12.1.06
CNN.com—GOP wants to introduce bill that will legally define when fetuses start feeling pain
ABCnews.com—Court rules that US paper currency is discrimanatory towards the blind because they can't tell the difference between denominations
New Scientist—Carbon bubbles from meteorites may have helped foster life on Earth
MSNBC—Killer whale attacks SeaWorld trainer during performance
CBS News—Republican congressman calls Miami a third world country
Fox News—Some public schools offering cars to students with good attendance records

12.4.06
USA Today—Grade creep making it harder for college applicants to stand out from their peers
CNN.com—14 year old boy shot to death after throwing eggs at SUV
MSNBC—New technique could diagnose breast cancer without biopsy
ABCnews.com—Rumsfeld's final memo to Bush before resigning suggesting changing the Iraq strategy
CBS News—War widow wins the right to place wiccan symbol on her husband's grave in a military cemetery
Fox News—Pfizer abandons trials of cholesterol drug after 82 patients die while taking the medication

12.5.06
USA Today—NASA plans lunar base by 2024
ABCnews.com—Hugo Chavez reelected
CNN.com—John Bolton resigns, and Bush is pretty much the only person not happy about it
MSNBC—Best Buy reshaping the workplace
Fox News—Cops kill student accused of stealing PS3s from a fellow student
CBS News—Brazil places protections on large area of Amazon rainforest

12.6.06
ABCnews.com—FBI has the ability to activate any cell phone remotely and use it as a listening device, even when it is turned off
Wired News—Army may begin use of new non-lethal weapon in Iraq
USA Today—Iran blocks access to YouTube
MSNBC—Best Buy reshaping the workplace
New Scientist—New basketball jerseys use electroluminescent displays to show game information
Fox News—Man shot to death by his wife after giving her a warm beer

12.7.06
CNN.com—Mom has 12 year old son arrested for opening his Christmas present early
USA Today—Archaeologists may have located crypt of St. Paul
New Scientist—New images from Mars suggest that water still flows on the planet
CBS News—Cookie scented ads at San Francisco bus stops removed after complaints
MSNBC—Over the counter morning after pill available in pharmacies across the nation
ABCnews.com—GOP conservative base upset that Cheney's lesbian daughter is pregnant

12.8.06
Wired News—Joss Whedon's Firefly universe to be given another chance as an MMO
USA Today—Weather delays shuttle launch
CBS News—Tornado hits London
CNN.com—College computer instructor accused of changing grades in exchange for cash and alcohol
MSNBC—Cops accused of skipping in line to buy PS3s on launch day
ABCnews.com—Seminole tribe buys Hard Rock Cafe chain

12.11.06
CNN.com—Rare Velvet Underground record bought at flea market sells for $150,000 on eBay
CBS News—Soldiers in Iraq use Silly String to detect bomb tripwires
MSNBC—Rumsfeld may face civil suits from detainees
ABCnews.com—Man who killed three in Chicago law firm felt cheated over patent
USA Today—Former dictator Pinochet dies
BBC News—Greece bans all cell phones in schools

12.12.06
USA Today—Getty Museum will return two Greek artifacts to their native land
MSNBC—Seattle airport removes Christmas tree displays rather than add a menorah as requested by a rabbi
CBS News—Taliban mini-state gaining foothold in border region of Pakistan
Wired News—Is planned obsolescence an urban myth or a real phenomenon?
ABCnews.com—Mom claims that talking Little Mermaid doll called her daughter a slut
CNN.com—Kofi Annan slams US in final speech as UN secretary general

12.13.06
CNN.com—Bush says he has new plan for Iraq, but will wait until after the new year to unveil it
BBC News—UK official suggests using "carbon credit cards" to track how much each person contributes to carbon emissions
MSNBC—Airbus A380 declared safe to carry commercial passengers
Fox News—Pit bull puppy chewed off infant's toes while parents slept
CBS News—Hackers gain access to 800,000 personal records at UCLA
C|NET—Virginia wants to require sex offenders to register all of their email addresses and IM aliases

12.14.06
Fox News—Authorities detain man who wanted to get his hazmat license quickly and only wanted to know how to drive forward
CNN.com—Kevorkian to be paroled after he says he will not participate in any more assisted suicides
CBS News—Girls Gone Wild founder ordered to pay fine and do community service for filming girls under 18
ABCnews.com—Evel Knievel sues Kanye West
USA Today—Critics say Left Behind video game encourages violence against non-Christians
MSNBC—MySpace beats Yahoo in page views for the first time in November

12.15.06
CNN.com—Rare Velvet Underground record to be re-auctioned after first winning bidder admits he doesn't have the money to purchase the album
USA Today—Democratic senator in critical condition after suffering stroke-like symptoms from bleeding in brain; his seat could swing the balance of power in the senate back to Republicans
MSNBC—Indian tribe planning glass-bottomed deck that would extend out over the Grand Canyon
BBC News—Analysts say that blogging will reach its peak next year
ABCnews.com—Harvard's new curriculum drops religion course requirement for undergrads
CBS News—World's tallest man uses long arms to save two dolphins

12.18.06
CBS News—Time names "You" Person of the Year. Lame.
CNN.com—California and Florida both put a moratorium on executions after lethal injection executions did not go according to plan
USA Today—Publisher Judith Regan fired in the wake of the OJ book scandal
ABCnews.com—Edwards planning presidential run in 2008
MSNBC—Nintendo will use stronger straps for Wii controllers after several reports of the straps breaking during gameplay
Fox News—Commercial spaceport in Virginia has first successful launch

12.19.06
USA Today—Some prominent parishes splitting from the Episcopal church over the acceptance of gays and women being allowed to hold high church offices
MSNBC—NASA will share data and imagery with Google
CNN.com—Bush signs deal allowing India to receive American nuclear technology, even though India will not submit to independent inspections and refuses to sign a non-proliferation treaty
BBC News—Linksys launches device name iPhone despite speculationi that Apple was going to release a device with that name
CBS News—First cloned cat has kittens
ABCnews.com—New report claims that marijuana is America's biggest cash crop

12.20.06
ABCnews.com—Bush wants to increase the number of troops in the military
MSNBC—Cheney will be called to testify in Libby's trial
CNN.com—Pentagon says we have more problems with the militias in Iraq than we do with terrorists
New Scientist—New method of processing sugar could help reduce cases of diabetes
Fox News—Judge tosses ten year prison term for woman who rented out her 9 year old daughter to a pedophile, saying the sentence was too lenient
USA Today—Michelle Wie will attend Stanford next fall