Have Fewer Kids to Save the World? and More for Monday, August 3, 2009

Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/savetheplanethavefewerkids;_ylt=AmDL9J5FjdxjmtPz4EcznccPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4OWI5NjNrBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwODAzL3NhdmV0aGVwbGFuZXRoYXZlZmV3ZXJraWRzBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbG

Obama officials eye more jobless aid, weigh taxes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n02480590-us-usa-economy/

U.S. auto workers seek to retrain for scarce new jobs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5720hy-us-usa-unemployment-retraining/

The Bonus Battle: Executive Compensation Under the Spotlight, Again

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=8237258&page=1

Iran poll critics shun ceremony

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8180811.stm

Iran: Seized U.S. hikers are CIA agents

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32248073/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Nasa defends its spaceflight plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8175749.stm

NASA’s Mission Calendar

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/calendar/index.html

Security experts offer caution on smart grids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32238717/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Smart Grid

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

FCC seeks data on iPhone Google app rejection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32245137/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

EBay working on alternative software for Skype

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32243030/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Skype

http://www.skype.com/


Blogs, tweets help scientists measure happiness

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32239216/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Twitterfaction or Tweetifaction

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitterfaction-or-tweetifaction.html

Xinjiang arrests 'now over 1,500'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8181563.stm

Hundreds sickened by China chemical plant: state media

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090803/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentunrestpollution;_ylt=Ang8v1E9mDNVAg46JymQPyIPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM1NGJpbDliBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgwMy9jaGluYWVudmlyb25tZW50dW5yZXN0cG9sbHV0aW9uBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDaHVuZ

Cadmium

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

Second plague death in west China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8180816.stm

Pneumonic plague

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

'First' swine-flu death in Africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8182051.stm

Scientists find new strain of HIV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8175379.stm

Israel Evicts 50 Palestinians from Homes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/03/world/main5205810.shtml

Ethiopia sentences Canadian to life

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/03/makhtal-ethiopia003.html

Bashir Ahmed Makhtal

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

Little Lifesavers: Kids Capable Of CPR

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730200630.htm

Large Trees Declining In Yosemite National Park, U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729132117.htm

Yosemite National Park

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

UK's national ID card unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8175139.stm

'Fake UK sites' trick consumers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8178959.stm

'Dire shortage' at UN food agency

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8179250.stm

Barclays profit up to almost £3bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8180775.stm

Japan relaunches trials by jury

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8181225.stm

Why We Learn More From Our Successes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729121557.htm

California Must Prep for Climate Change

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/03/tech/main5205691.shtml

King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_bi_ge/us_vanishing_king_salmon;_ylt=AqWE45gDMVEObi4nE9ADtaEPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNhajQ4aTZkBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAyL3VzX3ZhbmlzaGluZ19raW5nX3NhbG1vbgRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzEEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnNfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNr

Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_bi_ge/us_coral_damage;_ylt=AvrE2wi8a66pR.OX4KX61NsPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxamtpb2EzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAyL3VzX2NvcmFsX2RhbWFnZQRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzQEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnNfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNoYXdhaWlwcm90ZWM-

Cambodia Bans "Miss Landmine" Pageant

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/03/world/main5207801.shtml