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Shabazz Muhammad Signs With UCLA It’s Daylight Savings Time 2012 Eli Manning: Two-Time Super Bowl MVP Josh Powell Kills Self, Two Sons in Home Fire Groupon Stock Fall: Unexpected or Unavoidable
 
Shabazz Muhammad Signs With UCLA

Shabazz Muhammad Signs With UCLA

With an NCAA-record 11 national championships and a legacy that includes such legendary figures as John Wooden, Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton and Reggie Miller, the UCLA men’s basketball program has indelibly stamped itself among college basketball’s elite. However, since making three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 through 2008, the Bruins have reached the NCAA […]

It’s Daylight Savings Time 2012

It’s Daylight Savings Time 2012

It’s that time of year again.  Kind of a love hate relationship.  We loose an hour tonight, but that sacrifice will bring seemingly longer days as the sun stays bright later into the day.  Officially Sunday Morning at 2AM the time will shift forward to 3AM leaving us all a little more tired come wake […]

Eli Manning: Two-Time Super Bowl MVP

Eli Manning: Two-Time Super Bowl MVP

After a crazy season that nearly had the New York Giants missing the playoffs, Eli Manning led them to a come from behind win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46. The fourth quarter touchdown drive solidified Manning as MVP of the game for the second time and put the Giants on the […]

Josh Powell Kills Self, Two Sons in Home Fire

Josh Powell Kills Self, Two Sons in Home Fire

GRAHAM, Washington – An email apparently left by Josh Powell, to his attorney stating simply “I’m sorry, goodbye,” was received shortly after Powell’s home burned down, killing him and his two adolescent boys inside. Powell’s email revealed that his life had become anything but private over the past two years, ever since his wife disappeared. […]

Groupon Stock Fall: Unexpected or Unavoidable

Groupon Stock Fall: Unexpected or Unavoidable

In a move unexpected by experts, and unusual for Internet base IPOs; Groupon (GRPN on NASDAQ) fell below its initial price after only 21 days of trading. The Chicago based company, which acts as a local e-commerce marketplace connecting consumers with discounts thorough daily emails, began trading on November 7th, 2011 at more than $25.00 […]

Fantasia Back on American Idol Stage

Fantasia Back on American Idol Stage

01 April 2011

Fantasia Barrino went back to the ‘American Idol’ stage on Thursday to perform her latest single ‘Collard Greens and Cornbread’ from her third album, ‘Back to Me.’ The ‘American Idol’ alumnus was wearing a sparkly red dress with a slit all the way up to her waist. Her hair is nearly blonde and curled up […]

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2 American Idol Finalists Head Home

2 American Idol Finalists Head Home

01 April 2011

Thia Megia and Naima Adedapo, American Idol contenders, were sent home after getting the lowest text votes this week. Naima, 26, is a dance instructor from Milwaukee while Thia, 16, the youngest finalist in the group, is a freshmen high school student from Mountain House, California. Both were booted out of the competition after garnering […]

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Message in a Bottle Seen After 24 Years

Message in a Bottle Seen After 24 Years

31 March 2011

24 years after throwing a message in a bottle on the Baltic Sea, a German boy received a response to the letter. Daniil Korotkikh, 13-year old Russian boy, saw the bottle on the sand while walking on the beach. Korotkikh said that he just saw what looked like a beer bottle with a message and […]

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Microsoft Backing-up EU’s Case Against Google

Microsoft Backing-up EU’s Case Against Google

31 March 2011

Microsoft Corporation supported, Thursday, the European Union’s probe against Google Incorporation’s suspected monopoly of the online search market. Brad Smith, General Counsel of Microsoft, said that they are planning to file a complaint against Google with the European Commission. Microsoft said that the entire point of the case is Google’s pattern of thwarting competition and […]

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$93,000 Cost of Prostate Cancer Drug will be Paid by Medicare

$93,000 Cost of Prostate Cancer Drug will be Paid by Medicare

31 March 2011

Officials from Medicare already announced, Wednesday, that they will cover the $93,000 cost of Provenge. Provenge is a drug that is said to give men with end-stage prostate cancer four more months to live. Medicare said that the drug manufactured by Dendreon Corporation is a very important drug and they want to ensure the drug […]

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Giving Up on Cigarettes Lowers Cancer Risk Post-Liver Transplant

Giving Up on Cigarettes Lowers Cancer Risk Post-Liver Transplant

31 March 2011

A recent study said on Wednesday, that patients who have had liver transplant and quit smoking, will decrease their risk of developing cancer. Researchers from Spain reviewed data of liver transplant patients between 1990 and 2009, and found out that those who quit smoking had lesser tendencies of getting smoking-related cancer, than those who did […]

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Bacterial Outbreak in Alabama Hospitals Kills Nine Patients

Bacterial Outbreak in Alabama Hospitals Kills Nine Patients

31 March 2011

Nine patients from different hospitals have died in Alabama after they have received an intravenous nutrition therapy. Health officials say the feeding bags that were given to the patients were contaminated with a certain bacteria. The bacteria, identified as Serratia marcenscens, were first discovered in the patients before authorities performed cultures on the intravenous infusion […]

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U.S. Drops to Third Spot in Clean-Energy Investment

U.S. Drops to Third Spot in Clean-Energy Investment

31 March 2011

The United States fell to the third spot in the clean-energy investment last year, based on the report released by the Pew Charitable Trusts on Tuesday. It appears that lack of national energy policy displaced the country from its previous position in terms of investment. The US, which held the top place in 2008 and […]

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Experts Lack Ways to Treat Radiation Injuries

Experts Lack Ways to Treat Radiation Injuries

30 March 2011

The nuclear problems in Japan emphasize one critical gap in the medical field- experts only have had a few proven ways to help treat people who have already been exposed to massive amounts of radiation. Last week, two workers from Japan’s nuclear power plants were hospitalized due to radiation burns. Low levels of radioactive iodine […]

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Smoking May Lead to Throat and Stomach Cancer

Smoking May Lead to Throat and Stomach Cancer

30 March 2011

A current study has shown that smokers are at a greater risk of developing throat and stomach cancer. The study also mentioned that smokers who quit years ago are still at risk. Italian researchers studied 33 different and independent studies and concluded that smokers have twice the likelihood of developing esophageal and stomach cancer than […]

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