daily links: june 2006

6.1.06
CNN.com—Protestors demand the resignation of a judge who let a child molestor go free because she thought the offender was too short to survive in prison
Fox News—Roger Clemens agrees to pitch for the Astros for the remainder of the 2006 season for $12 million
MSNBC—Google denies that it is developing its own web browser
Sports Illustrated—Lance Armstrong cleared of charges that he was doping his blood in 1999
USA Today—Former Lost star Michelle Rodriguez released from jail after serving less than a day of her 60 day sentence
C|NET—Segway to team with GE to offer financing on the consumer Segway


6.2.06
MSNBC—Virgin Mobile will allow users to earn airtime minutes for watching advertisements on their phones
ABCnews.com—Store clerk fined for selling beer to a minor says he was distracted by the female decoy's provocative clothing
CBS News—The ozone layer may be on the road to recovery
CNN.com—Latest reimagining of Batwoman will make her a lesbian
USA Today—Yahoo redoing its online video service to mirror YouTube
Wired News—Major networks suing truckstop chain for inserting its own ads over the ones broadcast by the networks


6.12.06
USA Today—Pennsylvania may ban parents from bringing their kids lunch from fast food restaurants in public schools
CNN.com—Three Guantanamo Bay prisoners commit suicide
CBS News—Wendy's will rename their "Biggie" size as "medium". Huh?
Wired News—Detox center for video game addicts opening in Amsterdam
ABCnews.com—Wal-Mart sued over sales of fake designer handbags
BBC News—New breed of hammerhead shark discovered


6.13.06
CBS News—NYC students using ring tone that most adults can't hear to avoid detection by teachers
CNN.com—House passes new telecommunications bill
USA Today—Supreme court to allow challenges to lethal injection
BBC News—Europe's next martian probe will dig below the surface to look for signs of life
MSNBC—Diamonbacks relief pitcher suspended for 50 games for using illegal substances
ABCnews.com—Armed robber suing his victims, who fought back and beat him with a metal pipe


6.14.06
Wired News—Wrigley field will be the first MLB stadium to use wireless handsets instead of wired phones for communication between the dugout and the bullpen
CNN.com—Rove's lawyer says he won't be charged in the Plame leak investigation
USA Today—Duke basketball star charged with DWI
BBC News—BBC warns British businesses not to let their employees watch World Cup matches online at the office
CBS News—Poll shows that 20% of teen use the web to cheat and plagiarize
ABCnews.com—21 year old female soldier is arrested after refusing to deploy to Iraq


6.15.06
MSNBC—House panel votes to raise minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25, but the proposal is unlikely to make it to a vote
ABCnews.com—Nielson ratings will start including viewings of television shows seen on iPods and the internet
BBC News—Scientists create new butterfly species by combining two other distinct species
CNN.com—Debit cards handed out to victims of Katrina in the wake of the catastrophe were often used to make frivolous, indulgent purchases
USA Today—Wisconsin man who served in the German army in WWII planning Hitler memorial
CBS News—Man gives tarantula to coworker after resigning from his job


6.16.06
USA Today—Military cutting off all media access at Guantanamo Bay
Wired News—Report shows that Yahoo censors more content in China than any other major search engine
ABCnews.com—Bill Gates plans to leave day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft in 2008
CBS News—Michael Jordan buys stake in North Carolina NBA team
BBC News—Bush creates world's largest marine sanctuary in the Hawaiian islands
Fox News—Woman who faked cancer and spent money raised to fight her disease on vacations and jewelry is sentenced to prison


6.19.06
USA Today—North Korea appears to be on the verge of testing a missile capable of reaching the US
Fox News—Episcopaleans choose female presiding bishop, which is likely to cause further difficulties with the global Anglican community
CNN.com—Fatalities from motorcycle crashes in Flordida have increased dramatically since Jeb Bush repealed the mandatory helmet law
BBC News—Japan pushing for return of commercial whaling
C|NET—Wikipedia tightens free-for-all editorial policies
CBS News—Hillary Clinton pushes for privacy czar


6.20.06
ABCnews.com—Foreclosures expected to rise as many adjustable rate mortgages reset to current interest rates
CNN.com—Three US soldiers charged with murder in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees
New Scientist—New supernova-like object spotted by Hubble puzzles researchers
USA Today—Nestle to buy Jenny Craig for $600 million
MSNBC—Woman who hit Steelers quarterback in traffic accident is receiving threatening phone calls
Fox News—Man uses Facebook to con girls into sending him nude pictures by posing as people on their friends list


