ND Flooding Alert and More Jobless and More for Thursday, March 25, 2009

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Flood fears rise as water levels surge in Fargo

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/26/fargo-flood.html

Fargo, N.D., officials plead for more sandbaggers

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

All Hands on Deck: Racing Against the River in North Dakota

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=7177299&page=1

Miss. tornado wreaks 'widespread damage'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29892965/

Jobless claims tally rises to a new record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29893383/

Jobs disappearing faster than Tory stimulus can create: budget officer

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/25/page-stimulus-deficits.html

China fury at US military report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965084.stm

Congress launches battle on Obama budget

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n25428312-us-obama-budget/

Congress budget outlines close to Obama plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866429/

US economy sees quicker decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7965791.stm

U.S. economy posts worst quarterly performance since 1982

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/26/us-gdp-q4-economy.html

Paying Back Billions: Is It Bad for Economy?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7173568&page=1

Autos task force to hand out more money

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29892438/

Credit-Crushed Consumers Decry Bailouts

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Economy/story?id=7160752&page=1

Schwarzenegger to Shutter 'Tent City'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=7170967

France set to ban bank bonuses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7965566.stm

Record decline hits Irish economy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7965664.stm

New gold rush: Party like it's 1849

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090326/sc_livescience/newgoldrushpartylikeits1849;_ylt=AjpsZIhbFkgLZDM9SPUtl1Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM3YzRqaGQ5BGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzI2L25ld2dvbGRydXNocGFydHlsaWtlaXRzMTg0OQRjcG9zAzEwBHBvcwMxOARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b


IBM to cut 5,000 jobs in U.S.: sources

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52o6bv-us-ibm-jobs/

IBM

http://www.ibm.com/

France, Canada poised for battle over Atlantic seabed rights

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/03/26/stpierre-france-canada.html

Iran accepts US Afghan invitation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7965529.stm

Protesters surround Thai govt. headquarters

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/thailand.protests/index.html

Clinton admits US blame on drugs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7963292.stm

Drug cartel stand-off in Mexico

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7965118.stm

Judge upholds most of award in flesh-eating case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/flesh_eating_bacteria_lawsuit;_ylt=AhgLb6kHa3LY.iWfKRzbJySs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkcDhkMGhhBHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2p1ZGdldXBob2xkcw--

'Crunch year' for world's forests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7963489.stm

Poland reverses to spare wetland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7962918.stm

U.S. funded nets killing whales, turtles off Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29890406/

USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/

Massive corporate farm venture planned for Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/03/26/corporate-farm.html

Radar tech takes aim at fruit frost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29879240/

'Super grid' power cables readied for NYC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29880237/

Ontario judge orders website to reveal identity data on anonym

ous posters

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/25/tech-090325-anonymous-posters.html

E-waste Reduced By Fees At Time Of Purchase, According To Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162638.htm



Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

http://www.informs.org/

E-waste (Wikipage)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-waste

The man who survived both atomic bombings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7963581.stm

Braille silver dollar goes on sale

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/26/braille.coin/index.html

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

Image: See Bernard Madoff's prison number a lottery hit in New York

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

Mirek Topolanek

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

Czech collapse 'no threat to EU'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7963175.stm

China Calls For Global Currency

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/business/main4891088.shtml

China's ICBC says 2008 profit up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7963101.stm

ICBC

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

China says Tibet video is 'a lie'

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

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52n59e-us-venice-algae/

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

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/florida.va.facilities/index.html

Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29864220/

Nearly 70 dogs rescued from alleged puppy mill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29865929/

AAAS, Leading Texas Scientists Urge State Board To Reject Anti-evolution Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111556.htm

AAAS

http://www.aaas.org/

Al Gore pens sequel to ‘Inconvenient Truth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875493/

EPA Halts Mountaintop Mining Permits

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/national/main4889433.shtml

Computer Crisis Imminent or 2009's Y2K?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7163685&page=1

Conficker

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

Criminals love the BlackBerry's wiretap-proof ways: police

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/tech-090324-blackberry-wiretap.html

Gmail creates 5-second rule for e-mail blunders

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/25/gmail.labs.email/index.html

Microwaves 'improve fog landings'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7961501.stm

Microwave Landing System

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

Thousands turn to cyberbully site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7959000/7959947.stm

Cybermentors.org.uk

http://cybermentors.org.uk/

Driving software saves big on gasoline

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29865434/

New Mathematical System Helps To Cut Bus Journey Times

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317143157.htm

Social network sites 'monitored'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7962631.stm

Streaming games service launched


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7962180.stm

A 3D web moves closer to reality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7963302.stm

Teenage ex-hacker hired to advise on internet crime

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962671.stm

Bones may be those of lost Irish immigrants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876500/

Duffy’s Cut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy%27s_Cut

Rod Blagojevich becomes radio host

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876832/

Bernard Madoff's prison number a lottery hit in New York

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090324/K032411AU.html

O'Hare UFO video surfaces on Youtube

http://www.examiner.com/x-2363-UFO-Examiner~y2009m3d24-OHare-UFO-video-surfaces-on-Youtube

Lethal Air Pollution is Growing and More Bailoutrage and More for Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lethal air pollution booms in emerging nations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090322/sc_afp/unenvironmentpollutionweather;_ylt=AiMurPHI.fqxZ3gGHkU5L7kPLBIF

