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Stuxnet Prober: We're Asleep to Deadly Potential
(Newser) - The man behind the discovery of the vicious Stuxnet malware that targeting the Iranian nuclear power system warns that we remain "asleep" at the switch when it comes to protecting ourselves against the growing danger from the cyberweapon. The computer establishment has "failed to address the threat of... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Lost Moon Rock Found in Clinton Files
(Newser) - In the 1970s, NASA presented a moon rock to all 50 states. Some, including Alaska and New Jersey, have lost theirs. In Arkansas, the rock had been thought lost for more than 30 years until it turned up in the files of former governor Bill Clinton. The rock—presented to... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Maldives: No, Our Country Isn't Underwater
(Newser) - Atlas makers have decided to omit the Maldives from future editions because global warming threatens to submerge the island nation, a climate-change skeptic Telegraph writer claimed in a satirical column . Sound ludicrous? Not to some newspapers and opposition politicians in the Maldives, who took the bogus story seriously and demanded... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Debate Audience Boos Gay Iraq Vet
(Newser) - First they cheered letting the uninsured die —then they booed a gay soldier. The audience in last night's GOP candidates debate didn't keep it classy when an Iraq war vet asked Rick Santorum on a YouTube clip where he stands on this week's repeal of the... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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E=MC2: It Might Be Wrong
(Newser) - It's enough to make Einstein's hair stand up: Physicists at CERN think they've spotted neutrinos traveling faster than light, reports AP . According to Einstein's special theory of relativity—his E=MC2 equation—nothing should be able to go that fast. At Wired , Adrian Cho doesn't mince... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Behind the Scenes at America's Biggest Hotel
(Newser) - Though boutique hotels are on the rise, their giant cousins are holding their own—and at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, that means providing a quality stay for 12,000 guests per night. As the Wall Street Journal explains in a feature, that also means 8,... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Arts & Living.
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Target Customers Fuming Over Designer Snafu
(Newser) - Target’s launch of an upscale Italian designer line thrilled customers—so much so that the plan is backfiring. The heavily-promoted Missoni line drew so many customers to the Target website that it crashed last week, staying down for much of the day. Now customers are flaming the chain on... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Arts & Living.
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Blockbuster Launching Netflix Rival
(Newser) - A new contender is emerging in the streaming-content wars: Old standby Blockbuster appears set to launch a new streaming video service tomorrow. Right now, the Dish Network-owned company offers pay-per-view on-demand service, but it could make a big splash with its own unlimited-streaming plan, CNNMoney notes. So what does all... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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Hewlett-Packard Names Meg Whitman CEO
(Newser) - Score one for the rumor mill : Hewlett-Packard waited for the markets to close, then named Meg Whitman its new CEO, effective immediately, reports Bloomberg . The former eBay exec, recently off a failed bid to be California governor, will take over for Leo Apotheker, who resigned under pressure after 11 lackluster... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Dow Dives 391
(Newser) - The markets have closed on a brutal day, with US stocks joining what MarketWatch characterizes as a global selloff. At one point, the Dow was down more than 500 points, though it rebounded in the final hour. The Wall Street Journal notes that yields on 10-year Treasuries are at 1940s... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Fired Twitter Ghostwriter Gets Hilarious Revenge
(Newser) - If you’re going to fire the guy who ghostwrites your tweets, it’s probably best to change your password. Otherwise, that fired employee might just log in to your account to take his revenge. That’s what appears to have happened to one Mark Davidson, an "Internet sales... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Chemical Reaction Brought Down Twin Towers: Scientist
(Newser) - The melting aluminum hulls of the jetliners that smashed into the twin towers may have combined with sprinkler water to set off the explosions that ultimately brought down the towers, according to a new report from a technology research group in Norway. “If my theory is correct, tons of... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Facebook Turns Profiles Into 'Timelines'
(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg announced more massive changes to Facebook at its f8 event today, starting with a complete reinvention of its profile page into something called “Timeline,” which Zuckerberg described as “the story of your life.” Friends will now be able to see years worth of your... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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George Soros: Double-Dip Recession Is Here
(Newser) - Worry no longer about an impending double-dip recession—it’s already here, says George Soros. “I think we are in it already,” the billionaire investor told CNBC , citing Republicans’ rejection of fiscal stimulus as a key problem. “We have a slowdown and basically a conflict about whether... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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See the Satellite That Could Fall on You
(Newser) - The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite won't hit Earth until tomorrow afternoon , but an amateur astronomer managed to capture images of it tumbling toward us last week. Thierry Legault used a camera attached to a 14-inch telescope to record UARS as it passed over northern France last Thursday, reports the... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Ex-Solyndra Employees Saw Scads of Wasted Money
(Newser) - Cheer up, taxpayers: Solyndra may never pay back its $535 million loan , but it put the money to good use. Like, for example, building a shiny conference room with nifty glass walls that could turn solid gray at the flip of a switch. That’s one of several questionable expenditures... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Taxpayers Subsidizing Junk Food: Report
(Newser) - Is America’s obesity epidemic government subsidized? That’s the question CALPIRG and the US PIRG Education Fund set out to answer with a new study, and its answer was affirmative, according to the LA Times . From 1995 to 2010, the government handed $16.9 billion in farm subsidies to... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, .
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Today's Facebook News: Prepare to Be 'Shellshocked'
(Newser) - Oh, baby. If you were peeved by Facebook's latest changes , you may want to pop a Valium. Because the changes Facebook will announce sometime after 1pm EDT at its f8 conference in San Francisco will "forever transform" Facebook, writes Ben Parr for Mashable , who was briefed on the... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Dow Tanks at Open
(Newser) - Should you need another reason to pack it in and go back to bed: After falling 284 points yesterday following the Fed's announcement of Operation Twist , which investors interpreted as yet another gloomy assessment of the economy, the Dow kicked off today by plunging even more—a lot more.... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Stewart Has Fix for GOP Rep Who Spends $200K on Food
(Newser) - Jon Stewart has some helpful advice for Louisiana Rep. John Fleming, who laments that he only has $400,000 each year after spending $200,000 to "feed my family:" Eat at your own Subway (Fleming owns 33 of them). "There is a place where you can buy... More » Newser located this story for you on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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