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Nurse Won't Obey Maine Quarantine (Newser Nine at Nine)

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Nurse Won't Obey Maine Quarantine

(Newser) - Nurse Kaci Hickox has gone from forced quarantine in New Jersey to "voluntary" quarantine in Maine—but it may not be voluntary for long. Her lawyer tells the Bangor Daily News that she agreed not to go out in public for two days, but "she doesn't want... More »

Report: Prostitution Investigator Tied to Prostitute

(Newser) - The man tasked with heading the probe into the Secret Service sex scandal has been tied to a prostitution scandal of his own. Current and former Department of Homeland Security officials tell the New York Times that David Nieland stepped down after stonewalling the department's inspector general about an... More »

Missing Broncos Fan Found 100 Miles Away

(Newser) - The 53-year-old man who mysteriously disappeared during halftime at a Denver Broncos game on Thursday was safely located more than 100 miles from the stadium last night, police announced. In a brief Twitter statement , they noted Paul Kitterman was found safe, that there were no indications of foul play, and... More »

Giant Galapagos Tortoises Back From 'Brink of Extinction'

(Newser) - A welcome piece of news for an endangered species: Giant tortoises' population on the Galapagos island of Española is now "very secure," researchers say. "The global population was down to just 15 tortoises by the 1960s. Now there are some 1,000 tortoises breeding on their... More »

Jose Canseco Accidentally Shoots His Own Hand

(Newser) - There's shooting yourself in the foot, and there's retired baseball slugger Jose Canseco , who has been hospitalized after shooting himself in the left hand, KLAS-TV reports. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon when Canseco was cleaning a .45 caliber handgun at home in Las Vegas. "I heard the... More »

Johnny Cash's Son Arrested After Stripping at Airport

(Newser) - In an incident his father could probably have turned into a pretty good country song, Mounties arrested an allegedly drunken John Carter Cash after he stripped down to his underwear at a Canadian airport on Monday. By the time officers arrived at Newfoundland's Deer Lake Airport, security personnel had... More »

Palin: I'll Run for Office to Bug 'Haters'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she's looking at another run for political office—apparently with the noble motive of annoying her critics. In a Fox interview, the former Alaska governor said the "hatred" she faces only inspires her, NBC News reports. "Bless their hearts, those haters out there. They... More »

Mother of 4 Killed in Road-Rage Shooting

(Newser) - Luis Lopez Gallegos says he is now a widower with four children to raise—just because someone didn't like the way he drove. In what police are probing as a road-rage attack, 30-year-old Perla Avina was shot dead Sunday afternoon as the couple was driving to their East Oakland,... More »

UN Slams Our Cuba Embargo for 23rd Year in a Row

(Newser) - The only thing different this year was Ebola: For the 23rd year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly passed a near-unanimous resolution condemning the long-standing American embargo against Cuba. The vote this year was identical to 2013, with 188 countries in support and only the US and Israel... More »