daily links: february 2006

2.1.06
CNN.com—Cindy Sheehan arrested in congressional gallery before Bush's state of the union address
USA Today—Alito confirmed to the supreme court
MSNBC—Coretta Scott King dies
BBC News—Warner Brothers will sell its movies online
New Scientist—Researchers may have found way to combat lupus using a patient's own stem cells
CBS News—Man pulled over for reckless driving was looking at porn


2.2.06
C|NET—Man sues Apple, claiming that his iPod caused hearing loss
USA Today—Alito splits with other court conservatives in his first decision
CNN.com—Republicans pick DeLay's successor in house leadership
Wired News—Western Union delivers its final telegram
Fox News—Man leaps to his death from Empire State Building observation deck
BBC News—Tenth planet is bigger than Pluto


2.3.06
USA Today—Congress grants the Patriot Act a temporary extension
CNN.com—Hundreds of dead animals, including many domestic pets, found in West Virginia woods
Fox News—7th grader investigated by Secret Service after turning in an essay that wished harm on Bush and Oprah
CBS News—Bush wants another $120 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
MSNBC—Hooters opening its own casino in Vegas
BBC News—Magazine investigation reveals that children can easily access porn via their mobile phones


2.6.06
Wired News—Eye test could detect Alzheimer's long before it affects that brain
USA Today—AOL will allow commercial spammers to send messages to their users for a fee. Wait, how does that help their paying customers again?
BBC News—BMW blacklisted by Google for attempting to manipulate the search engine's results
CNN.com—City plans tax on fast food to pay for street cleanup
New Scientist—Computer virus shuts down the russian stock exchange
MSNBC—Craigslist to charge listing fees for certain types of ads in major cities


2.7.06
CNN.com—Iran orders nuclear inspectors to remove their monitoring equipment
Wired News—Wired's annual vaporware hall of shame. Duke Nukem Forever FTL.
USA Today—Items confiscated by airport screeners make cash for state governments in secondary market
C|NET—New Google service will allow users to send IMs through Gmail
CBS News—Royal Caribbean begins construction on largest cruise ship ever
BBC News—Dozens of new species found in "Garden of Eden" in Indonesia


2.8.06
CNN.com—LA tries to end high speed police pursuits by firing GPS-enabled sticky darts at fleeing vehicles instead
BBC News—The WTO rules that the EU illegally stopped GM imports from US. Are those enough acronyms for you?
ABCnews.com—B.B. King offers signed guitar as reward for the safe return of his missing dog
USA Today—Apple cuts price on iPod Shuffle to $69 and introduces new 1 GB Nano for $149
CBS News—IRS offers free e-filing to low and middle income taxpayers
MSNBC—Exxon execs dispute Bush's statement that the US can completely eliminate its dependence on foreign oil


2.9.06
MSNBC—Wal-Mart has plans to open an additional 1500 stores in the US alone
CBS News—Bush's proposed budget would eliminate the Social Security death benefit
C|NET—Showtime will make some of its programming available via iTunes
Fox News—First grader suspended for sexual harrassment of a classmate
CNN.com—Girl loses spelling bee after a judge ruled a correctly spelled word incorrect
USA Today—Britney Spears photographed driving with her baby in her lap


2.10.06
MSNBC—Libby's defense in the Plame case will allege that Cheney authorized the sharing of classified information with the press
New Scientist—Lake Victoria being drained by Uganda for extra power
USA Today—40 church members fall ill after drinking tainted communion grape juice
CNN.com—Polar bears may be granted endangered status
Fox News—Man hangs him self in bathroom of DC to LA flight
CBS News—Oprah signs radio deal with XM


2.13.06
CNN.com—Cheney accidently shoots a fellow hunter on a quail hunt
USA Today—Jaws auther dies
CBS News—Michelle Kwan drops out of the Olympics because of injury
MSNBC—Fossett sets another flying record
ABCnews.com—Netflix policy penalizes most frequent users
BBC News—Last century was the warmest in the last 1200 years


