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Sunday, February 22, 2009

"Stern" Warning and More for Sunday, February 22, 2009



Mass migrations and war: Dire climate scenario

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_sc/af_climate_stranded;_ylt=Aps.e97U4MGCWoUwaYX8rS4PLBIF

Lord Nicholas Stern

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Stern,_Baron_Stern_of_Brentford

5 Things to Know About Stimulus Jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090220/ts_usnews/5thingstoknowaboutstimulusjobs;_ylt=Apc0MjPaNGnSzmj_q1w3eFqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhb25zNTZ0BHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrAzV0aGluZ3N0b2tubw--

Obama hails 'fastest' US tax cut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7903632.stm

Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51g5x7-us-obama/

Obama faces balancing act on federal budget

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29330451/

FTN: HUD Chief Defends Obama Housing Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/22/link/main4818582.shtml

Does Obama Seek To Kill Bush E-Mail Case?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/national/main4817851.shtml

Arnold to GOP: Put Aside Ideology

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/02/schwarzenegger.html

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Official Website

http://www.schwarzenegger.com/en/index.asp

America's Top 15 Emptiest Cities

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6914381&page=1

Amid Drought, Feds Cut Off Water To Farms

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/20/national/main4816548.shtml

Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29331573/

EU heads back financial clampdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7904300.stm3

EU Commission hails enlargement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7902579.stm

UK may get cash injection 'soon'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7904628.stm

100,000 stage protest over Irish economy

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/21/ireland-protest.html

Company is actually hiring 4,100

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/02/22/levs.good.news.cnn

How to Claim Your Unemployment Benefits

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=6931877&page=1

Unemployed Wrongfully Denied Benefits

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=6928837&page=1

Journal Register files for bankruptcy protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29324251/

Journal Register Wiki Link

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

Clinton wraps up first Asian trip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7904162.stm

Clinton to China: Don't stop investing in us

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29324392/

Toll climbs in China mine blast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7904122.stm

Vietnam opens first oil refinery

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/22/vietnam-oil.html

Dung Quat refinery

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

Abu Ghraib now humane prison, Iraq officials say

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.abughraib/index.html

Iran to begin operation of nuclear power plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29329396/

Colombia police in wiretap probe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7904096.stm

Simply Hoping That Humanity Will Save The Environment May Do More Harm Than Good, Experts Argue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110906.htm

Glaciers In China And Tibet Fading Fast










Friday, February 20, 2009

NASA Predicts RVF Outbreak & Stanford Missing Again & More for Friday, February 20, 2009

NASA Study Predicted Outbreak Of Deadly Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217101433.htm

RVF

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

Clinton: Bush Could Have Prevented '90%' of Financial Mess

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/President44/story?id=6916695&page=1

Some states to use stimulus to forestall layoffs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29267746/

Calif. gov. to sign budget-balancing bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300180/

1 in 7 manufacturing jobs lost between 2004 and '08: StatsCan

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/20/joblosses.html

Clinton arrives for Chinese talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7901235.stm

Latvian PM quits as crisis bites

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7901902.stm

Ivars Godmanis

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

Germany approves stimulus package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7902223.stm

Bank of America CEO subpoenaed over bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298835/

Transport czar eyes tax on mileage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298315/

Canadian restructuring plans due for GM, Chrysler

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/20/auto-bailout.html

UK car plant 'at risk of closure'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7901092.stm

GM’s Saab unit files for bankruptcy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298152/

Saab aims to survive without GM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7901027.stm

Saab

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/index.htm

Iran understates uranium stocks to IAEA: diplomats

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i47x-us-nuclear-iaea-iran/

Iran ready to build nuclear weapon, analysts say

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/20/iran.nuclear/index.html

International Atomic Energy Agency

http://www.iaea.org/

Zimbabwe recovery costs 'massive'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7901909.stm

WHO: Zimbabwe cholera cases top 80,000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301517/

Guantanamo inmate 'released soon'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7902243.stm

Benyam Mohamed

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

Opening Up Bernie's Books: Hunting $10 Billion in Suspect Entries

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6916429&page=1

Trustee: Madoff bought no securities for clients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29299931/

Agents find billionaire Stanford

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900666.stm

Stanford's whereabouts: again a mystery

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n20500068-us-stanford-fbi/

Antigua takes control of Texas financier’s bank

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29277787/

Questioning Stanford could get you fired

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298340/

Italy passes emergency rape law
Help for poor to access banking

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7899396.stm

Investing in the next 'big thing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7900463.stm

