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  • June 2008

    • What's Your Salary? In Sweden, It's No Secret

      USA Today  |  Jun 19, 08 7:15 PM CDT

      What's Your Salary? In Sweden, It's No Secret

      (Newser) - In America, tax information is kept private by law. In Sweden, "you can see what your brother-in-law made, your neighbor made," says one Justice Ministry official. Like its Scandinavian counterparts Norway and Finland, Sweden makes all tax returns public every year—and no one seems to care, reports USA Today . More »

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      taxes  • Norway  • Sweden  • Finland  • federal income tax

  • April 2008

    • Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 18, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

      (Newser) - Finland's citizens will get an extra week of vacation specifically for romance if a proposed bill becomes law, Bloomberg reports. The legislation, which currently has 13 of the 100 required backers, would augment the 25 paid vacation days and 10 public holidays that already put Finns above the EU norm. Slightly more than half of Finnish marriages end in divorce. More »

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      divorce  • vacation  • love  • holiday  • Finland  • divorce rate

  • March 2008

    • Ice Melt Imperils Baby Seals

      Der Spiegel  |  Mar 11, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Ice Melt Imperils Baby Seals

      (Newser) - They’re cute, they’re endangered, and they’re some of global warming’s first casualties. Baby seals throughout the Baltic Sea are dying, Der Spiegel reports, as rising temperatures melt the protective dens they rely on to survive. “The situation is dramatic,” said one environmental activist. “It could turn out that not one of the seal babies born in the last few weeks will survive.” More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Finland  • ice melt  • WWF

  • February 2008

    • Not Your Parents' Russian Vodka

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 25, 08 8:15 PM CST

      Not Your Parents' Russian Vodka

      (Newser) - If a shot of Georgi isn’t your style, Russian vodka makers are rushing to sell a new wave of premium bottles, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vodkas from France, Finland, and the US have gained popularity stateside over the past few years, but buyers couldn't find anything Russian other than Stoli on the shelves until recently. More »

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      Russia  • France  • Los Angeles  • alcohol  • marketing  • luxury goods  • drinking  • Finland  • vodka  • snack foods  • liquor

  • December 2007

    • US Kids Lag in Math, Science

      Washington Post  |  Dec 4, 07 8:30 PM CST

      US Kids Lag in Math, Science

      (Newser) - American teens are worse at math and science than peers in 16 of 30 countries, according to test results released today. The 5,600 US students who took the test last year scored 24th in math, but almost made average in science. "How are our children going to be able to compete with the children of the world?" an education advocate asked. "The answer is not well." More »

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      Mexico  • student  • mathematics  • Finland  • test score

  • November 2007

    • School Shooters Connect Online

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 10, 07 6:40 AM CST

      School Shooters Connect Online

      (Newser) - The internet may be a training ground for teenage killers who were previously considered to be desperate loners, suggests the Times of London. Helsinki police believe that Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish 18-year-old who murdered eight fellow students before shooting himself Wednesday, had spoken in online message boards with Dylan Cossey, the Philadelphia teen arrested last month for planning an attack on his school. More »

    • Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 4:55 PM CST

      Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

      (Newser) - The Finnish gunman who killed nine people, including himself, and injured a dozen others yesterday left a suicide note in which he said goodbye to his family and "indicated his will against society," the AP reports. Police say the 18-year-old, who also attempted to set the school afire, fired at least 69 of the 500 round of ammunition he brought. More »

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      school shooting  • Finland

    • Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

      Reuters  |  Nov 7, 07 4:50 PM CST

      Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

      (Newser) - The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the school hallways … shooting through the doors," one witness told Reuters . More »

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      YouTube  • school shooting  • Finland

    • Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

      CNN  |  Nov 7, 07 11:20 AM CST

      Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

      (Newser) - At least eight people are dead at a high school in Finland where an 18-year-old opened fire today, CNN reports, and the killer seems to have left warnings of the spree on YouTube. Suspected gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, in critical condition at a hospital north of Helsinki, posted a video earlier today titled "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007." More »

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      YouTube  • school shooting  • Finland

  • October 2007

    • YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

      Wired  |  Oct 17, 07 5:35 PM CDT

      YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

      (Newser) - Why is Slash playing so poorly in this clip? Because a Finnish media artist over-dubbed the audio track just well enough to make the Guns N’ Roses axeman sound believably awful. The YouTube user known as StSanders was inspired to bring guitar heroes down to earth when he saw a Steve Vai solo—on mute. Now YouTubers are soaking up his skewering of the greats. More »

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      YouTube  • Finland  • Eric Clapton  • Guns N' Roses  • Slash  • Metallica

  • August 2007

    • Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 10, 07 5:54 PM CDT

      Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

      (Newser) - Reuters was caught in another photo pas today, when it revealed pics used in a report on Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last week were actually lifted frames from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic . An image captioned with descriptions of Russian submersibles on an Arctic seabed was actually a still from footage taken at the North Atlantic, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Russia  • Finland  • photo  • North Pole  • Reuters  • Titanic  • flag  • James Cameron  • picture

    • Finn Sweats it Out at Sauna Championship

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 6, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Finn Sweats it Out at Sauna Championship

      (Newser) - Hometown favorite Timo Kaukonen was in it for glory, not relaxation, at the Sauna World Championships in Finland. Kaukonen was crowned prince of perspiration, but not before enduring 12 minutes and 26 seconds in a glass-walled sauna on a theater stage. The heat started at 230F and climbed to 266F by the time Timo climbed out. More »

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      Finland  • championship  • sweat

    • Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

      BBC  |  Aug 4, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

      (Newser) - The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled since 1880, according to a study released yesterday. Periods of sweltering weather last an average of 3 days now compared to 1.5  in 1880, a shift that forebodes a higher rate of extreme weather events in the future, the BBC reports. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Spain  • weather  • study  • heat  • Finland  • scientists  • radiation  • sunlight  • Western Europe  • heatwave

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