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The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A (PC World)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:00 GMT
PC World - Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data.
Dog Training: Animal Experts Debunk the Alpha-Dog Myth (Time.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Rufus, left, and Target relax after reuniting with Sgt. Christopher Duke at PetAirways on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Atlanta. Rufus, Target, and another dog, Sahsa, saved Duke's and other soldiers' lives while serving in Afghanistan when on the evening of Feb. 11, 2010, the dogs attacked a suicide bomber trying to enter their barracks, forcing the bomber to detonate his explosives in the entry corridor. Five soldiers sustained injuries but no one died that night thanks to the life-saving actions of the dogs. Sasha was killed in the attack. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Johnny Crawford) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUTTime.com - Why Victoria Stilwell and other experts are opposed to the submission techniques espoused by Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan


Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern (LiveScience.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:05 GMT
LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica.
NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:31 GMT

Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.


Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:32:22 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative panel has decided to charge Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second trial this fall. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted, said Friday July 30, 2010 the charges could be filed next week. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A House investigative panel has decided to charge Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second high-profile trial with political implications for Democrats this fall.


Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:02:15 GMT

FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo, Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi , a cast member of MTV's 'Jersey Shore' reality series is shown at the New York Stock Exchange.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.


Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study (AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:19:19 GMT

Vitamins and supplements at a health store. Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.


Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:52:11 GMT

Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, right, smiles as Max Wilson, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors representing District 4, pats the governor on the back at a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Brewer and Arizona Sen. John McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.


Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:30:34 GMT

Felipa Solario pauses as she cries while telling her story of having her husband, an illegal immigrant, taken away by authorities some months ago, while she joined hundreds at a solidarity rally at St. Matthews Church  to protest the provisions of the new Arizona immigration law that went into effect Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, the day after portions of Arizona's SB1070 went into effect, but after a federal judge struck down some of the law's provisions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.


12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:04:57 GMT
AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her.
Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil (The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:41 GMT
The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...]
Andy Griffith's new role: pitching health care law (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:39:49 GMT

This undated handout video image provided by Medicare.gov shows actor Andy Griffith in a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors, in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. (AP Photo/Medicare.gov)AP - Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare.


Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight? (The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:13 GMT
The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...]
Wealthy Dallas brothers become SEC fraud target (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:31:05 GMT

FILE ** In this file photo of Sept. 2, 2008 Sam Wyly poses at his Explore book store in Aspen, Colo.  Famed Dallas billionaire investors Sam and Charles Wyly made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading in the shares of companies on whose boards they served, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday July 29, 2010 .(AP Photo/Ed Kosmicki,File)AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.


Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:34:34 GMT
AP - Good morning, passengers, and welcome aboard. We're expecting clear skies today, but we're out of pilots.
US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:24:37 GMT

NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.


Kingpin's death could mean more violence in Mexico (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:59:22 GMT

A soldier stands guard on the roof of the house where, according to Mexico's Defense Ministry, a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho, was killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday July 30, 2010. Soldiers killed Coronel on Thursday in a raid on his posh hideout, dealing the biggest blow yet to Mexico's most powerful drug gang since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against organized crime in 2006. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin in a gunbattle, and his death will likely will mean more violence as factions fight for the cocaine and methamphetamine empire that he left behind.


Grizzly bear euthanized after Mont. triple mauling (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:33:07 GMT

This image provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department on Friday July 30, 2010, shows a captured grizzly sow believed to be responsible for the mauling death of one camper and injuring two others near Yellowstone National Park in Montana. The fate of the bear will be determined after DNA tests confirm whether it was responsible for the attacks. (AP Photo/Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department)AP - Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear Friday after DNA tests confirmed that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.


Book says many U.S. universities are waste of money (Reuters)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:04:01 GMT

Political science major Paul Fabsik wears a price tag hanging from his mortarboard estimating the cost of his education, May 24 during commencement ceremonies at Boston College in Newton, Masachusetts. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Spending as much as $250,000 on a bachelors degree from world-renowned U.S. universities such as Harvard University and Yale is a waste of money, a new book asserts.


Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling' (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:55:25 GMT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.


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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:

sirenian • \sye-REE-nee-un\  • noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin

Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)

Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.

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