daily links: november 2006

11.1.06
MSNBC—NASA approves Hubble service mission that should extend the life of the telescope until at least 2013
New Scientist—New stem cell procedure offers hope for people with type 1 diabetes
USA Today—NBA starts official use of synthetic basketball, but players complain it is too different from traditional leather ball
ABCnews.com—High school student finds dirty needle and jabs eight of his classmates with it, hoping to infect them with hepatitis
CNN.com—Bob Barker leaving The Price Is Right
Fox News—Political activist dressed as bin Laden arrested


11.2.06
CBS News—Suspected terrorist Jose Padilla claims he was tortured while being detained by our government
CNN.com—Donald Trump cited by town officials for erecting 80 foot flagpole to fly the American flag on his Florida estate
USA Today—Mets reliever suspended for 50 games for violating MLB's drug policy
ABCnews.com—Bush says Rumsfeld and Cheney will remain on his staff until the end of his presidency
MSNBC—Apple launches iTunes store aimed specifically at the latino market
Fox News—School bus driver fired for flipping off Bush as his motorcade passed the driver's stopped bus


11.3.06
ABCnews.com—Major concerns persist about the reliability of electronic voting systems being used next Tuesday
New Scientist—Global seafood stocks could be depleted by 2050
CBS News—Jail put on lockdown after ex-con spotted trick-or-treating in his old prison garb
CNN.com—Tom Cruise to head newly reformed United Arists movie studio
Fox News—Man sentenced to 20 years for trying to dig up 12 year old girl's grave so he could have sex with her corpse
MSNBC—Sheriff and 12 of his officers held on charges that resold confiscated guns and drugs for personal profit


11.6.06
CNN.com—Saddam sentenced to death by hanging
MSNBC—Newspapers widely read by members of military call for Rumsfeld to get the axe
CBS News—War games in 1999 predicted that we would need 400,000 troops to maintain stability in Iraq, far more than the 140,000 used by the Bush administration
USA Today—Motorola says cell phones costing less than $15 will be available in developing countries by 2008
ABCnews.com—Army recruiters told potential enlistees that the war in Iraq was over in an effort to get them to sign up
BBC News—Microsoft will release the coporate version on Windows Vista on November 30


11.7.06
ABCnews.com—Democrats accuse Republicans of launching harrassing robocalls that seem as if they are coming from Democratic candidates
CBS News—Florida GOP candidate changes schedule to avoid being seen at campaign rally with Bush
USA Today—Google to start selling ads in newspapers as a companion to its web advertising programs
CNN.com—Clinics want probe into how Bill O'Reilly gained access to private medical records
Wired News—Copyright agency rules that ringtones based on existing songs do not need to be separately licensed from the songwriters
Fox News—Ortega returns to Nicaraguan presidency 16 years after being ousted in rebellion


11.8.06
Fox News—FBI looks into cases of election misconduct
MSNBC—Pennsylvania voter snaps and destroys electronic voting machine
CBS News—Kentucky poll worker charged with assault after attacking voter at polling station
USA Today—Adobe to share Flash code with Mozilla for integration into Firefox browser
ABCnews.com—Two cops suing Burger King after being served hamburgers sprinkled with marijuana
CNN.com—And in important news...Britney unexpectedly files for divorce from Kevin Federline


11.9.06
CNN.com—Rumsfeld replaced as secretary of defense
Fox News—Cindy Sheehan arrested during protest at White House
USA Today—Microsoft says Windows Vista is now finished and will be released to consumers on January 30
ABCnews.com—AP calls Virginia race for Webb, giving Democrats control of the Senate
MSNBC—Hastert won't run for minority leadership role for Republicans in the House
CBS News—Voter turnout only about 40% for midterm elections


11.10.06
Fox News—The current Senate will not confirm Bolton as UN ambassador before adjourning, effectively killing his chances of ever being confirmed
BBC News—New study shows that web surfers are likely to give up on a web site if if takes longer than four seconds to load
CBS News—Missouri sheriff paints jail pink to calm inmates
C|NET—Man behind Doom and Quake now working in the world of commercial rocketry
CNN.com—Ed Bradley passes away from leukemia
ABCnews.com—Christian landscaper refuses to work for gay clients


11.13.06
CBS News—After Democrats take both House and Senate in mid-term elections, Bush's approval rating hits all-time low
USA Today—New A's stadium will cater to the hi-tech crowd
ABCnews.com—College donor withdraws $20 million gift after he says he was insulted by the university president during a cell phone call
Fox News—Rare stamp may have been used to mail an absentee ballot in Florida, but the sealed ballot box cannot be legally opened for another two years
CNN.com—Woman lives after being shot six times in the head
MSNBC—Britney dumps Federline via text message. As an added bonus, this was caught on film.


