For Wednesday, January 28, 2009

World growth 'worst for 60 years'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7856020.stm

KWTV: Earthquake felt near Oklahoma City

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=9745183

Deadly winter storm barrels into Northeast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28873371/

19 Dead as Snow and Ice Cover 1,400 Miles


http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=6748561&page=1

Icy Storm Leaves Thousands In Dark

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/national/main4759512.shtml

PHOTOS: Winter Storm Wallops the Nation

http://abcnews.go.com/US/AroundTheWorld/popup?id=6748036


Global warming is 'irreversible'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7852628.stm

New science could help solve climate crisis

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r08v-us-climate-geoengineering/

Gore urges 'decisive action' on global warming

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28888874/

So Much for Bipartisanship: Stimulus to Pass Without GOP Support

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44/story?id=6748037&page=1

Unemployment rose in every state in December

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28882024/

Engineers give U.S. public works a 'D'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28878372/


Obama aims for oil independence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7851038.stm

Russia offers Obama olive branch on missiles: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r1kt-us-russia-usa-shield/

Russia halts missile plans in nod to Obama: report

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/28/russia-missile.html


House poised to pass economic stimulus bill

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r0z7-us-usa-stimulus/

The home you save could be your own

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28877173/

Fed moves to aid troubled homeowners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28891956/

Treasury Doles Out $386M To 23 Banks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/27/business/main4758694.shtml

Risky options weighed to save banks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28887161/

Quiz: Know your new members of Congress

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/27/congress.freshmen.quiz/index.html

Mass layoffs of 50 or more workers surge in 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy;_ylt=AoyD.1DIh91N8yr9OfE7YECs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZDBvaGNvBHBvcwM5MARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX2J1c2luZXNzBHNsawNtYXNzbGF5b2Zmc28-

Union membership rises for second straight year

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_bi_ge/union_membership;_ylt=AmM9IfMGK.F6NmLjFvGWNMqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlYnQ0aWdmBHBvcwM3NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawN1bmlvbm1lbWJlcnM-

From $80K to eviction

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/01/28/jobloss.hard.times/index.html

Boeing reports $56 million quarterly loss

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28891747/

Ga. peanut plant has history of problems

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28879736/

In peanut checks, gaps for salmonella sneak by

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28880214/

FDA: Plant Found Salmonella Many Times

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/01/fda-report-find.html

More Tests For Salmonella In Peanuts Urged

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/health/main4759752.shtml

Desserts added to recall list in U.S. salmonella outbreak

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/28/salmonella-recall.html


Abortion Foes Warn Of Hospital Closures

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/27/politics/main4757890.shtml

Nearly 100 kids died in ‘07 car backovers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28882011/

Pakistan says U.S. must stop drone attacks

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/28/davos.pakistan.pm/index.html



Zimbabwe cholera deaths top 3,000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7855666.stm

Spain's economy enters recession

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7856080.stm

Bomb blast hits Colombian capital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7855117.stm

Japan to deploy ships off Somalia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7855120.stm

US envoy visits amid Gaza clashes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7855277.stm

Sudanese 'war crimes spy' jailed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7856289.stm

UN to back attack on Congo rebels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7855367.stm

Ex-child soldier: I was snatched from street

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28891559/


Toyota to recall over 1 million cars worldwide

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28891251/

Why smaller cars can cost you more

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/28/aa.smaller.cars.higher.insurance/index.html

Congress likely to delay digital TV switch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28863961/

VA agrees to settle for $20M for data theft

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28880494/

Cox testing new way to unclog the Internet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28881125/

Indonesia witnesses solar eclipse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7851558.stm

Fake Internet Drugs Risk Lives And Fund Terrorism, Warns Journal Editor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127103310.htm

Drug-resistant salmonella? Maybe next time

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28882340/

Studies find mercury in much U.S. corn syrup

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28877253/

EU scientific body raises health alarm on MP3s

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50q5sf-us-mp3/

Genetic inheritance plays role in child cancer: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50q759-us-cancer-genes/

