For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Google unveils 2008 search hits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7775344.stm

Spore at top of the piracy charts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7772962.stm

Don't be 404, know the tech slang

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7775013.stm

IWF backs down on Wiki censorship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7774102.stm

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7775000/7775188.stm

A future full of gadgets — no batteries required?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28143266/

Keeping Track: Software Locates People And Objects, Immediately Detects Unauthorized Persons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209111512.htm

Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems Offer Considerable Potential For Improving Traffic Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085626.htm

Report finds nanotechnology safeguards inadequate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b94a5-us-nano-risks/

Panel Blasts Federal Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210103045.htm

Video Game Review: 'Tom Clancy's EndWar'

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/story?id=6331627&page=1

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml

Peter Gabriel backs human rights website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7773004.stm

The Hub

http://hub.witness.org/

Massive World War II collection debuts online

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_wwii_collection;_ylt=AiVI2yBWIJo5yUQdIYCCkvqs0NUE

Footnote.com

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157293/

Robust Watermarking Offers Hope Against Digital Piracy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092114.htm

Chemists And Security Scientists Add New Technology To Redesigned Five Dollar Bill

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0901-anticounterfeiting_money.htm

Plastic Made To Conduct Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209111514.htm

New Polymer Coatings Prevent Corrosion, Even When Scratched

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125929.htm

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/10/iran.spy.arrests/index.html

US-led strikes kill Afghan police

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774939.stm

Report: Armor decision could have cost lives

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/us.iraq.ieds/index.html

Illinois scandal could have a ripple effect

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1708215.aspx

Sources Say Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1

State of Disarray: What is Wrong With Ill.?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6428980&page=1

Fla. Investigates Mass Grave at Boys School

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6428293&page=1

Strike adds to unrest in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774634.stm

Pakistan questions key militants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774912.stm

Brazil considers Indian land case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7774895.stm

Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774698.stm

Rio Tinto

http://www.riotinto.com

Wholesale inventories, sales plunge in Oct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157537/

Dow 4,000: 8 really, really scary predictions

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/index.html?cnn=yes

Office Depot cutting 112 stores, 2,200 jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_bi_ge/office_depot_strategic_review;_ylt=AgjITys5eFo37Al2Ta_3a3as0NUE



Chinese police detain protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7774693.stm

Chinese exports drop in slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774934.stm

Sterling hits new record euro low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7775191.stm

Somali piracy backed by international network

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28158455/

Agreement sealed on auto bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28108346/

Inaction on Big 3 would cost taxpayers billions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156558/

Congress to vote on car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774459.stm

Panel questions Treasury on bailout plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28155752/

Newsweek: How the Tribune deal went bad so fast

http://www.newsweek.com/id/173152

Smell of Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7771184.stm

Rare white lion cubs born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7775782.stm

Why Do Pigs Die During Commercial Transportation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091035.htm

Sexual Stereotypes in Dolphin Kingdom?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=6431619&page=1

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Warning: Fifth of world coral reefs lost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156581/

Tropics No Longer Museum Of Plant Biodiversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221705.htm

Tropical Rainforests' Secret Ingredient Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125830.htm

Molybdenum

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

Precious Metal Could Lead To Next Generation Of Cancer Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092122.htm

Osmium

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


'Border Patrol Agents' Identified In The Gut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208180335.htm

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Giant black hole confirmed at the centre of our galaxy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm

Unprecedented 16-year-long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221707.htm

CO2 found on "hot Jupiter" planet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b86uh-us-space-carbon/

Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide On An Extrasolar Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209144923.htm

100-meter Sprint World Record Could Go As Low As 9.48 Seconds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081128082831.htm

Pastor Prays Over Deposit Slip, Gets $1.5M Gift

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/09/ap/strange/main4658523.shtml



Brain swelling blamed in many Mount Everest deaths

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b9023-us-everest-deaths/

Assisted suicide in Zurich to air on TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7775465.stm

