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Friday, November 7, 2014

King-Protecting 'Witchmarks' Uncovered in Home (Newser Daily Digest)

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King-Protecting 'Witchmarks' Uncovered in Home

King-Protecting 'Witchmarks' Uncovered in Home

(Newser) - Most old homes bear normal signs of wear and tear. The strange gouge marks beneath the floorboards of "one of Britain's most important historic houses," however, tell a pretty interesting story, the Independent reports: They were intended to guard King James I from witches and other evil... More  »
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Rolling Stone Profiles Chase Whistleblower

Rolling Stone Profiles Chase Whistleblower

(Newser) - Matt Taibbi, an American freelance journalist the New York Times describes as having an "avid following," is known for writing critically of Wall Street. Some may recall his 2010 Rolling Stone feature "The Great American Bubble Machine," in which he describes Goldman Sachs as "a... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Friday, November 7, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

 
Home Depot Hackers Nabbed 53M Email Addresses

Home Depot Hackers Nabbed 53M Email Addresses

(Newser) - The massive security breach Home Depot went public with in September didn't stop at 56 million credit cards. The country's biggest home-improvement retailer announced yesterday that hackers also stole 53 million email addresses—though not passwords or other personal info. Still, the company said customers should be on... More  »
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Atari Games Delivered From Landfill to eBay

Atari Games Delivered From Landfill to eBay

(Newser) - It may be widely considered the worst video game ever made—so bad it's tied to the eventual demise of Atari—but still, not everybody owns "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," especially a copy straight from the famous "Atari Dump" with a property tag, certificate of authenticity,... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Friday, November 7, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.

 
Eggs' Shape May Have Helped Birds Outlive Dinosaurs

Eggs' Shape May Have Helped Birds Outlive Dinosaurs

(Newser) - So why did birds survive the mass extinction that wiped out their dinosaur relatives? A new study suggests that the shape of their eggs played a role, reports the BBC . Scientists aren't sure exactly what that role was, but they do know that eggs of survivor birds were shaped... More  »
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Here's How Penises Evolved

Here's How Penises Evolved

(Newser) - Most guys probably don't sit around the locker room pondering the finer points of how the male penis evolved, so leave this one to Harvard researchers: The mystery is solved thanks to … lizard limbs. Yup, Harvard scientists investigating the origin of external genitalia have found a link relating... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Friday, November 7, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.

 
Study Proves No One Wants to Hear About Your Vacation

Study Proves No One Wants to Hear About Your Vacation

(Newser) - You've just gone on a wonderful vacation, and now you want to tell your friends all about it. But a new study in Psychological Science finds that doing just that could actually end up making you feel bad. Essentially, researchers found that people would rather talk about an ordinary... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Friday, November 7, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

 
Amphibious 'Sea Monster' Made the Move to Water

Amphibious 'Sea Monster' Made the Move to Water

(Newser) - Scientists have found a real, not-live "sea monster" they say finally fills an evolutionary gap between sea and land dwellers around the time of the dinosaurs. Cartorhynchus lenticarpus—imagine a dolphin with huge flippers and a short snout—made waves in what is now China 248 million years ago,... More  »
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Steinbeck Story Missing Since WWII to Be Published

Steinbeck Story Missing Since WWII to Be Published

(Newser) - In July 1944, Orson Welles wrapped up one of his WWII radio broadcasts with a brief, emotional reading of one of the country's favorite authors, John Steinbeck. "With Your Wings" was an inspirational story about a black pilot that Steinbeck wrote for Welles' program, and it seemed to... More  »
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Amazon's New Delivery Tool: Taxis?

Amazon's New Delivery Tool: Taxis?

(Newser) - Amazon is so determined to get your order to you quickly, it wants to use drones —but it's also considering a decidedly more old-fashioned delivery method: taxis. In San Francisco and LA, the company recently tested using cabs as delivery vehicles, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . Amazon... More  »
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Man Says He'll Be Eaten Alive by Anaconda

Man Says He'll Be Eaten Alive by Anaconda

(Newser) - Naturalist Paul Rosolie believes "you have to go head first." What he's referring to is shoving his head into the mouth of an anaconda, letting it swallow him, and filming the experience for a Discovery Channel special called Eaten Alive, News.com.au reports. According to the... More  »
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