daily links: june 2009

6.1.09
USA Today—Kansas doctor who performed late term abortions gunned down in his church
ABCnews.com—GM to declare bankruptcy
CNN.com—Last known survivor of the Titanic dies
Fox News—Two Michigan state troopers fired for hunting while on duty
CBS News—YouTube sensation Susan Boyle places second in talent competition
MSNBC—Octomom signs deal for book and reality tv show


6.2.09
CBS News—Air France jet carrying 228 people goes missing over the ocean
CNN.com—Nevada to legalize domestic partnerships, including those between same sex couples
ABCnews.com—Billy Bob Thornton's daughter charged in death of child she was babysitting
Fox News—Contestant in Bulgarian version of Survivor dies during filming
MSNBC—Military recruiter killed in Arkansas
New Scientist—Ancestors of early humans may have migrated to Africa from Europe


6.3.09
USA Today—Online travel agencies waiving booking fees amid downturn
CBS News—Creditors using loophole to seize benefits from retirees and veterans
ABCnews.com—Oregon woman on trial for feeding bears
MSNBC—Marine recruiter charged with pimping 14 year old girl
Fox News—Hugo Chavez says CIA supported plot to assassinate him
BBC News—Microsoft says it will release Windows 7 on October 22


6.4.09
CNN.com—Actor David Carradine found hung in hotel room in Thailand
USA Today—Randy Johnson gets his 300th win
Fox News—Gay penguin couple raising chick together in German zoo
ABCnews.com—Husband uses Craigslist to solicit man to rape his wife while he watched
MSNBC—Pastor urges congregation to bring guns to church
BBC News—Founder of Cirque du Soleil to be space tourist


6.5.09
ABCnews.com—GM to sell Saturn brand to Penske
Fox News—Manmade uranium found at two sites in Syria
CBS News—Fungus is devastating the bat population
CNN.com—Teacher fired and imprisoned for seducing at 14 year old student still receives full paycheck
MSNBC—Apple's Steve Jobs may be close to returning from medical leave
New Scientist—Scent opera to be unveiled at the Guggenheim this week


6.8.09
CNN.com—Apple releasing new iPhone model on June 19; current model has price reduced to $99
CBS News—New Orleans mayor quarantined in China
Fox News—College planning virtual graduation ceremony in Second Life for its online students
New Scientist—Babies as young as a few hours old understand numbers as abstract concepts
BBC News—California may move away from traditional textbooks and use only online learning aids
MSNBC—Evan Dando sues GM for plagiarizing one of his Lemonheads songs


6.9.09
USA Today—White supremacist opens fire outside the Holocaust Museum
CBS News—Chrysler sale to Fiat finalized
ABCnews.com—GOP representative thinks Republicans will relcaim the House in 2010
CNN.com—Miss California dethroned for contract violations
Fox News—Woman throws away mattress with $1 million hidden inside
MSNBC—Mexico takes cell phones away from cops to prevent corrupt officers from alerting drug cartels of raids


6.10.09
Fox News—Japanese purposely crash orbiter into the moon
USA Today—Next Michael Moore film will take on Wall Street and be released on October
BBC News—Lawyers for UK hacker claim his mental state is too fragile to allow for extradition to the US
New Scientist—Scientists may have discovered first planet outside our own galaxy
CBS News—Court rules that blaring a car horn is not free speech
MSNBC—High school cancels graduation ceremonies after uncovering widespread cheating scandal, but all students will still receive their diplomas through the mail


6.11.09
Fox News—Venezuela bans sales of Coke Zero, citing health concerns
CBS News—WHO officially labels H1N1 as a pandemic
CNN.com—Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class
BBC News—Astronomers find small chance that Mars or Venus could collide with Earth in a billion years
New Scientist—New superheavy element is being added to the periodic table
USA Today—Microsoft cancels Money in the face of increased competition from bank and finance web sites