Plastic chemical may stay in body longer: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r0us-us-plastic-chemical/

Concussion effect 'spans decades'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7851800.stm

Concussion

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

Six arrested in $600m fraud case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7855679.stm

Iranian leader seeks US apology

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7855444.stm



EU calls for global carbon market

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7856013.stm

Smallest Quantum Dots Ever Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127170710.htm

On board Navy's new hi-tech ship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7856247.stm

Southern Australia feels the heat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7855775.stm

The Next Big Green Industry?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/tech/cnettechnews/main4759931.shtml

Nuclear plant 'quake ban' lifted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7854431.stm

China detains 81 people in Tibet crackdown

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet;_ylt=Ao4KQdR7fYilhx8d.Kj9_yes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFia2ZmMHJ2BHBvcwM0NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNjaGluYWRldGFpbnM-

HMS Daring flexes its tech muscle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7848174.stm

HMS Daring

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Daring_(D32)

Job website hit by major breach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7853251.stm

Google tries offline Gmail feature

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/28/google.offline.gmail/index.html

UK will not legislate on piracy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7854494.stm

Sources: AT&T, Comcast May Battle Piracy

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/tech/cnettechnews/main4759904.shtml

Microsoft steps up browser battle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7852340.stm

Alarm sounded over wi-fi networks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7853114.stm

Precious Coatings For Plastic Parts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126082355.htm

Crystal Clear View Of Chalk Formation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123101201.htm

Hybrid Foams And Lightweight Constructions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126082440.htm

Superconductivity: Pseudogap Persists As Material Superconducts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127083634.htm

White House e-mail system restored

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28864916/


Transportation Fuels Of The Future: Using Left-overs from food production?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074822.htm

What Happens When A Stone Impacts Water? Amazing Close-up View

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074620.htm

390,000 to access child database

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7850871.stm

Man 'finds US troop data' on MP3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7853213.stm

How much is that (cloned) doggie?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7855221.stm

Video: Couple clones dead pup

javascript:vPlayer('28892683','e3a3c25c-5a20-4ae3-a5c2-6b3e890b83a8')

Working Artificial Nerve Networks Under Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092339.htm

'Happiness Gap' In The US Narrows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126121352.htm

Trust Your Gut: Too Much Thinking Leads To Bad Choices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112313.htm

Cell Phones Dangerous For Child Pedestrians, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112429.htm

Top doctor admits she made up the condition 'cello scrotum'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm

Evolution: Not Just Due To Natural Selection?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203207.htm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

UK gets biofuels research centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851344.stm

Dynamical Theory And Novel 4-D Colorimetric Method Reveal Modus Operandi Of Intact Living Brain

Genetics Of Popularity In Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173604.htm

Newborn Infants Detect The Beat In Music

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127083540.htm

New Tree Of Life Sets Lower Metazoans Apart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203157.htm

Metazoan

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

DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7852953.stm

Iceland sets major whaling quota

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7854705.stm

Australia denies whaling 'deal'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7852649.stm

Iceland raises quota for whale hunts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_whaling;_ylt=AnU9OIY0vtRoiAI.S7aE91cPLBIF

Bears, Gazelles And Rats Inspire New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127170708.htm

OCD

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

Emperor penguins face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851276.stm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127165505.htm

Grouse numbers in north falling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7853393.stm

Tetrao tetrix

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

Seabird’s Ocean Lifestyle Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126162256.htm

Puffinus puffinus

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

White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173719.htm

Zosteropidae

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

Snowy owls swoop southward, delighting birders

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/snowy_owls;_ylt=AnLFTtH.QxYgNaAYmWRGe5MPLBIF

Bubo scandiacus

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

Butterflies Across Europe Face Crisis As Climate Change Looms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126102043.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202103.htm

Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203205.htm

Bacterial Intestinal Infections: Was It The Chicken Salad, Private Well Water, Or The Swim?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173831.htm

Idaho's Poor in Danger From Fish?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6747317

Ancient Wounds Reveal Triceratops Battles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202044.htm

