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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Red River Flooding and China Disses the Dollar and More for Wednesday, March 25, 2009




Sydney summers by 2060 could be deadly: scientist

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o240-us-climate-sydney/

CSIRO's Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/

Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/alaska_volcano;_ylt=ApMvS5SGKdKiAUj2Yhdcu96s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcnM4Zm1jBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvaWx0ZXJtaW5hbGE-

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

24,000 Fisher-Price high chairs recalled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866520/

Ice jam break spills more water into Bismarck area

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding;_ylt=AoRDTkkiy8AKWQ7KG6l3O3Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoY25jNDQyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzI1L21pZHdlc3RfZmxvb2RpbmcEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ljZWphbWJyZWFrcw--

N. Dakota Floods Prompt Calls To Evacuate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/national/main4891270.shtml

North Dakota declared disaster zone amid flooding

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/25/river-river-flood-north-dakota-disaster.html

North Dakota braces for historic flooding

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/25/north.dakota.flooding/index.html

State may dynamite ice jam to ease floods

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

Will Jindal Eat Words On Volcano Funding?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/tech/main4887816.shtml?source=mostpop_story

CNNMoney: Study: Recovery may come in 2010

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/ucla_forecast/index.htm?postversion=2009032504

Postmaster General: USPS may run out of money this year

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1048802

Postmaster General John Potter

http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/leadership/bios/potter_john.htm

U.S. home sales climb at fastest pace in 10 months

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o3vw-us-usa-economy-newhomes/

Durable goods orders rebound in February

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o1kb-us-usa-economy-durables/

Workers Shafted: Hear the Shocking Tapes

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7163805&page=1

Dear AIG: I Feel "Betrayed"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/link/blog/main4891782.shtml

Somebody Stop The "Bailout Party"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/politics/otherpeoplesmoney/main4891193.shtml

FBI Feels Strain From Glut Of Fraud Cases

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/national/main4891689.shtml

Military Can't Be Sued For Malpractice

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/eveningnews/main4890657.shtml

America's Top 8 Most Downsized Cities

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7161344&page=1

Japan's February exports halved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7962656.stm

Obama pledges economic recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7962532.stm

Video: Watch, explore the full news conference

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29289533/vp/29866115#29866115

Czech PM attacks Obama spending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7963359.stm





http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962717.stm

China criticised over YouTube

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7962718.stm

12 arrested over huge Beijing hotel fire

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29873271/

Court accepts suit in Chinese tainted milk scandal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=Au2G.TIVO3RSbQINPhh2A6ys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidDkxbjZvBHBvcwM0NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNjb3VydGFjY2VwdHM-

Violence-plagued Mexico sees hope in U.S. border plan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n24379747-us-usa-mexico-reaction/

Narco wars loom over Clinton trip to Mexico

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875572/

Mexico nabs a 'most-wanted' trafficker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876324/


Thai troops 'cross into Cambodia'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7963014.stm

Sudan's leader arrives in Egypt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7963092.stm

Venice seaport eyes algae to fuel energy needs






Study IDs Variations in Black, White Genomes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090325/hl_hsn/studyidsvariationsinblackwhitegenomes;_ylt=Ag_T8rBY7GGnF9vj5IBJh38PLBIF

Erasing TB could take 1,000 years, official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29864238/

WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/lt_med_who_tb_report;_ylt=AqMr1uW8q4vTPw.ExoWuTUWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGtuaDY3BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3dob2lzc3Vlc3Blcw--

Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_he_me/pharmawater_fish;_ylt=AswfRqNeuy7PfPCFVWsyWBms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNGk4cWFnBHBvcwMxMzgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N0dWR5cmFuZ2VvZg--

Single embryo best for fertility treatment: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o05f-us-reproduction-embryos/

Source of drywall rotten egg smell found

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/chinese.drywall/index.html

Strontium sulfide

http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/21036

Vets may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis
















































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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Record Flood Fears and Mexico Drug Lord Rewards and Rehabbing Those Drinking Bankers and More for Tuesday, March 24, 2009



Record floods feared as Red River rises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29859118/

River rises 5 feet in day, record flood possible

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_us/flooding_fargo;_ylt=Avxk.haNu4_uIiGeoA1cubms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI5OWJqanIxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzI0L2Zsb29kaW5nX2ZhcmdvBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNyaXZlcnJpc2VzNWY-

Red River

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

Magnitude-4.7 quake near Salton Sea in Calif

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_us/socal_quake;_ylt=ArVcasEQd3LXcgBmudBUjyKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI2dGJydmpoBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzI0L3NvY2FsX3F1YWtlBHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNtYWduaXR1ZGUtNDc-

Salton Sea

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

Alaska braces for ashfall after volcano erupts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_us/alaska_volcano;_ylt=AhSHd99wnEJp37CxfHXi.hKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla3ZrZHNoBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNhbGFza2FicmFjZXM-

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Top AIG bosses 'to repay bonuses'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7960459.stm

Fed chairman wanted to block AIG’s bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29849068/

Conn. Subpoenas AIG Bonus Recipients

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/link/main4888210.shtml

Mexico offers $2m for drug lords

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7960198.stm

White House unveils anti-cartel push for border

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29859803/

FBI breaks up $25 million 'car cloning' ring

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/24/cloned.cars/index.html

Recession changing U.S. jobs picture

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29640225/

Out of Work? Volunteer for Opportunities

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/JobClub/story?id=7154262&page=1

