daily links: july 2008

7.1.08
MSNBC—More coalition troops have died in Afghanistan over the past two months than in Iraq
ABCnews.com—Abu Ghraib inmates allege torture in lawsuit against US contractors
USA Today—Presbyterian General Assembly votes to allow ordination of gay ministers
CNN.com—Some towns using optical illusion to create fake speed bumps
CBS News—California may drop death penalty
Fox News—Business professor sues Virginia over deceptive practices in the selling of the state's lottery scratch-off tickets


7.2.08
USA Today—Utah making four day work week mandatory for most state employees
CNN.com—Prince Charles converts his Aston Martin to run on surplus wine
MSNBC—Starbucks to close 600 stores in the US
BBC News—French court fines eBay $63 millio for not doing more to prevent the sale of fake goods
ABCnews.com—AT&T will sell iPhone 3G without contract for an extra $400, but device will still be locked
CBS News—FBI investigates after man accused of killing a cop is found strangled in his cell


7.3.08
CNN.com—New silver dollar to feature readable braille
CBS News—Burglary suspect arrested after victims recognize their stolen items at a yard sale
BBC News—France pushing for EU to get ambitious about space exploration
USA Today—Rush Limbaugh's contract renewed for nine more years and also includes a signing bonus of at least $100 million
ABCnews.com—Singer at state of the city address in Denver surprises mayor by using alternate modern lyrics in national anthem
MSNBC—Seattle's Sonics basketball team to move to Oklahoma City next year


7.7.08
USA Today—NBC to buy Weather Channel
CNN.com—United Arab Emirates to cancel $7 billion in debt owed by Iraq
CBS News—Captain Obvious—I mean Bush—says boycotting Olympics would be an insult to the Chinese
ABCnews.com—72 year old woman gives birth to twins
MSNBC—First class passenger angry that economy fliers were able to exit before him uses aircraft's emergency exit slide to leave plane
Fox News—Car thief finds van packed with explosives in NYC


7.8.08
New Scientist—Next generation Prius may include solar panels to power onboard systems
CNN.com—Study finds that gays in the military have no effect on discipline or morale
Fox News—GM may lay off thousands more workers and sell off some of its brands
ABCnews.com—Coke settles lawsuit with shareholders for $137 million
CBS News—Judge orders YouTube to disclose identities of users who view copyrighted material
BBC News—Microsoft says it will reopen takeover talks with Yahoo if the search firm gets a new board


7.9.08
MSNBC—Study shows that kids eat more when tv is on during meals
BBC News—NASA reveals final flights for space shuttle program
CNN.com—Billionaire oilman unveils energy plan that invests heavily in wind power
CBS News—Google releases free competitor to Second Life
Fox News—Teenager arrested after delivering drug-laced cookies to multiple police stations in Texas
ABCnews.com—Microsoft offers more online software to business customers


7.10.08
CNN.com—Atheist sues Army for unconstitutional discrimination
USA Today—Flickr teams with Getty to give amateur photographers a chance to sell their shots
MSNBC—50 pounds of cocaine found in secret compartments in car seized from drug dealer that had been repurposed into an undercover vehicle for police
ABCnews.com—Evidence of water found on the moon
CBS News—Toyota will start building the Prius in the US
Fox News—Texas official thinks "black hole" and "devil's food cake" are racist terms


7.11.08
CBS News—Rove ignores congressional subpoena in Plame leak investigation
Fox News—Des Moines police department bans officers from getting tattoos on parts of their body that are visible while in uniform
BBC News—Beijing's air qualilty still not meeting standards promised by China when it won the Olympics
MSNBC—Some prisons use dogs to sniff out cell phones kept illicitly by inmates
CNN.com—Giant LED screen in China powered by the sun using unique photovoltaic cells embedded glass
USA Today—Schools cut bus service in the face of rising fuel costs


7.14.08
USA Today—FCC head says Comcast violated internet open access rules when it blocked certain kinds of P2P traffic
ABCnews.com—Some strict muslims in disaster areas cannot accept low interest federal rebuilding loans because they religion prohibits paying interest
CBS News—Federal government to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
MSNBC—Anheuser-Busch agrees to $50 billion buyout from Belgian beverage company
New Scientist—Study shows that drivers driver more carefully if they are carrying passengers
Fox News—Tony Snow dies of cancer at 53


7.15.08
CNN.com—Bush lifts executive order banning offshore drilling
USA Today—Congress wants all flags flown on federal property to be made in America
Fox News—Hundreds of manhole covers in Flint, Michigan stolen and sold for scrap
CBS News—Apple says it sold over 1 million iPhone 3Gs the first weekend of release
ABCnews.com—Microsoft cuts price of Xbox ahead of new model with bigger hard drive
MSNBC—Sudan's president charged with genocide by international court


