4.1.05
C|NET—Security analyst awarded $2500 by Mozilla for identifying bugs in Firefox
USA Today—Explosives found in former residence of Terry Nichols may be related to the Oklahoma City bombing
CNN.com—Illinois governor has to intervene with emergency rule after pharmacist refuses to fill birth control prescriptions because of a moral objection to the drug
ABCnews.com—Just after being matched by Yahoo!, Google ups the ante and doubles email storage space for Gmail to 2 gigs
CBS News—Chicken congolmerate head Frank Perdue dies
MSNBC—Sales of will-writing software surge after publicity of Terry Schiavo's case

4.4.05
Fox News—Devil Rays player receives MLB's first suspension for steroids use, although he claims innocence
CNN.com—Foundations laid in Dubai for what will be the world's tallest building
C|NET—Vatican uses text messaging and email to announce the pope's death to the press
MSNBC—XM subscriptions up 68%
USA Today—New ad campaign critical of Bush's Social Security overhaul to air over the next three weeks
New Scientist—Organic debris may make up 25% of the particles in the atmosphere

4.5.05
USA Today—Volunteers help patrol US-Mexico border
CNN.com—Father of serial killer selling DVDs of his son's confessions
Wired News—The movie and music industries are letting students download legal content for free in hopes of shaping future buying habits
ABCnews.com—Gore launches new television network with Google co-founder
New Scientist—Scientists produce first image of a planet orbiting a sun much like our own
Fox News—Prince Charles to delay wedding so as not to interfere with Pope's funeral

4.6.05
MSNBC—Google adding satellite mapping service
CBS News—Hunter S. Thompson's ashes to be shot out of cannon
CNN.com—Man who shot the Pope in 1981 will be barred from attending his funeral
USA Today—PSP sales good but not phenomenal
New Scientist—Handheld blue light device could control or prevent gum disease
ABCnews.com—Britney Spears getting her own reality tv show

4.14.05
CNN.com—West Virginia makes English the official state language
ABCnews.com—Hunter S. Thompson's ashes to be shot out of cannon
Wired News—Wisconsin governor says he will veto proposal to let hunters shoot cats
USA Today—Woman with history of suing coporations who claimed to have found finger in bowl of chili from Wendy's won't sue the restaurant chain
New Scientist—New satellite will autonomously inspect space debris
MSNBC—Cingular will debut singles from music acts as ringtones before they make it to radio

4.15.05
CBS News—Legislators talk tough on regualting data brokers
ZDNet—Firefox still gaining ground on IE
New Scientist—Champion racehorse cloned
CNN.com—Weeklong national dragnet results in the arrest of 10,000 fugitives
ABCnews.com—13 year old pitcher beats a 15 year old spectator to death with a bat after losing a little league baseball game
BBC News—Video game made by the UN teaches children about global hunger issues

4.18.05
USA Today—Howard Dean wants to use the republicans' actions during the Schiavo controversy against them. The real reason to read this article, however, is to see the quote by a republican saying that Dean is politicizing this issue. There's no way that was said with a straight face.
ABCnews.com—AOL chat room monitor accused of soliciting 15 year old girl for sex
Sports Illustrated—George Steinbrenner vents to press about Yankees' poor performance
MSNBC—After a falling out with Nicole Ritchie, Paris Hilton may get a new whore companion for the next season of the Simple Life
CNN.com—Detective in Rhode Island killed by suspect he was questioning inside police headquarters
BBC News—England sees huge jump in percentage of students cheating on exams using mobile phones

4.19.05
CBS News—Target will now sell certain cold remedies that are used to make methampehtamine from the pharmacy counter only, even though they are not prescription drugs
Fox News—SWAT team in Arizona wants to add monkey to its roster
Sports Illustrated—Monday Night Football will move to ESPN starting in 2006
ZDNet—Adobe buys Macromedia, its main competitor in the creative software market
USA Today—Some states want to revise structure of 12th grade to avoid students taking mostly elective courses for their final semester of high school
ABCnews.com—US Air sells a thousands plane tickets for $1.86 due to a web glitch, but it will honor the prices