11.14.06
USA Today—New Zealand to allow texting abbreviations in national school exams
ABCnews.com—Two military widows sue to have wiccan symbols added to their husbands' headstones
CBS News—Pelosi advocates for Murtha for majority leader
CNN.com—Ground broken for new MLK memorial on the National Mall
MSNBC—Google chief predicts free cell phones for users willing to accept targeted advertisements
Fox News—Citizens group in Georgia wants ban on marijuana flavored candy


11.15.06
ABCnews.com—Iran claims that their nuclear program is nearly complete
MSNBC—Woman suing airline after being kicked off plane for breast feeding her baby
New Scientist—A series of orbiting mirrors could create an Earth-like haven on Mars
USA Today—Microsoft's sercurity warnings briefly told users who logged into Gmail that the site was infecting their computers with a virus
CNN.com—Some educators are using the online world of Second Life to hold classes
CBS News—Despite promises from Sony that it would be completely backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2, the PS3 is unable to play many titles made for those consoles


11.16.06
CBS News—Fake news show The Daily Show scoops real news outfits by being the first to report Rumsfeld's ouster
USA Today—The average annual salary for Division 1-A football coaches is approaching $1 million
BBC News—China has stopped blocking Wikipedia
MSNBC—Doctor ordered to pay child support to patient whose contraceptive implant failed to prevent her pregnancy
CNN.com—eBay places restrictions on auctions of PS3 consoles
ABCnews.com—Clear Channel to be sold for $19 billion


11.17.06
MSNBC—Raising the minimum wage will be the first priority of the new Democratically controlled Congress next year
CNN.com—UCLA student tasered by police officer after refusing to show his student ID
USA Today—Pelosi unanimously chosen as new speaker, but Democrats choose Hoyer over Pelosi-backed Murtha for majority leader
Fox News—Pentagon no longer considers homosexuality a mental illness
ABCnews.com—Apple makes deal with six major airlines to make it possible for iPod owners to use their machines to watch in-flight entertainment
BBC News—Microsoft to hold public beta test for Halo 3


11.20.06
USA Today—Many states and towns are passing ordinances making English the official language
CBS News—Kissinger says military victory in Iraq is impossible
MSNBC—FDA lifts ban on silicone breast implants
Fox News—Pentagon no longer considers homosexuality a mental illness
C|NET—Adobe still considering lawsuit against Microsoft over anti-competitive concerns with Windows Vista
BBC News—Team of scientists proposed five guidelines to evaluate the safety of new nanotechnologies


11.21.06
ABCnews.com—House Democrat thinks reinstating draft would prevent future presidents from going to war unless it was absolutely necessary
USA Today—OJ's confessional book and television special canceled
MSNBC—Johns Hopkins orchestrates massive quintuple organ swap among ten patients
Fox News—Judge rules that NSA does not have to reveal details of secret wiretapping program, even if revealing those details would help prove that the program is illegal
CNN.com—Pahrump, NV, passes ordinance making it illegal to fly a foreign flag
CBS News—Kramer from Seinfeld apologizes for racial slurs made during rant at comedy club


11.30.06
CBS News—US settles false terror arrest lawsuit for $2 million
Fox News—Newly elected senator Webb has terse exchange with Bush at a reception for new members of Congress
USA Today—Bush administration bans sale of iPods and plasma screens to North Korea, mostly to aggravate leader Kim Jong Il
BBC News—Nintendo happy with first week sales of Wii
CNN.com—Former Apprentice judge hired by Microsoft after being fired by Trump
MSNBC—GM working on plug in electric version of Saturn VUE

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