I found 2 articles on that posted Dec 13th
(BCN) -- A Palo Alto company is collaborating with the French Government to see if earthquakes can be predicted by studying magnetic field disturbances in the ionosphere. ..
QuakeFinder will present four research papers at the American Geophysical Union conference held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week.

See link for the whole story..
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2686242

AND
A tin bath on the cliffs of northern Iceland, where locals take a dip to treat skin complaints, could help scientists give an early warning of big earthquakes and save thousands of lives....
"Ten weeks before the earthquake we had a really big peak in chromium, and iron. Then five weeks before manganese increases enormously. Two weeks before there was a peak in zinc and one week before there is a copper peak," Claesson told Reuters while gathering new samples from the bore hole. ...

See link for the whole story..
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041213/sc_nm/science_iceland_quakes_dc_2

Ahhh... Here's one that got people out of beds based on a prediction.. A failed prediction, but people panicked.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041213/asp/frontpage/story_4122273.asp