daily links: march 2009

3.2.09
ABCnews.com—Dow closes below 7000 for the first time in more than a decade
CNN.com—RNC chair decries Rush Limbaugh as ugly entertainment and not representative of the views of the Republican Party
Fox News—CIA admits to having destroyed 92 tapes of interrogations
MSNBC—Prince to release three albums exclusively through Target
CBS News—Car thief arrested after repeatedly calling 911 to taunt police
BBC News—New evidence suggests that Mars had running water on its surface as recently as 1 million years ago


3.3.09
USA Today—Amazon releases iPhone app that will enable iPhone and iPod touch users to view ebooks in the proprietary format used by the Kindle
CNN.com—Apple unveils updated versions of its three desktop models
CBS News—Flaming Lips track named official rock song of Oklahoma
Fox News—New moon found in Saturn's outer ring
MSNBC—Obama overturns weakened endangered speicies rule that Bush put into effect as he was leaving office
BBC News—Bomb-grade plutonium found in bottle a nuclear waste site


3.4.09
CNN.com—Georgia bill would limit the number of embryos that could be implanted during IVF in wake of Octomom scandal in California
ABCnews.com—Virgin to close its six remaining Megastores in the US
USA Today—Arrest warrant issued in Chandra Levy slaying
CBS News—Woman called 911 three times after her local McDonald's ran out of McNuggets
Fox News—Man who won two Chinese bronze pieces at auction for $36 million refuses to pay as a protest to their disputed ownership
MSNBC—Coast Guard ends search for missing NFL players


3.5.09
USA Today—Russian scholar predicts that the US will break apart by 2011
BBC News—Man who went blind 30 years ago now has minimal vision thanks to a bionic eye
CNN.com—Dallas Cowboys release Terrell Owens
MSNBC—Obama reveals his pick to head FEMA
CBS News—Ted Kennedy knighted
ABCnews.com—Barbara Bush has heart surgery


3.6.09
CNN.com—Robin Williams to undergo heart surgery
USA Today—Italian bishops encourage their catholic countrymen to give up texting and tech devices during Lent
ABCnews.com—Shares of Citigroup fall below $1
CBS News—Census Bureau behind schedule in preparations for 2010 census
MSNBC—Man who beheaded a fellow passenger on a bus will receive no jail time
Fox News—Chavez orders rice processing plant owned by an American company to be nationalized


3.9.09
Fox News—Former president of Israel to be charged with rape
MSNBC—Some classrooms replacing chairs wth exercise balls
CBS News—Obama administration calls off plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain site that has been in development for two decades
CNN.com—Man sailing boat made of plastic bottles from California to Australia
ABCnews.com—Law firm in Britain offers some employees $14,000 to take a year off
USA Today—Virginia governor to sign bill that will ban smoking in most restaurants and bars


3.10.09
BBC News—Study finds that social networking sites are now more popular than email
Fox News—Secret sub base exposed by Google Earth
MSNBC—Citigroup CEO says bank has operated at a profit for the first two months of 2009
CNN.com—Chinese ships harass US vessel in international waters
CBS News—Obama calls for review of Bush's numerous signing statements
USA Today—Windows 7 will allow users to deactivate Internet Explorer


3.11.09
Fox News—San Francisco considering requiring flash mobs to obtain permits. Uh, yeah, that will totally work.
CNN.com—Senate passes spending bill
USA Today—Madoff expected to plead guilty
CBS News—Colorado girl has success with experimental stem cell treatment in China
ABCnews.com—More than $1.2 million in drugs seized from concertgoers at Phish reunion show in Virginia
MSNBC—Hurricane Ike may have uncovered Civil War-era shipwreck


3.12.09
MSNBC—Congress still scheduled to get pay raise despite the economy
ABCnews.com—US warns North Korea not to launch satellite
USA Today—Utah reforms alcohol laws to become more attractive to tourists
CNN.com—Man survives tumble over Niagara Falls
BBC News—New coating heals itself when exposed to sunlight
New Scientist—Wireless tasers have twice the range of traditional stun guns


3.13.09
MSNBC—Some school districts considering 4 day schoolweek as moneysaving measure
ABCnews.com—After railing against earmark as VP nominee, Palin's home state of Alaska receives more dollars per capita than any other from latest spending bill
CNN.com—Ryan Adams marries Mandy Moore
Fox News—Texas governor rejcts $555 million in stimulus money
USA Today—Former Google exec named CEO of AOL
BBC News—New method of making batteries could lead to lighter batteries that charge in seconds


3.16.09
Fox News—Inmate beaten to death after being put in cell with convicted killer who he testified against
ABCnews.com—Father of Bristol Palin's baby calls off marriage and breaks up with her
USA Today—Mathematician claims to have a foolproof method for solving Sudoku puzzles
CNN.com—Fake cigarette claims to deliver nicotine without the harmful health effects of tobacco
Fox News—AIG handing out $165 million in bonuses with bailout money
MSNBC—Shuttle takes off after weeks of delays


