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World's Newest Jet Makes First Commercial Flight (Newser Daily Digest)

World's Newest Jet Makes First Commercial Flight

(Newser) - The world's newest jetliner, the Airbus A350, took to the skies today carrying its first paying passengers from Qatar to Frankfurt, Germany. The Qatar Airways flight marks the debut of the relatively lightweight, twin-aisle, long-range plane, which promises to connect smaller cities with major aviation hubs nonstop at a... More »

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Connecticut Jolted by 11th Earthquake in Week

(Newser) - There's no fracking or tectonic plate boundaries in Connecticut, so experts haven't got a ready explanation for a swarm of earthquakes that has hit the eastern part of the state over the last week. There have been 11 quakes since last Thursday, the strongest of them a 3.... More »

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World's Richest Man Now Top NYT Shareholder

(Newser) - Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim is having quite a week—he has become the biggest shareholder in the New York Times and reclaimed his title as the world's richest man. Slim has exercised warrants obtained when he loaned the company $250 million in 2009 to double his stake in... More »

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Ancient Greek Drinking Game Is Reborn

(Newser) - What better place to re-create an ancient drinking game than a college campus? A teacher at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and her students kept up an ancient Greek tradition by playing kottabos, a game that involves hurling one's wine from a glass onto a target at the center... More »

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Zoo Accidentally Freezes Rare Monkeys to Death

(Newser) - There are about 7,800 cotton-top tamarins left on the planet, 1,800 of them in captivity—and two fewer of the species of tiny monkey the AP dubs "critically endangered" after a Louisiana zookeeper apparently forgot about them and left them to freeze to death. The one-pound tamarins,... More »

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IRS Customer Service Will Be Really Bad This Year

(Newser) - It's not like anyone wants to talk to the IRS, but those who need to talk to the IRS this tax-filing season will probably be out of luck. An annual report issued by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson predicts that only 43% of callers will get through to an... More »

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Etsy Readies IPO, Aims for $300M

(Newser) - A company launched because there was nowhere else to sell wooden computers is now preparing an initial public offering. Etsy's IPO could take place this quarter, insiders tell Bloomberg , and the craft-selling website is looking to raise $300 million in the effort. It could be the largest New York... More »

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For $8, Site Will Send Glitter Bomb on Your Behalf

(Newser) - Anyone who has ever opened a glittery birthday card from a well-meaning friend knows what a pain the stuff can be to clean up. Hence the appropriately named (and obscenity-littered) ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com , which will do exactly what the name implies, Gizmodo reports: For about $8 (that's $9.99 Australian... More »

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Working Too Hard May Make You Hit the Bottle Harder

(Newser) - Working more than a standard 40-hour workweek (if that "standard" still even exists) won't only shave away at your R&R time: It may also cause you to drink more, the Guardian reports. Researchers found that individuals who put in 49 to 54 hours a week were 13%... More »

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Study: Being Cold Is Contagious

(Newser) - Struggling to keep warm this winter? You may want to avoid other people who look cold: A new study published in PLOS ONE suggests humans experience "temperature contagion." Subjects saw their own temperatures sink after watching videos of people putting their hands in chilly water, per a press... More »

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ISS Crew Flees to Russian Module After Possible Leak

(Newser) - A problem in the US segment of the International Space Station today prompted its six-person crew to quickly lock it up and move to a Russian module, but they aren't in danger, Russian and US officials said. Russia's space agency Roscosmos said in a statement that a "... More »

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Man Frozen in Body for Years Emerges, Tells Story

(Newser) - Martin Pistorius was a kid so into electronics his mom had no doubts about his ability to fix a broken plug for her when he wasn't yet 11 (which he did). But shortly after turning 12 in January 1988, things changed. He started sleeping more, barely eating, and ultimately... More »

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