For Friday, October 24, 2008

Stock markets plunge across world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7688202.stm

Dow Sinks but Were Worst Fears Averted?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6103163&page=1

Recession looms as UK slows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7686552.stm

Iceland asks IMF for $2bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7689633.stm

Recession fears hit Asian markets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7687998.stm

Despite slump, Yahoo plans new operations in Neb.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_plans;_ylt=AjoXE5O6tleGhoJtx2GuyNOs0NUE

High price may thwart tax cut plans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27311863/

Health care battle a big issue for voting families

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27343202/

Partisan Doctors: The Wrong Prescription?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6099254&page=1

Doctor estimates McCain's cancer death risk


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn15026-doctor-estimates-mccains-cancer-death-risk.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn15026

McCain faces hurdle as economy sours

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27357863/

Palin's unlikely path to political big time

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27355719/

Palin denies spending $150K

http://www.yahoo.com/s/975934

In campaign pause, Palin to testify on controversy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate;_ylt=AmEjCt3wjrmx8oHiPvX_W6is0NUE

Obama: Grandmother may not see Nov. 4

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27357561/

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_en_tv/mcclellan_obama;_ylt=AmBo_S9pmEcXwcKJw2XhtFADW7oF

McCain ad uses Biden to attack Obama

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/campaign.wrap/index.html

Ticker: Biden comment draws new fire

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

Voters Like Candidates Who Share Their Looks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023004653.htm

Will the forgotten presidential candidates affect the race?

http://www.yahoo.com/s/975943

Police: McCain volunteer changes ATM attack story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_re_us/attack_mccain_sticker;_ylt=AvjGxTy9OWmmtb7H1hjUnm.s0NUE

Newsweek: Wal-Mart tries to 'green' China

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/chinacalling/archive/2008/10/24/wal-mart-s-new-push-to-green-china.aspx

China's toy factories empty as economy falters

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Users urged to report abuse sites

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7689241.stm

International Watch Foundation

http://www.iwf.org.uk/

Pinching display lets you feel the data

http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg20026796.700-pinching-display-lets-you-feel-the-data.html

UN: Over 12,000 cholera cases in Guinea Bissau

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_he_me/un_un_guinea_bissau_cholera;_ylt=Aig7aLReRQf5hnv_lqZ2cI.s0NUE

Guinea-Bissau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(Bissau)

Conscientiousness is the secret to a long life

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg20026794.800-conscientiousness-is-the-secret-to-a-long-life.html

114 hep C cases linked to 2 Las Vegas clinics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27348140/

Cold viruses activate killer genes, study finds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27359579/

Why you can't remember what you forgot

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/10/24/o.midlife.memory.meltdown/index.html

Highest Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Ever Reached

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023100536.htm

Chemists Devise Self-assembling 'Organic Wires'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023144117.htm

Hubble telescope set to reawaken

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7687836.stm

Team records 'music' from stars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7687286.stm

Hopes dashed for ice on moon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27347236/

'One-stop' embryo test unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7688299.stm

'New prostate' grown inside mouse


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7685105.stm

Tiny Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222248.htm

Heterodontosaurus

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

Worms, Deprived Of Smell Sense, Live Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222254.htm

Digesting The Termite Digestome: A Way To Make Biofuels?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021190648.htm

Genomic Changes Found In Brains Of People Who Commit Suicide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023100543.htm

Female Plant 'Communicates' Rejection Or Acceptance Of Male

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023113107.htm

Modern Genetics Versus Ancient Frog-killing Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111403.htm

Cause Of Weakness In Marine Animal Hybrids Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013132625.htm

Mercury Pollution Causes Immune Damage To Harbor Seals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020191532.htm

Methylmercury

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

Fisheries Management And Environmental Conditions: Win-win For Baltic Cod

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020095843.htm

Birth Of White Rhino After Artificial Insemination With Frozen Sperm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081024103856.htm