Triceratops

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

Scientists zero in on Earth's original animal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28865038/

Placozoa

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

N. American Comet Impact Theory Disproved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173729.htm

Tributes paid to 'great' Updike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7855825.stm

John Updike

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

Otter tours Scotland in postbag

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7854141.stm

Cows find milky way to happiness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7854745.stm

Black Hole Outflows From Centaurus A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074617.htm

Centaurus A

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

Helium Rains Inside Jovian Planets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173731.htm

Did Australians try to kill U.K. queen in crash?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28889514/

FBI tapes played at Blagojevich's trial

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28870034/

Ticker: Anti-Limbaugh petition launched

http://www.cnn.com/linkto/ticker.html

Newsweek: How Google could save the economy

http://www.newsweek.com/id/181829

Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074826.htm

KPHO: Acrobat falls to death during show

http://www.kpho.com/cnn-news/18583002/detail.html

Skydiver slams into power pole

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/01/28/beckford.skydiving.crash.kovr

Book tells horror of 18th century surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090128/sc_livescience/booktellshorrorof18thcenturysurgery;_ylt=AqnnC2oMxfUMV3kAo6Vn7uqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM3aWwzajdsBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMTI4L2Jvb2t0ZWxsc2hvcnJvcm9mMTh0aGNlbnR1cnlzdXJnZXJ5BHBvcwMxOARzZWMDeW5fd

Court: Christian school can expel lesbian students

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/students_expelled;_ylt=AvrhS6vY8zXaK5aDQn86Llys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpdDZoOTFwBHBvcwMyOARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDY291cnRjaHJpc3Rp

Somali Islamic militants cut off thief's hand

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28889335/

Family auctions all but house on eBay

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/01/28/cho.ebay.family.cnn

No kidding. Bad jokes result in real social harm.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28874103/

Hotel room where you are the view

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7855318.stm

Just what is it about moobs?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7855763.stm

Apocalypse in 2012? Date spawns theories

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/27/2012.maya.calendar.theories/index.html

2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012

Terrence Kemp McKenna

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

For Friday, March 7, 2008

Obama adviser resigns after comment



Employers slash jobs by most in 5 years



White killer whale spotted off Alaska


Orcinus orca



Leucism



Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted



Pentagon bans Google teams from bases



Senate OKs tougher overseas toy checks


Plutonium Shortage May Thwart Future NASA Missions to Outer Planets



Plutonium



Sydney police free sex captives



'Sea slug' inspires brain implant

Tunicate

Holothuroidea

Mysterious Eel Fishery Decline Blamed On Changing Ocean Conditions

Anguilla rostrata

Mercury Threatens Next Generation Of Loons

Gavia immer

Rare Oryx Going Into The Wild, To Help Species Recover

Oryx dammah

Cause Of Flu Epidemics Uncovered

Influenza pandemic

New Composite Material Is Almost Better Than Mother-of-pearl

Nacre

Review: '10,000 BC' should be left to rot

For Wednesday, February 27, 2008

EU fines Microsoft record $1.3 billion



Fed chief signals another rate cut



Supreme Court rules against Mayor Kilpatrick



Florida power blackout remains a puzzle



Fannie Mae posts nearly $3.6B loss in 4Q



Life encyclopedia: too popular to live



Study: Contaminent levels high in parks



Pollution turns Chinese river system red



Han River (Hanshui)



Allegations fly in FCC hearing aftermath



Comcast


Clemens decision may come by end of week



Roger Clemens





Termite hunters find 200-year-old mummy


Falling icicles kill six



Sea reptile is biggest on record

Dollar falls to record euro low

Ice Age fish thrives in new home

Coregonus vandesius

Tiny tags track brainy bumblebees

Bombus

Radio-frequency identification

Crowds flock to monkey 'wedding'

Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice Treated

Pancreatic cancer

Bats Use Magnetic Substance As Internal Compass To Help Them Navigate

Magnetite

New Gadget Lets You Track Your Carbon Footprint

Carbon Hero

Centuries-old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved

Maya Blue

William F. Buckley