For generations, the use of precious metals as money was a given. Gold and silver coins were the coin of the realm for thousands of years, and if Arizona lawmakers have their way, the use of gold and silver may return to prominence as the cash money of choice for big spenders throughout the desert […]
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NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out As Gay
Posted 4/29/2013 8:00 pm by Ron HoganWhen it comes to gay athletes, the door has been slow to open. Gay people are everywhere and in every industry, even the US military, but a gay, active professional athlete? Not exactly a trail that’s been blazed. Until now, that is. Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, is the first professional basketball player to […]
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Part Of 9/11 Plane Found In NYC Alley 11 Years Later
Posted 4/27/2013 9:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s amazing to consider that the events of September 11 happened 11 years ago. The world has changed a lot since then. The toll 9/11 took on the people of New York, from a dying generation of rescue dogs to the sick and injured human first responders, has been massive and lingering. However, as construction […]
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The 2013 NFL Draft Runs On Giants
Posted 4/26/2013 5:00 am by Ron HoganThey say that football games are won not by the quarterback or the running back or the wide receivers, but in the trenches. If you can control the line of scrimmage with your offensive line or defensive line, then you can control the football game. That axiom has found renewed traction in the NFL if […]
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Fuel Barge Explodes On Mobile River
Posted 4/25/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s easy to take things for granted when you work with inflammable materials all day long. So many work places feature chemicals that could potentially be a fire hazard, and that’s not even considering the massive amounts of gas cans, old paint, oil, and other fire-worthy chemicals around the home. Even the experts aren’t immune to accidents. […]
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The Next XBox is Coming May 21
Posted 4/25/2013 5:30 am by Ron HoganWith a new version of the Xbox, code-named Durango, in development, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft went public with the news and expected specs for its offering for the next generation of video games. PlayStation 4 has been announced, and Nintendo’s WiiU is already on the market, so MS couldn’t afford […]
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Barry Sanders Is Madden 25’s Cover Athlete
Posted 4/25/2013 5:00 am by Ron HoganThe cover to the Madden series of video games is both a great honor and a horrible curse. It’s an honor because you become the face of both the NFL and the world’s most popular football video game series (it’s also the only NFL game in town). It’s a curse because of the so-called Madden […]
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Whataburger Joins The Ketchup And Mustard Game
Posted 4/24/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganTexans will have a new item to add to their shopping lists in the coming weeks. Texas fast food icon Whataburger is partnering with H-E-B to launch a new series of condiments. For the first time ever, you can get a little of the Whataburger experience at home, as Whataburger will be entering the condiments […]
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AP Twitter Feed Hacked With Fake Terrorism
Posted 4/23/2013 6:00 pm by Ron HoganThe news shook the country for a brief moment when the Associated Press announced that the White House had been bombed and the President has been injured in the attack. Fortunately for everyone, that wasn’t the case. Turns out the AP Twitter feed had been hacked. Within minutes, the account was shut down by Twitter, […]
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Reese Witherspoon Lands Disorderly Conduct Charges
Posted 4/22/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganReese Witherspoon is a very talented actress, but just because someone’s good at pretending to be other stuff, that doesn’t mean they know how to comport themselves in public. By and large, she seems to be on her best behavior; however, on Friday night in Atlanta, Georgia, Reese Witherspoon got a little out of line. […]
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Second Boston Bomber Captured
Posted 4/20/2013 8:00 am by Ron HoganWith his brother Tamerlan dead, it was only a matter of time before police captured the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. However, he got in a second day of terrorizing Boston as police and federal agents combed the shut-down city. Over a million people, told to stay home. Transportation closed […]
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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Killed; One Still Loose
Posted 4/19/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganOne dead police officer. A carjacking. A high-speed chase involving guns and explosives. One suspect dead and one still on the loose. Terrorists with military experience. Overnight, the Boston Marathon bombing went from a terrorist plot to something out of an 80’s action movie as the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects embarked on a renewed […]
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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Injures 179 People
Posted 4/18/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganA fire last night went out of control at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas. As the fire burned near explosive material, firefighters were helpless to stop the resulting explosion that quite literally rocked the state of Texas. The explosion was so powerful it measured as a 2.1 on the Richter scale, destroyed dozens […]
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Fox Bans Family Guy Episode
Posted 4/18/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganThe Fox Network is no stranger to courting controversy. Indeed, one of their star show is Family Guy, a show about a baby trying to murder its mother and conquer the world that features an alcoholic dog, a moron, a shrew, terrible kids, and a whole town full of weirdos, misanthropes, and other repugnant sorts […]
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Broadcasting Legend Pat Summerall Dies At 82
Posted 4/16/2013 9:30 pm by Ron HoganYou name a sport, Pat Summerall could do play-by-play for it. The Masters? Check. The US Open tennis tournament? Check. The NBA? He was the man for the first season of the NBA on CBS and the 1974 NBA Championships. However, Summerall’s first major job, and his best-known work, was with football. For 40 years, […]
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Boston Marathon Hit By Explosions, Two People Dead
