"The Leaderless GOP" and "Hilary Red-Faced" and More Jobless and More for Monday, March 5, 2009

$50 trillion wiped off world financial assets: study

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/09/asia-losses.html

Hillary Clinton left red-faced by Moscow gift translation gaffe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7930047.stm

North Korea says on full combat readiness

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo226870-us-korea-north/

N Korea warning over 'satellite'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7931670.stm

S Korea diverts jets over threats


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7927520.stm

Fears grow of U.S. front in Mexican drug wars

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29516551/

American loses wife to Mexico drug strife

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29530280/

Mexico morgues crowded with mounting drug-war dead

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_mexico_too_many_bodies;_ylt=AmvE93JyhtcQZeC4nqKdRvcDW7oF

Chinese ships 'harass' US vessel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7933171.stm

Blasts reported as China seals off Tibet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29591693/

China 'will not have democracy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7932091.stm

Company shares $9 million with workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29555727/

FreeWave Technologies Inc.

http://www.freewave.com/

US jobless rate increases to 8.1%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7927790.stm

MDC to examine Tsvangirai crash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7930126.stm

Morgan Richard Tsvangirai

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

Afghan operation is 'worthless'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7929785.stm

Special Air Service

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

UN fails to agree on Sudan action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7929805.stm

NY 'mafia cops' get life in jail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7929898.stm

Police break up Malaysia protest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7930243.stm

Chavez warns Colombian minister

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7931722.stm

UK aid convoy crosses into Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm

U.S. Headed For Longest Post-War Recession

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/business/main4852985.shtml

U.S. To The World: Open Up Your Wallets

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/link/blog/main4853588.shtml

Investors flock to Detroit’s housing market

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29585340/

Housing starts tumbled in February: CMHC

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/09/cmhc-housing-starts-feb.html

World economy to 'shrink' in 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7931899.stm

Asian consumer confidence collapses

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/09/asia-confidence-collapse.html

Buffett says economy fell off cliff

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5282j8-us-buffett/

Warren Buffett

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

Merck to buy Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52825c-us-scheringplough-merck/

More Ask: Why Are Banks Too Big to Fail?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7037136&page=1

Citi Spends $3.5M For Smith Barney Perks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/business/main4853776.shtml

Geek Crime: Beware Laying Off the IT Guy

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7027145&page=1

Newspaper publisher slashing 1,600 jobs

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/09/news/companies/McClatchy.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

McClatchy

http://www.mcclatchy.com/

Job bias claims rise to record high

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29554931/

Signs your new job is lousy

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/09/cb.signs.your.job.is.lousy/index.html

Police: $10M embezzlement led to layoffs

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/08/california.alleged.embezzlement/index.html

Video: Victims angry at Madoff’s expected plea deal

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Obama to lift stem cell restrictions

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52721m-us-stemcells-usa/

Republicans See Their Party as Leaderless

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20090309/pl_rasmussen/republicanleader20090309;_ylt=AuhcJ4d.v1HlzIp9uQvOlnQDW7oF

Vatican-backed conference snubs creationism

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29535870/

Obama toughens US line against whaling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/pl_afp/uswhalingjapan;_ylt=Aka6c.AKrQvT41JVSA31dp0PLBIF

Man is cited for owning an endangered ape

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29586544/

Symphalangus syndactylus

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

Feds OK gray wolves' removal from endangered list

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_sc/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmY.4jYNc6srt9SGec6guo8PLBIF

Canis lupus

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

Judge faults gov't plan to save Pacific NW salmon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_us/salmon_dams;_ylt=AqoiygHgB.ocuzuzvL3NjJ2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaHE2Y3U5BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZWZhdWx0c2c-

Snake River

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

Climate Change Hurting Hares: White Snowshoe Hares Can't Hide On Brown Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224220347.htm

Lepus Americanus

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

Asian Biological Puzzle Solved: Sea Rises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090306103647.htm

Drought Risks Amazon Rainforest Carbon Sink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141625.htm

Midwesterners Worried Levees Won't Hold

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/national/main4853528.shtml

Promising Biofuel Made From Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With A New Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230751.htm

Former beauty queen issues warning about toxic makeup

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1040820

Obama picks US information chief

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7927944.stm

Vivek Kundra

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

Giant server seized in raid on file-sharing site

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29566891/

Firms in data row deny wrongdoing


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7928807.stm

List of database subscribers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7927711.stm

How firms should obey data law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7928386.stm

Public 'must assert' data rights


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7632740.stm

Pirate radio 'puts lives at risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7919748.stm

Craigslist sued over erotic ads

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7928148.stm

Craigslist (Wikipage)

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

Al Gore says domain .eco logical

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7927812.stm

Internet football piracy alert

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7927818.stm

Converting Solar Light To Electricity: Silicon-free Photoelectric Module Integrates Easily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223083354.htm

Danger of Cell Phone Use: While Walking Or Driving, Cell Phones Increase Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304160404.htm

Cell Hell: 7 Ways Your Phone Can Hurt You

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7017768&page=1

'Counterfeit' NASA Parts: Danger in Sky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7026399&page=1

Nasa launches Earth hunter probe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926277.stm

Kepler Mission

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

Japan considers putting robot on moon

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5251rs-us-japan-space/

Online brand abuse 'on the rise'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7929360.stm


Social sites eclipse e-mail use

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7932515.stm


L'Oreal takes action against eBay

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7932472.stm

L’Oreal

http://www.loreal.fr/

Enzyme behind cancer spread found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7813072.stm

Lysyl Oxidase

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

Scientists remove cancer genes from stem cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5247zv-us-stemcells-parkinsons/

Engineered cell engine is step to artificial life

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52806e-us-artificial/

Virus-free Embryonic-like Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121649.htm

Fast-food Density And Neighborhood Walkability Linked To Residents' Weight And Waist Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303161431.htm

WATCH: Top 9 Healthiest Fast Foods

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7024582

Drug Blocks Two Of World's Deadliest Emerging Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121731.htm

Henipavirus

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

Inappropriate Drug Prescriptions Wasting Millions, Raising Health Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304124354.htm

Virus 'triggers child diabetes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7926026.stm

Enteroviruses

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

Desert Shrub, Guayule, May Be Fuel Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183706.htm

Parthenium argentatum

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

Citrus Disease Bacterium Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182438.htm

Huanglongbing

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

Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183111.htm