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1.3M Flee as Typhoon Closes In on Japan
(AP) - More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate today as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods that left two people missing. Public broadcaster NHK said about 1.3 million people have been ordered or advised to leave their homes, including 80,000 people in Nagoya. Heavy... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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MacArthur Genius Winner: I Thought it Was Spam
(Newser) - When silversmith Ubaldo Vitali got the phone call, he thought it was a joke. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein nearly wrote off her email as spam. But it was neither a joke or spam: Vitali and Weilerstein are among this year’s 22 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation’s $500,000 “... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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MySpace Delays Relaunch Party
(Newser) - MySpace's new owners scrapped plans for a summer relaunch party because the revamp of the social-networking site is going more slowly than expected, insiders tells the Wall Street Journal . Justin Timberlake and Specific Media, who bought the site for $35 million in June, now plan to unveil the new,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Google Launches 'Wallet' Payment Service
(Newser) - Google's ambitious scheme to put the world's wallet-makers out of business was quietly launched yesterday . The Wallet service—which replaces credit cards, loyalty cards, and coupons with an app that allows people to pay for goods and services with a single tap of their smartphone—currently only links... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Bachmann: I Just Passed On Stranger's Vaccine Fear
(Newser) - Michele Bachmann is again backing off her vaccine scare story , admitting she really didn't know what she was talking about when she linked the HPV vaccine to a risk of retardation. She was simply passing on the concerns of a stranger who approached her. "All I was doing... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Scientists Prosecuted Over Quake Snafu
(Newser) - Predicting earthquakes is shaky business at best, but that detail won't stop Italian officials from prosecuting a group of prominent scientists over their failure to do exactly that . The scientists face charges of failing to provide adequate warning of imminent disaster to locals after the region was struck by over... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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S&P Downgrades Italy
(Newser) - The US isn’t singing the downgrade blues alone; S&P knocked Italy down a peg today, citing concerns about its economic growth and its fragile governing coalition. The agency slashed Italy’s rating to “A,” or five ranks above junk status, and maintained its negative outlook, according... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Ziggy Creator Tom Wilson Dead at 80
(AP) - Tom Wilson Sr., the creator of the hard-luck comic strip character Ziggy, has died, his family said today. He was 80. Tom Wilson Jr., who took over the comic in 1987, said his father died Friday of pneumonia at a Cincinnati hospital. The elder Wilson had moved to a Cincinnati... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Terrified Farmers Flee World's Deadliest Volcano
(Newser) - A volcanic eruption that kills 90,000 people and casts a shadow around the globe tends to leave an impression. That's why hundreds of Indonesian farmers fled their villages this month when the legendary Mount Tambora began rumbling, the AP reports. Well-versed in stories of its 1815 eruption, which... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Irene's Belated Cruel Blow: Pumpkin Shortage
(Newser) - Hurricane Irene destroyed plenty of things—and one of them could be Halloween. There's a serious pumpkin shortage in the Northeast, the gloomy result of the destruction Irene inflicted on the region's pumpkin patches. The AP talked to one farmer in upstate New York who watched his entire... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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How Wendy's Reinvented Its Burgers
(Newser) - Wendy’s classic burger hasn’t changed for more than 40 years—but with sales struggling and new competitors emerging, the fast-food chain finally decided it was time for something new. To that end, it has created the new Dave’s Hot ‘n’ Juicy burger, named for the restaurant’... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Russian Billionaires Brawl on TV
(Newser) - It's hard to say what makes this footage of one Russian tycoon sucker-punching another on a TV show extra hilarious: Maybe it's the glowing purple orb that sits in the middle of the discussion about the economic crisis. Maybe it's because property developer Sergei Polonsky announces he... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Facebook Apps Actually Create Jobs—182K So Far
(Newser) - Playing FarmVille may not make you an actual farmer—but it does help create some bona fide, albeit non-agricultural, jobs. A new study released today estimates that more than 182,000 jobs have been created because of Facebook applications. University of Maryland Business School researchers pegged the number of software-company... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Saudis Funded al-Qaeda, Enabled 9/11 Attacks: Suit
(Newser) - A syndicate of Britain’s Lloyd’s insurance company is suing Saudi Arabia on the assertion that the country gave material support to al-Qaeda in the years before 9/11, the Independent reports. The syndicate wants repayment of the $215 million it gave to victims of the 9/11 attacks; the company... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Twins Joined at Head Successfully Separated
(Newser) - In a miraculous story out of London, Sudanese twins conjoined at the tops of their heads were successfully separated in risky four-stage operation, officials announced yesterday. Rital and Ritag Gaboura, 11 months old, went through their final separation last month and were “interacting and playing as before” within days,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Whoops: Qwikster Tweets Definitely Not From Netflix
(Newser) - Unless Netflix has recently discovered a passion for pot, the @Qwikster Twitter account doesn’t belong to the company, and that's an unfortunate (and hilarious) oversight. Writing for TechCrunch , Alexis Tsotsis calls it an "immediate chink in the company’s rebranded armor, other than the fact that, like... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Stocks Plummet on Greece Fears
(Newser) - Stocks took a dive this morning as investors fretted over Greece’s deepening debt crisis. The Dow plunged 246 points, according to the Wall Street Journal , while the S&P and Nasdaq shed 26 and 55 points, respectively. Crude oil sank as well, dropping below $85 a barrel. “The... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Iran Uncovers Biggest Financial Scam Ever
(Newser) - Iran has arrested 19 people suspected of being involved in a $2.6 billion bank fraud scheme that is considered the largest in the country's history, reports the AP . Prosecutors say that more arrests are coming. The fraudsters allegedly used forged documents to get credit at a leading financial... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Netflix Split: Insanity or Genius?
(Newser) - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings certainly sent tongues wagging when he announced last night that Netflix was spinning off its DVD business into something called "Qwikster." Was the move visionary or boneheaded? Here’s what people are saying: Hastings’ post “feels like yet another failure to communicate,”... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Child Abuse Rose With Recession
(Newser) - A disturbing trend: Child abuse rises in recession, a new study from Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington shows. From 2004 to 2007, 8.9 out of 100,000 children under five ended up in the hospital each year with severe brain injuries. From the December 2007 crash to 2009, that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, , Arts & Living.
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Obama Plan Preview: $3T Savings, $1.5T Tax Boost
(Newser) - Details of President Obama's new debt-reduction plan to be unveiled this morning are emerging—and it's not a pretty sight for the rich. The president will likely outline a plan to cut the federal debt by $3 trillion over the next decade, with half of that coming from... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Netflix Spins Off 'Qwikster,' CEO Admits 'I Messed Up'
(Newser) - Netflix’s recent price hike caused rampant backlash , cost the movie rental service one million subscribers , and sent the company’s stock tumbling. Last night, CEO Reed Hastings admitted in a blog post , “I messed up.” But he’s not offering a reversal on the price hike, simply... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:07 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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