Death Sentence for Pregnant Woman and More for Monday, May 4, 2009

"Job Losses in Recent Recessions" image licensed under Creative Commons by jeffmcneill

Well, its amazing, we think. Our senior editor seems to be recovering and is almost normal. Except for a couple of abcesses in his feet. We hope he gets those treated before septicemia or gangrene sets in... We keep telling him to get medical treatment, but he has been too ill to apply for Medicaid. He says he'll just keep putting bacitracin on it...he's incredibly stubborn that way. Well, the swelling has gone down...in his right foot... He limped to our terminal today...

Of course, he has run out of food stamps again...and still cannot find suitable nor gainful employment. But, he says, look at the European Recession. Oh yeah, and the WHO has/is raising their Pandemic Alert Level to a "6". And, lets not forget about this ...

Pregnant woman faces death by firing squad


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/laos.british.woman.drugs.trial/index.html


Reprieve



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprieve_(organisation)


EU: Europe Recession "Deep And Widespread"


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4989352.shtml


Cinco de Mayo

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

More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html


WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


One-note cities prove recession-resistant


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216797/


Buffett: Most banks aren't too big to fail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30547579/


Agency denies internet spy plans


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8032367.stm

Government Communications Headquarters

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

EU calls on US to give up internet oversight

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/internet-control.html

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

How Mexico's health system works

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/04/f-health-mexico-health-system.html

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Chinese officials place Canadian university students in quarantine

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-cdn-student-quarantine.html

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm

Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm



U.S. asks Germany to take Guantanamo inmates: German government

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5422ik-us-guantanamo-germany/

Fiat Looks To Buy Up GM's Euro Operations

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4988363.shtml

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

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

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

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

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)


Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn

Economy Trumps Human Rights and Abu Grhraib Reopens and More for Saturday, February 21, 2009

US finds new Afghan supply route

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7901071.stm

Obama tells Treasury to begin cutting taxes

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

Economic woes trump rights as Clinton visits China

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51j435-us-china-clinton/

Dissidents Held During Clinton China Visit

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817568.shtml

Follow stimulus money from DC to you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/02/17/nr.seg.stimulus.money.cnn

Clinton pushes environment on China visit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29312097/

Experts: Bear market's bite could go deeper

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29310906/

Nationalization Fuels Fear on Wall Street

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6925529&page=1

Nationalization

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

Expect a wave of bank failures

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/news/companies/bank_failures/index.htm?cnn=yes

Meek ending for mighty unit that gutted AIG

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29311015/

GM, Chrysler ask for billions in Canadian aid

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

Obama widens missile strikes in Pakistan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29310523/

Israel shells Lebanon after rocket attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29311140/

Abu Ghraib Reopens: New Name, Fake Flowers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817672.shtml

Abu Ghraib

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

Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

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

U.S. sticks with Bush position on Bagram detainees

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k0mf-us-afghan-usa-bagram/

Bagram Air Base

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

Calif. Man Charged With Al Qaeda Links

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/20/national/main4816449.shtml

Judge lifts restrictions on alleged al-Qaeda agent Charkaoui

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/02/20/mtl-charkaoui-restrictions-0220.html

Adil Charkaoui

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

North Korea accuses U.S. of war-mongering

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k11b-us-korea-north/

Iran Blocks Web Sites Promoting Reformist

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/world/main4817728.shtml

Mohammed Khatami

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

Dozens arrested in India after hepatitis outbreak

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/india.hepatitis/index.html

Hepatitis B

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

BAE Systems profits almost double

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7898558.stm?lss

BAE Systems

http://www.baesystems.com/

GM's Saab wins creditor protection, seeks savior

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i3b2-us-gm-saab/

CNNMoney: Investors vent over Madoff revelation

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/news/newsmakers/madoff_investors/index.htm

Stanford surrenders passport, Antigua units seized

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h5io-us-stanford/

NASA delays shuttle flight a fourth time

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51k0oo-us-space-shuttle/

Simple Method Strengthens Schools, Other Buildings Against Earthquakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125429.htm

Pentagon: U.S. not developing space weapons

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301771/

Court strikes down California video game law

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304769/

CNNMoney: Why I hate Facebook

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/20/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?postversion=2009022012

China Internet users probe custody death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29302677/

Gaza Strip Families Give First Clue To Condition Causing Blindness And Tooth Decay

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212112751.htm

Salmonella scare highlights inspector shortage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29306157/

More dog treats recalled due to salmonella risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29304270/

Most fertility clinics break the rules

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305552/

Number Of Fast-food Restaurants In Neighborhood Associated With Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202714.htm

Injections Of Licorice Ingredient Show Promise As Treatment For Cocaine Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223504.htm

Isoliquiritigenin

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

'Green' Plastics Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122145.htm

Mercury pollution treaty proposed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7902092.stm

Growing Arctic sea ice likely to melt, says scientist

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/21/arctic-ice.html

Most Road Salt Is Making It Into Lakes And Rivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125424.htm

Water Vapor Feedback Loop Will Cause Accelerated Global Warming, Professor Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219152132.htm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Aims To Boost Carbon Management Options

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219201657.htm

GM battles rage on

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7892328.stm

Doctors weigh treatment of chimp attack victim

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/chimp.attack/index.html

Chimp victim moved to face transplant clinic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29286702/

Wyoming Senate votes to end Internet hunting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300904/

Feds: Calif. returning chinook salmon a record low

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_salmon;_ylt=AnNpv2PidC_kqr1gDn51Pnys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWdkbW1xBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNmZWRzY2FsaWZyZXQ-

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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

Spread Of Rice Virus Could Be Reduced With Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210182437.htm

Rice tungro bacilliform virus

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

Jefferson Davis' slave spied for Union

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/spy.slaves/index.html

Black Dispatches

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

Army medic gets life in killing of 4 Iraqis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/21/medic.detainee.deaths/index.html

Canadian businessman shot dead in Thailand on 34th birthday

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/20/cdn-thailand.html

Nigerian man accused in $27 million scheme

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_us/transnational_swindle;_ylt=AnrSlapG0HIFcBs_X6AWkyqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNTIwN2RhBHBvcwM1OARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuaWdlcmlhbm1hbmE-

WATCH: Flipping Angry Over Obama Coin

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6899334

'Oscars list' dismissed as fake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/oscars/7903045.stm

Jackman ready to be 'drunk, nude' for Oscars

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/20/hugh.jackman.oscars/index.html

Hugh Jackman

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

3 Charged With Pirating Best, Worst Films

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/21/entertainment/main4817705.shtml