daily links: april 2006

4.3.06
USA Today—The senate campaign of Katherine Harris seems to be falling apart
Fox News—Students who live near the Duke lacrosse house are warned that there may be retaliatory gang activity in the area after team members are accused of raping two black women
CBS News—All of Indiana to be on daylight savings time for the first time in 30 years
MSNBC—Death Row records could soon be under the control of the courts
ABCnews.com—Wealthier kids may be faking learning disabilities to get extra time on their SATs
BBC News—New methods for examining fingerprint evidence could reveal lifestyle details of the person who left them


4.4.06
CNN.com—DeLay will not run for reelection
BBC News—Britain's number 1 single is the first song to top the charts solely on the number of downloads
Fox News—Study shows that fast food companies advertise more heavily on black-oriented television shows
New Scientist—Liquid crystal glasses can refocus from distance to reading in a snap
ABCnews.com—Scientists have bioengineered a functional human bladder
C|NET—Borders to sell digital reader for Sony's eBook line


4.5.06
CNN.com—Billboard will publish new chart specifically for ringtones
USA Today—Massachusetts becomes first state to require health insurance
BBC News—American Online will pull a KFC and now be known simply as AOL
MSNBC—NYC theater pulls trailer for new movie about 9.11
ABCnews.com—Study finds that most workers are overconfident about their retirement savings
Fox News—Netflix suing Blockbuster over patent infringement


4.6.06
USA Today—Apple releases application that allows you to run Windows XP on the new Intel-based Macs
ABCnews.com—Teacher loses hand in paperweight accident. The paperweight, by the way, was a live 40mm shell.
CNN.com—Homeland security official charged with seducing a minor online
CBS News—Katie Couric leaving Today to become evening anchor for CBS
MSNBC—Eminem divorcing his wife for the second time
BBC News—Disney launching mobile service that will allow parents to keep tabs on their kids' communications


4.7.06
CNN.com—Libby testified that Bush authorized leak of Valerie Plame's name to reporters
USA Today—South Park wins Peabody award
CBS News—Ancient manuscript may be lost gospel of Judas
BBC News—Microsoft brings on game developer behind Black and White
New Scientist—First case of bird flu confirmed in the UK
MSNBC—Meredith Vieira to replace Katie Couric on the Today show


4.10.06
CBS News—Israel will declare Sharon permanently incapacitated after three months in a coma
MSNBC—Boeing to pay $15 million fine after violating arms export regulations
CNN.com—Prison official reprimanded after showing Brokeback Mountain to inmates
USA Today—Italian soccer fans attack team members after the team returns from a defeat
Fox News—Debate over whether scientists should be allowed to experiment on endangered species that they have raised themselves
C|NET—Online newspapers tweaking their headlines for better search engine placement


4.11.06
USA Today—Bush says no plans are being made to attack Iran and that diplomacy is the key. Wait, didn't he say that recently about another country with a suspiciously similar name?
Sports Illustrated—Semen found on stripper who said she was raped at Duke lacrosse party does not match any of the 46 players on the team
CNN.com—ABC to stream shows for free online the day after they air on network television
CBS News—82 year old woman given jaywalking ticket for taking too long to cross the street
MSNBC—Emmys to add online-only category
ABCnews.com—Voting bots screw up polls for design of Washington state quarter


4.12.06
ABCnews.com—Maine now allows pets to be included in domestic abuse protection orders
CNN.com—Man who suffered heart attack after taking Vioxx awarded $9 million in lawsuit against the drug's manufacturer
USA Today—College admissions process seems more arbitrary than usual this year thanks to a record number of applications at many of the top-ranked schools
Fox News—Woman slashes the throat of a 9-month old baby after being asked to move out of the apartment she shared with the child's mother
New Scientist—New music fingerprinting system can identify a song from a database of 17 million tracks in less than a second
BBC News—Drug companies accused of inventing diseases or exagerating the severity/frequency of certain conditions in order to sell more drugs


4.13.06
Wired News—New telescope will aid SETI work by looking for flashes of light from alien civilizations
USA Today—Cable companies looking for way to offer online gaming on your television using a standard development platform
CNN.com—Former staff members for congressman say they were asked to work on local poliltical campaigns while on the congressional payroll
ABCnews.com—Food served by fast food chains in US worse for you than the same food served by the same chains abroad
BBC News—Most search engine uses will not go beyond the third page of results before giving up
CBS News—Google unveils chinese-language brand name


4.14.06
CNN.com—Several generals are calling for Rumsfeld to resign
USA Today—FDA approves anti-alcoholism drug that can be injected once a month
CBS News—Japanese theaters experimenting with aromas to accompany films
BBC News—New organic LEDs could one day replace light bulbs
ABCnews.com—Several states have laws requiring you to report and pay taxes on music downloads
MSNBC—Google to offer calendar service


