daily links: september 2007

9.4.07
Fox News—Edwards' universal health care proposal would require regular checkups
CBS News—US taking North Korea off terror watch list after it agreed to halt its nuclear development
CNN.com—Chicago abandons plan to offer city-wide wi-fi
New Scientist—Nanomagnetic sponge could be used to clean delicate works of art
ABCnews.com—Pro cyclists have hearts that are dramatically larger than normal
MSNBC—Pedro Martinez records 3000th strikeout in first start back from shoulder surgery


9.5.07
MSNBC—China denies hacking into Pentagon computers
New Scientist—Study finds that children who watch more than two hours of television a day early in life have attention problems as teens
CNN.com—NYC taxi drivers strike over GPS requirement
Fox News—Church of Scientology faces criminal charges of fraud and extortion in Belgium
USA Today—Microsoft cuts Zune price a day ahead of iPod announcements from Apple
ABCnews.com—AT&T service allows parents more control of their children's cell phones


9.6.07
CNN.com—Apple announces major revisions to iPod lineup
BBC News—Oversight group approves the creation of human-animal embryos for research purposes
USA Today—Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown from North Dakota to Louisiana
ABCnews.com—Convitcted peeping tom sues to get his confiscated pornography back from the city
MSNBC—Ancient collision between two mega-asteroids may have spawned asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
Fox News—Officials at Nepalese airline sacrifice two goats to sky god to fix troubled aircraft


9.7.07
CBS News—Judge strikes down portions of the Patriot Act
USA Today—New virus may be responsible for mass honeybee deaths
CNN.com—Oprah may take prominent role in Obama's campaign
ABCnews.com—Pavarotti dies
Fox News—Cop arrested after his police dog dies from being left in a hot car for 12 hours
MSNBC—Starbucks opens its first store in Russia


9.10.07
MSNBC—McDonald's worker thrown in jail for serving salty burger to cop
ABCnews.com—Israeli police bust neo-nazi ring
USA Today—Implantable RFID chips may pose tumor risk
CNN.com—Jobs offers $100 rebate to iPhone customers who bought the device at its original price
Fox News—Florida politician in the midst of teen sex abuse probe kills himself
CBS News—Scientists say polar bears may be all but extinct by 2050


9.11.07
when the walls fell


9.12.07
ABCnews.com—FAA may start handling airline scheduling if the airlines themselves don't start doing a better job
Fox News—LA councilwoman proposes ban on opening new fast food restaurants in south LA for two years
CNN.com—Amateurs reviewing satellite imagery helping in the search for Fossett (the article mentions Google imagery, but Amazon is also using its Mechanical Turk service to help in the search)
MSNBC—Man nearly castrated after wearing a Texas t-shirt into an Oklahoma bar filled with local fans
USA Today—Research parrot who could count to six and identify identify colors found dead in his cage
New Scientist—Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo


9.13.07
CNN.com—Putin dissolves Russian government and installs a new prime minister
ABCnews.com—Program funded privately by NYC mayor pays poor parents to do the right things for their kids
Fox News—Russia successfully tests world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb
USA Today—Facebook deletes accounts of women who post breastfeeding pictures
New Scientist—New technique uses powerful beams of light to reveal contents of ancient manuscripts
MSNBC—Led Zeppelin will reunite for one show in London, with John Bonham's son sitting in on drums


9.14.07
USA Today—Major League Baseball working on test for HGH
CNN.com—Google partners with X Prize Foundation to offer $20 million to first private company that can land a rover on the moon capable of beaming back at least a gigabyte of images and video
CBS News—Bank of America raises ATM surcharge for non-customers from $2 to $3
MSNBC—Boston Museum of Fine Arts selling cell phone versions of famous masterpieces
BBC News—Canceled tv show tries to build an audience online using MySpace
ABCnews.com—ER kiosks can cut wait times for patients


9.17.07
ABCnews.com—Alan Greenspan says that Iraq war is largely about oil and that the GOP has sacrificed principles for power
MSNBC—OJ Simpson arrested in armed robbery case
BBC News—Global warming has opened arctic northwest passage for ships from Europe to Asia
CBS News—Killer bees found near New Orleans
Fox News—Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball sold at auction for $750,000
USA Today—30 year old Chinese man dead after three day online gaming binge


9.18.07
CNN.com—Blackwater private security contractors banned from Iraq after shootout where eight civilians died
ABCnews.com—Man thought to be dead wakes up after doctors begin to autopsy him
USA Today—New search engine plans to compete with Google by allowing people to search using natural language queries
New Scientist—Microsoft loses EU anti-trust appeal and must pay $700 million fine
MSNBC—Author Robert Jordan dies before completing the twelfth and final book in his Wheel of Time series
BBC News—France threatens war over Iran's nuclear program. Yes, that's right, France.