Posted 4/15/2013 9:00 pm by Ron HoganUsually marathons are a place for fun. People run, either professionally for prize money, in costumes for charity, or just because they can. If there are any troublemakers, it’s usually an isolated case getting naked in the street. However, all that changed today. Two bombs went off just 50 and 100 yards from the finish […]
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Take The Sting Out Of Tax Day With Free Stuff
Posted 4/13/2013 8:15 am by Ron HoganApril 15 is Tax Day, and that means if you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you better get on it lest you suffer from penalties. While you’re sending off your check for your $172 million dollar tax bill, you may as well get something good out of your trip through the wringer. Every Tax Day, […]
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Twitter To Launch Music Service
Posted 4/12/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganSince Twitter jumped into the public consciousness, the world’s most-popular microblogging service has kind of morphed into something far beyond the original intention. The social hub is now the way most people get their breaking news, tweets are used to track infectious diseases, and Twitter celebrities are actually a thing that exists for those who […]
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Grandmother Mistakes $40 Million Lotto Win For $40,000
Posted 4/11/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen 51-year-old grandmother Maria Carreiro thought she had a winning lottery ticket, the retired factory worker checked and saw that she won $40,000. Thrilled, she went to her daughter for verification. As it turns out, Maria Carreiro misread her lottery ticket and her $40,000 win was actually $40 million dollars. Thrilled at her $40,000 win, […]
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Seat Fight Leads To Man Getting Tased
Posted 4/11/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganSubways are a pretty efficient way to travel. The trains zip along underground, stopping at various stations and delivering some passengers while picking up others. All in all, it’s a pretty good system assuming nothing goes wrong. On Wednesday, something went wrong on a BART train in San Francisco, California. Zachary McCabe, 30, was stretched […]
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Thieves Arrested Thanks To Footprints In The Snow
Posted 4/11/2013 5:30 am by Ron HoganThere are a lot of criminals in the world, and most of them aren’t very smart. However, there are not-smart criminals, and there are straight-up dumb criminals, and three dudes from Riverton, Wyoming, have officially been declared dumb. While at the home of an acquaintance, the three accused thieves saw some stuff they wanted in […]
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Giant Pope John Paul II Statue Unveiled
Posted 4/10/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganPope John Paul II is one of the most popular popes in recent memory, and in the wake of his death he’s gotten a great deal of notice and tribute, from being the face of Papal coins to becoming a saint. However, while those honors are cool, there’s nothing like having a gigantic statue of […]
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Louisville Beats Michigan 82-76 To Win NCAA Championship
Posted 4/09/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganLast night was a historic night for Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. On the same day that Coach Pitino was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, he brings home an additional career milestone. Coach Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals bested the Michigan Wolverines 82-76 to win the 2013 NCAA Tournament at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta […]
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Margaret Thatcher Dead At 87
Posted 4/08/2013 9:30 pm by Ron HoganBoth in terms of her years at the top of British politics, her political beliefs, and her controversial stature among her people, Margaret Thatcher is the British version of Ronald Reagan. Equal parts lionized and demonized by all sides of British politics, it seems that no one lacks an opinion on the so-called Iron Lady. […]
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Jenna Jameson Charged With Battery
Posted 4/08/2013 5:30 am by Ron HoganSaturday Night is indeed all right for fighting, as former porn star, stripper, and adult model Jenna Jameson found out. The 38-year-old mother of twins, at one point one of the world’s most famous adult film stars who crossed over to mainstream success via roles on Family Guy, Howard Stern’s autobiographical movie Private Parts, and […]
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Woman’s Hot Mug Shot Goes Viral
Posted 4/06/2013 11:00 am by Ron HoganI’ve never been arrested, but I’ve seen enough TV to know how it goes. They throw you in the squad car, take you to the station, take your fingerprints and information, then they take your mug shot and throw you in the holding cell. Most of the time, the people getting their mug shots taken […]
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Kids Forced To Throw School Lunches Away
Posted 4/05/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganFor some kids, as sad as it is to consider, school lunch is the only food they get. For other kids, school lunches are easily tossed away, no matter how healthy they might be, in favor of vending machine sugar snacks. For some students at Coehlo Middle School, the school lunches were taken from them. […]
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Beard PAC To Raise Money For Face-Fuzz Candidates
Posted 4/05/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to facial hair, beards are back in a big way, but there’s one field where beards are not appreciated. That field, ladies and gentlemen, is politics. Political candidates with beards are simply a thing that doesn’t happen these days, which is unfortunate as one of America’s best presidents had a beard. However, […]
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Target Pulls “Manatee Gray” Plus-Sized Dress
Posted 4/05/2013 5:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to matters of weight, people are very sensitive. In particular, when it comes to clothing, you have to be careful about what you have and what you name specific clothing items. Target has found this out the hard way as the retailer has landed in hot water over its color names. Target […]
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Roger Ebert Dead At 70
Posted 4/04/2013 8:00 pm by Ron HoganRoger Ebert has had a hard time in recent years. The renowned film critic has struggled with his health, and even after losing his jaw and voice to cancer, his written output only increased. Indeed, post-cancer Ebert was incredibly prolific with his writing, pumping out an autobiography, conducting a heart-wrenching profile for Esquire, and even […]
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