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 Mobile Firm's 
 Meteor Stunt 
 Backfires 

Hoaxed Latvians plan to cancel Swedish company's contracts

Oct 28, 09 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Swedish mobile phone company has dug itself into a crater with a marketing stunt involving a fake meteorite. Tele2 dug a hole in a meadow in Latvia and placed burning chemicals in the bottom to simulate a meteor strike, making headlines worldwide and fooling emergency services into cordoning off... More »

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Iraq • hoax • meteorites

Lifer Seeks Better Life
on Death Row

Killer eyes amenities that come with
capital punishment

Oct 28, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Living on death row looks like a better deal than dying as a lifer, convicted killer Billy Joe Johnson told a California jury yesterday. "You get out of your confined cell a little more," said Johnson, whose trial has moved to the penalty phase after he was found... More »

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Iraq • California • prison • sentencing • death row • death sentence • life sentence

 Nazi Hitman Goes on Trial 

88-year-old who killed Dutch civilians faces German court

Oct 28, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch Nazi collaborator who killed his countrymen in reprisals for anti-German actions has gone on trial in Germany. Heinrich Boere, 88, has admitted gunning down three civilians as part of a Waffen SS death squad. He fled to Germany after the war and dodged extradition attempts for years. Prosecutors... More »

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Iraq • Germany • war crimes • Netherlands • Nazi • World War II • Nazi collaborators

Arnold Hides Vulgar Message to Legislators in Veto

Bill's author recently told governor to 'kiss my gay ass'

Oct 27, 09 9:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though all political vetoes send some message, a recent one by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to carry two—with the less-obvious one quite the kiss-off to the Democrat-controlled legislature. In the message accompanying Schwarzenegger’s veto of a financing measure, the San Francisco Bay Guardian found that, in reading... More »

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Iraq • California • California legislature • San Francisco • Arnold Schwarzenegger • veto • Tom Ammiano • Schwarzenegger veto letter

 Dodgers Owners 
 Headed for Ugly Divorce 

Jamie McCourt says Frank had no right to fire her as team CEO

Oct 27, 09 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - This could get messier than the Los Angeles Dodgers’ playoff elimination against Philadelphia: Jamie McCourt, wife of Los Angeles owner Frank McCourt filed for divorce today, charging that they are in fact co-owners, and that Frank had no right to fire her last week as the team’s chief executive.... More »

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Iraq • divorce • Los Angeles Dodgers • Frank McCourt

POLL NUMBERS

Afghan Surge Gains Favor; Public Sours on DC

Support for public option also grows; GOP isn't more popular, though

Oct 27, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - New poll numbers out today hold good news and bad for the Obama administration. Support is rising for a troop surge in Afghanistan, the NBC/Wall Street Journal survey finds, and nearly half now favor a public option in the health-care reform measures now under consideration. The bad news: 58% said... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • Republican Party • health care reform • Afghanistan war • opinion polls • Obama administration • NBC News/Wall Street Journal • financial crisis • President Obama • public option

Jay Mariotti

 November Baseball's a Farce 

Selig needs to get the boys of summer off the field

Oct 27, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isn’t the Fall Classic supposed to happen in the fall? Not this year. The World Series begins tomorrow night and, in case Bud Selig hasn’t noticed, it’s “never seemed more irrelevant,” writes Jay Mariotti. It’s simply too late in the year for baseball. “... More »

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Iraq • weather • Philadelphia Phillies • Bud Selig • New York Yankees • World Series • Fox • baseball • Jay Mariotti • TBS

 Col. Sanders 
 Impersonator Punks UN 

Impersonator dupes security in publicity stunt

Oct 27, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Colonel Sanders lookalike got a diplomat’s welcome at the United Nations, somehow tricking the security guards into letting him in, UN officials sheepishly admitted. Once inside, the KFC mascot met with UN General Assembly President Ali Treki of Libya, even getting his picture snapped shaking hands beneath the... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • publicity stunt • KFC • breach of security • Ban Ki-Moon • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders



 Meet Michelle's 
 'Body Woman' 

Kristen Jarvis came up in Obama's Senate office, and has proven stellar

Oct 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kristen Jarvis has had tough jobs. She joined Barack Obama’s office in 2004, when he was a newly minted senator. But that was nothing compared to last year’s presidential campaign, when she was given a different charge: Michelle Obama. As her "body woman," Jarvis did everything... More »

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Iraq • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • White House • aide • first lady • Election 2008 • Reggie Love • Obama administration • President Obama

