Severe and Sober Statements and NKorea Rocket Launch and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907570.stm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory at nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/main/index.html

US carbon satellite fails

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907602.stm

North Korea 'plans rocket launch'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7907039.stm

No Sugarcoating: Obama Address Billed 'Sober Assessment'

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6945577&page=1

Fed chief: U.S. faces ‘severe contraction’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29363747/

Bernanke Biography at whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/bbernankebio.html

Consumer confidence drops to record low

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29366580/

Polls: Most support Obama's economic strategy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29358401/

AIG in talks with U.S. government, sees $60 billion loss: source

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51m6lt-us-aig/

American International Group Wiki Page

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

U.S. home prices drop at record pace in December: S&P

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51n2vv-us-usa-economy-homes-index/

How to Negotiate Out of Foreclosure... Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6942121&page=1

Job interview? Read this

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241014/

Online relief for the recession-weary

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/24/recession.web.sites/index.html

Could the bad economy be good for your health?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/bad.economy.good.health/index.html

Bad economy? Do what you love

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/24/economy.career/index.html

Japan's PM first to visit Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7906999.stm

Taro Aso

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

Reporters track the changes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898977.stm

German firms in surveillance scandal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7907065.stm

US to donate '$900m in Gaza aid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7907483.stm

Palestinian leader may be freed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29362081/

Marwan Barghouti

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

Troops 'at last Tamil Tiger town'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7907282.stm

Smugglers send migrants overboard, U.N. says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/24/yemen.refugees/index.html

Zimbabwe 'illegal gold sale bid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7907177.stm

Joyce Mujuru

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

FAA Testing Radar To Avoid Bird Strikes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/23/eveningnews/main4822942.shtml

Google users hit by mail blackout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907583.stm

Lord Carter defends digital plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907529.stm

Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Carter,_Baron_Carter_of_Barnes

Digital Britain interim report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/29_01_09digital_britain_interimreport.pdf

Microsoft on extra severance: Never mind

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353191/

Take A Darwinian Approach To A Dangerous World: Ecologist Preaches 'Natural' Security For Homeland Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114158.htm

Health care costs to top $8,000 per person

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29355231/

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/anger.heart/index.html

Hypertension Treatment Shows Promise

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4824032.shtml

Report: Family Planning Saving U.S. Money

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4823681.shtml

2 plead guilty in NC tainted syringe case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_us/tainted_syringes;_ylt=Aia9I_WQ9AVZgKXnIltXh9Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHJxbzljBHBvcwM1NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawMycGxlYWRndWlsdHk-

Who's minding your food? Surprise! It depends

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364630/

Achoo! How to avoid the office bug

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26792478/

Working On A Vaccine for the Plague

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223121502.htm

Plague

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

Increased Research In Flu Transmission Needed To Prepare For Pandemic Flu Outbreak, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218114322.htm

Game consoles 'cause skin sores'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907489.stm

Vital Climate Change Warnings Are Being Ignored, Says Expert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141147.htm

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090224/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_mountains;_ylt=AmwEu2hNuk.Xln85MlLXS.btiBIF

Aerosols May Have High Impact On Rainfall, Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093653.htm

Humans turning Indonesian rainforest into a tinderbox

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16652-humans-turning-indonesian-rainforest-into-a-tinderbox.html