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Twitter to 'Improve Policies' After Zelda Williams Bullied (Newser Daily Digest)

Twitter to 'Improve Policies' After Zelda Williams Bullied

(Newser) - Twitter has promised to take a look at its policies after some sickening abuse over her father's death forced Zelda Williams off the site . After she tweeted a touching tribute to her father, the grieving daughter received messages on Twitter and Instagram blaming her for her father's death,... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.

'Salmon Cannon' Could Be Life-Saver for Fish

(Newser) - Saving the environment is rarely as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. But it might be as easy as shooting fish out of one. Enter the Hydrovision 2014. Salmon swim into it, and it gently and quickly sucks them through a tube, spitting them out on the other side... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

Military Lets Its Hair (Policy) Down, OKs Dreadlocks

(Newser) - The Pentagon is rolling back its grip on how military personnel wear their hair, and will now allow twisted braids, dreadlocks, and cornrows after complaints that banning them was racist, the Virginian-Pilot reports. "Each service reviewed its hairstyle policies to ensure standards are fair and respectful while also meeting... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

Customers: Lands' End Sent Us 'Pornographic' Mag

(Newser) - Lands' End has been rewarding customers who spend $100 or more by sending them free magazines—but the promotion turned sour when the issue of GQ that most recently landed in customers' mailboxes featured a topless Emily Ratajkowski with just a lei covering her breasts, the Huffington Post reports. Dozens... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

How to Change a Woman's Biological Clock

(Newser) - Ladies, you know your biological clock—the one that "ticks" away as you start feeling like it might be time to reproduce? Well, it turns out the sound of an actual ticking clock can speed up your reproductive timing, making you want to have babies earlier, according to a... More »

Newser located this story for you on Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.