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Chinese Hackers Infiltrate US Weather Network, Satellites
(Newser) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees the National Weather Service, announced in October that it was conducting "unscheduled maintenance" on its network. Turns out the reason was likely a security breach by hackers in China, reports the Washington Post . NOAA hasn't specified whether any classified... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science.
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Insured Woman Treated at 'Wrong' Hospital Billed $50K
(Newser) - After suffering a heart attack that nearly killed her at age 29 last year, Megan Rothbauer would love to be celebrating being alive, not to mention planning her wedding and future family with her soon-to-be fiance. Unfortunately for her, she was in a coma when paramedics arrived and could not... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Porpoise May Have Died From Too Much Mating
(Newser) - A 5-foot-long, 110-pound elderly male porpoise—which likely washed up on Worthing beach south of London before being dumped more than a mile inland—appears to have devoted so much of its energy to mating that it ultimately died of starvation and hypothermia. "The male porpoise was in a... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Bones in Ancient Tomb May Solve Greece Mystery
(Newser) - Archaeologists in Greece have made their biggest find yet inside an ancient tomb that goes back to the days of Alexander the Great: bones. The discovery at the site near what was once Amphipolis could finally answer the question of who was buried there in the 4th century BC, reports... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Probe That Landed on Comet May Not Be Secure
(Newser) - No matter what, the European Space Agency made history today with its astonishing feat of landing a spacecraft on a comet . But now the ESA has a simpler concern: Its Philae lander, about the size of a washing machine, might fall off. The main problem is that the lander's... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Look Out, Spotify? YouTube Launching Music Service
(Newser) - In what could signal more trouble for Spotify , YouTube announced today that its much ballyhooed subscription music service is launching next week. It's called YouTube Music Key, and like Spotify Premium, it'll set you back $9.99 a month for ad-free and offline listening. Unlike Spotify, it'll... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Temporary 'Vacation Breasts' May Be Here by 2016
(Newser) - Offering women the ability to test-drive breast implants first led plastic surgeon Norman Rowe to invent the InstaBreast —a "lunchtime lift" offering "instant breast enlargement" that lasts 24 hours, as ABC News puts it. Now he's hard at work on "Vacation Breasts." The NYC... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Climate Deal Between US, China Is 'Game Changer'
(Newser) - Agreements that emerge from international summits often are met with a shrug. Not so the surprise deal between the US and China on climate change. Writers at Grist , Mother Jones , and Slate all use the phrase "game changer" in describing this one. The big takeaway numbers: The US set... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Alibaba Founder Says Being Filthy Rich Is a 'Great Pain'
(Newser) - Jack Ma feels your pain—that is, if you regularly experience the pain of being extremely, insanely rich and have to endure spending all your money all the time. The Alibaba founder spoke yesterday to CNBC from Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China, telling David Faber that being China's richest... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Technology.
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Guy Who Hacked Bush Family, Celebs: 'What I Did Was Right'
(Newser) - The hacker known as Guccifer, whose exploits brought the world such images as George W. Bush's self-portrait in the shower , doesn't regret his actions: "OK, I broke the law, but seven years in a maximum-security prison? I am not a murderer or a thief," he tells... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Success: ESA Lands Philae on Comet
(Newser) - The European Space Agency's unmanned Rosetta probe successfully landed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today, capping its final seven-hour journey with a historic rendezvous with the fast-moving lump of dust and ice. Philae's audacious landing attempt is the climax of a decade-long mission to study the 2.... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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5 Banks Fined $3.4B for Market Manipulation
(Newser) - US, British, and Swiss regulators have fined five global banks for attempting to manipulate foreign exchange markets—the latest penalties for an industry previously criticized for rigging interest rates and for its role in triggering the global financial crisis. Citibank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC Bank, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Ford's First Radical F-150 Just Rolled Off the Line
(Newser) - When you've had the bestselling vehicle in the US for 32 years, why change the formula? To make it even better, Ford argues. That's why the company's 2015 F-150, which will appear at dealerships next month, will have a body made almost entirely out of aluminum rather... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Jupiter's Red Spot Isn't What We Thought It Was
(Newser) - Scientists have made their own version of Jupiter's Great Red Spot in a lab, and it suggests that the spot's cause is very different from what's been postulated. An existing theory holds that the spot is the result of chemicals underneath the planet's clouds. But following... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Baby Elephant Survives 14-Lion Attack
(Newser) - A 1-year-old elephant wandered off from his mother at the Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp in Zambia, and 14 lions attacked him—but, somehow, this story avoids an unhappy ending. The lions were unable to take the elephant down, even as they clung to his back, and he was able... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Fishermen Find Human Head —Inside Shark
(Newser) - The shark weighed some 650 pounds, but it's what was inside that was disturbingly memorable: a human head and leg. Fishermen in the Philippines caught the tiger shark last month, and when they opened it, they discovered the human remains, UPI reports. The flesh was only partly digested. "... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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