daily links: december 2009

12.1.09
BBC News—Google to allow newspapers to limit the number of articles people can read for free when searching for news through Google
ABCnews.com—DC council votes to allow gay marriage in the District
CNN.com—GM chief resigns
Fox News—Beauty queen dies after elective plastic surgery
MSNBC—Dying man robbed while waiting for treatment in emergency room
USA Today—Baltimore mayor convicted of using gift cards intended for the needy to buy electronics for her personal use


12.2.09
USA Today—Volkswagon to halt production on the revamped Beetle
ABCnews.com—Cigarette manufacturer buys company that makes stop-smoking aids
Fox News—Woman named Jesus Christ excused from jury duty after disrupting a trial
CNN.com—Susan Boyle's debut album has biggest first-week sales of 2009
CBS News—Study finds that stems cells can repair hearts damaged by heart attacks
MSNBC—Some Salvation Army kettles now accept credit cards


12.3.09
Fox News—Johns Hopkins Hospital reports first two drug-resistant cases of H1N1
ABCnews.com—Saran Palin actually using private jet for her self-proclaimed bus tour to promote her new book
MSNBC—Groom interrupts his own wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts
USA Today—Gates Foundation commits nearly $13 million to hellp community colleges offer better online learning experiences
CNN.com—Apple wins copyright infringement lawsuit against Mac clone maker
BBC News—Intel unveils 48 core chip


12.4.09
ABCnews.com—First panda to be born at the National Zoo to be sent to China early next year
BBC News—Students create iPhone app instruments and compose orchestral pieces for them
Fox News—Band teacher accused of leaving sexually suggestive notes in the lockers of middle school girls
USA Today—Higher levels of carbon dioxide make aspens grow faster
MSNBC—Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo preps for debut
New Scientist—Now-missing massive moon may account for Uranus' tilt


12.7.09
MSNBC—Apple reportedly in talks to buy streaming music service Lala
ABCnews.com—Los Angeles diocese elects Episcopal Church's second openly gay bishop
CNN.com—Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo injured in bus crash
USA Today—Some stellar objects currently classified as black holes may actually be a new kind of star
Fox News—HIV positive man accused of injecting his blood into his sleeping wife so she would agree to have sex with him again
CBS News—Billy Joel's daughter hospitalized after overdose


12.8.09
CBS News—Unredacted TSA procedures manual leaked online
MSNBC—Uganda considers death penalty for homosexuals
ABCnews.com—Air Force buying thousands of PS3s to create supercomputer
Fox News—Former concert pianist outfitted with world's first bionic fingers
CNN.com—Bryant Gumbel reveals bout with lung cancer
USA Today—Peter Gammons leaving ESPN


12.9.09
CNN.com—Bernanke says Fed will make a profit on the bailout loans
USA Today—Supreme Court considers Miranda warning rewrite
Fox News—Man sues casinos after losing $127 million in one year of gambling
CBS News—Google announces real-time search results for hot topics
MSNBC—Rolling Stones guitarist arrested for assault
ABCnews.com—At least nine women alleged to have had affairs with Tiger Woods


12.10.09
USA Today—Congressional committee pushing for playoff system to crown national college football champion
Fox News—Student dead after chewing exploding gum
CNN.com—Massive iceberg headed towards Australia
BBC News—New battery made of paper and carbon nanotubes
CBS News—Google unveils new partnership with NY Times and Washington Post
MSNBC—Bank of America says it has repaid all of its bailout loans from the government


12.11.09
Fox News—Mysterious spiral appears in sky over Norway
CNN.com—31% of Windows 7 users report problems with upgrade process
MSNBC—Florida judicial ethics committee rules that judges and lawyers are no longer allowed to friend one another on Facebook
ABCnews.com—Apple sues Nokia for patent infringement
New Scientist—New Android app allows users to search Google using photos snapped with their cell phones
USA Today—10,000 dead from H1N1 in US


12.14.09
CNN.com—Houston elects first openly gay mayor
ABCnews.com—Billy Corgan dating Jessica Simpson
MSNBC—Consulting firms ends sponsorship of Tiger Woods
USA Today—Protestor attacks Italian premier
New Scientist—Study finds that wind farms do not affect property values
Fox News—Nevada brothel to be first in America to offer male prostitutes


12.15.09
CBS News—Schwarzenegger criticizes Palin's scepticism about global warming
MSNBC—Humans' meat-eating may be reason our lifespans are longer than those of other primates
BBC News—Coffee and tea may cut diabetes risk
Fox News—Book returned to library 99 years after being checked out
USA Today—Oral Roberts dies at 91
CNN.com—Millions of lost email from the Bush administration recovered


12.16.09
MSNBC—Ohio court rules that police must have a search warrant to browse contents of cell phones
CNN.com—Boeing 787 takes its maiden flight
ABCnews.com—Some Guantanamo Bay detainees to be housed in Illinois
BBC News—Australia to add web filters to prevent citizens from accessing banned content
Fox News—Teenager racks up $21,000 in cell phone charges in one month
USA Today—Comcast makes cable programming available for viewing online for its customers who subscribe to both its cable and internet packages


12.17.09
CBS News—New bill would require television ads to be aired at volume levels similar to the programming they sponsor
BBC News—Microsoft's Chinese arm admits stealing code from rival blogging site
USA Today—Domino's plans to change its pizza recipe, from the crust to the cheese to the sauce
ABCnews.com—Loud music may have killed British college student
MSNBC—Four investment firm employees fired for playing fantasy football at work
Fox News—800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine recalled


12.18.09
ABCnews.com—Woman tweets her two year old son's drowning death
Fox News—NFL player Chris Henry dies after falling from truck during domestic dispute
CNN.com—Pepsi won't advertise during Super Bowl for first time in over 20 years
CBS News—DNA test clears man who spent 35 years in prison
USA Today—New credit card charges 79.9% interest
BBC News—First 4G networks set to launch in Sweden and Norway

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