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For the last 38 years, Lake Superior State University has been leading the battle against jargon, acronyms, overuse, and pointlessness in the English language.  It hasn’t always been a successful fight, but importantly someone’s fighting against garbage words like mancave, viral, and the like.  The 38th annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen’s […]

Husband and wife Jeff Murawska and Susan Cotey very nearly ended their lives in the wee hours of Thursday morning.  Unbeknownst to them, a fire had started in their garage and it was spreading throughout their home while they slept.  Fortunately, the two had an extra-special ace in the hole when it comes to fire […]

Starbucks is one of the largest providers of coffee, both in drink size and in reach, in the United States.  In Washington, D.C. alone, the company has a staggering 120 locations.  CEO Howard Schultz has a plan to leverage Starbucks for political purposes, but for once it’s a positive purpose.  Starbucks is asking its Washington, […]

To say that Calvin Johnson may be the best wide receiver in NFL history seems pretty sacrilegious   After all, the great Jerry Rice played this position and he holds pretty much all the receiving records there could possibly be, he played at a high level forever, and he was one of the most fit receivers to […]

A bunch of poisonous snakes in a drawer sounds like a revenge plot of some sort, doesn’t it?  You don’t just find random poisonous snakes in your house, unless you live on top of a nest of serpents.  However, there is a second explanation.  You might just find a nest of deadly snakes in your […]

Since Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum met on the set of Step Up in 2006, their careers have taken off.  For Jenna, that means a role on American Horror Story and a new movie on Lifetime in the coming season.  For Channing, that means movie stardom in films like Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street, and […]

PepsiCo is not content to rest on its laurels as a company.  Indeed, they seem to be always tinkering with their brand’s ingredients.  Sometimes, this change is to avoid warning labels.  Sometimes, it’s a change to improve the health of the customer.  Sometimes, it’s just an odd new flavor.  Either way, Pepsi doesn’t just sit […]

There’s good news and bad news for the New Orleans Saints today.  The NFL’s hand-picked arbitrator has decided that the four current and former Saints players to be suspended over the bounty system orchestrated by former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams should A) not be suspended and B) not be fined, either.  That’s good news for […]

It was both a football milestone and a school milestone for the freshman quarterback known as Johnny Football.  Johnny Manziel, who made waves in his first year in the SEC by breaking Cam Newton’s record for yards and nearly making it to the national championship game, has now etched his name in the record books. […]

The 2013 Grammy Awards are here, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s proof positive that the music industry is more fractured and weird than ever.  No one nominee dominated the awards like Adele did in 2012, but lots of artists dominated their various genres.  Here are the 2013 Grammy nominees broken down by category.  The nominees […]

The future of Netflix is streaming, and the company has taken a big step to ensure the success of their video streaming service, or they will do so in 2016.  Netflix has announced a deal to acquire pay TV rights for Disney’s many brands, including Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Pixar.  Disney and company are returning to […]

In a lot of ways, the 2012 Heisman Trophy race is shaping up to be a war between the traditional rules of the award versus the new realities of college football.  The award has been given out 77 times previously, and during that time there have been no freshmen winners and no defensive players who […]

Lindsay Lohan just stays in the news.  She’s not a great actress, she’s got problems with drugs and alcohol, and she’s more infamous than famous right now.  Still, the Playboy covergirl‘s every screw-up is big news.  Not so for Washington, D.C. television station and CBS affiliate WUSA.  After a glut of Lohan-related news, station director […]