For Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Minneapolis skyline image licensed under Creative Commons by stevelyon

Wis. Web Site Image Sends Capitol To Minneapolis image from Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System

New Year’s Eve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve

New Year’s Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day

Auld Lang Syne

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

US housing index in record slump

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7804851.stm

Israel mulls truce offer on Day 4 of Gaza assault

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians;_ylt=AtnmjfFO7Y1QhWHqqWELa8Os0NUE

Jets attack Gaza for fourth day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7804141.stm

Eyewitnesses - 'City is dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7803305.stm

Ex-aides: Katrina was beginning of end for Bush

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433687/

Shoe-throwing journalist's trial postponed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28431614/

FBI Probing Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6511817&page=1

Tim Mahoney

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

Consumer confidence hits all-time low in Dec.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28434238/

Crime to boom as downturn blooms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797946.stm

Congress to examine Madoff case next week

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n29316752-us-madoff-congress/

US offers $6bn bail-out for GMAC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7804228.stm

Global growth seen weak as lending stagnates

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

Holiday season weakest since at least 1970: ICSC

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt2tf-us-usa-holidaysales/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7803624.stm

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427187/

Humans, Oceans Shape North American Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227230140.htm

Baby for Palin's teenage daughter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7804087.stm

Colorado Town Tries To Solve Mystery Of No Water

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/ap/strange/main4690893.shtml

Wis. Web Site Image Sends Capitol To Minneapolis

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/ap/strange/main4690895.shtml

For Monday, December 29, 2008

Hannukah 2008 - Child_injured_in_israeli_attack_on_the_gaza_strip__file_2007 image licensed under Creative Commons by smallislander

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

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

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

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

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

'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals


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

Military Uniforms Now Provide Reliable Protection From Mosquitoes

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

For Saturday, December 27, 2008

Oahu - Hawaiian Archipelago - Ka Pae `Aina O Hawai`i Nei image licensed under Creative Commons by brewbooks

Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800985.stm

At Least 195 Dead as Israeli Airstrikes Slam Hamas in Gaza

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6534135

Hawaii island of Oahu without power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397219/

Hawaii's Oahu island regains power after blackout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hawaii_power;_ylt=Apm1x6ddgPYQBBfsuRysYr6s0NUE

Obama Reporters Get Ditched In Hawaii

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/26/link/main4687333.shtml

China firms 'to pay milk victims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800990.stm

Dozens killed in China accidents

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800874.stm

Suffering Ohio begs for federal lifeline

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28395932/

'09 Jobs Outlook: Bleak, Especially Early

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/27/earlyshow/main4687544.shtml

Advice for renters if landlord faces foreclosure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392662/

NYT: Un-pardon raises plenty of questions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28388177/

Unpardon

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/12/unpardon.html

Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7800840.stm

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/27/zimbabwe-cholera.html

Madoff suicide investor lost own money, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392132/

Digital TV converter coupons in short supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28393941/

Problems seen in e-voting overseas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390799/

The risks of risk management

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7761423.stm

Retailers' holiday sales plummet 4 percent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bo1gq-us-usa-holidaysales-spendingpulse/

Mexico suspends meat imports from 30 U.S. plants

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/12/26/mexico-plants.html

Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28391933/

Washington state starts free PC, TV recycling

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390798/

Death Valley works to preserve night sky

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390772/

In U.S., Threat of Rising Sea Levels

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6531712&page=1

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190429.htm

Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm

Huge Chesapeake Bay cleanup falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/

Sludge spill estimate now 1 billion gallons

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html

Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133442.htm

ABC News: How to Make Money Online

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6525445&page=1

Shoes hurled at Bush pictures in Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800587.stm

For Friday, December 26, 2008

Storm blankets West with snow, dangerous ice glazes Midwest

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1007521

Tainted milk trial opens in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799986.stm

Japan's industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799908.stm

Around The World, A Grim Economic Forecast

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/25/eveningnews/main4686597.shtml

Consumers cashing in on Boxing Day bonanza

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/26/boxing-day.html

Boxing Day

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

Americans admire Obama most, poll finds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28391268/

Poll: 75 percent glad Bush is done

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html

Indians warned to avoid Pakistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7800329.stm

Ahmadinejad UK TV speech condemned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7799652.stm

5-year terrorism threats forecast for U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28387496/

Mortgage Applications Close In on 5-Yr High

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6523213

Rice tops US 'official gift list'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7798561.stm

How to deal with a holiday debt hangover

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28370086/

Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28352583/

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

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

Water tested where sludge hit homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Informant's Death Brings New Law, Lawsuit

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6518730&page=1

For Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas

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

Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008

Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 Humanitarian Crises

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/

Military 'seizes power' in Guinea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7796902.stm

Dictator's death sparks coup in Guinea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366192/

Lansana Conte

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

Guinea

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

Fear at army takeover

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7797371.stm

World Watch : Russian Missile Test A Dud

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/23/link/main4684076.shtml

US Warns Russia Against Selling Missiles to Iran

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_russia_iran;_ylt=AjcCITEr0IXQ0xfKF30kxj0DW7oF

