11.1.04
Sports Illustrated—Woo hoo! Go Tarheels!
ZDNet—New service will allows cell phone users to insert wacky sounds into their conversations, a la morning zoo radio personalities
New Scientist—New polymer coating could make CDs and DVDs virtually unscratchable in normal wear and tear situations
ABCnews.com—Elephant in Alaskan zoo to get treadmill to help improve her fitness
BBC News—Michael Moore will make "Fahrenheit 9/11" available for viewing on a pay-per-view internet site today
MSNBC—University to offer course on American Idol

11.2.04
CNN.com—Federal judge bars republicans from sending challengers to the polls in Ohio
Wired News—Columbian drug lords may have genetically engineered a coca plant immune to herbicides
USA Today—Rehnquist not present as supreme court reconvenes
Salon.com—Both parties are reporting bogus phone calls to voters in swing states the day before the election
New Scientist—The stem cell lines approved for use by Bush may be tainted by mouse DNA
news.com.au—Flourishing because of global warming and overfishing, giant squid now take up more space on the planet than humans

11.3.04
CNN.com—The race for president all comes down to Ohio
Fox News—Gay marriage ban passes in all 11 states where it was on the ballot
New Scientist—Cassini catches moon of Saturn pulling material from the larger planet's rings
USA Today—AOL to cut 700 jobs
CBS News—Filmmaker murdered after making controversial movie about oppression of women in islamic cultures
ABCnews.com—Ricky Williams officially applies for reinstatement to the NFL

11.4.04
USA Today—California approves initiative that will provide $3 billion in funding for stem cell research
MSNBC—Two spammers receive first felony convictions for sending millions of pieces of unsolicited email to AOL customers
CNN.com—Despite a mostly smooth election, there were some problems with touchscreen voting machines
Salon.com—Arlen Specter warns Bush about nominating new members of the supreme court who would try to overturn Roe v. Wade
New Scientist—Fish fossil shows evidence of the development of nostrils
CBS News—Police arrest a man suspected of rape after his victim sees him on a tv dating show

11.5.04
ABCnews.com—Ashcroft likely to resign
CNN.com—Nevada election decided with deck of cards
Wired News—Movie industry to follow RIAA's lead and start suing file traders
Fox News—The first lawsuit has already been filed against one of the 11 gay marriage bans passed on Tuesday
CBS News—F-16 accidentally fires on elementary school close to a military firing range
USA Today—Muppets to be featured on USPS stamps next year

11.8.04
Robert Vanerbei—A map that weights the red and blue counties not by who won, but by the percentage of people who voted for one party or the other, giving a much more accurate reflection of the closeness of the 2004 election
Salon.com—Texas makes textbook publisher redefine marriage as a union between a man and a woman for all books bought by the public school system
USA Today—Veteran who was honorably discharged in 1996 is suing the Army after he received a notice to report for duty in September
ABCnews.com—Man commits suicide at Ground Zero site to protest Bush's re-election
Wired News—New study shows that applying current to the brain can boost the mental skills
MSNBC—NBC prepping new reality show that would let comics compete for a spot on the SNL cast

11.9.04
10x10—A cool little news image archive project
Salon.com—Georgia case seeks court ruling against warning on new textbooks that calls evolution "a theory, not a fact"
Apple.com—Trailer for the next Pixar film, Cars
New Scientist—$50 million prize being offered for first viable space tourist vehicle
CNN.com—The arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet
CBS News—You can buy a $250 million divorce settlement cheap if you can figure out a way to force the Saudi royal family to pay up

11.10.04
USA Today—Bush wants the supreme court to overturn Oregon's assisted suicide law
Wired News—Halo 2 pulls in $100 million in its first day on sale
Salon.com—Roger Clemens wins his seventh Cy Young award and becomes only the fourth player to win one in each league
CNN.com—Ashcroft resigns
MSNBC—First official version of Firefox released
Fox News—Dean may try for DNC chair

11.11.04
ABCnews.com—Yasser Arafat dies
CNN.com—Some ABC affiliates will not air the uncut version of Saving Private Ryan for fear of FCC indecency fines
New Scientist—Cassini records music from Saturn's rings
CBS News—Bush moves ahead with plans to partially privatize the Social Security system
USA Today—Liza Minnelli's bodyguard says he was forced to have sex with her in order to keep his job
BBC News—Production company behind the tv series 24 will create mini versions of each episode for distribution on cell phones

11.12.04
Fuck the South—Look, I'm from the south. I love the south. But this is pretty freaking hilarious.
Salon.com—Apologies from doctors could help them avoid lawsuits
Sports Illustrated—Major League Baseball considering the use of instant replay
MSNBC—Gmail will allow users to access their accounts via POP
Fox News—Stern may try to buy out the remaining time on his current contract so he can move to satellite radio ahead of schedule
USA Today—Michael Moore working on sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11