6.12.09
ABCnews.com—FDA given regulatory power over tobacco
USA Today—Bank of America CEO says feds pressured him to acquire Merrill Lynch
CNN.com—Chastity Bono announces that she is changing her gender to male and will henceforth be known as Chaz
CBS News—Today final day for analog television signals
MSNBC—Alabama stripped of 21 football wins by NCAA
Fox News—Cop suspended after running over sunbathing woman on Florida beach


6.15.09
USA Today—Lakers win 15th NBA championship
CNN.com—FCC gets 300,000 angry calls as analog tv signals are taken offline. I don't get this: anyone who has watched television in the past year must have seen ads about the digital transition dozens of times.
ABCnews.com—Florida teen arrested for torturing and killing nearly three dozen cats
MSNBC—CIA director says Cheney's recent comments sound like the ex-VP wants another terrorist attack on America
BBC News—Microsoft will release free anti-virus suite for Windows customers by the end of the year
CBS News—California imposes 90 day moratorium on home foreclosures


6.16.09
Fox News—Maine woman arrested after posting video of her child being sexually assaulted
ABCnews.com—GOP activists posts on Facebook that an escaped gorilla is a relative of Michelle Obama
BBC News—IE8 will not be bundled with European version of Windows 7
CNN.com—Marvel resurrecting Captain America after killing him off two years ago
MSNBC—Many US city and state governments consider making English the official language
USA Today—Jehovah's Witnesses six times more likely to die during childbirth


6.23.09
CNN.com—Ed McMahon dies
USA Today—DC Metro crash kills 9
MSNBC—Apple sells more than 1 million iPhone 3G S models the first weekend of release
ABCnews.com—Harvard to cut 275 jobs
Fox News—New electric car sharing program debuts in Baltimore
CBS News—Tennessee hospital confirms that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago


6.24.09
CNN.com—South Carolina governor admits that while his staff was telling people he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, he was actually in Argentina with his mistress
Fox News—Sarah Palin reimburses Alaska for nine family trips paid for with state funds
CBS News—Republicans characterize Obama town hall meeting on ABC as infomercial
MSNBC—Scientists find further evidence of liquid water ocean beneath the ice of one of Saturn's moons
USA Today—Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb
BBC News—Study finds that evolution is faster in warmer climates


6.25.09
Fox News—New NC program pays teen girls $1 per day not to get pregnant
USA Today—Court rules the strip search of teen at school was illegal, but won't allow the administrators who perpetrated the act to be sued as individuals
BBC News—35,000 year old flute, believed to be oldest discovered so far, found in Germany
CNN.com—Farrah Fawcett dies
MSNBC—Transformers sequel sets record for a Wednesday opening
CBS News—David Letterman beats Tonight Show for the first time in three years


6.26.09
CNN.com—Michael Jackson dies
ABCnews.com—Apple removes app from iTunes store after developer updates it with adult content after it had originally been approved
Fox News—Cheerleading most dangerous female sport in US
MSNBC—Robotic surgeon finds and removes shrapnel on its own
USA Today—Microsoft offers free upgrade Windows 7 to users who buy Vista now
BBC News—Swiss adventurer hopes to fly solar powered plane around the world


6.29.09
CNN.com—OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays dies
USA Today—Rivera earns 500th career save
MSNBC—Pope says scientific test on remains in tomb believed to be St. Paul's support the conclusion that the bones are those of the saint
Fox News—Brigham Young lifts its 3 year ban on YouTube
CBS News—Spike in traffic after Michael Jackson's death led Google to believe they were being attacked
BBC News—Manufacturers agree on standardized recharger for mobile phones in Europe


6.30.09
Fox News—Arizona bill would allow people to carry concealed guns into bars
New Scientist—Solar rays may be able to create building blocks of DNA on Titan
CNN.com—Steve Jobs back to work at Apple after six month medical leave to receive liver transplant
ABCnews.com—Toyota invents wheelchair steered by brainwaves
USA Today—Supreme Court to hear NFL licensing case
CBS News—Heart disease likely cause of Billy Mays death

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