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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 » |
Celebratory Bullet Kills Guy Watching New Year's Fireworks
(Newser) - A Houston man was standing outside his home watching New Year's fireworks just after midnight when he fell to the ground at his wife's side, dead of a bullet wound to the head, KTRK reports. "They'd come out from their home where they'd had a... More » |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Secretly Gets Hitched
(Newser) - Joseph Gordon-Levitt managed to pull off a secret Hollywood wedding. His rep tells E! the actor wed Tasha McCauley at the couple's home on Dec. 20. The actor has always been secretive about their relationship, like when he first revealed their relationship to Howard Stern in September 2013. "... 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 » |
Cops: Deputy Stole From Walmart ... While in Uniform
(Newser) - Authorities in Coral Springs, Fla., caught one of their own allegedly stealing from Walmart ... and the Broward Sheriff's Office detention deputy didn't even bother taking off his uniform to do it. A BSO rep says Theodore Parrish turned himself in this week after he was spotted on surveillance... 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 »
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