daily links: april 2010

4.1.10
CBS News—YouTube unveils new site design
CNN.com—Wave of April Fool's Day jokes hit the web
USA Today—New fuel efficiency rules require 35.5 mpg average by 2016
ABCnews.com—Census race questions confuse and offend
MSNBC—Grad student discovers only known original copy of Haiti's founding document
Fox News—Boy killed by Disney bus while riding his bike in Disney World


4.2.10
Fox News—70 million doses of H1N1 vaccine may have to be discarded
MSNBC—Carjacking foiled because would-be criminals couldn't use car's manual transmission
CNN.com—Pirates captured after engaging with US Navy ship
ABCnews.com—Pennsylvania university offering free iPads to all students this fall
CBS News—Obama lifts bans on offshore drilling
USA Today—Verizon cuts prices on Palm Pre and Pixi


4.5.10
USA Today—Duke wins NCAA basketball championship
CBS News—Apple sells more than 300,000 iPads on first day of sales
ABCnews.com—Tiger Woods says he expects to win the Masters
MSNBC—Court rules that banninga  convicted sex offender from using a computer for 30 years is too extreme
CNN.com—Erykah Badu cited for naked video shoot in Dallas
Fox News—Jesse James leaves sex rehab after Sandra Bullock refuses to take his call


4.6.10
CNN.com—Spirit Airlines to start charging passengers for carry-on bags in addition to fees for checked luggage
USA Today—KFC introduces sandwich that uses chicken patties in place of bread
CBS News—At least 25 killed in West Virginia mine blast
ABCnews.com—Court rules that the FCC does not have the power to regulate net neutrality
MSNBC—New British version of Scrabble will allow proper nouns, in addition to allowing backwards words and words not connected to any others
Fox News—Lesbian high school couple sent to fake prom while rest of class partied at a different venue that she wasn't invited to


4.7.10
CBS News—FCC considering antitrust challenge to Google's acquisition of AdMob mobile advertising firm
CNN.com—Irish airline may charge passengers who wish to use the lavatory in-flight
USA Today—Martina Navratilova diagnosed with breast cancer
MSNBC—Obama administration authorizes targeted killing of American citizen who is believed to be recruiting terrorists in Yemen
BBC News—Swiss test plane that is eventually intended to circumnavigate the globe using only solar power
Fox News—Tiki Barber leaves pregnant wife of 11 years for 23 year old mistress


4.8.10
CNN.com—Malcolm McClaren dies at 64
Fox News—Doctors perform C-section only to find that woman was not pregnant
MSNBC—Scientists discover animals living without oxygen
USA Today—Version 4 of the iPhone OS will introduce multitasking
ABCnews.com—Navy bans smoking on submarines
CBS News—Doctor posts on message board that he laid off employee because they voted for Obama


4.9.10
CNN.com—Justice Stevens announces retirement
ABCnews.com—Teen files harrassment complaint against his mother and accuses her of hacking into his Facebook account
USA Today—China posts trade deficit for first time in six years
MSNBC—Circus elephant kills trainer
CBS News—Shroud of Turin to go on rare display to public over the next month
Fox News—GE introduces $50 LED lightbulb that it claims will last 17 years


4.12.10
ABCnews.com—Richard Dawkins wants Pope Benedict arrested for questioning in child abuse scandal when the pontiff visits Britain later this year
CNN.com—President of Poland killed in plane crash
CBS News—Kitty Kelley prepares to release unauthorized Oprah bio
MSNBC—Texas Stadium demolished
Fox News—No charges will be filed against Ben Roethlisberger in wake of sexual assault accusations
USA Today—Michigan community college offers to refund tuition if students do not find a job within a year of graduation


4.13.10
CNN.com—Conan O'Brien signs deal with TBS for late night talk show
MSNBC—Dow closes above 11,000 for first time since 2008
ABCnews.com—Prostitute made famous by Eliot Spitzer scandal poses for Playboy
CBS News—California bill would require carbon monoxide detectors in homes
Fox News—Ex-Brown student sues over expulsion from school, saying he was falsely accused of raping the daughter of a major donor
BBC News—British intelligence agency getting rid of staff who don't have computer skills


