daily links: april 2008

4.1.08
MSNBC—HUD chief resigns in the midst of ethics probe
CBS News—Americans applying for food stamps on the rise
USA Today—Gore launches three year advertising campaign aimed at getting the US to reduce its greenhouse emissions
ABCnews.com—Archaeologists digging at Stonehenge for first time in decades
New Scientist—Two scientists believe that poltergeist activity can be explained by the changes in brain structure that occur during puberty
Fox News—New speedy swimsuit could be banned from Beijing games


4.2.08
MSNBC—Mariah moves past Elvis for number of top singles. Ugh.
ABCnews.com—Science may be close to formula for regrowing damaged teeth
CNN.com—Algae could become major source of biofuel
USA Today—New Amazon service lets shoppers compare prices using text messaging on their mobile devices
Fox News—Botox injections may make their way to the brain
CBS News—More employers using biometric scans in place of timecards to track employees' hours


4.3.08
CBS News—2003 Pentagon memo says Bush's authority overrides international ban on torture
CNN.com—Dean says Florida delegation will be seated at the Democratic convention later this summer
USA Today—18 states sue the EPA over its inaction on greenhouse emissions
Fox News—Student sues school after receiving a zero on an art assignment with a religious theme
MSNBC—Obama says he would offer Gore a cabinet post if elected
ABCnews.com—Organ donor's missed cancer diagnoses gives the disease to four recipients


4.4.08
ABCnews.com—New York woman sued by neighbors for smoking in her own apartment
CNN.com—Government abandons plans to use handheld computers to conduct 2010 census
USA Today—Britain wants to ban pedophiles from using Facebook
CBS News—Couple sues Google for displaying images that they say could only have been obtained by trespassing on their property
MSNBC—Bill Gates says Vista successor will be released sometime next year. Right.
Fox News—Australian flights being targeted by coordinated laser attacks that disrupt the pilots' vision during landing


4.7.08
MSNBC—Several states consider recycling donated meds for the poor and uninsured
Fox News—Protestors attempt to take Olympic torch during London portion of relay
USA Today—Charlton Heston dies
CNN.com—Navajo will likely lose internet service after dispute over billing process
CBS News—Microsoft gives Yahoo three weeks to accept its buyout offer
ABCnews.com—Apple sues New York City over new logo


4.8.08
BBC News—Man sells pizza.com domain name for $2.6 million
CNN.com—Drastic decrease of salmon population in California could lead to fishing ban
Fox News—The Grid, scheduled to be activated at same time as the Large Hadron Collider, could soon replace the internet
ABCnews.com—Teens with a tv in their bedrooms tend to have poorer grades and diets than those without one
USA Today—Radiohead to headline Lollapalooza
New Scientist—New technology from Microsoft can automatically generate a backing band for a singer's melodies


4.9.08
CBS News—USPS piloting program that would allow people to bring in small electronic devices for recycling
USA Today—Unique proteins found in alligator blood could lead to new drugs for fighting infections
Fox News—Venezuela deems The Simpsons unfit for children and removes it from the airwaves
CNN.com—Indian baby born with two faces being worshipped as reincarnation of goddess
BBC News—EU warns search engines not to keep personal data on users for longer than six months
ABCnews.com—General in charge of US forces in Iraq says that he will suspend troop withdrawals in July


4.10.08
CNN.com—FCC wants to implement emergency alert text messaging system
CBS News—Chavez nationalizes his nation's largest steel company
MSNBC—Army issues handheld lie detectors to soldiers in Afghanistan to aid in interrogations
Fox News—Jimmy Carter to meet with leader of Hamas
USA Today—All future Pixar movies will be released in 3D and 2D format
ABCnews.com—Flickr to launch video sharing service


4.11.08
USA Today—Yahoo may merge with AOL in order to thwart Microsoft's attempt to take over the company
CNN.com—Powell says the next president will have to withdraw significant forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. Great. Bush and Co. get to make a mess and leave it for someone else to clean up.
CBS News—Man turns in $140,000 in cash he found on the street
New Scientist—Two species of bacteria may be merging into one
MSNBC—Senate passes housing assistance bill
ABCnews.com—50 Cent sued for promoting a "gangsta" lifestyle


4.14.08
USA Today—College students tour Nevada brothel as part of American culture course
CNN.com—Israel says Facebook is threat to national security
Fox News—Texas school suspends student for answering cell call from his father who is serving in Iraq
ABCnews.com—Nonprofit offers pornographic audio clips for the visually impaired
CBS News—Robbery suspect arrested after not paying his train fare
MSNBC—Iraq government fires 1300 soldiers who refused to fight


4.15.08
CBS News—Radio wave machine invented by man with no medical training could treat cancer without side effects
ABCnews.com—Complete triceratops skeleton to be auctioned off in Paris
MSNBC—Blockbuster makes takeover bid for ailing Circuit City
USA Today—Man arrested for groping women on subway dozens of times could be sent to prison for life
CNN.com—Windows XP users petition Microsoft to keep the OS on store shelves after its scheduled June retirement date
BBC News—Anti-whaling activists prevent Japanese fleet from catching their annual quota


