daily links: february 2010

2.1.10
CNN.com—Obama will answer questions submitted via YouTube in live streaming online interview
ABCnews.com—Sarah Palin uses more than $60,000 from her political action committee funds to buy thousands of copies of her own book
CBS News—Obama's new budget cancels plans for NASA to send manned missions back to the moon
BBC News—New contraceptive pill can be taken up to five days after having unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy
Fox News—Man accused of setting puppy on fire in front of children
MSNBC—Obama pushes for educational reforms that will reinvent Bush's No Child Left Behind program


2.2.10
CNN.com—Medical journal retracts influential study linking vaccines to autism
USA Today—US military to repeal ban on openly gay men and women
ABCnews.com—"We Are the World" re-recorded to raise funds for for Haiti earthquake relief
MSNBC—China warns Obama not to meet with Dalai Lama during his upcoming visit to the US
Fox News—Air Force Academy to install worship circle for Wiccan cadets
CBS News—Tesla makes plans for IPO


2.3.10
MSNBC—Google will no longer support IE6 starting March 1 of this year
CNN.com—France denies citizenship to man married to a French woman because he forces his wife to wear a veil
USA Today—Hulu considers charging for some content
ABCnews.com—Man who killed his son and then himself leaves muder-suicide note on his Facebook page
BBC News—Fox in talks with Conan O'Brien
Fox News—New Zealand girl auctions her virginity online to pay for college


2.4.10
Fox News—Union leader for NFL players says lockout likely after next season
USA Today—Fresno, CA named drunkest city in US
CBS News—AOL posts a profit in first earnings reports since being severed from Time Warner
CNN.com—Brittany Murphy's death ruled an accident
ABCnews.com—Some YMCAs revoking memberships of registered sex offenders
MSNBC—Ohio State University president wants to reconsider the way tenure is granted for faculty


2.5.10
ABCnews.com—Century old whiskey left behind by explorers found in Antarctic
Fox News—12 year old girl arrested in school and taken to police station for doodling on her desk with a marker
CNN.com—Island tribe goes extinct when last living member dies at 85
USA Today—Microsoft will drop online support for first generation Xbox games starting this April
MSNBC—Facebook reveals yet another redesign on its sixth anniversary
CBS News—Tiger Woods leaves rehab facility for sexual addiction in the company of his wife


2.8.10
CNN.com—Avatar finally falls from top spot after eight weeks, but it's still the highest grossing movie, domestically and globally, in history
USA Today—Saints win Super Bowl
MSNBC—Swine flu epidemic may be over
BBC News—Microsoft fixing 17 year old bug that existed in DOS and has been carried over to every version of Windows in next security update
Fox News—Facebook developing full-fledged email web app
ABCnews.com—Judge rules that Men at Work's hit "Down Under" plagiarized from "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" folk song


2.9.10
USA Today—Record high temperatures in Vancouver put some of the outdoor Olympic events in jeopardy
MSNBC—Iran accelerates its nuclear program
CNN.com—American Airlines to start charging $8 for blankets
Fox News—Google enters social networking fray with Google Buzz
CBS News—Congressman Jack Murtha dies after complications from gall bladder sugery
New Scientist—Cigarette smoke that accumulates in furniture and carpets may pose "third-hand" health hazard


2.10.10
Fox News—Asians in Atlanta want the public transit system to rename the yellow line on the MARTA system because they say it is offensive
CNN.com—Hurricane researcher suing LSU, saying he was fired for criticising the Army Corps of Engineers' levee system in New Orleans
USA Today—Crab boat captain featured on Discovery's Deadliest Catch dies after massive stroke
MSNBC—Ohio man accused of tattooing a 1 year old girl visiting his home
CBS News—MySpace CEO resigns after less than one year on the job
BBC News—Scientists find genes linked to stuttering


2.11.10
CNN.com—Bill Clinton hospitalized with chest pains
USA Today—Starcraft II goes into beta this month
MSNBC—Bolivia wants to create its own space program
CBS News—Three guards stand by and watch as teen girl is beaten up at Seattle bus terminal
Fox News—Woman murdered by stalker after judge denies protective order
BBC News—India defers commercial cultivation of its first GM crop


2.12.10
USA Today—Olympic luger from Republic of Georgia dies during practice run on the opening day of 2010 games
CBS News—Iranian government shuts down Gmail on the eve of anti-regime demonstrations
ABCnews.com—Professor who was denied tenure kills three at University of Alabama
CNN.com—Soldier accused of waterboarding his four year old daughter to get her to remember her ABCs
Fox News—USA Today forcing all staffers to take one week of unpaid leave
MSNBC—Snow on the ground in all states but Hawaii


