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Al Franken Regrets His Quick Resignation
Al Franken Regrets
His Quick Resignation
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Jul 22, 2019 8:15 AM CDT

Al Franken Regrets His Quick Resignation

'New Yorker' takes a lengthy, skeptical look at the allegations that brought him down

(Newser) - Al Franken has largely been lying low since his abrupt resignation from the Senate in 2017, but when he does venture out, he says it's common for someone to stop him on the street and give him some version of "You shouldn't have resigned." He typically...

This Newcomer Could Shake Up the Apple World
This Newcomer Could 
Shake Up the Apple World
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Jul 21, 2019 7:11 AM CDT

This Newcomer Could Shake Up the Apple World

Here comes Cosmic Crisp, and 'California Sunday Magazine' lays out the details

(Newser) - It's known on the patent as WA 38, and consumers are about to start hearing a lot about this new apple under its more marketing-friendly name: the Cosmic Crisp. At the California Sunday Magazine , the story by Brooke Jarvis has a headline that explains the fuss: The apple, coming...

Wildlife Workers Have Clever Way to Find Florida Pythons
Wildlife Workers Have Clever
Way to Find Florida Pythons
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Jul 20, 2019 2:00 PM CDT

Wildlife Workers Have Clever Way to Find Florida Pythons

'Sentinel' males fitted with radio transmitters lead them to breeding females in Everglades

(Newser) - The headline at Smithsonian magazine is "The Snakes That Ate Florida," and the accompanying story makes clear there isn't much hyperbole going on. The story looks at the explosion of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. These invasive creatures—which likely got their start in the area when...

Kanye Credits $150M Comeback to &#39;Superpower&#39;
Kanye West Got
Rich Again. Here's How
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 14, 2019 7:11 AM CDT

Kanye West Got Rich Again. Here's How

The rapper sits down with Forbes magazine

(Newser) - Kanye West is wealthy again. The rapper/singer/songwriter who bottomed out three years ago—hospitalized with temporary psychosis while apparently $53 million in debt—is now on the cover of Forbes and crediting his comeback to an old love: sneakers. "I am a product guy at my core," West...

Investigation Traces Seth Rich Conspiracy Back to Russia

Yahoo reports that Russian organizations concocted tale about Democratic staffer

(Newser) - Remember the Seth Rich conspiracy stories ? Back in the summer of 2016, the 27-year-old staffer for the Democratic National Committee was killed in his DC neighborhood in what police say was a botched robbery. But a wild theory quickly emerged on the right, alleging that assassins working on behalf...

The STEM School Shooting Was Different, Yet Horribly Familiar

BuzzFeed takes a deep dive into the May incident and what led up to it

(Newser) - The May 7 shooting at at Colorado's STEM School Highlands Ranch hasn't gotten as much attention as other school shootings, possibly because only one person was killed: 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, who gave his life helping to stop one of the alleged shooters. But in a deep dive into...

Costco&#39;s Big Secret: It Doesn&#39;t Play by the Rules
Costco's Big Secret:
It Doesn't Play by the Rules
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Jul 6, 2019 1:40 PM CDT

Costco's Big Secret: It Doesn't Play by the Rules

It could be charging way more but just doesn't

(Newser) - To say that Costco has a legion of fans is no exaggeration: More than 51 million people ponied up more than $3 billion in membership fees in 2018 to get access to the chain and its mega-discounts. At the Hustle , Zachary Crockett looks at what's driving the cultish devotion...

Musk Was Into Their Idea. Then His Millions Ran Out

Inside the short, ambitious life of Thud

(Newser) - Merriam-Webster defines "thud" as "a dull sound." That's what the creators of Thud unfortunately ended up getting, rather than the roar they were going for. In a lengthy piece for the Verge , Jacob Kastrenakes looks at what happened when two satirical whizzes were allowed to dream...

DNA Pointed to the Same Man. It Took Decades to Get Him
They Had a DNA Match
in 1993. It Wasn't Enough
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Jul 2, 2019 12:11 AM CDT

They Had a DNA Match in 1993. It Wasn't Enough

'Mother Jones' looks at the trouble with DNA advances and our statutes of limitations

(Newser) - When law enforcement officials came to Mary-Scott Hunter's door in March 2018 to say the man suspected of raping her was in custody, it wasn't for that crime. She was raped in 1987, when the statute of limitations on rape in Minnesota was just three years. The man...

Biden's Son Explains Relations With His Brother's Widow

'We shared a specific kind of grief' he says of since-ended relationship

(Newser) - A feature in the New Yorker has a simple but provocative headline: "Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign?" The piece by Adam Entous details what's behind that question: controversies over Hunter's business life—including foreign deals while his father was vice president—as well as...

How a Boeing Engineer Turned Into a Bank Robber
He Was a Boeing Engineer.
Then Came the Oxy Prescription
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Jun 30, 2019 7:11 AM CDT

He Was a Boeing Engineer. Then Came the Oxy Prescription

Anthony Hathaway ended up robbing banks to support his drug addiction

(Newser) - For a while, Anthony Hathaway looked like a success story: As a 20-year-old with only a high school diploma, he went to work as a technical designer for Boeing in Everett, Washington. By 30, he was an engineer in the galley systems group pulling in more than $100,000 a...

