Here are the very broad news sources with which I try my best to keep up:
Dallas Top News
For renovated Dallas Union Station, a new train of thought - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Dallas ISD trustees vote to extend terms to four years - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
New Dallas police uniforms are wash-and-wear - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Civil-rights group sues McKinney, Flower Mound over low-income housing - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Dallasite inducted into medical company's hall of fame - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
UPI Top News
Obama raised half-billion online - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama raised more than $500 million online in his 21-month campaign for the White House, aides said in an interview.
UPI NewsTrack TopNews - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ...
First military execution since '61 planned - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder is scheduled to be executed next month in the first military execution in more than 40 years, the Army said.
Father suspected in family's slayings - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
TORONTO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Toronto detectives suspect a man concerned about finances killed his wife and two adult children before killing himself this week.
Thousands protest security pact in Baghdad - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters flooded Baghdad's Firdos Square Friday to protest the Iraqi government's plan to sign an accord concerning U.S. troops in the country.
AP Top News
Bush signs jobless benefits extension - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach....
Mukasey takes get-well call from Bush - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey was conscious and alert early Friday - and took a get-well call from President Bush - just hours after he collapsed during a speech to a black-tie dinner....
Stocks point higher after steep sell-off - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street found some relief Friday from a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect, along with the possibility that low prices will draw in bargain-hunters after two days of steep selling, sent stock futures sharply higher....
Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency....
Bush effigy burned in anti-US protest in Baghdad - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier....
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Also known by the popular name the "Little Dumbbell Nebula",
Glaring near the top of the frame, the shuttle orbiter Endeavour
Unusual Auroras Over Saturns North Pole
What's causing this unusual aurora over Saturn?
Restored: First Image of the Earth from the Moon
Pictured above is the first image ever taken of the Earth from the Moon.
HR 8799: Discovery of a Multi planet Star System
How common are planetary systems like our own Solar System?
Bioethics News
Clinton Takes the Lead -- on Health Insurance Reform -
Wed, 19 Nov 200
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) returned from the presidential campaign
trail to Washington as relatively junior member of a chamber that
prides itself on tradition, seniority and rules. So when she put out
feelers seeking to leapfrog over more veteran senators in light of her
national stature, the idea was quickly nixed.
Merck Cancer Shot Cuts Genital Warts, Lesions in Men -
Sun, 16 Nov 200
Merck and Co.'s Gardasil shot, used to
prevent cervical cancer in women, slashed the risk of genital
warts and pre-cancerous lesions by 90 percent in men, according
to the largest study of the vaccine in males.
West Virginia Town Shrugs at Poorest Health Ranking -
Sun, 16 Nov 200
As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor
of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not
a big local issue.
Pfizer's Stem-Cell Push to Target Ailments of Aging -
Fri, 14 Nov 200
Doctors may someday slow or reverse
the aging process with drugs that stimulate the body to repair
itself as a result of research undertaken by Pfizer, Inc.
Stem Cell Lawsuit Dismissed -
Wed, 12 Nov 200
A state trial judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday filed by critics of
embryonic stem cell research who wanted to block $21 million in state
funds from going to life sciences research.
Heritage Foundation Commentaries
Stakes Rising on Prez-Elect's First Test
Why Spending Stimulus Plans Fail
Congress Declares War on Taxpayers
Ensuring That Only Citizens Vote
AP Science
Shuttle, astronauts prep for mid-mission reboost - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
HOUSTON (AP) -- Astronauts at the international space station prepared to work on a urine-recycling contraption and re-fire the space shuttle's thrusters Friday, before enjoying a half-day off to reboost their own energy....
Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe....
Urban growers go high-tech to feed city dwellers - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
POMONA, Calif. (AP) -- Terry Fujimoto sees the future of agriculture in the exposed roots of the leafy greens he and his students grow in thin streams of water at a campus greenhouse....
Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments....
Happy Birthday: Space station celebrates 10 years - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station....
UPI Quirks
Watercooler Stories - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Mayor clears way for festival food … Bush name unlikely to dot U.S. landscape … Alleged scam artist posed as Army sergeant … School denies underwear checks … Watercooler stories from UPI.
Jockstrip: The world as we know it. - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Grieving parrot prescribed Prozac … Lost cockatiel spoke to owners on phone … Students, prisoners face off in chess … Released prisoner refused to leave … The world as we know it from UPI.
Your Daily Horoscope - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
By D.DONOVAN KINSOLVING
UPI Features Writer
UPI horoscopes for Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.
The almanac - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
By United Press International
UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.
Airline nearly foils stem cell operation - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
BRISTOL, England, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A British surgeon said a first of its kind operation in Spain was nearly foiled when an airline refused to allow him to take stem cells on a plane.
