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First Lady Leaves Valentine's
Day 'Surprise' for America

Feb 12, 2021 12:58 PM CST

First Lady Leaves Valentine's Day 'Surprise' for America

Dr. Jill Biden scattered hearts with uplifting messages across White House lawn

(Newser) - We're not yet sure what President Biden got Dr. Jill Biden for Feb. 14, but we know what she got for the rest of us. America woke up Friday to see what the first lady's press secretary calls "surprise Valentine messages," in the form of giant...

Eminem Caps Off Year of Surprises With a Final One

Taylor Swift Isn't the Only
One Full of 2020 Surprises

Dec 18, 2020 7:36 AM CST

Taylor Swift Isn't the Only One Full of 2020 Surprises

Eminem drops 2nd album of year, a companion to January's 'Music to Be Murdered By'

(Newser) - It's been a year of curveballs from Marshall Bruce Mathers III. The 48-year-old (aka rap star Eminem) has spent 2020 pulling off unexpected performances at the Academy Awards , granting rare interviews , popping up on SNL , and now, coming out with yet another surprise album at midnight, Taylor Swift-style . The...

Taylor Swift Has Another Midnight Surprise

Swift: 'I've Never
Done This Before'

Dec 10, 2020 10:05 AM CST

Swift: 'I've Never Done This Before'

Singer announces 2nd surprise album in 5 months

(Newser) - Well, that was quick. Just five months after releasing her eighth studio album , the well-received Folklore, Taylor Swift is out with another. Evermore, which Swift describes as a "sister record" to July's Folklore, will be released at midnight Wednesday. Swift made the surprise announcement in a tweet Wednesday...

Here's What Happens
When You Sleep
Through Your Nobel Call

VIDEO

Oct 13, 2020 6:31 AM CDT

Here's What Happens When You Sleep Through Your Nobel Call

Robert Wilson, who won economics prize, crossed the street in PJs to alert fellow winner Paul Milgrom

(Newser) - No one wants to hear their doorbell ring in the middle of the night, but Paul Milgrom will probably give Bob Wilson a pass. That's because Wilson, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday, was forced to trudge out in his pajamas to alert his Stanford colleague,...

Taylor Swift
Has a Midnight
Surprise

Jul 23, 2020 10:10 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Has a Midnight Surprise

30-year-old star is dropping her 8th studio album, 'Folklore,' tonight

(Newser) - Taylor Swift has been keeping busy lately fighting with Kanye and Kim , releasing coronavirus PSAs , and pushing back at President Trump. She's been so busy, in fact, that we almost forgot she does music for a living—until her surprise tweet Thursday morning to announce that later on, at...

Forest Cop on Bike Killed in 'Surprise Encounter' With Bear

Forest Cop on Bike Died
After Surprising Grizzly

Mar 8, 2017 12:03 AM CST

Forest Cop on Bike Died After Surprising Grizzly

He had no time to brake, investigation finds

(Newser) - A federal report on the tragic death of Forest Service officer Brad Treat is out and the message is clear: Beware of what could be around the corner when you're mountain biking. The 38-year-old officer was mauled to death by a grizzly bear he surprised while mountain biking with...

Clinton Again
Emerges, Makes
Katy Perry Cry

Nov 30, 2016 7:03 AM CST

Clinton Again Emerges, Makes Katy Perry Cry

Surprise presenter took UNICEF stage to say 'we need champions like Katy now more than ever'

(Newser) - Katy Perry gave a "Roar" to Hillary Clinton in a pre-election concert, and Tuesday night Clinton returned the favor. The ex-presidential candidate showed at UNICEF's Snowflake Ball in New York City, serving as a surprise presenter for the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award bestowed upon Perry, per the Hollywood ...

Woman Learns
She's Pregnant,
Gives Birth an
Hour Later

Nov 7, 2015 11:37 AM CST

Woman Learns She's Pregnant, Gives Birth an Hour Later

Baby, gallstone. Tomato, tomahto

(Newser) - Pregnancy can be a wild nine months of mood swings, cravings, love, stress, bonding, and so much more. Unless you're Massachusetts resident Judy Brown, who got the whole thing out of the way in about an hour. ABC News reports the 47-year-old went to the hospital Wednesday night with...

Why Parents
Should Surprise
Their Infants

new study

Apr 3, 2015 8:29 AM CDT

Why Parents Should Surprise Their Infants

Study: When the unexpected happens, it could promote learning

(Newser) - When something surprising happens, it provides a special learning experience for babies, a study suggests. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University set up a series of experiments in which babies were exposed to objects whose behavior did and did not "violate expectations," per the study, published in Science . In...

Jonas Bros Love Obama Girls

Feb 10, 2009 11:50 AM CST

Jonas Bros Love Obama Girls

Pop stars dish on inauguration night show

(Newser) - The first daughters love the Jonas Brothers—and the feeling’s mutual, Access Hollywood reports. “They were just so grateful, so nice, so composed and so awesome,” said Kevin Jonas of the Obama girls, who were treated to a surprise private concert by the tween sensations on inauguration...

What's in the Box?
Dad, Home From Iraq

Jan 30, 2009 5:30 PM CST

What's in the Box? Dad, Home From Iraq

(Newser) - An Army mechanic stationed in Iraq surprised his son by popping out of an oversize present at the boy’s 6th birthday party, the Nevada Appeal reports. Casey Hurles hadn’t seen son Gabriel since June; when he learned his leave would coincide with the birthday, he hatched a plan...