daily links: september 2010

9.1.10
Fox News—Man takes hostages in Discovery Channel building before being killed by police
CNN.com—Apple introduces revamped Apple TV for $99
MSNBC—Target to sell Facebook gift cards that can be used to purchase virtual goods on the social networking site
USA Today—Some schools ban cancer awareness bracelets with the phrase "I love boobies" on them
ABCnews.com—Conan O'Brien names his new show: "Conan"
BBC News—Glass of milk can stop garlic breath


9.2.10
USA Today—Burger King being sold to private investment group
CBS News—Daycare worker convicted of lacing kids' candy with dietary supplement to get them to sleep
MSNBC—Facebook introduces remote logout security feature
CNN.com—Adults catching up to teens in text messaging
Fox News—Apple unveils new music-based social network called Ping
ABCnews.com—Two Las Vegas nightclubs ban Paris Hilton after her arrest for cocaine


9.3.10
MSNBC—Duke Nukem sequel set to be released next year after more than a decade of delays
CBS News—Man robbed and killed after winning big at casino
USA Today—Madden NFL 11 simulations predict big seasons for the Packers and the Ravens
BBC News—Samsung releases iPad competitor based on Google's Android OS
CNN.com—US birth rate fell by 2.6% last year
Fox News—NASA has plans to launch a probe into the sun


9.7.10
MSNBC—Founding member of ELO crushed by giant hay bale in freak accident
ABCnews.com—Most military PXs will not stock the new Medal of Honor game because it depicts violence towards US troops
CNN.com—CEO of notoriously cheap Ryanair airline suggests getting rid of copilots as way to save money
USA Today—Craigslist shuts down Adult Services listings
CBS News—Texas AG conducting antitrust review of Google
Fox News—US Muslim soldier seeks conscientious objector status


9.8.10
CBS News—Obama will not extend Bush tax cuts for wealthiest Americans
USA Today—eBay to give away 100,000 recycled and reusable shipping boxes to sellers
BBC News—HP suing former CEO to prevent him from taking a new position at Oracle
Fox News—China to build railroad for Iran
MSNBC—John Lennon's killer once again denied parole
CNN.com—Jersey Shore star could make $5 million this year


9.9.10
Fox News—Iowa school district monitors students' school lunch choices
CNN.com—Google introduces instant search that updates results as you type
ABCnews.com—Toys R Us opening hundreds of temporary stores in malls for the holiday shopping season
BBC News—Piers Morgan to replace Larry King
MSNBC—Jersey Shore's Snooki fined $500 and ordered to do community service for annoying people at the beach
CBS News—Flying car could go on sale as early as next year


9.10.10
Fox News—Email trojan horse cripples servers
MSNBC—Boeing may be getting into the space tourism business
CNN.com—Federal judge rules that don't ask, don't tell policy on gays serving in the military is unconstitutional
CBS News—Tom Brady to become NFL's highest paid player at $18 million per year
USA Today—Best Buy to start selling Kindles
BBC News—Apple makes app store approval process clearer for developers


9.11.10
when the walls fell


9.13.10
USA Today—Melting arctic ice opens Northwest Passage
ABCnews.com—Walmart to start selling cell phone plans under its own brand
Fox News—Three hour coding project nets 19 year old programmer a job offer from CEO of YouTube
CBS News—House minority leader says that he will allow tax cuts for the rich to expire if necessary
CNN.com—Analysts predict that Symbian and Android will each control about 30% of the smartphone OS market by 2014
MSNBC—Stephen Hawking says that time travel is theoretically possible


9.14.10
ABCnews.com—French senate votes to ban burqas and veils in public
USA Today—Baseball season will start in March next year
CBS News—Man sets record by winning $77,000 in a single day on the game show Jeopardy
MSNBC—Twitter revamping site and offering new features
CNN.com—Reggie Bush to give up his Heisman Trophy
Fox News—Gene makes many types of bacteria resistant to drugs


9.15.10
BBC News—Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9
CBS News—Inventor of anti-theft device The Club dies in car accident
ABCnews.com—FDA may pull diet drug Meridia from the market
CNN.com—Google fires engineer who used his position to access several Gmail and Google Voice accounts without authorization
MSNBC—Migraine attack leaves British woman with French accent
USA Today—NASA names what could be the final crew for the Space Shuttle program


9.16.10
USA Today—NYC may ban smoking in parks
Fox News—Google's soon-to-be-launched music store wants to let you keep your music in the cloud
CNN.com—Man shoots Johns Hopkins doctor at the hospital, then kills his mother and himself
MSNBC—College bans social media sites for a week
BBC News—Czech Republic keeps Google from collecting new images for its Street View service
ABCnews.com—Corn industry wants to change name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar


