BC-AP Interactive & Graphics Digest

9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009

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TODAY:

INTERACTIVES

END OF DECADE: An interactive timeline looks at 400 historic and memorable events from the past decade in national and international news, business, entertainment, sports, science, health and technology. Defining events, Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, are highlighted with photos and audio galleries. Interactive is in the —national/decade folder.

2009 OBIT: An interactive looking at prominent people who died in 2009 is available in the —national/obits_2009 folder.

PHOTOS OF THE DECADE: A slideshow of the Associated Press photos that distilled historic events of the last decade is available in the —international/photos_of_decade_PHOTOS folder.

GRAPHICS

CLIMATE: We will have a graphic tracking down global surface temperatures in the last five decades. With AP-BC-Climate. ETA, 1 p.m.

IRAQ BOMBINGS: Four coordinated bombings targeted Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday; 1c x 1 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 44 mm; with BC-ML--Iraq.

PAKISTAN INTEL BLAST: Map locates Multan, Pakistan, where a deadly bomb exploded near an intelligence office; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm; with AP-AS--Pakistan.

CHINA SCHOOL STAMPEDE: Map locates Xiangxiang, China, where students were killed while descending a crowded staircase at a private middle school; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm; with AP-AS-China-School-Stampede.

CLIMATE CONFERENCE: For the climate conference in Copenhagen, we have a series of interactives and graphics.

INTERACTIVES:

CLIMATE CHANGE TIMELINE: An interactive timeline shows key dates related to global warming is in the —science/climate_change_timeline/ folder

GLOBAL WARMING PORT CITIES: An interactive profiling 12 port cities vulnerable to rising waters is in the_science/cities_flood/ folder.

ARCTIC CLIMATE: An interactive exploring Arctic lands devastated by a warming climate is in the —science/climate_arctic/ folder.

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION: An interactive showing greenhouse gas emissions by nation, changes in world temperatures, sea ice and an animation explaining the greenhouse gas effect has been posted in the —science/globalWarming folder.

GRAPHICS:

CLIMATE LOGO: Logo for use with any climate related stories; 0.5c x 1 inch, 23 mm x 25 mm; 1c x 5/8 inch, 47 mm x 15 mm.

CLIMATE POST KYOTO: Graphic charts global average temperatures, summer sea ice minimum and sea level rise since 1997; 1c x 3 3/4 inches; 47 mm x 95 mm; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96 mm x 89 mm; with related stories.

CO2 CONCENTRATION: Graphic shows the rise of CO2 concentration levels since 1958; 2c x 2 5/8 inches; 96 mm x 67 mm; with related stories.

WORLD CO2 EMISSIONS: Graphic shows countries' change in carbon dioxide emissions from 2007 and 2008; 1c x 5 1/4 inches; 47 mm x 133 mm; 2c x 2 3/4 inches; 96 mm x 70 mm; with related stories.

COUNTRY EMISSIONS: Graphic shows top carbon dioxide emitters by country and year; 1c x 3 3/4 inches; 47 mm x 95 mm; 2c x 3 1/8 inches; 96 mm x 79 mm; with related climate stories.

GLOBAL WARMING POLL: Graphic shows worldwide poll results of the public<s awareness and opinions of global warming; 1c x 4 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 107 mm; with any related climate change story.

ALSO IN THE NEWS:

INTERACTIVES

AP ECONOMIC STRESS INDEX: A visual guide to the state of the economy, using a unique formula made up of a major economic indicators down to the county level, is available in the —national/stress_index folder.

TIGER WOODS: An interactive timeline on Tiger Woods' career, alleged affairs and scandal that began with a mysterious car crash Thanksgiving weekend will be available in the —sports/tiger_woods folder.

PAKISTAN: An interactive timeline following the events of the last two years, as government troops in Pakistan battle the Taliban, is available in the —international/pakistan_taliban_timeline folder.

HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL: An interactive exploring the major provisions of the Senate and House health care overhaul bills, their costs, and what they might mean for typical Americans, is available in the wdc/healthcare folder.

IRAN TIMELINE: An interactive timeline of Iran's recent history is available in the —international/iran_timeline folder.

HOLIDAY COOKIES: An interactive featuring a cookie recipe for each day of December has been posted. Interactive is in the_lifestyles/cookies_month folder.

GRAPHICS

ECON STRESS MAP: Graphic shows the economic stress impact on each U.S. county for the month of October; 3c x 4 5/8 inches; 146 mm x 117 mm.

AFGHAN TIMELINE 2: Graphic shows U.S. troops in Afghanistan and key events from 2001 to 2009; 5c x 4 3/4 inches; 245.5 mm x 120 mm.

NATO PLEDGES: Graphic shows pledges by NATO allies for more troops in Afghanistan; 1c x 4 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 120 mm; with related stories.

WILD HORSES: Graphic shows wild horse populations by year managed by the Bureau of Land Management; 1c x 3 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 88 mm; with BC-US--Wild Horses.

CONSUMER CREDIT: Graphic shows outstanding consumer debt from revolving credit accounts; 1c x 2 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 63 mm; with related stories.

BCS STANDINGS: Chart shows the current Bowl Championship Series standings; three sizes; 1c x 2 3/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 60 mm; 1c x 4 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 114 mm; 2c x 4 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 120 mm; with BC-FBC--BCS Standings.

BCS GRAD RATES: Annual study of graduation rates of college football teams selected to major bowl games; with BC-FBC-BCS-Graduation Rates.

BKC POLL: Graphic shows top 25 teams in The Associated Press< men<s college basketball poll; 1c x 4 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 114 mm; with BC-BKC-Top 25-College Bkb Poll.

BKW POLL: Graphic shows top 25 teams in The Associated Press< women<s college basketball poll; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101 mm; with BC-BKW-T25-College Bkb Poll.

FIXTURES:

DAILY PHOTO GALLERY: Gallery in the dailygallery folder. (Monday - Friday)

PHOTO WEEK GALLERY: Gallery in the photoweek folder. (Friday)

SPORTS WEEK GALLERY: Gallery in the sportsweek_pix folder. (Monday)

BOX OFFICE graphic. (Monday)

NIELSENS graphic. (Tuesday)

WORLDSTOCK (Daily)

MARKET ROUNDUP (Daily)

MARKET BRIEF (Daily)

MARKET WEEKLY (Friday)

SNAPSHOT (Friday)

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