For Thursday, January 29, 2009

KXAN: Road sign hacked to warn of zombies

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies

Alaska volcano may erupt in days

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/alaska.volcano/index.html

Mount Redoubt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)

Huge crowds join French strikes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857435.stm

Economy at heart of strike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857814.stm

Pensions protests strike France

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7459879.stm

Jobless claims hit record peak, orders plummet

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n29272638-us-usa-economy/

Home sales fall to record lows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s46f-us-usa-economy-newhomes/

For Many Economists, Stimulus Falls Flat

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/28/politics/otherpeoplesmoney/main4759532.shtml

How a 'perfect storm' led to economic crisis

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/29/economic.crisis.explainer/index.html

1.3 million lose power, long outage feared

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28873371/

New bank bailout could cost up to $2 trillion: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0xh-us-financial-bailout/

EU anti-terrorism chief: EU, U.S. need time on Guantanamo

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s38x-us-guantanamo-eu-usa/

US House passes stimulus package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7857276.stm

Ford reports record yearly loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7858289.stm

Kodak posts loss, plans up to 4,500 job cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911027/

Consumer Tips: Getting a job with Uncle Sam

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/29/getting-a-job-with-uncle-sam/

Peanut Corp. recalls all products back to 2007

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

FDA finds multiple problems at peanut plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28897859/

Durable goods orders fall for fifth month

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911134/

Canadian companies losing confidence: Conference Board

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/29/consumerconfidence.html

Obama signs equal-pay bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28910789/

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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

UN launches $613m appeal for Gaza

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7857874.stm

Hamas Signals Willingness To Negotiate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/world/main4761708.shtml

UN urges Thailand refugee inquiry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857635.stm

Wounded S Lanka civilians rescued

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7857491.stm

China's Tibet action sparks plea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857896.stm

Shell hit by falls in oil price

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7857532.stm

Somali pirates seize German ship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7858462.stm

Iraq ends licence for Blackwater

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7857844.stm

Pakistan To Prosecute Mumbai Suspects

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/world/main4761797.shtml

LA Cardinal Subject Of Federal Probe

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/national/main4761391.shtml

3 boys killed in police chase crash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28911338/

Discovery may keep millions from going hungry

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/waterproof.rice/index.html

Chemicals 'may reduce fertility'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7855323.stm

Previously Unidentified Bacteria May Cause Preterm Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127090730.htm

Too many babies: What went wrong?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28902137/

Stem Cells Used To Reverse Paralysis In Animals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160933.htm

Shaken Self-confidence? Certain Products And Activities Can Fix It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112321.htm

Stress Disrupts Human Thinking, But The Brain Can Bounce Back

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127190442.htm

'Paperless' Hospitals Are Better For Patients, Study Confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173721.htm

Contagious Products: For Good Luck, Stay Close To A Winner

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112309.htm

Zoloft, Lexapro best new antidepressants: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s00o-us-depression/

Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain In Mice, Researchers Discover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074931.htm

Sepsis can strike, kill shockingly fast

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/29/ep.sepsis.infection/index.html

Sepsis

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

Changes needed to medical isotope production, scientist says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/29/isotope-alternative.html

Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease'

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/29/bubble-boy.html

Broadband in every home by 2012


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7858498.stm

House defeats bill to delay digital TV transition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28896344/

Should Silent Camera Phones Be Illegal?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6750825&page=1

Rock reveals moon had liquid metal core

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28901606/

Luna

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

PlayStation 3 tackles black hole vibrations

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28895353/

Study revisits black-hole controversy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28901832/


Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132641.htm

I Feel Your Pain: Neural Mechanisms Of Empathy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128074929.htm

Is Technology Harming Critical Thinking?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm

Al Gore testifies on greenhouse gasses

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Arctic thaw raises security concerns

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/29/arctic.global.warming.security/index.html

Ocean climate fix remains afloat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856144.stm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

Geoengineering To Offset Global Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127190338.htm

Global Warming Fix? Some Of Earth's Climate Troubles Should Face Burial At Sea, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128212809.htm

Climate Change Irreversible, NOAA Reports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127163403.htm

Army recalls body armor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28902427/

Fusion-fission Hybrid Power Plant Designed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127131654.htm

New Catalyst Paves The Path For Ethanol-powered Fuel Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126100645.htm

Low–cost LEDs May Slash Household Electric Bills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090218.htm

Novel Approach To Create High-density Magnetic Data Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090000.htm

Novel Technology Could Produce Biofuel For Around $2.49US a gallon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090004.htm

