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How Not to Die in an Avalanche
How Not to Die in an Avalanche
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Jan 1, 2020 4:45 PM CST

How Not to Die in an Avalanche

Heidi Julavits went to avalanche school

(Newser) - Heidi Julavits went to avalanche school and lived to tell the tale. That certainly wasn't a sure thing. After wrapping up the three-day Level 1 course in the Eastern Sierra, she read an article about an avalanche death that happened that very day—during an advanced avalanche safety course...

A Prolific Assassin in Mexico Tells All to Police
A Prolific Assassin in Mexico
Tells All to Police
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Dec 22, 2019 3:00 PM CST

A Prolific Assassin in Mexico Tells All to Police

The 'sicario' betrayed his cartel to avoid a life in prison

(Newser) - He was an assassin for a Mexican drug cartel who estimates taking part in more than 100 murders before age 23. But in an unorthodox arrangement with police, the "sicario" confessed all, including the inner workings of cartel life, in exchange for his freedom when he was arrested, reports...

How the Finest Jewel Thieves Got Taken Down&mdash;Twice
How Expert Jewel Thieves
Got Taken Down—Twice
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Dec 22, 2019 10:25 AM CST

How Expert Jewel Thieves Got Taken Down—Twice

A retired Florida police detective realized the men were back at it ... again

(Newser) - The crimes were nearly perfect: Over six years beginning in 2011, small-town jewelry stores in Florida, generally located in strip malls, were hit. Their alarm systems were taken out with an electronic jamming device, the stores were accessed by cutting a "door" through the wall of a neighboring store'...

Heroin Killed Her. Should Her One-Time Boyfriend Be on Trial?
Heroin Killed
the Cheerleader.
Then Came an
'Unusual Charge'
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Dec 22, 2019 6:43 AM CST

Heroin Killed the Cheerleader. Then Came an 'Unusual Charge'

Inside the looming trial in connection with the death of a Tampa 17-year-old

(Newser) - Katie Golden was a fan of Titan Goodson, but she seemed to mostly be alone in that department. The Florida 17-year-old's parents disliked him, writing him off as a bad influence on the college-bound cheerleader. The grandparents he lived with thought he might be doing drugs and planned to...

It Was All a Scam. It Seemed So Real He Killed Himself

Inside the death of 24-year-old US Army vet Jared Johns

(Newser) - The riskiest part of their exchange wasn't the photo she sent him that revealed a bit of her bra. It was that it happened at all. In a lengthy piece for Wired , Vince Beiser shares the story of Jared Johns, a Army vet living in South Carolina who seemed...

Report: Highly Touted Rikers Project 'Rigged' From Start

ProPublica says NYC spent millions on program that didn't work

(Newser) - New York City is shutting down the Rikers Island jail complex, long plagued with guard and inmate violence. Now, an investigative piece by the journalism organization ProPublica adds one more black eye to the mix. The story recounts how New York City, desperate to fend off bad publicity or federal...

They Drove Across the US in 27 Hours
They Drove Across
the US in 27 Hours
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Dec 10, 2019 4:14 PM CST

They Drove Across the US in 27 Hours

It's a 'Cannonball' record, and a highly illegal one at that

(Newser) - They got into their car in Manhattan just before 1am on November 10. They pulled into a hotel parking lot in Los Angeles the following morning. More specifically, Arne Toman, Doug Tabbutt, and Berkeley Chadwick completed their cross-country road trip in an astonishing 27 hours and 25 minutes, reports Road ...

He Wanted a URL So, So Badly. Now He&#39;s Going to Prison
His Quest to Own a URL
Took an Insane Turn
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Dec 10, 2019 12:56 PM CST

His Quest to Own a URL Took an Insane Turn

The weird tale of www.DoItForState.com

(Newser) - On Tuesday, Rossi Adams was sentenced to 14 years in prison. In a piece for One Zero delving into the backstory of his crime, Ian Frisch writes that Adams was undone by a thoroughly 21st-century "Achilles' heel": his desire to own a URL. The domain name in question is...

Is the Solution to the Student Debt Crisis Hiding in Kentucky?
Is the Solution to the
Student Debt Crisis
Hiding in Kentucky?
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Dec 8, 2019 2:30 PM CST

Is the Solution to the Student Debt Crisis Hiding in Kentucky?

Berea College has taken a novel approach for more than a century

(Newser) - Could the answer to our student-debt woes be hiding rural Kentucky? Maybe, writes Holly Honderich for the BBC . And if it is, it's an answer that was arrived at in 1892. That's the year Berea College, which was founded nearly four decades prior, ceased charging tuition. Honderich explains...

The Horror of Herpes? It&#39;s Way Overblown
The Horror of Herpes?
It's Way Overblown
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Dec 8, 2019 10:25 AM CST

The Horror of Herpes? It's Way Overblown

Writer at Slate explains how the 'generally harmless skin condition' became stigmatized

(Newser) - Genital herpes is a common ailment, a fact that wouldn't surprise most people. But in a story on the STD at Slate , LV Anderson lays out another fact that might: "It is, for the vast majority of people, no big deal." And yet, herpes simplex virus 2,...

