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First AirAsia Crash Victim IDed, Buried (Newser Nine at Nine)

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First AirAsia Crash Victim IDed, Buried

(Newser) - A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 became the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family today, one of many painful reunions to come, as search crews struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still missing. Hayati Lutfiah Hamid's identity was... More »

Most Interesting New Laws Taking Effect Today

(Newser) - It's Jan. 1, and you know what that means: Many new state laws take effect, some of them weird. Highlights from the AP : Wine lovers in Massachusetts can finally have out-of-state wineries ship bottles directly to them. The new law, stalled for years, got a boost when former New... More »

First Baby of 2015? Good Luck Finding Out

(Newser) - Bye-bye, Baby New Year. The crowning of the year's first baby is being kept secret in many communities as hospitals say safety concerns trump tradition. Community Health Systems—one of the country's largest health care operators—recently ordered its 207 facilities to stop publicizing the first baby of... More »

7 Years Later, Missing Cat and Owner Reunite

(Newser) - A woman in Wales ended her year on a high note when she was reunited with her cat Garfield, who'd gone missing seven years earlier. Julie Calder says the tabby went missing after prowling near her home in 2008, and his CAT-nav seems to have malfunctioned. It turns out... More »

Warhol Bidding Is Behind 2014's $16B in Art Sales

(Newser) - As it stands, the estimated $16 billion in art sales in 2014 is the second-highest in history, close on the heels of the $16.3 billion record set in 2011. And a sizable chunk is attributed to fierce competition among billionaires for works by Andy Warhol, 1,295 of which... More »

Deep-Voiced Attorneys Less Likely to Win in Court

(Newser) - When it comes to leaders, men and women both prefer women who have more masculine voices, research shows. And men are more likely to vote for men who use deeper, more masculine tones, while CEOs with deeper voices tend to make more money and run larger companies. But when it... More »

World's 2nd-Biggest Insect Is Nearly 2 Feet Long

(Newser) - Stick insects, which live in remote regions predominantly in southeastern Asia and tend to be most (which isn't to say very) active at night, not to mention well-camouflaged, are for obvious reasons difficult to discover. In fact, in just the past few years, the number of known species has... More »

Maryland Gov Commutes Last 4 Death Row Sentences

(Newser) - When the Maryland state legislature voted to abolish capital punishment in 2013, five men were on death row. One died of natural causes in April, and now the remaining four—all convicted of murder—have just had their sentences commuted to life without parole on the last day of 2014... More »

Toddler Found in Bag in Creek, Mom in Jail

(Newser) - Mounted police have found the body of missing 14-month-old Cameron Beckford in a bag in Big Walnut Creek near Columbus, Ohio, after his mother allegedly lied about having left the boy on a doorstep because she couldn't care for him. Dainesha Stevens, 24, is thought to have fled an... More »