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61-Year-Old Woman Stopped Gunman From Reloading
(Newser) - Talk about a brave 61-year-old: Patricia Maisch is being called a hero after wrenching away the Tucson shooter's ammunition, preventing him from reloading as she helped press him to the ground, ABC News reports. Maisch was in line to meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords when the shooting began. She threw... More »  |
Sea Levels to Rise 13 Feet by Year 3000
(Newser) - Best case scenario: Even if we give up using all fossil fuels this very second and manage to stop all carbon dioxide emissions, the West Antarctic ice sheet is expected to collapse by the year 3000, causing sea levels to rise by at least 13 feet. The catastrophic prediction is... More »  |
Jared Loughner Has Skull, Creepy Shrine in Backyard
(Newser) - As though Jared Lee Loughner didn't already seem crazy enough, a strange shrine complete with a replica of a human skull has been found in his backyard. Inside a camouflage tent, Loughner has a small altar, atop which sits a pot filled with shriveled oranges, the skull replica, a... More »  |
Clinton: Sanctions Have 'Slowed Down' Iran
(Newser) - Sanctions against Iran's nuclear program are "working," Hillary Clinton said today, marking the first such assertion by an Obama administration official, the Wall Street Journal notes. The sanctions "have made it much more difficult for Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions," the secretary of state... More »  |
Verizon's Cherry on Top: Unlimited iPhone Data Plans
(Newser) - The good news just keeps on coming for iPhone lovers who want to switch to Verizon: The network will offer unlimited data plans when it starts selling the iPhone, at least initially. AT&T stopped offering unlimited plans over the summer, and admitted it did not anticipate how much stress... More »  |
Parker Spitzer to Lose Kathleen Parker?
(Newser) - CNN may replace Kathleen Parker on its Parker Spitzer show, which has posted weak numbers against competitors, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . CNN lost a third of its evening viewers last year, and the 8pm show has struggled to grow its audience in the three months since its launch.... More »  |
Snow Slams South, Atlanta Sees 3 Inches
(Newser) - More than 2,000 flights were canceled out of Atlanta and states of emergency were declared in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee as ice and snowstorms swept the South last night. Up to 6 inches of snow blanked road and bridges, wreaking havoc with traffic and causing many accidents, reports... More »  |
'Crosshairs' on Giffords District Not Gun Sights: Palin Aide
(Newser) - The "crosshairs" on a Sarah Palin map of the district represented by shot Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords are not gun sights, according to an aide. The "Take Back the 20" campaign launched by Palin's PAC and posted on her Facebook page (taken down since the shooting) presented crosshairs... More »  |
