March 2011
World Trade Organization: U.S. government aid to Boeing is illegal; planemaker got $5.3 billion in banned subsidies http://lat.ms/golcwN
US Defense chief tells congress can’t speak to CIA activities but assures no U.S. military boots on ground in Libya
NTSB: Tour bus in NYC crash that killed 15 people was barreling down the highway up to 78 mph http://bit.ly/fOKRxk
Letter bomb explodes at Swiss nuclear power industry office in Olten, injuring two people, Swiss media report - AP
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Quake, tsunami could cost Japan $300 billion http://ping.fm/gT1VN
EARTHQUAKE: 6.4-magnitude quake strikes about 270 miles northwest of Neiafu, Tonga - USGS http://1.usa.gov/fcuZSV
10 sailors on aircraft carrier hurt when fighter jet engine explodes during exercise off Southern Calif. coast - AP
Japan nuclear safety agency: Government must consider expanding evacuation zone around Fukushima plant - Reuters
Radioactivity in seawater near Fukushima nuke plant 4,385 times more than legal limit - Kyodo
A labyrinth of tunnels containing mummified remains of millions of dogs has been excavated under the Egyptian desert. http://bit.ly/hdJwru
1830s shipwreck found in Lake Michigan http://ping.fm/1d426
Diamonds worth millions stolen from Swiss jewel fair - The Telegraph http://bit.ly/i4581H
Founder of Japan’s Softbank to offer free iPhones and pay bills of orphans http://dlvr.it/LzPJC
Just in: Authorities say a plane has crashed in central NC and a house is on fire; no word on injuries - AP
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CIA is operating in Libya to help the US increase its “military and political understanding” of the situation http://ping.fm/DhiAK
Acer to “overhaul operations” in the wake of Apple’s iPad http://dlvr.it/Lz191
UK government says encourages those around Gaddafi to abandon him
Koussa: Reuters says Libyan foreign minister has quit govt; arrived in UK, seeking refuge
Republican lawmaker: Obama administration tells Congress it has not decided whether to arm Libyan rebels or not
Obama signed order, known as a presidential “finding”, in last two or three weeks authorizing secret CIA operations
Obama has signed secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces in Libya, officials tell Reuters
President Obama has signed secret order authorizing covert support for Libyan rebels, Reuters learns
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President Obama rolls out plan to cut oil imports. http://ping.fm/rVxAe
Man caught selling U.S. military spy plane on eBay http://ping.fm/jr80U
Killer whale involved in trainer’s death returns to SeaWorld show. http://ping.fm/xyrVS
Google says it will make Kansas City, Kan., first site of its ultra-fast broadband network http://bit.ly/hfsojE
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Angry mother stands by daughter, allegedly raped by Gadhafi’s men in Libya. http://ping.fm/TWdMs
BREAKING NEWS: Low levels of radiation found in US milk - AP http://bit.ly/gydAgH
NEWS FLASH: Low levels of radiation found in US milk - AP http://bit.ly/gydAgH
Journey planned to the center of the Earth http://cnet.co/gA9gwS
Japanese power company chief hospitalized due to ‘fatigue’ http://ping.fm/hMLKn
Japan nuclear operator: inevitable will need to scrap reactors 1,2,3,4
Chairman of firm that runs Japan’s leaking nuke plant now at helm after president hospitalized for high blood pressure http://reut.rs/f1mPp6
Japan nuclear plant operator: unclear how seawater around Fukushima plant became radioactive
Japan PM Kan spoke with U.S. president Obama by phone on weds over handling of nuclear woes - Kyodo
S. Korea’s military conducts live-fire artillery drill on border island shelled by North last November - Yonhap http://bit.ly/gN8IGk
Japan govt: seawater near Fukushima plant 3,000 times more radioactive than legal limit - Kyodo
Maker of IV bags pulls product off market after 9 Alabama hospital patients die - AP http://bit.ly/i1iYi9
French nuclear experts to visit Japan to offer help with tackling Fukushima nuclear crisis - Kyodo http://bit.ly/eWRTyz
S. Korea to hold live-fire military drill Wednesday on border island shelled by N. Korea last November - Yonhap http://bit.ly/hKAp9K
BP says laptop with private info on some 13,000 spill claimants is missing http://ping.fm/JOz9l
FAA suspends air traffic controller after passenger jet passes too close to small plane - Orlando Sentinel http://bit.ly/gf52cj
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NEWS FLASH: Radiation counters sell out amid US fears over Japan’s nuclear reactor - sbsnews.com http://bit.ly/fp2pxV
Hole found Monday in US Airways 737 fuselage made by a bullet, sources say http://ping.fm/i0UhR
$319 million lottery winner comes forward http://ping.fm/QT3nZ
Dying MySpace loses another 10 million users http://ping.fm/DR3FV
Japan considers designating areas hit by quake, tsunami as deregulated ‘special zones’ with special tax rules - Kyodo http://bit.ly/hUX7x1
5.5 magnitude earthquake recorded off east coast of Honshu, Japan - usgs http://1.usa.gov/dJDckI
Spirit rover not answering yearlong wakeup call http://ping.fm/exXLj
NATO reportedly delays its planned takeover of the mission in Libya.
