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Seattle's New $1 Fine: Failure to Compost
(Newser) - Seattle is nudging its residents toward more careful waste disposal: Put too much food waste in your regular trash, and you could owe the city $1, according to a new rule unanimously approved by the city council. If garbage collectors notice, at a glance, that more than 10% of a... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Antarctic Fish Have Ice in Their Veins
(Newser) - How do the fish that thrive in the waters around Antarctica prevent their blood from turning to ice? Turns out at least some of them don't. Scientists have long known that the group of fish species known as notothenioids have an antifreeze protein in their blood that prevents them... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Soda Giants Vow to Cut Calorie Consumption
(Newser) - Even America's soda-makers agree that people are getting too many calories from their products, and the biggest three have now pledged to cut calorie consumption by a fifth by 2025. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Dr Pepper Snapple Group won't actually be reducing the number of calories their products contain,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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India Makes History With Mars Orbiter
(Newser) - A proud day for India and its MOM: After a tense countdown early today, scientists in a Bangalore command center rejoiced as the country's Mars Orbiter Mission succeeded in putting a spacecraft in orbit around the red planet. The "Mangalyaan"—Hindi for "Mars craft"—probe... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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3 New Mushroom Species Found in Supermarket
(Newser) - That scientists discovered three new species of mushrooms isn't all that unusual. That they did so in their local supermarket is why it's making headlines. Scientists in London picked up a packet of dried porcini mushrooms at the grocery store and put the contents under a microscope, explains... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Plants in 'World's Most Dangerous Garden' Can Kill You
(Newser) - When Jane Percy became the Duchess of Northumberland in 1995, she inherited a fancy new title, a castle—the one used as the Hogwarts school in a couple of Harry Potter movies—and acres of disheveled gardens that her husband asked her to tidy up. Percy's interest in poisonous... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Dad Visited Incorrect Grave for Years
(Newser) - For seven years, a man in Westminster, Colo., regularly visited the grave of his stillborn son. Or so he thought. NBC 9 Colorado reports that Vance Abeyta learned this year that his son, Quincy, was actually buried in a different spot in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. It seems the Catholic Archdiocese... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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We All Want to Say 'F--- It.' But We Can't
(Newser) - "F--- it, I quit:" When reporter Charlo Greene dropped an on-air F-bomb and publicly told her employer to shove it so she could go do something she'd rather be doing, well, we've all been Charlo Greene. But particularly Emily Gould, who really did quit in... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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What Narwhal's Famed Tusk Has to Do With Its Testicles
(Newser) - The narwhal's distinctive tusk is actually a tooth, one that can grow to nearly 10 feet in length. It's almost never found on females, and researchers have a new theory as to why: It may communicate a male's fertility to its tusk-less counterparts. Researchers pored over anatomical... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years
(Newser) - For eight years, Lisa Hardy has lived in a three-bedroom house in Indianapolis, paying her utilities, growing a garden, and raising her three children. The only thing that sets her apart from most other parents across America: She hasn't paid a cent in rent or mortgage payments. And the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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