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Australian Billionaire And Chinese Shipyard To Build Titanic II

Posted 4/30/2012 7:00 am by

A few weeks ago, the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Titanic was celebrated, and apparently that hoopla gave Australian billionaire Clive Palmer an idea.  A tourism magnate who developed Australia’s Gold Coast into the destination in that country, Palmer seems to have a great sense about what people want, and according to […]

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A Trade-Filled First Round Of The 2012 Draft

Posted 4/27/2012 7:15 am by

With the new collective bargaining agreement in place, the NFL Draft has changed wildly since last year’s edition.  While there are still hundreds of talented college players vying to become professional football stars, teams are suddenly more aware of the value of draft picks these days thanks to the rookie salary schedule, and that means […]

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Foodies Have Different Taste

Posted 4/26/2012 7:30 am by

While I hate the label foodie, I’m more than willing to try new foods, eat internationally, and give new things a chance (provided those things have no cheese in them).  If that makes me a foodie, so be it.  As it turns out, self-proclaimed foodies are different from the general population in more than just […]

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Ford To Provide Gas Or Electric Focus Options

Posted 4/26/2012 7:00 am by

Henry Ford once said about his Model T, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”  While he may have had interesting ideas about car designs, he knew exactly how to plot the course of his company and, via Ford, the automotive industry.  This is […]

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Facebook To Offer Free Antivirus Software

Posted 4/26/2012 6:30 am by

I don’t associate Facebook with security.  After all, they can’t secure their own data, so how are they going to protect my computer from hijackers and viruses?  However, the company is trying to improve its image by being proactive and protecting its end users by using their size and popularity for the good of the […]

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Heart Attack Grill Strikes Again!

Posted 4/25/2012 7:00 am by

The body count keeps rising for a novelty Las Vegas restaurant called Heart Attack Grill.  The restaurant, which has a medical theme and purports to fight against anorexia by offering massive stacks of cheeseburgers and other delicious meat-based grill foods, has a history of patrons dying.  Then again, when you serve anyone over 350 pounds […]

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Mad Cow Disease Found In California

Posted 4/25/2012 6:45 am by

Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy a nice rare burger or a steak tartare, think again.  According to the USDA, a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE/mad cow disease was discovered in California.  The animal was selected for testing by Baker Commodities Inc., at one of their rendering plants in Hanford, […]

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Mexicans Fleeing The United States?

Posted 4/24/2012 8:00 am by

Since the Great Depression, Mexicans have poured over the United States border in pursuit of jobs, a better life, more money, whatever.  However, it looks as if that migration of Mexicans to the United States may be ebbing rather than increasing.  From 2005-10, 1.4 million Mexicans returned to Mexico from the United States, twice as […]

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Pudge Rodrigues Retires After 21 Seasons

Posted 4/24/2012 7:30 am by

Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is 40 years old.  For the majority of his life, he has been a professional baseball player.  Not in the minors and the majors, Ivan Rodriguez got called up by the Texas Rangers at age 19 and for the next 21 seasons, he played Major League Baseball in one of the most […]

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Google Celebrates The Zipper

Posted 4/24/2012 7:00 am by

Sometimes the smallest inventions can have the biggest impact.  For example, Google has put up a Doodle of a zipper today to honor Gideon Sundback.  Sundback was an electrical engineer for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company after emigrating from Sweden in 1905, but a year later he found himself working at the Universal Fastener Company.  There, […]

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Saints GM Mickey Loomis Accused Of Spying

Posted 4/24/2012 6:30 am by

There is very little that the NFL takes more seriously than espionage.  For whatever reason, they do not want officials from the teams spying on players, coaches, and organizations of other teams.  The Patriots were heavily fined and punished for Spygate.  Former Denver coach Josh McDaniels was fired over Spygate II.  Enter Spygate III.  Saints […]

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Bieber Takes To Twitter To Taunt Paternity Accuser

Posted 4/23/2012 7:30 am by

Just when you thought the drama between Justin Bieber and Mariah Yeater was over, Bieber goes and pokes the mama bear with a stick via Twitter.  In case you’ve forgotten, Mariah Yeater is the woman who accused Justin Bieber of fathering her baby, then got humiliated and was forced to drop the case when he […]

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Science Explains The Ice Cream Brain Freeze

Posted 4/23/2012 7:00 am by

The ice cream headache is one of the most common and most hated sources of headache.  When you’re tucking into a delicious ice cream treat or slurping down a milkshake, the last thing you want is that stabbing pain in your skull from getting a little too enthusiastic with your eating.  You get it, I […]

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Metta World Peace Elbow-Smashes James Harden

Posted 4/23/2012 6:30 am by

With a new name and a new outlook on life, Ron Artest AKA Metta World Peace was supposed to be a new man.  He’s always been a conscientious guy, but he was going to be a better teammate, a better player, and an overall better person.  However, with one cheap shot last night, he may have […]

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Happy 100th Birthday, Fenway Park!