Ex-Clinton adviser pleads to child-porn charge

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28363279/

Wade Sanders

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

Official: Calif. could be broke in 2 months

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28359987/

Economy slows some areas' population growth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355559/

Governments must be ready to spend more on stimulus: IMF

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm1th-us-financial-imf-economist/

GDP shrank in third quarter as economy chilled

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm2wi-us-usa-economy-gdp/

Economy, consumer spending shrank in Q3

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365353/

World economies limp to Christmas

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

Existing home sales plunge 8.6 percent in November

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm3f0-us-usa-economy-housing-1/

Home prices take record tumble

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365973/

Retirement Woes: Forced to Work to Death?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=6513517&page=1

ABC News: Your Complete Guide to Refinancing

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ConsumerFinance/story?id=6498727&page=1

When mortgage rescues go bad

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/23/real_estate/new_modifications_same_problems/index.htm?cnn=yes

Contraction of UK economy speeds up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7796960.stm

Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796806.stm

Interpol 'not given Mumbai data'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7796993.stm

US questions net overhaul plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797206.stm

Motorists plucked from flood water in US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7797727.stm

Investigators: Doomed jet made odd noise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28330517/

NY Times sued over copyright issues

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366260/

For Monday, December 22, 2008

Sunset at the Monument Valley - Utah - licensed under Creative Commons by Rob Inh00d

Signs of hope for economy in 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28300084/

The Reckoning - Bush’s Philosophy Stoked the Mortgage Bonfire ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business/21admin.html?scp=6&sq=Sunday,%20December%2021,%202008&st=cse

Toyota braced for historic loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7794888.stm

Toyota predicts first operating loss since '41

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28344700/

Mortgage re-defaults rise with no sign of slowing

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl2xs-us-financial-defaults/

Banks keep bailout spending secret

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28344965/

Utah Now The Fastest Growing State

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/national/main4682165.shtml

Japan recession deepens, China cuts rates

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

Living with recession in Japan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7795390.stm

Japan backs further aid package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7793337.stm

Japan doubles rescue plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7779460.stm

Germany 'mulling Guantanamo move'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7795935.stm

Somalia facing 'hidden genocide'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7794918.stm

Video: Snow, ice grip much of U.S.

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Canada braces for more heavy snow http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7796044.stm

University of Chicago to allow co-ed dorm rooms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/co_ed_dorm_rooms;_ylt=AgqfBK7iaAKzdEgHUdg.2ZKs0NUE

Arctic Greening Linked To Retreating Sea Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217203316.htm

Sex slaves live an American nightmare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28161210/

For Sunday, December 21, 2008

Afghanistan image licensed under Creative Commons by Army.mil

Obama increases jobs goal to 3 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28330156/

Obama Report: Rahm Emanuel Made One Call to Blagojevich

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/12/exclusive-obama.html

Bailed-Out Bank Execs Reportedly Got $1.6B

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6504932

IMF urges spending to spur growth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7794255.stm

Detroit's woes go beyond auto industry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28327490/

NYT: Obama has vision for auto industry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28329763/

Canada unveils plan to help auto industry

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bi3uy-us-autos-canada/

Ten chains 'face closure' in 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7794426.stm

Bush e-mails may be secret a bit longer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28332671/

Mugabe a threat to unity, says US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7794593.stm

Charity warns on cholera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7794425.stm

Disease exposes nation's fall

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7787819.stm

Mumbai attack hotels greet guests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7794341.stm

Deaths from Mumbai 'police error'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7794211.stm

U.S. to replace British forces in Iraq

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28337041/

Up To 30K New U.S. Troops To Afghanistan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/20/terror/main4679753.shtml

Police break up Russian protests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7794560.stm

For Saturday, December 20, 2008

Russian Destroyer Nastoychivy Leaving Port Stockholm image licensed under Creative Commons by Priyatosha

6.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/japan.quake/index.html

NATO fuel tanker crew killed in Pakistan

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/pakistan.tanker.attack/index.html

U.S., Mexico to kick off $1.4 billion anti-drug plan

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/19/mexico.us.drug.war/index.html

US states braced for winter storm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7793288.stm

For UAW, sacrifice or surrender?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28323341/

The True Price Of Auto Labor Costs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/business/main4677571.shtml

Detroit mayor: Deficit nears $300M, cuts ordered

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_re_us/detroit_deficit;_ylt=At_Vg_BjOBcAXe15mcM4HPCs0NUE

Schwarzenegger orders big payroll cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28325101/

Madoff whistleblower went unheeded for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28310980/

Madoff ordered to produce accounting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28314815/

A leading philanthropy to shut down because of Madoff scheme

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1005063

Japan backs further aid package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7793337.stm

Japan stumps up more cash to fight crisis as Belgian gov't falls

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1005061

'No recovery soon' in bank credit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7793035.stm

China offers Taiwan economic aid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7793409.stm

Levi Johnston's mom arrested for drugs - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28313509/

Bristol Palin's Future Mom-In-Law Arrested

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/politics/main4679051.shtml

Officials: U.S. not ready for cyber attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28312755/

Russian Destroyers Pull In To Havana

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/world/main4679058.shtml