daily links: july 2007

7.2.07
CBS News—Obama leading fundraising among Democrats
USA Today—Stray peacock attached by man who claimed it was a vampire
BBC News—Genetic research shows that modern cats originated in the middle east
ABCnews.com—Alaska town bans feeding bald eagles as the population of the species explodes
MSNBC—Movie critic Joel Siegel dies
Fox News—New Tennessee law requires ID for all beer purchases


7.3.07
CNN.com—7-Elevens to temporarily turn into Kwik-E-Marts as tie-in to Simpsons movie, and will also sell items from the Simpsons fictional world like Buzz Cola and Squishees
USA Today—Bush commutes Libby's prison sentence after judge ruled that he would have to go to prison while awaiting his appeal
ABCnews.com—Analysts estimate that the iPhone sold at least 500,000 units during its launch weekend
CBS News—Wisconsin passes law banning imposter bands from performing in the state
Fox News—Woman who has to use her feet as hands sues McDonald's after they refused her service because she didn't have arms
MSNBC—Study finds that 30% of Americans have abused alcohol


7.5.07
Fox News—Former PR officer at Roswell military base says that aliens really did crash there in 1947
MSNBC—American sets new hot dog eating record and takes Nathan's title back from Kobayashi
Sports Illustrated—Russia wins 2014 winter Olympic games
ABCnews.com—Al Gore's son arrested on drug charges
USA Today—Piranha caught in NC river
CBS News—Survivor of hate crime attack commits suicide by jumping from cruise ship


7.6.07
CBS News—New movie piracy law could send man caught taping Transformers to jail for six months with a $5000 fine
CNN.com—Microsoft extends Xbox warranties after rash of unexpected failures; move will cost the company $1 billion
ABCnews.com—Secret Chinese nuclear sub shows up on Google Earth satellite imagery
MSNBC—Coke will either buy Snapple or develop its own line of tea products
USA Today—Detroit city employee sues over her coworkers perfume
Fox News—Dinner guest finds bodies of the wife and stepson of the host in freezer


7.9.07
MSNBC—Bush tells former staffer to ignore subpoena from Congress
USA Today—Venus Williams wins her fourth Wimbledon title
ABCnews.com—eBay launches online classifieds site to compete with Craigslist
CNN.com—New seven wonders of the modern world as chosen by online voters are revealed
Fox News—Man disguised as tree robs bank
BBC News—Web site sells vulnerabilities in popular pieces of software to the highest bidder


7.10.07
USA Today—Alberto Gonzales received several reports of FBI agents abusing their Patriot Act powers months before he testified to Congress that no such abuses had occurred
Fox News—Female juror in London arrested after it was discovered that she was listening to an MP3 player during testimony in a murder trial
CNN.com—Senator admits that he was customer of DC madam the same day a judge authorizes her to release her records to the public
ABCnews.com—Sprint releases 1000 customers who were found to be habitual complainers who clogged customer service lines
BBC News—Ford developing plug-in hybrid cars
MSNBC—Apple planning cheaper version of iPhone based on the iPod nano for the fourth quarter


7.11.07
ABCnews.com—Bush's first surgeon general says he was muzzled by the administration, which ignored anything that didn't fit into their agenda
CNN.com—Pope issues statement declaring that Christian denominations outside the Roman Catholic church are not complete churches of Christ
USA Today—Southwest to accept PayPal for ticket purchases online
Fox News—Senate threatens to block Cheney's funding unless he complies with national security disclosure rules
MSNBC—China executes government official who approved fake drugs in exchange for money
BBC News—Springfield, VT, will host Simpsons movie premiere


7.12.07
USA Today—New York City plans to emulate London's network of surveillance cameras
CNN.com—Nintendo warns that Wii consoles will remain scarce through this year's holiday season
ABCnews.com—Lady Bird Johnson passes away
Fox News—Bush orders Harriet Miers to defy Congressional subpoena
MSNBC—Duke lacrosse player cleared in rape scandal will attend Loyola in Maryland next year
BBC News—Water found on planet outside our solar system


7.13.07
CNN.com—Fellow passengers suing man who boarded flight knowing he had a deadly strain of TB
ABCnews.com—House approves plan to withdraw troops from Iraq by next spring
MSNBC—A small number of gun shops account for a large percentage of firearms used in crimes
Fox News—19 year old mother charged with using Craigslist to recruit hookers for a teen sex ring
USA Today—Early surveys show that iPhone owners are very satisfied with the device
CBS News—Harriet Miers ignores Congressional subpoena


7.16.07
MSNBC—LA archdiocese to settle abuse suits for $660 million
Fox News—Video-game-addicted parents plead guilty to child neglect after letting their children starve so they could spend more time playing games
CNN.com—Woman shot dead while performing on stage; authorities suspect estranged husband who had military sniper training
USA Today—Great Canary Telescope begins operation
ABCnews.com—Ford to sell off Volvo
New Scientist—Brazil planning to build two hydroelectric dams on the Amazon river


