Link Collection

The US purposely stopped counting swine flu cases after 1 million people got it in the US. In fact, New York City is estimated to have had 1 million swine flu cases since the spring and it appears that the US was under counting swine flu cases all along:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/10/swine-flu-count-intentionally-unknown/?uniontrib

Leader of the gun rights movement was shot to death as a friend watched via webcam unable to help:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/daily/20091010_Gun-toting_soccer_mom_fatally_shot_while_on_Web_cam.html

Newly discovered dinosaur has been revealed to be a man-sized miniature T. rex that lived tens of millions of years earlier than the T. rex:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090917-tiny-tyrannosaur.html

82% of the people in the US that were killed by lightning between 1995 and 2008 were male. Scientists were looking for a biological cause for this, but instead they found out it is because men just don't seem to think it through when they take risks in lightning storms:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/are-men-or-women-more-likely-be-hit-lightning

Study of teens and acne found a possible link between diet and acne, but mental health problems (stress, depression, anxiety) are much more linked to acne than diet:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915192230.htm

Cow manure can be found in drinking water around the country, which can contain E. coli and other contaminants. The Bush Administration passed regulations that enable dairy farms to self-certify that they won't pollute in order to avoid all regulation, which hasn't helped the situation. An estimated 19.5 million Americans fall ill each year from waterborne parasites, viruses or bacteria. One cow produces as much waste as 18 people, and unfortunately some of that waste is getting into our drinking water!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/us/18dairy.html?_r=1