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Monday, October 3, 2011

Newser Happy Hour 6-pack - Marines Head to Wall Street—to Protect Protesters

The day's six most popular stories, in time to unwind.

Marines Head to Wall Street—to Protect Protesters

(Newser) - NYPD cops better watch it when they get tough with Occupy Wall Street protesters from now on, because the Marines are coming—to help protect the demonstrators. "I'm heading up there tonight in my dress blues," announced a Marine veteran in a message reposted by another anti-war... More »

Godless on the Rise

(Newser) - Evangelicals might appear to be everywhere in American politics, but the number of believers is falling, according to studies. Agnostics and atheists are among the fastest-growing segment in the US, reports the Guardian . The number of secular Americans has likely doubled in the last three decades, and has grown especially... More »

Arrested Development : It's Back!

(Newser) - Everyone's favorite con comedy has been sprung for a brand new season, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Arrested Development is coming back to TV as "mini-season" that will end with the long-rumored Arrested Development film—five years after the program was ended. "It's true," tweeted... More »

Tearful Knox to Court: 'I Did Not Kill, I Did Not Rape'

(Newser) - Amanda Knox gave an emotional appeal to an Italian court today, insisting, "I did not kill, I did not rape" Meredith Kercher. "I am paying with my life for things that I did not commit," said a shaking and tearful Knox in fluent Italian. "I am... More »

Danes Launch Fat Tax

(Newser) - An extra 39 cents on a pack of butter. Twelve cents on a bag of chips. Denmark has become the latest country to levy a "fat tax" ( Hungary has a similar one ), adding about $1.32 in cost per pound of saturated fat in any food that... More »

Koch Brothers Skirted Iran Ban, Made Millions: Report

(Newser) - Despite former President George W. Bush calling Iran part of the "axis of evil" and a 1995 ban on doing business there, hard-right supporters the Koch brothers kept selling millions of dollars of petrochemicals to the nation until at least 2007, using complex legal maneuvers and plenty of subsidiaries... More »