Daily Roundup: January 30, 2009

Hope for Work: Vice President Joe Biden will head a Middle-Class Task Force, which will focus on creating green job opportunities for Americans. LiveScience

y to Blow: Alaskans prepare for a possible eruption of Mt. Redoubt. Associated Press

Serotonin Swarm: Scientists discover that a familiar

neurotransmitter turns friendly grasshoppers into swarming locusts. Scientific American

Dried Up:  Californians brace themselves for what experts suspect may become the state’s worst drought on record. Christian Science Monitor

Busted! Police are using Google Earth to spot hidden marijuana plantations. PC World

–Della Watson

[Source] Della Watson

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