206 Stories served. 29 per day.
This is actually the hardest diary to execute, and yet perhaps the most valuable because it lets you track story trends over time.
| Economy- 33 |
Sunday 4
- 10 ECB launches offensive on eurozone economic fears
- 13 China’s AgBank offers room for improvement
- 18 No margin for error in Wall St bill’s final test
- 19 Businesses step up criticism of Obama’s agenda
Monday 4
- 4 EU finance ministers vow to help stressed banks
- 12 Wall Street bill could face further delay in Senate
- 14 Bernanke says spurring credit key to rebound
- 21 Small companies denied credit as big firms thrive
Tuesday 2
- 18 Major banking bill faces final vote this week
- 21 Trade gap widens as imports and exports both rise
- 5 German Credit Suisse branches raided in tax probe
- 10 China’s AgBank set for massive stock debut
- 13 EU clears major tie-ups in ailing airline sector
- 17 Stage set for final votes on Wall Street reform bill
- 18 Fears grow as millions lose jobless benefits
- 24 Dim retail sales hurt economy as Fed sees weakness
- 25 Airline fees make it hard to shop for best deal
- 30 Rare Porsche sedan draws doubletakes
Thursday 6
- 5 Wall Street overhaul clears Senate, heads to Obama
- 9 China’s growth slows in second quarter
- 11 Wall Street reform clears Congress
- 17 Wall Street crackdown, consumer guards, are passed
- 24 Manufacturing cools in June as recovery slows
- 25 Homes lost to foreclosure on track for 1M in 2010
Friday 9
- 5 Jobs says iPhone issues overblown, to offer free cases
- 10 Defiant Jobs stands by iPhone 4, dishes out cases
- 11 Consumer prices drop, sentiment sours
- 12 Bank of America, Citi results show hurdles ahead
- 13 Obama export control reform plan faces some bumps
- 16 Goldman to settle with SEC for $550 million
- 20 Apple CEO on antenna problem: ‘We aren’t perfect’
- 23 Less-confident consumers could stall recovery
- 28 Congress acts, but bank bill has work ahead
- 29 Goldman paying $550M to settle civil fraud charges
| Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran- 16 |
Sunday 3
- 16 NATO denies Taliban ascendant as Afghan toll mounts
- 25 Attacks kill 11 Afghan police, official in north
- 29 LA police teach Marines how to train Afghan police
Tuesday 1
- 3 Taliban attacks kill 12 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
- 16 U.S. hands over prisons and prisoners to Iraq
- 22 Afghan attacks kill 8 US troops in 24 hours
Thursday 4
- 4 Two suicide attacks on Iran mosque kills more than 20
- 10 US army hands over last prison in Iraq
- 13 U.S. hands over last Iraq jail but keeps 200 inmates
- 18 Iraqis take charge of last prison in US control
Friday 4
- 2 Foreigners among 30 dead in Iraq hotel blaze
- 3 27 killed in Iran mosque attacks claimed by Sunni rebels
- 22 28 killed in hotel fire in Iraq’s Kurdish region
- 24 Sunni group claims Iran mosque blast killing 27
Saturday 1
| International- 40 |
Sunday 6
- 3 Japan government loses upper house majority
- 4 Srebrenica remembers its dead 15 years on
- 9 Government inspectors ease scandal over French minister
- 17 Japan ruling party reels after vote
- 24 Japan ruling party handed big defeat over tax plan
- 26 775 coffins: Bosnia marks 1995 Srebrenica massacre
Monday 8
- 2 Somalia’s Shebab militants claim deadly Uganda attacks
- 3 ICC adds genocide to charges against Sudan’s president
- 5 Sarkozy rejects cash claim, says France not corrupt
- 11 Japan business leaders fear political stalemate
- 13 Uganda bombs kill 74, Islamists claim attack
- 20 New al-Qaida threat: Somali group claims blasts
- 22 Int’l Court charges Sudan president with genocide
- 28 Japan braces for gridlock after ruling party loss
Tuesday 11
- 2 French lawmakers approve full veil ban
- 3 ‘Abducted’ Iran scientist surfaces in US
- 4 Sarkozy rejects scandal, pushes pension reform
- 10 Vanished Iranian scientist turns up in Washington
- 12 Uganda finds suicide vest, makes several arrests
- 15 French lawmakers vote to ban burqa in public
- 19 Defector do-over? Missing Iranian wants to go home
- 22 French parliament approves ban on face veils
- 26 Lebanese general seeks court record in Hariri case
- 27 PROMISES, PROMISES: US fails to punish Sudan
- 28 Haiti: Summer storm floods ‘safe’ refugee camp
- 4 Iran scientist heading home from US, vows to tell all
- 9 African troops parade in Paris amid rain, rights row
- 12 Suicide bomber involved in Uganda blasts
- 21 Iranian nuclear scientist says he was kidnapped
Thursday 7
- 2 Vatican to fast-track ‘urgent’ priest sex abuse cases
- 12 Iran nuclear scientist returns home from U.S.
- 14 Vatican toughens rules on sexual abuse of children
- 20 Vatican revises its rules on clerical sex abuse
- 21 Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote
- 22 Abductee or defector, nuke scientist back in Iran
- 26 Dozens of outspoken, popular blogs shut in China
Friday 1
Saturday 3
- 7 Gays march in deeply Catholic Poland
- 10 Australian PM calls election
- 16 Dancing, laughing at Auschwitz: who has the right?
| National- 53 |
Sunday 3
- 21 Rev. Schuller retiring from Crystal Cathedral
- 22 Conn. land dug up for items from tribe-settler war
- 23 Kennedy’s clout could grow on high court
Monday 3
- 15 Omar Khadr says rejected Guantanamo plea deal
- 19 Gingrich says he’s considering presidential run
- 25 Critics: US too low-key on Islamic radicalism talk
Tuesday 8
- 11 Crist leads 3-way Senate race in Florida
- 14 Obama faces big political headwinds as polls weigh
- 20 Another cadmium jewelry recall – 137K Tween pieces
- 23 NYC court tosses FCC’s fleeting expletives policy
- 29 Candidate was entrusted with vital military duties
- 31 Judge permits US trial of 1st Guantanamo detainee
- 32 GOP group challenges policy on gays in military
- 33 ‘Scuse me? Hendrix bandmate sues over ’03 release
- 15 Election looms for Democrats: How bad can it be?
- 19 Six more policemen charged in Katrina killings
- 23 Univ. of Texas to mull taking Klansman off dorm
- 28 New documents from Vietnam era resonate even now
- 29 12 horses now dead from Nev. roundup; hearing set
- 31 Opponents pack hearing on mosque near ground zero
- 32 GOP group challenges policy on gays in military
- 33 Whitman attacks on nurses part of larger strategy
Thursday 13
- 27 Ariz. immigration law hearing ends with no ruling
- 28 NY lawyer gets 10-year term in terrorism case
- 29 NYC mayor spends $109M on campaign. Opponent? $9M
- 30 Snack attack: Schools try to get the junk out
- 31 School aims to re-teach civics with focus on faith
- 32 Shelters filling up as Gulf pet owners struggle
- 33 Calif may dump ‘state rock’ that contains asbestos
- 34 Ex-officer gets no jail time in NYC bicycle clash
- 35 Tribes: Nuclear waste can’t be stored at Hanford
- 36 Court’s decision offers some clarity on gun laws
- 37 Utah agencies probe alleged illegal immigrant list
- 38 3 officers plead not guilty in Katrina shootings
- 39 Missouri governor lets abortion law take effect
Friday 13
- 19 Utah identifies 2 allegedly behind immigrant list
- 25 Ex-Manchin aide Goodwin tapped for Byrd seat
- 26 Minor earthquake shakes up US capital’s movers
- 30 Ship junked 200 years ago uncovered at WTC site
- 31 Ex-officer testifies in military gay policy trial
- 32 Top Texas criminal judge warned but keeps job
- 33 Immigrant deaths in Arizona desert soaring in July
- 34 Texas officer appeals excessive force suspension
- 35 NY governor signs law limiting stop-frisk database
- 36 Judge allows Nevada wild horse roundup to resume
- 37 Ala. man remembers going over Niagara Falls as boy
- 38 Group: Dragging of slain SC man is a hate crime
- 39 Speed dating gets a revival among 20-somethings
Saturday 5
- 11 Obama casts Republicans as party of the rich
- 13 Iroquois passport dispute raises sovereignty issue
- 14 Man with neo-Nazi ties leading patrols in AZ
- 18 Ex-officer testifies in military gay policy trial
- 19 Texas officer appeals excessive force suspension
| Gulf Oil Blowout Disaster- 26 |
Sunday 5
- 1 BP ‘pleased’ with progress of oil fix mission
- 2 BP works to replace cap over gushing well
- 14 BP sees progress on new oil containment system
- 15 Mental health a growing concern after Gulf spill
- 20 BP happy with new oil-leak effort, but no promises
Monday 3
- 1 BP deploys new cap to finally seal rogue well
- 17 BP works to put a tighter-fitting cap on the well
- 18 Baby animals in oil spill face uncertain future
Tuesday 3
- 1 BP praying cap will end Gulf oil nightmare
- 9 BP gets set to test new cap to stop oil flow
- 16 New BP cap set for slow tests of how it holds oil
- 1 Crunch decision due on BP oil test
- 2 Fears of new leak delay BP well test
- 14 BP weighing whether to test well cap
- 20 Setback: BP cap in limbo over gov’t questions
Thursday 3
- 1 BP stops Gulf oil flow for first time since April
- 15 BP chokes off the oil leak; now begins the wait
- 16 Oil hits Louisiana’s largest seabird nesting area
Friday 4
- 1 BP stops Gulf oil flow for first time since April
- 9 Capped BP Gulf well under scrutiny
- 17 BP, scientists try to make sense of well puzzle
- 18 Even with leak stopped, Gulf’s pain may last years
Saturday 4
- 1 Cap holds in oil leak as BP analyzes well structure
- 2 BP prolongs tests on oil well structure as cap holds
- 8 BP more upbeat well capped, but could extend test
- 12 The Gulf waits: Oil is plugged, but for how long?
| Science- 17 |
Sunday 3
- 7 Total solar eclipse arcs its way across Pacific
- 8 Mysterious Easter Island set for rare total eclipse
- 12 European probe Rosetta successfully flies by asteroid: ESA
Monday 3
- 10 Stargazers in awe as total eclipse arcs across Pacific
- 26 Alzheimer’s advances show need for better drugs
- 27 FDA to review first of 3 new weight loss drugs
Tuesday 2
- 13 New obesity drug works, but FDA has safety worries
- 30 Restraining order sought for Nev. horse roundup
Thursday 1
Friday 4
- 4 Omega imbalance can make obesity ‘inheritable’: study
- 8 Photos ‘show Himalayan glaciers receding’
- 14 World simmers in hottest year so far
- 27 Ice Age baby mammoth on display at French museum
Saturday 3
- 6 Divers find 230-year-old champagne in Baltic shipwreck
- 9 Many forks loom in road to AIDS vaccine
- 17 Short-snouted dogs face greater air travel risks
| World Cup- 12 |
Sunday 3
- 5 Mandela appears at World Cup final
- 6 Germany edge Uruguay to claim third place
- 27 A country rocks as Spain rules soccer
Monday 7
- 6 World Cup winners Spain return home to rapturous welcome
- 7 Extra-time Iniesta secures World Cup for Spain
- 8 Spain erupts in nationwide fiesta as ‘dream comes true’
- 9 Casillas true hero as Iniesta steals headlines
- 16 Spain basks in World Cup glory
- 23 Spain World Cup fiesta goes wild, boosts unity
- 24 Spain celebrates first World Cup
Tuesday 2
- 6 Defeated Dutch honoured at home with sea of orange
- 7 World Cup winners Spain return home to rapturous welcome
| Sports- 11 |
Tuesday 2
- 24 AL reign: Can NL finally win All-Star game again?
- 25 David Ortiz wins HR Derby with 11-homer final
- 8 Frightful weather sets up brutal start for British Open
- 26 Wade says hardest part of rebuilding Heat is over
- 27 McCann comes up big, NL finally wins All-Star game
Thursday 2
- 6 McIlroy seizes two-stroke Open lead with historic 63
- 23 McIlroy rips through a defenseless Old Course
Friday 2
Saturday 2
| Le Tour- 7 |
Sunday 1
Tuesday 1
- 6 Paulinho pips Kiryienka for RadioShack’s first Tour win
- 7 Casar wins Tour 9th stage, Schleck in yellow
Thursday 1
Friday 1
Saturday 1
| Arts/Fashion- 1 |
Sunday 1
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Phew!
Heavy lifting.
What more proof do we need that man & dinosaurs lived together?