8.2.04
CNN.com—Family of Lori Hacking calls off search for their missing daughter, saying that her husband has provided them with information that makes further searches unnecessary. Is that cryptic enough for you?
Yahoo! News—US warns of new attacks on DC, New York, and northern New Jersey; raises threat level to orange for those regions
BBC News—Google unveils site where individuals can bid on shares for their upcoming IPO
CBS News—Kuwait bans Fahrenheit 9/11
ABCnews.com—Steve Jobs undergoes surgery to remove cancerous tumor from his pancreas
Wired News—Records previously thought lost from 2002 Florida primariees are found archived on a CD-ROM

8.3.04
Albuquerque Journal—People attending Dick Cheny rally were required to sign a form endorsing Bush for president
Sports Illustrated—Roger Clemens asked to leave his son's little league game after arguing a call with the umpires
Wired News—NYC man has developed a bicycle that can spray paint messages on the street as he rides; he plans to use it to spread anti-Bush messages around the city during the republican convention
BBC News—Doom 3 leaked online on the eve of its official release
MSNBC—Computers increasingly used to grade essays for standardized tests
C|NET—Small developer has come up with way to let iTunes run on Linux boxes

8.4.04
C|NET—Sensitive personal financial data can easily be found on the internet using Google
Fox News—Statue of Liberty reopens for first time since 9.11 attacks
USA Today—Dave Chapelle gets $50 million deal for two more seasons of his show on Comedy Central
Salon.com—Vatican sets up sports department to promote christian values in athletics
MSNBC—Some Finnish men are excused from compulsory military service because of their addiction to the internet
ABCnews.com—After weeks of selling well on DVD, the documentary Outfoxed will appear in theaters

8.5.04
ABCnews.com—Three Davenport, Iowa, banks robbed while local police dealt with simultaneous visits from Bush and Kerry
CNN.com—Judge gives bogus resignation on television to help end hostage standoff
USA Today—Eli Lilly says it will post online the results of all trials run for its drugs that are currently on the market
Yahoo! News—Google's potentially illegal issuance of 23 million shares of stock could affect the timing of its upcoming IPO
CBS News—FAA threatens to step in and set its own schedule if O'Hare doesn't deal with its chronic delays
Salon.com—Zoo in Thailand is ordered to stop orangutan kickboxing matches

8.6.04
New Scientist—A second group will try to claim the X Prize this fall
Salon.com—McCain criticizes ad that claims that Kerry was no war hero
CBS News—Show on spanish language channel in Los Angelos offers as its prize a lawyer's services for a year to help the winner obtain a green card
Wired News—JibJab's challenge to owner of Woodie Guthrie's songs could reverse the recent trend of restrictive copyright rulings if successful
C|NET—Sony will use new high capacity Blu-ray discs in PS3, hoping that this will help the format become a marketplace standard
MSNBC—Company claims that it has successfully cloned a cat and wants to offer the service to pet lovers

8.9.04
Wired News—Two major cell phone providers now offer fake excuse calls to help customers get out of a bad date or other uncomfortable situation
Salon.com—Rick James found dead in his home
BBC News—Prozac now so commonly taken in the UK that traces of it can be found in drinking water
CNN.com—Six people beaten to death over Xbox theft
CBS News—Ralph Fiennes to play Voldemort in next Harry Potter movie
Boston Globe—Kerry's commanding officer in Vietnam retracts his criticism of Kerry's service during the war, calling his signature on a document stating that Kerry did not deserve the silver star was a "terrible mistake"

8.10.04
USA Today—Time magazine reporter held in contempt for refusing to testify in CIA leak case
CNN.com—Four probation officers fired for losing track of ringleader in the slayings of six people over the weekend
Salon.com—John Mellencamp says he doesn't hate republicans, he just hates George Bush
ABCnews.com—Google settles patent dispute with Yahoo! for $300 million
BBC News—Hubble takes photos of nearby galaxy that is very similar to the Milky Way
New Scientist—Odds of earth being discovered by alien civilization decreasing now that our television broadcasts are being replaced by cable and satellite transmissions

8.11.04
BBC News—File sharers plan to help distribute the new Windows XP update to show the positive side of P2P networks
Wired News—The USPS has given approval to Stamps.com to allow them to sell customized postage, featuring any image a customer wants
USA Today—John Mellencamp says he doesn't hate republicans, he just hates George Bush
CNN.com—Zombie movie being shot at Chernobyl
Yahoo! News—The iTunes music store now offers over 1 million songs for download
Fox News—Filipino men accused of killing a relative and serving him to guests at a wedding

