The Japanese economy could use a boost at the country tries to lift and separate itself from an economic slump. Prime minister Shinzo Abe has announced a new series of reforms and stimulus efforts to decrease inflation to 2 percent and increase economic growth, and he’s getting a little help. Bra-maker Triumph International has announced […]
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Wrigley Pulls Caffeine Gum From Stores
Posted 5/09/2013 5:45 am by Ron HoganLast month, Wrigley rolled out a brand new product called Alert, a caffeinated chewing gum with the equivalent of half a cup of coffee in every stick. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, enjoy it while you can, because Wrigley is pulling Alert caffeine gum off the market. The move comes after discussions with the Food […]
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Stop Motion Movie Legend Ray Harryhausen Is Dead At 92
Posted 5/08/2013 6:15 am by Ron HoganWhen he was 13 years old, Ray Harryhausen and his childhood friend Ray Bradbury went to see the film King Kong at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. From that one experience, a preteen mind was blown and a career was launched. Ray Harryhausen was enthralled with the giant ape and began making his own films […]
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USAF Officer In Charge Of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested For Sexual Assault
Posted 5/07/2013 6:15 am by Ron HoganSexual harassment is entirely too common, but it seems to be most prevalent in the United States military. Even with volumes of laws on the books to prevent and discourage sexual harassment, you still hear about it happening. It can destroy careers and turn workplaces hostile, and that’s if the victim is lucky. You would […]
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Three Missing Women Discovered In Ohio After Years
Posted 5/07/2013 5:45 am by Ron HoganWhen someone goes missing, if they’re not found within a few days, they tend to stay missing. You hear some occasional happy endings, typically when the person kidnaps themselves, but if someone is kidnapped by another person? They rarely have a happy ending. However, that was not the case for a trio of missing women […]
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KFC To Pass Out Free Boneless Chicken Today
Posted 5/06/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganKFC has embarked on a new campaign to sell its chicken to America by eliminating the necessity to actually pay attention while you eat. Some call it a marketing stunt while others call it a food revolution, but KFC is calling it an important step in the evolution of the company, and you can try […]
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Working Handgun Made By 3-D Printer
Posted 5/06/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganIf you think 3D processing technology is only used to make your head hurt in video games and movies, then I suggest you think again. So-called 3D printers using plastic blocks are creating a whole new world of manufacturing possibilities, and a company called Defense Distributed has managed to break new ground in 3D manufacturing. […]
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Brokerage Rewards Tattooed Workers
Posted 5/04/2013 7:15 am by Ron HoganPeople get tattoos for a lot of different reasons, but the primary reason is probably passion. People get tattoos to remember lost love ones, celebrate their passion, or show off their pride in their culture. Workers at a New York City brokerage must be pretty passionate about their jobs, because there’s a lot of company […]
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USAF Plane Hits Hypersonic Speeds
Posted 5/04/2013 6:45 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to air travel, there’s always a ceiling of some sort. First, it was breaking the sound barrier, which was accomplished in 1947 by Chuck Yeager, the world’s most famous pilot. After that lingered the so-called hypersonic speed barrier, Mach 5. The United States Air Force has been actively trying to break Mach […]
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Taco Bell To Launch $1 Menu
Posted 5/03/2013 8:00 pm by Ron HoganTaco Bell is known for a lot of things. Specifically, acceptable Mexican food at cheap prices done with a creative twist. From Taco Bell’s faux street tacos to the legitimate hit that is the Doritos Locos Taco, The Bell is riding a winning streak right now, but the menu can always get more creative, the […]
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First Woman On The FBI Most Wanted Terrorist List
Posted 5/03/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganDuring a traffic stop in 1973, Black Liberation Army member Joanne Chesimard shot and killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. She shot him twice with her personal weapon, then when that gun hammed she executed Trooper Foerster with his own service revolver. She was found […]
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Missing Pennsylvania Woman Turns Herself In After 11 Years
Posted 5/02/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganIn February 2002, Brenda Heist’s life was on the rocks. She was in the process of getting divorced from her husband Lee Heist, applying for housing assistance, and struggling to make ends meet as a bookkeeper at a car dealership near her home in Lititz, Pennsylvania. That’s when she decided to leave everything behind and […]
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Chris Kelly, Mac Daddy From Kriss Kross, Is Dead At 34
Posted 5/02/2013 5:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s always strange when someone from your childhood dies. It’s even stranger when someone fairly close to your own age is the person who is dead. I was never a big hip-hop fan, but I think anyone in their early 30’s remembers Kriss Kross fondly, if only for their amazing Sprite commercial and distinctive style […]
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Vladimir Putin Brings Back The USSR’s Hero Of Labor Medal
Posted 5/01/2013 8:49 pm by Ron HoganOnce upon a time, it was the highest honor that a citizen of the Soviet Union could receive. It went to weapons designers, famous cosmonauts, and the best of the best that the people of Russia. However, since the fall of the USSR, the medal has been out of commission. Thankfully, or perhaps not thankfully, […]
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Arizona Makes Gold And Silver Legal Tender
Posted 4/30/2013 11:00 pm by Ron HoganFor 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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