daily links: may 2009

5.1.09
ABCnews.com—FDA recalls popular weight loss supplement Hydroxycut
CNN.com—White House unveils accounts on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter
USA Today—Honeybees on the rise worldwide despite dramatic losses in recent years in the US
CBS News—Supreme Court justice Souter retiring
Fox News—Porn star considering run for Senate in Louisiana
MSNBC—California woman claims her father was the Zodiac Killer


5.4.09
MSNBC—Colorado may end the death penalty to save money
ABCnews.com—New book claims that Alex Rodriguez has been juicing since he was in high school
CNN.com—Former congressman and GOP VP nominee Jack Kemp dies
Fox News—Fiat may buy GM's European operations
CBS News—Cowboys staff member paralyzed after practice facility collapses in high winds
USA Today—Carl Crawford ties major league record by stealing six bases in a single game


5.5.09
CBS News—Florida lawyer disbarred after letting client work off debt to him with sexual favors
MSNBC—Drugstore ledger being sold at auction may contain the original formula for Dr. Pepper
CNN.com—Pregnant British woman could face death by firing squad in Laos for drug smuggling
Fox News—Google uses goats instead of lawnmowers to trim grass at corporate headquarters
ABCnews.com—Blackberry Curve outsells iPhone in first quarter of this year
BBC News—Man delivers his son at home after watching instructional videos on YouTube


5.6.09
CNN.com—Texas police accused of highway robbery
ABCnews.com—Van Gogh may have actually lost his ear to Gaugin in a fight
Fox News—Apply in negotiation to buy Twitter? WTF? This sounds like a badly sourced rumor.
CBS News—Dom DeLuise dies at 75
MSNBC—Carnival cruise ships will avoid Mexican ports until mid-June because of swine flu fears
USA Today—Couple arrested for having sex in public park near Windsor Castle


5.7.09
CNN.com—Same sex marriage legalized in Maine
CBS News—Amazon debuts large-screen Kindle
MSNBC—Schwarzenegger says he does not support the legalization of marijuana, but says its time for a public debate about the subject in California
USA Today—HBO gives go-ahead to new series from David Simon about New Orleans
Fox News—First US resident dies from H1N1 virus
BBC News—Higher levels of lithium in tap water corresponds with a lower suicide rate


5.8.09
Sports Illustrated—Manny Ramirez gets 50 game suspension for using a banned substance
ABCnews.com—M.A.S.H.'s David Ogden Stiers comes out of the closet
CBS News—Dad accused of using shock dollar for dogs on his children
MSNBC—Weslyan student murdered; police suspect killer is targeting Jews
Fox News—Student uses Wikipedia hoax to show how many newspapers rely on the internet for information without doing further corroboration
USA Today—Ex-college quarterback sues NCAA and EA over use of student likenesses in video games


5.11.09
BBC News—Monthly testosterone injections could be an effective male contraceptive
USA Today—Next shuttle mission will attempt Hubble major repairs on the Hubble
CNN.com—Price of stamps goes up again today
MSNBC—High schools will be allowed to use instant replay to decide close calls in championship games starting next season
New Scientist—Giant rubber sea snakes could be used to generate energy from waves within five years
CBS News—Driver of Boston trolley was texting his girlfriend before a collision that hurt 50 passengers


5.12.09
CNN.com—ACLU challenges attempt to patent naturally occurring human genes
MSNBC—Kevlar reinforced tape developed by military could be in hands of civilians by next year
ABCnews.com—Senate approves measure that would allow people to carry loaded guns into national parks
CBS News—Medicare won't cover new non-invasive colonoscopy technique despite high success rate in detecting polyps
USA Today—GM stock hits historic lows as top executives dump their holdings
Fox News—Scientist says H1N1 flu strain may have been accidentally created in a lab


5.13.09
CBS News—Norwegian man fined $109,000 for drunk driving
Fox News—Pilot taped in sex act while flying a helicopter to have his license revoked
CNN.com—Craigslist making changes to its Erotic Services section to help combat prostitution
USA Today—Intel fined $1.45 billion by EU for monopolistic sales practices
BBC News—Google CEO to remain on Apple board
ABCnews.com—Caucasian med school student born in Africa sues after he is suspended for calling himself a white African-American


