The Coming Nuclear War with North Korea? and Russia Militarizes the Arctic and More for Friday, March 27, 2009

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U.S., Japan mobilize for N. Korean launch (Hoping that a nuclear holocaust doesn’t follow….)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/north.korea.us.ships/index.html

Japan OK's deployment of missile defence system

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/27/north-korea-missile-japan-military-mobilization.html

Japan to 'destroy' N Korea rocket

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7967202.stm

Japan readies defenses for North Korea rocket launch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o4oc-us-korea-north/

Israel: 'Iron Dome' rocket shield test a success (...and speaking of North Korea...don't we need one of these?...)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/27/israel.rocket.shield/index.html

New Wheat Disease Could Spread Faster Than Expected (...like the first few articles don't give us enough to worry about...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132147.htm

Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puccinia_striiformis_var._striiformis

Alarming New Data Shows TB-HIV Co-infection A Bigger Threat (...cancelling our trip to Sub-saharan Africa...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131600.htm

CIA transnational health and economic activities

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

FAA Wants Bird Strike Records Confidential (….ummm, safety first guys?...Oh, and what was that thing President Obama said about transparency in government? We think he might have really meant that…)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/national/main4897075.shtml

Residents flee as Red River rises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873706/

N.D. River 22 Feet Higher Than Flood Level

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Weather/story?id=7187050&page=1

Canadian military on standby to battle Manitoba flood

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/mb-flood-military.html

Deflation stalks Japan, resentment rises before G20

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52m16g-us-financial/

Obama's economic remedies may face pushback at G20

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q0u3-us-obama-g20/

Obama to meet with bank CEOs on recovery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29911655/

Key Senate panel backs Obama's budget plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29892867/

Senate Budget Committee

http://budget.senate.gov/

Senate Budget Committee

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

Obama To Be On "Face The Nation"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/link/blog/main4895696.shtml

What Good News? Pink Slips Still Pour In (…we got our last paycheck months ago…oh, and no ui benefits, either…)

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7182496&page=1

More States See Double-Digit Unemployment

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/business/main4896889.shtml

Overcoming Being Over 55 When Job-Seeking

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/earlyshow/series/jobsquad/main4896796.shtml

Regulators (CA) investigating credit card industry

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/26/competition-credit.html

U.S. consumer spending rises 0.2 percent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q2xi-us-usa-economy-spending/

House price decline accelerates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7967715.stm

Fed Reserve Ad Warns About Foreclosure Scams

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7188462

US plans to rein in Wall Street

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7966023.stm

Death Threats and the Other AIG Outrage

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7184097&page=1

Video: Lawmakers get cash from bailout firms

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Madoff’s U.K. outfit played big role in swindle

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29912610/

Madoff investment scandal

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

CAW, Chrysler fail to reach deal, face March 31 deadline for public cash

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/27/caw-chrysler-bargaining.html

Quebec orders police to turn in Tasers

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/03/27/mtl-quebec-taser-recall-0327.html

Obama's new Afghan plan to target al Qaeda havens

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p7co-us-afghanistan/

Obama's Afghan goal: Dismantle al-Qaida

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898698/

Al-Qaeda (Wikipedia Page Link)

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

4,000 new troops, more civilian experts for Afghanistan, says Obama

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/27/obama-afghanistan-plan-troops.html

Watchdog rejects government bid to delay Afghan detainee inquiry

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/26/mpcc-detainee-transfer.html

U.S. Official: Mexico Not Near Collapse

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/world/main4895934.shtml

Dennis C. Blair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair

China ready to contribute to IMF

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7967706.stm

Hormone-mimics In Plastic Water Bottles Act As Functional Estrogens (...is this why I have moobs?...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326100714.htm

Indonesia dam burst kills dozens

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7967205.stm

International torch relays banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/7967284.stm

Russian 'Arctic military' plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7967973.stm

China: Hand, foot and mouth virus kills 18 kids

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_child_virus;_ylt=Aki9kAADA.brv2swjDOaJFms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkcnZ2aDJrBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2NoaW5haGFuZGZvbw--

HFMD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease

Vets Get Disease Scare Over Colonoscopies (…it shouldn’t happen to a dog, wait a minute, couldn’t they train dogs to sniff out the filth?...)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/health/main4896815.shtml

Colonoscopy

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

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Used On Human

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/health/main4897190.shtml

Charge laid in Ontario needles-in-meat case

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/27/guelph-meat.html

Is there danger lurking in your lunch?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29877087/

It smells OK, but is it safe to eat?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364632/

Drug Used To Treat Skin Conditions Is A Marine Pollutant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101612.htm

Clotrimazole

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

New theory blames cosmic rays for helping CFCs deplete ozone

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-ozone-hole-cosmic-rays.html

Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/26/cgy-carbon-capture-projects-funding.html

Nanoparticles In Cosmetics, Personal Care Products May Have Adverse Environmental Effects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326162747.htm

Evolution’s backers hail Texas vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29902944/

Scientists find safer way to make human stem cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p5wr-us-stemcells-safety/

A flower on the moon?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/26/1867485.aspx

New Technique Used To Profile Anthrax Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320102134.htm

RNA-Seq

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-Seq

Pourable batteries could store green power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29900981/

New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326114403.htm

Flowing blood could power cell phones

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29900077/

New Listening Device Should Help Find Trapped Miners

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326084756.htm

AT&T to start sending copyright warnings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29904298/

North West Tidal Barrages Could Provide 5% Of UK's Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325092203.htm

Fuel efficiency standards hiked for 2011

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29903330/

Tesla unveils four-door electric sedan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52p72y-us-tesla-models/

Tesla Motors

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Dewdrop-sized Motes Serve As Invisible Security Guards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326120839.htm

Social sites dent privacy efforts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7967648.stm

Radio astronomy gets grant boost

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7965873.stm

Chinese 'find' radioactive ball (...was it red?...)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7967285.stm

Federal government: Star of YouTube, Flickr?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29882992/

Neuronal Cause Of 'Money Illusion': Inflation Felt To Be Not So Bad As A Wage Cut (…I always thought money was an illusion…)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323211919.htm

Would You Trust a Condom Made in China? (…we’d rather use a balloon…)

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/story?id=7181080&page=1

Hallucinating in Church

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7187766

speaking of that…N.Y. agrees to ease state's harsh Rockefeller drug laws

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1049778

and…Pot-related questions deluge W.H.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20526;_ylt=AiyHAtSlQPO74haAIJSbO_0DW7oF

New York gallery owner charged in $88M theft, fraud

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/03/27/art-gallery-theft-fraud-salander.html

Lawrence Salander (…please note the misspelling of “sued” in the Wiki article…)