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1. 12-31-03 Stardust to be Collected from Comet (Space.com - Malik)
   "On Jan. 2, the Stardust spacecraft is scheduled spend 12 hours studying the comet Wild 2 -- pronounced Vilt-2 -- after a five-year journey to the far side of the Sun, 242 million miles (389 million kilometers) from Earth. During the flyby, scientists hope it will collect cometary material and stow them in a reentry capsule to be sent Earthward later." 12-03

2. Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) (Microsoft.com)
   "The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found." 04-06

3. -06-17-07 Interview With Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki (MSNBC News)
   "In a candid interview, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talks about his struggles, relationship with President Bush and nation's future." 06-07

4. -05-20-08 Senator Edward Kennedy Has a Malignant Brain Tumor (Time.com)
   "Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy." News coverage suggests that his prognosis is poor for the type of cancer involved. 05-08

5. -05-20-08 Senator Edward Kennedy Has a Malignant Brain Tumor (MSNBC News)
   " 'Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to him,' said McCain."
   
   " 'I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the Senate. And I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate.' " 05-08

6. -12-05-08 Malia Obama to Use Lincoln's Desk (ABC News)
   "Malia Obama, the 10-year-old daughter of President-elect Obama, plans to make herself right at home in the White House and has already called dibs on using Abraham Lincoln's desk for her homework." 12-08

7. Mali (Dinar)

8. Mali

9. Mali (Geographia.com)
   Provides information on the land, history, and people. 7-02

10. Dogs - Herding Group (Planet-Pets.com)
    Provides descriptions and pictures of the Australian Cattle Dog, Bearded Collie, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Border Collie, Bouvier des Flandres, Briard, Collie, German Shepherd, Old English Sheepdog, Puli, Shetland Sheepdog , Welsh Corgi Cardigan, and Welsh Corgi Pembroke. 06-07

11. Rulers by Country - J-O (Schulz)
    Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People´s Republic), Korea (Republic), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maledives, Mali, Malta, Marshal Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, and Oman. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

12. -Nations of Native Americans M - P (NativeWeb)
    Includes Maasai, Makah, Maliseet, Maori, Mapuche, Mattaponi, Maya, Mechoopda, Menominee, Metis, Mi'kmaw, MicMac, Mingo, Miskitu, Miwok, Mixteca, Mlabri, Mohave, Mohawk, Mohegan, Mohican, Monacan, Montaukett, Muscogee, Nanticokes, Narragansett, Nasion Chamoru, Naticoke, Navajo, Nez Perce, Ngarrindjeri, Nipmuc, Nisga'a, Nungas (Australia), Odawa, Ogoni, Ohiyesa, Ohlone, Ojibwe, Okmulgee (Creek), Omaha, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Paiute, Palong, Passamaquoddy, Pawnee, Pehuenche, Penobscot, Pequot, Pima, Piscataway, Pocomoke, Pocumtuck, Pomo, Ponca, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Pueblo, and Puyallup.

13. Perrun Virus Attacks Pictures (PCMag.com)
    "A new computer virus is the first ever to infect picture files, an anti-virus firm reported Thursday, making sharing family photos on the Internet a potentially dangerous activity." "The virus, dubbed Perrun, is not currently infecting computers but worries anti-virus experts because it is the first to cross from program infection into data files, long considered safe from malicious data." 6-02

14. Algonquian Language Family (Native-Language.org)
    Includes Eastern Algonquian Languages: Abenaki-Penobscot (Dialects: Abenaki and Penobscot), Maliseet-Passamaquoddy (Dialects: Maliseet and Passamaquoddy), Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Lenape Languages: Delaware (Lenape), Munsee Delaware, and Nanticoke, Mohican Languages: Mahican (Mohican/Stockbridge), Mohegan, Narragansett, and Wampanoag (Massachusett).
    