6.21.06
CBS News—14 year old sexual assault victim sues MySpace, saying it didn't do enough to protect her from online predators
USA Today—National Guard patrolling the streets of New Orleans
BBC News—New computer chip sets record by performing half a trillion calculations per second
MSNBC—Former Bush administration official convicted of obstruction of justice in Abramoff scandal
CNN.com—Dan Rather leaves CBS
Fox News—Dallas Mavericks owner fined $250,000 for his outbursts after game 5 of the finals


6.22.06
USA Today—Southwest considering an end to its cattle call seating process
MSNBC—NRA gun nuts afraid that the UN will pass a resolution to ban their weapons on July 4, despite the organization saying they are closed for a holiday that day
ABCnews.com—Adobe will bundle Google toolbar with future releases of Shockwave
CNN.com—Norway building doomsday vault for world seed stocks
Fox News—Senate nixes minimum wage increase
CBS News—Self-pollinating orchard discovered in China


6.23.06
ABCnews.com—AT&T revises its privacy policy to make it easier to share customer records with the government without notifying their customers
CNN.com—Canada raising sexual consent age to 16. Wait, they're RAISING it to 16?
USA Today—White Sox manager fined for slur directed at reporter
MSNBC—Surveillance robots patrol outside World Cup stadium in Berlin
CBS News—Atlanta library eliminates its spanish-language fiction section
Fox News—House moves to give president line-item veto power


6.26.06
USA Today—Tortoise said to have been studied by Darwin dies at the age of 176
New Scientist—Mathematicians confirm that sniping is the best way to win an eBay auction
CNN.com—Warren Buffet will start giving away 85% of his personal fortune, most of it to the Gates Foundation
MSNBC—John Rocker says that the sensitivity training order by MLB for Ozzie Guillen is a farce
ABCnews.com—GOP candidate says he wants illegal aliens held in forced labor camps
CBS News—Goat mascot of British army regiment is demoted after misbehaving during a parade. That's right, the goat has a rank.


6.27.06
BBC News—Gravity wave detector goes online in England
New Scientist—Study shows that the more sons a woman has, the more likely the next son born to her will be gay
USA Today—J.K. Rowling says that two major characters won't survive the final book in the Harry Potter series
MSNBC—Car thieves use laptops and wireless transmitters to hack into the RFID chips that provide security for many luxury cars
CNN.com—America's population will hit 300 million by this fall
CBS News—Japan wants to bury CO2 in underground storage facilities rather than releasing it into the atmosphere


6.28.06
CNN.com—Democrats say they will block pay increases for congress until the minimum wage is raised
USA Today—Surgeon general's report says that separate smoking sections in restaurants do not offer non-smokers protection from second-hand smoke, which the report calls "involuntary smoking"
New Scientist—Brain scans show that native English and Chinese speakers use different regions of the brain when performing numeric calculations
CBS News—Newly discovered species of snake can change its skin color like a chameleon
Fox News—Hamas and Fatah sign off on document that implicity recognizes Israel as a sovreign state
MSNBC—RealNetworks will add advertisements to its online games


6.29.06
BBC News—US military developing portable ultrasound device that will be used to treat internal bleeding on the battlefield
USA Today—Supreme court upholds most of Texas' controversial congressional redistricting plan
MSNBC—Syria says it had to chase Israeli warplanes out of its airspace
ABCnews.com—Palm must pay Xerox $22.5 million for patent infringement related to Palm's Grafitti handwriting recognition software
CNN.com—South Dakota indian tribe threatening to set up roadblocks to prevent members from bringing alcohol onto the reservation
CBS News—Marine whose commentary was featured in Fahrenheit 9/11 killed by roadside bomb in Iraq


6.30.06
CBS News—Berkeley to have symbolic impeachment vote of Bush and Cheney on ballot for upcoming election
USA Today—Supreme court says that Bush cannot hold military tribunals for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay
New Scientist—Japanese engineeers create device that can record a smell and play it back later
BBC News—Two teens mug a man they lured to meet them using MySpace
ABCnews.com—Team of archaeologists say they have found Noah's Ark
MSNBC—Study shows that drivers who use cell phones are as impaired as drunk drivers

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