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Sunday, September 21, 2014
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This May Be the World's Most Vexing, Profitable Plant (Newser Daily Digest)
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This May Be the World's Most Vexing, Profitable Plant
(Newser) - One of the toughest plants in the world to grow is one that you may have think you've eaten—but probably haven't. That plant is wasabi, and the BBC reports on one man's quest to do what so many others in North America have failed at: effectively... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Motherly Instincts Save the Day
(Newser) - A nurse's incredible act, and a mother bear's adoption of an outcast cub strike similar, motherly themes in the week's most uplifting stories: Nurse to Raise Son of Dying Single Mom : A Pennsylvania woman diagnosed with terminal liver cancer had a second, awful problem to deal with:... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Cult Is Gone to Suicide, but Website Lives On
(Newser) - Members of the Heaven's Gate cult drank lethal doses of poison 17 years ago so they could be picked up by an alien spaceship and taken to the "next level" of life. But the mass suicide didn't apply to the group's website , which is still in... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Latest GM Recall: 221K Cadillacs, Chevy Impalas
(Newser) - General Motors has issued yet another recall, this time affecting some 221,000 vehicles worldwide. Model year 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS and 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impalas have been recalled over an issue with the electronic parking brake, the Detroit News reports. The cars "may experience poor vehicle acceleration, undesired deceleration, excessive... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Experts Find First Viking Fortress in 60 Years
(Newser) - Archaeologists have dug up a rare find in Denmark: a Viking fortress. It's the first such discovery in more than 60 years, ScienceNordic reports. Researchers were clued in to its possible existence after examining the placement of fortresses nearby. "It was clear that there was a fortress missing,... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Nurse to Raise Son of Dying Single Mom
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman diagnosed with terminal liver cancer had a second, awful problem to deal with: The single mom had nobody to take care of her 8-year-old son upon her death. But as WHTM of Harrisburg reports, salvation appeared in the form of her nurse. Tricia Somers, 45, had struck... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Wreck That Gave Up 'Antikythera Mechanism' Revisited
(Newser) - A shipwreck that yielded a 2,000-year-old "computer" known as the Antikythera Mechanism is being freshly explored using another remarkable piece of technology. A new, spacesuit-like "Exosuit" is being worn by deep-sea-diving archaeologists searching a shipwreck off the coast of a Greek island over the next month. The... More » Newser located this story for you on Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Kid Gets Detention for Sharing His Lunch at School (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)
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Kid Gets Detention for Sharing His Lunch at School
(Newser) - A 13-year-old kid ended up with a detention slip at school for the heinous crime of sharing his chicken burrito with a pal. As KRCR-TV reports, Kyle Bradford of Weaverville Elementary in California shared his school-bought lunch with a friend because the other kid wasn't crazy about his own... More » |
US Jets Intercept 6 Russian Jets Near Alaska
(Newser) - Russian military pilots seem to be getting a little adventurous these days. A pair of US military jets intercepted six Russian aircraft near the coast of Alaska Wednesday evening, reports AP . The Russian pilots never entered US airspace, but instead remained in something called the Air Defense Identification Zone, which... More » |
Palin Post-Brawl: Bristol Is a Strong Woman
(Newser) - Sarah Palin isn't offering details about who threw which punches at a recent brawl involving the family, but given that daughter Bristol was said to be among the participants, Talking Points Memo finds the former VP candidate's latest Facebook post interesting: "I love my Bristol!" she... More » |
Fence Jumper Makes It Inside White House
(Newser) - Some White House fence breaches are more serious than others. Unlike last month's laugher when a toddler snuck through, a man hopped the fence yesterday about 7:20pm and actually made it inside the White House, reports NBC News . Most who make it over the fence get tackled on... More » |
Cops: Missing UVa Student Was Seen at Bar With Man
(Newser) - Police searching for a missing University of Virginia student have discovered one more clue about the night she went missing: Hannah Graham was seen sometime between 1 and 2am last Saturday at a bar/restaurant near the downtown pedestrian mall in Charlottesville, reports WUSA . She entered the restaurant with a man,... More » |
North Korea: American Wanted to Be 'Second Snowden'
(Newser) - North Korea today piled more accusations upon a 25-year-old American arrested there and sentenced to six years' hard labor . The state-run Korean Central News Agency says Matthew Miller entered the country on a tourist visa from South Korea and deliberately got himself arrested by tearing up his visa in order... More » Unsubscribe or change your alert settings.
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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week (Newser Daily Digest)
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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week
(Newser) - A pair of affectionate skeletons and a deep-sea find near the Golden Gate Bridge are among the week's intriguing discoveries: Divers Find Ghost Ships Near San Francisco : Researchers uncovered three historic shipwrecks dating back to the decades following the Gold Rush. They are among the more than 300 ships... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science.
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WWII Vet Gets Purple Heart 70 Years Later
(Newser) - A World War II veteran was finally awarded a Purple Heart this week after earning it 70 years ago. When he was just 17, Fred Zurbuchen of Wisconsin enlisted and became a B-17 gunner in the Air Force. He got injured on his 10th mission, but fire destroyed his paperwork,... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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Pabst Bought by Russian Brewer
(Newser) - A beer of choice among the hipster set now has a Russian owner. Pabst Brewing, makers of Pabst Blue Ribbon and other brands, has been bought by Oasis Beverages, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . The word "iconic" is getting used a lot in coverage given that Pabst can trace... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Investors Love Alibaba: It Passes Facebook's Market Value
(Newser) - Alibaba's long-awaited debut on the New York Stock Exchange hasn't disappointed. The Chinese e-commerce behemoth opened at $92.70 per share, about 35% above its IPO price of $68, reports USA Today . The frenzied demand pushed the company's market value to $228.5 billion, ahead of even... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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Your Dog Might Be a Pessimist
(Newser) - Certain dogs apparently feel like they're perpetually in the doghouse, according to a University of Sydney study that says some dogs are pessimists, getting demoralized more easily than other dogs and just giving up on tasks when they've had enough. The research, published this week in the Plos ... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Gas Chambers Discovered at Razed Death Camp
(Newser) - After seven years of searching, archaeologists digging in Poland have found the exact location of the Sobibor death camp's gas chambers. Less had been known about this concentration camp's chambers, which were razed by the Nazis along with the rest of the site following a prisoner uprising in... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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