Ottawa eyeing nanotech safety

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/29/nano-reports.html

Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128113242.htm

Rangifer tarandus

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

South Korean bio firm says dog cloning to be cheaper

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s0w6-us-korea-clones-dog/

How Does A Dog Walk? Surprisingly, Many Of Us Don't Really Know

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126121348.htm

Canis Lupus Familiaris

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

Bird discovery shows China's ecological potential

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_sc/as_china_new_bird;_ylt=AuaO1JaqvQcj0qVlo.7Vjpys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlajBqa2tiBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNiaXJkZGlzY292ZXI-

Liberia faces second worm wave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7857410.stm

Worm saviours Could this creature be key to human health?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7856095.stm

Key food, biofuel crop sorghum's genome deciphered

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50r6hk-us-sorghum-genome/

Sorghum

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

Billion-year Revision Of Plant Evolution Timeline May Stem From Discovery Of Lignin In Seaweed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127090723.htm

New Computational Technique Allows Comparison Of Whole Genomes As Easily As Whole Books

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160833.htm

'Fishy' Clue Helps Establish How Proteins Evolve

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112043.htm

Distant planet's roasting orbit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7857749.stm

Mystery Of Twin Quasar Brightness Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129090216.htm

Q0957+561 quasar

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

Why are so many U.S. presidents, leaders left-handed?

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1022601

WESH: Passengers trapped in frozen plane

http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/18591982/detail.html

Hoard Of Hundreds Of Antique Gold Coins Uncovered In Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127161357.htm

'128-year-old woman' in Uzbekistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857591.stm

'Edible' hotel room unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7858103.stm

Cat helps deliver town's letters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7857873.stm

Who do pirates call to get their cash?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7847351.stm

Police Google farmers, find marijuana field

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28913784/

Picture perfect How to start a career in film special effects

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7853461.stm



KXAN: Road sign hacked to warn of zombies

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies

Top tech blogger takes break in face of threats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28799253/

Kathy Sierra

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

Food Mishaps: Toxic Fish Testicles and More

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6749187&page=1

For Thursday, January 15, 2009

Ukraine rejects Russia's latest gas request

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ukraine_russia_gas;_ylt=AkWqU4Z3zgj_pLoDoJfAPWgPLBIF

Obama: "Capture Or Kill" Bin Laden

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/14/eveningnews/main4722185.shtml

U.N. Blasts Israel For Aid Compound Attack

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/15/world/main4723308.shtml

U.N. mission in Gaza damaged by Israeli shells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28651944/

Video: 'Outrage' after HQ is hit by missiles

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Gaza war sparks debate on deaths of civilians


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28670149/

Israel claims Hamas security chief dead in attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians;_ylt=Aqr8Jly1ryTv6G1lVQZiVpOs0NUE

Gaza pounded amid push for truce

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7829912.stm

Eyewitness: Tanks surround us

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7830253.stm

Israelis 'shot at fleeing Gazans'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7828536.stm

Gaza's medical crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7830302.stm

UN Gaza HQ comes under fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7830501.stm

Diplomacy starts to bear fruit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7830333.stm

Iran president: 'Not feasible' for Israel to live

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_diplomacy;_ylt=AhtZXiv_BP_XyqQvDtgHqyGs0NUE

Pakistan: 124 held over Mumbai

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28670867/

U.K. official criticizes 'war on terror'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28668002/

Poll: Solid support for Obama's economic plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28657844/

Newsweek: Lessons from France's economy

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178822


Waterboarding is torture, Holder tells Senate hearings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28672011/

Holder promises to investigate market fraud

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_co/holder_confirmation_market_fraud;_ylt=AiMkpa_4XEHXNa9OfVAlIOWs0NUE

Tightest-ever security net wraps D.C.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28670829/

House to seek $825 billion in economic stimulus

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e4p0-us-usa-economy-stimulus/

World markets drop amid mounting economic gloom

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/15/world-markets.html

NY probes hedge fund operator tied to Madoff

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_bi_ge/madoff_scandal_merkin;_ylt=AuDtzn7OTkPhY3SbFLvGBoSs0NUE

Annual Home Repossession Numbers Double

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/15/politics/main4722948.shtml

U.S. home foreclosures up 81% in 2008

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/15/usforeclosures.html

Nobel Prize Winner's Recession Solution

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6649449&page=1

Paul Krugman

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

Going Out of Business Behind the Scenes

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6648761&page=1

China Now World's 3rd Largest Economy

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6643054

ECB cuts rates as global bank crisis deepens

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Fed: Economy Weaker, Outlook Dim

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/14/business/main4721395.shtml

Jobless Numbers Jump While Prices Drop

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/15/business/main4723226.shtml

WATCH: 'Bulletproof Your Job'

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6649385

WATCH: Reinvent Your Career

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6649424

Jobless claims up more than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28672490/

