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Mysterious Jelly-Like Fish Washing Up on West Coast (Newser Daily Digest)

Mysterious Jelly-Like Fish Washing Up on West Coast

(Newser) - Ocean-goers up and down the West Coast have spent weeks photographing thousands of mysterious sea creatures washing up on seashores from Washington to California, reports CNN . Called Velella velella, or "by-the-wind sailors," the silver-purple sea creatures that vaguely resemble jellyfish are typically found well out in the ocean,... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Monkeys, Ghosts Can't Hold Copyright: Regulator

(Newser) - The biggest overhaul of American copyright regulations in decades includes some bad news for a photographer whose camera was snatched by a monkey : Only works created by humans can be copyrighted. The US Copyright Office says photos taken by monkeys count as "unprotected intellectual property," Ars Technica finds.... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.

Huge Crack Appears in the Earth

(Newser) - Scientists are scratching their heads over a crack in the Earth that's more than half a mile long, Sky News reports. A drone last week captured video footage of the 16-foot-wide, 26-foot-deep crack, which cuts across highway 26 between the coast and Hermosillo in northwest Mexico. Officials say a... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

US Judge Strikes Down Florida Gay Marriage Ban

(Newser) - A federal judge today declared Florida's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, joining judges across the country who have sided with gay couples wishing to tie the knot. US District Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee ruled that the ban added to Florida's constitution by voters in 2008 violates the... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

Archdiocese: 'Ice Buckets' Present a Moral Problem

(Newser) - The Cincinnati Archdiocese is all for people embracing the "Ice Bucket Challenge"—just so it doesn't conflict with Catholic beliefs. The Archdiocese says it's OK for Catholics to get doused in ice-cold water to raise money for ALS research, but the funds shouldn't go to... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science, Lifestyle.

Mo'ne Davis: Ahead of the Boys, for Now

(Newser) - Even though Mo'ne Davis's incredible 70mph pitch is on this week's Sports Illustrated cover , it doesn't seem likely that the teen phenom has a baseball career ahead of her. "The most likely scenario is that Davis has no future in professional baseball," writes Amanda... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

Spiders Prefer City Living

(Newser) - Though they've got more feet to avoid, spiders in the city seem to thrive in comparison to their counterparts in the country, a new study in PloS One suggests. Researchers in Australia studied golden orb weaver spiders and found that they grew bigger and reproduced more in urban environments.... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Feds, BofA Strike $17B Settlement

(Newser) - The Justice Department has announced a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The deal announced today calls for the bank, the second-largest in the US, to pay a $5 billion cash... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

New Heart Disease Culprit: Ramen?

(Newser) - Think of this the next time you slurp a cheap cup of hot ramen noodles: It could be linked to heart disease, especially if you're a woman, the AP reports. A new American study of South Korea's ramen consumption examined the diets of 10,700 people aged 19... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

Scientists Find Life Half a Mile Below Antarctic Ice

(Newser) - A half a mile below the surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, in a lake that hasn’t been touched by sunshine or wind in millions of years, life goes on. A large US expedition called WISSARD , led by a professor at Montana State University, has unearthed a thriving... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 22, 2014 7:04 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.