8.3.09
CBS News—NYC woman suing her alma mater for her college tuition because she has been unable to find work since graduating earlier this year
ABCnews.com—Ireland passes blasphemy law that could result in a 25,000 euro fine
USA Today—New strain of HIV discovered in Cameroon woman
Fox News—Bank teller who apprehended man trying to rob his branch is fired for his actions
BBC News—Firefox passes billion download mark
New Scientist—Boosting blood supply to tumors may make them more vulnerable to chemotherapy and radiation treatments

8.4.09
USA Today—University of Florida football coach signs contract that will pay him $4 million a year for the next six years
CBS News—Google CEO resigns from Apple's Board of Directors over potential conflicts of interest
Fox News—McCain says he will vote against Sotomayor for the Supreme Court
CNN.com—Michael Jackson's mother given custody of his children
MSNBC—Bank of America to pay $33 million fine for misleading investors
ABCnews.com—Medical company thinks marijuana lozenge can reduce the risk of death from swine flu

8.5.09
CNN.com—Marines ban Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites
USA Today—Blizzard's Starcraft 2 delayed until 2010
MSNBC—Would-be Ford assassin Squeaky Fromme expected to go free later this month
BBC News—Scientists grow replacement teeth in mice
New Scientist—Some scientists using the moon as a particle detector
Fox News—Woman selling naming rights to her baby on eBay

8.6.09
CNN.com—Twitter hit by denial of service attack
MSNBC—Sprint and Samsung launch biodegradable mobile phone
CBS News—Some coffee shops banning the use of laptops during peak hours
USA Today—RadioShack trying to rebrand itself as The Shack
BBC News—Twitter being sued for patent infringement
Fox News—New doll lets girls pretend to breast feed

8.7.09
ABCnews.com—Rupert Murdoch intends to start charging for news content at all of his web sites, including Fox News
USA Today—Large Hadron Collider to be restarted later this year at half power
CNN.com—Cocaine played part in Billy Mays' death
CBS News—Mark Sanford's wife and children move out of the governor's mansion
Fox News—Cash for Clunkers program gets an additional $2 billion in funding
MSNBC—Google using specially designed large tricycle to gather images for its Street View service in Paris

8.10.09
USA Today—GM to test selling new and used cars on eBay
ABCnews.com—Man responsible for killings at health club in Pittsburgh was questioned by police a week before the shootings
Fox News—Noodle restaurant in Japan staffed by robot chefs
MSNBC—Premature stillborn baby comes to life just before his funeral
BBC News—Microsoft selling advertising division Razorfish to French advertising firm
New Scientist—Dieting could lead to positive test for marijuana months after last using the drug

8.11.09
USA Today—Chevy Volt rated at 230 mpg for city driving
ABCnews.com—Wireless pacemaker allows doctor to monitor patients over the internet
Fox News—Man impaled and killed by a shard of glass after pushing a woman through a store window
MSNBC—Utah governor resigns to become ambassador to China
CNN.com—Facebook buys FriendFeed
New Scientist—New contraceptive gel could stop both pregnancy and STDs

8.12.09
ABCnews.com—Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word
CBS News—Judge dismisses lawsuit against high school that banned Confederate flags
BBC News—Google begins testing overhauled search engine
MSNBC—NASA says budget restrictions will prevent it from reaching its goal of returning humans to the moon by 2020
CNN.com—Police investigating Michael Jackson's death search Las Vegas pharmacy
USA Today—JetBlue offers a month of unlimited travel for $599

8.13.09
MSNBC—Utah newspaper refuses to run gay wedding announcement
CNN.com—Les Paul dies
USA Today—Publisher will allow college students to rent textbooks
BBC News—Despite web campaigns aimed at killing it off, Microsoft says it plans to support IE6 through 2014
CBS News—Dante Stallworth suspended by the NFL for the 2009 season after killing a pedestrian while driving drunk
Fox News—Yale University Press will not print cartoons about Muhammad in a book whose subject is those very cartoons

8.14.09
Fox News—Man says he has simple formula that will allow anyone to multiply any two numbers in their head
BBC News—Sony to support an open format for ebooks and abandon its proprietary format
CBS News—John Edwards will reportedly admit to fathering his ex-mistress' child
CNN.com—Vick signs with Eagles
USA Today—Microsoft says next version of Office for Mac will include a version of its Outlook email program
MSNBC—Man sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court after yawning loudly during his cousin's sentencing

8.17.09
CBS News—Mexico replaces all 700 of its customs inspectors in an effort to combat drug smuggling
MSNBC—Memphis producer and musician Jim Dickinson dies
BBC News—Microsoft forms smartphone alliance with Nokia
Fox News—Teacher fined $22,000 for making a personal call during class
ABCnews.com—Milwaukee mayor attacked by man with pipe after he tried to assist woman who was crying out for help
USA Today—Rapper C-Murder sentenced to life in prison for, well, murder

