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'Free' Army Helicopter Costs Newark Small Fortune
(Newser) - Looking a gift chopper in the blades might not be a bad idea, if the experience of the Newark Police Department is anything to go by. The department accepted a 42-year-old Vietnam-era helicopter free from the military in 2005, and a second in 2007 for spare parts, but maintaining and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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94 iPhones Strapped to Smuggler
(Newser) - Walking through customs with the gait of Iron Man may not exactly work out—who knew? Customs officers at Futian Port in China stopped a guy who had an odd walk and allegedly found 94 hidden iPhones strapped to his body, Gizmodo reports. According to a Chinese social media site... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Big Winners at Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen, Ford
(Newser) - Ford's radical move to aluminum for the body of its flagship F-150 truck has garnered it some additional material: The hardware that comes with the North American Truck of the Year Award. Ford took the top truck honor today alongside the Volkswagen Golf, which was named car of the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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CentCom's Twitter Hacked by Purported ISIS Backers
(Newser) - The US Central Command's Twitter page was ominously hacked today by a group claiming to be allied with ISIS—a particularly bold move, notes Politico , because President Obama was delivering a speech on cybersecurity at the FTC. US officials are confirming the hack and @CentCom is currently suspended; the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Beverly Hills Man Pays $4.8M for 26 Cents in Coins
(Newser) - One man's cash is another man's treasure. Just ask Kevin Lipton, a Beverly Hills man who placed the winning bid of $2,585,000 for a rare penny last Thursday. Lipton doesn't find anything unusual about paying so much for this rare Birch Cent , one of only... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Keep Your iPhone Close, or Experience These Woes
(Newser) - If being unable to answer your nearby buzzing smartphone has ever driven you a little batty, you're not the only one. Researchers explored the impact of iPhone separation on users taking simple word-search puzzles, and they report in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication that the effects of being separated... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Fossils Reveal Scottish Sea Monster
(Newser) - It was the size of a motorboat and looked like a "sinister dolphin," reports Discovery News in describing Scotland's first known—and newly discovered—ichthyosaur. In 1959, Brian Shawcross came upon prehistoric bones on the Isle of Skye; the amateur fossil hunter donated them to Glasgow's... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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