10.1.09
CBS News—Hominid skeleton is humankind's oldest known ancestor
MSNBC—EU launches complimentary satellite navigation network for GPS that fine tunes the accuracy of the American system
ABCnews.com—1976 Mars landers may have come within inches of discovering ice
Fox News—Comcast negotiating purchase of NBC Universal
CNN.com—Dan Rather's suit against CBS dismissed
BBC News—British court gives permission for injunction to be delivered via Twitter

10.5.09
USA Today—FTC says that bloggers must disclose any compensation for product reviews or face fines of up to $11,000
CNN.com—Study finds that 85% of Mac owners also have at least on PC running Windows as well
MSNBC—Italian scientist recreates Shroud of Turin using technologies available in the Middle Ages, which is when carbon dating says the original shroud was created
Fox News—Gourmet magazine going out of business after 70 years
CBS News—Three Americans, including a Johns Hopkins professor, share Nobel for medicine
ABCnew.com—Vonage releases apps for iPhone and Blackberry

10.6.09
CNN.com—First doses of H1N1 vaccine reaching Americans
USA Today—Smart speed bumps stay submerged as long as you are going the speed limit
CBS News—First authorized sequel to Winnie the Pooh in over 80 years released
MSNBC—Obama delays meeting with Dalai Lama until after he meets with Chinese leader in November
Fox News—Up to 1800 people may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis by nurse who was improperly reusing medical supplies
ABCnews.com—Google phones coming to Verizon

10.7.09
New Scientist—Carrying a gun increases the likelihood that you will be shot and killed
CNN.com—AT&T to allow Skype and other VoIP apps on the iPhone
USA Today—New Belgian owners of Anheuser-Busch to sell off Seaworld and Busch Gardens theme parks for $2.3 billion
CBS News—Amazon cuts price of Kindle and also introduces an international version
ABCnews.com—New giant ring discovered around Saturn
Fox News—Study shows that playing Tetris is good for your brain

10.8.09
Fox News—Mom infamous for carrying loaded handgun to her daughter's soccer games shot dead in her home by her husband
ABCnews.com—Apple joins other companies in leaving US Chamber of Commerce over the organization's stance on greenhouse gas emissions
CBS News—Site in France may contain hundreds of the largest dinosaur prints ever discovered
USA Today—Dallas police seeking repeat offender who dances in backyards naked
CNN.com—Statue of Helen Keller unveiled at capitol building
MSNBC—Lesbians in military more likely to be dismissed under "don't ask, don't tell" than male homosexuals

10.9.09
MSNBC—Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Fox News—Golfer loses arm to alligator
CNN.com—NASA crashes probes into moon in search for water
BBC News—YouTube handles 1 billion hits per day
USA Today—Adobe releases Photoshop app for iPhone
New Scientist—Melting glaciers releases chemicals that have been banned for decades

10.12.09
Fox News—Europa's oceans has enough oxygen to support life
ABCnews.com—Both Microsoft and Google in talks with Twitter for data mining deal
CNN.com—Obama wants to end "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military and allow gays to serve openly
USA Today—FCC investigates Google Voice after allegations that it does not offer service in rural areas while its mainstream phone company competitors are required to
CBS News—Marge Simpson to appear in Playboy
MSNBC—Rush Limbaugh to be a judge at next year's Miss America pageant

10.13.09
MSNBC—Navy testing robot that would clean barnacles off of ships' hulls
ABCnews.com—Woman arrested for poking someone on Facebook who had a restraining order against her
CBS News—Ford recall affects 4.5 million vehicles
CNN.com—Microsoft botches data recovery for Sidekick users, resulting in a complete loss of contacts, photos, and emails for many customers
USA Today—iPhone app will let you lock, unlock, and start your car remotely
Fox News—Maria Shriver photographed talking on her cell phone while driving, which is illegal under a law her husband signed last year

10.14.09
ABCnews.com—New bill proposes tax credit to cover pet care expenses
MSNBC—Dow closes above 10,000 for first time in over a year
USA Today—T-Mobile halts sale of Sidekicks in wake of data loss fiasco
Sports Illustrated—Rush Limbaugh dropped from group trying to purchase St. Louis Rams
Fox News—Eagle Scout suspended for keeping his grandfather's pocket knife in a survival kit locked in the trunk of his car
New Scientist—Man made electromagnetic black hole created in lab

10.15.09
Fox News—Infant denied health care coverage for being too fat
CBS News—Social Security recipients won't receive a cost of living increase in 2010
USA Today—Garth Brooks coming out of retirement
CNN.com—Lou Albano dies at 76
BBC News—Microsoft says it has recovered most of the personal data lost in the Sidekick outage
MSNBC—Google to open online bookstore selling electronic copies of books that can be read in any web browser

