daily links: march 2006

3.2.06
CNN.com—Supreme court to review Texas congressional redistricting
USA Today—New video surfaces showing that Bush had a very clear warning of Katrina's danger, despite his numerous statements to the contrary
ABCnews.com—Ohio couple gets married at the McDonald's where they both work
BBC News—New deal on .com domain names will likely lead to higher prices in the next few years
MSNBC—12 year old boy on school trip to museum puts piece of gum on a $1.5 million canvas as a prank
CBS News—CBS sues Howard Stern for breach of contract


3.3.06
BBC News—International Space Station on track to be completed by 2010
CBS News—Lawsuit charges that cop refused to let a gay man receive CPR, which may have contributed to the man's death
ABCnews.com—New $10 put into circulation
CNN.com—High school students suspended for viewing Myspace content their principal thought was inappropriate, even though they were viewing it off school grounds after school hours
New Scientist—FDA approves first anti-depressant skin patch
USA Today—New drug for Parkinson's occasionally leads patients to start gambling compulsively


3.6.06
CBS News—AT&T to acquire BellSouth
CNN.com—Blackberry avoids shutdown with $612 million settlement
MSNBC—Satellite spots huge crater in the Sahara
USA Today—Kirby Puckett in critical condition after suffering a stroke
ABCnews.com—Supreme court rules that military recruiters must be allowed onto any college campus that receives federal funds
BBC News—Pentatgon has plans to use sharks as remote control spies by implanting electrodes in their brains


3.7.06
ABCnews.com—Baseball hall of famer Kirby Puckett dead at 45 after suffering stroke
Wired News—Author Margaret Atwood has invented a remote control pen that will let her sign books anywhere in the world
USA Today—Bush wants line-item veto power. Why don't we just get it over with and completely do away with congress and the courts?
CNN.com—Feds looking into price fixing in online music sales
MSNBC—Mice with certain genetic abnormalities sell for high prices to experimental researchers
CBS News—Rod Stewart fined $3 million for canceled show


3.8.06
Sports Illustrated—New book alleges that Barry Bonds engaged in daily steroid use starting in 1998
BBC News—Google planning to offer file storage that would allow users to back up their entire hard drive online
Fox News—Display sword is knocked off wall and kills owner
New Scientist—Many human genes seem to have evolved recently in response to changing environmental conditions
CBS News—Teens use fake MySpace identity to help police nab potential pedophile
MSNBC—Cindy Sheehan arrested during anti-war protest in NYC


3.9.06
BBC News—New family of crustaceans looks like a pale lobster with furry arms. I gotta be honest with you, this thing really creeps me out.
CNN.com—Suspect in Alabama church fires says that they were a joke that got out of hand
Wired News—If you play World of Warcraft, then you'll probably find this parody of a text version of the game hilarious. If you don't play, then it's probably not worth your while to follow the link.
New Scientist—Your genes determine whether caffeine will increase or decrease your chances of having a heart attack
USA Today—Microsoft launches revamped version of its search engine
MSNBC—NY attorney general sues radio chain for its role in payola


3.10.06
YouTube—A live-action recreation of the Simpsons opening credits
CNN.com—The College Board admits that it scored 4000 SAT tests incorrectly last October
USA Today—One of Saturn's moons may have water
CBS News—Last year's cigarette sales were lowest in over 50 years
ABCnews.com—Google reaches $90 million in click fraud case
MSNBC—Bud Selig reportedly considering a suspension for Bonds


3.13.06
MSNBC—Chicago school policy requires even blind students who will never drive to pass a written driving test to graduate
ABCnews.com—Some DUI defense attorneys are having success challenging the validity of the machines used for breathalyzer tests
USA Today—15 year old boy who some believe is the reincarnatin of Buddha has disappeared
CBS News—NASA's latest Mars probe successfully enters orbit around the red planet
Fox News—Milosevic's claims that he was being poisoned in prison prompt autopsy after his death over the weekend
BBC News—Newspaper claims it has discovered over 2000 CIA agents and 20 secret facilities just by researching on the internet


3.14.06
CNN.com—The FBI will spend at least another $500 million in an attempt to bring technology to its case files
USA Today—Cow in Alabama tests positive for mad cow disease
New Scientist—Google Mars!
BBC News—England's largest water provider to ban sprinklers and hoses in response to water shortage
ABCnews.com—Snoop forming hip-hop gaming league
MSNBC—Isaac Hayes quits South Park after episode mocks his religion, Scientology


3.15.06
Cockeyed.com—Think tearing up your unwanted credit card apps will keep you safe from identity theft? Maybe not...
CNN.com—Judge says he will force Google to hand over data to feds
USA Today—PS3 officially pushed back to November
ABCnews.com—Apple will offer condensed NCAA games via iTunes
MSNBC—Stern lets loose on CBS president on Letterman
CBS News—Shuttle launch delayed until at least July


3.16.06
MSNBC—Klimt paintings looted by Nazis are sent to California museum after being restored to their rightful owner
CNN.com—Prosecutors may abandon case against Moussaoui after judge restricts their evidence in light of witness coaching that violated court order
USA Today—FCC fines CBS $3.6 million for Without a Trace episode that aired in 2004, saying that the show featured a graphic depiction of a teen orgy
BBC News—Scientists are able to recover data from Genesis probe, which was damaged when its parachute failed
New Scientist—Human trials of a new drug put six people into intensive care
Fox News—In British plagiarism trial, Dan Brown admits that The Da Vinci Code includes "reworked" passages from another author


