daily links: september 2008

9.2.08
CNN.com—Underage daughter of McCain's VP pick is pregnant and unwed
CBS News—Man arrested near UCLA with multiple weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition
MSNBC—Phelps will use $1 million bonus he earned for tying Mark Spitz's seven medals to start his own charitable foundation
Fox News—Egyptian lawmaker accused of paying $2 million to have a Lebanese pop singer killed
USA Today—Astronauts spot high altitude clouds hovering between Earth's atmosphere and space
BBC News—NASA considers extending shuttle missions to 2015


9.3.08
USA Today—Firefly populations on the decline
BBC News—Google launches its own web browser
ABCnews.com—Candy lovers upset when manufacturers replace cocoa butter with cheaper vegetable oils in their favorite treats
Fox News—Woman leaves her three children (all under age 11) home alone for two weeks so she could go on a honeymoon with her new husband
MSNBC—Palin's dirty laundry raises questions about McCain team's vetting process
CBS News—Department of Justice finds that former AG Gonzales mishandled top secret documents


9.4.08
USA Today—Several colleges freeze tuition for the 2008-2009 academic year
ABCnews.com—Some New York schools will force students to weigh in before they will be allowed to attend classes
MSNBC—Chrysler shows off plug-in hybrids to dealers
BBC News—Germany pilots clean coal plant
CNN.com—New music site rewards you with credits when other people purchase a track you have already bought
CBS News—Children born to older fathers more likely to develop bipolar disorder


9.5.08
MSNBC—Michael Moore to release his next film online for free
ABCnews.com—Trucks banned from using Boston Big Dig bridge after crack discovered
CBS News—RNC video uses fake soldiers and a staged funeral
USA Today—Disgraced lobbyist with ties to the Bush administration sentenced to four years in jail
CNN.com—Well known movie trailer voice over artist dies at 68
Fox News—Hells Angels leader shot dead


9.8.08
CNN.com—McCain says he will appoint Democrats to his cabinet
CBS News—Federal government will take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
ABCnews.com—JetBlue auctions 300 seats on flights on eBay with bids starting as low as 5 cents
NBC Sports—Tom Brady could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury in the first quarter
Fox News—Japanese expert on North Korea claims Kim Jong Il has been dead since 2003
USA Today—Publisher Robert Giroux dies at 94


9.9.08
USA Today—Thai PM forced to resign over conflict-of-interest concerns because he hosted a televised cookiing show while in office. If only our leaders had one-tenth this level of accountability...
CNN.com—Group wants driving age raised
CBS News—Wilmington, NC, becomes first US city to change to all-digital broadcasting
ABCnews.com—Stephen Colber's DNA to be stored on the International Space Station
Fox News—Dancer ordered to perform by airport security in order to prove his identity
MSNBC—Insurers want to track drivers with GPS


9.10.08
Fox News—Palin charged family travel expenses and per diem expenses for days spent at home
Sports Illustrated—Lance Armstrong returning to cycling
USA Today—Apple unveils iPod revamps and new version of iTunes
CBS News—New security database in France raises privacy concerns among citizens
ABCnews.com—Esquire uses electronic ink on print cover
MSNBC—Man says OCD drove him to eat over 20,000 Big Macs over four decades


9.11.08
when the walls fell


9.12.08
ABCnews.com—Houston evacuates as Ike approaches
CNN.com—Kanye West arrested in scuffle with paparazzi
CBS News—Bush approved secret military raids into Pakistan
Fox News—22 year old college grad auctioning off virginity to pay off student loans
MSNBC—Court rules that cops had no right to covetly videotape sex act between husband and his comatose wife
USA Today—Up to 80% of marijuana grown outdoors in US is grown in national or state parks


9.15.08
CNN.com—Karl Rove says McCain ads go too far in distorting the truth. Yes, Karl Rove.
ABCnews.com—David Foster Wallace hangs himself
USA Today—Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch
CBS News—Mom steals daughter's identity to join a high school cheerleading squad
Fox News—Million dollar lawsuit over designer umbrella thrown out of court
MSNBC—Obama raises $66 million in August


9.16.08
ABCnews.com—Hackers break into computers running Large Hadron Collider
CBS News—Engineer in deadly train crash may have been text messaging
USA Today—Best Buy to acquire Napster for $121 million
MSNBC—HP will cut nearly 25,000 jobs
Fox News—Britain will allow sharia courts to use Islamic law to rule on civil cases between Muslims
BBC News—New vaccine eliminates a certain kind of breast cancer in mice


9.17.08
CNN.com—Al Qaeda blamed for US embassy attack in Yemen
ABCnews.com—Google to unveil Android phone next week
Fox News—Newborn baby found alive in middle school trash can
MSNBC—Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo email account, which she used for official government business in order to avoid accountability rules, is hacked
CBS News—Pentagon to launch two additional spy satellites
USA Today—MLB reveals 2009 schedule


9.18.08
ABCnews.com—Palin calls for end to probe into her activities that she herself requested
CNN.com—Smithsonian to digitize the 137 million objects in its collection and put them online
CBS News—All Pennsylvania state university campuses ban smoking anywhere on campus, even outdoors
Fox News—Burglar calls 911 for help after getting stuck in museum air vent
MSNBC—FDA considering mandatory tracking program for food
New Scientist—Russia may help Cuba build space center


9.19.08
Fox News—Woman faces federal charges for refusing to pay for soda and then intentionally spilling it
USA Today—Republican senator says Palin is unqualified to be president
CNN.com—Study finds that cell phones kept in pants pocket on talk mode can adversely affect quality of sperm
BBC News—Google teams with GE to develop a smarter power grid
MSNBC—FAA head says Chicago may need new airport
ABCnews.com—California bans cell phone use by train operators


9.29.08
USA Today—Mathematicians discover prime number with more than 13 million digits
CNN.com—Judge rules that Project Runway cannot move to Lifetime
ABCnews.com—Paul Newman dies of cancer at 83
CBS News—Congress to vote today on bailout package
MSNBC—Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to shut down Large Hadron Collider
Fox News—Utah resident receives bill for 1.4 million gallons of water


9.30.08
CNN.com—Dow suffers largest point drop in history after Congress rejects bailout plan
USA Today—NASA delays Hubble service mission after telescope stops sending data
Fox News—Sniper kills murder suspect from outside the prison where he was being housed
MSNBC—Citigroup buys Wachovia
CBS News—Swiss man flies across English Channel on homemade jet wings
ABCnews.com—SpaceX has successful launch of commercial rocket

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