daily links: july 2010

7.1.10
ABCnews.com—Budget cuts force many cities to cancel Independence Day fireworks
CNN.com—Al Qaeda launches English-language online magazine
Fox News—Reclusive mathematician turns down $1 million prize for solving the Poincare conjecture
CBS News—US prepares new $100 bill
USA Today—Microsoft kills it's recently launched Kin phones
MSNBC—Class action lawsuits filed against Apple over iPhone 4 reception issues


7.2.10
Fox News—Woman fakes her own death to avoid foreclosure
BBC News—Google buys travel company for $700 million
USA Today—Blizzard launches closed public beta for next World of Warcraft expansion
MSNBC—Warren Buffett donates nearly $2 billion to charity
ABCnews.com—Lady Gaga heading toward record 10 million fans on Facebook
CNN.com—Little-known British actor cast as the new Spider-Man


7.6.10
MSNBC—Follower of Charles Manson up for parole for the 19th time
CBS News—Former hot dog eating champ arrested after this year's event in which he did not participate
Fox News—Pilot dies when homemade experimental helicopter crashes
CNN.com—New finger vein biometric scan is as reliable as an iris scan
USA Today—White House unveils searchable database that allows users to see the salaries of employees of the executive branch
ABCnews.com—NASA delays final space shuttle mission until next year


7.7.10
CBS News—Justice Department sues to block Arizona immigration law
CNN.com—Prince says the internet is dead, officially completing his journey to out-of-touch crank
USA Today—USPS considers raising price of stamps again. I might care if I ever used them.
Fox News—Dubai will not install full-body scanners in its airports because it contradicts Islam and violates passenger privacy
ABCnews.com—South African runner cleared to compete in women's races after gender test
BBC News—British man first to be convicted for fixing eBay auctions


7.8.10
MSNBC—Texas lottery player has won more than $1 million four separate times
ABCnews.com—Ridley Scott producing documentary featuring footage shot by 20 different YouTube contributors
CNN.com—Baseball fan falls 30 feet over a railing while trying to catch a foul ball
USA Today—Sam's Club will offer loans of up to $25,000 to small businesses
Fox News—Google offers new benefit for gay workers only
CBS News—Solar powered plane embarks on 24 hour test flight


7.9.10
Fox News—NIH researchers find two antibodies that neutralize more than 90% of known HIV strains in a laboratory setting
CNN.com—Tesla stock falls below IPO price
USA Today—LeBron James signs with Miami
ABCnews.com—FDA approves telescopic eye implant
MSNBC—World of Warcraft players angry at Activision's plan to reveal their real, legal names online
CBS News—Judge rules that federal ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional


7.19.10
ABCnews.com—Scientists create malaria-proof mosquito
USA Today—Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies from heart attack
CNN.com—FEC fines Joe Biden more than $200,000 for spending violations during his 2008 campaign for president
CBS News—Apple to offer free cases to iPhone 4 buyers to address antenna concerns
MSNBC—Neo-Nazi militia group patrolling Arizona border
Fox News—Apple with red inner flesh goes on sale in Britain


7.20.10
Fox News—Michelangelo may have hidden diagram of brain in Sistine Chapel painting of God
BBC News—Model of car that aims to hit supersonic speeds unveiled
CNN.com—Playboy launches "safe for work" web site
USA Today—Microsoft reveals that Kinect will cost $150 when it is released on November 4
MSNBC—Stone age carving could have been sex toy
CBS News—Oliver Stone says US should nationalize energy


7.21.10
Fox News—40 ton whale leaps onto 32 foot sailboat, snapping the mast and nearly destroying it
ABCnews.com—Virginia man who threaten South Park creators over Muhammed episode arrested by FBI
CBS News—Blagojevich's defense rests without calling him to testify
MSNBC—Judge rules that cheerleading does not count as a sport for Title IX purposes
CNN.com—Facebook hits 500 million users
USA Today—Rent-A-Wreck trying to change its image


7.22.10
ABCnews.com—Woman suing American Airlines for $5 million after they refused to refund a fee for a checked bag which they lost in transit
USA Today—Remnants of second circular monument found near Stonehenge
MSNBC—New supersonic passenger jet prepares to go into service
Fox News—Antarctic octopuses have venom that works at subfreezing temperatures
BBC News—Astronomers find most massive star yet discovered
CBS News—Teenager trades cell phone for Porsche


7.23.10
ABCnews.com—Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan collapses on stage
USA Today—White House says we're in a for a record deficit of nearly $1.5 trillion
MSNBC—NASA's Twitter feed hacked
CNN.com—Social media aggregator app for iPad crashes on debut due to high demand
CBS News—Indian government unveils touchscreen tablet that costs only $35
Switched—Apple to give out free cases to iPhone 4 owners who are having reception problems


7.26.10
CNN.com—WikiLeaks releases tens of thousands of documents detailing thousands of previously unreported incidents from US war in Afghanistan
CBS News—20 people killed in panic at German music festival
ABCnews.com—Obama to appear on The View
Fox News—Southwest throws thin woman off plane to make space for obese teen who needed two seats
MSNBC—Kings of Leon forced to halt concert due to pigeons in the rafters crapping on them
USA Today—Government decides that iPhone owners can legally unlock/jailbreak them, but that still might void their warranty with Apple


7.27.10
USA Today—Blizzard releases Starcraft 2
Fox News—Graduate student suing after being told that she would be dismissed from her program if she does not alter her views on homosexuals
ABCnews.com—Iran wants to put man in space by 2019
CBS News—United Arab Emirates call BlackBerry devices a threat to national security
CNN.com—Apple updates iMacs and Mac Pros
MSNBC—US okays use of Google apps for government agencies


7.28.10
MSNBC—Amazon unveils third generation Kindle with a starting price of $139
CBS News—Class action lawsuit claims that iPad overheats in sunlight. In other news, mice eat cheese.
CNN.com—Ansel Adams' grandson does not believe that recently discovered negatives are the work of his famous relative
Fox News—Massive asteroid could strike the Earth in 2182
ABCnews.com—Seton Hill University one of many schools giving iPads to students
USA Today—Louisiana named the laziest state


7.29.10
USA Today—Nintendo has losing quarter as game sales decline
CBS News—China blocks Google again
ABCnews.com—Thousands of Arlington graves may be improperly marked
CNN.com—French woman accused of giving birth to and smothering 8 babies over 17 years
MSNBC—Android users burn through more data than iPhone users
Fox News—Red light and speed cameras not generating as much revenue as anticipated


7.30.10
MSNBC—Scientists identify site on Mars where search for fossilized remains of life are likely to be found
ABCnews.com—The River Jordan closed for baptisms due to pollution
BBC News—New X Prize announced for oil spill clean up techniques
USA Today—Prosecutors won't file charges on Al Gore over sex abuse allegations
CNN.com—Ellen Degeneres leaves American Idol after only one season
CBS News—New project will bring cell and Wi-Fi service to all NYC subway platforms

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