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Dallas Ebola Patient's Bill Jumps $1K Per Hour (Newser Nine at Nine)

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Dallas Ebola Patient's Bill Jumps $1K Per Hour

(Newser) - Ebola doesn't just cause a horrific death: It'll leave you with a massive hospital bill if you survive, reports Bloomberg . Care for Liberian national Thomas Duncan , who is in critical condition at a Dallas hospital, is costing up to $1,000 an hour, and analysts believe the bill... More »

Ex: 7th Heaven Dad Lived 'Secret Life' Molesting Kids

(Newser) - Stephen Collins' soon-to-be ex-wife, Faye Grant, says she didn't release the tape that allegedly reveals the 7th Heaven actor admitting he molested three underage girls—but court documents obtained by People reveal more about the therapy session heard on the tape. "On January 19, 2012, I learned for... More »

Buried Face-Down, 'Witch Girl' Stumps Italy

(Newser) - The 13-year-old girl apparently died peacefully, but the recent discovery of her undated remains in Italy is raising eyebrows. She was buried face-down—a sign that the person was in some way feared or rejected—and she's being dubbed the "witch girl" as a result. "The prone... More »

3 Win Chemistry Nobel for Revolutionizing Microscopes

(Newser) - Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for developing new methods that let microscopes see finer details than they could before. The three scientists were cited for "the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy," which the Royal Swedish... More »

On Offer in Neiman Christmas Book: $475K Perfume

(Newser) - Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season? Look no further: For just $475,000, Neiman Marcus is offering the chance to design a perfume with an expert in Paris. Your fragrance will come in 14-karat gold bottles, the Dallas Morning News reports. If that doesn't strike your fancy,... More »

Doctor Kills Wife, Self Hours After Wedding

(Newser) - Just hours after "'Till death do us part," a doctor was dead by his own hand after having murdered his new bride, police in Terre Haute, Ind., say. Investigators believe George "Scott" Samson, 54, shot Kelly Samson and then himself minutes after the last guests left... More »

UN: ISIS Atrocities Loom in Besieged Border Town

(Newser) - The world has seen the "massacres, humanitarian tragedies, rapes, horrific violence," and other atrocities that unfold when ISIS seizes a town—and it needs to act now to stop the same happening in the Syrian border city of Kobani , a UN official warns. The UN special envoy for... More »

North Korea: Yes, We Have Labor Camps

(Newser) - A North Korean official publicly acknowledged to the international community the existence of his country's "reform through labor" camps yesterday, a mention that appeared to come in response to a highly critical UN human rights report earlier this year. A North Korean foreign ministry official said at a... More »

Bear Cub Found in Central Park Was Killed by Car

(Newser) - A bear cub mysteriously found dead in New York City's Central Park on Monday appears to have been hit and killed by a vehicle, according to state authorities, but that information doesn't explain the central mystery of how it ended up in a bush near 69th Street in... More »