3.17.06
USA Today—Bush reaffirms first strike policy and rattles his saber about Iran
New Scientist—Clotting agent used by military to prevent wounded soldiers from bleeding to death on the battlefield could soon become more widely available for civilian use
CNN.com—More than 30 teachers resign or are fired in Miami after the school board discovers that they had fraudulently received continuing education credits, which are required for maintaining a teacher's license
MSNBC—Student recites nearly 9,000 digits of Pi from memory
ABCnews.com—Epic Records strikes deal with Microsoft to deliver content to the Xbox 360
Fox News—Immigrants who wish to become dutch citizens must watch a film that includes scenes with nudity and homosexuality to see if they are really ready to integrate into the liberal culture of the country


3.20.06
ZDNet—France drafting law that would require iTunes to support players other than the iPod
USA Today—An Afghan man who converted from islam to christianity, which is illegal in that country, may be put to death
CNN.com—Sites are suing Google over their placement in the search engine's rankings
BBC News—Hackers have gotten Windows XP to run on Apple's Intel-based Macs
ABCnews.com—California using GPS devices to track movements of paroled gang members
MSNBC—Judge halts sales of Biggie's debut album because it contains an uncredited and unauthorized snippet from an Ohio Players song


3.21.06
CBS News—Verizon signs deal with CBS to offer CBS content on-demand
Fox News—FBI agent testifies that his superiors ignored warnings that Moussaoui might be a terrorist
MSNBC—Fox renews both the Simpsons and King of the Hill
CNN.com—Rural Georgia college is using iPods for more than recording lectures
USA Today—NFL commissioner to retire this summer
BBC News—Dell will double its workforce in India over the next few years


3.22.06
CNN.com—I'm sure this will come as a major shock to you all, but Microsoft has once again delayed the release of the next version of Windows
USA Today—Student volunteers cleaning up Katrina damage find $30,000 hidden in wall of wrecked home
BBC News—Farms use up 70% of the world's fresh water
CBS News—Some FBI agents lack access to email because of the agency's tight budget
MSNBC—Assets of congressman convicted of taking bribes to be auctioned off
New Scientist—Even a slight rise in temperatures could lead to a significant increase in cases of malaria in Africa


3.23.06
Wired News—Apple says that proposed French law that would open up iTunes music store to music players besides the iPod is "state-sponsored piracy"
CNN.com—GM is offering some of its employees up to $140,000 to leave the company in an effort to trim labor costs
USA Today—Soldier sentenced to 6 months in prison for using his dog to torment prisoners at Abu Ghraib
Fox News—Radio host fired for using racial slur in reference to Condoleezza Rice, although he says it was a slip of the tongue
ABCnews.com—Discovery launches web site with access to video resources to help kids with homework
MSNBC—Dell to acquire Alienware


3.24.06
X-Entertainment—Star Wars Transformers. Really. How did these get released with such little fanfare?
CNN.com—When Cheney travels, he wants his hotel suite televisions pre-tuned to Fox News
USA Today—PayPal will offer the ability to send payments by text message
Wired News—Skills acquired playing World of Warcraft may translate into marketable skills in the real world. Preach it, brother!
Fox News—Bonds plans lawsuit over book that claims he used steroids
CBS News—College student on spring break wins $1 million in poker tournament on his cruise ship


3.27.06
Wired News—Warrantless wiretaps by the Bush administration might also include calls between lawyers and their clients and doctors and their patients
Sports Illustrated—George Mason upsets UConn to make it into the final four
CBS News—High school movie shoot at bank mistaken for hostage situation by police
ABCnews.com—Woman claims she was raped by several Duke lacrosse players
BBC News—Japanese bring comic books and novels to mobile phones
USA Today—Microsoft delays next version of Office


3.28.06
Fox News—Federal agents with forged papers sneak enough radioactive material across the borders to make two dirty bombs
ABCnews.com—New pill shows promise for preventing HIV infections
USA Today—Graceland is now officially a national historic landmark
New Scientist—People who mix alcohol and energy drinks may have false sense of sobriety
MSNBC—Moon base will be first step for US on path to manned Mars mission
CBS News—Georgia might approve the bible as a school textbook


3.29.06
MSNBC—Patent case before supreme court could affect both the technology and pharmaceutical industries
CNN.com—White House chief of staff Andrew Card resigns
USA Today—FEC decides that political blogs are outside the purview of campaign finance laws
Fox News—Teens kill man who mooned them
CBS News—New federal reserve chairman raises interest rates
C|NET—Apple's lead software engineer is leaving the company


3.30.06
CNN.com—Abramoff sentenced to six years in prison for fraud
Wired News—Apple updates iPod software to allow users to set a maximum volume level
USA Today—Tom Jones given knighthood
New Scientist—New device reads facial expressions and warns autistic people if they are boring or irritating the person that they're speaking to. Why are we limiting this to just autistic users again?
ABCnews.com—The federal government introduces new fuel standards for SUVs
CBS News—Law professor bans laptops from her classroom


3.31.06
USA Today—MLB to open steroid probe
ABCnews.com—Advertisements added to Google's mapping service
MSNBC—Mother in Florida allowed her son to be molested by neighbor for $600
Fox News—The military will no longer allow troops to wear body armor that they have purchased themselves
BBC News—Valuable science manuscript saved from auction
CBS News—Model Naomi Campbell charged with assault after hitting her housekeeper on the head with a phone

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