Lurking on Dating Apps: Sex Offenders
Hidden Danger of Dating
Apps: Sex Offenders
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Dec 8, 2019 6:43 AM CST

Hidden Danger of Dating Apps: Sex Offenders

Investigation reveals how easy it is for predators to meet their victims on popular sites

(Newser) - Women looking to meet a partner on a dating site would be well advised to read a new investigative piece with a disturbing takeaway: It's surprisingly easy for sex offenders—even those on criminal registries—to set up profiles and meet new victims. Anyone who relies on these sites...

Video of Migrant Teen's Last Hours Raises Questions

An ailing Carlos Vasquez died in a holding cell and was not spotted for hours

(Newser) - In the early morning hours of May 20, 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez died in his Border Patrol holding cell in Texas. Now, the journalism organization ProPublica has obtained video from his final hours, and it raises questions about the treatment and supervision of the sick Guatemalan teenager. Be warned:...

The Everest Photo Went Viral. Here&#39;s the Story You Didn&#39;t Hear
'Oh, Jesus—What Are
They Doing' on Everest?
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Dec 4, 2019 11:20 AM CST

'Oh, Jesus—What Are They Doing' on Everest?

Inside the perilous ascents and descents over 2 days in May

(Newser) - "Oh, Jesus—what are they doing here?" It's a thought that repeated itself in Reinhard Grubhofer's mind as he summited Everest on May 23 and kept encountering climbers not physically and mentally up for the challenge. He was part of the horde who attempted to make it...

The Internet Named Her, Then Solved Her Mystery
For 12 Years, She Was
Known Only as Lavender Doe
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Nov 24, 2019 2:00 PM CST

For 12 Years, She Was Known Only as Lavender Doe

Then volunteers dug into her DNA

(Newser) - She was given the name "Lavender Doe" by a stranger—a commenter on a true-crimes website that recounted the slim details of the young woman's case. She was found dead, her body on fire, on Oct. 29, 2006, near Longview, Texas. She was at most 25, blond, and...

WeWork's CEO Had an 'Exit Plan.' Then the Door Closed

Inside the rise and fall of WeWork

(Newser) - A little more than a year before Adam Neumann was ousted as WeWork's CEO and exited very, very rich , he thought he was about to become very, very, very rich. As Gabriel Sherman writes in a lengthy piece for Vanity Fair , Neumann had what Sherman terms an "escape...

To Afford Living in Bay Area, He Resorted to a Shack

Wes Enzinna, a fully employed editor, recounts his struggles to keep a roof over his head

(Newser) - In a first-person account at Harper's , editor Wes Enzinna provides a look at what it's like for someone not raking in the big bucks in Silicon Valley to keep a roof over his head. Enzinna, a "fully employed editor," resorted to living in a tiny shack...

Her Life Was Perfect, but Only on Her Mommy Blog
Her Idyllic Life Existed 
Only on the Mommy Blog
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Nov 17, 2019 2:06 PM CST

Her Idyllic Life Existed Only on the Mommy Blog

'Elle' profiles Natalie Lovin, who had to reckon with the collapse of her marriage, world

(Newser) - If you happened to be a casual reader of the Hey Natalie Jean blog several years ago, you might have envied the life of author Natalie Holbrook. She and her husband and baby boy were living what appeared to be an idyllic existence in New York City, with Holbrook a...

Coder Was on Brink of Riches Before Death
Coder on Brink of Riches
Before Mysterious Death
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Nov 17, 2019 6:43 AM CST

Coder on Brink of Riches Before Mysterious Death

'Wired' looks at life of Jerrold Haas, found in an Ohio field

(Newser) - He was a troubled man but a "virtuoso coder," writes Brendan I. Koerner in a profile of the late Jerrold Haas for Wired . The 44-year-old's skeletal remains were found in the woods of Ohio in 2018, seven weeks after he was reported missing. Haas apparently died while...

Report Paints Grim Picture of US Treatment of Islands

'Los Angeles Times': Marshall Islands dome with radioactive soil in danger of failure

(Newser) - The US used the Marshall Islands as a regular testing site for nuclear weapons decades ago. Now a new investigative report in the Los Angeles Times finds that the repercussions remain all too real. The most tangible sign of this is the Runit Dome—a massive concrete dome built by...

Insurance Horror Story, With Bill of $898,984.57
Insurance Horror Story,
With Bill of $898,984.57
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Nov 10, 2019 1:30 PM CST

Insurance Horror Story, With Bill of $898,984.57

Dignity Health stuck new mom with bill for preemie, until ProPublica asked questions

(Newser) - ProPublica may have saved a young family from financial ruin while illustrating the harsh realities of today's health insurance landscape. The story is about 30-year-old Lauren Bard, a nurse at a hospital in San Bernardino, Calif., who gave birth to a baby some three and a half months...

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