10.16.09
BBC News—Tim Berners-Lee apologizes for including slashes at the beginning of every web address when he created the web
New Scientist—Birth of appalachian mountains may have led to ice age and mass extinction
ABCnews.com—Obama's pay czar says that the Bank of America CEO should not receive a salary or a bonus this year
CNN.com—TLC sues Jon Gosselin for breach of contract after he forbids their camera crews from coming onto family property
USA Today—Carbonation tastes sour on our tongues
Fox News—Michael Jackson's children may appear in new reality show

10.19.09
BBC News—China relocating 330,000 people as part of massive water project
USA Today—R. Crumb releases illuminated manuscript of Genesis
ABCnews.com—Authorities believe runaway balloon thought to have a child inside was an intentional hoax
CNN.com—Star of MTV's faux reality show The Hills arrested on DUI charge
MSNBC—Recession forces Hawaii to close schools on Fridays for the rest of the academic year
Fox News—Phil Collins says surgery has left him unable to play the drums

10.20.09
ABCnews.com—Apple introduces revamped iMacs and a new touch-sensitive mouse
USA Today—Big Brother winner confesses that he used his $500,000 prize to buy and resell prescription drugs for a profit
CNN.com—Former Miss California sued by pageant officials who say that she is refusing to pay back loan she took from pageant to have breast augmentation surgery
CBS News—NASA unveils new rocket which is expected to be main payload carrier for furture space missions
New Scientist—New method boosts chance of success in IVF
Fox News—Colorado newspaper is hiring critic to review medicinal marijuana stores

10.21.09
CBS News—Texas convenience store clerk accused of stealing winning lottery ticket from customer
USA Today—GE unveils pocket-sized ultrasound machine
Fox News—Firefighter who claimed he was permanently disabled charged with fraud after entering a bodybuilding contest
MSNBC—Google to launch web-based iTunes competitor
CNN.com—Arizona man hits his daughter with a car because she had become too Westernized
New Scientist—Octomom doctor expelled from medical professional organization

10.22.09
Fox News—North Carolina pastor to host book burning event for Halloween, and encourages people to burn Bibles that are not the King James version
CNN.com—Taser manufacturer warns users not to aim at target's chest
USA Today—Vatican makes is easier for Anglicans to rejoin the Catholic Church
MSNBC—New theory has an alternate explanation for how the moon was created
BBC News—Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone
ABCnews.com—Distracted pilots overshoot airport by 150 miles

10.23.09
CBS News—Younger users signing up for Twitter
CNN.com—NY State suspends mandatory flu shots for healthcare workers, due to both a vaccine shortage and a looming lawsuit
USA Today—Norway releases records showing income and wealth for nearly all taxpayers
Fox News—To promote release of Windows 7 in Japan, Burger King sellin Whopper with seven patties of meat
MSNBC—US files extradition request for Roman Polanski with Switzerland
New Scientist—Study concludes that women in the future will be shorter, plumper, and have longer reproductive windows

10.26.09
USA Today—Mark McGwire to rejoin Cardinals as hitting coach
CNN.com—Morrissey collapses during concert
CBS News—Metallica contributes $50,000 to reward fund for information about a Virginia Tech student who disappeared after attending one of their concerts
ABCnews.com—Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with prostate cancer
MSNBC—Facebook tweaks home page again
Fox News—Louis Farrakhan says H1N1 vaccine developed to kill people

10.27.09
CBS News—All McDonald's in Iceland to shut down next week
USA Today—Hotel owner in New Mexico picketed after asking some hispanic workers to anglicize their names
CNN.com—Harry Reid says Senate health care bill will include public option
Fox News—WHO study finds link between brain tumors and long term cell phone use
ABCnews.com—Netflix subscribers will soon be able to stream movies to their PS3s
BBC News—Yahoo closing down Geocities

10.28.09
CNN.com—French court convicts Church of Scientology of organized fraud, but stops short of banning the organization
ABCnews.com—Graduate student commits suicide in his professor's office
CBS News—Palin received $1.25 million retainer for her soon-to-be published book before she quit as governor of Alaska
Fox News—15 year old girl gang raped at homecoming dance while spectators looked on
BBC News—Facebook offers way to memorialize the profile of a deceased friend
USA Today—Priceline launches iPhone app

10.29.09
ABCnews.com—Teen girl charged with murdering a nine year old
Fox News—Texas to supply H1N1 vaccine to convicts ahead of the general public
CNN.com—Bay Bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco closed indefinitely
MSNBC—Costco announces that it will now accept food stamps
BBC News—Spice in curry found to kill cancer cells
USA Today—Los Angeles will use Google as the email provider for the city government

10.30.09
USA Today—Notorious spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711 million for accessing user accounts in order to send phony messages and posts
CNN.com—iPhone goes on sale in China
ABCnews.com—Beatles catalog available for download from a little-known music site that may or may not have permission to sell the tracks
MSNBC—Collection of letters from Lord Byron sells for nearly half a million dollars
CBS News—Russia wants to build nuclear powered spaceship
Fox News—Biden accidentally reveals automaker's secret plans during press conference