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Meteorologists Have No Term for Buffalo's Freak Storm (Newser Nine at Nine)

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Meteorologists Have No Term for Buffalo's Freak Storm

(Newser) - A 46-year-old man died overnight in a car buried in snow in a Buffalo suburb, becoming the fifth casualty so far in the monster storm that dumped up to 6 feet in the region. The freak "wall of snow" has no meteorological term, according to a National Weather Service... More »

UN: North Korean Leaders Should Be Prosecuted

(Newser) - North Korea's leaders should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, according to none other than the UN. In a 111-19 vote, with 55 abstentions, UN members made what the New York Times calls the organization's strongest-ever move against the North, saying its leaders had violated human rights and... More »

Miss Honduras Found Dead

(Newser) - Maria Jose Alvarado, the reigning Miss Honduras who went missing days before she was set to leave for London to prep for the Miss World pageant, has been found dead along with her sister, the BBC reports. Alvarado, 19, and sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, were last seen getting into a... More »

Cautious NYC Tested Dead Body for Ebola

(Newser) - A cautious New York City tested the body of a woman who died at a hair salon in Brooklyn yesterday for Ebola, though the unidentified woman hadn't exhibited any symptoms of the virus and died of an apparent heart attack. WABC-TV reports those results came back negative. The woman,... More »

People's New Sexiest Man Hails From Down Under

(Newser) - For the fourth year running , People has handed its Sexiest Man Alive crown to someone other than Ryan Gosling . This year's winner? Chris Hemsworth, who just barely dodged the bullet of becoming Miley Cyrus' brother-in-law . The Thor star, 31, trots out the standard line of finding it "pretty... More »

CEO Salary Bigger Than Tax Bill at 7 Top Companies

(Newser) - Two Washington think tanks have some jarring figures in a report outlining the case for corporate tax reform: Seven of the top 30 US firms pay more to their CEOs than they pay in federal income tax, according to the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government... More »

8-Limbed 'God Baby' Draws Crowds in India

(Newser) - A baby boy born with four arms and four legs has been nicknamed "God Boy" and drawn thousands of excited people to the city of Baruipur in eastern India. The boy's family is overjoyed because the birth defect makes him resemble a Hindu god, according to the Daily ... More »

Janice Dickinson: Bill Cosby Raped Me

(Newser) - Former supermodel Janice Dickinson has a message for Bill Cosby: "Go f--k yourself. How dare you take advantage of me. And I hope you rot." The America's Next Top Model judge has become the third woman in the last month to accuse Cosby of sexually assaulting her.... More »

NYC Subway Shove Suspect Arrested

(Newser) - Police have apprehended a man wanted for questioning after the death of a stranger who was shoved into the path of a train at a New York City subway station. Kevin Darden was picked up by detectives near his mother's home in the Bronx yesterday, according to police, who... More »