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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 […]

Study Shows New Findings about Racial Differences on Breast Cancer Outcomes

Study Shows New Findings about Racial Differences on Breast Cancer Outcomes

07 February 2011

North Carolina researchers report new results from their investigation on black women and breast cancer in an effort to gather latest information on racial differences in breast cancer prognosis. According to previous research, breast cancer in younger black women in the United States appears to be more of the aggressive basal-like subtype, which is a […]

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Torres Ready to Face Liverpool

Torres Ready to Face Liverpool

07 February 2011

Fernando Torres firmly said he will not be taken aback while making his debut for Chelsea against his previous club Liverpool on Sunday. Torres was given an astounding 50 million pounds, or 80 million dollar transfer fee from Liverpool to Stamford Bridge just before the transfer deadline on Monday. This weekend, the Spaniard striker is […]

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Online Shopping, a Healthy Trend in Malaysia

Online Shopping, a Healthy Trend in Malaysia

04 February 2011

The online shopping trend in Malaysia is healthy according to the leading eCommerce marketplace, eBay Malaysia. The country manager Ambareeesh Murty said that it is driven by the high broadband penetration rate in the country. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the broadband penetration in Malaysia exceeded the original target of 50 percent […]

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Cancelled Flights Reach Over 13,000 in Two Days

Cancelled Flights Reach Over 13,000 in Two Days

04 February 2011

A huge winter storm overwhelmed airports on Wednesday which caused airlines to cancel more than 6,000 flights for the second day in a row. They gave up all flights in or out of Chicago, where for a while the only plane that landed at O’Hare International brought the Blackhawks hockey team. The airlines have canceled […]

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Dow Jones Closes above 12,000 First Time Since 2008

Dow Jones Closes above 12,000 First Time Since 2008

04 February 2011

The Dow Jones Average closed over 12,000 for the first time since June 2008 on Tuesday. This occurred as US stocks shrugged off the turmoil in Egypt and soared on positive corporate earnings. The entire major US market indices were higher. These were sustained by indications that the United States economy is shifting steadily away […]

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The White Stripes Rock Duo Announce Split Up

The White Stripes Rock Duo Announce Split Up

04 February 2011

Grammy-winning alternative rock duo The White Stripes officially declared their break up on Wednesday, quoting a “myriad of reasons” they do not want to reveal and informing they want to “preserve what is beautiful and special about the band.” A statement posted on the band’s website said that The White Stripes has officially ended February […]

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Pediatricians Offer New Recommendations on Vaccination

Pediatricians Offer New Recommendations on Vaccination

03 February 2011

Adolescents require booster shots to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, a life-threatening infection of the tissue around the brain, while all children should have up to date whooping cough vaccines in line of the recent outbreaks. This is according to new recommendations given by pediatric experts. The American Academy of Pediatrics releases updated guidelines for […]

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Tennessee Tourism Copes with Winter Weather

Tennessee Tourism Copes with Winter Weather

03 February 2011

Tennessee tourism, heightened by music and mountain peaks throughout the year, coped with continuous snow and bone-chilling cold weather in January. The state was hit with abundant snow and subfreezing temperatures from border to border. It has an estimated 50 million visitors per year and officials and other establishments have taken actions to cover up […]

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Miranda Lambert Tops ACM with Seven Nominations

Miranda Lambert Tops ACM with Seven Nominations

02 February 2011

Miranda Lambert declared 2010 the best year of her life. With seven nominations in the Academy of Country Music Awards, 2011 doesn’t look so bad either. Lambert received her first ACM entertainer of the year nomination on Tuesday morning as she and Ronnie Dunn announced the nominees at The Country Music Hall of Fame Museum. […]

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Fed Says Banks Slightly Loosened for Business Loans

Fed Says Banks Slightly Loosened for Business Loans

02 February 2011

The Federal Reserve informed on Monday that banks modestly loosened their lending standards for particular business loans over the past three months, but they still kept tight standards for consumer loans. The Fed said that 12 percent of banks that responded to their recent survey had eased their standards to some extend on industrial and […]

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