4.17.06
USA Today—Beatles plan to remaster their catalog and offer their music for download
Fox News—Jesse Jackson's non-profit offers to pay college tuition for woman accusing Duke lacrosse players of rape
MSNBC—Iguanas overrunning Florida barrier island
CNN.com—.tel domain name under consideration
CBS News—Iran giving $50 million to Hamas
ABCnews.com—DEA agent who shot himself in the foot while on duty is suing the agency


4.18.06
USA Today—NYC begins deployment of security cameras which could eventually number in the hundreds
CNN.com—Ex-governor of Illinois found guilty of racketeering
Wired News—Developers working on video games you can play with your pets
Fox News—Report shows that many school districts are omitting scores of minority students to escape penalties for not meeting No Child Left Behind requirements
CBS News—Steven Spielberg will help design the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 summer olympics
ABCnews.com—College student jailed for skipping jury duty


4.19.06
CNN.com—China trying to seed clouds over Beijing to induce rain in the hopes of clearing the residue from a severe dust storm
MSNBC—Two Duke players charged in rape case
Fox News—Colorado man caught with device that let him change traffic signals
USA Today—USA network will air 7 professional video game matches this fall
CBS News—Not really news, but this caught my eye while surfing around
C|NET—Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringement


4.20.06
CNN.com—McClellan resigns and Rove is given a new title and responsibilities
New Scientist—Urine test may help to determine personalized doses of medicine
USA Today—Los Angeles woman hospitalized with bubonic plague
ABCnews.com—Snakes may have evolved from land-based creatures, not sea-based as previously believed
BBC News—New reporting rules result in drop for Yahoo earnings
MSNBC—Michael Jackson working on album that will be released by his Bahrainian patron


4.21.06
MSNBC—Philips has developed technology that would eliminate your ability to switch channels when a commercial comes on. Question: if they were foolish enough to add this technology to one of their products, who would be stupid enough to buy it?
CBS News—Letter sent from lawmaker's office to constituent calls the recipient an asshole
USA Today—First man to fly at Mach 2 dies in plane crash
ABCnews.com—American Airlines gives away free ticket vouchers to everyone who attended the Mavericks final regular season game
CNN.com—David Lee Roth, who took over Howard Stern's timeslot, loses his radio gig
BBC News—Xbox contests offer gamers the chance to play against stars


4.24.06
MSNBC—Video showing graffiti artist tagging Air Force One is revealed as a hoax
CNN.com—Ex-CIA official says that Bush and Cheney ignored evidence that Saddam had no active WMD programs during the run-up to the Iraq war
Fox News—Man killed in his house by freak sinkhole
USA Today—Texas college blocks MySpace from its network because visits to the site were eating up too much bandwidth
New Scientist—Malaysian space agency trying to determine how muslim astronauts should pray when in orbit
CBS News—Man survives shooting 12 nails into his head with a nail gun during a suicide attempt


4.25.06
CBS News—Iran's president says that Israel is a fake regime that cannot continue to exist
USA Today—Bush joins congress members in calling for probe into gas price fixing
CNN.com—Judge rules that surfing the internet at work is equivalent to talking on the phone or reading a newspaper
ABCnews.com—Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez notices female trainer in opposing dugout and makes on-air comment saying women don't belong in the dugout
MSNBC—Killer chimps on the loose in Sierra Leone after escaping from animal preserve
C|NET—McNealy steps down as CEO of Sun


4.26.06
Wired News—Apple to start displaying ads while podcasts are playing in iTunes
CNN.com—Iran's leader threatens to share their nuclear technology with other nations
BBC News—Microsoft is offering free phone tech support to users who test the latest beta of IE7
USA Today—Amazon's CustomFlix service to sell DVDs of tv shows soon after their first air date
ABCnews.com—eBay offering new service that lets users buy multiple items from different sellers without going through the bidding process
CBS News—Maury Povich sued for sexual harrassment


4.27.06
GasBuddy.com—Map that lets you keep track of average gas prices around the country
CNN.com—Fox News anchor Tony Snow is named Bush's new press secretary
Variety.com—Lost creator J.J. Abrams to helm next Star Trek movie
Fox News—Rove appears once again before Fitzgerald's grand jury
USA Today—David Copperfield uses his illusionist skills to avoid getting robbed
MSNBC—USC graduate student working on maps that combine satellite images, 3D models, and real-time data and video


4.28.06
The Telegraph—British paratroopers wearing American uniforms in Iraq
USA Today—Senate panel recommends abolishing FEMA
CNN.com—Non-democrats react more positively to Hillary when she goes by Hillary Rodham Clinton instead of just Hillary Clinton
CBS News—Mick Jagger shoots tv pilot for ABC
MSNBC—Nintendo renames its upcoming console from Revolution to Wii (pronounced "we")
Chicago Sun-Times—Oklahoma man posts sign in his yard offering $1000 for a virgin bride between the ages of 12 and 24

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