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Thursday, March 5, 2009

NKorea Threats and Merill-Madoff Tie? and More for Thursday, March 5, 2009

Nato to resume Russian contacts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7925944.stm

N Korea threatens civilian planes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7926149.stm

Lahore suspect sketches released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7925501.stm

Newsweek: White House pushed for Rove, Miers deal

http://www.newsweek.com/id/187652

Rove, Miers to testify in prosecutor firings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29516561/

Wal-Mart reports strong rise in sales

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29527453/

China 'faces most difficult year'



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7925193.stm



One in 8 U.S. households late paying or in foreclosure

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52442x-us-usa-housing-foreclosures/

Critics see understaffed, overwhelmed Treasury

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29518044/

Former Merrill execs invested in Madoff funds: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre524148-us-merrill-madoff/

China silent on extra stimulus, stands by growth aim

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5241s3-us-china-parliament/

'Substantial doubt' for GM future

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7926258.stm

Euro rates and growth outlook cut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7925641.stm

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Severe and Sober Statements and NKorea Rocket Launch and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907570.stm

Orbiting Carbon Observatory at nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/main/index.html

US carbon satellite fails

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7907602.stm

North Korea 'plans rocket launch'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7907039.stm

No Sugarcoating: Obama Address Billed 'Sober Assessment'

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6945577&page=1

Fed chief: U.S. faces ‘severe contraction’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29363747/

Bernanke Biography at whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/bbernankebio.html

Consumer confidence drops to record low

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29366580/

Polls: Most support Obama's economic strategy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29358401/

AIG in talks with U.S. government, sees $60 billion loss: source

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51m6lt-us-aig/

American International Group Wiki Page

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

U.S. home prices drop at record pace in December: S&P

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51n2vv-us-usa-economy-homes-index/

How to Negotiate Out of Foreclosure... Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6942121&page=1

Job interview? Read this

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241014/

Online relief for the recession-weary

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/24/recession.web.sites/index.html

Could the bad economy be good for your health?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/bad.economy.good.health/index.html

Bad economy? Do what you love

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/24/economy.career/index.html

Japan's PM first to visit Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7906999.stm

Taro Aso

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

Reporters track the changes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898977.stm

German firms in surveillance scandal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7907065.stm

US to donate '$900m in Gaza aid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7907483.stm

Palestinian leader may be freed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29362081/

Marwan Barghouti

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

Troops 'at last Tamil Tiger town'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7907282.stm

Smugglers send migrants overboard, U.N. says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/24/yemen.refugees/index.html

Zimbabwe 'illegal gold sale bid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7907177.stm

Joyce Mujuru

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

FAA Testing Radar To Avoid Bird Strikes
Google users hit by mail blackout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907583.stm

Lord Carter defends digital plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7907529.stm

Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Carter,_Baron_Carter_of_Barnes

Digital Britain interim report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/29_01_09digital_britain_interimreport.pdf

Microsoft on extra severance: Never mind

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353191/

Take A Darwinian Approach To A Dangerous World: Ecologist Preaches 'Natural' Security For Homeland Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114158.htm

Health care costs to top $8,000 per person

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29355231/

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/anger.heart/index.html

Hypertension Treatment Shows Promise

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4824032.shtml

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Killer Bees, Wind Storms, Pakistan Admission and More for Thursday, February 12, 2009

Africanized honey bees discovered in Utah for the first time

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029499

Africanized bee

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

High winds knock out power in South, East

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158553/

Pakistan admits India attack link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885261.stm

Pakistan arrests 'main operator' in Mumbai attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india;_ylt=AgOuuGF4RQ6EytvUt5BsRIKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiN3FtdW9yBHBvcwM0MQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNwYWtpc3RhbmFycmU-

Pakistan says it arrests Mumbai attack plotters

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b258-us-pakistan-india/

2008 Mumbai Attacks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks

Pakistani 'terror' base?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7765875.stm