4.16.08
CBS News—Supreme Court considers whether execution is an allowable punishment for child rapists
MSNBC—Yankees will hold first pitch ceremony from space
ABCnews.com—Pope Benedict arrives in US for his first visit
CNN.com—Man reprograms Bejeweled to propose to girlfriend
New Scientist—Giant quake predicted for Los Angeles in the next thirty years
BBC News—Elephants had aquatic ancestors


4.17.08
USA Today—Feds want to start collecting DNA from anyone they arrest, whether they are eventually convicted or not
CNN.com—Under new rules, passengers bumped from oversold flights could be compensated up to $800
ABCnews.com—The Sims sales reach 100 million worldwide
CBS News—Lawyer sentenced to 90 days in jail after making lewd gesture at judge in court
MSNBC—X-Files movie title released
Fox News—Detective waits two years to inform parents of their daughter's death


4.18.08
CBS News—House bill would increase the amount of money that students could borrow from the government for college
ABCnews.com—Sherrif accused of giving special treatment to inmates in exchange for sexual favors
Sports Illustrated—Tejada admits that he has been lying about his age since he started playing pro ball
USA Today—Airline passenger who left his seat to pray is removed from aircraft by security guards
Fox News—French singer under fire from countrymen for singing in English
MSNBC—Candy-flavored cocaine is the latest trend among drug users


4.21.08
New Scientist—Researchers in Italy claim to have detected dark matter on Earth
USA Today—Danica Patrick becomes first female driver to win IndyCar race
CBS News—8th grader uses peanut butter cookies in an attempt to cause harm to a classmate with a severe peanut allergy
Fox News—Russian newspaper shut down after reporting that Putin divorced his wife so he could marry a gymnast half his age
ABCnews.com—Clive Davis ousted as head of BMG
BBC News—PayPal will start blocking older browsers with security issues


4.22.08
Fox News—Muslim clerics want Greenwich Mean Time to be replaced by Mecca Time
CNN.com—Army and Marines giving more waivers to convicted felons in order to meet recruitment goals
ABCnews.com—Murdoch company accused of hiring hackers to sabotage rivals
CBS News—Defense secretary says Air Force not doing enough to help with war effort
USA Today—Skype announces unlimited international calls for $9.95 a month
New Scientist—Canada to release trial drugs to patients


4.23.08
CNN.com—PETA offers $1 million for commercially viable lab-grown meat that is indistinguishable from real meat
CBS News—US abandons $20 million virtual border fence prototype after it proves ineffective
Fox News—Director Paul Verhoeven will publish biography of Jesus claiming that he was the product of a rape by a Roman soldier
ABCnews.com—Sam's Club limiting sales on rice
MSNBC—Toyota unseats GM to become global auto sales leader
BBC News—Woman's diet at time of conception could have influence on gender of child


4.24.08
New Scientist—Magnetic field peaks could have link to suicide rates
CNN.com—Chickens related to T. Rex
USA Today—Florida lawmakers consider specialty license plates featuring religious symbols
Fox News—Arby's buying Wendy's
BBC News—Wesley Snipes sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion
CBS News—Singapore fines television station for airing show featuring a gay couple


4.25.08
BBC News—Senate passes legislation prohibiting genetic discrimination
CBS News—Genetic study suggests that humans may have come close to extinction 70,000 years ago
MSNBC—Nintendo says it won't cut price on Wii anytime soon
CNN.com—Retailers gearing up for release of GTA IV
USA Today—Smithsonian to open new hall dedicated to the ocean
Fox News—Philadelphia gas station owner sells gas for 76 cents a gallon in honor of the 76ers making the playoffs


4.28.08
BBC News—Senate passes legislation prohibiting genetic discrimination
CBS News—Genetic study suggests that humans may have come close to extinction 70,000 years ago
MSNBC—Nintendo says it won't cut price on Wii anytime soon
CNN.com—Retailers gearing up for release of GTA IV
USA Today—Smithsonian to open new hall dedicated to the ocean
Fox News—Philadelphia gas station owner sells gas for 76 cents a gallon in honor of the 76ers making the playoffs


4.29.08
Fox News—More than half of the teen girls taken from polygamist compound have been pregnant
CNN.com—$171 million cut from Iraq budget which will be replaced by money from the Iraqis oil profits
USA Today—Saudi Arabian men who flirt with women in public places to be punished by having their hair cut
ABCnews.com—CSI star busted for heroin and cocaine
MSNBC—Daycare could help protect kids against leukemia
CBS News—Iranian judicial official warns about social consequences of importing Barbie dolls


4.30.08
CNN.com—AT&T may subsidize cost of new iPhone by as much as $200
USA Today—Man sentenced to 21 months in jail for sending spam emails
ABCnews.com—Senate panel votes to disallow waterboarding by CIA
Fox News—Portland school orders students who shaved gang signs into their eyebrows to stay away until they remove their eyebrows entirely
MSNBC—Weather Channel could be sold for as much as $4 billion
CBS News—Gene therapy treatment could reverse a rare form of blindness

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