EI, individual bankruptcies up in Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/24/ei-bankrupt-canada-january.html

UK key inflation measure hits zero

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7959564.stm

Obama calls for global action to end downturn

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n18386827-us-obama/

N Korea warns over rocket launch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7960777.stm



American Journalists Accused Of Espionage

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/23/world/main4887388.shtml

Bernanke: AIG shows urgent need for new regulations

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/wbt010914-us-usa-fed-bernanke/

U.S. rehab centers see bankers driven to drink

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29848616/

Questions surround e-health record billions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29839583/

World's airlines seen losing billions this year

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52n1lv-us-financial-airlines/

$75 million in Madoff assets found in Gilbraltar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29854351/

Dalai Lama ban halts conference

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7960968.stm

Zimbabwe cholera 'past its peak'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7960674.stm

Relief worker shot dead in Darfur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7961070.stm

China 'blocks YouTube video site'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7961069.stm

China suggests switch from dollar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7960620.stm

An ancient culture is bulldozed away in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29849133/

Uighur/Uyghur

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

France offers nuclear test money














Global warming endangers public, U.S. agency rules

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-epa-global-warming.html

USEPA

http://www.epa.gov/

Setback for climate technical fix

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7959570.stm

Less winter ice found on Great Lakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29842552/

Less ice on Great Lakes leading to lower water levels

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/great-lakes-ice.html

The Great Lakes

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

Ocean experiments to stop climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7960449.stm

Oil plagues Prince William Sound 20 years after spill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29838444/

Exxon Valdez

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

Prince William Sound

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

'Ice That Burns' May Yield Clean, Sustainable Bridge To Global Energy Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143858.htm

Methane clathrate


























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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Twitter4: Pandemics? Global Crises? Global Melts and Other Catastrophes? and More for Thursday, March 19, 2009

Will Twitter be the essential new technology tool to help us predict; Pandemics, Global Melting and flooding, Wildfires/Bushfires, Potential Extinctions, and other Catastrophes? (Too late for the Beddington 2030 Global Crisis Projection, see below...). Is this the "real" usefulness or utility for Twitter? Are these "Twittersentials"?
Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951838.stm

Prof John Beddington

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

Big melt seen in Antarctic past, and maybe future

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_antarctica_melt

Predicting The Next Pandemic Via Twitter?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/tech/cnettechnews/main4874828.shtml

World economy 'to shrink in 2009'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952377.stm

New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4874296.shtml

Poll: Americans fear losing their quality of life

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/19/poll.standard.of.living/index.html

Number Of U.S. Births Breaks Record

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4873969.shtml

Official: US to release data unless harm foreseen

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/obama_freedom_of_information

Fed launches $1.2 trillion bid to revive economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29707055/

Food industry safety inspections challenged

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak

Some AIG bonuses already repaid, says CEO ahead of Congress vote

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/18/aig-tax-back.html

The Cost of AIG 'Hysteria'

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/03/the-cost-of-aig.html

How Fed failed to tell Obama of bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29767653/

Dodd: Administration sought bonus changes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29771223/

13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29773472/

Scientists grow diabetes drug in tobacco plants

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i047-us-tobacco-medicine/

Interleukin-10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin-10

Nicotiana

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

GE sees finance unit profitable in 2009

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i46a-us-ge-capital/

Dollar slides after US Fed plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952319.stm

From Hedge Funds to Pizza: One Man's Fall


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7111098&page=1

Online game gets real-world banking license

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29760522/

Entropia Universe

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

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

http://www.fi.se/Default____3.aspx

EU to debate extra stimulus calls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7952557.stm

U.S. workers on jobless benefits at record high

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i3qc-us-usa-economy-jobless/

Weekly jobless claims fall more than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29771904/

Oil: Low prices are behind us

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/18/markets/oil_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes

Foreclosure hunters go in for the kill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29744491/

What's hot at the pawnshop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29762007/

FedEx profit tumbles on global slump

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i3c8-us-fedex/

Big jump in online banking fraud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7952598.stm

DNA test advances bring more to justice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951652.stm

Israel troops admit Gaza abuses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7952603.stm

Political voice against Taliban killed in Afghan bombing

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/19/afghanistan-wrap.html

Dad Mohammad Khan

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

North Korea 'holds US reporters'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7951982.stm

New nationwide strike hits France

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951949.stm

Thousands in Argentina protest crime

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/19/argentina.crime/index.html

Iranian satellite completes mission: state TV

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i34p-us-iran-satellite/

Moral dilemma A US Iraq veteran seeks asylum in Germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7951403.stm

Army suicides blamed on long deployments
Topple Somali leader - Bin Laden

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7952310.stm

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

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

Milder Atlantic hurricane season predicted

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/18/hurricane.forecast/index.html

Lessons From Hurricane Rita Not Practiced During Hurricane Ike

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110752.htm

Hurricane Rita

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

Hurricane Ike

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

Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients For Atlanta's Perfect Storm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111013.htm

2008 Atlanta Tornado Outbreak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Atlanta_tornado_outbreak

Ozone: New Simulation Shows Consequences Of A World Without Earth's Natural Sunscreen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319090754.htm

Ozone layer

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

Ozone depletion

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

Montreal Protocol
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