8.12.04
New Scientist—Pirated version of a popular cell phone game contains a trojan horse that sends text messages to a number that charges $2 for each text message sent to it
Halifax Herald—Attendees at this year's Olympic games could be booted from venues for drinking the wrong brand of soda or eating the wrong brand of fast food
BBC News—Microsoft plans to start selling cheaper lite version of Windows XP later this year in asia
MSNBC—Olympic flame arrives in Athens
ABCnews.com—Britain grants cloning license to researchers who hope to create insulin-producing cells
CNN.com—Mike Wallace arrested for disorderly conduct

8.13.04
Salon.com—California supreme court says gay marriage licenses issued in San Francisco were illegal and voids them
USA Today—GOP wants governor who admitted to gay affair to resign immediatley
MSNBC—Oprah scheduled for Jury duty in Chicago
CNN.com—Julia Child dies at 91
C|NET—AOL releases test version of new instant messenger client that will require a subscription to access some features
New Scientist—iTunes wireless streaming capabilities is hacked to make it work on other platforms

8.23.04
CNN.com—Armed thieves steal Munch's The Scream from its museum home
Fox News—Kerry says that Bush has provided backing to the swift boat veteran's who are attacking Kerry's service in Vietnam
Wired News—New series of political ads will imitate Apple's switch campaign and feature republicans who plan to vote for Kerry
USA Today—Intel reforms could eliminate the CIA
ABCnews.com—New fertilizer additive could make it easier for police to identify the chemists who cook meth
Salon.com—Nader denied a place on the ballot in four states

8.24.04
New Scientist—We're runnin' outta monkeys for medical trials
CBS News—First person accounts on blogs by competitors and coaches at the Olympics are forbidden by the IOC
Salon.com—GOP protestors are denied the right to use Central Park as a rallying point during next week's republican convention
Wired News—Web designer opens online museum that features over 15,000 banner ads she's collected over the years
USA Today—The popularity of Apple's iPod is bringing more consumers to the Mac platform
CNN.com—Sharp is introducing a new microwave that it claims will reduce fat

8.25.04
ABCnews.com—Man robs bank while test-driving a car
USA Today—Two russian airliners disappear at same time; terrorism is not ruled out
C|NET—New dual-sided music discs will have a traditional CD on one side and a more advanced DVD audio version of the record on the other
New Scientist—New study says that cigarettes cause more pollution than diesel engines
CNN.com—J.K. Rowling gives hints about the future of Harry Potter at a reading in London
MSNBC—Product placement becoming more prominent in video games

8.26.04
New Scientist—Advance polymer developed for golf balls can "heal" itself when shot with a bullet
USA Today—Lawyer who had been advising both Bush and the swift boat veterans resigns from Bush's election campaign
Yahoo! News—Is George Lucas planning to make Episodes VII, VIII, and IX?
CNN.com—Northwest to charge more for tickets not booked on its web site
Wired News—Interview with Craig Newmark, creator of Craigslist
C|NET—PS3 is now listed on Amazon's japanese site, even though the console is not expected to be released until more than a year from now

8.27.04
The Morning News—Get some insight into the tricks of the trade for various jobs
Salon.com—Russian officials believe terrorists were behind two simultaneous plane crashes earlier this week
CNN.com—British government fires nearly 20 workers for viewing online pornography at work
C|NET—HP-branded iPod to be revealed today
Fox News—The number of people living below the poverty line and those without insurance in America has increased dramatically under the current Bush administration
ABCnews.com—Cool summer leads to bigger spiders in the midwest

8.30.04
CNN.com—Doctors grow replacement jaw in patient's back
WFTV.com—Toys depicting 9.11 attacks are mistakenly distributed to US stores
Wired News—Florida judges says new rule that electronic voting machines cannot be subject to a manual recount in a close election are contrary to state law
CBS News—Former Texas Lt. Governor says he is ashamed that he got Dubya and other sons of the wealthy elite into the National Guard so that they could avoid service in Vietnam
New Scientist—Contradicting its previous stance, the Bush administration finally admits what the scientific community has believed for years: humans are responsible for elevated global temperatures over the last 30 years
USA Today—Man tries to sell his vote on eBay

8.31.04
The Memory Hole—The justice department censors a quote from a supreme court case in a filing by the ACLU concerning the Patriot Act
Wired News—Three dotcom millionaires, including the founder of RealNetworks, are trying to revitalize professional bowling
BBC News—Museum worker accidentally throws away bag of rubbish that was part of an exhibit
USA Today—Drunk driver doesn't notice when his passenger is decapitated by a tension wire while leaning his head out the window
New Scientist—First room-temperature plastic magnets created by British researchers
MSNBC—Andy Serkis, the human who provided the motion-capture basis for Gollum, will do the same thing for King Kong in Peter Jackson's remake