

Chemistry Provides Solution To Plug Pores In Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0609-soothing_sensitive_teeth.htm

NovaMin Technology, Inc's website

http://www.novamin.com/

Brain signals predict weight gain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7674096.stm

Thousands Sign Up to Kill Gators

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6058698&page=1

African chimps decline 'alarming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7673914.stm

Lily Tomlin wants Dallas elephant relocated

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_re_us/elephant_fight;_ylt=Am8.gzdHa.NeoFpxoA1WwugPLBIF

Rare white lions released to wild

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27245016/

Ghostly Glow Reveals Galaxy Clusters In Collision

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015144157.htm

HiRISE Camera Reveals Rare Polar Martian Impact Craters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016133152.htm

HiRISE official website

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016133152.htm

The future history of the Red Planet

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/17/1561187.aspx

Ben Bova Official website

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/17/1561187.aspx

The birthplaces of classic American dishes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27014126/

Hearty Fall Flavors, On A Shoestring

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/18/earlyshow/saturday/chef/main4530695.shtml

No time to think?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7530594.stm

Lost and found Treasure hunt mixes blogs, booty and Google maps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7671862.stm

‘What Just Happened?’ You won’t care

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27243945/

Retail Display Fixtures Can Affect Consumer Perceptions Of Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015130640.htm

Worker finds grave markers paving Michigan walkway

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_fe_st/odd_eerie_walkway;_ylt=AjOEvTPXXRtHZYPtSpvZdlDtiBIF

How to vacuum clean a horse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7670715.stm

For Monday, March 31, 2008

Excavation starts at Stonehenge


Stonehenge



US presidential manuscripts on sale



Abraham Lincoln



Rooks team up to solve problems



Corvus frugilegus


Elderly osprey set for 50th egg


Pandion haliaetus


Warning on plastic's toxic threat

Plastics: environmental impact

Plastics: environmental impact (environmental literacy council)



Giant preserved squid on display

Architeuthis dux

Squid Beak Is Both Hard And Soft, A Material That Engineers Want To Copy



American West Heating Nearly Twice As Fast As Rest Of World, New Analysis Shows


Bolts Of Blue Lightning Thrusting Upward And Other Weird Lightning Explained


New Software Aids Researchers Analyzing Millions Of DNA Sequences



Salmonella Bacteria Turned Into Cancer Fighting Robots



Compressed Stars: Physicists Compress Unstable Nucleus Of Nickel 56 For First Time



Isotopes of Nickel


Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission


Health threat from cosmic rays



Discovery Of Oldest Known Traces Of Mineralization Caused By Micro-organisms



Stromatolite


Spring ’08 Movie Guide (MSNBC.com)



Embattled HUD chief resigns, cites family



Alphonso Jackson



Lehman sues Japanese broker for $350 million



Lehman Brothers


Marubeni.com



Singer Sean Levert dies after jail emergency



LeVert


Doctors wary after cholesterol drug flop


Ezetimibe/simvastatin



Dith Pran



Early Picasso nude found in English bedroom



Pablo Picasso


Muslims more numerous than Catholics



Catholicism



Islam



Farmers expected to plant less corn



Zea mays








Pernod Ricard buys Sweden's Absolut


Pernod Ricard


Absolut Vodka



Humane Society seeks sea lion injunction



Sea lion



Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand



Strigops habroptilus



Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu

For Monday, March 31, 2008

Excavation starts at Stonehenge



Stonehenge



US presidential manuscripts on sale



Abraham Lincoln



Rooks team up to solve problems



Corvus frugilegus



Elderly osprey set for 50th egg



Pandion haliaetus



Warning on plastic's toxic threat

Plastics: environmental impact

Plastics: environmental impact (environmental literacy council)



Giant preserved squid on display


Architeuthis dux

Squid Beak Is Both Hard And Soft, A Material That Engineers Want To Copy



American West Heating Nearly Twice As Fast As Rest Of World, New Analysis Shows

Bolts Of Blue Lightning Thrusting Upward And Other Weird Lightning Explained


New Software Aids Researchers Analyzing Millions Of DNA Sequences


Salmonella Bacteria Turned Into Cancer Fighting Robots



Compressed Stars: Physicists Compress Unstable Nucleus Of Nickel 56 For First Time



Isotopes of Nickel



Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission



Health threat from cosmic rays



Discovery Of Oldest Known Traces Of Mineralization Caused By Micro-organisms



Stromatolite


Spring ’08 Movie Guide (MSNBC.com)



Embattled HUD chief resigns, cites family



Alphonso Jackson



Lehman sues Japanese broker for $350 million



Lehman Brothers


Marubeni.com


Singer Sean Levert dies after jail emergency



LeVert



Doctors wary after cholesterol drug flop



Ezetimibe/simvastatin



Dith Pran


Early Picasso nude found in English bedroom



Pablo Picasso



Muslims more numerous than Catholics



Catholicism



Islam



Farmers expected to plant less corn



Zea mays







Pernod Ricard buys Sweden's Absolut



Pernod Ricard



Absolut Vodka


Humane Society seeks sea lion injunction



Sea lion


Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand



Strigops habroptilus


Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu