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OPINION

The World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

Civil war and displacement fuel tragedies across the globe: aid group

Dec 23, 08 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Aid organization Doctors Without Borders has released its annual list of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Here's a sample:
  • Somalia: Increased friction between insurgents and the government unleashed some of the worst violence in a decade. One in five children there dies before turning 5.
  • Congo: Hundreds of
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Zimbabwe • Pakistan • HIV • list • humanitarian crisis • Doctors Without Borders • HIV/AIDS • Congo • Best of 2008

 Under the Tree: Medical Myths 

Recent study debunks seasonal misconceptions

Dec 21, 08 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Bending and breaking under holiday stress? Relax! The British Medical Journal has bah-humbugged six holiday health myths, the New York Times reports:
  • Night eating makes you fat: Calories are calories. When you eat doesn't matter; it's what you eat.
  • Poinsettias are perilous: Reported cases of human
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health • list • Santa Claus • health risks • suicide rate • toxic plants • poinsettias

OPINION

 Pogue's 
 Top Tech 
 Ideas of '08 

List includes advancements from iPhone, Amazon and Netflix

Dec 18, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - David Pogue runs down the best tech ideas of 2008 in the New York Times, “the flashes of genius that somehow made it through committee, past the lawyers, and into the marketplace.” Highlights include:
  • Headache-free packaging: Amazon’s plastic-free alternative is good for the environment and does
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technology • iPhone • list • BlackBerry • Netflix • Photoshop • headphones • computer applications • Amazon • App Store • Best of 2008

GLOSSIES

 Biggest 
 Stories 
 You Didn't 
 Hear in '08 

Catching up on the stuff blotted out by the election and financial crisis

Dec 17, 08 7:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Election coverage and reports on the financial crisis ate up much of the media's attention in '08—while some major news stories went under-reported. Time runs down the biggest:
  1. A Pentagon gaffe accidentally sent nuclear warhead fuses to Taiwan in 2006; the mix-up was noted this year—by the
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Pentagon • FDA • mental health • Sri Lanka • list • civil war • nuclear arsenal • Congo • genetically modified meat • Best of 2008

 What Not To Do  
 in Foreign Lands 

Tabloid offers how-to guide for provoking international incidents

Dec 17, 08 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Taking its cue from the infamous shoe-toss of an Iraqi journalist—a sign of high contempt in his culture—the Daily Mirror presents a how-to guide for provoking international incidents:
  • Buddhist countries: Nothing raises eyebrows or ire more than a pat on the head, as that's where locals
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shoes • list • cultural diplomacy • Iraq war • George W. Bush • gesture • multiculturalism • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Star Gazing: 9 to Watch in '09 

Entertainment Weekly picks next year's breakout performers

Dec 16, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - With next year's big-name film and TV projects (including a new Star Trek and a fresh Tom Hanks movie) featuring some unknowns, Entertainment Weekly lists the rising stars of 2009:
  • Kara DioGuardi, American Idol: The songwriting force behind hits by Pink and Ashlee Simpson will sit
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television • list • Star Trek • movies • Kara DioGuardi • Chris Pine • Aziz Ansari • Anna Kendrick

GLOSSIES

 5 Drought-Stopping Inventions 

Creating more water is the answer with 1.8B facing extreme shortage by 2025

Dec 14, 08 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - One UN study estimates 1.8 billion people will face extreme water shortage by 2025; the US government projects 36 states could face a similar fate by 2013. Doug Cantor, in Esquire, examines potential shortage solutions:
  • PlayPump: A pump attached to a children’s merry-go-round extracts water from
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conservation • list • sanitation • water supply • windmill • clean water • playpump

OPINION

 Cruise's Craziest Moments 

From blow-ups over Scientology to couch acrobatics on Oprah, Tom's had his share

Dec 11, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Three years after Tom Cruise and Today's Matt Lauer went a few rounds over Scientology, drugs, and Brooke Shields' postpartum depression, the pair is set for a rematch Monday—which spurred the Los Angeles Times to list Tom's top 5 head-smacking interviews:
  1. Oprah, May 2005: Cruise dances around proclaiming
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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Matt Lauer • list • Katie Holmes • Today show • interview

ANALYSIS

 Google Taps Zeitgeist, 
 Finds Palin a Winner 

Alaska governor went zooming up search charts in '08

Dec 11, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Every year, Google releases its analysis of the global zeitgeist based on billions of searches around the world. Newsweek reports the highlights:
  • Sarah Palin: "Obama" was the most searched for term overall, but the Alaska governor grabbed the top spot on the fastest-rising list.
  • Beijing
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Barack Obama • Google • Facebook • list • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Heath Ledger • Jonas Brothers • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • 2008 • Google Zeitgeist • Best of 2008

