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Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

Sadistic concentration camp physician is most wanted surviving Nazi

BBC BBC Jul 9, 08 3:19 CDT
(Newser) - Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Heim performed operations and amputations without anesthesia to see how much pain his victims could withstand. More »

More about:  Nazi • World War II • Holocaust • war crimes • Chile • concentration camp • Patagonia • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Aribert Heim

Good Job,
Bad Job

A look at extreme differences in the work experience, from
FedEx to Patagonia

New York Times New York Times Apr 21, 08 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's a stark divide between good and bad employers in America today, and you don't want to be on the wrong side of it. In a New York Times excerpt from his new book, Steven Greenhouse compares FedEx and Patagonia. FedEx forces workers who deliver packages to be "independent contractors"—to avoid paying benefits—and to buy and insure their own trucks, but fires them if they request time off to be treated for cancer. More »

More about:  job • work • FedEx • Patagonia

Huge New Dinosaur Species Found in Argentina

Reuters Reuters Oct 15, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recently discovered fossil of a giant dinosaur that roamed South America 80 million years ago is not only remarkably complete but also represents a new species, Brazilian and Argentine paleontologists announced today. Futalognkosaurus dukei, a four-legged, long-necked herbivore, measured about 110 feet from head to tail and was four stories tall at the shoulder. More »

More about:  Brazil • Argentina • fossil • species • dinosaur • Patagonia

8 Best Innovations in Travel

Outside lists its 8 favorite travel innovations

Outside Aug 14, 07 11:56 CDT
(Newser) - Sometimes vacations can be more work then, well... work.  Outside finds some gadgets, places and websites that makes the trail run a little smoother. Singapore's Changi Airport The MLC bag from Patagonia GreenGlobe.org More »

More about:  list • travel • photography • luggage • Singapore • Patagonia

Missing Lake Mystery Solved

A crack in the ice wall's to blame, scientists say

BBC BBC Jul 5, 07 4:58 CDT
(Newser) - A Chilean lake that mysteriously went missing between March and May was a casualty of global warming, says the lead scientist investigating its disappearance. Melting glaciers created a stream of water that cracked one of the lake's ice walls, sending the water pouring into an adjoining fjord and, eventually, out to sea. More »

More about:  global warming • Chile • disappearance • glacier • lake • Patagonia

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