    Central Algonquian Languages: Cree Languages, Attikamekw (Tete de Boule), Cree, Michif (Cree-French creole), Montagnais Innu, and Naskapi Innu. Ojibwa Languages: Algonkin (Algonquin), Ojibwe (Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Anishinabemowin), and Ottawa (Odawa). Kickapoo, Menominee, Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and Fox), Miami-Illinois, Potawatomi, and Shawnee.
    
    Plains Algonquian Languages: Arapaho Languages: Arapaho and Gros Ventre (Atsina). Blackfoot (Siksika, Peigan, Blackfeet), and Cheyenne.
    
     California Algic (Ritwan) Languages: Wiyot and Yurok.
    
     Lost/Unattested/Uncertain Algonquian Remnant Languages: Beothuk, Etchemin, Loup A/Loup B, Lumbee (Croatan, Pamlico), and Powhatan. 11-03

15. Virus Protection - ProcessGuard (DiamondCS.com)
    Protects against viruses, trojans, and other attacks.
    
    "DiamondCS ProcessGuard is a groundbreaking security system first released late in 2003 that protects Windows processes from attacks by other processes, services, drivers, and other forms of executing code on your system. ProcessGuard also stops applications from executing without the users consent, stops malicious worms and trojans from being executed silently in the background, as well as a variety of other attacks. ProcessGuard even stops most keyloggers and leaktests, and is recognised by many to be the most comprehensive anti-rootkit solution available." 12-04

16. Editorial: Verified Paper Ballots Essential for Audits (VoteTrustUSA.org - Schade and Zeese)
    "The bad news is that a corporate conflict of interest of a member of the Commission raises doubts that they will recommend the common sense solution – voter verified paper ballots."
    
    "With regard to the counting of votes, people are concerned about paperless electronic voting because it provides no independent record for audits or recounts. The machines have been shown to be a high security risk by insiders who can put undetectable malicious code in the software, by election officials who have access to the machines and by outside hackers – all of these people can change the outcome of an election. And, of course, all Americans know computers make mistakes. For example, computers freezing and crashing are experiences we have all had – it is also an experience that election administrators have seen with the use of computers in elections."
    
    "Bill Gardner, the New Hampshire Secretary of State, unlike many election administrators, has come to learn that recounts are an important part of ensuring credibility of an election outcome. He makes the point that a successful election is when the losing candidate, and his or her supporters, are confident that the result was accurate. The capability of conducting a transparent hand recount of paper ballots in public with the media and all interested parties watching, is critical to achieving that goal."
    
    "Other election administrators like Linda Lamone of Maryland, believe the false claim that paperless DRE machines allow for a recount. In fact all they allow for is recounting the record created by the computer. When machines make an error recording the vote the recount will merely repeat that error." 5-05

17. Security Standards for Elections Hardware and Software (SIMS)
    "Voting systems shall deploy protection against the many forms of threats to which they may be exposed such as file and macro viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and logic bombs. Vendors shall develop and document the procedures to be followed to ensure that such protection is maintained in a current status."
    
    Editor's Note: No test or assessment was included in the standards to preclude software or firmware with malicious code embedded from the vendor, one of the most likely possible sources of election mischief or fraud. 5-05

18. 08-15-05 Study of e-Voting Funded (Berkeley.edu)
    "Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, will join colleagues at five institutions nationwide in a bold, new effort to improve the reliability and trustworthiness of electronic voting technology."
    
    " 'We'll look into ways of making the innards of the machine more trustworthy,' said David Wagner, UC Berkeley assistant professor of computer sciences and co-principal investigator of the center. 'This could range from building software that would make it hard for somebody to insert malicious logic without detection to building machines that include components from multiple vendors so the system can cross check itself.' " 8-05

19. CIA Operates Secret Prisons (CNN News)
    "Human rights groups have criticized the practice of 'rendition,' in which the CIA purportedly has been allowed to secretly transfer terrorist suspects overseas for interrogation."
    
    "Human Rights Watch spokesman Tom Malinowsky said the practice of holding suspects incommunicado in secret facilities has done 'enormous damage' to the reputation of the United States without producing useful intelligence."
    
    "If true, the arrangement suggests U.S. agents are engaged in activities 'that under U.S. law and in U.S. territory and by U.S. personnel would be clearly illegal,' said former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, who was once a federal prosecutor."
    
    "In October the Senate voted 90-9 to require American troops to follow interrogation standards set in the Army Field Manual and barred 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment' of prisoners in U.S. custody."
    
    "The provision was not included in a House bill, and the White House has threatened to veto a $440 billion Pentagon spending bill if the measure is part of the final legislation."
    
    "The administration says existing law already prohibits the mistreatment of prisoners in American custody and the amendment would restrict Bush's power as commander-in-chief."
    
    Editor's Note: Huh? 11-05

20. -04-02-06 Study Shows Link Between Mobile Phones and Tumors (ABC News)
    "The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors, a new Swedish study said on Friday, contradicting the conclusions of other researchers."
    
    "A four-year British survey released in January showed no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and the most common type of tumor."
    
    "However, researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of 20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and found a link." 04-06

21. Dalai Lama Meets With Muslims (CBS News)
    "The Dalai Lama urged religious leaders Saturday to reach out to Muslims, saying Islam is a compassionate faith that has been unfairly maligned because of a few extremists." 05-09

22. Trojan Horses Definition (Wikipedia.org)
    "In the context of computer software, a Trojan horse is a malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software. The term is derived from the classical myth of the Trojan Horse. They may look useful or interesting (or at the very least harmless) to an unsuspecting user, but are actually harmful when executed." 04-06

23. -06-01-06 Iraqi Prime Minister Declares State of Emergency in Basra (PBS.org)
    "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a state of emergency Wednesday in the southern city of Basra, where 140 people have been killed in rival gang clashes in May alone, police said." 06-06

24. -06-06-06 Iraq's Tougher Stance Toward the U.S. After Allegations of a Massacre (Christian Science Monitor)
    "Mr. Maliki's tough stance suggests a new assertion of sovereignty by the Iraqi government, something that actually works to the US's favor. But the allegations [of a massacre], coming as the new government tries to demonstrate control, are likely to complicate both US-Iraq relations and Maliki's task of leading the Iraqi people." 06-06

25. -06-07-06 Iraq Releases Hundreds of Prisoners (USA Today)
    "Hundreds of newly freed Iraqi prisoners kissed the ground after being dropped at bus stations Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched the largest such release since the U.S.-led invasion."
    
    "Sunni Arab political leaders welcomed the initiative, which was intended to promote reconciliation in this fractured nation." 06-06

26. -06-25-06 Iraqi PM Offers an Olive Branch and a Fist (MSNBC News)
    "Iraq’s prime minister unveiled a 24-point national reconciliation initiative Sunday, offering amnesty to insurgents who renounce violence and have not committed terrorist attacks on American soldiers or Iraqis."
    
    " 'To those who want to rebuild our country, we present an olive branch,” al-Maliki told applauding lawmakers. 'And to those who insist on killing and terrorism, we present a fist with the power of law to protect our country and people.' " 06-06

27. -07-11-06 Studies: Election Machines Reform Essential (CommonCause.org)
    "This report surveys four major studies that reviewed DRE voting machine security and reliability. Two of the reports involved extensive review of more than 80 academic, technical, and industry reports on DREs. Each report concluded DRE machines to be vulnerable to malfunction and also to tampering in which a computer-savvy hacker with minimal access to the machine could introduce malicious code to the DRE software and change the results of an election. Such manipulation could be undetectable. In machines equipped with a modem, it could even be done from a remote location.” 07-06

28. Video: Princeton Professor Quickly Hacks into Voting Machine (Princeton)
    Professor Ariel Feldman shows how to hack into an electronic voting machine commonly used in the United States in several minutes. This video presents "a fully independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, including its hardware and software. We obtained the machine from a private party. Analysis of the machine, in light of real election procedures, shows that it is vulnerable to extremely serious attacks. For example, an attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as one minute could install malicious code; malicious code on a machine could steal votes undetectably, modifying all records, logs, and counters to be consistent with the fraudulent vote count it creates. An attacker could also create malicious code that spreads automatically and silently from machine to machine during normal election activities — a voting-machine virus. We have constructed working demonstrations of these attacks in our lab. Mitigating these threats will require changes to the voting machine's hardware and software and the adoption of more rigorous election procedures." 10-06

29. Video: Princeton Professor Quickly Hacks into Voting Machine (Princeton)
    Professor Ariel Feldman shows how to hack into an electronic voting machine commonly used in the United States in several minutes. This video presents "a fully independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, including its hardware and software. We obtained the machine from a private party. Analysis of the machine, in light of real election procedures, shows that it is vulnerable to extremely serious attacks. For example, an attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as one minute could install malicious code; malicious code on a machine could steal votes undetectably, modifying all records, logs, and counters to be consistent with the fraudulent vote count it creates. An attacker could also create malicious code that spreads automatically and silently from machine to machine during normal election activities — a voting-machine virus. We have constructed working demonstrations of these attacks in our lab. Mitigating these threats will require changes to the voting machine's hardware and software and the adoption of more rigorous election procedures." 10-06

30. Compare Four SUV Hybrids (Edmunds.com)
    Compares the Ford Escape, Toyota Highlander, Lexus RX400h, and the Mercury Mariner. The Saturn Vue hybrid is expected to be introduced in 2007. It is expected to be the least expensive SUV hybrid. The Chevrolet Malibu hybrid is expected in 2008. 01-07

31. Micro-CHP Units Heat and Provide Electricity (Christian Science Monitor)
    "Since Malin changed his home heating system to micro-CHP in February, 18 other families in the Boston area also have adopted the technology, which squeezes about 90 percent of the useful energy from the fuel. That's triple the efficiency of power delivered over the grid."
    
    "Factories and other industrial facilities have used large CHP systems for years. But until the US debut of micro-systems in greater Boston, the units had not been small enough, cheap enough, and quiet enough for American homes." 11-06

32. 01-06-07 Final Hours of Saddam Hussein (New York Times)
    "It is a story of the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, trying to coerce second-tier American military and diplomatic officials into handing over Mr. Hussein, first on Thursday night, then again on Friday. The American push back was complicated by the absences of Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the top American military commander, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who were both out of Iraq on leave. The American message throughout was that rushing Mr. Hussein to the gallows could rebound disastrously, as it did." 01-07

33. -Editorial: A Cynical View of "The Surge" (MSNBC News)
    "The likelihood of Maliki stepping up to the task [of controlling the Shiite militia] is so remote that some lawmakers see the Bush surge as a kind of secret exit plan. In their view, Bush knows he’s got a bad deal, and Maliki will never purge the Mahdi army; when the Iraqi prime minister fails to deliver, Bush can blame the Iraqis for being weak and feckless and corrupt, and begin to withdraw U.S. troops. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dubs this scenario 'blame and run.' "
    
    "There is [also] a widespread view that the war is lost, and Bush is postponing the inevitable until after he leaves office—or worse, preparing to widen the war to Iran and Syria rather than accept defeat." 01-07

34. -03-08-07 Democrats: Bring Troops Home Next Year (Guardian Unlimited)
    Provides a British view of the proposed legislation. "If Congress approves the plan [to redeploy American troops in Iraq], Mr Bush faces a dilemma: he could veto the bill, but would then be without the funds to prosecute war. Although he has alternative sources, he would struggle to find $100bn. He appears intent on the US remaining in Iraq, at least until he leaves office in January 2009."
    
