Research links of the week, and ex-journalists

After a long respite, some new research links, and a couple more references to what's going on in the world of laid-off journalists:

We Were Print a blog from several "Former and Soon-to-Be Former Print Journalists". Includes a body count, and links to job listings.

42 Things I know from William Lobdell, recently bought out at LA Times, about the current state of newspapers (and the Times).

The research links:
News:

The Newsfilm Online Digitisation Project offers selected newsfilm from ITN/Reuters archives, by subscription or free browsing.

PopURLs, shows the most popular links on the Web today.

Beijing Olympics News from NewsNow.

Reference:

A Chronology of Data Breaches, from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. I've used this in the past but don't think I linked it. Very helpful when searching for past hacking or theft incidents.

A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff from ReadWriteWeb.

Public Records:

Criminalsearches.com: this beta from PeopleFinders offers free national criminal records searches, with the usual caveats.

Safe Road Maps, a database of fatal traffic accidents overlaid on Google Maps.

Business:

BizToolKit, from James J. Hill Reference Library in Minneapolis, organizes the business web, featuring the Web's best business information sources. Free but has a pro subscription version.