15 August - iGoogle

Cool, Clear Water

The Star Online

New meter, bill more than trebles

Top scorers get chance to study medicine

Chua: Panel is proof that Govt wants fair polls too

Copyright AFP, 2011 | Aug 15, 2011

Tough economic times hit Indian property firms

interest rates push up the cost of home loans.A succession of rate hikes has prompted prospective buyers to delay purchases

All Things Considered - NPR

Sleep Apnea Makes Quick Comeback When Breathing Treatment Stops

Obama Tours Midwest To Talk About Economy

Germans Debate The Cost Of Keeping A Eurozone

BBC

Palestinians 'flee Syrian camp'

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing a camp in Syria's port of Latakia which is being shelled by government troops, a UN agency says.

Obama starts campaign-style tour

Judge curbs Mubarak trial coverage

Blog of Rights - ACLU

NOM Marriage Pledge: A Discriminatory, Tone-Deaf Pitfall

ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Illegally Censoring LGBT Websites

Safety in Numbers?

Circle of Blue - water news

Tehuacán Video Essay: Scarcity and Solutions – Pt. 1

The Stream, August 15: Cholera Spreads in Somalia

Federal Water Tap, August 15: Making Water Investments

C Net

This Day in Tech: Google acquires Motorola for $12.5B, buys patent protection

Singing robot head could do duets with Chucky

NewYu fitness monitor tracks wide range of activities

Common Dreams

Shutting Down Media: Who Decides Who's Dangerous?

Tax the Mega-Rich, Says Maybe the Mega-Richest

Tea Party Leaves For Space. We Wish It Godspeed.

Daily Bell

DB Briefs: SEC Goes After S&P / World Bank to the Rescue? / Death & Democracy in the Middle East / States to Embrace Online Gambling

Gold and the New Awakening of Colombia

The Big Corporations Excuse

Democracy Now!

Investigation Finds U.S. Drones Strike Pakistan Every Four Days, Killing 775 Civilians Since 2004

Syria Attacks Protesters with Tanks, Naval Bombardment: "The Regime Has Made War Against the People"

Bachmann's Iowa Straw Poll Win Signals Early Tea Party Role in Shaping GOP Primary

Discovery

What if Earth Was a Cube?

Back in 1884, a Swiss astronomer by the name of Arndt made headlines when he claimed to have discovered a very curious planet in an orbit beyond...

St. Peter's Square Gets a Facelift

Robot Ready for Innovation Right Out of the Box

Education

White House announces waivers for No Child Left Behind law

Judge rules Memphis city schools to merge with county

'Big Bang Theory' actress Mayim Bialik a real-life scientist

Food and Water Watch

Keep on Rockin’ for a Fair Farm Bill

Fair Farm Bill Tour 2011: Stories From the Road

Nestle Encourages Consumers to Trade one Bad Addiction for Another

Google

Threat Resurges in Deadliest Day of Year for Iraq

New York Times - all 1403 related »

Syria orders thousands into stadium in Latakia crackdown

Los Angeles Times - all 2944 related »

US says Libya gov't forces fire first Scud missile in conflict

Xinhua - all 3391 related »

BART closes all its downtown SF stations - San Francisco Chronicle

Google's Big Bet on the Mobile Future - New York Times

Gov. Rick Perry's big donors fare well in Texas - Los Angeles Times

GuardianUK

Libya shows signs of slipping from Muammar Gaddafi's grasp

As rebels seem close to controlling supply routes, and a senior minister leaves the country, opposition forces are optimisticMuammar Gaddafi's...

GM corn being developed for fuel instead of food

Iraq bomb blasts across 13 cities leave dozens dead

Gulf of Mexico,Deepwater Horizon,Corexit

New Underwater footage of BP oil leak | Sustainable Energy

Is BP Spill A Planet Killer, Or Just North America As Russia ...

Deep Water Horizon oil still affects Gulf Coast environment ...

Hayride

Saints Cut Former Pro Bowl Tackle Jon Stinchcomb

Looks Like Rob Marionneaux Is Going To Run For Governor – Melancon-Style

Kevin Williamson Shreds Paul Krugman’s Economic Analysis Of Texas

Inside Facebook

Platform Update: Credits Insights, Platform Policies, App to User Request Messages

Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza, Super 8, Cost Plus and Clearasil

Buddy Media Raises $54 Million Fourth Round That Could Further Fuel Facebook Marketing Consolidation

Lifehacker

The Fields of Gold Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Class Schedules, iPhone Wallpapers, and Formatting Hard Drives [From The Tips Box]

Remains of the Day: Android Malware Masquerades as Google+ App [For What It's Worth]

MadPenguin.org

Trinity vs. System Rescue CD Reviewed

Why Linux Continues to Evade Mainstream Users

Wine-Doors for Linux Reviewed

memeorandum

Special prosecutor named in Prosser/Bradley altercation (JSOnline)

Obama: I reversed recession until 'bad luck' hit (Byron York/Campaign 2012)

Obama compares woes to Lincoln (Byron York/Campaign 2012)

Mother Jones

Rick Perry Plays the "Military Respect" Card

How the Koch Brothers Funded Public-School Segregation

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 15, 2011

New Scientist

Today on New Scientist: 15 August 2011

Science in the Wilderness

Wire robot yanks your golf game into shape

News 24

ConCourt expert supports wealth tax

ConCourt law expert Pierre de Vos has come out in support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's call for a once-off wealth tax on those who benefited from...

