daily links: march 2008

3.3.08
CBS News—China may end its one child per couple policy
MSNBC—Chavez orders troops to Colombian border
USA Today—New DNA test gives men high percentage prediction of whether they will eventually go bald
CNN.com—Hillary Clinton makes surprise appearance on SNL
ABCnews.com—New BBC documentary claims that the Hell's Angels tried to have Mick Jagger killed in 1969
Fox News—Harvard makes campus gym women-only for certain hours in response to pressure from Muslim students


3.4.08
ABCnews.com—UN imposes stricter sanctions on Iran over the country's nuclear program
CBS News—Dogs used to sniff out pirated DVDs in Malaysia
MSNBC—NASA photos show avalanche on Mars
BBC News—Netscape Navigator being officially retired by AOL
USA Today—Kindergartner with mohawk suspended from school
Fox News—Luxury homes burned in apparent act of eco-terrorism


3.5.08
CNN.com—D&D creator Gary Gygax dies
USA Today—Video shows Marine throwing puppy off cliff
ABCnews.com—Brett Farve retires
MSNBC—Placebos work better if they cost more
Fox News—YouTube criticized after graphic rape video uploaded to site
CBS News—Man asked friend to shoot him so he wouldn't have to go to work


3.6.08
Fox News—Nearby star that may be headed for supernova stage could send deadly gamma radiation towards Earth
CBS News—Hillary hints at joint ticket with Obama as her VP
MSNBC—Bush endorses McCain
USA Today—Patrick Swayze diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
CNN.com—World's first six legged octopus discovered
ABCnews.com—Denver airport blocking access to some web sites on its Wi-Fi network


3.7.08
USA Today—World's most powerful telescope now operating at full capacity in Arizona
ABCnews.com—Wisconsin man thrives in cold temperatures that would prove fatal to most people
MSNBC—Airport screener's sharp eye forces early marriage proposal
CNN.com—Online bank rolls out service that will allow consumers to scan and deposit checks from home
CBS News—Researchers suggest a link between rising crime and the success of the iPod
Fox News—Obama advisor calls Clinton a "monster" in an interview with a British reporter


3.10.08
Fox News—New camera can see through clothing at a distance of up to 80 feet
USA Today—Vatican includes genetic manipulation and pollution as new areas of sinful behavior
CNN.com—Obama says he won't join a ticket with Clinton if he loses the Democratic nomination
CBS News—Trace amounts of pharmaceuticals, from antibiotics to mood stablilizers to sex hormones, found in major drinking water supplies
Fox News—Shooting death of UNC student body president could be gang-related
ABCnews.com—Ex-Patriots employee who says he has evidence of the team cheating could soon testify to the league


3.11.08
USA Today—Gas prices hit record high...again. I could probably run this headline once or twice a week for the next few months. Get ready for $4 gas to become the norm, people. Until $5 is the norm, anyway.
CNN.com—NY governor tied to prostitution ring
CBS News—Bush vetoes bill that would ban torture as an interrogation technique
MSNBC—Gambling addict sues casinos after losing her career and her home because she couldn't stay away from the tables
Fox News—Shooting death of UNC student body president could be gang-related
ABCnews.com—40 black students at elite prep school receive death threats


3.12.08
ABCnews.com—UNICEF says Japan must do more to stop child pornography
USA Today—Study finds that 1 in 4 teenage girls has STD
MSNBC—And in other kid news, 17% of sixth graders have tried alcohol
CNN.com—Gilligan's Island star serving six months probation on pot bust
New Scientist—Panasonic to use stronger glass for plasma screens to prevent Wii-related accidents
Fox News—Minnesota legislator wants a ban on body sprays in public schools


3.13.08
MSNBC—New $5 bill to be released this week
CBS News—House votes to create independent ethics panel to investigate lapses by members of Congress
CNN.com—NY governor resigns in wake of prostitution scandal
Fox News—Jack Kevorkian wants to run for Congress
USA Today—Guitar maker Gibson suing Activision over Guitar Hero
ABCnews.com—Cassini to fly within 30 miles of surface of moon of Saturn to investigage geyser plumes


3.14.08
ABCnews.com—Harvard admissions database hacked into
Fox News—Retiring eBay CEO to work on McCain's presidential campaign
CNN.com—Tornado strikes downtown Atlanta
CBS News—TiVo will soon allow users to search for and view YouTube videos on their televisions
MSNBC—Lou Reed pushes for higher audio standard than MP3
BBC News—One of Saturn's moons may have once had oceans


3.17.08
MSNBC—UNC is NCAA overall number 1 seed after winning the ACC regular season and tournament
CBS News—EA makes hostile takeover bid for Take-Two game studio
CNN.com—Possible graves found at former Manson camp site
ABCnews.com—New bird species discovered and promptly declared endangered
Fox News—Oklahoma state lawmaker says homosexuality bigger threat than terrorism
USA Today—China shutting down access to Everest to avoid Tibet protests during Olympics