7.17.07
CNN.com—University president fired after alleged cover-up of rape and murder on campus
USA Today—Six year old boy mugged outside convenience store
ABCnews.com—Intel joins $100 laptop project
MSNBC—IHOP buying Applebee's for nearly $2 billion
CBS News—Britain expels four Russian diplomats
Fox News—Boy accidentally hangs himself while jumping rope indoors


7.18.07
Galaxy Zoo—Help astronomers identify galaxies in images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
MSNBC—News Corp reaches tentative agreement to buy Dow Jones
USA Today—Dolphins release Daunte Culpepper
CNN.com—Prince giving away new CD with copies of newspaper in Britain
ABCnews.com—FBI says smuggling ring is bringing Iraqis into the US from Mexico
Fox News—Fort Bragg soldier accused of knowingly spreading HIV to teenage boy


7.19.07
CNN.com—Michael Vick indicted on charges that he participated in an illegal dog fighting ring
USA Today—Leader of Xbox project leaves Microsoft for EA Sports
CBS News—Environmental activists vandalized new Hummer in upscale liberal DC neighborhood
Fox News—Woman attacked for cutting in line at Disney World
MSNBC—New glue inspired by geckos and mussels
ABCnews.com—Alleged sexual assault by a college football player captured on cell phone video


7.20.07
CBS News—Dow closes above 14,000 for first time in history
CNN.com—Judge tosses out Plame's suit against Cheney for leaking her identity to the press
ABCnews.com—Nuclear lab worker accused of trying to sell secrets
Fox News—Teen finds $90,000 in PS2 he bought on eBay
USA Today—New tatoo ink will make later removal of unwanted tatoos easier
MSNBC—Nike suspends release of shoe line named after Vick


7.23.07
MSNBC—NBA referee accused of betting on games he officiated
ABCnews.com—Ask.com promises not to store data on user queries
Fox News—Police taser Marlins pitcher during scuffle
USA Today—Netflix lowering prices in the face of competition from Blockbuster
CNN.com—Power outage strands tourists in Gateway Arch
CBS News—Admissions application mistaken for potential bomb


7.24.07
CNN.com—Man ordered to continue paying alimony to ex-wife even though she's in a registered domestic partnership with another woman and uses that woman's last name
USA Today—Minor league coached killed by line drive to the head
CBS News—Man arrested for selling "Impeach Him" (Bush) buttons at farmer's market on public property
MSNBC—New pricing plan from proposed merger of Sirius and XM would allow users to create custom channel lists
ABCnews.com—Final Harry Potter books sells 5000 copies per minute in its first 24 hours of sales in the US
Fox News—Judge dismisses child rape charges against Liberian man because an interpreter who spoke his dialect could not be located quickly enough


7.25.07
ABCnews.com—Senate considering special prosecutor to investigate abuses by Alberto Gonzales
Fox News—Florida man finds dead girl in his son's closet
CBS News—Minimum wage raise goes into effect
CNN.com—Porsche building SUV hybrid
BBC News—MySpace removes pages of 29,000 sex offenders from its site
MSNBC—A few hundred copies of the new Harry Potter book made their way to store shelves missing 33 pages


7.26.07
MSNBC—J.K. Rowling reveals further details about what happens to the principle characters from the Harry Potter series after the final book
USA Today—Report reveals that astronauts were allowed on launches at least twice while intoxicated
CNN.com—Rove may be subpoenaed
ABCnews.com—Men who dug up corpse to have sex with it cannot be charged with sexual assault
BBC News—New porous form can help clean up heavy metals
Fox News—Tennessee jail bans visitors from wearing sexy undergarments


7.27.07
New Scientist—Computer bound for ISS may have been sabotaged
MSNBC—Whoopi Goldberg to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View
USA Today—More questions arise about the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death
CNN.com—Aquafina labels to acknowledge that tap water is the source of the bottled water
ABCnews.com—Researcher says he has found hidden images in da Vinci's Last Supper painting
Fox News—Leonard Nimoy to return as Spock in next Star Trek movie


7.30.07
USA Today—Tobacco-based vaccine may help fight cervical cancer
BBC News—Researchers exhume bodies of two literary figures from Medici court
CNN.com—Fisherman accused of stabbing sea lion after the animal stole his bait
ABCnews.com—Russia moving to claim North Pole seabed for its energy resources
MSNBC—Simpsons movie brings in over $70 million its opening weekend
Fox News—Ohio school worker accused of trying to buy children for sexual torture


7.31.07
CNN.com—More spoilers on the characters' lives post-Deathly Hallows
USA Today—Wikipedia founder planning for-profit transparent search engine to compete with Google
ABCnews.com—Pedophile creates web site where he rates little girls
CBS News—Tacoma tries to ward off gangs and drugs at public bus stops by blaring classical music
MSNBC—Braves trade for Teixeira
Fox News—Missing minister's wife turns up working as a waitress under an assumed name in another state

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