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US Scientist Confesses to Attempted Espionage
(Newser) - Nearly two years after getting busted for trying to sell US technology secrets to Israel , a top American scientist has confessed to attempted espionage, reports the BBC . Stewart Nozette, who had high security clearances for years with NASA, the National Space Council, and the Department of Energy, will likely serve... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Facebook Revenues Double
(Newser) - You may be wasting your free time in front of Facebook, but the social networking leader is laughing all the way to the bank. Its revenues doubled in the first half of 2011 to $1.6 billion, reports Reuters . Net income also grew strongly, reaching $500 million in the first... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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SF OK With Public Nudity, But...
(Newser) - What's the world coming to when San Francisco politicians start ... gasp ... regulating public nudity. Don't worry—"naturists" won't have to cover up on the street. It's perfectly legal in the city to be nude, as long as you're not lewd. But they may soon... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Chinese Billionaires Double in Two Years
(Newser) - The US is still the land of the most billionaires, but China is gaining fast. It counts 271 dollar billionaires, up from 130 in only two years, reports the Telegraph . The leader of the pack is construction magnate Liang Wengen, whose worth is pegged at $11 billion. The US has... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Judge: It's OK to Whine About Work on Facebook
(Newser) - A potentially big win for those who like to carp about their jobs on Facebook: The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a Buffalo nonprofit to reinstate five workers who got fired for doing just that, reports Inc . They get back pay to boot. One catch: If you do want... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Dad Sues Facebook After Daughter Posts Lewd Pics
(Newser) - A father in Northern Ireland is suing Facebook after his 12-year-old daughter posted lewd photos of herself on the site, reports the Evening Herald . The suit claims that Facebook is too lax about enforcing its policy of allowing only those 13-and-older to join, and that has put his daughter at... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Algorithm Arranges Names on 9/11 Memorial
(Newser) - The 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero will be dedicated this weekend, and Scientific American explains how planners used a complex algorithm to figure out how to arrange the 2,983 names of victims. They're not alphabetical but instead grouped by sets and subsets of personal and professional relationships. For... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science & Health.
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Mortgages, Wages Force Many to Delay Retirement
(Newser) - Many Americans are being forced to put off retirement thanks to mountains of debt and lower wages, a feature in today’s Wall Street Journal asserts. Because wages have barely kept up with inflation over the past 35 years, Americans have been borrowing more money and saving less. As of... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Batmanning: Like Planking, Just Crazier?
(Newser) - OK, so we're getting as worn out as you are with the " owling is the new horsemaning is the new cone-ing is the new planking" stories. We told ourselves we'd stop. Then we were introduced to "Batmanning," and it's kind of awesome, in a... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Arts & Living.
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Ghost Town Being Built in New Mexico
(Newser) - If you think ghost towns are dusty places out West that have been abandoned for centuries, you'd be mostly right. But the latest ghost town to surface in New Mexico will actually be a brand new one. A tech company yesterday announced plans to build a 20-square-mile model of... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science & Health.
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Obama Moves to Save USPS From Default
(Newser) - President Obama intends to swoop to the rescue of the ailing US Postal Service —or at least try, reports the New York Times. The White House yesterday announced that it would push for legislation giving the USPS a three-month reprieve on the $5.5 billion it’s supposed to... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Pot Smokers Less Likely to Be Obese
(Newser) - Marijuana users are less likely to be obese, according to a new study that would seem to fly in the face of the legendary munchies that are almost synonymous with pot. Researchers were so surprised by the results that they examined a second sample, only to come up with the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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One in 3 Falling Out of Middle Class
(Newser) - Downward mobility is rampant in the US, with a third of Americans who grew up in the middle class falling out of it as adults, according to a new Pew Study ( pdf ). “A middle-class upbringing does not guarantee the same status over the course of a lifetime,... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Arts & Living.
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Zombie Game Hits Tea Party, Fox Hosts
(Newser) - It's zombie-killing fun for the whole family—well, the whole liberal family, assuming they approve of guns and killing. Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the Koch Brothers are just some of the big-name conservative zombies you must confront in Tea Party Zombies Must Die , a free... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 8, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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