2.15.10
Fox News—Two Olympic athletes suspended after failing blood tests
CNN.com—Cheney ducks question of whether Palin is qualified to be president
MSNBC—Howard Stern confirms that Fox is considering him as a replacement for Simon Cowell on American Idol
CBS News—Larry Ellison's high tech trimaran brings America's Cup back to America for the first time in 15 years
BBC News—PayPal suspends personal payments to India due to regulatory issues
USA Today—Director Kevin Smith removed from Southwest flight because he was deemed too fat to fly


2.16.10
Fox News—Kenneth Starr named president of world's largest Baptist university
BBC News—Intel and Nokia to merge their mobile phone operating systems
New Scientist—Mirrors left on the moon by Apollo missions that are still used for experiments in relativity may have become coated with lunar dust
ABCnews.com—Adobe to release Flash for smartphones later this year
USA Today—Lead singer for the Knack dies
MSNBC—Scientists developing custom-scented flowers


2.17.10
CNN.com—Abbey Road studios up for auction
USA Today—Burger King to add Starbucks coffee to revamped breakfast menu
MSNBC—Obama wants federal government to invest in nuclear energy
CBS News—Mitt Romney attacked on flight to Vancouver when he asked the passenger in front of him to raise his seat for takeoff
Fox News—Obama to hire someone to oversee his presence on social networking sites
ABCnews.com—Man suing therapist for dating his ex-wife while the doctor was treating him for post-divorce depression


2.18.10
Fox News—Damage from snowstorms will delay spring opening of the Maryland Zoo
CNN.com—Texas man intentionally crashes small plane into IRS building, killing two
USA Today—Engineer who built Arecibo radio telescope dies
New Scientist—SETI founder wants spacecraft millions of miles from Earth to listen for signals from alien civilizations
BBC News—New analysis of King Tut's blood reveals that malaria may have played a part in his death
CBS News—Facebook will soon allow you to use PayPal to pay for ads on the social networking site


2.19.10
USA Today—Parents suing school after school officials used webcam on school-issued laptop to spy on their son remotely while he was in his own home
Fox News—Man who knows secrets about Thomas' English Muffins is barred by judge from going to work for rival Hostess
BBC News—Dolphins may hold key to treatment for type 2 diabetes
CNN.com—Immunotherapy shows promise for people with peanut allergies
CBS News—Italian chef taken off the air after he reveals that he cooks and eats cats
MSNBC—Star of Deadliest Catch whose father and captain recently died arrested for DUI


2.22.10
CNN.com—New credit card rules require an adult cosigner for anyone under 21 who is applying for a card
ABCnews.com—Harvard law student and Gmail user sues Google after being automatically opted into Buzz
Fox News—Israel reveals that they have a large fleet of drone aircraft with the range to reach Iran
USA Today—Online efforts underway to convince John Mellencamp to run for Evan Bayh's senate seat
MSNBC—Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies
BBC News—Australia will sue Japan in international court if the Japanese do not stop whaling by November 2010


2.23.10
ABCnews.com—iPhone app claims it can treat acne with light
USA Today—First edition copy of first comic book to feature Superman sells for $1 million at auction
CNN.com—Cheney hospitalized with chest pains
CBS News—Man assaulted by Jersey Shore cast member on camera wants distribution of the season 1DVD set halted
BBC News—Preventative drug treatment could stop the spread of AIDS within five years
Fox News—Newest Republican senator who won Ted Kennedy's old seat votes with Democrats to break GOP filibuster of healthcare bill


2.24.10
CBS News—School district officials plan to fire all 88 teachers at failing Rhode Island school
CNN.com—Navy to allow women to serve on submarines
USA Today—Eagles cut Brian Westbrook
Fox News—Study finds that smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers
MSNBC—Largest species of land dinosaurs so far discovered in Utah
BBC News—Abbey Road studios given protected historic status


2.25.10
CBS News—Bloom Box may be future of cheap, clean energy
USA Today—GM to shutter Hummer brand after deal with potential Chinese buyer falls through
CNN.com—SeaWorld trainer killed by killer whale
BBC News—Three Google executives convicted in Italian court because of user-posted video
MSNBC—Scientists trace origin of tiny dogs to the middle east 12,000 years ago
Fox News—Woman says she was fired from Abercrombie for wearing a headscarf while working


2.26.10
CBS News—Madam who procured call girls for former governor Eliot Spitzer is now planning to run for governor herself
MSNBC—Dannon to pay $45 million in damages for unproven scientific claims about its Activia and DanActive yogurts
USA Today—Gold medal Canadian women's hockey team criticized for celebrating their victory by drinking alcohol and smoking cigars on the ice after the medal ceremony
MSNBC—Iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken loose from Antarctica and is large enough to affect water circulation patterns in the ocean
CNN.com—Missing son of Star Trek actor found dead after suicide
Fox News—Flight grounded after two flight attendants get into a fistfight with each other

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