daily links: june 2010

6.1.10
ABCnews.com—Production delays force director Guillermo del Toro to quit Hobbit film
USA Today—Dennis Hopper dies
MSNBC—Pakistani governement restores access to Facebook after Draw Mohammed Day page removed from the site
CNN.com—Apple says it has sold over 2 million iPads since the device's debut two months ago
Fox News—Air Force launches first next generation GPS satellite
CBS News—Gary Coleman dies


6.2.10
CNN.com—Al and Tipper Gore separate after 40 years of marriage
ABCnews.com—Woman sues Google after she follows walking directions from Google Maps onto major highway and gets hit by a car
Fox News—Ted Koppel's son dies after drinking binge
CBS News—Man kills three judges and then himself in a Chinese court
BBC News—Breast cancer vaccine shows promise
MSNBC—US Attorney General launches criminal probe into BP Gulf spill


6.3.10
ABCnews.com—AT&T to phase out unlimited wireless plans for smart phone users
CBS News—British taxi driver goes on shooting spree, killing 12 and wounding 25 more
Fox News—Ford retiring the Mercury brand
MSNBC—Feds want airlines to pay bigger fees to passengers who are involuntarily bumped from flights
BBC News—Hurt Locker producers to sue 5,000 people who shared the movie online illegally
USA Today—EA previews Wii-exclusive hocky game


6.4.10
USA Today—Umpire blows call at first base and costs pitcher a perfect game
Fox News—Navy successfully uses laser weapon to destroy aircraft in tests
CBS News—Computer simulations show oil from the Gulf spill eventually reaching the east coast
MSNBC—Hooters waitress sues, claiming she was fired for being too heavy despite positive performance reviews
CNN.com—Golden Girl Rue McClanahan dies
BBC News—HP to cut 9000 jobs


6.7.10
ABCnews.com—White House correspondent Helen Thomas say Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Germany and Poland
CBS News—Tobacco companies rebranding many cigarette blends after FDA rules that they can no longer be labled "light"
CNN.com—Porn actor wanted for murder dies after falling off a cliff when tasered by police
USA Today—Orioles end 10 game losing streak with extra innings win over Red Sox
MSNBC—Pixies call off Israel concert after raid on Gaza aid flotilla
Fox News—Rush Limbaugh marries for the fourth time


6.8.10
USA Today—Judge bans Rod Blagojevich from tweeting during his trial
ABCnews.com—Woman charged with crime of adultery to challenge constitutionality of the law
Fox News—Four year old boy caught on camera drinking beer from a bottle at a Phillies game
CNN.com—Dungeons & Dragons retools for a new generation of gamers
BBC News—Yahoo and Facebook team up
CBS News—Heidi Montag files for legal separation from Spencer Pratt


6.9.10
Fox News—China designs negative emissions vehicle
BBC News—Laser technology could help detect hidden explosives
MSNBC—Elvis version of Mr. Potato Head to be released in August
CNN.com—Apple's Safari 5 web browser can eliminate multipage articles with ads
MSNBC—Mom finds kidnapped kids on Facebook
Fox News—Foxconn, Chinese manufacturer of iPhone, raises workers' salaries by 70% after rash of suicides


6.10.10
CBS News—Violations of NCAA policies by USC keep them out of bowl games for two years and could cost Reggie Bush his Heisman
ABCnews.com—Google briefly replaces plain white background on main search page with image a la Bing
CNN.com—Teenager attempting solo circumnavigation of the globe missing after her distress beacons were activated
USA Today—SEC institutes new rules designed to prevent another flash crash
ABCnews.com—Former marine says he has been threatened with job termination for refusing to pay a teacher's union fee
MSNBC—Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup


6.11.10
MSNBC—Florida governor Crist vetoes bill that would have required all women seeking a first trimester abortion to get (and pay for) an ultrasound and to view the resulting images
CBS News—Appeals court throws out some of the prosecution's evidence in Barry Bonds' steroids case
ABCnews.com—Teacher at Christian school fired for getting pregnant before she got married
Fox News—Indonesian census turns up woman who claims to be 157 years old
USA Today—Man who was kicked out of Harvard for gaining admission using forged documents was later admitted by Stanford
CNN.com—Notorious burglar and identity thief ignores $50,000 gift from anonymous donor that he would have received for turning himself in


6.14.10
ABCnews.com—US geologists estimate that mineral deposits in Afghanistan could be worth more than $1 trillion
USA Today—Starbucks to offer free unlimited Wi-Fi at most locations starting later this summer
CNN.com—Microsoft unveils Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360 to compete with the Wii. When was the last time Microsoft had an original idea? Have they ever?
MSNBC—NASA testing tsunami prediction system using GPS network
CBS News—Jimmy Dean dies
Fox News—Chatroulette to introduce software that will scan video feeds for people displaying their genitalia and automatically ban those users


6.15.10
CNN.com—Arizona bill would deny citizenship to children born in the US if their parents are here illegally
Fox News—Iconic photo of Winston Churchill altered to remove his cigar for WWII museum display
USA Today—Ocean may have once covered a third of the surface of Mars
ABCnews.com—Substituting brown rice for white could significantly reduce diabetes risk
MSNBC—Kate Gosselin may get her own reality dating show
CBS News—Scientists mapping Ozzy Osbourne's genetic code


