9.1.05
CNN.com—25,000 refugees from New Orleans will be moved to the Astrodome in Houston
Fox News—Bush taps strategic oil reserves
USA Today—White Sox pitcher accuses Texas Rangers of using hi-tech system to tell batters what pitches are coming
BBC News—Apple rumored to be launching music-enabled cell phone
ABCnews.com—AOL giving away loot that it won as part of a settlement with a spammer
CBS News—FDA official resigns over the delay over approval of the morning-after pill, despite studies that show it is safe

9.2.05
Wired News—The web is a critical communication link in organizing the chaos surrounding the Katrina disaster
CNN.com—Tulane students scramble to enroll in other schools
MSNBC—BBC plans to let users download television shows
USA Today—Fats Domino missing in New Orleans
Fox News—Dennis Hastert questions whether New Orleans should be rebuilt
C|NET—Apple pulls Mac Mini test drive offer less than twelve hours after the start of the promotion

9.6.05
USA Today—New Orleans mayor says that death toll from Katrina could top 10,000 in his city alone
Fox News—Rehnquist dies and Bush nominates Roberts to take his place, even though Roberts isn't even on the court yet
BBC News—Some scientists think that water-based ice could be hiding under the sand dunes of Mars
CNN.com—Man gets fired for eating two pieces of pizza left over from company party, then wins internet contest for most outrageous firing
MSNBC—Cassini data shows that Saturn's rings have changed dramatically since Voyager first flew by nearly 25 years ago
CBS News—Kanye West criticizes the slow response of the Bush administration to Katrina's victims during fundraiser

9.7.05
CNN.com—Gilligan dies
Wired News—New company plans to have human settlement on Mars by 2025 in order to mine the planet's resources for profit
USA Today—Elementary school kids are latest target of cell phone manufacturers
MSNBC—Three teens arrested for hacking into school computers to change their friends' grades
BBC News—Clothes pin that can predict storms helps keep laundry from getting soaked
CBS News—Preservative used in hot dogs could have health benefits

9.8.05
CBS News—Other nations trying to send aid to Katrina victims say red tape from the US government is holding them up
Wired News—FCC transfers ownership of 1-800-RED-CROSS to the nonprofit aid organization after the original owners demanded exorbitant fees for use of the number in the wake of Katrina
USA Today—French watchdog group accuses Yahoo of helping Chinese authorities find and jail a writer who was speaking out against the government's restrictive speech policies
CNN.com—LSU resumes classees in the aftermath of Katrina
C|NET—Apple and Motorola unveil iTunes-euipped cell phone
MSNBC—British parking police get DNA kits to help them conclusively identify people who spit on them

9.9.05
CNN.com—Another administration photo op from a safe, relatively undamaged area in Mississippi. At least this story tells of a brave soul who dared to swear at Dick Cheney as he praised the "very impressive" relief effort.
USA Today—FDA approves inhalable insulin
MSNBC—eBay negotiating to buy Skype
Wired News—In an attempt to freeze some accounts for Katrina relief fraud, PayPal also locks some legitimate fund-raising efforts
CBS News—Arnold says he intends to veto the gay marriage bill recently approved by the California legislature
ABCnews.com—Low-power radio station meant to provide information to Katrina evacuees is shut down just as it was set to start broadcasting

9.12.05
ABCnews.com—al Qaeda tape threatens Los Angeles
Fox News—Iran threatens that there will be "consequences" if the UN sanctions them for their nuclear activities
USA Today—New tombstone with solar powered video screen plays scenes from deceased person's life
MSNBC—NY doctor sued by sexual partners after lying about his marital status on online dating sites
CNN.com—Riots in Belfast after protestant group is forced to re-route its annual parade
CBS News—First Survivor winner indicted on fraud charges

9.13.05
MSNBC—FEMA director resigns after being relieved of his Katrina duties and sent back to DC last Friday. This might be the closest thing to accountability that we get from this administration.
BBC News—Researchers find evidence that the human brain is still evolving
CNN.com—Bush lifts federal wage rules for contractors cleaning up after Katrina
Wired News—Goggles that show DVDs during dentist visit mean less stress for patients
USA Today—Grade school girl sees her father's mutilated dead body during a police presentation about drunk driving at her school
CBS News—Islamic insurgents offer bounties for killing Iraqi leaders

9.14.05
MSNBC—Wow, Bush takes responsibility for a mistake! Get out your winter coats, kids, because hell is freezing over!
Wired News—New cosmetics will use light refraction instead of pigments to create color
USA Today—Workers' mistake causes LA blackouts that affect half the city
CNN.com—GameBoy Micro has good first day sales for its Japan debut
Fox News—Police in Ohio find 11 children being kept in cages by their guardians
New Scientist—Crystals in fossilized bones preserve ancient DNA

9.15.05
CNN.com—Federal judge in California rules that it is unconstitutional to recite the pledge of allegiance in public schools
Wired News—Yahoo begins beta-testing a major overhaul to its popular free webmail service
BBC News—Google launches new search tool that only looks at content from blogs
USA Today—Over 150 people killed in series of bombings in Baghdad
Fox News—Gilette launching new razor with 5 blades. Umm, yikes?
MSNBC—Delta files for bankruptcy

