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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Black Widow

Black Widow stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Some 125,000 giddy comic book fans converged on the San Diego Convention Center over the weekend to jockey for a spot at the film portion Comic-Con to get tantalizing sneak peeks at upcoming movies and hear insiders rave about projects. USA Today reports a few of the tantalizing tidbits... More »

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James Cameron • Peter Jackson • Robert Downey Jr. • Scarlett Johansson • convention • Black Widow • Iron Man • avatar • comic-con • district9

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in Your Grapes


Apr 3, 09 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spiders are hitching rides into grocery stores on organically grown grapes, and growers can't find a way to stop them, Gourmet reports. The problem is, spiders are helpful: They feast on bugs that feast on grapes, allowing growers to avoid pesticides. But stores from Boston to South Africa are... More »

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organic food • produce • grapes • spiders • Black Widow

 'Black Widows' Guilty of Murder 

Pair killed homeless men after buying them life insurance policies

Apr 17, 08 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two elderly women known as the "Black Widows" have been convicted in a murder plot to obtain life insurance benefits from two homeless men they put up in apartments before killing them. Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, took out a total of $2.8 million in life... More »

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murder • hit-and-run • Black Widow • Helen Golay • Olga Rutterschmidt • Kenneth McDavid • Paul Vados • Michael Sklar

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