For Thursday, February 26, 2009

Obama set to unveil budget plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7910335.stm

Chile volcano erupts in ash cloud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7912270.stm

Chaitén (volcano)

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

CNNMoney: Jobless claims spike to 26-year high

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/26/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htm?postversion=2009022608

U.S. jobless claims tally tops 5 million mark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29406162/

Obama To Seek $634 Billion For Health Care

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/25/politics/main4829151.shtml

Obama urges quick action on Wall Street reform

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o582-us-financial-obama/

Obama on budget: ‘An honest accounting’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392964/

FEMA's "Toxic Bureaucracy"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/25/cbsnews_investigates/main4828884.shtml

Money managers accused of $550 million fraud

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_wgtrading;_ylt=AqzqFFhq2TN2RNdbWOJYJDADW7oF

Free Cash? The Home Buyer $8K Tax Credit

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Economy/story?id=6960789&page=1

Obama seeks $200 billion in war funds

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/war.spending/index.html

House OKs $410B bill to boost spending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392525/

Official: Budget projects $1.75 trillion deficit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392964/

GM posts $9.6 billion quarterly loss

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29405227/

Orders for durable goods plunged in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29406470/

Pay Cuts Spreading As Economy Worsens

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/26/earlyshow/main4830534.shtml

Downturn costs billions in aid to world's poor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29402319/

US raids target Mexican drug gang

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7911468.stm

50 Mexican cartel suspects held in U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29389404/

Mexico Sends Troops To Violent Border City

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/26/world/main4830559.shtml

Tiger attacks trigger expert plea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7910722.stm

Long-necked stegosaur defies reputation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29388217/

Miragaia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miragaia_(dinosaur)

Giant stingray captured

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035796

Fish fossil clue to origin of sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7909984.stm

Odd life found in Lake Huron

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035797

Scots fir is 'tallest tree in UK'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7911032.stm

Pinus sylvestris

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

Cosmologist Explores Notion Of 'Alien' Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162626.htm

Obama counts on revenue from carbon permits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29395517/

Space solar power crowd bets on Obama

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29387782/

Ice in east Antarctica a bigger threat long term

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_sc/aa_un_warming_antarctic_the_east;_ylt=AiNF56yM3ohnYPD1Hr51DiEPLBIF

Polar regions found warming fast, raising sea levels

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o4zx-us-climate-polars/

Will Large Amounts Of Soil Carbon Be Released If Grasslands Are Converted To Energy Crops?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217104433.htm

Scientist Models The Mysterious Travels Of Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215171614.htm

Reversing Ecology Reveals Ancient Environments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132530.htm

New jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week to 667,000

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1035912

RBS reports record corporate loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7911722.stm

UBS appoints new chief executive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7911769.stm

UK minister admits rendition error

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7912656.stm

Verdict on Kosovo war crimes due

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7911761.stm

Historic Kuwaiti visit to Baghdad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7912688.stm

Ex-Malawi leader on theft charges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7912077.stm

Gabon president's accounts frozen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7912545.stm

UK has 'uphill struggle to 2Mbps'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7910679.stm

An 'Impossible' Alloy Now Possible: Cerium And Aluminum Form Substitutional Alloy At High Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226082515.htm

Qiao-Shi Zenga et al. Substitutional alloy of Ce and Al. PNAS, February 24, 2009 vol. 106 no. 8 2515-2518 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813328106

Qiao-Shi Zenga et al. Substitutional alloy of Ce and Al. PNAS, February 24, 2009 vol. 106 no. 8 2515-2518 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813328106

Pretty fish, nasty disease

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29392319/

Ciguatera fish poisoning

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

New Theory On How Animals Smell: Brain Encodes Complex Plumes Of Odors With A Simple Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132247.htm

'Dark Cells' Of Living Retina Imaged For The First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226082224.htm

Video Imaging Provides Dynamic View Of Airway Obstruction In Those With Sleep Breathing Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216164521.htm

New Software Dramatically Speeds Enzyme Design

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175118.htm

Building A Better Protein: Researchers Use Computers To Find Keys To Stabilizing Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221432.htm

Clean living way to beat cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7908675.stm

Researchers Report Breakthrough In Human Papillomavirus Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221620.htm

HPV

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

Rapid HIV evolution avoids attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907774.stm

Experimental Antiarrhythmic Drug Reduces Death Rate In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131448.htm

Molecule Helps Sleep-deprived Rebound Mentally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224132908.htm

Adenosine

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

Hormone Disorder Drug Could Help Drinkers Stay Sober

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221610.htm

Additional Evidence That Potato Chips Should Be Eaten Only In Moderation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213161040.htm

Acrylamide

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

The Science Behind The 'Anthrax Letter' Attack Investigation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224225909.htm

Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217173043.htm

Scientists meet in Paris to save Lascaux cave from fungus stains

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=As2VFPJxSWxEm8V3I1fm4aGbvZx4/SIG=129f2t2q5/**http%3A/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_en_ot/eu_france_cave_drawings

Lascaux Cave

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

Wooden sarcophaguses found in Egypt tomb

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/sc_nm/us_egypt_sarcophaguses;_ylt=Aj4LGcwI394KaIpUNZvJ_c0PLBIF

Prehistoric Clovis-era Tool Cache Unearthed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132355.htm

DNA Identification Of Czar's Children Available

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132526.htm

Year Without Summer: Effects Of Tambora Volcanic Eruption On Iberian Peninsula Studied For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225161422.htm

Mount Tambora

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

Colors Of Quasars Reveal Dusty Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226093421.htm

Hot Solar Winds: Energy Simulation Explains Physical Mystery Of The Voyager

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226082350.htm

Supreme Court lets city refuse religious monument

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o4z1-us-usa-religion-monument/

'Most unfortunate names' revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7909561.stm