Two-step Chemical Process Turns Raw Biomass Into Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210182439.htm

'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7899831.stm

Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm

New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151609.htm

Bolivian Andes glaciers at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900813.stm

Retreat of Glaciers Since 1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850

Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218081629.htm

Coastal Wetlands In Eastern U.S. Disappearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141134.htm

Half Of Oil In Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

For Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Tsvangirai becomes Zimbabwe's PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7882762.stm

Morgan Tsvangirai

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

Azerbaijan air force head killed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7882911.stm

Rail Rzayev

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

Global alert issued for 85 terror suspects

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/saudi.arabia.terrorists/index.html

Omar Khadr's return in country's best interest, say opposition MPs

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/11/khadr-appeal.html

Omar Khadr

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

Indonesian city grapples with quake threat

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a025-us-indonesia-earthquake-city/

Padang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padang,_Indonesia

Israel rivals vie to head cabinet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7883176.stm

Deadly tornado strikes Oklahoma

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7883024.stm

Mexico gun fights leave 21 dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7882653.stm

North Korea steps up missile test preparations

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a0bo-us-korea-north/

Fire aftermath 'too distressing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7882742.stm


House hearing to focus on peanut executives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29125953/

Outbreak Tough Nut for Congress to Crack


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Tests show possible salmonella at Texas plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29119530/

Peanut firm boss urged shipping bad products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Peanut company owner refuses to testify

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=At6ClOP5M7WVWLRpxKcxlWMDW7oF

Granola bar may contain contaminated peanuts: CIFA

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-granola.html

Beyond peanuts: Salmonella tough to stop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060288/

That chicken dinner could make you sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28677495/

Lawmakers hope to seal stimulus deal today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29136678/

Red, blue voters say stimulus gives them zilch

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/11/freshman.year/index.html

Don't Complain, Don't Explain: Unapologetic CEOs Talk TARP

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=6849013&page=1

US bank bosses to face grilling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7883136.stm

So Who Are the Men Behind the Billions?


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6849315&page=1


Merrill execs blasted over bonus payouts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29137662/

N.Y AG: Merrill Lynch Wasted Bailout Funds

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/politics/main4792596.shtml

FBI, bailout watchdog expands criminal probes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138583/

NYT: Obama advisers' bank ties raise questions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29134372/

U.S. offers $2 trillion bank plan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5160am-us-financial-bailout/

Canada posts 1st monthly trade deficit since 1976

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/11/tradedeficit.html

Schwarzenegger: State worker layoffs looming

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/10/california.budget.crisis/index.html

US trade deficit at six-year low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7883783.stm

Madoff indictment deadline may be delayed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138814/

Dingell Sets Record for House Service

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6848340&page=1

The Honorable John D. Dingell

http://www.house.gov/dingell/

Bank says UK 'in deep recession'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7883255.stm

China's exports see sharp decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7882816.stm

Peugeot Citroen to cut 11,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7882913.stm

Peugeot Citroen

http://www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/

Caterpillar moves to shed more workers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138898/

Five Part-Time Jobs You Can Get Right Now

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6838550&page=1

Biofuels To Cut Third Of Gasoline Use By 2030?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210133920.htm

White House Wants Wind Farms In Oil Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/politics/washingtonpost/main4791946.shtml

Winds of Change: Where Turbines Work

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/story?id=6846349&page=1


Malicious insider attacks to rise


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7875904.stm

Thursday, February 5, 2009

For Thursday, February 5, 2009

Townspeople prep for volcano's eruption

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/04/alaska.volcano.preps/index.html

Mount Redoubt

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

Global Warming May Delay Recovery Of Ozone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204131625.htm

109 journalists died on assignment in 2008: report

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/02/04/media-deaths.html


Somali pirates 'free arms ship'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7871510.stm

Killing of doctor’s kids ‘reasonable’, says Israel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29018112/

Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7871874.stm

Israel Deals With An Image Problem, Again

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/world/main4776954.shtml

Israel ambassador is latest shoe-throwing target

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_israel_sweden;_ylt=AirVwS3xioD_xpPfzX1PK7qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoanNtNDJnBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwMjA1L291a29lX3VrX2lzcmFlbF9zd2VkZW4EcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2lzcmFlbGFtYmFzcw--

UK reduces interest rates to 1%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7871932.stm

Research debate call sparks fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7870742.stm

Lord Drayson

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

U.S. jobless claims surge to 26-year high

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51439x-us-usa-economy-jobless/

