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Facebook To Show Amber Alerts In News Feed

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Facebook will start displaying all Amber Alerts the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issues in people’s news feed who live in the search area. These alerts will also show up on both the desktop and mobile version of the popular social network. Amber Alerts give people information about missing children along with a […]

January 14th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

Retired Elementary School Principal Wins Mega Millions Jackpot

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A retired elementary school principal  became the lucky winner of the $326 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest New York Lottery jackpot in history. Wurtsboro resident Harold Diamond, 80, and his wife Carol, accepted a lump sum check at the same Middleton, N.Y. Valero gas station where bought the ticket on Nov. 4. When he […]

January 14th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New | Read More »

New Mexico Man Won’t Get $500,000 Winnings From Scratch-Off Ticket

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A New Mexico man thought he struck it big, winning $500,000 off a scratch-off instant lottery ticket that he purchased for $20. He was wrong! According to a lottery official, the matches were because of a printing failure. Linda Hamlin, a spokeswoman from the state’s lottery commission, said John Wines purchased the $20 ticket from […]

January 6th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New | Read More »

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