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16 Dead, Missing as Typhoon Clears Japan
(Newser) - Typhoon Roke cleared out of Japan today, leaving 16 people dead or missing—and the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant intact. The storm, Japan’s second major typhoon in one month, dumped as much as 17 inches of rain, causing landslides and flooding. Winds snapped power lines, leaving more than... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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With Satellite Set to Hit, World Uneasy
(Newser) - The 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is going to plummet to Earth tomorrow afternoon , and the fact that NASA can't say exactly where is making some people uneasy. Some 26 pieces of the satellite, ranging in size up to a few hundred pounds, are likely to survive re-entry... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Hugo Boss 'Sorry' for Founder's Nazi Past
(Newser) - After the end of World War II, Hugo Boss said he had supported the Nazis to keep the company he founded afloat. But the fashion firm has admitted that there was another reason: He was a big fan of the Nazis. Boss—who was Hitler's favorite tailor and supplied... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Killer Loses Bid for Prison-Paid Sex Change
(Newser) - A transgender California prisoner has lost a bid to force the state to pay for a sex change operation. Lyralisa Stevens, who was born male but lives as a woman, sued the state, demanding that the public fund surgery to remove her male genitalia , at a cost of as much... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Meg Whitman to Take Over at Hewlett-Packard?
(Newser) - Meg Whitman may have lost out on her bid to be governor of California, but she might soon be back in a high-profile business post, reports Bloomberg . It quotes anonymous sources who say Hewlett-Packard's board may fire CEO Leo Apotheker and replace him with Whitman on an interim basis.... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Bill Gates Richest American Again
(Newser) - Forbes is out with its annual ranking of the richest Americans, with some familiar names up top. Highlights from the magazine and MSNBC : Bill Gates, $59 billion Warren Buffett, $39 billion Larry Ellison (Oracle), $33 billion (tie) Charles Koch, $25 billion (tie) David Koch, $25 billion The top 10... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Fed Tries 'Operation Twist' to Spur Growth
(AP) - The Federal Reserve says it will sell $400 billion of its shorter-term securities to buy longer-term holdings, its latest effort to boost a weak economy. The Fed's move to rebalance its $2.87 trillion portfolio could lower Treasury yields further. Ultimately, it might reduce rates on mortgages and other... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Did GOP Cross Line With Letter to Bernanke?
(Newser) - The latest political firestorm comes courtesy of the top four Republicans in Congress (Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Jon Kyl, and Eric Cantor), who wrote a letter to Ben Bernanke urging restraint on the economy. "We have serious concerns that further intervention by the Federal Reserve could exacerbate current problems,... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Confessions of a 'Job Creator'
(Newser) - Dana Milbank is a job creator. Oh sure, “I have never knowingly created a job,” he writes in the Washington Post . “But I am a job creator in the sense that Republicans mean when they say ‘don’t tax our job creators more.’” Republicans... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Facebook Overhauls News Feed
(Newser) - Facebook rolled out a dramatic new redesign today, that’s designed to turn Facebook into “your own personal newspaper.” Gone is the option to toggle between “Top Stories” and the “Most Recent” updates; now the stories Facebook deems “Top Stories” will always be on top,... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Rivals Eager for Google Antitrust Hearing
(Newser) - Google’s Senate antitrust hearing is today, and rivals Yelp, Nextag, and Expedia are ready to do some complaining. The three companies intend to tell lawmakers that Google is exploiting its search dominance by promoting its own services at the expense of theirs in its results, they tell the Wall ... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Polio Outbreak Hits China
(Newser) - If you thought polio had been eradicated, you're at least 50% right: The highly infectious virus was "virtually eliminated" from the Western hemisphere in the last century, but remains endemic in Pakistan, among other places, reports the BBC —and a strain circulating there has been genetically tied... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Housing Market Will Stink Through 2015
(Newser) - Even more bad economic news from a report released today: Housing prices will remain depressed for years, dropping by an expected 2.5% this year and rising only 1.1% each year through 2015, according to the survey of more than 100 economists. Since the 2005 peak, housing prices have... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Pot Prevents PTSD in Rats
(Newser) - Should we start issuing marijuana to soldiers? It might not be the worst idea, based on a new study from Haifa University in Israel, which found that pot could prevent post-traumatic stress disorder in rats—provided it was administered within 24 hours of the trauma occurring. “There is a... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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In Wisconsin, a Fight for the Right to Serve Margarine
(Newser) - There’s a battle going on in Wisconsin: margarine vs. butter. Any restaurant, prison, or school that substitutes margarine for butter without a specific customer request is subject to a fine of $100 to $500 and up to three months in jail. But the decades-old law is rarely enforced, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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iPhone 5 Coming Oct. 4: Sources
(Newser) - Cancel your plans for Oct. 4: That’s the day Apple will roll out the iPhone 5, sources tell AllThingsD . That website had previously reported an October unveiling, and Mashable’s prediction of Oct. 7 wasn’t too far off, either. Gizmodo notes that the date is a bit later... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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You Don't Need an Invite for Google+ Anymore
(Newser) - If you’re one of those poor, sad souls who couldn’t get a friend to hook you up with a Google+ invitation, good news: It's your lucky day. As of yesterday anyone can sign up for Google’s social networking service, Ars Technica reports. Google still considers the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Amazon's Pa. Warehouse Was Hellish, Workers Say
(Newser) - Former workers at a vast Amazon warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania say the LeHigh "fulfillment center" was a hellish place to work, finds a lengthy exposé by the Allentown Morning Call finds. Workers—most of whom were employed by a temp agency instead of Amazon itself—say they had to... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Arts & Living.
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