daily links: december 2007

12.3.07
Fox News—Man who donated sperm to help gay colleague conceive ordered to pay child support
USA Today—More gay men come forward saying they've had sex with Senator Larry Craig
CNN.com—Venezuelans vote on reforms that could grant broad powers to Chavez
MSNBC—Vivendi to acquire controlling interest in Activision
ABCnews.com—US film crew say they have found yeti footprints on Everest
CBS News—New US spy satellite system to be ready by 2011


12.4.07
ABCnews.com—New intelligence report says that Iran stopped its nuclear program in 2003
CNN.com—Chimps better than college students at some memory tasks
MSNBC—AT&T will get out of the pay phone business by the end of next year
CBS News—Australia approves Kyoto accords
USA Today—Don Imus returns with new radio show
Fox News—Cops mistake new candy for packets of drugs


12.5.07
CNN.com—New program would turn NY firefighters into surveillance agents for Homeland Security
USA Today—Average salary for college football coaches climbs above $1 million
ABCnews.com—Two bank robbers say they stole to cover college tuition costs
MSNBC—Former NFL player prepares for his initial spaceflight in his new career as an astronaut
BBC News—20% of French iPhone buyers have chosen to buy an unlocked version
Fox News—Police officer fired after filing a lawsuit against the family of a boy she tried to rescue


12.6.07
MSNBC—Some airports offering flu shots to travelers
ABCnews.com—OPEC says it will not increase oil production
BBC News—Anti-piracy tool that severely reduces functionality in Vista is dropped by Microsoft
CBS News—USPS to issue Sinatra stamp next year
USA Today—Nokia offering twelve months of free music on new phone purchases
Fox News—Swiss study finds that teens who smoke pot can still get good grades and have strong social connections


12.7.07
ABCnews.com—Senate passes one year fix for Alternative Minimum Tax issue
CNN.com—CIA says it destroyed tapes of interrogations of terror suspects
USA Today—Deal with mortgage industry could help some homeowners facing sharp increases in their house payments freeze their current rate for another five years
MSNBC—Jay Gibbons suspended for 15 days for violating MLB's drug policy
BBC News—Shuttle launch delayed
Fox News—Grocery store mistakenly advertises ham for Hanukkah


12.10.07
BBC News—Nintendo may stop advertising the Wii because it cannot meet consumer demand during the holidays
ABCnews.com—Icelandic teen gains access to private White House phone number
USA Today—Sensor failure grounds shuttle until at least January
MSNBC—NYC considering ban on horse carriages
Fox News—Voyager 2 discovers that solar system is assymetrical
CBS News—Germany may ban Scientology


12.11.07
CBS News—Supreme Court eases federal sentencing guidelines for drug crimes involving crack to create parity between sentences for crack and powder cocaine
CNN.com—Vick sentenced to 23 months for dogfighting crimes
USA Today—Harvard increases financial aid for middle class students and replaces all loans with grants
ABCnews.com—Halliburton employee who was gang-raped by her coworkers in Iraq was told she would lose her job if she sought medical treatment
Fox News—Scientists make fruit flies gay and then straight again through genetic and chemical manipulation
MSNBC—Man falls to his death at 49ers football game


12.12.07
CBS News—w00t! Merriam-Webster names "w00t" word of the year
USA Today—Marion Jones stripped of Olympic medals
MSNBC—Tribune Co. expects to sell the Cubs in the first half of 2008
ABCnews.com—Some scientists think the Arctic has reached a tipping point and could be ice-free withing five years
CNN.com—New author will finish Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
Fox News—Alex Trebec suffers heart attack


12.13.07
CNN.com—Rove and Bolten facing contempt citations for failing to comply with Congressional subpoenas
ABCnews.com—Cloned cats glow in the dark
USA Today—Madonna and John Mellencamp named to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
MSNBC—Lufthansa invests $300 million in JetBlue
CBS News—Russia reaches agreement with Iran to finish building Iranian nuclear plant
Fox News—Feds raid offices of Al Sharpton


12.14.07
Sports Illustrated—Mitchell Report names several prominent baseball stars as users of illegal performance enhancers
USA Today—Record number of suicides among soldiers this year
ABCnews.com—Study suggests that many breast cancer patients may be able to eliminate or reduce the severity of chemo during their treatment
Fox News—Woman who endured nine years of unneeded HIV treatments awarded $2.5 million in lawsuit
MSNBC—Alex Rodriguez signs ten year, $275 million dollar contract with Yankees, the biggest in baseballl history
CBS News—House passes ban on waterboarding


12.17.07
CNN.com—Lieberman endorses John McCain
ABCnews.com—New GameStop rain check program guarantees buyers a Wii by the end of January
USA Today—Dolphins finally earn first win of the season
MSNBC—New Jersey bans the death penalty
Fox News—Terror suspect claims he was hunting the Loch Ness monster while on a trip to Scotland that authorities say was a training mission
CBS News—Putin to accept prime minister post under his protege after stepping down as president


12.18.07
MSNBC—Congressman wants to extend shuttle program beyond 2010
CNN.com—Judge rules that White House must release its visitor logs within 20 days
ABCnews.com—Scientists using solar power to convert CO2 into component for fuel
USA Today—Leno and Conan to return to the air January 2 despite ongoing writers' strike
Fox News—Florida 5th grader arrested on felony charges for bringing steak knife to school to cut up her lunch, which was a steak
CBS News—Penn to eliminate student loans by 2009, joining Harvard and Davidson


12.19.07
Fox News—Bush approves significant reduction in US nuclear arsenal
ABCnews.com—House approves first increase to fuel efficiency standards since 1975
USA Today—Spending on cell phones likely to be higher than on land lines for the first time ever
CNN.com—Amy Winehouse arrested
CBS News—Congress broadens Freedom of Information Act, but Bush could still veto
New Scientist—Miniature spy planes designed to cling to power lines to recharge and to disguise themselves to look like trash


12.20.07
CBS News—Democrats give Bush another $70 billion in war funding with no timetable attached
CNN.com—Britney Spears' 16 year old sister pregnant by her 18 year old boyfriend
MSNBC—Schilling says Clemens should give back his 4 Cy Youngs won in the last decade after Mitchell Report accuses Clemens of using steroids
BBC News—Google unveils Wikipedia competitor
Fox News—Native American tribe secedes from the US
ABCnews.com—Terrell Owens tells Jessica Simpson to stay away from Cowboys games because her presence throws off the game of her boyfriend, quarterback Tony Romo


12.21.07
CNN.com—Senate stays in session over the holiday period to keep Bush from making recess appointments that thwart the approval process
USA Today—Asteroid could hit Mars next month
MSNBC—Japan will no longer hunt humpback whales
ABCnews.com—Bill Gates buys stake in Mexican beer maker
Fox News—Teacher arrested after offering student good grades if she gave him oral sex
CBS News—Tony Blair converts to Catholicism

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