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Ebola Outbreak May Be Traced to Tiny Guinea Bat (Newser Daily Digest)

Ebola Outbreak May Be Traced to Tiny Guinea Bat

(Newser) - The current Ebola epidemic—which now totals roughly 20,000 cases and more than 7,700 deaths—has already been traced to the tiny village of Meliandou in southern Guinea, where the person thought to be patient zero, 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno, died with Ebola-like symptoms in late 2013. Fruit bats... More »

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Hacker: I Cloned Fingerprints From Photos

(Newser) - Fingerprints may not be as secure as you think. A hacker in Europe says he managed to create a copy of the German defense minister's thumb print using a digital camera and easy-to-get software, reports the BBC . Jan Krissler of the Chaos Computer Club says he used photos of... More »

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You Don't Need to Warm Up Your Car in Winter

(Newser) - Warming up the car before hitting the road is a pervasive winter ritual, but it's a pointless exercise for most modern vehicles, the Washington Post reports. What's more, a 2009 study found that idling of all types accounts for 1.6% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions—... More »

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20 Years Later, I'm Still Using My AOL Email

(Newser) - You probably ditched your AOL email address sometime in the 1990s, but not Derreck Johnson. No, his AOL.com email address was born on Sept. 24, 1994, when he was a senior in high school, and more than 20 years later, "it remains my primary means of email communication,... More »

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Lottery Luck Strikes Twice for Maryland Truck Driver

(Newser) - A Maryland truck driver has won his second lottery in a decade. The 39-year-old—who has remained anonymous—claimed his $2.85 million Multi-Match winnings on Saturday, the Baltimore Sun reports. "It's great to be back," he said. The man apparently pops into stores along his route... More »

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There's a Company America Dislikes More Than Comcast

(Newser) - Time Warner is still beating Comcast —if by "beating" we mean coming in first in "least popular company" surveys. The University of Michigan's American Consumer Satisfaction Index is out, and Time Warner Cable's ISP ranks dead last on a list of 230 household brands, scoring... More »

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1K-Mile Hiking Trail to Span From Appalachia to Atlantic

(Newser) - One day, hikers will be able to step on a trail near one of Appalachia's highest peaks and follow an off-road path all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Next year, officials say they hope to make more headway on the 1,000-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail in North Carolina by... More »

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CIA: All Those 1950s UFO Sightings? 'It Was Us'

(Newser) - As far as "best of 2014" lists go, the CIA has a pretty irresistible one: On Dec. 22 it started tweeting links to the 10 most popular articles of the year that it shared on Twitter, and the agency arrived at No. 1 yesterday, tweeting : "Reports of unusual... More »

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Parents Can Go to Bed Early on NYE Thanks to Netflix

(Newser) - About a third of parents already fool their kids into welcoming the new year hours ahead of time, and for those inclined to join their ranks, Netflix has your back and it is in the form of a dancing lemur and an on-demand New Year's Eve countdown. King Julien,... More »

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