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Listeria Death Toll Hits 18
(Newser) - The death toll from the listeriosis outbreak linked to cantaloupes rose to 18 as government officials confirmed three more deaths yesterday. The total number of illnesses is now 100, according to the CDC. An FDA official says more victims are expected, since listeria symptoms can take up to two months... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Israeli Wins Chemistry Nobel
(AP) - Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry today for his discovery of quasicrystals, a chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman's discovery in 1982 fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter. "It feels... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Anonymous Threatens to 'Erase' NY Stock Exchange
(Newser) - Is Anonymous planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange? A video supposedly from the hacking collective threatens to "erase" the NYSE next Monday, CNBC reports. "NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On October 10, expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten," warns... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Europe Planning Mission to the Sun
(Newser) - The European Space Agency is planning to send a probe much closer to the sun than any before it. The Solar Orbiter mission, to be launched in 2017, will send a heavily heat-shielded spacecraft to within 26 million miles of the sun—10 million miles closer than Mercury. The probe,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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New Sesame Street Muppet Is Poor and Hungry
(Newser) - Sesame Street has got a hungry, impoverished new character—and it isn't Oscar the Grouch or the Cookie Monster. Lily, a 7-year-old girl whose family often struggles to get enough to eat, will appear in the show's prime-time special "Growing Hope Against Hunger" this Sunday, reports Entertainment ... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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Disappointed by New iPhone? You're 'Nuts'
(Newser) - Apple shares fell after today's unveiling of the new iPhone 4S , apparently because investors wanted an iPhone 5. "Apple Underwhelms With iPhone 4S" is the Wall Street Journal headline, which is typical fare in early coverage. Some dissenting views are emerging, though: Dan Frommer, Splatf : Those disappointed are... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Couple Weds for 100th Time
(Newser) - No 15-year itch for this couple: Two Tennessee lovebirds have renewed their wedding vows a 99th time, setting a world record once again, the Huffington Post reports. Lauren and David Blair fell in love when they met in 1982. They were married—for the first time—in California in 1984.... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Arts & Living.
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I'm Glad I Dumped My iPhone
(Newser) - If you need an antidote to the hype over Apple's new iPhone , Sam Graham-Felsen provides just the thing at Good . He used to be an iPhone fanatic, but no more, and he swears he's not going back. But this isn't an Android-is-better screed. His phone of a... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Bernanke: Recovery 'Is Close to 'Faltering'
(AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that the US economic recovery "is close to faltering" and that the central bank is prepared to take further steps to support it. (That potential action apparently pleased investors: The Dow came off the day's lows, fell a bit, then rebounded... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Apple Unveils iPhone 4S
(Newser) - It's not an iPhone 5, but Apple unveiled a souped-up version of its current model called the iPhone 4S. It's available Oct. 14, with the 16GB version at $199, the 32GB at $299, and the 64GB at $399. It will be up to twice as fast, featuring the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business, Technology.
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How CEO Pay Spirals Out of Control
(Newser) - Amgen didn’t do terribly well under CEO Kevin Sharer last year—it eliminated some 2,700 jobs and its stock fell 3%. Yet Sharer pocketed a 37% raise, bringing his compensation to $21 million. Why? Because the board decided he should be paid “closer to the 75th percentile... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Contraceptive Shot May Double HIV Risk
(Newser) - Alarming new research out of eastern and southern Africa, where both unplanned pregnancies and AIDS wreak havoc: The most popular contraceptive used by women there appears to double their risk of contracting HIV—and if a woman already has HIV, it doubles her risk of transmitting it to her partner... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health, .
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Starbucks Wants You to Pay $5 More for Coffee
(Newser) - Hey Frappuccino drinker, can you spare a fiver? Starbucks is hoping that its customers will begin ponying up an extra $5 beginning next month. No, not because that grande drink now costs $8. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will accept donations of $5 or more to its "Jobs for USA"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Sprint 'Betting the Company' on the iPhone
(Newser) - Sprint may or may not be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone 5 until sometime in early 2012—but it’s betting massively that just adding Apple's beloved smartphone to its roster will be its salvation. Sprint has committed to buy 30.5 million iPhones over the next four... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Your Meds May Be Giving You Nightmares
(Newser) - It's a wonder anyone sleeps well at night. If you're taking ADHD drugs like Ritalin, antidepressants like Paxil and Prozac, or sleep pills like Ambien—and a host of antibiotics, blood-pressure medications, antihistamines, and statins in between—that prescription could be giving you nightmares. The Wall Street Journal... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health, , Arts & Living.
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Stocks Diving to Bear Market Levels
(Newser) - Wall Street is getting nervous, and not because of protesters. Stocks have been plummeting hard, and are now just inches above the threshold for what traders consider a bear market. The Dow dove 240 points on Friday and another 258 yesterday, leaving it perilously close to the bear market threshold... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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What to Expect at Today's iPhone Event
(Newser) - It's a big day in the tech world as we await the 1pm EDT iPhone announcement from Apple HQ. What do we think we know? It will be faster, slimmer, and have a larger screen: Pretty much everyone agrees on these points. It will run on both GSM and ... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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3 Americans Win Nobel for Finding Expanding Universe
(Newser) - The universe isn't just expanding, it's expanding faster every day. Three American scientists who made that discovery have won the Nobel Prize in Physics today for their efforts, the AP reports. The men were split between two competing research teams during the 1990s, with Saul Perlmutter on one... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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