daily links: august 2010

8.2.10
Fox News—City officials use Google Earth to identify property owners who did not apply for permits for their pools
CNN.com—Reporter pretends to be GOP donor in order to get revealing interview with RNC chair Michael Steele
CBS News—Supreme Court upholds Miranda warnings, but with limitations
ABCnews.com—Spirit Airlines now charging $45 for carry-on bag
MSNBC—The Washington Post sells Newsweek to stereo magnate
USA Today—Disney sells Miramax


8.3.10
CNN.com—Wyclef Jean to run for president of Haiti
USA Today—Inventor of the Cheez Doodle dies at age 90
BBC News—Herpes virus used to treat cancer
Fox News—RIM unveils BlackBerry Torch smartphone
MSNBC—Man inspired to lose weight so he can ride on a new Harry Potter ride
ABCnews.com—Rare comic book found in basement saves family home from foreclosure


8.4.10
CNN.com—New bill reduces disparity in sentencing guidelines for crack versus powder cocaine convictions
MSNBC—Federal court overturns California's ban on gay marriage
CBS News—Federal agents admit to storing airport body scan images even though they claimed the scanning machines weren't capable of storing images
ABCnews.com—Lasers could be used to deliver vaccines directly into cells
USA Today—Alex Rodriguez hits home run number 600
Fox News—Settlement by Intel in anti-trust lawsuit could lower PC prices


8.5.10
CBS News—Social Security in the red
CNN.com—Google kills Google Wave, a failed experiment in melding email, wikis, and IM
Fox News—New double-bladed chopper breaks air speed record for helicopters
BBC News—FBI wants Wikipedia to remove image of the agency's seal from the site
USA Today—Colleges cracking down on illegal file sharing by students
ABCnews.com—Rudy Giuliani's daughter arrested for shoplifting


8.6.10
BBC News—New forensic DNA test takes only four hours to return results
Fox News—Kagan confirmed as newest Supreme Court justice
USA Today—Russia bans wheat exports, increasing crop prices for US farmers
MSNBC—Teens abandoning email for Facebook and texting
CBS News—Baskin-Robbins to retire five flavors
CNN.com—USPS posts another quarter of huge losses


8.9.10
USA Today—Tiger Woods shoots worst tournament score of his professional career
Fox News—GOP congressional leader says we should consider ending citizenship by birth, a right guaranteed by the Constitution
ABCnews.com—Bid for $40 billion government contract won't be considered because it was five minutes late
CNN.com—Contestant dies at world sauna championships
CBS News—Man in charge of iPhone hardware leaving Apple
MSNBC—Island of ice four times the size of Manhattan breaks off from Greenland


8.10.10
Fox News—Defense Secretary Gates to shutter military command center in Norfolk
CBS News—Statue of Liberty to close for up to a year so a new staircase can be installed
CNN.com—iPhone rumored to be available on Verizon in January
ABCnews.com—Skype files for IPO
BBC News—Judge orders US to put wolves back on endangered species list
USA Today—Former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson to appear on next season of Survivor


8.11.10
MSNBC—Google and Verizon propose net neutrality rules that also pave the way for a second-tier internet at a premium price
USA Today—Nintendo's Wii has sold more than 30 million consoles in the US alone
CBS News—Swine flu epidemic officially declared over
CNN.com—Former senator Ted Stevens killed in plane crash in Alaska
Fox News—Stephen Hawking says it's time for humans to leave Earth to ensure our survival
BBC News—Police raid Google's South Korean offices


8.12.10
MSNBC—Israeli man held in connection with serial stabbing attacks that seem racially motivated
BBC News—Largest tidal power device ever built unveiled
CNN.com—Delta Airlines will now allow passengers to book flights through Facebook
CBS News—Texas Rangers to be sold to group of investors that includes Nolan Ryan
Fox News—India considering ban on BlackBerry email and IM services
ABCnews.com—Twitter releases official tweet button


8.13.10
MSNBC—Judge bars Monsanto from planting genetically modified beets in the US
CNN.com—UK university mistakenly sends out 2500 acceptance letters to students who weren't really admitted
ABCnews.com—Oracle sues Google for patent infringement
USA Today—R.E.M. fans trying to save train trestle featued in artwork for the band's debut album
Fox News—Google removes pro-Hitler apps from the Android app marketplace
BBC News—Researchers use computer program to prove that any scrambled Rubik's Cube can be solved in 20 moves or fewer


8.16.10
MSNBC—Five Guys named best fast food burger by Zagat
USA Today—Defense Secretary Gates says he will retire next year
BBC News—Humans may have been responsible for the extinction of a species of giant turtles 3000 years ago
Fox News—Chinese device adds phone functionality to iPod Touch
CBS News—Supreme Court upholds $20,000 against leader of Birther movement for filing frivolous lawsuits
ABCnews.com—Senator hit in the face with a pie during a town hall meeting with his constituents


