Recent Headlines

27 January, 2012

- Islanders advised to practice safer sex by health dept.

- Asteroid makes near-miss fly-by

- Mexico beating victim Sheila Nabb back in Canada

- Labrador man asked young girls for sex

- Swine flu cases rise in Mexico

- ECMA nominees include Myles, Andersen

- Federal budget consultations "dishonest": MP Simms

- Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade

- Live Chat: The Silver Ceiling

- Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems

- Vancouver shooting sends one man to hospital

- Syrian violence spikes as activists allege 'massacre'

- U.S. economy growing at fastest pace in a year

- Transocean Not Liable for Some Gulf Spill Claims, Judge Rules

- Police dog attack sparks Vancouver lawsuit

- Southampton Island caribou at risk of being wiped out

- Muskrat Falls hydro deal deadline extended again

- Convicted armed robber asks for longer prison sentence

- More large quakes could hit Haiti, Dominican Republic

- Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet

- Online economy expected to double by 2016

- Green Blog: How to Manage U.S. Forests, Version 3.1

- Google touts improved images in Earth 6.2

- Egyptians mark 'Friday of Rage' anniversary in Cairo

- Inside The Forgotten Energy ETFs

- Valero Energy Corp Fourth Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

- P.E.I. lags in immigrant retention

- Canada's toughest job market is P.E.I.

- Coquihalla Highway closing for avalanche control

- Chu: National energy standard would broaden market

- Cruise ship survivors offered $14,454 compensation

- UNICEF issues appeal to aid starving kids

- NextEra Energy Inc. Earnings: Consecutive Profit Quarter Streak Stays Intact

- Polygamous leader borrowed $25K for end of the world

- Baghdad suicide bombing kills 32

- Corner Brook firefighters called back to table

- VIDEO: Child's toy launched into space

- Wisconsin Lighting Expert Cautions Businesses and Consumers on Rising Energy Rates

- Occupy protests rally at Confederation Building

- Media Advisory/REMINDER: Minister Ashfield to Make a Funding Announcement

- Victoria university's hard drives found with thieves' note

- Green Blog: Is Spent Nuclear Fuel Really Waste?

- UK space sector 'on the up'

- Scramble on to keep $100M Hebron contract in N.L.

- NASA's Kepler mission finds 26 new planets

- Summerside council drafts rules for administration

- Fire victim's family gets OK to enter country

- Governor General says fighting has no place in hockey

- Provincial pleas for federal crime bill funding dismissed

- Orchid's bloom captured on camera

- VIDEO: Snow leopards steal camera trap

- More uses for 'miracle material'

- French breast-implant maker charged

- Clean Energy Projects Face Waning Subsidies

- AUDIO: Bus-sized asteroid to pass by Earth

- Energy needs pose threats on Mekong River

- Russian physicists protest government consolidation

- Satellite controversy bubbles over for Indian space agency

- World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Nuclear Contamination Cleanup Near Stricken Plant to Start in Spring

- Bill Gates Donates $750 Million to Global Fund

- Nuclear Waste Panel Urges ‘Consent Based’ Approach

- In Northeast Greenhouse Gas Group, Many Unsold Allowances

- Study Finds Virus to Be Fast Learner on Infecting

- B.C. teachers discourage student testing

26 January, 2012

- Top spots for garden birdwatch

- Planting push for jubilee woods

- Ski heaven on Vancouver's North Shore

- Rebuilding destroyed mill hinges on damaged forest

- Tense exchange at Pickton inquiry over officer's actions

- Vernon group pushes for full-serve gas bylaw

- Romney goes on the offensive in Republican debate

- Kent again declines emergency caribou protection order

- Bones found in boot on B.C. coast not likely human

- The 'wind rush': Green energy blows trouble into Mexico

- N.W.T. health centres on alert for scarlet fever

- ADB: Asia to power world economy this year

- Corrections union opposes Bill C-10

- RCMP say drugs coming off P.E.I. streets

- Feds laud coast guard but questions remain about staffing

- Green Blog: Panel Urges 'Urgent' Solution on Nuclear Waste

- Proposed mine concerns Fort Resolution, N.W.T., residents

- N.W.T. considers more cabin leases near Yellowknife

- So, who do you think is coming to Salmon Fest?

- Dunderdale fires back over audit complaint

- Passengers up, cargo down for Asian carriers in 2011

- Wisconsin Scientist Says H5N1 Flu Strain He Created Is Less Dangerous

- Nanomaterials’ Effects on Health and Environment Unclear, Panel Says

- P.E.I. losing only vascular surgeon

- Protesters try to send 'search party' for MP Penashue

- Influx of Dolphins Stranded on Cape Cod Perplexes Rescuers

- Media Advisory: Minister Ashfield to Make a Funding Announcement

- Quebec bargain chain eyes Hart stores

- Injured fisherman airlifted to hospital

- Kuujjuaq residents don’t want road link to south yet

- Newt's long shot at the Moon

- P.E.I. Crime Stoppers tips way up

- Revolutionary spirit endures in Egyptian textile town

- Judge asks for more time to sentence young arsonist

- Sinclair greatest Canadian soccer player ever?

