daily links: july 2011

7.13.11
ABCnews.com—Creator of Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island dies at 94
USA Today—Obama says that Social Security checks may stop if deal on debt ceiling isn't reached
CNN.com—Netflix raising prices for subscribers who want both physical DVDs in the mail and online streaming of content
CBS News—Six year old girl hits hole in one
MSNBC—Woman accused of drugging her husband, tying him up, and cutting off his penis
Fox News—Casey Anthony to go into hiding and live under an assumed name once she is released from prison


7.14.11
Fox News—New study finds that a daily pill regimen lowers risk of HIV infection by nearly 80%
USA Today—US women's soccer team advances to World Cup finals
CBS News—New study shows that higher percentage of patients die in July because that's when newly minted doctors enter the system
CNN.com—Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. drops bid for British satellite broadcast company in wake of cell phone hacking scandal
BBC News—Japan vows to continue whaling in the Antarctic
MSNBC—Pandora reaches 100 million user mark


7.15.11
ABCnews.com—Mistrial declared in Roger Clemens perjury trial
CNN.com—Spotify music streaming service launches in the US
USA Today—New screening method will supposedly cut the wait time in airports
CBS News—Woman suing Facebook over failed romance that began on the social networking site
Fox News—Minnesota legislators reach deal with the governor to end the government shutdown
MSNBC—Donald Rumsfeld pulled aside for security patdown by TSA agents at O'Hare


7.18.11
CBS News—Twitter turns 5
USA Today—Final Harry Potter installment breaks single weekend box office record
CNN.com—Japan wins Women's World Cup over US in tie-breaking shootout
MSNBC—This isn't really a news story, but it's an interesting article about the unravelling of the Busch legacy
Fox News—Vehicle for Cash Cab game show strikes and kills pedestrian
ABCnews.com—Borneo Rainbow Toad finally photographed after 87 years of searching


7.19.11
CNN.com—Borders closing all remaining stores and liquidating its inventory
Fox News—Court awards custody of 3 year old girl to registered sex offender
CBS News—Florida teen murders parents with hammer, then throws house party while their bodies were locked in a bedroom
USA Today—Charlie Sheen lands new sitcom deal
MSNBC—Arizona hoping private donors will finance border fence
ABCnews.com—Gold rises above $1600 an ounce


7.20.11
Fox News—Heterosexual man turned away from blood donation center because the screen thought he looked gay
ABCnews.com—Convicted murderer sues prison after he was resucitated despite No CPR order
MSNBC—Renting textbooks on a Kindle could save money for college students
CNN.com—iPhone can still make and recieve calls after 13,500 foot fall from skydiver's pocket
CBS News—Toyota to make electric version of Rav4
USA Today—US health panel recommends that the government require health insurance companies to cover birth control as preventative care


7.21.11
USA Today—TSA claims software upgrade will make new screening machines less invasive
CNN.com—Gates Foundation spending millions to reinvent the toilet
CBS News—Physicists discover new particle predicted by the Standard Model
ABCnews.com—Hubble Space Telescope spots new moon orbiting Pluto
BBC News—Apple releases latest version of OS via download only
MSNBC—South Park teams with Fritos to produce Cartman's favorite snack food, Cheesy Poofs, a reality


7.22.11
CNN.com—Dozens killed in two terror attacks in Norway
BBC News—Next Mars Rover missions hopes to find water on the Red Planet
MSNBC—AT&T has sold more iPhones than Verizon since both companies started carrying the device
USA Today—Georgia police shut down girls' lemonade stand because they did not have the proper permits
Fox News—Fake Apple stores selling real Apple merchandise popping up in China
CBS News—Lollapalooza music festival to be streamed on YouTube


7.25.11
BBC News—Hints of Higgs boson seen at LHC and Fermilab
CBS News—Amy Winehouse found dead in her apartment
CNN.com—Manifesto from Nowegian mass murderer cribs from the Unabomber's manifesto
USA Today—NFL lockout may finally come to an end
ABCnews.com—Man who says he was sold a lemon crashes the vehicle into six other cars at the dealership after they wouldn't take the car back
MSNBC—DNA analysis reveals that humans mated with neanderthals


7.26.11
CBS News—ACLU sues New Jersey governor after he refuses to release emails between himself and the head of Fox News
MSNBC—Survey results estimate that 2 million Netflix subscribers will cancel their accounts when the new price hikes take effect
BBC News—Man thought to be dead wakes up after nearly 24 hours in a morgue refrigerator
Fox News—Official Microsoft Twitter feed encourages people to mourn Amy Winehouse by buying her albums from the Microsoft media store
CNN.com—USPS could close as many as 3,600 offices
USA Today—Maker of Blackberry mobile devices to cut 2,000 jobs


7.27.11
Fox News—San Francisco considers bill that would prevent employers and landlords from asking about someone's criminal history
CBS News—Apple shares cross $400 mark for the first time in history
BBC News—Mozilla, maker of Firefox, working on OS for smart phones and tablet devices
USA Today—McDonald's to start putting apple slices in all Happy Meals
MSNBC—Glenn Beck compares shooting victims at Norwegian policital camp to Hitler Youth
ABCnews.com—Democratic Congressman from Oregon resigns after daughter of donor claims he sexually assaulted her


7.28.11
USA Today—Google's stock has risen 30% since the launch of Google+
MSNBC—Historic Walter Reed Medical Center to be closed
CNN.com—Hacker group Anonymous urges boycott of PayPal
Fox News—Lesbian woman claims Dollywood employees asked her to hide pro-gay marriage slogan on shirt
ABCnews.com—Atheist groups sues to prevent display of cross at 9.11 memorial site
BBC News—US Olympic skier who won silver medal in 2010 commits suicide


7.29.11
CBS News—AT&T will throttle the download speeds of its heaviest users starting in October
Fox News—Man could sell old cups he brought to Antiques Roadshow for $1.5 million, a record valuation for an item shown on the show
USA Today—Federal appeals court says that genes can be patented
BBC News—Apple now has more money on hand than the US Treasury
CNN.com—Larry Flynt offers Casey Anthony half a million dollars to pose for Hustler
MSNBC—Study shows that IE6 users have lower IQs than users of Chrome and Firefox

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