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It Isn't Extra Food That's Making Us Fat
(Newser) - Americans are a lot heftier than they were in 1988, but it's not because they're eating a lot more than they were a couple of decades ago; it's because they're sitting around a lot more, according to a new study. Researchers found that daily intake of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Company That Ruined Water for 300K People Fined $11K
(Newser) - A West Virginia company that leaked a chemical into the Elk River at the start of this year has been punished with an $11,000 fine—which amounts to about 27 cents for each of the 300,000 people left without water for days . The Occupational Safety and Health Administration... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Baby Survives Miscarriage of Twin, Abortion Pills
(Newser) - Megan Hui is a healthy 18-week-old girl, much to the astonishment of everyone involved. As the Daily Mirror reports, mom Michelle suffered a miscarriage six weeks into her pregnancy in Ireland's County Kildare. Doctors, however, did not know at the time that she was pregnant with twins. They gave... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Odd Ditches Made Before Amazon Rainforest Grew
(Newser) - Some 3,000 years ago, the Bolivian Amazon didn’t look like a jungle at all—it was more like an African savannah. A new study reveals how the ancient landscape took shape, and sheds new light on the mysterious ditches the early Amazonians built there for purposes unknown. The... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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The $40K Potato Salad on Kickstarter Is Evil
(Newser) - By now you have probably heard about Zack Danger Brown's ludicrously successful potato salad Kickstarter . It's at more than $40,000 as of this writing, and headed higher all the time. And as far as John Herrman at the Awl is concerned, it's not just out of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Lifestyle.
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Michael Corleone Goes Corporate
(Newser) - The capos in the room were stunned. Had he really just said that? He had. "We're gonna incorporate," Michael Corleone declared, in a pretty weird conversation, as conjured up by Richard Cohen at the Washington Post . "The Godfather is dead. So is his way of doing... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Birth Control 'Chip' Could Last 16 Years
(Newser) - Could it be the holy grail of birth control: one that women can turn on or off with the click of a remote control—and would last for almost half their reproductive lives. Massachusetts-based MicroCHIPS is developing a remote-control-activated contraceptive chip intended to be implanted under a woman's skin... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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