Bin Laden's Hide-Out? and More for Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bin Laden's Hide-out? Geographers Urge US To Search Three Structures In Pakistan For Bin Laden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141536.htm

Pressure on NATO allies after Obama's Afghan boost

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h24i-us-nato-afghan/

Listeria warnings for egg salad products, smoked salmon

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cfia-warnings.html

Listeria

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

Cruise ship grounded off Antarctica

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/antarctica.cruise.ship/index.html

Obama: Troops alone cannot win in Afghanistan

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/obama.afghanistan.canada/index.html

US car giants seek $21bn funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7893574.stm

Obama mortgage plan to aid up to 9 million families

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

Mortgage aid plan is bigger than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256639/

In Housing Bailout, Look At The Fine Print

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/link/blog/main4809320.shtml

Homeowners' rallying cry: Produce the note

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_us/produce_the_note;_ylt=AjP42jy61TkydiV6VHz5LnEDW7oF

Largest banks that received aid cut lending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29244014/

GM, Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more U.S. loans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/lh623622-us-autos/

GM, Chrysler to cut 50,000 jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/carbailout.html

Goodyear cutting nearly 5,000 jobs after 4Q loss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_goodyear;_ylt=Avro6pmOUUYOY22PpCRQ1iOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpOGw2YjM2BHBvcwMyNwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDZ29vZHllYXJjdXR0

"Truth" Panel Could Spark Partisan Furor

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/politics/main4809264.shtml

Ruling Bringing Detainees To U.S. Reversed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/national/main4809328.shtml

Steep downturn spins across globe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29252158/

Industrial production tumbles in Jan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256455/

Obama to reassure Canada on free trade pact

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29254566/

Calif. on brink as GOP ousts leader

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29229462/

Sen. Dave Cogdill

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

Los Angeles nears water rationing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_water_california;_ylt=AssKtU_6YZ1FR2Nb9BJ7pTIDW7oF

Insights on Economic Choices From Game Theory and Cognitive Psychology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151809.htm

U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n17374295-us-stanford/

Madoff the Sequel? CEO Accused of $8B Scam Goes Missing

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6903014&page=1

R. Allen Stanford

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

Germany drafts bank takeover law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7896476.stm



Captive deal 'key to Gaza truce'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896506.stm

Syria urges better ties with US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896522.stm

Iran says it has built unmanned aircraft

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_unmanned_aircraft;_ylt=AvP0_ldE4sh2FkFfuGNNqHWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJrb2FyMHBmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjE4L21sX2lyYW5fdW5tYW5uZWRfYWlyY3JhZnQEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2lyYW5zYXlzaXRoYQ--

Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/18/cambodia.html

Khmer Rouge

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

India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/srilanka.india.warzone/index.html

Marchers block Mexico-US border

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm

Guadeloupe protests turn deadly

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7896598.stm

'Tibetans held' in China protest


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7896556.stm

Zimbabwe pays wages in US dollar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7897048.stm

Abu Qatada deportation backed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7896457.stm

Abu Qatada

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

Utilities: Protecting Electrical Equipment Against Lightning Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205183620.htm

Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134817.htm

Accidental Wireless: Wireless-based Sensor System Could SAVE Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209163319.htm

Facebook data changes 'withdrawn'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896309.stm

Wiki article Facebook

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

'Mega-fast' mobile internet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896867.stm

The End of Anonymity? Meet the *67 Killer

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=6899472&page=1

TrapCall

http://www.trapcall.com/

Universal charger for phones plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894763.stm

Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/fda_lab_quality;_ylt=ArlDajD8_U5A5g516H6UA_us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYjFxcjk4BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGZkYXNjYQ--

Tiny 'Lab-on-a-chip' Detects Pollutants, Disease And Biological Weapons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125732.htm

Secrets Of Potential Bioterror Virus Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217102149.htm

Rift Valley fever virus

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

AIDS becomes top infectious disease in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29240222/

Hospitals see big drop in staph superbugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241041/

Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243132/

Man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/kidney.donor.craigslist/index.html