2.14.06
MSNBC—Two US workers get RFID chips implanted
USA Today—College applications up significantly this year
CNN.com—Two federal air marshals charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine on a flight
Aerial Photographs of Mexico City—A photo album from a helicopter pilot who flies above the city
BBC News—Blizzard criticized for its policies towards gays in World of Warcraft
CBS News—Microsoft introduces Blackberry competitor


2.15.06
Fox News—Man fakes his own disappearance after losing $40,000 on a Super Bowl bet
ABCnews.com—Frank Miller's next graphic novel will have Batman hunting bin Laden
CNN.com—Bald eagle may soon be off endangered species list
USA Today—Tulane hospital opens for first time since Katrina
CBS News—Massachusetts orders Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills in all its pharmacies in the state
MSNBC—British lawmakers vote to ban smoking in all pubs


2.16.06
USA Today—UN observers find Haiti election ballots at dump
C|NET—Oracle considered bid for MySQL
New Scientist—Australian cane toads are growing longer legs, enabling them to travel further and conquer new territory faster than ever
MSNBC—New Nintendo DS add-on will let the gaming console function as a portable television
CNN.com—Michael Jackson wins sole custody of kids
CBS News—EPA finds that Teflon is likely a carcinogen


2.17.06
ABCnews.com—Two unofficial Mac sites go dark after posting details of how to hack OS X for non-Apple Intel-based systems
Wired News—Judge orders Bush to hand over details of its wiretapping program
USA Today—XM board member resigns and says that the service is headed for trouble if it doesn't control costs
CNN.com—Atari may be nearing the end
MSNBC—Chicago may be the next major city to offer cheap Wi-Fi to its citizens
BBC News—US lawmakers try to keep internatonal gambling sites from being accessed by Americans


2.20.06
BBC News—Biologist says that retirement age should be raised to 85 by 2050 because of expected increases in life expectancy
ABCnews.com—62 year old grandmother gives birth
New Scientist—Mathematical proofs harder to verify, making math more like science
CNN.com—Apple embeds poem deep in Mac OS X as a warning to hackers
MSNBC—Nick may seek alimony from Jessica
CBS News—Some people upset that Arab firm will control operations at 6 major US ports


2.21.06
CNN.com—British historian sentenced to 3 years in jail in Austria for denying that the Holocaust happened
Wired News—Addition of surround sound to MP3 format could help give it an edge against more advanced codecs
MSNBC—Domino's Pizza founder building Catholic-based town in Florida
New Scientist—Online communities teach teens valuable social skills
USA Today—Sony may delay PlayStation 3
CBS News—Martha Stewart says her version of the Apprentice failed because Trump refused to step aside as originally planned


2.22.06
ABCnews.com—7th grader's science project finds that ice from fast food restaurants is dirtier than the water in the toilets at those same restaurants
CNN.com—Supreme court rules that hallucinogenic tea is acceptable as part of a religious ceremony in a New Mexico church
Wired News—Earth's population will hit 6.5 billion this weekend
New Scientist—Amateur astronomers are the first to view the tenth planet through a telescope lens
CBS News—Bush threatens to use veto if congress doesn't back his plan to turn over control of 6 US ports to Arab companies
PC World—Woo hoo! FrontPage finally bites the dust!


2.23.06
New Scientist—California execution delayed when doctors withdraw at last minute due to ethical concerns
Sports Illustrated—Navy quarterback charged with rape
ABCnews.com—South Dakota close to banning most types of abortion
KSBW Channel—Child porn found on elementary school teacher's work computer
USA Today—Kid Rock sues video distribution company to stop the release of a sex tape featuring himself, four women, and Scott Stapp of Creed. Um, eww?
MSNBC—Pluto may have rings


2.24.06
MSNBC—H&R Block screwed up its own corporate tax return last year
ABCnews.com—iTunes store tops 1 billion downloads. That's right, with a "B".
C|NET—Jason Kottke gives up trying to be a full-time blogger after living on reader contributions for a year
CBS News—China bans any forms of entertainment that blend live action with cartoons. Huh?
CNN.com—James Frey dropped by his publisher
USA Today—Harvard's president resigns

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