Twacker and Feinberg Meetings and More for Sunday, August 9, 2009

Video: Is stimulus money helping cities?

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China to keep credit flowing to buoy economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32349138/ns/business-world_business/

No Longer Jobless, But Still Struggling

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/07/eveningnews/main5226035.shtml

Canada lost 45,000 more jobs in July

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/08/07/unemployment-july.html

Health Care Reform: How It Will Affect You

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/07/business/marketwatch/main5225682.shtml

Attacks on single blogger knocked out Twitter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32336633/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Twitter hack gets everyone's attention

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/08/the-best-way-to-get-the-attention-of-a-classroom-full-of-rowdy-kids-is-to-turn-the-lights-off-and-the-best-way-to-get-the-at.html#posts

Twacker

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/twacker.html

Twusher or Twiorger

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/twusher-or-twiorger.html

Twither

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/08/twither.html

Iraq quizzes Iran over detained U.S. hikers

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/09/iran.americans.detained/index.html

Plane refused landing in China after bomb threat

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/china.plane.hijacked/index.html

Why Iran's Revolutionary Guards Mercilessly Crack Down

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8275677&page=1

Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

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


Pay czar quietly meets with rescued firms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32347737/ns/business-washington_post/

Kenneth R. Feinberg

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

U.S. willing to hold direct talks with N. Korea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32349036/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Ministers deny torture collusion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8191450.stm

Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32349032/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/

U.S. prosecutors set to charge Madoff's long-time CFO

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/08/07/madoff-cfo-charges-ponzi.html

Frank DiPascali

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

Opium ravaging Afghan families

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32317823/ns/health-addictions/

Opium

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

Afghanistan expected to cost U.S. dearly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32346408/ns/world_news-washington_post/

Russian crew ship 'disappears'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8192350.stm

Abraham Lincoln Finds in The News and Negative Water News and The Deluge Myth Redux and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Today we have links to several topics, which cause us some questions. Like, if there were no earmarks in the stimulus, would the Republicans have anything to talk about? If there were no global recession, would we not have earmarks, anyway? And would we have had earmarks with a Republican administration? And if not, then why do we have a global recession now - should not the previous administration done something (more?) to stabilize a potentially shaky economy - for example; the housing market collapse started early on in 2008 - perhaps earlier? Do the Republicans appear to be disingenuous on these topics? Are they even aware of the kind of appearance (or facade) they are presenting to the public - their audience? Is that part of the Republican Problem - not being aware of the perception of their audience? Seems like a big problem to us. Oh, and what about the nagging environmental problems like acid seas possibly causing (mass) extinctions and rapidly rising sea levels wiping out the coastlines, islands and other geographic regions of the world? The world is drowning and these fools rage on about earmarks as if they were the end of the world. Without solid land to stand on (literally and figuratively) where will these Republicans expect to find themselves a perch on which to land? As far as these concerns go, we think the Republican party might as well be based on Mars. At least, they might be able to find dry land and fresh water there. After all, ignorance is bliss. And, most of them believe in that covenant with God after The Deluge redux. Unlike Rush Limbaugh, we hope they are right.

Acidic seas fuel extinction fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

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

Mountains of ice invade beachfront homes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/gallery.michigan.ice/index.html

Obama agrees to sign $410 billion spending bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29632177/

Obama wants new rules for earmarks

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html

Earmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_(politics)

Wildfires: Why California Should Consider Australia's 'Prepare, Stay And Defend' Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226102308.htm

Why Some People Don’t Heed Tornado And Other Severe Weather Warnings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310115809.htm

North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting attack

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo27318-us-korea-north/

UN debates drug policy's impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936605.stm

Reinventing your career in a tough economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29436658/

Not All Bad: Meet the 'Recession Angels'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7042022&page=1

Food caravan stops in hard-hit Ind. county

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29617742/

L.A. Schools To Lay Off Nearly 9,000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4857792.shtml

Bank to use 'newly created' money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936319.stm

China's exports in sharp decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936528.stm

China exports slump, IMF warns on toxic banks

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5250li-us-financial/

US-China talks as sea row rumbles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7936468.stm

USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)

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

Britain denies G20 planning rift with United States

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a2vq-us-g20-britain-usa/

Economy even worse than recent figures suggest: parliamentary budget officer

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/11/economy-page.html

CNNMoney: Four states have 10% unemployment

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/economy/state_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009031110

Does your career fit your personality?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/11/cb.career.fit.personality/index.html

US Congress eases curbs on Cuba

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936430.stm

Tariq Aziz guilty of Iraq murders

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7937034.stm

Tariq Aziz

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

Greenspan says Fed didn't cause the housing bubble

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a1kr-us-housingbubble-greenspan/

Alan Greenspan

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

John Lewis sees profits fall 26%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7936786.stm

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Department_Store)

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

Newsweek: Obama's Intel Czar Resigns

http://www.newsweek.com/id/188725

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm


Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

First Responders: Random Antenna Arrays Boost Emergency Communications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225151337.htm

New Design Means Cheaper, More Sustainable Construction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303082813.htm

YouTube stands by UK video block

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933565.stm

Warning over US broadband funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933895.stm

Barbara Liskov wins Turing award

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7937010.stm

Barbara Liskov (Wiki page)

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

Military Robots: More Than Meets the Eye

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7049327&page=1

German school gunman 'kills 15'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936817.stm

Ten die in Alabama shooting spree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936382.stm

Former Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29633400/

FBI probes U.S. Somalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29620604/

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Madoff faces life in prison on 11 criminal charges

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n10463499-us-madoff/

Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a0fg-us-lincoln-watch/

Photo may last of Lincoln before his death

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/index.html

Two Notable Lincoln Artifacts Revealed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4856676.shtml

Abraham Lincoln

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

Jon Stewart to CNBC's Cramer: %$#@ you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/03/10/moos.stewart.rips.cnbc.cnn

Jon Stewart (Wiki page)

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

Jim Cramer (Wiki page)

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

Ontario lottery corporation apologizes for imported car giveaway

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/olg-car-giveaway.html

Global gambling sector rolls snake eyes in '08

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/10/gambling-sector-downturn.html

Quebec man hopes to remember the dead with all-obituary cable channel

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090310/K03109AU.html

Nebraska dealership execs — and 80 cars — missing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/missing_cars;_ylt=Asa.uGx6Ut2ECG4vUeXhd7ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmM0bjEwBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuZWJyYXNrYWRlYWw-

Fargo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(movie)


Eurovision axes 'anti-Putin' song

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7935865.stm

Eurovision Song Contest

http://www.eurovision.tv/

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

Ghost Town image licensed under Creative Commons by the tahoe guy

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

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220185537.htm

Poachers put Balkan lynx on brink of extinction

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1033859

Lynx lynx

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

Smoking Prevention Campaign Saving Billions In Smoking-related Care

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212132313.htm

Warning over child ear infections

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7902302.stm

China's Chery Auto unveils electric car: company

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/sc_afp/chinaautoenvironmentcompany;_ylt=AlKgeeibT.QuhV5jOsdwfuUPLBIF

Chery Automobile

http://www.cheryglobal.com/

Octuplet mom, doctor benefited from alliance

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29331080/

Cave house up for sale

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1033334

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