FDA Pistachio Warning and N Korean Nukes and More for Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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FDA: Avoid pistachios

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051345

Video: Salmonella scare hits pistachios

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Setton Farms Web Page

http://www.settonfarms.com/

Pistacia vera

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

U.S. military vows to track 800 satellites by October 1

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u0mr-us-usa-satellites/

Eastern Congo volcanoes show eruption warning signs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t6za-us-congo-democratic-volcano/

Mount Nyiragongo

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

Mount Nyamuragira

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

Expert: N. Korea Has Several Nuke Warheads

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/31/world/main4906036.shtml

Home price drops set records in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29971932/

UK troops begin Iraqi withdrawal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7973403.stm

Lahore 'was Pakistan Taleban op'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7973540.stm

Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore raid

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/sp426339-us-pakistan-violence/

India Election 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2009/indian_election/default.stm

India general election, 2009 (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_2009

Chicago Sun-Times parent files for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u3oz-us-suntimes/

Sun-Times Media Group

http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/

Canadian economy contracted 0.7% in January

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/31/january-gdp.html

Big losers of Obama’s auto plan: workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29962730/

Obama sets tight auto aid terms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7972464.stm

Ford to cover car payments if buyer loses job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970641/

Merkel gives assurances on Opel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974129.stm

Adam Opel Gmbh

http://www.opel.com/

Small business forced to change, or die

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29918791/

The Truth About Credit Scores

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7188295&page=1

Here comes your stimulus bonus (…it may not be what you think…)

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/pf/taxes/making_work_pay_credit/index.htm?cnn=yes

World Bank offers trade boost, OECD casts G20 shadow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52u1yy-us-worldbank-zoellick/

Government policies will avert economic collapse: OECD report

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/31/oedc-forecast.html

France threatens G20 walkout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7974190.stm

Ghost towns Western Australia hit by global slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7973008.stm

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973463.stm

Khmer Rouge torturer accepts blame for 14,000 deaths

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bkk458269-us-cambodia-rouge-apology/

Emergency declared on Philippine island

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7973558.stm

Jolo island

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

'Green' Hair Bleach May Become Environmentally Friendly Consumer Product

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171420.htm

Cancer Genomics Browser Gives Cancer Researchers A Powerful New Tool

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330142425.htm

UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser Site

http://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu

Fauci: Why there is no AIDS vaccine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898087/

Philip Morris Appeal of $79.5M Award Ended

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/SCOTUS/wireStory?id=7217419

Superbug Risk To War Wounded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Antibiotic resistance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205451.htm

Month Of Conception Linked To Birth Defects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330130235.htm

Polypill 'could become a reality'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971456.stm

Polypill

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

Security experts eye worm attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7973131.stm

Q&A: Conficker protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7973841.stm

EA 'dumps DRM' for next Sims game

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972677.stm

Digital Rights Management

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

Google to venture into start-ups

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7973783.stm

Skype on the iPhone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972613.stm

Skype

http://www.skype.com/

Facebook campaign to catch rapist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7973889.stm

Giant laser experiment powers up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7972865.stm

US National Ignition Facility

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

How NIF Works

https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/nif/how_nif_works/

National Ignition Facility homepage

https://lasers.llnl.gov/

Portable Energy Source Utilizes Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111257.htm

Methanogen

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

Green power from algae?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/30/1871113.aspx

'Alarming' Use Of Energy In Modern Manufacturing Methods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327112547.htm


Island nears energy independence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951286.stm

El Hierro

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

New Form Of Destructive Terrorist Material Unlikely, Chemists Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324200927.htm

U.S. unveils Orion spacecraft to take crew to Mars

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t6xh-us-space-orion/

Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/index.html

Russia locks up six volunteers for 3-month Mars experiment

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051411

Mysterious East Coast Boom Was Falling Russian Rocket

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090330/sc_space/mysteriouseastcoastboomwasfallingrussianrocket;_ylt=AghMP4TtMLfQ6ln3wFXV9YEPLBIF

The (Real) View: Stunning Space Station Vid

http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2009/03/the-view.html

NASA in Colbert conundrum over Space Station

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52t5tn-us-space-colbert/

Cold War-like stand-off over access to US space station toilet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7973747.stm