New jobless claims jump more than expected to 626K

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy;_ylt=AmC2TCemdHYbJKJNmkBWpUWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTIxdjM4bDlnBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjA1L2Vjb25vbXkEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDbmV3am9ibGVzc2Ns

Bombardier Aerospace laying off 1,360 workers

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/05/bombardier.html

Bombardier Aerospace

http://www.aerospace.bombardier.com/

Commentary: Jumpstart jobs without spending

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/miron.libertarian.stimulus/index.html

US Senate eases 'trade war' bill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7871219.stm

U.S. needs investment plan for bank shares

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5140sn-us-financial-bailout-report/

Retailers report dismal January sales

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29030664/

President to Pay Political Price for Bailout

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/the-note-020509.html


Obama warns of irreversible recession

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29030192/

Madoff Whistle Blower Is Finally Heard

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/cbsnews_investigates/main4776338.shtml

A 'Who's Who' of Madoff Victims Revealed

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6809575


Koufax thrown a curve by Madoff

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29030373/

Sandy Koufax

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=117277

Banking and investment complaints up 43% in 2008: ombudsman

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/04/bankombuds.html



Katrina-flooded Homes May Contain Harmful Levels Of Contaminants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204112229.htm

Hurricane Katrina

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

Study: 9/11 lung problems persist for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29022239/

9/11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11

FDA defends its handling of salmonella outbreak

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Ai7EZoTFYtQTz8SU7otNanas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJlb3BmaWg0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjA1L3NhbG1vbmVsbGFfb3V0YnJlYWsEcG9zAzE1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ZkYWRlZmVuZHNpdA--

Peanut recall a headache for food banks, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29021845/

FEMA Meals May Have Tainted Peanut Butter

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/health/main4777259.shtml

Poultry inspection changes could pose health risk, say veterinarians

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/05/poultryvets-cfia.html

Geneva hospital's open doors let cockroaches into ICU

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/04/cockroach-icu.html

China declares drought emergency


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7871964.stm

China drought leaves 4 million thirsty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29028406/

Scientist says dam may have triggered China quake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_as/as_china_quake;_ylt=AqTMpBu_jRUc6BAIyg_.utys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla3Q1a3AyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzY2llbnRpc3RzYXk-

Soaked Northern Australia Braces for More Rain

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6809189

Video: Deep freeze hits Fla. crops

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Sweden aims to lift nuclear ban

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7871824.stm

UK to scrap 'toxic' carrier

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/7866993.stm

Clemenceau (R 98)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemenceau_(R_98)

Protesters attack New Zealand PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7871557.stm

John Key

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

Tracking friends (and others?) with Google

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7871541.stm

Privacy fears over Google tracker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7872026.stm

Google's Latitude

http://www.google.com/latitude

Gadgets to save energy in LA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7869626.stm

Cyber army base attracts recruits with high-tech gizmos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7871000/7871438.stm

What fallout will Monster face following hack?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29017452/

Congress postpones digital TV transition to June

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition;_ylt=AiPlkSOChMeh6e4HfOIu14.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFobmJtbmd2BHBvcwMxMjMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90ZWNobm9sb2d5BHNsawNjb25ncmVzc3Bvc3Q-

1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_sc/deep_sea_observatory;_ylt=AiMLD5vzu0vDERzs2y2gmSsPLBIF


Pranks with electronic road signs stir worry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29017293/

Happy Employees Are Critical For An Organization's Success, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203142512.htm

Young workers scrimp to live on $15/wk

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/02/04/chang.china.living.cheap.cnn


Don't make these layoff medical mistakes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/05/ep.health.insurance.loss/index.html

Global Scientists Draw Attention To Threat Of Ocean Acidification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090201124553.htm

Ecologists Report Quantifiable Measures Of Nature's Services To Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202102930.htm

Buying Local Isn't Always Better For The Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202113553.htm

EU gives shark protection teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7872032.stm

Activists, circus square off over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29020334/

Video: Judd vs. Palin over animal rights

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Connectivity Illuminates Risk Of Spread Of Crop Pests, Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202074854.htm

New Way To Measure Asteroids' Sizes And Shapes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204085309.htm

WATCH: 2nd-Graders Caught With Heroin

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6805792

Meth Use Costs U.S. $23 Billion a Year

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=6800146


Kin asked to pay Santa massacre victim's rent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29025876/

Bird remains in both engines of US Airways jet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5137f0-us-crash-newyork-birds/

Czechs criticized over castration

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7871783.stm