7.16.08
USA Today—Canada deports US soldier who fled north to avoid service in Iraq
CNN.com—Colombian military may have illegally used Red Cross emblem during hostage rescue
Fox News—33 year old man wears "World's Greatest Dad" to what he thought was a meeting with a 14 year old girl to have sex
BBC News—Nintendo unveils new Wii controller at E3
MSNBC—Congress overrides Bush's veto of Medicare bill
ABCnews.com—Massachusetts senate votes to allow out of state gay couples to get married in their state


7.17.08
CNN.com—San Francisco may put Bush's name on sewage plant
CBS News—Texas moving forward with nation's largest wind power project to date
USA Today—FDA gives go-ahead to eat tomatoes after recent salmonella scare, but still doesn't know what's behind outbreak
ABCnews.com—Mars' oceans may have been capable of supporting life
MSNBC—Gore details 10 year plan to shift America to clean energy sources
Fox News—New surgical procedures allows kidney donors to have their organ removed through a single incision in the belly button


7.21.08
ABCnews.com—Singapore considers legalizing the buying and selling of kidneys
MSNBC—Dark Knight sets new record for opening day and opening weekend box office
CNN.com—NBC announces date of Leno's final Tonight Show
CBS News—New policy in Mississippi school district prohibits teachers from communicating with students through text messaging or social networking sites like MySpace
USA Today—Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion notes, equal to about $3 US
Fox News—Jessica Simpson booed during her first country music concert


7.22.08
USA Today—Salmonella outbreak may be linked to jalapenos
ABCnews.com—NY Times rejects McCain's op-ed piece on the Iraq war
CBS News—Federal appeals court tosses FCC fine against CBS for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction
MSNBC—One of the oldest copies of the Bible written in Greek will go online for free
CNN.com—New windshield being developed by GM will enhance road features for drivers with poor vision
Fox News—Firefighter shot and killed while responding to call


7.23.08
BBC News—Large Hadron Collider being lowered to a temperature of -456 degrees
CBS News—Astronauts will test potential Mars gear on the moon first
Fox News—Hugo Chavez wants alliance with Russia
CNN.com—Golden Girls' Estelle Getty dies at 84
MSNBC—Revamp of european McDonald's leads to big success
ABCnews.com—NY state law will require game consoles to have parental controls


7.24.08
MSNBC—Google previews Knol, a Wikipedia competitor that will pay contributors for their work
USA Today—Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg launch $375 million anti-smoking campaign
CNN.com—Director of cancer research center tells his staff to limit their cell phone use
BBC News—Joint Russia-Europe manned spaceship design unveiled
Fox News—Teenager sues teacher for calling her ugly
CBS News—House passes bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac


7.25.08
CNN.com—Iraq banned from this year's summer Olympics
Fox News—Former astronaut says US government has been covering up the existence of aliens
ABCnews.com—The Yankees may sign Bonds
USA Today—New Zealand students offer cash reward to anyone who carries out a citizen's arrest of Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country
CBS News—Minimum wage rises 70 cents
MSNBC—Canadian fans boo American national anthem at MLS all-star game


7.28.08
CBS News—Four Iowans arrested after attempting to a citizen's arrest on Karl Rove
BBC News—Life in clouds of Venus could be blown to Earth by solar winds
MSNBC—California bans trans fats in restaurants
USA Today—Mars lander having trouble with soil sample
CNN.com—Shia LaBeouf arrested on drunk driving charge
Fox News—Gunman opens fire during church play


7.29.08
CNN.com—Bush signs off on first military execution in 50 years
ABCnews.com—McCain—dare I say it?—flip flops on his pledge not to raise taxes
USA Today—Former Google staffers unveil Cuil, competing search engine
MSNBC—Justice report concludes that Alberto Gonzales' regime illegally brought politics into the hiring process at the agency
Fox News—Couple arrested for making pornographic movie at war memorial
CBS News—Carrier vehicle of space tourist ship revealed


7.30.08
BBC News—New drug may halt progression of Alzheimer's
USA Today—Senator Ted Stevens indicted for failing to disclose $250,000 in gifts
ABCnews.com—Delta doubles checked bag fee to $50
MSNBC—Jack White recording Bond theme with Alicia Keys
CBS News—House issues formal apology for slavery
CNN.com—Iraq will be allowed to compete in this year's Olympic games after agreeing to restore independent Olympic panel


7.31.08
MSNBC—New techniques allow scientists to see beneath a van Gogh painting and reveal an older work that was painted over
USA Today—TSA may fine airlines up to $25,000 if they erroneously tell a passenger that they are on the terrorist watch list
Fox News—Unauthorized smoking on aircraft carrier sparks fire that causes $70 million in damage
ABCnews.com—CIA says Pakistan's spy agency is helping the Taliban
CNN.com—Inventor shows off 250 pound jet pack that he will sell for $100,000
CBS News—XM-Sirius merger given FCC approval

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
december 2008
november 2008
october 2008
september 2008
august 2008
july 2008
june 2008
may 2008
april 2008
march 2008
february 2008
january 2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

main
daily links
people
cd collection
library
bio