11.15.04
Panic.com—A behind the scenes looks at the life and death of Audion. Pretty fascinating if you have any geek in you at all, especialy if you're a Mac geek.
CNN.com—Scott Peterson found guilty of first-degree murder
GameSpot—EA employees preparing class action lawsuit against the successful game company
MacNETv2—One man's quest to download all music available online
Fox News—Packs of wild elephants are attacking villages in India
ABCnews.com—Cheney briefly hospitalized for shortness of breath, but doctors say he's fine

11.16.04
Salon.com—Four more resign from Bush cabinet, including Colin Powell
Sports Illustrated—Barry Bonds wins his fourth consecutive MVP award, and his seventh overall
ABCnews.com—Man sets himself on fire outside the White House
CBS News—Entire troupe of Cuban performers asks for asylum in Las Vegas
USA Today—eBay issuing print catalog for the holidays
Wired News—New York business to offer sleep-deprived cubicle-dwellers 20 minute sessions in nap pods for $14

11.17.04
ABCnews.com—Marine is caught on video killing an unarmed and wounded Iraqi in a mosque
CBS News—Condi Rice nominated as new Secretary of State
Wired News—Experimental NASA jet sets new speed record
USA Today—eBay stops sale of grilled cheese sandwich with likeness of the Virgin Mary
Fox News—Gary Sheffield says man tried to blackmail him with videotapes of his wife having sex with a well-known musician
MSNBC—NBA tells player he cannot listen to his iPod during warm-ups

11.18.04
Fox News—Senate raises debt ceiling by another $800 billion. Did any of you fuckers who voted for Bush because you hate gays and love guns even think about any other issues, like, say, the economy? Idiots.
Salon.com—GOP changes rules so that Tom DeLay can retain his post as majority leader even if he is indicted on felony charges in Texas
USA Today—New government project will allow web users to search millions of pages of old newspapers by 2006
CNN.com—Kmart to buy Sears
BBC News—Privacy group suggests mandatory flashes on camera phones to help prevent illicit photo taking
CBS News—Microsoft aggressively banned online users who had modified their Xboxes in the weeks before the release of Halo 2

11.19.04
New Scientist—"Augmented reality" lets humans play PacMan on city streets. What about that sentence do I understand?
CNN.com—Bill Gates receives millions of pieces of spam each day
Wired News—Marketers start putting ads in RSS feeds
USA Today—TiVo to display ad banners whenever users fast forward through commercials
Yahoo! News—Kerry will donate most of his leftover campaign funds to democrats running in 2005 and 2006
ABCnews.com—Entire eighth grade class suspended after cafeteria food fight

11.22.04
ABCnews.com—Comapny releases game that lets you recreate JFK's assassination
BBC News—Chernobyl could be responsible for hundreds of cancers in Sweden
USA Today—NBA player suspended for the rest of the season after brawl in Detroit
Salon.com—McCain won't rule out White House run in 2008
CNN.com—Five hunters killed in Wisconsin in an apparent dispute over deer hunting territory
MSNBC—Senate hears testimony calling online porn worse than heroin

11.23.04
CBS News—Trump's casino operation files for bankruptcy
MSNBC—Porn site sues Google for allowing secret passwords and URLs to show up on the search engine
Fox News—FDA approves RFID tag for humans that will let hospitals keep better track of patients
ABCnews.com—Theft by TSA baggage screeners an increasing problem at airports
CNN.com—New software can help determine if a painting is authentic
New Scientist—Chocolate may be good for persistent coughs

11.24.04
ABCnews.com—Philadelphia's plan to offer cheap wireless internet as a municipal service is opposed by big business
USA Today—Man accused of killing six hunters says they shot at him first
Wired News—Listening stations with software programmed to identify gunshots will help Chicago police get to trouble spots faster
CNN.com—Orlando libraries will not allow adults without children to linger in the children's section
Salon.com—Grilled cheese sandwich with image of the Virgin Mary sells for $28,000 at auction
CBS News—Woman cuts arms off of her 11 month old girl, fatally injuring her

11.29.04
G-Cans Project—Great photos from Japan's underground flood management system
New Scientist—New study concludes that all people are capable of committing acts of torture
CNN.com—Philip Morris hid dangers of second-hand smoke for 30 years
MSNBC—Cicada deaths enrich soil
C|NET—One year after new law allows cell phone users to transfer their number to different carriers, not many consumers have taken advantage
ABCnews.com—Man uses bow and arrows to shoot cell phones into prison exercise yard

11.30.04
BBC News—New screensaver offered by Lycos uses computer downtime to swamp the sites of spammers, hoping that bandwidth charges will drive them out of business
CBS News—Supreme court decides not to hear a challenge to the Massachusetts gay marriage ruling brought by conservative groups
CNN.com—New chip from Sony, IBM, and Toshiba will be ten times faster than today's processors; Sony plans to use it to power PS3
USA Today—Networks are increasingly padding a minute or two onto hot shows to foil DVR users
ABCnews.com—Unpublished first novel by Truman Capote to be sold at auction
C|NET—Software company to give employees $5000 for buying a fuel-efficient car