Smoker's widow seeks $130 million US in damages

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cigarette-lawsuit.html

Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social And Personal Well-being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm

Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm

Environmental Impact Of Building Construction Can Now Be Predicted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140815.htm

Climate curbs need 'people power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Cancer-causing Toxins Linked To Unexploded Munitions In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091930.htm

Threat To Cod Fisheries: Pathogenic Bacterium Identified In Cod

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093856.htm

Drug gangs terrorize Mexican town

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243909/

Villa Ahumada

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

Bones of 6 bodies found in N.M. desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29247408/

Chinese blogger stabbed after public reading

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29224105/

Opinion: Rodriguez takes us out for a spin

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29249407/

Counterfeit toothbrushes could pose choke risk, warns Health Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/17/toothbrushes-fake.html

KPRC: Homeless man tries Web panhandling

http://www.click2houston.com/news/18738534/detail.html

Boy marries dog in India to ward off tiger attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_dog_marriage;_ylt=App6W9DBC.GtiWyccla9klLtiBIF

For Monday, February 9, 2009

CNN Wire: Quake hits northern Peru, USGS...

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/

Over 200 Americans killed in Mexico since '04

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29095730/

Mexican general seized, slain

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29097644/

Oil sludge spills near Chicago

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29094094/

US warns North Korea over missile


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7878149.stm

South Korea to stand firm despite North's threats

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5171xc-us-korea-north/

Kidnapped Pole Apparently Beheaded On Tape

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/09/terror/main4785426.shtml

Mideast Violence Persists Amid Truce Talks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/09/world/main4785019.shtml

World Watch: Hamas: We're Willing To Exchange Prisoners

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/08/link/main4783625.shtml

Families destroyed in Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7878079.stm

World Watch: Iran Ex-Leader To Challenge Ahmadinejad

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/09/link/main4784940.shtml

Madagascar defence minister quits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7878441.stm

Barclays makes profit of £6.1bn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7878250.stm

Barclays Bank

http://www.barclays.com/

Obama to urge speed on stimulus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7878195.stm

Obama Heads to 'Recession Ground Zero'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=6835247&page=1

What got cut from the stimulus bill

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html

China wants IMF to be tougher with rich states

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5182f1-us-g20-china/

Treasury delays bank bailout announcement

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

GOP seeks to end ban on some donation limits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29084885/

If spending is swift, oversight may suffer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29094555/

The rise, and potential fall, of America’s banks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29084713/

December consumer bankruptcies jump 50% from previous year

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/09/bankruptcies.html

Xstrata cutting 686 jobs at Canadian nickel operations

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/09/xstratasudbury.html

Xstrata

http://www.xstrata.com/

German economy minister resigns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7878585.stm

Michael Glos

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



Nissan to cut 20,000 global jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7878213.stm

Nissan

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

Japan corporate bankruptcies soar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7878447.stm

Recession helps boost McDonald's sales

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29097674/

Seminary sacks 'Holocaust bishop'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7878580.stm

Richard Williamson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Williamson_(bishop)

Mega-quake Warning and More for Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mega-earthquake Risk For West Coast, US And Canada? Seismic Slip Linked To Tremor, With Implications For Subduction Zone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129140843.htm

Residents panic as small quake hits N.J.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28992418/

Will volcano blow? Expert waits, watches

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

Mount Redoubt

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

Pending home sales rise 6.3 percent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5123tx-us-usa-economy-housing/

Foreclosures dominate home sales

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/03/real_estate/foreclosures_dominate_housing_market/index.htm?cnn=yes

Citigroup commits to lending $36.5 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28984246/

Could We Collapse Just Like Iceland?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6784835&page=1

Wheeler-Dealer in Chief: Obama Asks for Compromise on Bailout

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6793019&page=1

Banks blame government for lack of lending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28985294/

Feds may limit pay at banks that get aid

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28992308/

Democrats promise boost for road building

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28963701/

SAS reducing its workforce by 40%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7866754.stm

SAS

http://www.flysas.com/

Europe's economic woes deepen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0tl-us-financial/

