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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Report: 2 Killer Whales Have Been Crying for Months (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)

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Report: 2 Killer Whales Have Been Crying for Months

(Newser) - While they wait for an oceanarium to open, a pair of killer whales are sitting in temporary facilities in Moscow—and their cries have been audible for months, animal advocates say. The orcas are living in terrible conditions, the activists say, calling the animals' separate tanks "solitary confinement cells"... More »

Woman Choosing to Die Has Completed Her Bucket List

(Newser) - Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman choosing to die on her own terms before a brain tumor kills her, has checked off every item on her bucket list. She crossed off the final item last week, when she visited the Grand Canyon, Fox News reports. "This week, my family and... More »

15 Ex-Judges Try to Halt Missouri Execution

(Newser) - Mark Christeson is scheduled to die in Missouri at a minute after midnight tomorrow, but no fewer than 15 former state and federal judges are seeking a stay of execution on the basis that his lawyers were terrible. The two court-appointed public defenders who represent Christeson were 117 days late... More »

School Shooter Sent Selfie With Gun to Ex

(Newser) - Jaylen Fryberg not only supposedly texted his victims to ask them to lunch on Friday—he also sent a text to his ex-girlfriend not long before the shooting that showed him holding a gun, a law enforcement official tells CNN . An anonymous source tells Radar that Jaylen "sent a... More »

Kim Jong Un's Health Mystery Solved?

(Newser) - South Korea's spy agency thinks it has solved one of 2014's great mysteries: why Kim Jong Un disappeared for six weeks. (He's not only back in view , he's inspecting kids' tea sets .) Two lawmakers tell Yonhap that the National Intelligence Service revealed that a cyst... More »

Kid Isn't His, but Man Must Pay $30K in Child Support

(Newser) - Carnell Alexander is stuck inside a $30,000 nightmare that has its root in 1987. That's the year the Detroit man's ex-girlfriend had a baby. She wasn't sure who the father was, but was informed she couldn't get aid from the state unless she named one.... More »