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December 2009
Thu 31 Dec -- blame game -- stories from 2009 you may have missed -- blue moon
Wed 30 Dec -- an elegy for the book -- Harmony Express -- Y2K10
Tue 29 Dec -- mostly for show? -- Arabian Peninsula: new al-Qaeda safe haven? -- “the system worked”
Thu 24 Dec -- Senate passes health-care bill -- first humans to orbit another body -- Merry Christmas
Tue 22 Dec -- business school -- “Santa Claus, North Pole” -- will never be displayed out of context
Mon 21 Dec -- record snowfall -- democratic principles -- public option
Fri 18 Dec -- Christmas Eve vote? -- B17B headed for Australia -- Shorecrest vs. Shorewood
Thu 17 Dec -- health care “elevator pitch” -- commitment in Copenhagen -- individual cancer ‘catalogs’
Wed 16 Dec -- the search for 60 -- Why Does the Boeing 787 Matter? -- GJ 1214b
Tue 15 Dec -- G77 pulls emergency plug? -- completely ice-free -- geoglyphs
Fri 11 Dec -- Wall Street & financial sector: tighten federal regulation? -- methyl isocyanate -- SOCS3
Thu 10 Dec -- ‘Just War’? -- when a newspaper dies -- dark matter detected?
Wed 9 Dec -- Public Option -- Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs -- “The Eddie”
Tue 8 Dec -- procession of 2,000 cars -- TSA inadvertently posts airport screening procedures manual -- Boom! Hok!
Mon 7 Dec -- climategate? -- letters from Kabul -- a ‘debate healthcare reform’ Christmas
November 2009
Tue 24 Nov -- underwater mortgages -- New York, Los Angeles, Chicago -- grubby children
Thu 19 Nov -- Katrina damage: Army Corps liable -- U. Calif. expected to raise undergraduate costs 32% -- funny or sinister?
Wed 18 Nov -- flu trends -- cosmonaut’s blog -- Liu Bolin: Obama bronze bust
Mon 16 Nov -- civil liberties toll -- “delay the process” -- unfriend
Fri 13 Nov -- ***update*** man arrested in Greenwood arsons
Fri 13 Nov -- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, 4 others, to be prosecuted in New York City -- Greenwood arson ‘person on interest’ -- garlic sales surge in Serbia
Tue 10 Nov -- We ... Love ... Mike!
Mon 9 Nov -- fall of Berlin Wall : 20th anniversary -- Mike that much closer to Seattle mayor -- 3 more fires in Greenwood
Thu 5 Nov -- end of the astronaut? -- Godzirra -- Friend Connect vs. Facebook?
Wed 4 Nov -- election results bad for Obama? -- congressional support -- Daniel Brusilovsky
Tue 3 Nov -- Go Mike! -- general election results -- Cachoeira reserve, Paraná -- Mebrahtom Keflezighi
October 2009
Tue 27 Oct -- mole rat cells -- alchemists? -- Anglo in Taos, New Mexico
Fri 23 Oct -- Reid close to public option senatorial support? -- two dimensions -- Greenwood early-morning fire
Tue 20 Oct -- Obama’s support -- H1N1 now widespread -- song decoders
Wed 14 Oct -- D.C.’s most powerful 50 -- compensation to oil producers? -- coal ash more radioactive than nuclear waste
Mon 12 Oct -- insurance mandate? -- in 14 hundred & 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue -- email no longer rules
Sat 10 Oct -- The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 -- slake moon colonizers’ thirst? -- #7 (tie): Seattle-Tacoma
Wed 7 Oct -- tax credit to create new jobs -- Apophis -- charge-coupled device
Mon 5 Oct -- “Chaos-istan” -- counter-insurgency -- one species is thriving
September 2009
Fri 25 Sep -- Iran is warned -- Sydney after dust storm -- $20
Wed 23 Sep -- Afghan war strategy shift? -- AIG: taxpayers may not recoup full $182 billion -- exploding debt
Mon 21 Sep -- “Why I threw the shoe” -- literacy revolution -- “All your O are belong to us”
Thu 17 Sep -- healthcare reform circus -- good, low-cost coverage -- ghost fleet
Wed 16 Sep -- America’s Healthy Future Act, chairman’s mark -- terrorist haven -- R.I.P. Henry Gibson
Tue 15 Sep -- U.S. credit shrinks at Great Depression rate -- possible financial hardship ahead -- Bernanke says recession is ‘Very Likely Over’
Fri 11 Sep -- 8th anniversary 9/11 -- R.I.P. Gertrude Baines -- “to the toppermost of the poppermost”
Thu 10 Sep -- sense of urgency in Obama’s voice -- then & now -- economy stabilizing?