8.18.09
CNN.com—Tom DeLay joins cast of Dancing With the Stars. Wait, what?
USA Today—Study classifies 40% of Twitter posts as "pointless babble". Only 40%?
MSNBC—Man charged with trying to steal 130 million credit card numbers
BBC News—NASA assembles first Ares rocket, a crucial component of their future manned space flight plans
Fox News—Elephant injured by land mine gets artificial leg
ABCnews.com—Facebook invites thousands of US users to beta test of Facebook Lite

8.19.09
Fox News—Brazillian teen girl confesses to stabbing 30 men to death over two years
USA Today—Brett Favre once again forgoes retirement and signs with Minnesota Vikings
BBC News—NASA detects amino acid in comet
CNN.com—Robert Novak, the journalist who outed Valerie Plame as a CIA agent, dies at 78 from cancer
MSNBC—Seattle voters reject ordinance that would have charged 20 cent fee for plastic grocery bags
CBS News—Study finds that 90% of US dollars have traces of cocaine

8.20.09
MSNBC—A record number of college students are appealing their financial aid decisions
CBS News—Reality star on the run after his ex-wife is found murdered
CNN.com—New female running champion's gender doubted by some
USA Today—Lockerbie bomber freed by Scotland due to his deteriorating health
Fox News—David Copperfield accused of rape
BBC News—MySpace to acquire iLike music service

8.21.09
CNN.com—Tom Ridge says Bush administration wanted to raise terror alert level shortly before the 2004 elections, an incident that he says prompted him to leave government service
Fox News—Travel icon Arthur Frommer says he will avoid Arizona because of the permissive gun laws
USA Today—Lutherans vote to allow sexually active gays in committed relationships to serve in the clergy
BBC News—Lemurs in Madagascar butchered by poachers for meat after coup results in breakdown of law and order
CBS News—World of Warcraft to have new quarterly magazine dedicated to coverage of the game
MSNBC—Woman auctioning off crypt space directly above Marilyn Monroe

8.24.09
USA Today—The Cubs and Wrigley Field sold by the Tribune Co. for $845 million
Fox News—Chile says it has found the H1N1 virus in turkeys
ABCnews.com—Social Security trustees say there will be no cost of living adjustment for the next two years
CNN.com—Twitter may start charging for a premium version of the service
MSNBC—Iraqi bomber says his group paid $10,000 to get their explosives past checkpoints
BBC News—New type of rice that grows snorkels when it floods could boost rice production in Asia and Africa

8.25.09
CNN.com—Apple to release Snow Leopard this Friday
USA Today—Nokia to start making netbooks
ABCnews.com—New method of meth production lets users make it themselves with much smaller amounts of base materials
CBS News—Michael Jackson's death ruled a homicide
MSNBC—Reality show contestant wanted in the murder of his ex-wife hangs himself in hotel room
Fox News—400 pound 13 year old boy collapses and dies during football practice

8.26.09
CNN.com—Blogger outed by Google after court order plans to sue the search giant
Fox News—Mother charged with manslaughter after daughter is killed by pet python
USA Today—NFL investigating video screens hanging above new Dallas field after punt hits one of them during a game
ABCnews.com—Virginia officials approve plan to build Wal-Mart Supercenter near a historic civil war battlefield
MSNBC—British government considers blocking internet access for users who repeatedly download music and other copyrighted material illegally
New Scientist—Blue lasers could help submarines stay in contact while submerged

8.27.09
CNN.com—Ted Kennedy succumbs to cancer
USA Today—Wikipedia testing new editing rules
Fox News—Dog belonging to SPCA CEO dies after being accidentally left in hot car for four hours
CBS News—South Carolina lieutenant governor calls for the governor to resign
MSNBC—Newest Nokia smartphones run on version of Linux
BBC News—Sony launches challenger to Amazon's Kindle

8.28.09
ABCnews.com—Madonna booed at concert in Bucharest for defending gypsies
USA Today—Boeing claims that first 787 Dreamliner will be in the skies by the end of 2009
CNN.com—China opposes Dalai Lama visit to Taiwan
CBS News—Girl kidnapped 18 years ago found alive and still being held by her abductors
Fox News—Model arrested for posing nude in art museum
MSNBC—Microsoft cuts price of Xbox 360 by $100

8.31.09
MSNBC—Ikea criticized by design community for switching the font for their print catalog from Futura to Verdana
ABCnews.com—Man claims to have spotted the Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth. But it kinda looks like a boat to me.
USA Today—Michigan football players say coach routinely violated NCAA limits on offseason workouts and other mandatory activities
CNN.com—President of Colombia diagnosed with H1N1 virus
Fox News—Contestant on Pakistani reality tv show drowns during competition
BBC News—Scientists take first image of a molecule