3.17.09
MSNBC—Seattle newspaper ends print edition and will publish online only
CBS News—Red Cross accuses the CIA of torture
ABCnews.com—New York AG wants names and job descriptions of AIG employees who received bonuses
CNN.com—Don Imus has prostate cancer
USA Today—New study finds link between diabetes and increased risk of Alzheimer's
Fox News—Brawl breaks out at Top Model audition


3.18.09
CNN.com—Actress Natasha Richardson dies from what initially appeared to be a minor head injury
USA Today—40% of US births in 2007 were to non-married parents, the highest percentage ever
CBS News—Army says it will end stop loss troop retention policy
BBC News—Apple reveals new features for upcoming iPhone software update
Fox News—Texas lawmaker pushing bill that would allow private school to grant Master of Science degree in creationism
MSNBC—Kanye West charged in airport scuffle with paparazzi


3.19.09
CBS News—Ex-Bush official says many innocents kept at Gitmo
USA Today—House passes bill that would tax AIG bonuses paid from bailout money at a rate of 90%
Fox News—Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard to appear on Divorce Court television show
BBC News—Microsoft launches IE8
MSNBC—AT&T will sell iPhone without a contract for an extra $400
CNN.com—Obama to appear on the Tonight Show


3.20.09
BBC News—Online game granted banking license
New Scientist—Student project uses weather balloon and cheap camera to capture images of the Earth from space
ABCnews.com—Software developer who lost tip of finger in motorcycle accident now wears prosthetic finger that includes concealed USB flash drive
CNN.com—Computer simulation predicts NCAA tournament win for UNC
USA Today—NASA study shows effects of disintegration of the ozone layer if we hadn't cut back on CFCs in the 1980s
MSNBC—Alyssa Milano accepts lead female role in Ghostbusters video game after Sigourney Weaver turns it down


3.23.09
MSNBC—Barney Frank calls Antonin Scalia a homophobe in an interview
USA Today—Lance Armstrong breaks collarbone in Spanish race
ABCnews.com—New addition to International Space Station to be named after Stephen Colbert after viewers of his show write-in his name at NASA contest web site
Fox News—Army testing free-roaming combat robots in Afghanistan
CNN.com—Alaskan volcano that has been dormant for 20 years erupts multiple times
CBS News—David Letterman marries his longtime girlfriend


3.24.09
CBS News—EPA suspends hundreds of mining permits until it has a chance to review the environmental impact
Fox News—Insurers say they will stop charging higher prices to cover pre-existing conditions if all Americans are required to have insurance
CNN.com—New online gaming service would stream games to computers or televisions the same day they are released for consoles
BBC News—China blocks YouTube after videos of Chinese soldiers beating monks are posted to the site
ABCnews.com—Greek fisherman catches 2,200 year old bronze statue in his nets
USA Today—Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide


3.25.09
USA Today—Postal service says it will run out of money this year without a bailout from Congress
CBS News—NYC subway increases fares by 25%
MSNBC—Sean Penn to play Larry in Three Stooges movie
CNN.com—Vermont governor says he will veto same sex marriage bill if the legislature passes it
Fox News—Palin faces ethics charge over logo use
BBC News—Nintendo has sold 50 million Wiis


3.26.09
MSNBC—Obama's administration will raise fuel efficiency standards for 2011 models
CNN.com—Tesla unveils all-electric high-end sports car
USA Today—Google lays off 200 employees
BBC News—Last.fm to start charging for streaming for many international customers
Fox News—Senate votes to expand AmeriCorps
ABCnews.com—Billionaire space tourist takes second trip to ISS


3.27.09
Fox News—Judge rules that Texas pledge may contain reference to god
ABCnews.com—FAA wants to keep data about how often birds hit airplanes secret from public
MSNBC—Study finds that lobsters and crabs feel and remember pain
New Scientist—Firm wants to be first to grow plants on the moon
CBS News—Some stars hiring ghostwriters for their Twitter feeds
BBC News—Domes on surface of Mars may be mud volcanoes that could harbor life


3.30.09
ABCnews.com—CEO of GM is asked to resign, but will still walk away with a $20 million retirement package
CNN.com—Skype to release app for iPhone
CBS News—Single pill that combines several medicines to treat heart disease shows positive results in major study
Fox News—Laid off workers at Chevy dealership engage in a series of brawls after being informed that the business was closing
MSNBC—Netflix increases fees for Blu-ray titles
USA Today—Average price for gas rises above $2 per gallon for first time in months


3.31.09
Fox News—Judge blocks prosecutor from filing child pornography charges against teens who sent sexually explicit photos of themselves to classmates via text message
BBC News—Google starts $100 million venture capital firm
MSNBC—IRS auditor pleads guilty to cheating on his taxes
ABCnews.com—Blackberry unveils rival to Apple's iPhone app store
CBS News—Squid population off California coast exploding
CNN.com—15 hospital employees fired for improperly accessing records for mother of octuplets

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