2.2.04
CBS News—Several British Air and Air France flights canceled on terror fears
Salon.com—Nearly 250 muslim pilgrims die during stampede at hajj ritual
USA Today—Comcast threatens some users of its "unlimited" internet service with termination unless they scale back their bandwidth usage
New Scientist—$500,000 bounty offered for creator of MyDoom virus
MSNBC—Pixar will not renew its partnership with Disney
Fox News—Two separate anonymous callers claim responsibility for the Ohio highway shootings

2.3.04
ABC News 12—Dean's infamous Iowa scream might not have seemed so inappropriate in person
ZDNet—Adobe will let users of its video effects software tap into the power of grid computing
USA Today—FCC to investigate whether Janet Jackson's flash during the Superbowl halftime show was an accident or a planned stunt
Fox News—Does Bush's budget add up?
BBC News—Halo 2 delayed
MSNBC—Will sales of land on other planets hold up in court?

2.4.04
Yahoo! News—Lieberman drops out of race after Tuesday's losses
Salon.com—Janet Jackson's bare breast most replayed television moment ever, according to TiVo
CNN.com—Engineer gives son 2.0 suffix
USA Today—FBI investigating whether physicians at University of Texas health center viewed child pornography while at work
ZDNet—The two MyDoom variants released so far were probably written by the same coder
MSNBC—Smart whales have learned to pull fish off commercial trawlers' lines rather than expend energy hunting for the fish themselves

2.5.04
CNN.com—Massachusetts supreme court says gays have the right to marry
Overclockers.com—Hoax about gutting a G5 and installing an old PC motherboard draws outrage from Mac community
Salon.com—Web site is selling fake birth control patches
MSNBC—Revamped tamagotchi coming soon
New Scientist—Europe has its own plans to send people to Mars
Fox News—Second grader suspended for telling classmate he would go to hell for saying "I swear to God"

2.6.04
USA Today—Washington Post loses email for hours after forgetting to renew their mail domain name
ESPN.com—College football player suspended from his team wins the right to enter the draft this year, a year before the NFL wants him to
ABC Australia—The US ditches Courier New 12 and chooses Times New Roman 14 as its official typeface for diplomatic documents
Salon.com—Pentagon decides not to move ahead with its internet voting system for overseas troops, which has faced criticism over poor security
Wired News—Change in financial reporting rules could lead to fewer stock options for employees
ABCnews.com—The changeable nature of the web presents problems for historians and archivists

2.9.04
Age Maps—Freaky
Fox News—New Jersey man fined over $17,000 for flipping off the camera while being photographed and fingerprinted in Brazil
CNN.com—Pilot on way back from mission trip tried to promote christianity during flight
New Scientist—New experiment shows that people think they are experiencing more pain if the person inflicting the pain is male
MSNBC—Union will withdraw its support of Dean
USA Today—Woman's chastity belt sets off metal detectors at airport

2.10.04
Something Awful—This truly is awful. And sad. And hilarious.
CBS News—Disney and Microsoft will work together to bring Disney content to digital devices
CNN.com—ABC to end NYPD Blue after next season
Wired News—More problems with e-voting machines
C|NET—Court rules that eBay is not liable for comments left in the feedback section where users can comment on transactions with other users
USA Today—The head of the Phillie Phanatic's costume is stolen during a charity auction

2.16.04
Wired News—The Grey Album, which mixes music from the Beatles' White Album and words from Jay-Z's Black Album, may be an underground classic, but EMI wants it destroyed
CNN.com—Hundreds of gay couples flood San Francisco city hall after mayor orders county clerk to start issuing marriage licenses for same-sex partners
Fox News—The Yankees to swap Alfonso Soriano for Alex Rodriguez, pushing their payroll close to the $200 million mark
Salon.com—16 year old boy tricks BMW dealership into delivering a $125,000 car to him at his high school
USA Today—Web site will help you break up with your significant other
MSNBC—Google bans ads from environmental group

2.17.04
Fox News—Republican college group sets up whites-only scholarship to protest affirmative action programs
MSNBC—Palm to drop desktop support for the Mac
New Scientist—Half of all existing human languages could vanish by the end of this century
Wired News—Apple fans desperate to get a look at the new showcase San Francisco Apple Store
USA Today—Paycards increasingly replacing paychecks
BBC News—Astronomers discover diamond star