- Snoddon | Get ready for a stormy Saturday

- Northern health researcher wins Order of Ontario

- New power bills could save energy

- West coast school spending prompted RCMP investigation

- Inuvik to open new youth centre

- A mild winter on P.E.I.

- Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings

- Polygamous leader defends church status in tax trial

- Canadian Coast Guard Celebrates 50 Years of Service

- Pictures: Fantastic new images of Mars

- Business : Asia to power world economy in 2012

- Iqaluit man can use RCMP-seized cash to pay for lawyer

- RCMP commissioner joins traffic stop on P.E.I.

- Aviva Fund rejects accessible home project

- ZBB Energy Announces Quarterly Earnings Conference Call

- Fisheries announces 14 grant approvals

- Atlantic Lotto removing cow sign after complaints

- Sahtu community grills health minister about cancer rates

- Energy Recovery Inc Granted Record-Setting Number of New Patents

- VIDEO: Supply rocket blasts off for ISS

- AUDIO: Gingrich's moonbase 'electioneering'

- Explorer, environmentalist Cousteau speaks about caring for our oceans

- Prion diseases hide out in the spleen

- A shaky future for Hispaniola

- Researchers defend benefits of mutant flu research

- Flooding is the United Kingdom's biggest climate threat

- National wildlife survey begins

- First report on UK climate impact

- Trial in French for former teacher charged with child porn

25 January, 2012

- Japan reports first trade deficit in 32 years after tsunami

- 'Invisibility cloak' breakthrough

- Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests

- Making Bangkok flood-proof

- Study: Geoengineering not a climate cure

- Man pleads guilty in Frame Lake trail sex assault

- Bedbugs found in two Iqaluit apartments

- AP Interview: Asia to power world economy in 2012

- Richard Alley on Challenges, Choices and Climate Change

- Global Update: Abortion: Worldwide Rate Stopped Falling After 2003

- Dutasteride Is Seen to Curtail Cancer Left in Prostate

- After Homelessness, Honors From a National Science Fair

- Study Finds Mercury in More Northeastern Bird Species

- Observatory: Bowerbirds Employ Craftsmanship and Illusion to Impress the Ladies

- Observatory: Study Explains Why Dewdrops Form on Tips of Grass

- Remarkable Creatures: At La Brea Tar Pits, Relics From Long Before Freeways

- Observatory: Dung Beetle’s ‘Victory Dance’ Is Actually a Getaway Move

- Q & A: What Will Happen to the Planets as the Sun Dies?

- Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea

- FOR KIDS: Climate coolers

- As Victims, Men Struggle for Rape Awareness

- Disgust’s Evolutionary Role Is Irresistible to Researchers

- Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won't fully offset climate change

- U.S. experts urge more study of nanotechnology threat

- Chinese Researchers Lead in Howard Hughes Awards

- SCIENCE: Eric Lander

- Can We Drink Our Way To Energy And Focus?

- Ministers Ashfield and Shea Present 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award to PEI Volunteer

- Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds

- Experts urge more study of nanotechnology threat

- BestWeek Asia/Pacific: Severe Quakes Reveal Coverage ‘Blind Spots’

- Psychedelic mushroom trips point to new depression drugs

- Depression’s Criteria May Be Changed to Include Grieving

- At the deep end: Child labor in fisheries

- Seal hunt comments draw stinging rebukes

- VIDEO: Time lapse footage of northern lights

- NHS 'must back genetic medicine'

- VIDEO: Solar storm causes lights and some disruption

- Government loses appeal on solar

- Dot Earth Blog: A Legal Defense Fund for Climate Scientists

- 'Starbursts' yield cosmic giants

- How do Australians respond to shark attacks?

- Going paperless: The digital lab

- Underwater archaeology: Hunt for the ancient mariner

- Seven days: 20–26 January 2012

- Open the debate on flu research

- Alzheimer's 'in a dish' shows promise

- Cultural history holds back Chinese research

- Innovation is 'imperative,' says Brazil science minister

- Caution urged for mutant flu work

- French institute prepares for gene-therapy push

- Asia markets firmer as focus turns from Greece to Fed

- Police detective's trial opens old Katrina wounds (Reuters)

24 January, 2012

- Fears over new livestock illness

- Odd primates you may have never heard of

- Suriname team find 46 new species

- Native dog breeds risk extinction

- Dogs 'higher Lyme disease risk'

- Scientist at Work Blog: In Winter Weather, Flying to Find Wolves

- Membrane fusion a mystery no more

- Saliva HIV test passes the grade

- Life discovered on dead hydrothermal vents

- With DNA Testing, Adoptees Find a Way to Connect With Family

- Hansen on Climate: “We need to make clear to the public what’s really going on”

- Delta diverts polar flights due to solar storm

- 'Space Hurricane': Huge Solar Storm Is Pounding Earth Now (SPACE.com)

- Personal Health: Dental Exam Went Well? Thank Fluoride

- Well: In Rating Pain, Women Are the More Sensitive Sex

- Embryonic Stem Cell Study Shows Promise

- Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium

- AUDIO: Finding stolen Nasa moon rocks

- Strong solar storm lashes Earth