10 Years Later, Mystery of Man on the Beach Endures
Decade Later, Police Can't
Crack Mystery of Beach Visitor
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Jun 29, 2019 1:04 PM CDT

Decade Later, Police Can't Crack Mystery of Beach Visitor

'Peter Bergmann' was found dead in Ireland, but nobody really knows who he was

(Newser) - A decade ago, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann checked into a hotel in Sligo, Ireland, and turned up dead on a local beach a few days later. Police are now sure the name was a fake, but they don't know much else about the man in his 60s....

He Took His Girls Out So Wife Could Study, Was Murdered

GQ looks at the death of Tristan Beaudette in Malibu Creek State Park

(Newser) - "Malibu is a perfect city." That's not what Meliss Tatangelo thinks—she says that's the attitude of law enforcement, who she says reacted improperly after someone shot at her car as she slept in it at Malibu Creek State Park in January 2017. The Los Angeles...

MH370, 5 Years Later: &#39;The Riddle May Not Be Deep&#39;
MH370, 5 Years
Later: 'The Riddle
May Not Be Deep'
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Jun 23, 2019 7:50 AM CDT

MH370, 5 Years Later: 'The Riddle May Not Be Deep'

'Atlantic' follows detective work of 'beachcomber' Blaine Gibson, wonders what Malaysian cops know

(Newser) - It's been more than five years since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and it doesn't seem we're much closer to knowing where it is now than we were immediately after the plane with 239 on board vanished on March 8,...

Someone Has Come Very Close to His Buried Treasure
Someone Has Come Very
Close to His Buried Treasure
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Jun 22, 2019 1:00 PM CDT

Someone Has Come Very Close to His Buried Treasure

The hunt for Forrest Fenn's buried chest goes on in the American West

(Newser) - A real-life treasure hunt continues to unfold in the American West, and Money checks in on how things are going in the sometimes deadly search for Forrest Fenn's loot. The takeaway: The buried chest with an estimated $5 million in gold, jewels, and other riches remains undiscovered, though Fenn...

He Had a New Scoop on R. Kelly. One Problem
He Had a New Scoop
on R. Kelly. One Problem
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Jun 16, 2019 1:00 PM CDT

He Had a New Scoop on R. Kelly. One Problem

Jim DeRogatis describes the long and winding path to BuzzFeed

(Newser) - When it comes to major scoops, Jim DeRogatis has had a few. The music critic famously received a fax in November 2000 that made a detailed but anonymous allegation: "Robert’s problem is young girls." Robert, in this case, was R. Kelly, and the story the Chicago Sun-Times...

Detective-Pastor: We Must Arrest, Kill All Gay People
Detective-Pastor: We Must
Arrest, Kill All Gay People
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Jun 16, 2019 10:32 AM CDT

Detective-Pastor: We Must Arrest, Kill All Gay People

DA in Tennessee is now reviewing all pending cases involving Grayson Fritts

(Newser) - The pastor of a small Baptist church in Tennessee delivered a sermon earlier this month that likely would have made headlines under any circumstances. Grayson Fritts told his congregation that police should arrest gay people ("freaks" and "animals") so they can be tried and executed, reports the...

He Drew a Smiley Face, Got $45. It&#39;s Now Worth Way, Way More
He Drew a Smiley Face, Got $45.
It's Now Worth Way, Way More
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Jun 16, 2019 7:33 AM CDT

He Drew a Smiley Face, Got $45. It's Now Worth Way, Way More

Inside the $500M-a-year business

(Newser) - There is such a thing as the Smiley Company, and as Zachary Crockett explains in a piece for the Hustle , it is just as yellow and icon-filled as you'd expect: "Smiley paintings line the walls. Smiley pillows adorn the couches. There are smiley backpacks, smiley t-shirts, smiley exercise...

Some of Music&#39;s Best Master Recordings Were Torched
11 Years Later,
Full Scope of
a Music Disaster
Is Revealed
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Jun 15, 2019 3:00 PM CDT

11 Years Later, Full Scope of a Music Disaster Is Revealed

NYT Magazine reports on Universal Studios fire that wiped out priceless master recordings

(Newser) - Some of history's most important music recordings were destroyed a decade ago. That's according to New York Times Magazine , which reports that a 2008 blaze at Universal Studios Hollywood was far more devastating than previously reported. Flames didn't just destroy movies and TV shows already copied to...

Blind US Tourist Vanishes. Her Family Won't Give Up

Michigan's Carla Valpeoz disappeared 6 months ago in Peru, and her dad is looking for her there

(Newser) - Six months ago, an unusual missing-person case made national headlines—unusual in that the missing person was a 35-year-old Michigan woman who is legally blind. Carla Valpeoz vanished while traveling alone in Peru, attempting to fulfill a goal of visiting the ancient site of Machu Picchu. The case may have...

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