Fri 4 Sep -- “depression-prevention has been solved” -- ‘unschooling’ -- Vascular Designs
Wed 2 Sep -- Universal Health Care ‘Un-American’? -- meaningless war -- recruitment pitch?
August 2009
Thu 27 Aug -- R.I.P. Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy -- “civic foreclosure” -- “hot Jupiter”
Tue 25 Aug -- Mike number one -- recession deeper & longer than expected -- the futility boundary
Fri 21 Aug -- Go Mike! -- compassionate grounds? -- 7 reasons Windows 7
Thu 20 Aug -- green, blue, yellow, orange, red -- Jon Doe = Edward Lighthart? -- “the moon has better bandwidth than my house”
Tue 18 Aug -- DNA evidence can be faked -- streptococcal infection? -- Patience Eggslap
Mon 17 Aug -- legalize it? -- bicycle inflation? -- DNA origami?
Fri 14 Aug -- income inequality -- adorable tricycles? -- urban assault bike
Thu 13 Aug -- R.I.P. Les Paul -- Nickels vs. Mike McGinn -- everything has gone back to being terrible
Tue 11 Aug -- Google caffeine -- hizzoner -- claim: 230 m.p.g., city
Wed 5 Aug -- please vote for my friend & neighbor: Mike McGinn
Tue 4 Aug -- Bill Clinton in North Korea -- Happy Birthday, Mr. President -- 140-character limit
July 2009
Wed 29 Jul -- go neighbor Mike! -- angering Congress -- now Obama’s war
Tue 28 Jul -- ‘ObamaCare’ -- 102°? -- digital nomads
Sun 19 Jul -- “totally clueless representation” -- moon landing 40th anniversary -- “15th Avenue Coffee and Tea”
Wed 15 Jul -- the internet is free -- Liberty’s crown reopens -- pain in the #$%!
Tue 14 Jul -- Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité -- 9.5% -- Obama nominates Benjamin
Mon 13 Jul -- single-payer health care -- Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee -- Crab Houses
Fri 10 Jul -- North Korea cyber attacks -- V-shapers -- Steve Jobs, LSD, Apple, spiritual quest
Tue 7 Jul -- no joke -- nukeometer.com -- “Death Master File”
Mon 6 Jul -- Wall Street Bubble Mafia -- earliest existing Bible digitized -- “self-help”
June 2009
Tue 30 Jun -- mission accomplished? -- silent tremors -- Cool Search Engines
Mon 29 Jun -- Madoff sentenced -- qubits -- Happy 30th Walkman
Wed 24 Jun -- North Korea to U.S. -- Saudi royal family -- Tesla Model S
Tue 23 Jun -- D.C. Metro accident -- new beginning? -- Kodak retires Kodachrome
Mon 22 Jun -- one billion customers -- Coming Through the Rye -- 1978: Christy discovers Charon
Sun 21 Jun -- False Financial Reform -- Parvez Sharma -- Acropolis Now
Thu 18 Jun -- Seattle to Tukwila -- Nadal is No. 1 -- Herminiimonas glaciei
Tue 16 Jun -- designer baby? -- R.I.P George Reeves -- day 28
Mon 15 Jun -- Ahmadinejad claims vote fair -- don’t blink -- algae, coconuts, flowers
Fri 12 Jun -- “Oil is like the undead” -- reclaiming the spectrum -- Easy Instructions
Thu 11 Jun -- WHO: swine flu phase 6 -- patient choice -- 112
Wed 10 Jun -- trillion-dollar deficits -- Wind-it -- supervolcano?