4.20.05
CNN.com—New Pope! Oh, wait—I'm not Catholic. I don't care.
Wired News—And in related news I don't care about...Florida man buys domain name for new Pope two weeks before he was chosen.
Yahoo! News—Democrats charge that the Homeland Security department is ignoring domestic right-wing terrorists
CBS News—AP wire service will charge extra to papers that repost its content online as well as in their print editions
New Scientist—Four-color map theorem conclusively proven with the help of a computer
MSNBC—New bill would give jail time to movie pirates

4.21.05
USA Today—House ethics panel will open probe on DeLay
CBS News—Vietnam vet spits on Jane Fonda during book signing
Wired News—Sony will allow players to purchase virtual items with real money on select servers in EverQuest 2
New Scientist—Human testing to begin for robotic dental drill
CNN.com—Playboy to develop content for the PSP
BBC News—Classic video games experience rebirth on mobile phones

4.22.05
MSNBC—Scientists may have found a way to induce a state of hibernation in humans
CNN.com—Purdue scientists reveal the mystery of popcorn kernels that don't pop
USA Today—Time-Warner and Comcast to buy Adelphia
ABCnews.com—Google launches feature that lets you view all of your past searches and their results
New Scientist—Game companies fearful of extortion attempts after large multiplayer online game is disrupted due to denial-of-service attacks
BBC News—The European Union will get its own domain extension, .eu, by year's end

4.25.05
ZDNet—New computer virus deletes music files
CBS News—FDA re-approves contraceptive sponge after pulling it from the market ten years ago
CNN.com—Constant interruptions from email, phone calls, and instant messages negatively impact worker performance
USA Today—More high schools are doing alcohol testing at school-sponsored social events
ABCnews.com—Montana wants wooden bats to replace aluminum in youth baseball leagues
New Scientist—Infants who attend daycare are less likely to develop childhood leukemia

4.26.05
New Scientist—Military developing wireless brain implants that will allow them to use rats as remote-controlled weapons detectors
CNN.com—Italian city of Turin orders dog-owners to walk their pets at least three times a day or face fines
USA Today—Bush is asking his Saudi pals to lower the price of oil
ABCnews.com—Supreme court will not hear lawsuit brought by POWs of the first Gulf War to collect a judgment against Iraq
CBS News—Skydiver dies after being hit in mid-air by the plane he jumped from
MSNBC—Hybrid cars in high-demand

4.27.05
Guess-the-Google—Best. Game. Ever. Well, the first time around, at least. Once you realize that there's a limited number and you can start getting high scores through repetition, it loses some of its luster. But it's still really cool.
USA Today—The British Open will allow women to compete starting next year
CNN.com—Michael Bay wants to remake Hitchcock's The Birds
CBS News—Alabama wants to ban schools from buying books written by gay authors or books that contain gay characters
BBC News—Amazonian ants build complex traps for their prey
MSNBC—French court rules that a DVD copy-protection scheme is a violation of consumers' privacy rights

4.28.05
Fox News—Texas school board adds a class on the bible to the 2006 curriculum
CNN.com—The world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, successfully completes its first flight
Wired News—Wal-Mart is offering a new service that allows customers to compile mix CDs online and have the hardcopy delivered to their door
New Scientist—Latest cell phone from Nokia also functions as an MP3 player that stores as much music as an iPod mini
USA Today—False alarm sends Bush scurrying to bunker
CBS News—Senate GOP backing down from controversial revisions to the ethics rules

4.29.05
USA Today—Despite the manufacturer's claims that it is a non-lethal weapon, 103 people have died after being hit by a taser
Wired News—New York sues major internet marketing firm, claiming that it surreptitiously installs adware and spyware on users' machines
CNN.com—Apple releases Tiger, latest version of Mac OS X
Fox News—Seven Arab American men are suing a Florida Denny's, saying they were thrown out of the restaurant for no reason and compared to bin Laden
ABCnews.com—Pennsylvania man has spent a decade in jail for contempt of court for refusing to pay his ex-wife any of the money she is owed from their divorce agreement
MSNBC—Exploding toads in German pond leave scientists baffled