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NEWS ABOUT: refrigerator

refrigerator stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - If you missed out on cashing in on that clunker in your driveway, your next chance may be no farther than the kitchen, USA Today reports. Stimulus funds that will give consumers rebates as high as $200 for replacing old, inefficient appliances with newer models are due to start flowing... More »

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recycling • electricity • washers • clothes dryers • kitchen • utilities • refrigerator • home appliances • Cash for Clunkers • freezer • stimulus funds • women's issues

(Newser) - MillerCoors is trying out a novel presentation of its Miller and Coors Light beers with the “Home Draft,” a 1.5-gallon mini-keg that stays fresh in the fridge for a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The set-up is similar to boxed wine. Amid a drop-off in... More »

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beer • MillerCoors • brewery • keg • refrigerator • packaging • Miller Light • Coors Light

 Rotten Lunch: Stinky Fridge
 Sickens 28 in Calif. Office

Office complex evacuated after fridge cleanup backfires

May 13, 09 1:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An incredibly foul stench from long-forgotten lunches forced hundreds of people out of a California office complex yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Fire crews and a hazmat team were dispatched to the building and 28 people were treated for vomiting and nausea. San Jose emergency workers traced the... More »

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smell • evacuation • San Jose • nausea • vomiting • refrigerator

 Oxford Revives 
 Einstein's Greenie 
 Fridge Design 

Fridge cooled by pressure and vapor, not polluting freons

Sep 21, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oxford scientists are rebuilding one of Albert Einstein’s first inventions—a refrigerator cooled with pressurized gases—in a bid to replace today’s eco-unfriendly fridges, the Guardian reports. Modern fridges use freon, a greenhouse gas worse than carbon dioxide, and are increasingly in demand worldwide. But Einstein's design employs... More »

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environment • technology • global warming • refrigerator

Brown-Bag Boom Makes
for Stinky Office Fridges

Employees moan about offensive odors, liquefied carrots, missing pizza

Jul 16, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rise in brown-bag lunches is turning office fridges nationwide from a munchies Mecca into an oversized Petri dish—and workers are crying foul, the Chicago Tribune reports. Booming food prices and health concerns are increasing bring-your-own numbers, but the good stuff doesn't always get eaten. "I've found things... More »

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food • health • bacteria • office • sandwich • refrigerator • lunch

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