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Arctic Ice Nears Historic Low
(Newser) - A set of dubious honors for the volume of ice covering the Arctic: It hit a record low in 2010, according to researchers, breaking the 2007 record—and those same scientists say this year may be a record-breaking one, too, reports the Alaska Dispatch . Since researchers began measuring Arctic ice... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Hurricane Katia Weakens to Category 1
(Newser) - Hurricane Katia has weakened to Category 1 early this morning, after building to Category 2 on Sunday , its winds decreasing to 90mph, reports the AP . Katia is not expected to hit land, but its storm surge could affect the US East Coast, Bermuda, and parts of the Bahamas, according to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Carnegie Mellon Wins $265M Gift
(Newser) - Carnegie Mellon University just scored a big boost, as former steel magnate William Dietrich pledged $265 million to the Pittsburgh-based school, reports AP . With charitable giving down due to the economic downturn, Dietrich's gift is considered one of the largest to a private university in recent years. "It... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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John Wayne Treasures Ride Off to Auction
(Newser) - Saddle up, Pilgrim. A whole passel of personal John Wayne memorabilia is about to hit the auction block in Los Angeles. The Duke's eye patch from his last movie True Grit as well as the Golden Globe he won for Best Actor in the film will be part of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Film Captures Killer Chick Attacking Co-Nestlings
(Newser) - Here's a true case of angry birds, but it's not funny. A hidden camera is revealing the vicious evolutionary survival skill of killer honeyguide chicks. African honeyguide moms lay their eggs in other birds' nest, and soon after their chicks hatch, they hack their foster siblings to death.... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Yahoo Fires CEO Carol Bartz ... Over the Phone
(Newser) - Yahoo's high-profile CEO is gone, and it doesn't sound like a happy split. "I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board," Carol Bartz wrote in a company email today, according to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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New Moon Images Show Astronaut Tracks
(Newser) - NASA today released a batch of high-resolution images of the moon that show close-ups of landing sites from three Apollo missions, reports Space.com . (NASA has labeled and unlabeled versions of the images, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, here .) They show astronauts' footprints, the tracks of their lunar... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Radar Finds Preserved Roman Gladiator School
(Newser) - Archeologists near Vienna, Austria, say underground radar has made a spectacular find: a Roman gladiator school that appears to be in better shape than any found so far, reports Der Spiegel . It even still has the wooden post used to represent an opponent in the arena. Don't bank on... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Heavy Smokers Decrease, Light Smokers Increase
(Newser) - The CDC is out with new stats on smoking, and the big headline is that the number of adults who partake has fallen from 20.9% in 2005 to 19.3% in 2010, report MedPage Today and the Wall Street Journal . That means about 3 million fewer people are smoking... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Alien Earthworms Threaten Our Forests
(Newser) - Worms may seem like they would be natural friends of the forest, but some alien invaders are causing problems in the Northeast, say researchers at Colgate University. When exotic species of earthworm are introduced to America's northern forests, they chow down on the organic "forest litter" on the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Could Toxins in Tattoo Ink Cause Skin Cancer?
(Newser) - Before you get a butterfly stamped on your back, take heed: Tattoo inks can cause rashes, infections, and inflammation, and doctors still aren’t sure how the inks’ chemicals—which eventually migrate into the lymph nodes—behave in the long term. A chemical in black inks called benzo(a)pyrene, for example,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Let's Bring Back Home Ec
(Newser) - More schools should return to teaching home ec, argues a Michigan State history professor in the New York Times . No, not the home ec as it's come to be known in "cat's-eye glasses" stereotype, but the home ec as it was originally conceived—as a way to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Grad School Offers Groupon Deal on Tuition
(Newser) - Is Groupon the future of financial aid? Probably not, but National Louis University is taking the site for a spin, offering prospective grad students almost 60% off its introduction to teaching course, the Chicago Tribune reports. The course is specifically designed for Groupon, and assumes students have no prior teaching... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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The Richest Members of Congress
(Newser) - It’s been a tough year for most of us, but the richest in Congress, it seems, have only gotten richer: This year’s 50 wealthiest members are worth a collective $200 million more than last year’s, the Hill notes. Among them: With a minimum net worth of $287... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Carlyle Group Files for IPO
(Newser) - The Carlyle Group is going public. The mammoth private equity company has filed paperwork with the SEC for what’s planned as a $100 million initial public offering, the Washington Post reports. The move will open its books to public scrutiny, shining a light on the array of 270 disparate... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Romney: I've Got a 59-Step Economic Plan
(Newser) - Mitt Romney will today unveil 59 specific policy proposals designed “to turn around America’s economy,” he announces in a USA Today op-ed, promising that his proposals are “rooted in the conservative premise that government itself cannot create jobs.” The op-ed outlines the broad strokes of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Dow Opens Below 11K
(Newser) - While Americans ate corn on the cob and readied themselves for the premiere of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills yesterday, Europeans took a beating, with stocks plunging . Investors came face-to-face with that turmoil on their return from the holiday weekend, and the results weren't pretty: The Dow opened... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Baby Boomers Blowing Through Kids' Inheritance
(Newser) - You might not be able to take it with you when you go, but many baby boomers aren't about to leave anything behind, either. Just 49% of millionaire boomers say it's important to leave money to their children when they die, reports the LA Times . The study by... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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States Offer Banks Immunity From Mortgage Lawsuits
(Newser) - State prosecutors are offering big banks an expensive Get Out of Lawsuits Free card. Prosecutors have offered a variety of banks caught up in the “robosigning” scandal immunity from some litigation in exchange for a total of $10 billion to $25 billion in penalties, the Financial Times reports. Some... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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