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Newser Nine at Nine - 'Worst-Ever' Texas Wildfire Torches 500 Homes

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'Worst-Ever' Texas Wildfire Torches 500 Homes

(Newser) - Wildfires continued to ravage Central Texas yesterday as firefighters battled the most devastating single fire in Texas history, the Los Angeles Times reports. As of yesterday, 476 homes had been destroyed in Bastrop County, east of Austin; firefighters battled the flames as they tore through thousands of acres. With 40... More »

Libyan Convoy Rolls Into Niger

(Newser) - A large military convoy consisting of 200 to 250 vehicles entered Niger from Libya yesterday, leading many to speculate it might include Moammar Gadhafi or one of his sons, reports the AFP . One report claimed the convoy was heading through Niger on the way to Burkina Faso, a country that... More »

To Locate Plane Crash, Chile Turns to Psychic

(Newser) - With the bodies of 17 victims still missing from an air force plane crash on Friday, Chilean officials have turned to a psychic to help find the bodies, reports the AFP . "We're are working with a person who is on one of the (search) boats," says Chile'... More »

Researchers Fight Cancer With Bacteria Found in Soil

(Newser) - A bacterium found in soil could be a useful tool in fighting many types of cancer, reports the BBC . The Clostridium sporogenes bacterium, a relative to botulism and tetanus, produces spores that only grow when there is no oxygen. The human body is full of oxygen, but solid cancer tumors,... More »

48 Shot in NYC Over Weekend

(Newser) - Two police officers and 46 other people were shot in New York City over the holiday weekend, reports the New York Daily News . Many called it the worst weekend of violence in years, with three people killed, including a 56-year-old woman sitting on her porch who was hit by a... More »

Flight 93 Crash Video Surfaces

(Newser) - A massive cloud of smoke is all that remains in the sky of United Flight 93 in a video shot by a Pennsylvania resident seconds after the plane crashed on 9/11. The film has finally been released publicly 10 years after the 42 people on board went down in a... More »

One-Ton Crocodile Nabbed

(Newser) - A gigantic saltwater crocodile as heavy as a Volkswagen Beetle has been captured by residents of a Philippine village. They plan to make the monster the star of a new local ecotourism park. The 21-foot, one-ton male was nabbed in a creek and could be the largest croc captured in... More »

Bachmann's Campaign Manager Steps Down

(Newser) - Trouble in political paradise? Senior Republican strategist Ed Rollins, who helped Michele Bachmann win the Iowa straw poll last month, is stepping down as Bachmann's campaign manager, citing health issues, reports Politico . "I wish I was 40 years old, but I'm not," he said. "I'... More »

Hoffa: Let's 'Take Out' Tea Partiers

(Newser) - Furious Tea Partiers are demanding that President Obama call Teamsters union boss James Hoffa to heel after he urged workers at a Labor Day rally to "take out" party members. "They've got a war. We're going to win that war," Hoffa said in Detroit before... More »