Van der Vyver trial malicious - court

Springboks to ring the changes

NPR - News

Transit Agency Under Fire Over Wireless Shutoff

Boy Makes $50K Hockey Shot, But It's The Wrong Boy

Bus-Touring Obama Goes After GOP Presidential Hopefuls

Obama Conspiracy Theories

Angry birthers storm state capitol (updated)

Email says Air Force Staff Sgt. AWOL over Obama

Proof: President uses SSN of man born in 1890

Open Secrets

OpenSecrets Blog's PolitiQuizz: Which Minnesotan Is Bringing the Most Home-State Support to the GOP Presidential Race?

Michele Bachmann Wins Straw Poll, Rick Perry Jumps in Presidential Race and More in Capital Eye Opener: Aug. 15

Defending Defense Spending, Preventing the Planet of the Apes and More in Capital Eye Opener: Aug. 12

PECAN

Rudolf Hess: The Führer’s Deputy

The Use and Abuse of History

Mitt Romney says ‘corporations are people

The Cult of the Moon God

( Take note of the source - definitely opinionated floggers of Torah )

PEW Clean Energy

Editorial: GOP vs. Mother Nature

Obama In Sync With America On Standards

Editorial: Concealed Weapons Against the Environment




Pesticide Action Network

Red berries create green opportunities

Pesticides found guilty of 'chemical trespass,' again

Monsanto empire hungry for sweet corn

Philippines News Watch

Arroyo to stay on travel watch list

Communication body's dissolution delays 2013 poll preparations

Funds of agencies with unfilled positions slashed

Politics,Security.Secrecy

Aclu: Congress must act to curb secrecy - Deep Politics Forum

Excessive Secrecy in National Security - Blogs - Council on ...

Navy: Excessive Security Can Degrade Effectiveness | Secrecy News

Psychology Today

Jobless But Not Hopeless

The Art of Doing Nothing

I Feel Your Pain!

Reef News and Issues

Coral-list: WPBT’s “Lionfish & Panko Thyme” film short

Keysnet.com: Dredging plan gets public airing Wednesday

Jeff Burnside, NBC Miami: INVITATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM CONFERENCE IN MIAMI OCT. 19-23

Rescuing the Frog

Alberta PC Leadership Q&A

Fort McMurray Mayor Melissa Blake on Ethical Oil

A clever hoax

Satellite News

Bangalore students live Nasa dream

The ultimate dream for any school student would be to make it to in the US and win a competition there. Students of Bishop Cotton Boys School did...

Herschel Telescope Detects Oxygen Molecules In Space

NASA's Jupiter-Bound Juno Spacecraft Mated to its Rocket

Science Daily

Training approach appears to improve surgical residents' patient communication skills for specific cases

With certain preventive measures, incidence of deep vein thrombosis after general surgery appears low, possibly catheter-related

What caused a giant arrow-shaped cloud on Saturn's moon Titan?

Scientific American

Radioactive Chemicals in California Tracked to Fukushima Meltdown

'Gustnado' May Have Caused Indiana Stage Collapse

Journey to a Giant World: Launch Shots of the Juno Mission to Jupiter [Slide Show]

Statesman

Indiana fair officials defend moves before deadly storm

Robbery suspect arrested after shots fired on South Congress

Behind the behind the scenes at Kittywood Studios

Techdirt

DailyDirt: Cures For Everything..?

Let's Face It: S&P's Analysis Is A Joke... But It Still Has A Right To An Opinion

Google Spends $12.5 Billion To Buy Motorola Mobility... And Its Patents

TED Blog

Playlist: Nature, nature, nature…

Two lightweight new ways to download TEDTalks

Update on SETIstars.org: Crowdfunding the SETI search

Ten Percent

The Observer: Atos doctors could be struck off

Friday Has Been Cancelled Due To Technical Difficulties

Riots Aren’t An 80’s Reboot, They’re The Birth Pangs Of A New Order

This Week in Science

Not Even Skin Deep

Cooling Aerosols

Twice as Nice

Unexplained Mysteries

New Bigfoot footage filmed in Minnesota

Secret Kennedy tapes to be revealed

Scientists beam light around corners

USA Today

U.S. cities prepare to adapt to climate change

Republican hopefuls banking big on contribution bundlers

Terrorism is now on Norway's radar

War Room

Shariah foes seize on Perry's ties to Muslims

The Muslim-baiting right can't decide what to make of the Texas governor's past

Obama, FDR, and the right way to tackle a jobs crisis

These are the choices the GOP is stuck with

Web MD

Electronic Tattoo' May Help Monitor Patients

Ultra-thin electronics, which can be placed on the skin as easily as a temporary tattoo, could pave the way for patient monitoring systems that...

Genes Play Role in How Alcohol Affects Men and Women

Prepregnancy Obesity Linked to Asthma in Teens

Weird

Eiffel flower: 7m sunflower closes in on world record

Gnomes with guns take garden pest control up a notch

Woman finds blimp in back garden after storm - and takes a nice picture

White House.gov

Remarks by the President in a Town Hall Meeting in Cannon Falls, Minnesota

Conference Call With Reporters To Discuss Vice President Biden TRIP TO CHINA, MONGOLIA, AND JAPAN

Background on the President’s Lunch with Post-9/11 Minnesota Veterans

How to of the Day

7 Tips for Achieving Your Full Potential

Once you've developed your full potential, it's time to work continuously toward achieving it regularly. Sail your own ocean, and you never know...

How to Green Your Pool (as in cutting water & energy usage, not turning it green)