9.17.10
Fox News—Best Buy says iPad sales may have reduced laptop sales by as much as 50%
CBS News—James Cameron to film part of Avatar sequel seven miles deep in the ocean
Wired News—ABC iPad app listens to your television to sync up app behavior with the show you are watching
USA Today—Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Freddie Mercury biopic
BBC News—Study finds that falling in love costs you an average of two close friends
MSNBC—PlayStation's Wii competitor Move goes on sale today


9.20.10
CBS News—US troops accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport
MSNBC—Pastor who wanted to burn the Quran on September 11 may receive $200,000 from police
CNN.com—Delaware Tea Party candidate who won GOP primary for Senate seat accused of misappropriating campaign funds
Fox News—HDTV encryption code cracked
ABCnews.com—Dad caught on school bus camera threatening middle school students who he says bullied his daughter
USA Today—Quadruple amputee swims the English Channel


9.21.10
USA Today—Couple thrown out of hotel after manager accused them of writing negative review on TripAdvisor
CBS News—High school gym teacher whose name was modified to make Lynyrd Skynyrd band name dies at 77
ABCnews.com—Man inspired by Back to the Future 2 invents shoes with self-tightening laces
CNN.com—Lawyer plans to use too much caffeine as murder defense for man who strangled his wife
MSNBC—Research group says "Great Recession" ended in June 2009
Fox News—Facebook reportedly building a phone


9.22.10
MSNBC—FDA deciding whether genetically modified salmon should be labeled as such for consumers
CNN.com—Man who killed two at Fort Bliss was retired army sergeant
USA Today—Broncos player found dead in his home of apparent suicide
ABCnews.com—Senate GOP blocks repeal of don't ask, don't tell ban on gays serving openly in the military
Fox News—Michael Jackson themed MMO to be released in 2011
CBS News—California's largest union announces support for ballot initiative that would legalize pot


9.23.10
CNN.com—Anonymous insider claims that the CIA controls an army of 3000 men that it uses to conduct military operations in Pakistan
USA Today—Stephen Colbert to testify at congressional hearing on immigration
MSNBC—Blockbuster preparing to file for bankruptcy
BBC News—Intel plans to sell processor chips that can be upgraded by paying a fee to unlock features
CBS News—Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez announced as new American Idol judges
Fox News—Louisiana university bans students, faculty, and staff from sending or forwarding campaign solicitation emails using the school's email system


9.24.10
Fox News—Former Air Force officers claim that UFOs have shut down nuclear missiles at various sites over the years
CNN.com—Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donates $100 million to New Jersey school district
MSNBC—Katy Perry's Sesame Street appearance pulled after complaints from parents that her outfit showed too much cleavage
ABCnews.com—T-Mobile sued for blocking text messages from web site devoted to medical marijuana
BBC News—Humans may have originally caught malaria from gorillas
CBS News—New J.J. Abrams show will reunite Lost co-stars Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson


9.27.10
CBS News—Stuxnet computer worm may have been created specifically to destroy Iranian nuclear facility
USA Today—Sunflowers may be 50 million years old
ABCnews.com—Cop under investigation after pretending to arrest his daughter's boyfriend when he found out that the two teens had had sex
Fox News—Pentagon buys and destroys entire first printing of soldier's memoir to protect state secrets after earlier clearing the book for publication
CNN.com—Flat screen tv prices expected to drop dramatically for the holiday buying season
BBC News—Google provides data on how often governments ask for the personal data of its users


9.28.10
BBC News—FBI agents collaborated to cheat on internal exam
ABCnews.com—Rahm Emmanuel likely to leave White House to run for mayor of Chicago
USA Today—Owner of Segway company dies after Segway accident
CBS News—Southwest to buy AirTran
MSNBC—Nestle investing $500 million in medicinal nutrition
CNN.com—BlackBerry previews tablet computer that won't be released until 2011


9.29.10
CBS News—The Wire creator David Simon receives MacArthur genius grant
MSNBC—New survey shows that atheists know the most about the major religions
CNN.com—Jimmy Carter hospitalized
USA Today—Polygamist family who are subject of reality show on TLC under investigation by Utah authorities
Fox News—NAMBLA using Facebook to organize and promote its philosophy
ABCnews.com—Man whose restaurant was subject of a Kitchen Nightmares episode commits suicide


9.30.10
Fox News—Chinese bullet train breaks speed records
CNN.com—New study claims that ADHD is a genetic condition
ABCnews.com—Rutgers freshman leaves suicide note on Facebook and kills himself after his roommate secretly taped him having sex in his dorm room
CBS News—Three Deadliest Catch captains leaving the show as a result of a contract dispute
MSNBC—Monkeys have the ability to recognize themselves in mirrors
USA Today—AOL buying popular TechCrunch blog

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