ND city scrambles to prepare for record flooding

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/flooding_fargo;_ylt=AtVYPAOMEaS3apQzDKyq65EDW7oF

Airliner evacuated at London airport

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/22/uk.gatwick.airliner/index.html

Thousands Protest 6th Anniv. Of Iraq War

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/21/national/main4881873.shtml

AIG Outrage? Even So, Obama Keeps Initiatives Coming

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7143042

White House: AIG Tax May Be 'Dangerous'

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/white-house-aig.html

AIG documents show higher total for bonuses

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/21/aig-bonuses.html

Frank: Retention Bonuses Are Extortion

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/22/link/main4882477.shtml

Obama team sees rebound this year, hurdles loom

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n22539430-us-financial-usa/

U.S. may buy billions in bad assets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29817617/

Dems Rip Palin for Refusing Stimulus Money

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=7138983

Want Job in Recession? Don't Be a Grump

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Economy/story?id=7136461&page=1

Make No Mistake: To Err IS Human

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/22/sunday/main4882388.shtml

Anti-drug effort readied at U.S.-Mexico border

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29822470/

Venezuela Gov't Takes Control Of Ports

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/21/world/main4881972.shtml

Venezuela

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

Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318140522.htm

Crossing the icy unknown, hunting climate clues

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_sc/aa_antarctica_over_the_ice;_ylt=Ao0MgEq2ryDtMCqgS6gNrd0PLBIF

Troll Research Station

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

Carbon Sinks Lose Fight With Rising Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317094729.htm

Carbon sink

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

As climate changes, is water the new oil?

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l0tc-us-climate-water/

Feds seize 2 corporate credit unions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29812143/

WaMu holding company sues FDIC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29816772/

Katrina flood lawsuit against Army Corps advances

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuit;_ylt=AlLZ6yJ_MbjcpjHAQcbQXJ4PLBIF

U.S. pullout through Turkey possible, PM says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/turkey.iraq.us/index.html

Poland hopes U.S. will not let it down on shield

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l0px-us-poland-usa-shield/

Tibetan monks 'held after riot'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7957597.stm

Aryan Guard, anti-racism demonstrators clash in Calgary

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/21/cgy-racism-clash.html

U.S. Contacts N. Korea About Journalists

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/21/world/main4881697.shtml

N Korea confirms reporters held


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7956488.stm

Envoy damns US Afghan drug effort

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7957237.stm

Pope decries 'clouds of evil' over Africa at Mass

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29822862/

Canadian nurse kidnapped in Darfur returns home

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/21/archer-return-darfur.html

German lab develops test for gene doping

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52j45u-us-doping-germany-genedoping/

Gene doping

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

AP IMPACT: Mentally ill threat in nursing homes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_re_us/mentally_ill_nursing_homes;_ylt=AiYKRRutRiqu6Pz3ZAop21Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoOGpkN3AwBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNhcGltcGFjdG1lbnQ-

Man with polio wins suit against drug maker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29824218/

Poliomyelitis

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

Scots And Irish At Greater Risk Of Drink-related Death, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319102317.htm

Moderate Obesity Takes Years Off Life Expectancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224823.htm

Social Web sites face transparency questions

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_hi_te/tec_social_web_growing_pains;_ylt=Al2vqRsPTPRKk6WYaeGa.gas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJuMzhnMmxnBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzIyL3RlY19zb2NpYWxfd2ViX2dyb3dpbmdfcGFpbnMEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3NvY2lhbHdlYnNpdA--

Yelp

http://www.yelp.com/

Australian Internet `blacklist' prompts concern

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_australia_internet_filter;_ylt=ApiN3zZizGZaMEH43S_sueSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoOWpvN2s5BHBvcwMxMjQEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl90ZWNobm9sb2d5BHNsawNhdXN0cmFsaWFuaW4-

Internet predators continue to multiply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29793814/

Fuel Removal And Prescribed Burns Reduce Wildfire Severity But May Invite Invasives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319121552.htm

World's cheapest car goes on sale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7957671.stm

Tata Motors

http://www.tatanano.com/

Economy causing people to give up their horses

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/22/homeless.horses/index.html

Canadian seal hunt quota condemned by animal groups

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090321/sc_afp/canadaeuanimalseal;_ylt=AtUpHiih5kSeET5sq9VY3AMPLBIF

New Tracking Tags Are Providing Fish-eye Views Of Ways To Manage Depressed Fisheries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145941.htm

Tag a Giant

http://tagagiant.org/

Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking project

http://www.postcoml.org/

No attack charges for Mugabe wife

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7957607.stm

Deadly brawl at Sydney airport

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7957863.stm

Russia to approve Moon rocket

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm

Alien encounters: UK opens official UFO files

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7954001.stm

Egypt seeking return of ancient coffin from U.S

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l0lt-us-egypt-antiquities-coffin/

A 'Green' Toilet: Cheap or Gross?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7136234&page=1

Clorox offers US$5,000 to wipe out 'toilet torcher'

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090320/K032006AU.html

Flammable Water At Colo. Home

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/20/national/main4879509.shtml

Vatican gears up for boycott of Angels & Demons: report

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/03/22/vatican-angels-demons.html

Missing Italian statue found in North Carolina couple's home

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090321/K032102AU.html

Quest to legalise polygamy in Utah

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7953270.stm

Goody, U.K. reality TV star, dies of cancer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29822478/

Jade Goody

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