daily links: september 2006

9.1.06
BBC News—Lockheed given contract to build space shuttle replacement
New Scientists—Dissenting astronomers already plotting to restore Pluto's official status as a planet
CNN.com—Child bride told she'd go to hell if she didn't have sex with her church-assigned husband
MSNBC—NFL bans Gary Glitter songs from stadiums after his molestation conviction in Vietnam
Fox News—McDonald's to redesign McFlurry lids to help save English hedgehogs
USA Today—This year's edition of Madden makes $100 million in its first week of sales


9.4.06
CBS News—Iran to host conference questioning whether the Holocaust occured
ABCnews.com—Man who lived to 112 ate mainly sausages and waffles
MSNBC—Anti-war activists hijack phones belonging to Lockheed employees
CNN.com—NFL player shot at home by off-duty police officer who was outside his jurisdiction
C|NET—Office Depot offering PC/printer combo for $99, plus another $99 for shipping
New Scientist—Hubble catches rare image of solar eclipse on Uranus


9.5.06
MSNBC—Republicans try to distance themselves from Bush for the upcoming election season
CNN.com—Dog granted restraining order against man who beat her
USA Today—Downturn in golf's popularity means many course are being developed into commercial or residential properties
New Scientist—Men who father children past age 40 are six times more likely to produce autistic child
CBS News—Universities criticized for housing policies that evict students from dorms after suicide attempt
BBC News—Airbus A380 superjumbo jet completes first test flight with passengers on board


9.6.06
ABCnews.com—Democrats to push for vote of no confidence in Rumsfeld
CBS News—Major new oil field discovered in Gulf of Mexico
BBC News—Tony Blair may step down as prime minister within the next year
USA Today—Cook kills and dismembers four people at a bed and breakfast in Maine
CNN.com—Japan's princess gives birth to son
Fox News—Katherine Harris wins republican senate nomination in Florida despite troubled campaign


9.7.06
MSNBC—Fox News reporter attacked on camera
USA Today—Panda cub born in Atlanta zoo
CNN.com—Bush admits that the CIA runs a network of secret foreign prisons to hold terror suspects
New Scientist—High powered sound waves may be able to clean up certain soil toxins
ABCnews.com—Marlins rookie pitcher pitches MLB's first no hitter in two years
BBC News—European launch of PS3 to be delayed until next March


9.8.06
CNN.com—Bill Clinton wants ABC to modify or not air a miniseries about the 9.11 attacks that he says contains grossly inaccurate information about his administration's response to terrorism
MSNBC—Pentagon lawyers say that Bush's plans to prosecute terror suspects without giving them the ability to review the evidence against them could violate international treaties
Fox News—16 year old girl directed the sexual assault of an 11 year old girl by over a dozen boys
BBC News—Google to offer 200 years of archived news stories from papers like the New York Times and the Guardian
USA Today—Paris Hilton arrested for DUI
ABCnews.com—Wal-Mart will start customizing stores for specific demographic groups and markets


9.11.06
when the walls fell


9.12.06
ABCnews.com—Chicago mayor vetoes living wage bill that had been passed by the city council
MSNBC—Russia will join China on moon missions
C|NET—Yahoo to offer free conference calls through its messenger system
CBS News—Diddy must use a different name professionally in Britain as a result of a lawsuit filed by a producer who uses that name
CNN.com—Real world data for Second Life users compromised
USA Today—Anna Nicole Smith's 20 year old son dies suddenly during visit to see his mother and new baby sister in the Bahamas


9.13.06
ABCnews.com—Harvard will not offer early admission next year
USA Today—Apple announces that it will sell movies through the iTunes store; also launches revamped iPods
MSNBC—Barbara Walters says her dog spoke to her
New Scientist—Reduction in air travel immediately after 9.11 may have helped slow the spread of the flu that year
CNN.com—Girls Gone Wild producers fined $2.1 million
CBS News—Advisory panel concludes that there is no such thing as Gulf War Syndrome


9.14.06
CBS News—Senate bill would dramatically expand wiretapping powers of government
MSNBC—Kansas town to institute random drug testing for all high school and middle schools students who attend any school activity, including dances, field trips, any clubs
CNN.com—Whitney Houston to divorce Bobby Brown
USA Today—Maya Angelou will host weekly radio show on XM
MSNBC—Princeton professor hacks e-voting machines
ABCnews.com—BMW to sell hydrogen powered luxury car


9.15.06
CBS News—Mother of missing child commits suicide after being grilled on the air by CNN's legal harpy Nancy Grace
USA Today—FCC wants to destroy all copies of a study that concluded that media conglomeration has a negative effect on local news coverage
New Scientist—Slab of rock with 3000 year old writing discovered in Mexico
ABCnews.com—Dog the Bounty Hunter arrested by US Marshals for extradition to Mexico
CNN.com—Ann Richards succumbs to cancer
BBC News—Microsoft reveals details about its iPod challenger, the Zune, and announces that it will be out in time for Christmas


