For Friday, January 2, 2009

Israel and Gaza -8 image licensed under Creative Commons by Amir Farshad Ebrahimi

Gaza strip image licensed under Creative Commons by panos kouros

Markets start year on upbeat note

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7807557.stm

Fresh fall in US factory output

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7808566.stm

Factories mired in worst slump in 28 years

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5012pc-us-usa-economy-manufacturing/

More top brands seen disappearing in 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28452746/

Eight alternatives to Detroit’s ‘Big Three’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28436858/

GMAC gives up some GM car financing rights

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28470013/

Visteon cutting worker hours, pay in Mich.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28469934/

Job Hunting in '09? Patience Is Key

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/CareerManagement/story?id=6556681&page=1

Recession Rescue: Free Job Training

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6562033&page=1

Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090102/pl_bloomberg/aovrno0oj41g;_ylt=AsdRSrCaG4hedxIEDWzbwC6s0NUE

Bush advisers: Cheney didn't pull the strings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28468000/

Austria to run Madoff-hit bank

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7808281.stm

Global Protests Condemn Gaza Attacks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/world/main4695928.shtml

West Bank anger over Gaza raids

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7808257.stm

Hamas calls for revenge as Israel hits Gaza again

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/ls693916-us-palestinians-israel/

Israel pounds Hamas homes, hits mosque

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28404637/

Cyberwar: Gaza's Shadow Conflict Online

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/International/story?id=6564226&page=1

Snow shuts 2 major Northwest passes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28469682/

Maritime blizzard cuts power to thousands

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/02/atlantic-storm.html

Claiborne Pell, senator behind college grants, dies

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50101f-us-senate-pell/

Sri Lankan troops seize rebel HQ

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7807908.stm

9 Muslim passengers removed from jet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28467263/

China dairies offer text apology

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7807637.stm

Chinese police detain tainted milk activist

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/02/china-milk.html

Chinese software pirates get prison sentences

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_hi_te/china_pirated_software;_ylt=AuWQFflCYrt2N.zwCiNQ2LCs0NUE

For Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Minneapolis skyline image licensed under Creative Commons by stevelyon

Wis. Web Site Image Sends Capitol To Minneapolis image from Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System

New Year’s Eve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve

New Year’s Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day

Auld Lang Syne

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

US housing index in record slump

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7804851.stm

Israel mulls truce offer on Day 4 of Gaza assault

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians;_ylt=AtnmjfFO7Y1QhWHqqWELa8Os0NUE

Jets attack Gaza for fourth day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7804141.stm

Eyewitnesses - 'City is dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7803305.stm

Ex-aides: Katrina was beginning of end for Bush

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433687/

Shoe-throwing journalist's trial postponed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28431614/

FBI Probing Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6511817&page=1

Tim Mahoney

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

Consumer confidence hits all-time low in Dec.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28434238/

Crime to boom as downturn blooms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797946.stm

Congress to examine Madoff case next week

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n29316752-us-madoff-congress/

US offers $6bn bail-out for GMAC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7804228.stm

Global growth seen weak as lending stagnates

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

Holiday season weakest since at least 1970: ICSC

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt2tf-us-usa-holidaysales/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7803624.stm

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427187/

Humans, Oceans Shape North American Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227230140.htm

Baby for Palin's teenage daughter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7804087.stm

Colorado Town Tries To Solve Mystery Of No Water

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/ap/strange/main4690893.shtml

Wis. Web Site Image Sends Capitol To Minneapolis

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/ap/strange/main4690895.shtml

For Monday, December 29, 2008

Hannukah 2008 - Child_injured_in_israeli_attack_on_the_gaza_strip__file_2007 image licensed under Creative Commons by smallislander

Israel strikes key Hamas offices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7802515.stm

Many Questions Left in Bush Scandals


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6519064&page=1

Under Bush, OSHA Mired In Inaction

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4689648.shtml

After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_go_co/warner_s_farewell;_ylt=AmoTpuTetl7GG1FG63NpfP.s0NUE

GMAC stays mum on bailout hurdle

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/gmac_financing;_ylt=AqI3n.sG99hVdRV1Mc7rSYWs0NUE

GM supplier Delphi suspends work at China factory

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_delphi;_ylt=AiGp6bXldT6LnoF8mLk7djGs0NUE

Somalia's president quits office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802622.stm

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

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

North Korea's Kim appears at large public event

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs03s-us-korea-north-kim/

Kuwait cancels $17 billion deal with Dow Chemical

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4br1m9-us-kuwait-dow/

Rohm & Haas: Dow Chemical deal still on

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28419037/


Nearly 200,000 Michigan homes, businesses without power

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008295



Winds knock out power to 413,000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28400093/

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7802943.stm

Bad debt triggers hospital closings around U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28394340/

Natural disasters killed more than 220,000 people in 2008

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008367

WSJ: Lehman's rush to bankruptcy lost billions for creditors

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1008370

Dire warning over 2009 job cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7802461.stm

Pound hits new low against euro

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7802981.stm

Japan insurers seek merger as gloom over 2009 grows

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

Bad Economy = Less Illegal Immigration

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6541434&page=1

Turn down promotion, save your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/29/cb.decline.promotion/index.html

Child 'slavery' finds its way to the U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28415693/

Study: Murders among black youths on rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28411203/

Chinese warned off lavish New Year gifts in tough times

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7802574.stm

More Severe Storm Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227214927.htm

How Healthy Are America's Coasts?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm

Food needs 'fundamental rethink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7795652.stm

'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797280.stm

Military Uniforms Now Provide Reliable Protection From Mosquitoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228195413.htm