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Texas High Court: Bosses Can Lie to Workers

Judges side with DuPont chemical co.

(Newser) - Employees in Texas, take note: Your boss can lie about your future in the company and get away with it, Main Street reports. A Texas Supreme Court ruling supports the way E.I. du Pont de Nemours (known as DuPont) apparently let go of workers—by getting them to join...

Morning People Are Liars at Night
 Morning People 
 Are Liars at Night 
study says
Jul 18, 2014 7:50 AM CDT

Morning People Are Liars at Night

Conversely, night owls are more likely to lie in the morning, study finds

(Newser) - Think morning people are somehow morally superior? Think again, say researchers whose new study, the Morality of Larks and Owls , finds a strong link between a person's ethical inclination and chronotype—which refers to when people are most naturally inclined to be asleep or awake. When outside of one'...

How the Nose Really Does Give Away Liars

 Why the Nose 
 Heats Up 
 When We Lie 
study says
Nov 24, 2012 6:05 PM CST

Why the Nose Heats Up When We Lie

Spanish scientists call it 'The Pinocchio Effect'

(Newser) - So Pinocchio wasn't that far-fetched after all: The nose may not grow when we lie, but two Spanish scientists say it does get noticeably warmer. Using thermal imaging cameras on volunteers, Emilio Gómez Milán and Elvira Salazar López found that nose temperature changed depending on their...

Tall-Tale Tellers Vie for Best Lie

Politicians, lawyers banned from contest

(Newser) - Fantastic fibbers are gathering at a remote pub in northwestern England today to vie for the title of world's biggest liar. The annual competition is held at the Bridge Inn in the Lake District hamlet of Santon Bridge. Contestants have five minutes to impress the judges with a whopping...

Candidate Turns 'Home Ec' Into 'Economics' Degree

Missouri contender caught fudging educational background

(Newser) - Tiny note to political candidates: "Economics" and "home economics" aren't quite the same thing. Missouri gubernatorial contender Dave Spence quickly updated his website this week after reporters discovered that his touted "degree in Economics" was actually a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Home Economics, TPM...

Inability to Detect Sarcasm May Be Early Dementia Sign

People who can't pick up on lies, tone could be at risk

(Newser) - It might be a low-tech way to diagnose the early stages of certain types of dementia: Look for people no longer able to detect sarcasm or lies. University of California researchers found that people with frontotemporal dementia fared poorly in tests measuring gullability, reports UCSF . Anecdotal evidence of seniors getting...

Politifact Names 'Lie of the Year'
Politifact Names
'Lie of the Year'
Dec 18, 2010 8:05 AM CST

Politifact Names 'Lie of the Year'

Health care reform no 'government takeover'

(Newser) - This year’s biggest political lie is the phrase “a government takeover of health care,” holds the nonpartisan fact-checking group Politifact . The term "government takeover" was suggested by a GOP strategist, who called on Republican leaders to use it to refer to health care reform—and use...

Do We Have the Right to Lie?
 Do We Have the Right to Lie? 
Sep 8, 2010 12:25 PM CDT

Do We Have the Right to Lie?

A case puts pressure on the power of the First Amendment

(Newser) - Xavier Alvarez was never a Detroit Red Wings player, or married to a Mexican celeb. But he told those lies, along with a third—that he was a former Marine who had received the Congressional Medal of Honor—and was charged with a felony under the Stolen Valor Act of...

Teacher Throws Self Down Stairs to Avoid Review

Not surprisingly, she resigned

(Newser) - Apparently calling in sick just wasn’t challenging enough for a Brooklyn teacher who decided instead to throw herself down the stairs in an effort to avoid a bad performance review, the New York Post reports. The untenured high school teacher, who already had one poor review under her belt,...

Teacher Faked Brain Cancer to Skip Work

Cops say Leslie Herneisey lied about tumors for decade

(Newser) - What to do when you're too old to have mom write you a sick note to get out of school? Fake a really, really serious disease, apparently. Pennsylvania police say a special-education teacher has spent the last 9 years claiming she had an inoperable brain tumor in order to skip...

Lying Kids More Likely to Succeed (Honest!)

Researchers believe it's a sign of mental development

(Newser) - Don't get angry if little Johnny fibs: The ability to lie well and lie early indicates a fast-developing brain, according to some researchers, who suggest that kids who are convincing liars may grow into more successful adults. “Almost all children lie,” says Dr. Kang Lee, who headed the...

Lie-Detecting Brain Scan May Debut in Court

Lawyer hopes to have it admitted into evidence

(Newser) - Who needs Perry Mason when we've got neuroscience? A Brooklyn attorney wants to prove someone is telling the truth by introducing a scan of her brain activity into evidence this week, reports Wired . It would be a legal first and could open the door to more such evidence being used...

Parents Lie to Kids All the Time: Study

Nearly 80% of parents acknowledged fibbing to kids

(Newser) - Parents lie to their children, even while telling them that lying is wrong, so often it surprised researchers, a new study reveals. Presented with a list of seven hypothetical lies—such as “the police will come if you don't stop crying now” or “you did a good job...

Guys, You Lie a Lot More Than Women
Guys, You Lie
a Lot More
Than Women
Sep 14, 2009 12:47 PM CDT

Guys, You Lie a Lot More Than Women

Men tell 6 fibs a day, study finds, and here are the most common...

(Newser) - Men aren’t nearly as good at telling the truth as the fairer sex, according to a new poll from Fox, conducted to promote its Lie To Me DVDs. Men lie six times a day according to the study, twice as much as women. Just for kicks, here are the...

Fibs Are Good for Marriage
 Fibs Are Good for Marriage 
OPINION
Aug 26, 2009 6:00 PM CDT

Fibs Are Good for Marriage

(Newser) - Raina Kelley is not happy with this "new spate of advice talking about how lying is bad for a relationship," she writes in Newsweek. "That is my line in the sand. Marriages cannot exist without dishonesty." Now, she doesn't mean the big stuff, like adultery. She's...

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