9.18.06
Fox News—Woman has throat slashed and baby stolen by stranger
ABCnews.com—New Mexico city ordered to pay ransom or face shooting spree
CBS News—Renewable energy research faces funding cuts in next year's budget
Wired News—Going against industry practice, Nintendo's new Wii system will be bundled with a game
CNN.com—Animal activists angry about spray-painted elephant that appeared in an art exhibit
BBC News—Atlantis headed back to Earth after 11 day mission to ISS


9.19.06
CNN.com—When their owners aren't playing games on them, PS3's could be used as part of distributed computing efforts
MSNBC—Some big cities using fish in water supply as an early warning system to detect terrorist attempts to poison municipal drinking water supplies
USA Today—Armed man charges into capitol building
ABCnews.com—Wal-Mart's web site accidentally leaks price for Microsoft's iPod challenger, the Zune
BBC News—Virgin Atlantic will make travelers on international flights remove the batteries from Apple and Dell laptops that were recently recalled
CBS News—Willie Nelson busted for pot possession


9.20.06
MSNBC—Georgia law that would require photo ID to vote is struck down by the courts
CNN.com—Thai military attempts coup
USA Today—Mets clinch NL East, ending the Braves record run of divisional titles
BBC News—Microsoft to launch YouTube competitor. Has there ever been ANYTHING this company hasn't been late to the party on?
ABCnews.com—Princeton will follow Harvard's lead and drop early admissions next year
CBS News—Attorney general wants ISPs to keep permanent records of all their customers' web activities


9.21.06
CNN.com—Venezuela's Chavez calls Bush the devil in a speech at the UN
USA Today—Britain's Royal Society accuses Exxon on funding groups who mislead the public about climate change
ABCnews.com—California suing six automakers over greenhouse gases
Fox News—Owners of nursing home in which 35 people died during Katrina indicted for negligent homicide
CBS News—Man sent to jail after filing fake obituary
BBC News—Modified version of Firefox lets users browse the web anonymously


9.22.06
CBS News—Boeing awarded contract to build virtual fence on the Arizona border with Mexico
USA Today—Richard Branson pledges $3 billion to combat global warming
CNN.com—CDC thinks AIDS testing should be routine for all Americans
Fox News—Wal-Mart to offer sharply discounted generic prescriptions at its pharmacies
ABCnews.com—Pakistan's president says that US threatened to bomb his country after 9.11
MSNBC—Fox testing new ad strategy to thwart DVR users who normally skip past commercials


9.25.06
BBC News—Microsoft planning to offer free online versions of Word and Excel
CBS News—Pizza delivery drivers form union
USA Today—High school principal is suing two students who set up a MySpace page in her name and published false information about her
CNN.com—Britain relaxing rules on carry-on baggage
ABCnews.com—Yale to provide free online video of lectures
MSNBC—The commerce department has lost track of over 1000 laptops in the last five years


9.26.06
CBS News—Hitler watercolors to be sold at auction
USA Today—Retired military officers blast Rumsfeld's handling of Iraq
BBC News—Book by Noam Chomsky enters bestseller lists after being praised by Chavez during UN speech last week
CNN.com—Dolphin may get prosthetic tail
MSNBC—George Allen denies ever using the N-word, despite claims of former college football teammates
ABCnews.com—GM and Nissan considering an alliance


9.27.06
ABCnews.com—Bush administration blocks report that links global warming to increased strength and frequency of hurricanes
Fox News—Colorado court asked to overturn ban on polygamy by trio who want to practice it
USA Today—Yahoo saving money by completely shutting down during final week of year and requiring employees to either use vacation days or take leave without pay
CNN.com—Astronomers may have discovered the remains of a supernova recorded in 185 CE
CBS News—Bush signs bill that will create online database allowing taxpayers to track government spending
MSNBC—Nearly half of the country thinks that Bush is manipulating the gas prices to help his party in the upcoming elections


9.28.06
ABCnews.com—NYC considering a ban of all trans fats from restaurant food
USA Today—7-Eleven will no longer carry Citgo, a Venezuelan owned gasoline brand, because of remarks made by the country's president last week at the UN
Sports Illustrated—Terrell Owens reportedly tries to commit suicide, but he says it was just an adverse reaction to pain medication
CBS News—Fear of retaliation from muslims forces German opera to halt its three year run
MSNBC—Barry Bonds says he will play at least one more season
Fox News—GOP will hold its 2008 convention in Minneapolis

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