2.18.04
CNN.com—Republican college group sets up whites-only scholarship to protest affirmative action programs
Wired News—Goodbye, Webmonkey. Thau's JavaScript tutorials will always have a special place in my heart.
ABCnews.com—Domain name squatting isn't the lucrative business it once was
USA Today—Federal appeals court upholds national do-not-call list
BBC News—The Sims can now play the Sims. I understand what that means, but it doesn't make any sense.
Fox News—Barbie and Ken are breaking up

2.19.04
CNN.com—It's an all-Bush links day! First up: Bush backs off recent claims that his economic policies will create 2.6 million new jobs this year
Yahoo! News—Bush administration shelves plan to ban gasoline additive that is poisoning the groundwater in many communities
Wired News—Group of scientists says that Bush administration routinely twists scientific facts to fit their political agenda
ABCnews.com—Bush is "troubled" by gay marriage. Well, Mr. Bush, I am troubled by the war in Iraq, the crappy economy, your administration's ties to the oil industry...
CBS News—Bush will only meet with certain members of the 9.11 commission, and still won't commit to providing testimony
USA Today—Bush unlikely to dump Cheney, according to this article. Duh. Cheney's in charge, remember?

2.20.04
USA Today—Federal court to consider re-examining Roe v. Wade decision
Salon.com—On the eve of Mel Gibson's controversial film about Christ that has had charges of anti-semitism logdged against it, Gibson's father says in an interview that the Holocaust was mostly fiction
New Scientist—Yahoo! dumps Google for its own search technology
ABCnews.com—Bush is "troubled" by gay marriage. Well, Mr. Bush, I am troubled by the war in Iraq, the crappy economy, your administration's ties to the oil industry...
CNN.com—Stuttering John to be new announcer for Jay Leno
Fox News—New vaccine shows promise against lung cancer

2.23.04
ConspiracyLinks.com—Where have you been all my life?
CNN.com—Nader announces that he will run as an independent
The Sunday Telegraph—Just you wait: bin Laden will be captured sometime between September 15 and October 31 to be used for best effect in Bush's reelection bid, just like they used the capture of Saddam to mask the passage of Patriot II
Fox News—Arnold says that foreign-born citizens should be allowed to run for president. Gee, why would he be in favor of that?
Salon.com—Brian Wilson recreates his lost opus "Smile" in London concert
BBC News—Scientists say that rising ocean temperatures will kill the Great Barrier Reef within 50 years

2.24.04
CNN.com—Education secretary calls the NEA a "terrorist organization"
USA Today—The next version of the SAT will feature an essay
CBS News—Cop berates 13 year old kidnap/rape victim, calling her a liar even though videotape from a mall parking lot proved her story to be true
Salon.com—Neighbors of the new Disney Concert Hall claim that the sun reflecting off the stainless steel skin is overheating their homes
Wired News—Well-wishers around the globe donate bouquets of flowers to the gay couples applying for marriage licenses in San Francisco
MSNBC—Sony delays launch of MP3 players due to faulty FM receivers

2.25.04
CNN.com—Bush says he will back a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage
The Guardian—Supressed Pentagon report says that rapid climate change due to global warming could produce widespread flooding, famine, and war
Salon.com—Sixth grader suspended for bringing Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to school
ABCnews.com—London parking space for sale for $187,000
USA Today—Despite renewed success of Super Millionaire, ABC says it will not overuse the show as it did during the series initial run
BBC News—Napster has sold 5 million songs since its relaunch as a pay music service in October. Meanwhile, Apple's iTunes has sold 30 million tracks in the last month alone.

2.26.04
BBC News—Scientists almost issued asteroid collision alert last week
Salon.com—Kerry wants regulation that would require corporations to notify the government at least three months before they outsource jobs to other countries
CNN.com—Polar bears in Singapore zoo turn green after algae starts to grow in their hollow hair shafts
MSNBC—In an effort to reduce errors, the FDA will require all hospital medications to have barcodes
NBC 10—Woman flees from marriage proposal made at halftime of basketball game
C|NET—The next version of the Xbox may replace the current edition's hard drive with flash memory

2.27.04
Salon.com—Bill that would recognize fetus as victim in a crime, which could eventually lead to a challenge of Roe v. Wade, is passed by the house
CNN.com—Rosie O'Donnell weds longtime girlfriend in San Francisco
Wired News—Electronic Frontier Foundation suggests a $5 flat tax, to be levied by ISPs and paid to artists, for consumers who wish to engage in
MSNBC—British linguist thinks that the english language will become less important over time
Yahoo! News—Next Real World to be set in Philadelphia
USA Today—Student charged with hacking after breaking into roommate's email account and sending gay coming-out messages to his friend and family