3.18.08
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court denies Microsoft's appeal to halt an antitrust lawsuit by Novell
CNN.com—Heather Mills wins $50 million from Paul McCartney in divorce settlement
CBS News—Spitzer's lieutenant governor sworn in as first legally blind governor
BBC News—Glaciers shrinking at record pace
USA Today—Microsoft licensing Adobe software for video playback and document viewing on cell phones
MSNBC—New Jersey's gay ex-governor admits that he and his wife engaged in threesomes with his male driver


3.19.08
CNN.com—Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90
ABCnews.com—Security guard rapes 18 year old spring breaker and then throws her from a sixth floor balcony
MSNBC—Visa raises nearly $18 billion in IPO
CBS News—Crack in concrete support pillar closes I-95 in Philadelphia
USA Today—Lloyd's of London insures winemakers nose for $8 million
Fox News—Woman suing American Airlines claims that a fellow passenger ejaculated into her hair while she slept


3.20.08
USA Today—Apple wants to make entire iTunes music library free for customers who pay an extra fee when they purchase iPods and iPhones
CNN.com—Best Buy to issue gift cards to customers who bought now-obsolete HD-DVD players within the past 90 days
MSNBC—Wal-Mart to open 260,000 square foot superstore in upstate NY
CBS News—64% of Americans say we should not have gone to war with Iraq. I'd really like to know who the 15% are who didn't realize this in 2004 and voted Bush into office for a second term.
Fox News—Man commits suicide using robot he built
ABCnews.com—CW prepping new version of 90210


3.21.08
Fox News—Automotive X Prize will award $10 million to teams that can create cars that get 100 mpg or higher
ABCnews.com—Philadelphia commission rules that restaurant owner was not in violation of city ordinances when he posted a sign telling customers to place their orders in English
CBS News—Japan appoints cartoon character as ambassador of anime
CNN.com—Drug runners user custom built semi-submersible vessels to get past Coast Guard
MSNBC—Dashcam videos show SC troopers using their cruisers to ram suspects fleeing on foot
USA Today—Borders may put itself up for sale


3.24.08
USA Today—Davidson beats number 2 seed Georgetown to advance to Sweet 16
ABCnews.com—Giant starfish and jellyfish found in Antartic wildlife survey
Fox News—Spitzer enemy tipped off FBI to the governor's use of high-priced call girls
CNN.com—Cornflake shaped like Illinois sells on eBay for $1350
CBS News—Kansas governor vetoes bill that would have led to construction of new coal-fired power plants
MSNBC—China may ban live broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Olympics


3.25.08
CNN.com—Justice Department signs off on Sirius/XM merger
ABCnews.com—Detroit mayor indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice
CBS News—Protestors disrupt Olympic torch ceremony
USA Today—Fred Thompson to return to acting after failed White House bid
Fox News—US Airways pilot's gun discharges during flight
MSNBC—"Moment of silence" in schools challenged in Illinois


3.26.08
Fox News—High school teen dies after breast enhancement surgery
CNN.com—French threaten to boycott Olympic opening ceremonies to protest Tibet crackdown
USA Today—Netflix suffers web site outage
MSNBC—US accidentally sends missile components to Taiwan
CBS News—Web publishers wary of new Google search tool
ABCnews.com—Huge chunk of Antarctic ice shelf breaks off


3.27.08
CBS News—Man who threatened judge is sentenced to two years in jail, 10 days for each word he uttered
USA Today—Ford sells Land Rover and Jaguar brands to Indian automaker
ABCnews.com—American cancels 300 flights to inspect wiring on planes
Sports Illustrated—NFL may ban players from having long hair
BBC News—Blizzard suing maker of bot program that controls characters in World of Warcraft without human intervention
Fox News—Parachute found in Washington state could have belonged to DB Cooper


3.28.08
CNN.com—Comcast agrees not to block BitTorrent traffic on its network
USA Today—Tourist vandalizes Easter Island statue
ABCnews.com—Judge says three Spanish speaking criminals can avoid jail if they learn English, get GEDs, and get full time jobs
CBS News—Inventor of the Egg McMuffin dies
Fox News—New Zealand man tells police he was raped by a wombat
MSNBC—Dr. Pepper says it will give everyone in the country a free soda if Guns n' Roses releases Chinese Democracy in 2008


3.31.08
New Scientist—Two US citizens suing to halt the activation of the Large Hadron Collider
Fox News—For the first time in history, all four number 1 seeds make the Final Four
USA Today—Image up for auction could be earliest remaining work from the dawn of photography
MSNBC—Bush throws out first pitch in Nationals new park
CBS News—Man checks into Baltimore hotel and murders his three young children
ABCnews.com—New bus service will let you travel from NYC to DC for as little as $1

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