5.14.09
BBC News—35,000 year old ivory carving is oldest representation of a human figure ever discovered
MSNBC—ESA launches two new space telescopes
New Scientist—Astronauts outfit Hubble with new camera
CBS News—Two Yellowstone Park workers fired after urinating into Old Faithful
USA Today—Hulu making gains on YouTube
Fox News—Four US citizens found strangled and stabbed in Tijuana


5.15.09
USA Today—GM to close 1100 dealerships
New Scientist—Some raindrops fall faster than terminal velocity
CNN.com—College student who shot a classmate will graduate but his victim will not
MSNBC—Former astronaut likely to be named new head of NASA
Fox News—Photographer famous for helicopter image from fall of Saigon dies
BBC News—Australian judge halts kangaroo culling


5.18.09
New Scientist—Next generation of telescopes may be able to spot signs of life on distant planets
CBS News—USPS to cut 25,000 jobs this year
USA Today—American Apparel pays Woody Allen $5 million in lawsuit settlement
ABCnews.com—47 million year old primate fossil found in Germany may be critical missing link to human evolution
Fox News—Sex-themed amusement park in China demolished by government before it opened
BBC News—Sony reports first annual loss in 14 years


5.19.09
CBS News—Senate passes credit card reform bill
USA Today—New Orleans to host 2013 Super Bowl
CNN.com—US and Russia discussing new nuclear treaty
MSNBC—Obama outlines tougher fuel efficiency rules
Fox News—National Archives loses hard drive containing sensitive data from the Clinton administration
BBC News—Microsoft may release Wii-like motion sensor controller at E3


5.20.09
CBS News—GPS could be in trouble due to lack of maintenance and new satellites
CNN.com—Michael Vick to work with Humane Society on anti-dogfighting campaign
USA Today—Amazon selling new Nokia smartphone for one penny
Fox News—Google has developed algorithm to predict which of its employees is most likely to quit
MSNBC—New Nebraska law bans sex offenders from using social networking sites
BBC News—New recording method could produce optical discs that store the equivalent of 300 DVDs


5.26.09
MSNBC—Germany orders Red Bull pulled from stores after finding trace amounts of cocaine in the beverage
CNN.com—North Korea stirs global outrage after another successful nuclear test
ABCnews.com—Pandas at National Zoo could be headed back to China
CBS News—Amateur linguist and marketer says English will reach one million words sometime in the next few weeks
New Scientist—Viking landers sent to Mars in the 1970s could have destroyed the very organic molecules they were sent to detect
USA Today—Australia makes Tasmanian devils an endangered species


5.27.09
CBS News—Obama reveals Supreme Court pick
USA Today—California Supreme Court upholds Prop 8 ban on gay marriage
CNN.com—Mike Tyson's four year old daughter dies after accident on treadmill
ABCnews.com—Image created on iPhone on cover of New Yorker
Fox News—North Korea restarts nuclear power plant that can produce weapons grade material
BBC News—Joke reviews on Amazon turn cheesy t-shirt into cult hit


5.28.09
Fox News—Pennsylvania woman fakes abduction of herself and her daughter
USA Today—Microsoft trying to make the Zune more like the iPod touch
CBS News—Defense contractor pleads guilty to fraud on Iraq contract
CNN.com—Couple claiming they have sold steroids to players on DC's professional sports teams
MSNBC—Mixed race patients in need of bone marrow have difficulty finding matches
ABCnews.com—Japanese university uses iPhone app to take attendance


5.29.09
ABCnews.com—Wikipedia blocks edit from computers owned by the Church of Scientology
USA Today—Time Warner will spin off AOL by the end of the year
CBS News—Microsoft unveils latest Google challenger, a search engine named Bing
MSNBC—Microchip attached to plant leaf can send a text message to a farmer when a plant need water
Fox News—Jon and Kate being investigated for child labor violations
CNN.com—Retired warship sunk in Gulf of Mexico to create artificial reef

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