Extinction Risks High For Social Species Such As The African Wild Dog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020191536.htm

Lycaon pictus

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

Rare Russian Boar Becomes Mass. Road Kill

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/national/main4543288.shtml

Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gear

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_sc/eu_greece_neolithic_household;_ylt=Ajm8V.u71..yid0BYGJDy5Os0NUE

Is your car making you sick?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/24/aa.toxic.cars/index.html

Stephen Hawking retiring from prestigious post

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27359713/

Branson Abandons Bid For Sailing Record

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/national/main4543141.shtml

Oprah sued over man's arrest on extortion

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/23/winfrey.extortion.ap/index.html

Bali bombers' execution date set

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7688178.stm

For Saturday, May 24, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by kansas_city_royalty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_day

Memorial Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_eu/germany_ebay_baby

German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/ts_afp/environmentpollutionspeciescoral

Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study - Yahoo! News

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

Cornell Capa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7418279.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Great Barrier Reef divers found

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

Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7418315.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Monks on secret aid mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7415423.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cancer vaccine target pinpointed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7418547.stm

BBC NEWS UK UK Politics China condemns Dalai Lama meeting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7417123.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7417496.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Web users 'getting more selfish'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523083007.htm

Dramatic Impact Of Sea-Level Rise On Chesapeake Bay's Coastal Habitats

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

Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523163050.htm

Tapping The Early Universe For Secrets Of Fundamental Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520130807.htm

Joint NASA-French Satellite To Track Trends In Sea Level, Climate

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

Ocean Surface Topography Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523162905.htm

Finding Explosives: Glowing Films Reveal Traces Of Explosives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523163016.htm

Two Well-known Crystal Skulls Did Not, After All, Come From Ancient Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210025.htm

New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804749/

South Africans protest anti-immigrant violence - Africa - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804797/

Shark kills surfer in Mexico - Americas- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24714435/

Jay Leno tells Detroit how to fix itself - Autos- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797206/

Toad aphrodisiac kills man, NY issues warning - Sexual health- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797061/

Seas off West Coast dangerously acidic - Climate Change- msnbc.com

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24798047/

Minor leaguer traded for 10 baseball bats - Baseball- nbcsports.msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24719524/

Smugglers try to mail geckos - World environment- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/23/fda.nipple.cream.ap/index.html

FDA warns of harmful nipple cream - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/23/shagren.man.saves.ducks.kxly

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_sc/tortoise_decline;_ylt=AuDjQcNSFNQm4SHZOsEHCD.s0NUE

Southern Utah tortoise continues decline - Yahoo! News

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

Gopherus agassizii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/japan_suicide;_ylt=ArH6jOIV8PXZK3Pc5Uts_JKs0NUE

Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/foot_odd_dc;_ylt=AtjHG8GTwrLhkQaMNVOivuSs0NUE

Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/sex_odd_dc;_ylt=At45Jz1ocMVQiB.0zpLbOZWs0NUE

Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/sc_afp/costaricaenvironmentturtlesanimals;_ylt=AgqrBkDs96ZbDc57fFWqnNMPLBIF

Record birthrate of leatherback turtles in Costa Rica: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usiraqmilitarybudget;_ylt=AkyzcJ5TYc8xP9Hs3ZXni2EDW7oF

15 bln dlrs in US Iraq spending unaccounted for: reports - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080524/bs_nm/buffett_us_recession_dc;_ylt=An0xVjvm90yreF2cEZWb5PoDW7oF

Buffett sees "long, deep" U.S. recession - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080524/wl_afp/usvote;_ylt=AmzqroYBACGI5qyel4oHSCQDW7oF

Clinton apologizes for Kennedy assassination comment - Yahoo! News

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/nhl_experts/post/Why-the-octopus-still-won-t-twirl-in-Detroit?urn=nhl,84176

Why the octopus still won't twirl in Detroit - Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

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

Octopoda