Record Unemployment and More for Thursday, February 19, 2009

Unemployment On Pace For 8.5 Percent

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/business/main4812468.shtml

U.S. jobless claims hit new all-time high

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/19/usjoblessclaims.html

Obama arrives in Ottawa

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/19/obama-visit.html

Clean energy deal anticipated during Obama visit

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/02/18/cgy-obama-harper-climate-green-deal.html

US faces fresh Afghan obstacles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898524.stm

U.S. troops in Afghanistan 'stalemated'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29270777/

1 dead as severe storms pelt Ga., Ala.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29278143/

Obama housing plan will have impact in March: FDIC

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i2ot-us-usa-housing-bair/

Obama set for first foreign trip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898921.stm

Attorney General to GITMO Next Week for Review

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/02/guantanamo-revi.html

Attorney General Eric Holder

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/

China Wants Gitmo Uighurs Back

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6911549

Uighur people

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

IMF expects more requests for aid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7898711.stm

After all-night talks, Calif. budget passes

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

Measure of economy rises more than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29279649/

Wholesale inflation jumped in January

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29277917/

US politicians in rare Gaza visit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7898801.stm

Clinton: U.S. fears N. Korea leadership crisis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29272217/

North Korea "Fully Ready" For War

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/world/main4812282.shtml

Tutu urges Obama apology on Iraq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7895328.stm

'Suicide By Cop' Phenomenon Occurring In Over A Third Of North American Shootings Involving Police

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218103529.htm

Suicide by Cop

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

'Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135119.htm

Politkovskaya suspects acquitted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7899472.stm

Anna Politkovskaya

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

Swiss bank secrecy threatened after UBS tax deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i1l7-us-ubs/

UBS to open secret Swiss bank records of U.S. clients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29268064/

US fraud charge tycoon disappears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898569.stm

Texas-Sized Fraud Spreads To 131 Countries

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/world/main4812407.shtml

Documents: Financier wove web of lies

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

Video: Whereabouts of fraud suspect Stanford unknown

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Venezuela seizes Stanford bank after online run

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19484206-us-stanford-venezuela-bank/

Many seek their money as Stanford fallout spreads

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

Blagojevich's Wife Subpoenaed By Feds

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/politics/main4812513.shtml

Patti Blagojevich

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

FBI probed sexuality of LBJ aide Valenti

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29274439/

Jack Valenti

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


WWI French battleship found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898890.stm

The Danton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Danton_(1909)

Privacy law call in Facebook row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7898164.stm

Net guru on Facebook data policy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7897824.stm

University of Florida reports computer breach

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29280208/

Cheaper Materials Could Be Key To Low-cost Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091939.htm

Green wheel turns pedal bike into electric hog

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29259226/

Download, Install And Drive – The Future Of Automotive Software

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218182133.htm

Bus Left You Waiting In The Cold? Use Your Cell Phone To Track It Down

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210161914.htm

Why online networking could be affecting your health

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm

Smoking Kills, Irrespective Of Social Class And Gender

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212258.htm

Chain-smoker’s widow awarded $8 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29274837/

U.S. chooses flu vaccine for 2009-2010

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/19/flu-vaccine.html

Tiny Pests Foul Seacage Netting On Fish Farms In Norway

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219095531.htm

Ectopleura larynx

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719103

Lake Michigan Fish Populations Threatened By Decline Of Tiny Creature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219081038.htm

Great Lakes Areas of Concern

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

Including Native Perennials In Biofuel Crops Could Keep Watersheds Healthy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114218.htm

EU court attacks GM crop secrecy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7896813.stm

Bold missions to Jupiter and Saturn planned

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29258733/

Jupiter in space agencies' sights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7897585.stm

Saturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(astronomy)

Jupiter

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

Europa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)

NASA Mission To Seek Water Ice On Moon Heads To Florida For Launch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218133019.htm

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/overview/index.html

Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898434.stm

Skylon spaceplane

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

Chinese turning to Tibetan Buddhism

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29273637/

Octuplets' Family Facing Foreclosure

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/19/earlyshow/main4812473.shtml

Iraqi shoe thrower trial delayed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7898486.stm