OPINION

'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition


Dec 10, 08 7:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix drew up its  “Unsexiest Men” list in March, but the election season produced some new contenders, while others earned a reprieve.
  • John Edwards: The perennial Dem also-ran wasn't on the first list, but his very public dalliance earns him a spot after a recount
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Mitt Romney • John McCain • John Edwards • Mike Huckabee • list • Bill Maher • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Joe Wurzelbacher • unsexiest man • Boston Phoenix

OPINION

 Plax, Call Diddy (and Other Tips) 


Dec 2, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Plaxico Burress has a lot to answer for, but he can take some cues from the current economy and hip-hop history, writes Chloe Hilliard in the Village Voice. Almost every aspect of his gun infraction has precedent. Her suggestions:
  • Contact Diddy: The rap impresario has had experience
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NFL • New York City • list • Diddy • New York Giants • arrest • Plaxico Burress • hospitalization • gunshot wounds

 Hollywood Remaking 
 Sci-Fi Classics 

New takes on Ghostbusters, Terminator among flicks already in production

Nov 27, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way:
  • When Worlds Collide, an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg
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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • Arnold Schwarzenegger • list • Christian Bale • science fiction • Seth Rogen • movie remakes • Ghostbusters

ANALYSIS


 These 5 People 
 Lost the Most 
 This Year 

Think your 401(k) has taken a hit? One tycoon has taken a $32B bath

Nov 26, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Think you've taken a bath in the markets? Business Sheet compiles this year's five biggest losers:
  1. Warren Buffet Loss: $13.6 billion. Though he’s bought when others wouldn’t and come to the rescue of many (Goldman and GE, to start), losses dropped the famed investor’s
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Warren Buffett • list • Lakshmi Mittal • Mittal Steel • Sheldon Adelson • Mukesh Ambani • financial crisis

 Who Will Carry 
 the GOP Flag? 

The candidates with hats in or near the ring

Nov 25, 08 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - No one has emerged as a clear-cut favorite to chair the Republican National Committee, writes Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post, but plenty of politicians are interested. Here’s a rundown on who has a hat in—or near—the ring:
  • Mike Duncan: Many dismiss the current
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RNC • list • Mike Duncan • chairman • Michael Steele

 This Year's Bad-Sex Winners 

Paulo Coehlo, John Updike make shortlist for Bad Sex in Fiction award

Nov 22, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Ten authors have joined the distinguished ranks of such literary luminaries as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe—as nominees for the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award. The dubious honor singles out “otherwise sound literary” fiction that includes “unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a... More »

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sex • list • Norman Mailer • John Updike • Alastair Campbell • Tom Wolfe • literary criticism • Paulo Coelho

Analysis

 Ignore Those Exit Polls! 

Sample sizes and enthusiasm gaps can skew results

Nov 4, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Exit polls can be addictive for those who can't take Election Day suspense, but poll analyst Nate Silver recommends you resist the temptation. Here's why:
  1. Exit polls have high margins of error because they are taken at only a few precincts in a state.
  2. Exit polls overstated Democratic
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list • Democrat • voting • survey • exit polls • Election 2008 • early voting • sample size

ANALYSIS

Six Key Misconceptions About Women Voters

Top of the list: females not a unified voting bloc

Oct 26, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The campaigns are desperate to know what makes women voters tick, but much political thinking is still marred by gross misconceptions about the key group. MSNBC lists the most egregious:
  1. Women are a homogenous voting bloc. Not only do they not share a common geography, attitude or philosophy, but
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women • list • misconception • gender gap • female voters • Election 2008 • hockey mom

GLOSSIES

 20 Best New Places to Dine 

Esquire's picks from all over the US

Oct 23, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After surveying restaurants across the US, Esquire gave the country props for its chops, proclaiming "the emergence of American cooking as the most diverse and most innovative in the world." It highlighted 20 favorite new restaurants of the year:
  1. L20 (Chicago): Overlook its Midwest locale; this place
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best restaurants • gourmet dining • list • restaurant • eating • dining

 Why This Won't Stink This Year 

10 reasons for fans outside of Canada to focus on hockey

Oct 11, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - That time is upon us again: the season in which we ignore most of what's going on in the NHL. But this year it might behoove sports fans to pay attention, writes Maxim. Here's why:
  • Detroit needs some good news, right? The champs got even stronger.
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NHL • Chicago Blackhawks • Martin Brodeur • Detroit Red Wings • list • hockey • Wayne Gretzky • Phoenix Coyotes • Sean Avery

 6 Ways to Make Vista Suck Less 

Get over it; Windows' new platform can be made livable

Oct 9, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Windows Vista may be clunky, but Stephen Williams is sick of hearing complaints about it. He runs down six easy ways to make Vista more bearable in the New York Times:
  1. Turn off the user account control feature. Windows will finally stop asking your permission to do everything.
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Microsoft • Windows • list • Microsoft Vista • operating system

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