Mon 8 Jun -- Happy Birthday 1984 -- Socratic Deli & Grocery -- McCafé
Fri 5 Jun -- graduation speech rejected -- aspiring writers -- Google Squared
Thu 4 Jun -- twenty years after -- R.I.P. David ‘Grasshopper’ Carradine -- honey
Wed 3 Jun -- Compromise on Health Reform -- the Daddy Brain -- R.I.P. Koko Taylor
Tue 2 Jun -- bailout’s impact is unclear -- flimsy grounds -- R.I.P. Millvina Dean
Mon 1 Jun -- GM files Chapter 11 -- Volt Charges On -- Franken v. Coleman
May 2009
Fri 29 May -- North Korea’s nuclear test -- Leap in U.S. debt -- hugging is hip
Thu 28 May -- altruism in economics -- Models to Monetize Content -- Chunks of the Capitol
Wed 27 May -- U.S. V.A.T.? -- Questions for Sotomayor -- Gary Snyder returns
Tue 26 May -- Sotomayor -- not so ‘Real ID Act’ -- sea fish: only 50 years left
Fri 22 May -- “they might commit crimes in the future” -- The Portugal Experiment -- working with your hands
Wed 20 May -- the economics of poverty -- Fourth Amendment? -- having daughters makes you more liberal
Tue 19 May -- “undisclosed location” disclosed -- Telecoms Package -- 235 mpg VW
Fri 15 May -- web content charge -- recession marketing practice -- car-warranty robocalls
Thu 14 May -- Kerlikowske calls for end to ‘War on Drugs’ -- nocebo -- Hohle Fels Cave ‘Venus’
Wed 13 May -- harsh interrogation techniques -- Obama: ‘Stars Are Aligned’ -- life’s first spark
Tue 12 May -- the new financial euphoria -- Feds on hiring binge -- the secrets of the good life
Fri 8 May -- losing jobs less quickly -- rabid media consolidation -- Statue of Liberty’s crown
Wed 6 May -- Barack & Joe -- Different Kinds of People -- a monthly check to you
Tue 5 May -- Plane Pics Censored -- The New Republicans? -- Scrabulous dividends
Mon 4 May -- test of impartiality -- “more aware of the world than we are” -- culture
Sat 2 May -- pandemic pandemonium -- Pete Seeger at 90 -- hidden photons
April 2009
Wed 22 Apr -- Happy Earth Day -- the “Good Enough” revolution -- Cassini Equinox
Mon 20 Apr -- Χριστος Ανεστη! -- “possession of an infernal machine” -- The Land of No Smiles
Thu 16 Apr -- high-speed rail boost: N.W. could benefit -- “I Dreamed a Dream” -- “O tempora, O mores”? O give it a rest
Wed 15 Apr -- $855,323 -- annual filing festival -- upper, middle & prole
Mon 13 Apr -- pirate drama -- Happy 65th Birthday Bond, James Bond -- Obama bows before new ruler
Fri 10 Apr -- investor incentive? -- strong oversight safeguards? -- L4 & L5
Wed 8 Apr -- crew retakes ship from Somali pirates -- power grid vulnerable -- Sanford’s democratic idealism
Tue 7 Apr -- Ted Stevens’s charges dismissed -- Al Franken: 312 -- a million million
Mon 6 Apr -- their own fault? -- properly licensed content? -- Dylan on Obama
Fri 3 Apr -- Afghanistan rebuilds -- GM slide began in 1950 -- Mima Mounds
March 2009
Wed 25 Mar -- ZHTO ELLADA -- financial statements -- bankers worked hard for their money -- FACETS
Tue 24 Mar -- nuclear Iran -- PPIP + TARP -- CCD: solutions emerging
Fri 20 Mar -- 6th anniversary -- Suze sounds off -- obsessive?
