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Google+ Membership Skyrockets
(Newser) - Google+ ditched its invite-only policy last week and was rewarded with a massive surge in traffic—a 1,269% rise, according to Experian Hitwise. The Internet metrics company believes that on the day after the policy changed, Google overtook Twitter to become the third-most popular social media site in the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Firm Demands Its Drug Not Be Used in Florida Execution
(Newser) - A Danish drug firm is demanding Florida not use its anesthetic in the planned execution tomorrow of a Cuban national for the murder of a police officer. If Florida goes ahead with the pentobarbital, manufactured by the Lundbeck company under the trademark Nembutal, it would be the first time the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Select Americans Get Top-Grade Pot From Feds
(Newser) - When 72-year-old Elvy Musikka of Oregon wants more marijuana to treat her glaucoma, she tells a US government worker to roll another one, just like the other one. Musikka has been toking on federally supplied high-grade pot for the last 23 years. She's part of a decades-ago court order... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Bullies Taunt Gay Suicide's Sis: 'We're Glad He's Dead'
(Newser) - Bullies are continuing to plague a grief-stricken family even after the suicide of their 14-year-old gay son. New York student Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself after repeatedly complaining about bullies at his school and after making a heart-breaking YouTube video where he talked of his hopes for a better future. Now... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Germany Rips 'Stupid' US Euro Plan
(Newser) - Get your own house in order first, miffed German officials are telling the US, blasting America's call to pump up a bailout fund as a not-so-bright idea. "I don't understand how anyone can have such a stupid idea," said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, referring to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Cantaloupe Death Toll Rising, May Hit 16
(AP) - Health officials say at least 13 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, making it the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. The CDC said today that 72 illnesses and 13 deaths are linked to the tainted fruit. Most of the victims were age... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Jehovah's Witnesses Call Quitters 'Mentally Diseased'
(Newser) - Former Jehovah’s Witnesses—as well as some current ones—are protesting after the religion’s official magazine called those who quit the religion mentally ill. “Apostates are 'mentally diseased', and they seek to infect others with their disloyal teachings,” said an article in the July issue... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Apps Need Your Facebook Login? Count Me Out
(Newser) - Once again, Facebook has reinvented itself , but its goal hasn’t changed: Mark Zuckerberg wants to “drag us all into publicly sharing everything from everywhere with everyone all the time,” writes Mat Honan at Gizmodo . And it’s getting even harder to keep your online activities private. The... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Cheese War Breaks Out in Wisconsin
(Newser) - When in Wisconsin, don’t talk trash about cheese. A group of physicians is bold enough to do so—near the Green Bay Packers’ stadium, no less—and now it's being threatened with a lawsuit, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . The group rented billboard space en route to the stadium... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Online
(Newser) - To see the Dead Sea Scrolls, you'll need a plane ticket to Jerusalem, multiple keys to a vault, a magnetic card, and a secret code. Or you can just click here . Five of the more significant scrolls have been put on online through a partnership between Israel's national... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Psychopaths More Cautious Than Stockbrokers
(Newser) - Don’t call rogue traders like Kweku Adoboli a psycho—because that may not be fair to psychos. A new study from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland pitted a group of stockbrokers against a group of actual psychopaths in various computer simulations and intelligence tests, and found that... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Science & Health.
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In $3B Deal, Iraq to Buy Fighter Jets From US
(AP) - Iraq has signed an estimated $3 billion deal to buy 18 fighter jets from the United States, officials said today, in a crucial step to protect its airspace alone after years of relying on help from American pilots. But the F-16s aren't expected to arrive in Iraq until next... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Massachusetts Ends Permanent Alimony
(Newser) - Massachusetts put a stop to most lifetime alimony payments yesterday, in what some are telling the Boston Globe are "the most dramatic change to family law in decades." The measure, which ends most support either when the alimony recipient moves in with another romantic partner or when the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Arts & Living.
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Coca-Cola CEO: Easier to Do Business in China
(Newser) - Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent thinks US corporations are at a disadvantage compared to those based elsewhere thanks to America’s labyrinthine tax code, he told the Financial Times in an interview published late last night. “I believe the US owes itself to create a 21st-century tax policy,” Kent... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Virtual Monkeys Nearly Done Pecking Out Shakespeare
(Newser) - A computer programmer testing the old theory that monkeys randomly mashing keyboards will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare says his virtual monkeys are nearly done with the Bard. Jesse Anderson—who keeps a running total on his blog —calculates that, in the "largest work ever randomly"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Shutdown Averted, but DC's Antics Are Getting Absurd
(Newser) - The government shutdown has been averted , but don't expect Ezra Klein to break out the confetti. This week's shutdown threat was the third we've faced this year, and the "most absurd yet." Congress has gone from battling over sizable figures (a deal struck earlier this... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Coming Tomorrow: Kindle Fire
(Newser) - It’s long been rumored , and tomorrow Amazon.com’s Kindle tablet will finally be announced. The iPad competitor will be called the “Kindle Fire,” TechCrunch reports, and it will resemble BlackBerry’s PlayBook with a 7-inch backlit display. The custom version of Android it will use “... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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