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September 09, 2011

	Here's What You Need To Know About The Georgia Jobs Program Obama Just Took National by Jon Terbush and Zeke Miller on Sep 9, 2011, 9:10 AM Did Georgia Work$ actually work?

	The Only Thing Obama's Jobs Speech Accomplished by Zeke Miller on Sep 9, 2011, 10:11 AM He stopped the slide, but there won't be a bump.

	Democrats Want Everyone To See This Analysis Of Obama's Jobs Bill by Zeke Miller on Sep 9, 2011, 8:38 AM Moody's says 2 million jobs would be created.

	Just Face It, We've Been In A Recession This Whole Time by Cullen Roche on Sep 9, 2011, 3:09 PM We got knocked down, and we didn't get back up again.

Newser Superlatives - News Flash: These Apps Won't Cure Your Acne

A roundup of today's most provocative stories, as voted by our readers.

News Flash: These Apps Won't Cure Your Acne

(Newser) - No matter what the ads say, you just can’t cure acne with an iPhone. The FTC has moved to shush a pair of apps claiming to do just that. Going for 99 cents on Android Marketplace, AcnePwner said users could “Kill ACNE with this simple, yet powerful tool.... More »

Most Brilliant: 85%

Sprint iPhone Said to Boast Unlimited Data

(Newser) - Sprint will not only get the iPhone 5 next month, it will also be offering something its competitors aren’t: unlimited data. Or at least, that’s what sources are telling Bloomberg . Neither Sprint nor Apple will comment, as the Sprint iPhone deal hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. Further... More »

Most Scary: 76%

20K Patients’ Health Data Exposed Online

(Newser) - Confidential medical records of some 20,000 patients at a top hospital were posted online where anyone could see them—for almost a year. Somehow, data for Stanford Hospital’s ER patients moved from the hands of a billing contractor onto a Web site devoted to schoolwork help. The information... More »

Most Depressing: 83%

Zookeepers Shoot Bison Trapped in Floodwaters

(Newser) - As the floodwaters rose in Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark ZooAmerica, zookeepers made a tough—and controversial—choice: Rather than let two American bison drown while trapped in their pen, zookeepers shot both. Though other zoo animals were evacuated, officials say no one anticipated how quickly the floodwaters would rise, and that... More »

Most Intriguing: 79%

Contagion Sickeningly Good

(Newser) - Critics applaud Steven Soderbergh’s latest effort, Contagion, a deeply disturbing imagining of a global pandemic that features an all-star cast (Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne): It’s “easily the scariest of the disaster films” since 9/11, writes Lou Lumenick in the... More »

Most Annoying: 83%

Bachmann: Obama's Plan Just 'Gimmicks'

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann criticized President Obama's jobs plan tonight as filled with "failed gimmicks" and "yet one more political speech where he doubled down on more of the same policies that are killing the United States economy," reports Fox News . "Mr. President, what among your proposals... More »