Auto sales seen extending slide

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5116bk-us-autos-sales/

EU attacks 'Buy American' clause

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7866900.stm

Warning on Iceland bank's fitness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7866729.stm

Fresh talks in foreign worker row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7866614.stm

Big jump in Spanish unemployment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7866882.stm

How to Bounce Back After Being Laid Off

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6786722&page=1

From $100,000 a year to unemployed

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/03/unemployment.hope/index.html

Water - another global 'crisis'?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7865603.stm

Snowstorm could cost Britain's economy $4.3 billion

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1025087

Ice storm a challenge for Obama's FEMA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931648/

FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/

More snow expected for ice-bound Kentucky

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/02/03/winter.weather/index.html

Yes, you can make that plastic fantastic

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/02/maybe-two-years.html

Video: How to cut those 'gotcha' fees

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Obama nominee quits due to tax problems

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28994296/

Nancy Killefer

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

NYT: Obama ethics reform faces test

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28989982/

Russia, U.S. pledge closer cooperation under Obama

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre512277-us-russia-usa/

China breaks silence over shoe attack on PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28990442/



Iran launches first homegrown satellite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7866357.stm

N Korea 'preparing missile test'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7866705.stm

Gaza rocket hits city of Ashkelon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7866426.stm

Israel restrictions on al-Jazeera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7867167.stm

Britain faces more snow disruption

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7866294.stm

Boat people rescued off Indonesia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7866374.stm

S Lanka hospital 'attacked again'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7866342.stm

Pushing for the death penalty in Mexico

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7866270.stm

Australia sentences terror leader

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28988808/

Dutch report 3rd death from mad cow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28992988/

BSE

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

Shedding light on vitamin D deficiency ‘crisis’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28894095/

Report: Tests link Clemens to blood in syringes

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28941320/

Roger Clemens Foundation

http://www.rogerclemensonline.com/index2.htm

For Wednesday, December 17, 2008

"Madoff Fail" image licensed under Creative Commons by Shiny Things

Obama named 'Person of the Year'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787887.stm

Feds: Suspicious packages sent to Guard, Reserve in 36 states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1003564

AP source: Donor to Richardson being probed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28277636/

Becerra won't take U.S. trade rep job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28276692/

Video: Obama adviser grilled over Blagojevich

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Dollar falls as Fed slashes rates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7787239.stm

Where Is YOUR Money? And Why Won't Bailed-Out Banks Say?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Business/story?id=6479322&page=1

Auto rescue being worked on quickly: Paulson

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b50cl-us-autos-bailout/

Morgan Stanley posts loss on writedowns

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3r3-us-morganstanley/

Public mood darkens on job fears: Reuters poll

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3bn-us-usa-poll/

Poll Depicts Deeply Troubled Nation

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Economy/story?id=6473252&page=1

Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114106.htm

Is Holiday Giving An Obligation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131108.htm

Last-minute Web sites to save your holiday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28183159/

Surprise! Credit Card Traps

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6465050&page=1

Are You Drowning in Credit Card Debt?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4772073

More Americans hurt by downturn

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273423/

The dead mall problem

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/17/news/economy/retail_wasteland/index.htm?postversion=2008121706

Fix your attitude for sake of your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/17/cb.attitude.toward.work/index.html

10 Ways to Job Hunt During Winter Break

http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6444613&page=1

Consumer Tips: Health benefits after layoff

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/17/securing-health-benfits-after-a-layoff/

China's middle class vents anger over economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273651/

Watchdog 'ignored' Madoff warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786923.stm

$50B Scam: Did the SEC Miss the Obvious?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/12/did-the-sec-mis.html

UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7787103.stm

Changes 'amplify Arctic warming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7786910.stm

Iraq MPs rage over shoe thrower

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7788096.stm

Zardari rejects Mumbai 'claims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7787518.stm

Anti-piracy force thwarts attack on Chinese ship

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_af/piracy;_ylt=As155mv9kunMN_qmP8jj4kKs0NUE

Political punch-up in Mexican parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787267.stm

Answers To Huge Wind-farm Problems Are Blowin' In The Wind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104307.htm