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Study: Who Polish 'Vampires' Really Were
(Newser) - To make sure certain people didn't rise from the grave to feast on the living, villagers in 17th and 18th-century Poland buried them with sickles across their throats or rocks in their jaws, and researchers think they now know why. According to a study published in PLoS ONE , the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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FAA: Drones Nearly Hit Planes 25 Times in 6 Months
(Newser) - Air travelers appear to have a genuine new problem to fret about: small drones. The FAA has logged 25 close calls with planes since June 1, reports the Washington Post . By "close call," it means an instance in which a drone "came within a few seconds or... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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How Window Washer Survived His 11-Story Fall
(Newser) - A 58-year-old window washer who fell 11 stories from a building onto a moving car is "fighting for his life" and opens his eyes when relatives speak to him, says his family. The man's name and hometown have not been released. "We are amazed that he fell... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Bar Yanks 'Roofie Colada' After Complaints
(Newser) - Family Guy humor works on the Family Guy, but not, apparently, on a drinks' menu. A Staten Island bar and restaurant has retired its "Roofie Colada" and apologized to patrons offended by what they saw as a date-rape joke, reports Fox News . The Phunky Elephant put the vokda and... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Payday Lenders Outnumber McDonald's in the US
(Newser) - What could possibly be more ubiquitous than McDonald's? Payday lenders, according to an article running in Inside the Vault , a newsletter put out by the St. Louis Federal Reserve. By its count, there are roughly 20,000 payday lender locations in the US, which works out to one for... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Lifestyle.
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Why a Janitor, Cook Kept Working Without Pay
(Newser) - Things to be thankful for: people like Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez. StoryCorps revisits the story of the cook and the janitor, who worked at a California assisted living home that was abandoned by its management after the state pulled its operating license in October of last year, leaving roughly... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Lifestyle.
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Why Pumping Breast Milk Isn't Same as Breastfeeding
(Newser) - With many working moms in the US enjoying only a few weeks of maternity leave, frequent and even exclusive pumping of breast milk is on the rise. And Virginia Thorley, a lactation consultant who has been investigating the limited research available on exclusive pumping and its consequences, says that while... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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San Francisco OKs 'Bill of Rights' for Retail Workers
(Newser) - San Francisco has moved to help workers stymied by uncertain schedules: Under what's being called the " Retail Workers Bill of Rights ," employers must solidify their employees' shifts at least two weeks in advance—or pay their workers extra in the form of "predictability pay," Politico... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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A Meatball Wins Stray Dog's Love—and Unreal Devotion
(Newser) - If anyone has something to be thankful about this holiday week, it's a stray dog from Ecuador. Earlier this month, Arthur met up with a team of Swedish athletes competing in a 430-mile endurance race in the Amazon rainforest; he graciously accepted a meatball from Peak Performance member Mikael... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Walmart Spent $2M Fighting $7K Fine for Worker Death
(Newser) - It's been six years since 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour, who was one week into his temporary employment at a Long Island Walmart, was trampled to death by a mob of Black Friday shoppers. But while Walmart was hit with a $7,000 fine for its role in his death, it... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Plug Pulled on World's 2nd-Most-Watched Clock
(Newser) - After London's Big Ben, NASA says its Kennedy Space Center countdown clock was the world's most watched. Not anymore: It was taken down yesterday, WESH reports. The clock, with 336 40-watt light bulbs, has been around since November 1969, when it ticked away the seconds until the launch... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science.
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