4.14.10
CBS News—Nebraska bans abortions at 20 weeks or more, asserting that fetuses feel pain beyond that point
MSNBC—Army doctor may be court martialed for refusing to deploy because he won't accept Obama as commander in chief
CNN.com—Apple allows Opera web browser into the app store for the iPhone
BBC News—South Korea bars schoolchildren from playing online games between midnight and 8 a.m.
ABCnews.com—Pamela Anderson owes nearly half a million dollars in back taxes
Fox News—Steven Seagal accused of sex trafficking and assault


4.15.10
USA Today—Quakes in China kill hundreds
MSNBC—Third grader accused of handing out bags of heroin at school
Fox News—Children with three biological parents could happen soon
CBS News—Larry King files for divorce from seventh wife
CNN.com—Apple delays international release of the iPad because of stronger than expected demand for the device in the US
ABCnews.com—Store pulls padded bikini tops for young girls after public outcry


4.16.10
Fox News—Icelandic volcano erupts and spreads ashes over Europe and Russia
CBS News—Norway PM stranded by volcanic ash uses his iPad to conduct government business
MSNBC—Leonard Nimoy says Obama is Star Trek fan
CNN.com—Israel confiscating iPads from tourists
ABCnews.com—Last month was warmest worldwide March on record
USA Today—Judge rules the National Prayer Day is unconstitutional


4.19.10
BBC News—Microsoft unveils new application that will automatically diagnose and fix common bugs
ABCnews.com—Obama gives partners in gay couples the same hospital visitation rights and decision-making powers as other close family members
USA Today—Broadway musical based on Green Day's American Idiot album opens this week
MSNBC—Weather delays shuttle landing
CNN.com—Dairy Queen planning mini version of Blizzard in response to growing demand from consumers for smaller portions at fast food restaurants
Fox News—Dollywood celebrates its 25th anniversary


4.23.10
CNN.com—Utah prisoner chooses execution by firing squad
MSNBC—Military launches reusable space vehicle which could be replacement for the space shuttle
Fox News—North Carolina beach resort town bans thongs
USA Today—Comedy Central censors South Park episode after threats from Muslim groups
CBS News—Cirque du Soleil developing show based on the music of Michael Jackson
BBC News—Adobe halts development on tool that would allow programmers to convert their Flash projects to iPhone apps


4.26.10
BBC News—Facebook unveils new developer tools that will expand its reach to every corner of the web
USA Today—Israel ends ban on bringing iPads into the country. Guess they must have finally confiscated enough to supply all the high ranking government officials with one...
CBS News—Stephen Hawking says it could be dangerous to contact extraterrestrials
CNN.com—Singer and reality TV star Bret Michaels in critical condition after suffering brain hemorrhage
MSNBC—Avatar sets DVD and Blu-ray sales records
Fox News—China considering end to one-child-per-family policy


4.27.10
USA Today—Republican senators block debate on financial regulation bill
ABCnews.com—Court allows massive gender discrimination lawsuit against Walmart to proceed
CBS News—16 food companies agree to reduce salt in their products over the next five years
MSNBC—Former Panamanian dictator Noriega extradited to France
CNN.com—Police seize computers from Gizmodo blogger who wrote about illicitly obtained next generation iPhone
Fox News—Teen halts attempt to sail around the world nonstop and solo


4.28.10
CNN.com—Malcolm X's killer freed after serving 44 year prison sentence
MSNBC—Team claims they have found Noah's Ark in Turkey, but researchers are skeptical
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court agrees to hear case about states' rights to ban the sale of violent video games to minors
Fox News—California county may eliminate toys from happy meals at fast food restaurants
USA Today—EA to bring The Sims 3 to consoles and portable gaming systems
BBC News—European group wants to build world's largest optical telescope in Chile


4.29.10
Fox News—Republican Florida governor Charlie Crist to run as independent in senate race
MSNBC—China's women's gymnastics team stripped of bronze medal won at 2000 Olympics
CNN.com—Cub Scouts to offer an award pin for video gaming
USA Today—Sandra Bullock files for divorce and reveals adopted son
ABCnews.com—Hugo Chavez unveils Twitter feed
CBS News—Hewlett Packard to buy Palm for $1.2 billion


4.30.10
USA Today—Prostate cancer vaccine therapy approved by FDA
CNN.com—Burger King testing brunch menu, including mimosa made from orange juice and Sprite
Fox News—Holy man claims he has gone without food or water for 70 years
CBS News—Feds launch criminal probe into Goldman Sachs
BBC News—Steve Jobs published open letter on why Flash is bad for the mobile web
ABCnews.com—Man stabs 29 children at preschool in China

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