Wed 18 Mar -- R.I.P. P-I -- a nation of loners, not joiners -- £56 camera & balloon
Tue 17 Mar -- Russia re-arms -- FDIC -- R.I.P. Mr. Magoo
Mon 16 Mar -- AIG: 80%-owned by U.S. taxpayer -- “cash for trash” -- Happy Birthday James Madison
Sat 14 Mar -- Fixing the Fed -- big brother blimp -- (tilting at) windmills
Wed 11 Mar -- ...more than Buffett needs Barack -- smart content, smart sensors, avatars -- Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch
Tue 10 Mar -- Diebold erasing audit logs -- quantitative finance jocks -- idling is illegal
Mon 9 Mar -- Obamanomics -- smoking in Virginia -- WolframAlpha™
Fri 6 Mar -- Until Limbaugh gets real -- Official National Dream -- quantum entanglement
Wed 4 Mar -- debt collection -- D.C.’s speed bump: the Constitution -- McNuggets® “emergency”
Tue 3 Mar -- disposable Constitution? -- 2009 DD45 -- mad cool
Mon 2 Mar -- R.I.P. Paul Harvey -- The Audacity of Nope -- D.C. public schools remain open
February 2009
Fri 27 Feb -- courtesy call -- a voting seat in the House of Representatives -- “clean-coal” oxymoron -- I, we, two & three
Thu 26 Feb -- Sun Rises, Market Falls -- Representative (?) Eleanor Holmes Norton -- jobs, not Jobs?
Wed 25 Feb -- Cut Military Spending -- optimism amid the gloom -- the IP address?
Tue 24 Feb -- “a world without nuclear weapons” -- gaussian copula -- The President is terribly popular still
Mon 23 Feb -- 7,114.78 -- Gary Locke -- el liquido milagroso
Fri 20 Feb -- Keep Your Stinking Stimulus? -- The American people are watching -- about-Facebook
Thu 19 Feb -- $8 a week -- economic geography -- no hidden agenda with Griffey
Wed 18 Feb -- $3.6 trillion? -- The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act -- endangered species?
Fri 13 Feb -- accountability -- U.S. & Russian satellites collide -- paraskavedekatriaphobia
Thu 12 Feb -- the elite? -- complete Neanderthal genome -- new Lincoln pennies
Wed 11 Feb -- first Sims, now Kerlikowske -- pick your trends carefully -- Darwin Day
Tue 10 Feb -- news conference -- plenary indulgence -- Personal Rapid Transit
Mon 9 Feb -- 7.6% -- do nothing -- since 1955
Fri 6 Feb -- Please Raise My Taxes -- McCain blasts Obama -- Manhattan maple mystery
Wed 4 Feb -- Project Match -- Happy 5th Birthday Facebook -- $10 laptop (part 2)
Tue 3 Feb -- Number One: Olympia Snowe -- green recovery -- home-built radio
Mon 2 Feb -- all-time profit record $45.2 billion -- Five-Day Mail Delivery? -- $10 laptop
January 2009
Fri 30 Jan -- Go, Claire, Go -- Sequoia Advantage -- re-Cheech & Chong
Wed 28 Jan -- Rock Hill’s “Freedom Riders” -- R.I.P. John Updike -- placozoa
Tue 27 Jan -- era of irresponsibility -- Consumer Confidence Index -- Secret Record Collection
Mon 26 Jan -- Domesday Book -- Laser Avenger -- mirror?
Fri 23 Jan -- all communications -- the economy is resetting -- inaugural swag
Thu 22 Jan -- Guantanamo -- new White House (website) -- Caroline Kennedy
Tue 20 Jan -- 20 January 2009 -- Obama’s Inaugural Address -- “Obama Day”
Mon 19 Jan -- 2.1 million -- The Power of Nonviolence -- Happy 200th!
Fri 16 Jan -- an extraordinary feat -- $160 million party -- Top 10 D.C. Attractions
Thu 15 Jan -- 5-4 -- the last 8 years -- Mars is not dead
Wed 14 Jan -- presidential BlackBerrying -- “Your Smiles ‘Fill My Heart’” -- R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan
Tue 13 Jan -- register online -- $4.25 billion -- Happy 30th Birthday VisiCalc
Mon 12 Jan -- “layering” -- personal genomics -- Yes Pecan!
Fri 9 Jan -- more than 60 -- $25 -- drawn & quartered
Thu 8 Jan -- “permanent and comprehensive peace” -- Bollywood Dubya -- Amazing Spider-Man No. 583
Wed 7 Jan -- “To make people rich.” -- Oval Office -- “1st and Ten” software
Tue 6 Jan -- $7.36 trillion & counting -- 225 -- junior senator from Illinois
Mon 5 Jan -- “being Jesus is tough” -- Tim Kaine -- only 10 years
Fri 2 Jan -- revived? -- Gao Xiqing -- thousands of shoes

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