8.17.10
MSNBC—Dr. Laura ending her radio show after 30 years following a recent on-air diatribe in which she used the n-word several times
USA Today—Ted Nugent fined $1750 for baiting deer in California, where the practice is illegal
Fox News—Man jailed for violating protective order after sending a Facebook friend request to his ex-wife
CNN.com—Blagojevich found guilty of one count of making false statements to the FBI, but jury is hung on 23 other charges
ABCnews.com—Mom admits suffocating her kids before faking their drowning in a car crash
BBC News—Baseball legend Bobby Thomson dies at 86


8.18.10
Fox News—Moscow to ban sales of vodka at night
BBC News—Last US combat brigade leaving Iraq
USA Today—Steven Tyler says he will be new judge on American Idol
MSNBC—Facebook introduces location sharing feature
CNN.com—American Airlines institutes new fees for prime seats in coach
CBS News—Brett Favre returns to the Vikings


8.19.10
CNN.com—Roger Clemens indicted for lying to Congress about his use of steroids and HGH
ABCnews.com—Intel buying McAfee for nearly $8 billion
USA Today—Feds considering mandating that all cell phones in the US must come equipped with an FM receiver
Fox News—Scientists discover that the moon is shrinking
CBS News—Florida church requests permit to burn copies of the Quran on September 11
MSNBC—Bank of America and Visa to test payment via smartphone in September


8.20.10
MSNBC—New healthcare reform laws may prevent colleges from being able to offer low-cost coverage to students
CNN.com—Early withdrawals from 401(k) accounts surge
CBS News—Hundreds of millions of eggs recalled amid salmonella fears
BBC News—Google CEO says people will end up changing their names to escape their online trail of youthful indescretions
Fox News—School administrator resigns after calling parents of her students snobby on Facebook
USA Today—Bedbug infestations on the rise in office buildings


8.23.10
ABCnews.com—UVA employee kills himself after alleging that he was being bullied at work by his boss
CNN.com—Haitian election officials rule that Wyclef Jean is ineligible to run for president of the country
USA Today—Manager Lou Piniella unexpectedly retires after Cubs take 16-5 beating at the hands of the Braves
Fox News—Geologists say California is overdue for major quake
CBS News—Both farms in egg recall linked to same man, who has a history of health violations
BBC News—Toilet that once belonged to JD Salinger listed on eBay for $1 million


8.24.10
USA Today—Iowa Republican repeats the false claim that Obama is a Muslim
ABCnews.com—DEA posts jobs for Ebonics translators
CNN.com—Judge issues injunction preventing any federal funding of embryonic stem cell research
BBC News—Microbes placed on the outside of the ISS still alive after a year and a half in space
Fox News—Pentagon considering criminal charges against WikiLeaks
MSNBC—Tiger Woods divorce finalized


8.25.10
USA Today—TSA testing enhanced patdowns at two major airports ahead of national rollout
CNN.com—Prius to get fake engine noise to help make pedestrians aware of the vehicle's approach
Fox News—60 mile traffic jam outside of Beijing could last for weeks
CBS News—Microsoft permanently banning players from Xbox Live if they download leaked copies of the upcoming Halo: Reach
MSNBC—Yahoo's search results now coming entirely from Bing
ABCnews.com—Customer at nail salon in Georgia charged extra for being overweight


8.26.10
USA Today—Google testing VoIP integrated into Gmail
Fox News—Louisiana jail will use new non-lethal laser to control inmates
CNN.com—Philadelphia wants bloggers with ads on their sites to pay $300 commercial license fee, even for those whose sites gross far less than that each year
CBS News—Former Bush campaign manager and RNC chairman comes out as gay
BBC News—McCain beats Tea Party challenger in primary
MSNBC—Dell launches $100 Android smart phone on AT&T


8.27.10
CNN.com—Federal appeals court rules that police can place a GPS tracking device on your car without a warrant
USA Today—Netflix releases streaming app for iPhone and iPod touch
CBS News—Boeing delays 787 Dreamliner again
ABCnews.com—German pop star found guilty of purposely spreading HIV after having unprotected sex with her boyfriend even though she knew she was HIV positive
MSNBC—Bank of America's online services suffer outage
Fox News—Robotic camera finds new species of underwater life off coast of Indonesia


8.30.10
MSNBC—Hurricane Earl strengthens to Category 4 and may hit US coast later this week
Fox News—AMD to get rid of ATI brand name and move all of its graphics chips under AMD name
CBS News—Glenn Beck says at least 500,000 people attended his rally in DC over the weekend, a number significantly higher than the official estimate of 87,000 from independent firm
CNN.com—Chatroulette back online after weeklong outage for site improvements
USA Today—Microsoft raising price of Xbox Live subscription
ABcnews.com—Paris Hilton arrested in Las Vegas on cocaine charges


8.31.10
Fox News—Juror removed from duty after posting her desired verdict on Facebook before the case had concluded
CNN.com—US military mission in Iraq officially ends today
MSNBC—Staples will start selling Amazon's Kindle e-reader at all of its retail locations this fall
BBC News—Open source Facebook competitor that lets users more tightly control their personal information to be launched on September 15
USA Today—J.K. Rowling donates over $15 million to set up research center for MS
ABcnews.com—Google introduces new Gmail tool to help prioritize your inbox automatically

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