 Bartering Turns Into 
 $10B Recession-Buster 

More businesses signing on to trend of exchanging services

Oct 27, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The global recession has made bartering hot, but don’t go thinking it’s all a backrub for a plumbing fix. Big money—though no cash—is changing hands through the world’s largest barter service, Bartercard. The worldwide service’s transactions are valued at $2 billion this year, up... More »

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Iraq • England • business • recession • trading • global economy • barter • bartering

 Obama Tags $3.4B 
 for Smart Energy Grid 

Plan will create tens of thousands of jobs and cheaper electricity

Oct 27, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will roll out a plan to use $3.4 billion in stimulus funds to modernize the nation’s electrical grid today. The “smart grid” spending will go to private contractors, utilities, and municipal governments in grants of between $400,000 and $2 million. The administration expects $4.... More »

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Iraq • power grid • electricity • renewable energy • job creation • Obama administration • President Obama • stimulus funds

Bret Stephens

Freakonomics Guys Freak Out Climate Acolytes

The Church of Gore doesn't want to hear simple solutions

Oct 27, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wouldn't it be great to make global warming disappear with a helium balloon, a few miles of garden hose, and a stream of sulfur dioxide? “Maybe, but not if you’re Al Gore or one of his little helpers,” writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal.... More »

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Iraq • climate change • global warming • Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics

 Ousted AIG CEO 
 Builds AIG 2— 
 With AIG Talent 

Greenberg's new insurer poaches AIG employees at taxpayers' expense

Oct 27, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hank Greenberg built AIG into a $1 trillion behemoth that needed the biggest bailout in history—but quietly, the former CEO has begun a new insurance company, CV Starr, that is poaching some of AIG's leading talent. He just got an unintended assist from the Treasury: Tough new pay rules... More »

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Iraq • executive compensation • insurance • AIG • Hank Greenberg • bailout • financial crisis

Interview

Ex-Marine: Afghan War Not Worth Fighting

Former official explains why he resigned his post in protest

Oct 27, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Matthew Hoh resigned in protest last month, it sent a small tremor through the Pentagon and White House. Hoh, an ex-marine, was the US’ top civilian in Zabul province, until he reached the conclusion that the war wasn’t worth fighting. “My resignation is based not upon how... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • interview • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

 Al-Qaeda Claims 
 Baghdad Bombing 

Blast at Iraqi ministries left 155 dead

Oct 27, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for this weekend's twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • Sunni insurgents • al-Qaeda • insurgency

 Jets Star 
 Charged 
 With Assault 

Braylon Edwards could face jail, suspension in club bust

Oct 27, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jets receiver Braylon Edwards could be catching a sentence of up to 6 months in jail for an alleged assault outside a Cleveland nightclub. Edwards, who may also face suspension from the NFL, is accused of punching a friend of NBA star LeBron James in the incident earlier this month,... More »

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Iraq • NFL • LeBron James • Cleveland Browns • New York Jets • assault

Brits Hold Up Hacker's  Extradition

Asperger's sufferer accused of cracking Pentagon systems

Oct 27, 09 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - American authorities keen to get their hands on a man accused of the biggest military hack in history are going to have to wait. British authorities have "stopped the clock" on the extradition of Gary McKinnon while lawyers examine new medical evidence, say officials. McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome,... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • autism • hacker • US military • hacking • Asperger's Syndrome

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

DEAD HORSE RIDES AGAIN

 Kanye Cameo Likely 
 During Swift's SNL Gig 


Oct 26, 09 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when the Kanye West-Taylor Swift meme was starting to ebb a bit, there’s this from the rumor mill: West, awards-show interrupter, will make a cameo when Swift, awards-show interruptee, hosts Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7. Quoth gossip maven Perez Hilton: “Sources tell us this is very... More »

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Iraq • Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Kanye West • gossip • Perez Hilton • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

TODAY AT THE WORLDWIDE LEADER

 ESPN Axes Phillips' Galpal, Too 

Meanwhile, former baseball analyst enters sex-addiction rehab

Oct 26, 09 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A day after ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips in the wake of his affair with a production assistant, the channel has cut Brooke Hundley loose, too. And that’s not all, Phillips agent tells the New York Post: Phillips, 46, is seeking treatment for sex addiction, and it’s... More »

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Iraq • ESPN • NASCAR • Juan Pablo Montoya • baseball • analyst • college football • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley

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