9.16.05
Daily Mail—New Orleans doctors made the decision to kill patients who were too ill to survive transport with massive doses of morphine
MSNBC—MMO gamers raise money in-game for Katrina relief
CNN.com—Mice infected with the bubonic plague go missing from laboratory
USA Today—Germany bans smiling for passport photos to make biometric scans more accurate
truthout.org—Professional mercenaries hired by federal government to patrol the streets of New Orleans
ABCnews.com—Xbox 360 will get US launch on November 22

9.19.05
ABCnews.com—FEMA insiders say agency was unprepared for Katrina
USA Today—NASA plans to return to the moon by 2018
1UP.com—Nintendo has reinvented the video game controller for its upcoming Revolution console
CNN.com—Jeb Bush's son arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest
C|NET—Sony says its latest revision to the Walkman is an iPod killer. How many times have they said that in the last two years?
CBS News—Cheney to have surgery for an aneurysm next week

9.20.05
CNN.com—North Korea agrees to abandon its nuclear program
USA Today—Atheists sponsor their own lobbyist in DC to counter the multitude of pro-religion lobbyists who currently work in the capital
Wired News—An explanation of random playlists and why they frequently don't seem random
New Scientist—Scientist learns how to make sand sing while investigating the phenomenon of sand dunes with distinctive songs
CBS News—38 Nobel Prize winners urge Kansas to resist adding Intelligent Design to the public school science curriculum
MSNBC—National Hurricane Center may run out of names before this hurricane season is over

9.21.05
CNN.com—Ford says it could offer more hybrid vehicles if japanese automakers weren't hogging all the parts. Cry more?
BBC News—Steve Jobs says that he has received pressure from record companies to raise prices on the iTunes store, even though the tracks are already far more profitable per track than traditional CD sales. Fight the power, Steve!
ABCnews.com—New lawsuit claims that Wal-Mart systematically denied lunch breaks to its workers
USA Today—Harry Reid to oppose the confirmation of John Roberts
Fox News—The Federal Reserve raises interest rates
MSNBC—Allegations that New Orleans municipal workers helped themselves to items reserved for Katrina victims

9.22.05
ABCnews.com—8,000 authors sue Google for massive copyright infringement
USA Today—Dutch tv host plans to use heroin on the air
CNN.com—Chartered airplane faked fuel emergency so its passengers could watch a soccer game
Wired News—Widespread fraud is causing franchises like Subway and Coldstone Creamery to eliminate longstanding customer reward programs
Fox News—Indian court fines two tourists after they kissed during the wedding ceremony
MSNBC—The federal government wants a cell phone ban for all new drivers, particularly teenagers

9.23.05
MSNBC—Sony to cut 10,000 jobs in massive restructuring
CBS News—Legislators want disaster and evacuation plans to account for household pets
CNN.com—More and more kids are using pajamas as everyday wear. I just don't get this.
C|NET—Pamela Anderson is the most popular search term on Lycos for the 10 years that the engine has existed
ABCnews.com—With less than two weeks left in the season, one of the division leaders in baseball only has a .500 record
USA Today—Passengers on JetBlue flight were able to watch in-flight news broadcasts about difficulties with their landing gear

9.26.05
USA Today—Anti-war rally in DC over the weekend draws 100,000, while a competing pro-war rally draws only 400
New Scientist—Intelligent Design to be tested in court
BBC News—Ask Jeeves getting rid of Jeeves in renaming and rebranding effort
C|NET—Judge rules that Mastercard and Visa do not have to notify consumers affected by a high-profile data breach
MSNBC—GTA: SA to be sold again starting next month after previously being pulled from shelves for hidden sexual content. But the murder, the drug dealing, the robberies etc., are still okay.
CBS News—Frist under investigation after well-timed stock sale

9.27.05
BBC News—The IRA claims that it has now completely disarmed
New Scientist—Robot may have enabled treasure hunters to locate haul of riches worth an estimated $10 billion
CBS News—Frist's blind trust not that blind after all
CNN.com—Cindy Sheehan arrested in front of White House during protest
USA Today—Synthetic fuels may help lessen our dependence on foreign oil
ABCnews.com—Palm teaming with Microsoft to offer Windows-based Treo

9.28.05
CNN.com—Michael Brown, ousted former head of FEMA and Bush crony, is still on the payroll as a consultant
New Scientist—Emergency room visits in Boston drop dramatically during important Red Sox games
ABCnews.com—Google to removes index size boast from its home page for the first time in years after Yahoo claims to index more than twice as many pages
MSNBC—General Accounting Office says the air traffic control system is vulnerable to hacks
CBS News—Anna Nicole Smith to have case heard by the supreme court
USA Today—Wal-Mart considering a purchase of Tommy Hilfiger

9.29.05
CNN.com—Tom DeLay steps down as majority leader in the house after being indicted on a criminal conspiracy charge related to improper use of campaign funds
Wired News—Google planning new coporate campus at vacant NASA facility in Mountain View
ABCnews.com—$10 bill getting a makeover
USA Today—Star Wars game being developed exclusively for mobile phones
MSNBC—Dell launches line of more expensive, upscale computers
BBC News—Eight people charged with leaking Episode III to the internet before the movie premiered in theaters

9.30.05
MSNBC—Avian flu pandemic could kill millions of people
USA Today—NY Times reporter released from jail after her confidential source gives her permission to testify before a grand jury
CNN.com—Researchers document wild gorillas making and using tools
New Scientist—Smart beer mat automatically orders a refill when your glass is almost empty
BBC News—Sony's PlayStation wins an Emmy
Fox News—Bill Bennett under fire for remarks about race and crime