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Staples Grabs Office Depot for $6B (Newser Daily Digest)

Staples Grabs Office Depot for $6B

(Newser) - Look out, David: There's set to be an office-supply Goliath. Staples is buying Office Depot in a cash-and-stock deal valued at some $6 billion. The two have a combined 4,000 stores and do about $35 billion in sales each year. Office Depot Inc. shareholders will receive $7.25... More »

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Sony: Hack Hasn't Hurt Earnings

(Newser) - The massive Sony Pictures cyberattack has hurt Sony's ability to release financial results on time, but hasn't made much of a difference to profits, the company says. Not that there are any profits: According to a forecast released today, the company projects a $1.4 billion loss for... More »

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To Win Over 60% of Ladies, Charm Mom First

(Newser) - Guys, if you want to get the girl, try bringing flowers—to her mother. With Valentine's Day coming up, it's something to think about: Winning over Mom may sound old-fashioned, but it's still a smart strategy in today's fast-changing, app-tapping, hookup-happy world of dating. In a... More »

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Teen Battling Internet Addiction Cuts Off Own Hand

(Newser) - About 14% of China's youths may be addicted to the Internet, says a psychologist; he runs a rehab center, or " boot camp ," that takes a tough approach to the weaning process, the Telegraph reports (a New York Times video makes the place look like a prison). Others,... More »

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Manatee 'Flash Mob' Closes Down Fla. Springs

(Newser) - When the mercury drops and the tides rise, manatees often infiltrate Three Sisters Springs in Florida's Crystal River Wildlife Refuge to rest up and get warm—and there was such an influx this week that the US Fish and Wildlife Service closed the springs down to swimmers, snorkelers, and... More »

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Experts Figure Out Exactly How Much Sleep You Need

(Newser) - Feeling so tired today? Perhaps last night's amount of shut-eye didn't jibe with the National Sleep Foundation's updated recommendations. In a newly published report in Sleep Health , the nonprofit foundation sets its objective: "to conduct a scientifically rigorous update to the [its] sleep duration recommendations,"... More »

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$185K Raised for Man Who Walks 21 Miles to Work

(Newser) - The Detroit Free Press ran a front-page story this weekend about a man who walks 21 miles a day to and from work—and it's proving both the power of the press and the warmth of the human heart. The story caught the attention of a student at Wayne... More »

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Selfies Likely Led to Deadly Plane Crash

(Newser) - This may rank as one of the deadlier selfies-that-kill stories: The photos likely contributed to not one person's death, but two. The NTSB report on a May 31 plane crash in Watkins, Colo., cites recordings from a GoPro camera found at the scene. They show pilot Amritpal Singh, 29,... More »

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Man Tries to Pay Taxes With Insanely Folded Bills

(Newser) - The quirkiest part of this story is not that a Wichita Falls, Texas, man attempted to pay a $600 property tax bill with $1 bills. It's that said bills were reportedly folded in a way that "required tax office personnel approximately six minutes to unfold each bill."... More »

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Craigslist Personals Drive HIV Spike

(Newser) - Those "personals" ads on Craigslist are bringing more than hot dates to a neighborhood near you. When Craigslist enters a new market, the rate of reported HIV cases in the area jumps 16%, according to new research out of the University of Minnesota and published in the journal MIS ... More »

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Amazon Might Buy RadioShack Storefronts

(Newser) - Amazon.com has long been trying to boost its physical presence in the real world , and this could be its biggest move yet: Bloomberg , citing multiple insiders, reports that the online retailer is in talks to acquire some RadioShack storefronts. RadioShack has been struggling and is expected to file for... More »

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