Google to cut 100 jobs, close engineering offices

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/google_layoffs;_ylt=AhRK84NvXPBkm04UwcyVTfWs0NUE

Many people find losing their job is a blessing in disguise

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1016103


Eurozone interest rates cut to 2%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7830611.stm

Relief plan for Equitable victims

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7830938.stm

Judge hits White House with preservation order

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28658647/

Guide To Protect People From Theft Of Personally Identifiable Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113174619.htm

'Green' Gasoline On The Horizon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113155902.htm

Kellogg Pulls Crackers From Store Shelves

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/14/health/main4722869.shtml

House Votes To Expand Health Care For Kids

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/14/health/main4721511.shtml

USDA unable to weed out unapproved modified foods

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d5zd-us-usda-gmo-policies/

Eli Lilly to pay $1.42 billion to resolve Zyprexa probes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e2z0-us-elililly/

Olanzapine

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

UNICEF: Teen Pregnancies Deadly for Moms

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6652507

Soldier’s suicide spotlights troops’ mental care

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661952/

Nations That Sow Food Crops For Biofuels May Reap Less Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114124115.htm

Great Lakes Levels Sensitive To Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113101122.htm

North Atlantic Oscillations Linked To Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113101200.htm

Government makes decision on gray wolf protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmPLXM3DWf8GW8EkBhf1SWCs0NUE

Alaska plans to sue over beluga whale protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/beluga_whales;_ylt=ApJIyMzGfMBUiJSAQee.Df4PLBIF

Thais 'leave boat people to die'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7830710.stm

For Sunday, October 26, 2008

No image will be posted today in memory of the beautiful Anne Pressly who passed away after the brutal beating she received in her home. We wept when we read of her passing, even though we have never seen nor met the woman. We offer our condolences to her bereaved parents.

But, we had to laugh when we heard of Hugo Chavez's reference to Sarah Palin as a "confused beauty queen". We'd like to offer him a position on our staff when his political career is over. The man can certainly turn a phrase.

McCain: Bush failed in number of areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27386775/

AP: Palin’s terms for pipeline curbed bids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27374946/

Palin is 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

Ticker: Palin 'annoyed' by Katie Couric

http://www.cnn.com/linkto/ticker.html

Bitter infighting over 'diva' Palin in McCain campaign: report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usvotemccainpalin;_ylt=AiOq59jcT4nEXkG8H5YLeBcDW7oF

Chavez sees Palin as confused "beauty queen"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081025/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_venezuela_chavez_palin;_ylt=As5UB_KU2p5ZmwxPYjUTvGLtiBIF

Poll says race won't be big factor in vote

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/poll.race/index.html

GOP Candidates Warn Against One-Party Rule

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/politics/washingtonpost/main4546093.shtml

Web Campaign Donations Face New Scrutiny

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/politics/washingtonpost/main4546072.shtml

Why The French Can Afford To Get Sick

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/sunday/main4546041.shtml

Companies start competing for bailout money

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27373962/

Asia, Europe reach consensus on financial crisis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27371112/

Why Credit Card Rates Aren't Falling

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=6100641&page=1


General election looms for Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7691387.stm

Analysis: Livni's gambit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7691761.stm

Q&A: Israel heads for elections

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7613137.stm

Tzipi Livni: Israel's 'Ms Clean'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7621536.stm

Tzipi Livni

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

Matthew Price: Where's 'real' McCain?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/matthewprice/

McCain 'doing fine' despite polls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7691928.stm

Battleground map

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7456953.stm

Gavin Hewitt: The Bin Laden question

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2008/10/the_bin_laden_question.html.

Surviving the economic storm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27361990/

Why U.S. banks still aren't lending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27362013/

Sen. Stevens got $2.7 million for pal's road

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27372421/

Concern for US woman held in Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7691577.stm

IMF director cleared over affair

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7691462.stm

Ukraine granted $16.5bn IMF loan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7692017.stm

Dalai Lama Gives Up On China Talks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/25/world/main4545629.shtml

Atmospheric Scientists And Engineers Demonstrate Amount Of Pollution In U.S. Originating Overseas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0710-overseas_pollution_hitting_the_us.htm

Climate Change, Acid Rain Could Be Good For Forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021214850.htm

'Drastic' reforms on energy urged

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7687960.stm

Premier says China to ensure safe food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27380609/

Christians face attacks in eastern India

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27380721/

Jefferson's hidden slave legacy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7689734.stm

Thomas Jefferson

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

Arkansas TV anchorwoman dies after attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27378203/

Anne Pressly

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

U.K. Approves Animal-Human Embryo Testing

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/tech/main4540636.shtml