Posted 4/20/2012 7:00 am by

In 1912, the Boston Red Sox played their first game in their brand-new, state-of-the-art stadium.  They defeated the New York Highlanders.  Now 100 years later, Boston is preparing to face off against another New York team, the New York Yankees.  Open the stadium with a New York team, and celebrate 100 years of baseball with […]

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Jonathan Frid, The Original Barnabas Collins, Is Dead At 85

Posted 4/20/2012 6:45 am by

He was one of the most popular vampires to ever hit the television or the silver screen.  Barnabas Collins, poised for a comeback, just lost a bit of his history in the form of Jonathan Frid.  Frid, a talented Canadian actor known for bringing the vampire to life and for his very entertaining Reader’s Theater […]

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Time’s 100 Most Influential People For 2012

Posted 4/19/2012 7:00 am by

What do Barack Obama, Jeremy Lin, Stephen Colbert, and Chelsea Handler have in common?  They’re all interesting people.  They have something else in common, too.  They’ve all made the cut on the Time Magazine’s top 100 list.  That’s right, gang; this year’s Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world has been […]

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Pat Summitt Steps Down As Tennessee Head Coach

Posted 4/19/2012 6:30 am by

When she was 22 years old, Pat Head Summitt took over the job as the women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee because no one else really wanted the job.  She was on campus, rehabbing a knee injury in an attempt to get back to playing basketball before the 1976 Montreal Olympics (she would […]

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Dick Clark Dead At 82

Posted 4/19/2012 6:00 am by

Richard Wagstaff “Dick” Clark has been an American instutution in the world of television practically since the medium was invented.  Born in 1929, Dick Clark got his start in radion in 1945, and after success as a disc jockey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he replaced the program of a local music show in 1956.  That show […]

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The NFL Schedule Goes Live

Posted 4/18/2012 7:30 am by

There are two big events in the NFL calendar.  The biggest is the draft order, but following a close second is the announcement of the year’s slate of NFL games.  The 2012 NFL schedule is out, and it looks to be loaded with awesome games right from the very beginning.  Among NFL partner networks, NBC […]

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Jamie Moyer Is The Oldest Pitcher To Win A Game

Posted 4/18/2012 7:00 am by

To say that Jamie Moyer is old is an understatement.  At 49 years and 150 days old, Moyer has been in Major League Baseball since breaking in with the Chicago Cubs in 1986.  Since then, the left-handed Moyer has been on the most unusual journey of any professional athlete ever.  He’s never had a dominating […]

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Levon Helm In The Final Stages Of Cancer

Posted 4/18/2012 6:30 am by

Man, I hate starting the day off with some depressing news, but it’s news, so here we go.  Levon Helm, the drummer and lead singer who was crucial to the rock and roll hall of fame backing group The Band, isn’t doing well.  After battling throat cancer for most of the 90’s that robbed him […]

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Hologram Tupac Rocks Coachella

Posted 4/17/2012 7:30 am by

Tupac Shakur, like most artists, has been significantly more popular after death than he was while he was alive.  Since being shot at age 25 in Las Vegas in 1996, Tupac has released a host of albums and songs, and I have no doubt that there’s got to be more in the tank for Tupac’s […]

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The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes Have Been Announced

Posted 4/17/2012 7:00 am by

Every hear, Columbia University honors the memory of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer by gathering together the best achievements in writing, reporting, and journalism and giving the best of the best a big cash prize.  That’s the prize that gives the Pulitzer Prize its name.  This year had some very worth winners, including a great number […]

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Today Is Tax Day, So File Or Be Punished!

Posted 4/17/2012 6:30 am by

Normally, April 15 is the deadline to file your taxes.  However, this year April 15 was a Sunday, and Monday was a holiday in some parts of the United States.  Thus, there’s a new tax deadline, and it’s April 17, 2012.  That’s today, people!  Today is the deadline to file your taxes, so prepare yourself […]

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The Most Successful Kickstarter Project Ever Is A Watch

Posted 4/16/2012 7:30 am by

The modern day smartphone is an awesome invention, but sometimes there’s just too much going on.  Too many apps, too much information, too many things on the screen.  Sometimes, you just need simple information delivered in an easy-to-read way.  That’s what the Pebble is for.  Basically, the Pebble is a smartphone accessory in the form […]

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Long-Lost Child Tracks His Mother Down Via Google Earth

Posted 4/16/2012 7:00 am by

Saroo Brierley wasn’t always bearing that last name.  The boy was found on the streets of Calcutta, taken in, and eventually adopted by a couple from Tasmania who raised him as their own.  It’s all good fortune for a lost Indian child in one of the most dangerous slums in the world.  However, Saroo has […]

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MLB Celebrates Jackie Robinson Day

Posted 4/16/2012 6:30 am by

It was 65 years ago Sunday.  In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black American to play professional baseball for Major League Baseball when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.  Things change:  the Dodgers moved to LA, Jackie Robinson retired, and 15 years ago the MLB retired Jackie Robinson’s #42 jersey across the […]

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Gawker’s Fox News Mole Worth Only $5000

Posted 4/13/2012 7:00 am by

What to know what goes on inside the walls of the Fox News Channel?  So did Gawker Media.  Somehow, they found a mole on the inside of Fox News who was willing to tell every detail about Fox News’s inner workings, no matter how mundane.  That mole’s name was Joe Muto, and the price Gawker […]

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North Korean Rocket Fails On Lift-Off

Posted 4/13/2012 6:30 am by

The purpose of North Korea’s missile launch was unclear.  Was it a show of force from the new Dear Leader?  Was it a desire to develop a space program?  Was it a simple threat towards South Korea?  No matter what you might feel the purpose of North Korea’s rocket test might have been, there’s only […]

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