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Dollar Tree to Buy Family Dollar for $8.5B
(Newser) - Dollar Tree is buying rival discount store Family Dollar in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion. Dollar Tree CEO Bob Sasser says the deal will give Dollar Tree more than 13,000 stores in the US and Canada. That is nearly three times as many stores as... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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'Bad Timing' Wiped Out Dinosaurs
(Newser) - The huge asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago was very bad timing for the dinosaurs, a new study says—it wiped them out, but they probably would have survived if it had hit at a "more convenient" time. The impact in what is now Mexico is almost... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Four Basic Taste Types? Think Again
(Newser) - Most of us have been taught that salty, sweet, sour, and bitter (that last one added by Greek philosopher Democritus a few thousand years ago) make up the four building blocks of taste. But since the "savory" taste (also called umami) was added as a fifth taste about a... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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When Harry Met Sally Is So Wrong
(Newser) - When Harry Met Sally... turned 25 years old last week, and on Reuters , Chloe Angyal is here to burst your nostalgia bubble: The movie "got it wrong," she writes. The film concludes that men and women can be "just friends" for a while, but that a truly... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Smart Seals Figure Out Bonus of Wind Farms
(Newser) - Massive offshore wind farms like Sheringham Shoal in England appear to be doing more than converting wind energy. The turbines also serve as artificial reefs, which become rich hunting grounds for seals in the area, according to a report in PhysOrg . Using GPS devices affixed to the backs of 200... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Why Some Ice Cream Bars Don't Melt
(Newser) - Don’t you hate it when you get distracted after opening an ice cream sandwich and it melts? On the flip side, don’t you hate it when it … doesn’t melt? An Ohio mom tells Cincinnati's WCPO that she got a little alarmed upon discovering that her... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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New Service Will Send Email From Beyond the Grave
(Newser) - With a quarter of Japan's population already 65 and older, a new service from Yahoo Japan called Yahoo Ending aims to help people plan for their own afterlives, including the digital details. For $1.80 a month, subscribers can plan their funerals, manage their posthumous online content, and create... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, July 28, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Lifestyle.
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