For Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Reports Paint Grim U.S. Economic Picture

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/16/business/main4670974.shtml

WDIV: Detroit papers cut back to 3 days

http://www.clickondetroit.com/cnn-news/18288845/detail.html

"Pay To Play" Probe Hits New Mexico

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/16/politics/washingtonpost/main4671020.shtml

Goldman Sachs reports huge loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7785819.stm

SEC Under Scrutiny in Madoff Case

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6467870&page=1

Auto bailout could be announced by Wednesday

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b50cl-us-autos-bailout/

Majority opposes Detroit auto bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28248202/

Big 3 woes don’t give Japan’s automakers joy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28241203/

Democrats prepare hurdle to bank bailout

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4be6ae-us-bailout-pelosi-foreclosure/

Consumer prices plunge at a record rate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28252040/

Housing starts drop by most in quarter-century

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28252314/

Pesticides In Fruit-based Drinks Outside U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151003.htm

China bans lye, boric acid as food additives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28241158/

Explosives found in Paris store

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7785440.stm

Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7785338.stm

Iraq shoe-thrower in hospital with broken arm: brother

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4be28q-us-iraq-bush-shoes/

Iraqi Shoe Thrower Hates U.S. & Iran

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6469645

What's Behind The Mystery Cancer Cluster?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/15/eveningnews/main4670728.shtml


FDA nixes proposed ‘prescription pistol’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28116693/

Coke Pushes Stevia Without FDA OK

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/wireStory?id=6466108

Stevia

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

Serious security flaw found in IE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm

China 'blocks BBC Chinese website'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7785248.stm

China: Blocking some Web sites is lawful

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28253208/

Australian lawyer serves legal papers via Facebook

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7785004.stm

Fresh bird flu outbreak in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7784947.stm

The big melt: 2 trillion tons of ice gone since '03

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28249708/