    "In their proposal, the Democrats suggest that the withdrawal deadline should be brought forward if the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, fails to deliver on promises to deploy more Iraqi troops and taking steps to reduce sectarian violence." 03-07

35. Compare Four Hybrids and a Matrix (Edmunds.com)
    Compares the Mercury Mariner, Toyota Camry, Saturn VUE, Toyota Prius, and the Toyota Matrix. The Chevrolet Malibu hybrid is expected in 2008. 07-07

36. -08-22-07 Bush Reaffirms Support for Iraq Prime Minister (PBS.org)
    "President Bush reiterated his continued support of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a speech Wednesday after criticizing the embattled leader earlier this week. Experts discuss the president's relationship with the prime minister." 08-07

37. -09-08-07 Chip Implants May Be Dangerous (CBS News)
    "When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found 'reasonable assurance' the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies."
    
    "But neither the company nor the regulators publicly mentioned this: A series of veterinary and toxicology studies, dating to the mid-1990s, stated that chip implants had 'induced' malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats." 09-07

38. Is Iraq Making Political Gains? (Christian Science Monitor)
    "With even General Petraeus saying in a letter to his troops that in this political objective the surge 'has not worked out as we had hoped,' the debate in the days ahead will revolve primarily around the Iraqis' political shortcomings and what that should mean for US policy."
    
    "That debate falls broadly into three camps:"
    
    "1) The political failures show that Iraq is in a civil war the US cannot stop, so US troops should come home."
    
    "2) US security interests are served by the surge's military successes, and the rug should not be pulled out from under local Iraqis, such as the Sunnis of Anbar Province, who are starting to act without the central government."
    
    "3) As a "middle way," the US should begin a token troop drawdown in coming months to pressure the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to make political progress and to get the US on the road to an orderly disengagement." 09-07

39. 09-26-07 State Dept. Accused of Impeding Iraq Probe (CBS News)
    "Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the State Department had informed the committee that State employees could not discuss potential corruption in the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki unless the information was treated as a national security secret."
    
    "Blackwater USA, the North Carolina-based security contractor involved in the deaths of civilians in Iraq this month, has also claimed that the State Department had banned company communication with Waxman's investigators, the lawmaker said." 09-07

40. -10-28-07 After the Myanmar Crackdown (PBS.org)
    "TOM MALINOWSKI, Human Rights Watch: Well, it's a stage of siege in Burma. There's no question about that. We don't know what the numbers are, because the country is closed. No one has access to the prisons. There's no way of getting a true picture of the death toll right now."
    
    "But it is a state of siege: The monasteries are occupied by the military; the troops are in the streets; there are nighttime raids in which security forces go neighborhood by neighborhood, pull people out of their homes who they believe, based on their video footage, participated in these demonstrations. People are very, very much afraid."
    
    "But I think it's interesting the government is also afraid and has some reason to fear what might happen next." 10-07

41. Engineers Without Borders Works on Clean Water (Time.com)
    "That was the genesis of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit group that focuses on low-tech, high-impact projects in the developing world, implemented almost entirely by student engineers. If you think this sounds a bit warm and fuzzy for the right-angle world of engineering, think again. Since Amadei launched the national organization in 2002, more than 230 affiliated chapters have sprung up in universities and professional firms around the U.S., comprising some 8,000 members, with more overseas. EWB has built everything from aqueducts in Mali to solar panels in Rwanda. And the group is changing the way engineering is taught in schools by demanding that its practitioners address the long-neglected needs of the billions of people who live without clean water or decent sanitation." 12-07

42. Report: Possible Environmental Contamination Across Great Lakes States (US News)
    "The investigative group Center for Public Integrity this morning posted bootlegged portions of what appears to be a disturbing—and purportedly suppressed—government report about environmental contamination across the Great Lakes region. Six years in the making, the report assesses evidence of health-threatening contamination in 26 'areas of concern' covering parts of eight states, and it links contamination in many of those areas to high rates of infant mortality, other infant health problems, and adult malignancies, including breast, colon, and lung cancers." 02-08