India pair found guilty of murder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885579.stm

South Korea warns North not to test-fire missiles

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b0mn-us-korea-north/

Yes He Can? Obama and the Nuclear Threat

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=6848370&page=1

U.S. Nuke Weapons Lab Loses 69 Computers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/national/main4795443.shtml

Los Alamos National Laboratory

http://lanl.gov/

US lawmakers reach stimulus deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7884537.stm

Obama nears win on stimulus plan to boost economy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a61l-us-usa-stimulus/

What's in It for You? $789B Stimulus Bill -- What It Does and When

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=6862083&page=1

Frank: Bank bailouts will have strings attached

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29157587/

Frank: Obama Will End Bailout Abuses

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/politics/100days/economy/main4795968.shtml

Recession, bailout costs push deficit to record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29144295/.

Financial Meltdown Cases Flooding the Feds

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Economy/story?id=6855179&page=1

U.S. retail sales rebound, new jobless claims slip

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n12444195-us-usa-economy/

GM Bankruptcy In Bondholders' Hands

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/12/business/main4795973.shtml

Ontario looking to protect jobs after GM Canada turns down emergency loan

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/02/12/ont-autos.html

Japan's Pioneer to cut 10,000 jobs globally

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/12/japan-pioneer.html

Pioneer

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

Almost 5 million getting jobless benefits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29157886/

More firms challenge unemployment claims

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29151900/

No health insurance? Get help here

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/12/ep.health.insurance.help/index.html

CNNMoney:
Home prices plunge to 30-year low

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/12/real_estate/Latest_median_prices/index.htm?postversion=2009021210

U.S. home foreclosure notices hit 274,000 in January

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/12/foreclosures.html

U.S. January foreclosures fall: RealtyTrac

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b16h-us-usa-economy-housing-foreclosures/

Obama: Caterpillar to rehire if stimulus passes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29139938/

Australia parliament rejects stimulus plan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b2vl-us-australia-stimulus/

Peanut butter could be labeled high-risk food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158355/

Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Lax Regulation In Peanut Factories

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/eveningnews/main4793925.shtml

Peanut butter outbreak prompts tighter food safety

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Al5YCOM0CVnNpdlmh0IGLBes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFldW9hOWNjBHBvcwM3NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNwZWFudXRidXR0ZXI-

Owner of peanut company in U.S. salmonella outbreak refuses to testify

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-recall.html

Peanut executives take the Fifth

javascript:vPlayer('29157258','1feaf2f8-8ac5-4173-b5ee-8cd53094669f')

From Floor to Mouth: Sickening Peanut Info

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Arachis hypogaea

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

Victim: PCA has blood on hands

javascript:vPlayer('29142758','89665937-87a1-4a28-8d7e-bcc97a53484e')

Russian and US satellites collide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885051.stm

U.S. and Russia track satellite crash debris

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a8ia-us-space-collision/

Iridium 33 satellite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_33

Kosmos 2251

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-2251



US 'lost track of Afghan weapons'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7885533.stm

Pope condemns denial of Holocaust
Girls Growing Up With Heroin-addicted Parent More Resilient Than Boys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161859.htm

WATCH: Living Large in 375 Square Feet

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6857170

Gaza to export Valentine's blooms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7885412.stm

Online florists pull price bait-and-switch

http://redtape.msnbc.com/

Blagojevich: Ill. officials are drunks, adulterers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29156166/

Police making arrests in Phelps pot scandal

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29125081/

Video of violent arrest sparks investigation

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/police.violence/index.html

Praise Be to...Guns? Weapons OK in Church

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6857715

Threats send California octuplets mom into hiding

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/us_nm/us_octuplets;_ylt=AnSh0dMoKGJUdaFT8UN.zPKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNjByZzFsBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3RocmVhdHNzZW5kYw--

Philly Transit Agency Sells Pass With Photo Of NYC

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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