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Ballmer Takes Over as LA Clippers Owner
(Newser) - Steve Ballmer finally has an NBA outlet for his rah-rah displays of emotion as the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The former Microsoft CEO's record $2 billion purchase of the team was confirmed by a Los Angeles judge yesterday, clearing the way for the avid pickup basketball... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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No More Experimental Ebola Serum Is Left
(Newser) - The United Nations has greenlighted the use of untested drugs to combat Ebola—but there aren't any doses of the Ebola drug ZMapp left. The drug's maker says it has exhausted its supply and it could be months before it can produce more, Bloomberg reports. California-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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First Woman Wins 'Math's Nobel Prize'
(Newser) - An Iranian-born Stanford University professor has become the first woman to win the Fields Medal—the most prestigious prize in mathematics, and one that the San Jose Mercury News describes as "math's Nobel Prize." Maryam Mirzakhani, 37, is one of four mathematicians under 40 being awarded the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Greeks Unearth Biggest Ancient Tomb
(Newser) - Archaeologists in Greece are nearly ready to enter what they say is the biggest ancient tomb ever unearthed in the country. The tomb at the ancient site of Amphipolis in the Macedonia region, around 65 miles north of Thessaloniki, dates from around 300 BC—the time of Alexander the Great,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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OnePlus Urges Women to Enter 'Degrading' Contest
(Newser) - Promoting a new smartphone? Launching an online who's-the-hottest-babe contest may be a little retro these days, as OnePlus discovered today. The company—which is selling its phones by invitation only due to production issues—started a "Ladies First" campaign that invited woman to draw the OnePlus logo on... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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'Evil Eye' Box Uncovered in Ancient Cemetery
(Newser) - People in the ancient kingdom of Kush not only believed in the afterlife, they feared the evil eye—in the afterlife, LiveScience reports. Archaeologists excavating a 2,000-year-old cemetery near the Nile River in Sudan say that among many artifacts, they found a box decorated with eyes likely thought to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Your Bottled Water Might Come From Parched California
(Newser) - The $22 billion bottled water business is rife with odd logic: It takes 1.39 liters of water to make one liter of bottled water, for example, and much of the nation's supply is being drawn from a state parched by drought, the Atlantic reports. Why, then, do we... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Barney's Coughs Up $525K Over Racial Profiling
(Newser) - Barney’s will shell out $525,000 to settle accusations that it racially profiled black and Hispanic shoppers at its Madison Avenue Store, the New York Times reports. Reached Friday, the agreement concludes a state investigation into complaints against Barney’s; state AG Eric Schneiderman continues a similar probe at... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Newborn's Brains Grow 1% a Day
(Newser) - The first study of its kind shows that newborns' brains grow fast—figure a staggering 1% a day immediately after birth, though it slows to about half that rate by the end of three months. Using MRI scans of 87 newborns' brains, researchers discovered that the first weeks of life... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Yo Quiero ... Lobster? Taco Bell Offshoot Goes Posh
(Newser) - We're assuming you won't find horse meat at US Taco Co., Taco Bell's new high-end "fast-casual" joint that's designed "to appeal to a sophisticated clientele" in Huntington Beach, Calif., reports the Christian Science Monitor . The cheeky menu includes the "Wanna Get Lei'd"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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'BPA-Free' Doesn't Mean Your Water Bottle's Safe
(Newser) - After health concerns prompted a ban on the chemical BPA from our baby bottles, companies have touted the redesigned baby bottles and water bottles as BPA-free. Unfortunately, that label doesn't mean we're in the clear, according to recent studies noted at Scientific American . Bottle makers "put '... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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'Aunt Jemima' Heirs Want $2B in Royalties
(Newser) - "Aunt Jemima" is a household name for any American who has ever eaten a pancake (read: almost everyone). So it's not terribly surprising that the heirs of Anna Short Harrington, whose iconic image helped make the brand's syrup and pancake mixes famous, are going after decades of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Parents Fall Off Cliff as Kids Snap Picture
(Newser) - A Polish couple visiting Cabo da Roca in Portugal wanted the typical tourist photo of themselves at the end of Europe. So they handed their kids the camera, crossed safety barriers to reach the edge of the cliff—and fell 450 feet to their deaths while their children tried to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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