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Boar Not Just Nasty, but Radioactive

Seriously: German boar still contaminated by Chernobyl

(Newser) - Here's a weird twist on the boom in the wild boar population in Germany that has seen packs of the beasts rampaging down city streets and attacking people in parks: A bunch of them are radioactive. Believe it or not, they were contaminated by the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear...

Third Most-Wanted Nazi Suspect Charged

Germany arrests 88-year-old former guard

(Newser) - The world's third most-wanted Nazi suspect, who lived undisturbed for decades after World War II, has been charged in Germany with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews while serving as a low-ranking guard at a death camp. Samuel Kunz, 88, was named the No. 3 suspect in April...

15 Killed At Music Festival Stampede
 15 Killed At Music 
 Festival Stampede 
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Jul 24, 2010 12:42 PM CDT

15 Killed At Music Festival Stampede

Daylong show in Germany turns tragic; dozens injured

(Newser) - Awful news from a daylong festival of technomusic in Germany: Police say at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured during a crowd stampede. The panic took place in a tunnel leading to the festival grounds, where hundreds of thousands had assembled for the annual "Love Parade"...

Germany to Spain: No Way You're Getting Paul

Psychic octopus transfer bid rejected

(Newser) - Paul the octopus' German hosts are less than impressed by the Madrid Zoo's offer to trade some coral or small sharks for the world-famous cephalopod oracle. Spain is eager to get its hands on the octopus that predicted its World Cup win, and has offered money if the Germans aren't...

Millions on Foot, on Bikes Party on the Autobahn

Outdoor festival includes 20K picnic tables, at least 1 wedding

(Newser) - Millions of people flooded a 40-mile stretch of the autobahn today, taking advantage of a car-free summer day to walk, skate, bicycle, eat, drink, and mingle on the A40 motorway, normally the country's busiest. The crowd grew as large as 3 million, and the road had to be closed to...

Cop Gets Paid Time Off for Getting Dressed

(Newser) - A German police officer will receive seven extra days of holiday per year after complaining about not getting paid for the time it takes to get in and out of his uniform every day. Martin Schauder argued before a court that it takes him 15 minutes to get dressed in...

Gay Players Cost Germany World Cup: Soccer Agent

Comments spark uproar

(Newser) - The agent for the captain of Germany's national soccer team has blamed "gay players" for the nation's failure to capture a World Cup title, sparking a firestorm of criticism. Michael Becker, who represents captain Michael Ballack, scoffed at the "bunch of gays" on the World Cup team in...

Hundreds Rescued From 122° German Trains

Air conditioning breaks, windows don't open

(Newser) - The high technology of a modern German train whose windows don't open backfired badly yesterday when the air conditioning broke on 3 trains, sending temperatures inside the trains to 122 degrees and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 Deutsche Bahn passengers. One of the trains lost its air...

Germany Beats Uruguay for Third Place
 Germany Beats Uruguay 
 for Third Place 
world cup
Jul 10, 2010 3:52 PM CDT

Germany Beats Uruguay for Third Place

Championship between Spain, Holland is tomorrow

(Newser) - Sami Khedira scored late in the 82nd minute to give Germany a 3-2 victory over Uruguay and third place for the second straight World Cup. The game sets up tomorrow's championship match between the Netherlands and Spain. Khedira's header ended Uruguay's hopes of beating Germany for the first time in...

Octopus Predicts Spain Will Win World Cup

So go call your bookie

(Newser) - It's official: Spain is going to win the World Cup. Paul the Octopus has decreed it, the Daily Telegraph reports. The psychic cephalopod is 6 for 6 this World Cup, and went 4 for 5 in Euro 2008, missing only when he predicted his beloved Germans to defeat Spain in...

Germans Dine on Octopus After World Cup Loss

Cephalopod soccer prophet is 6 for 6

(Newser) - Paul the Octopus was proven right yet again when Spain ousted Germany from World Cup contention yesterday, but this time, Germans weren’t singing the cephalopod prophet’s praises. Instead, bitter fans are scouring the Internet for octopus recipes, Der Spiegel reports. “Hey Frank,” said one customer...

Germany Goes After Facebook Over Privacy Law

'Friend Finder' could get the social networking site a hefty fine

(Newser) - Facebook faces legal action in Germany over the nation's strict privacy laws, Monsters and Critics reports. A privacy commissioner has charged that the site's "Friend Finder" breaks German law. The software looks at the address books of users and sends emails to friends asking them to join Facebook. That...

Spain Beats Germany, Will Play Holland in Finals

One of the nations will win its first title

(Newser) - The all-knowing octopus got it right again: Spain rediscovered its flair in a 1-0 victory over Germany today that put it into the World Cup final. Spain's midfield controlled the game from the start through trademark slick passing and quick touches before Carles Puyol's 73rd-minute header broke the tie. Spain...

World Cup 'Psychic Octopus' Predicts Spanish Win

Bad news for home country Germany

(Newser) - Paul the octopus isn't betting on his home country this time. The "psychic" octopus, who has become a sensation in Germany for correctly predicting the results of all the country's World Cup games so far this year, picked Spain to win the semi-final game. Paul, who lives in a...

Germany Routs England 4-1
 Germany Routs England 4-1 
Jun 27, 2010 11:12 AM CDT

Germany Routs England 4-1

Brits had legitimate goal discounted

(Newser) - Germany reached the World Cup quarterfinals today by beating England 4-1 in a match that will be remembered for the goal not awarded to Frank Lampard. Thomas Mueller finished two quick German counterattacks within four minutes in the second half to sink England's hopes of beating Germany at the World...

Germany OKs Assisted Suicide in Some Cases

Euthanasia with patients' consent permitted, court rules

(Newser) - A German court made a landmark ruling in favor of euthanasia today, overturning the conviction of a lawyer who’d advised a family to cut a comatose relation’s feeding tube. The patient, 71-year-old Erika Kuellmer, had made it clear she didn’t want to be kept alive if she...

Octopus Predicts German World Cup Games

He's 3 for 3

(Newser) - If you’re looking for World Cup gambling advice, you could do worse than to follow the lead of Paul the Octopus. Before each of Germany’s World Cup games, his keepers at the Sea Life public aquarium in Oberhausen toss him two glass cubes baited with mussels, each adorned...

Deficit Hawks Impervious to Math, Logic
Deficit Hawks Impervious to Math, Logic
Paul Krugman
Jun 18, 2010 11:38 AM CDT

Deficit Hawks Impervious to Math, Logic

It's the '30s all over again as Germany, US cut spending

(Newser) - Paul Krugman is in Germany, and he’s sparring with deficit hawks, in this case supporters of Angela Merkel’s new austerity plan. It “feels a bit like arguing with US Iraq hawks back in 2002,” he writes in the New York Times . “They know what they...

Man Moons, Chucks Puppy at Hells Angels

Student forgot to take medication

(Newser) - A German student, possibly trying to commit "suicide by biker," entered a Hells Angels clubhouse over the weekend, mooned the bikers, and threw a puppy at them, according to the Local . The student, 26, then stole a bulldozer from a nearby building site to make his getaway, causing...

Wind Farms Scaring Off Porpoises

'Bubble curtains' could be the solution

(Newser) - Renewable energy from wind farms comes at the cost of scaring off porpoises, according to a German study of the country's first offshore wind farm. The marine mammals—who depend on their acute hearing for communication, orientation, and finding food—fled the area 30 miles off the German coast while...

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