43. Editorial: McCain's Challenge (Time.com)
    "Last week, the McCain campaign's case against Barack Obama went something like this: He's irresponsible when it comes to Iraq, naive when it comes to Iran and a Big Government liberal when it comes to the economy. But now Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has more or less endorsed Obama's plan to withdraw from Iraq, forcing McCain to argue that al-Maliki didn't really mean it, and even the Bush Administration has accepted a 'time horizon' for withdrawal, if not a precise 'timetable.' The Bush Administration has also engaged in some diplomatic outreach with Iran, just as Obama has recommended, a severe blow to McCain's efforts to portray Obama's willingness to engage in dialogue as appeasement. And on the economy, a TIME/Rockefeller Foundation poll found that 82% of the country supports more federal infrastructure spending designed to create jobs. When Big Government liberalism is all the rage, McCain's courage in opposing water projects or the farm bill becomes less of a selling point." 07-08

44. -11-03-08 ES&S Voting Machines Can Be Hacked (Wired.com)
    "Touchscreen voting machines at the center of recent vote-flipping reports can be easily and maliciously recalibrated in the field to favor one candidate in a race, according to a report prepared by computer scientists for the state of Ohio." 11-08

45. -01-06-09 Massive New Embassy in Iraq: Symbol of Domination? (Time.com)
    "With red-carpet flourish and speeches by top U.S. and Iraqi officials, the United States celebrated the next step in the U.S.-Iraq diplomatic relationship with the dedication of its sprawling new embassy in Baghdad on Monday. The 104-acre complex is the largest U.S. embassy in the world."
    
    "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was absent from the ceremony. On Monday he was scheduled to return from a two-day visit to the U.S.'s adversary, Iran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei. According to Iranian state news agency IRNA, Khamenei told al-Maliki on Sunday that the U.S. presence in Iraq was the root cause of terrorism, and that the U.S. seeks to establish a permanent base there to dominate the region. He urged further political and economic cooperation with Iran." 01-09

46. -03-24-09 Dangerous Computer Worm Expected on April 1st (CNN News)
    "A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool's Day."
    
    "The anti-worm researchers have banded together in a group they call the Conficker Cabal. Members are searching for the malicious software program's author and for ways to do damage control if he or she can't be stopped." 03-09

47. -05-28-09 Editorial to Republicans: Don't Go to War over Sotomayor (CNN News - Ed Rollins)
    "Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, is Senior Presidential Fellow at the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University. He was White House political director for President Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee."
    
    "Let me state that I am sure Sotomayor and I don't agree on very much. And I am sure some of her liberal rulings will drive me nuts. But President Obama won, is a liberal and gets to put liberals on the court. That's the way it works. Ideology aside, is she qualified?"
    
    "Sotomayor is not deserving to be on the Supreme Court because she is Puerto Rican or a woman. She has been appointed* by the president because she is extremely well-qualified. Judge those qualifications fairly and without malice. To do less will antagonize Hispanic and female voters, two voter groups Republicans must do better with to have any chance of electoral success."
    
    *Editor's Note: Sotomayor has been nominated, not appointed. 05-09

48. -06-09-09 Teen Scales Tallest Peaks (NBC Sports)
    "A 17-year-old California resident reached the summit of Mount Everest as part of his trek to become the youngest person to scale the tallest peaks on each of the world’s seven continents."
    
    "Johnny Strange, a senior in high school who resides in Malibu, Calif., reached the top of the 29,035-foot mountain on May 20. His Everest mountain climb was his sixth. He completed his final summit climb on June 8 when he scaled Australia’s 7,310-foot Mount Kosciuszko." 06-09

49. -08-07-09 Taliban Report Death of Chief, Baitullah Mehsud (CBS News)
    "Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, said earlier this week there was a 'strong possibility' Mehsud died in the Aug. 5 strike - an assessment not disputed by a U.S. official speaking Thursday to CBS News."
    
    "But U.S. authorities were also seeking DNA evidence to confirm whether Mehsud, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against Pakistan's government, was killed in the strike, reports CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier." 08-09

50. -10-22-09 Windows 7 Born from Vista Frustration (CNN News)
    "If consumers like the new Windows 7 operating system, they'll have the much-maligned Windows Vista to thank." 10-09