6.16.10
ABCnews.com—Senate declines to extend unemployment and COBRA benefits
CNN.com—San Francisco may require cell phone companies to disclose how much radiation their devices emit
Fox News—Apple says it received 600,000 preorders for iPhone 4 on first day of orders despite technical glitches
CBS News—Brian Austin Green engaged to Megan Fox again after calling off previous engagement
USA Today—Stunt jumper who tried to parachute off Empire State Building is barred from ever setting foot in the structure again
MSNBC—Nintendo introduces portable 3D gaming machine


6.17.10
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court rules that employers can search their employees' text messages if they were sent using a company-owned device
CBS News—Bill Gates and Warren Buffett challenge fellow billionaires to give at least half of their wealth to charity
USA Today—FDA panel approves morning after pill that is effective up to five days after intercourse
Fox News—South Carolina Democratic Party trying to overturn Alvin Greene's primary win
MSNBC—Chess genius Bobby Fischer's body to be exhumed in paternity case
CNN.com—Harrison Ford marries Calista Flockhart


6.18.10
MSNBC—Poll finds that adults more likely to text while driving than teens
USA Today—FCC moves towards more oversight of broadband connections
CNN.com—Following Microsoft's lead, Sony introduces Wii-like motion controller for PS3
CBS News—Harvard student who is also illegal alien will not be deported
Fox News—Italian priest develops iPad app that other priests can use to celebrate a Catholic mass
BBC News—Getty Images signs deal with Flickr that will allow all users to opt-in to sell their photos


6.21.10
CNN.com—Toy Story 3 has biggest opening weekend for a Pixar film ever
MSNBC—Nebraska town considering ordinance that would require background checks for all renters and workers and ban hiring of or renting property to illegal immigrants
Fox News—Court asked to decide if cheerleading should be considered a sport for gender-equity requirements
CBS News—Golfer from Northern Ireland wins US Open
USA Today—Former NBA star Manute Bol dies at 47
BBC News—John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for A Day in the Life sell for $1.2 million at auction


6.22.10
CBS News—California considering digital license plates that would display ads when a car is not in motion
BBC News—New hospital to use robots to carry out many mundane daily tasks
USA Today—Apple releases iOS 4
CNN.com—Doctor introduces female condom with spikes that attach painfully to the penis of a rapist
Fox News—Brian Wilson to rejoin the rest of the surviving Beach Boys for a 50th anniversary tour
MSNBC—Amazon and Barnes & Noble both lower prices on their e-book readers


6.23.10
Fox News—Obama expands Family Medical Leave Act to cover gay couples
CNN.com—General called back to Washington after negative comments about civilian officials in Rolling Stone interview
USA Today—Apple sells 80 million iPads after only 80 days
CBS News—Gourmet magazine returns as a mobile app
ABCnews.com—McDonald's being sued for including toys in Happy Meals
BBC News—Michael Jackson's estate has made more than $1 billion since the singer's death


6.24.10
USA Today—Stem cells can reverse blindness caused by chemical burns
ABCnews.com—Obama replaces Afghanistan commander and replaces him with Petraeus
CBS News—US team advances to next round of World Cup after win over Algeria
MSNBC—DC launches digital versions of its comics aimed at mobile media devices
Fox News—Lawrence Taylor indicted on rape charges
Sports Illustrated—Longest match in history of tennis takes over 11 hours spread over three days


6.25.10
CNN.com—Arizona governor claims that most illegal aliens are involved in the drug trade
USA Today—Arizona pitcher throws no-hitter, the fourth in the majors this season
ABCnews.com—Military says Rolling Stone reporter broke agreed-upon ground rules for McChrystal interview
CBS News—Kellogg's recalls 28 million boxes of cereal
MSNBC—Oprah Network accused of fixing online voting for reality show competition
BBC News—Whaling commission meetings end without new agreement


6.28.10
ABCnews.com—Man who served time in prison for murder charged with killing four people with a knife
CBS News—Republican senator hints that GOP is considering filibuster of Kagan's Supreme Court nomination
MSNBC—New blood test could predict when a woman will experience menopause decades in advance
CNN.com—Six month old girl killed by falling branch at Central Park Zoo
Fox News—Reporters caught mocking Sarah Palin on open mic after speech by the former vice presidential candidate
USA Today—15 men and women in Saudi Arabia sentenced to flogging and prison for mingling at a party


6.29.10
USA Today—Apple sells 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first weekend of release
CNN.com—Senator Robery Byrd dies at 92
CBS News—Mixed martial arts fighter dies from brain injuries after first professional fight
MSNBC—New peptide gel could help regenerate teeth with cavities
Fox News—Google prepping Facebook challenger
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court overturns Chicago's ban on handguns


6.30.10
CBS News—Republican leaders says we need to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70
USA Today—Wachovia accused of helping Mexican drug cartels launder money
Fox News—Larry King to retire this fall
CNN.com—Hulu launches unlimited $10 subscription service for mobile devices and gaming consoles
ABCnews.com—Colleges that require e-book readers as part of their curriculum must ensure that devices are blind-friendly
MSNBC—AKC recognizes three new breeds

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