9.19.07
WMTW.com—Library patron checks out sex ed books and refuses to return them because she doesn't like their content
ABCnews.com—Federal prosecutor arrested in child sex sting
CNN.com—University student tasered during Q+A forum with John Kerry. Of course there's video.
USA Today—Disgruntled voter puts Belgium up for auction on eBay
CBS News—Popular Crocs shoes can be dangerous on escalators
MSNBC—Fed lowers interest rates


9.20.07
CNN.com—Dan Rather sues CBS, claiming they made him a scapegoat in the story about Bush's National Guard service
Fox News—Jesse Jackson accuses Obama of "acting white"
BBC News—EU bans fishing of bluefin tuna
USA Today—Intel will ship next-generation chips in November
ABCnews.com—NYC cabbies argue that mandatory GPS systems could reveal their trade secrets
MSNBC—Nasal flu vaccine approved for toddlers


9.21.07
ABCnews.com—Canadian dollar equal to American dollar. We now officially suck.
USA Today—Landis found guilty of doping and must forfeit Tour de France title
CNN.com—New five dollar bill will contain purple and grey inks
Fox News—Rapist undergoes castration to avoid life sentence
CBS News—Olympic torch to skip Taiwan because of dispute between that country and China
BBC News—Velociraptors may have had feathers


9.24.07
CNN.com—Iraq intends to pursue criminal charges against Blackwater employees involved in civilian deaths
Fox News—Italian doctor claims that Pope John Paul II was euthanized after he refused a feeding tube
CBS News—Bush says he will veto new bill that would expand health care coverage for poor children
BBC News—Sony delays launch of PS3-based virtual world
ABCnews.com—Networks explore making their shows available via free downloads
MSNBC—Man rips head off of tame duck in hotel lobby


9.25.07
MSNBC—Study suggests that annual doctor's visits may not be as valuable as previously thought
CNN.com—United Auto Workers strike against GM
ABCnews.com—Die Hard director John McTiernan sentenced to four months in jail for his role in wiretapping case
Fox News—Dozens of labs raided in steroid probe
USA Today—Microsoft may invest in Facebook
CBS News—Man uses crossword puzzle to propose


9.26.07
USA Today—Supreme Court to revisit constitutionality of lethal injections
CNN.com—700 year old copy of Magna Carta expected to fetch at least $20 million at auction
Fox News—San Francisco declines to allow the Marines to film a commercial on the city's streets
ABCnews.com—Germs sent to space come back deadlier than they were before
MSNBC—Amazon launches music download service
BBC News—Germany to build maglev railway


9.27.07
CBS News—NRG power company will apply for first permit to build a nuclear reactor in the US in over 30 years
USA Today—Nike releases shoe designed exclusively for Native Americans
MSNBC—Umpire suspended for confrontation with player that led to season-ending injury
CNN.com—Vick must wear an ankle bracelet and obey a curfew after failing a drug test
Fox News—Navy barracks that resemble swastika from the air to be modified
New Scientist—Normal CD or DVD drives can be made into highly accurate chemical scanners with the addition of two more light sensors


9.28.07
CBS News—US soldier says he was ordered by his sargeant to kill an unarmed Iraqi
ABCnews.com—Buyer of Bonds' record-breaking home run ball will brand it with an asterisk on it and send it to the Hall of Fame
CNN.com—Halo 3 makes $170 million in the first 24 hours after going on sale
Fox News—DC judge issues bench warrant for Cindy Sheehan after she fails to appear for a court date
USA Today—Disney to drop its branded cell phone service
MSNBC—Study finds that all kinds of alcohol increase breast cancer risk in women

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