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Mayweather/Pacquiao Fight Ticket Prices Fetch Pretty Penny

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The Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight is going to happen, and there has been a mad rush to get the tickets necessary. And, because of that, the marketplace has become a feverish. Frida, one ticket for the MGM Grand floor, listed by secondary ticket seller StubHub, is selling for $128,706. The cheapest seat […]

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in Entertainment,Featured,Sports | Read More »

Starbucks Outage Forces Popular Coffee Chain Store To Close Early Friday Evening

A computer outage Friday night led to the early closure of 7,400 U.S. and 1,000 Canada Starbucks, but it’s business as usual Saturday for the popular coffee shop. According to the company, the issue was resolved late Friday, just hours after it began. The glitch caused many stores to give free drinks to their customers. […]

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in Business,New | Read More »

Both Tesla’s Twitter and Website Hacked On Saturday

It was a rough Saturday for the IT department at Tesla: both their Twitter account and website had been hacked.  It also appeared that the company’s CEO Elon Musk had his personal Twitter account also hacked for a short time. The first signs of the hacking appear around 2 p.m. Pacific time when a tweet […]

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in Business,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

Study: Light Color Affects Internal Clock

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According to a new study, the color of light has a tremendous effect on the body’s clock, and how the brain uses it relative to time of day. The study, which hailed from the University of Manchester, looked at how light changes during dawn and dusk could actually help both animals and humans to figure […]

April 19th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

No Death Penalty: Parents Of Youngest Boston Marathon Victim Urge Government To Remove Option

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Martin Richard’s parents, the youngest Boston Marathon bombing victim, have urged authorities to remove the death penalty as a potential punishment option for the convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Denise and Bill Richard’s eight-year-old son Martin was one of the three people who died during the April 2013 explosion that happened at the finish line. Their […]

April 19th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New | Read More »

Hamill To Reprise Infamous Star Wars Role

Mark Hamill will reprise his iconic Luke Skywalker Role for new Star Wars movie. Hamill said he had no choice but to say yes when George Lucas informed him of his plans to make Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He said he knew that if he said no people would be surrounding his house like […]

April 19th, 2015 | Posted in Entertainment,New | Read More »

Apartment Renters Can See Increase In Rental Prices

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Apartment dwellers are going to find that, despite a rise in apartment construction, their rent is going to increase 3.3 percent this year, averaging around $1,161. It’s a little slower than last year’s 3.6 percent but still continues that upward trend of the last five years. Marcus & Millichap Chief Strategy Officer Hessam Nadji said […]

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

“The Blob” Could Be Causing Severe West Coast Drought

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The U.S. west coast is experiencing the worst drought ever, and it could be caused by a mysterious Pacific Ocean “warm blob”. That’s according to a new study. The study said a blob was found in the ocean, with temperatures that are two to seven degrees higher than the temperature of the surrounding water. It’s […]

April 12th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

Timberlake, Biel Welcome Baby Boy

It’s a boy! Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel have become parents. Confirmed by People on Saturday, their baby son named Silas Randall Timberlake, became the first child for the 33-year-old actress and 34-year-old singer. After many months of speculation, Timberlake had officially announced the couple was expecting their first child in January. The announcement was […]

April 11th, 2015 | Posted in Entertainment,New | Read More »

Could A Return Of The Brontosaurus Happen

Brontosaurus

Have you ever heard of a brontosaurus? Most paleontologists will tell you there is no such thing. However, an article in the PeerJ magazine looks to change that. Not long after it was discovered in the first half of the 20th century, this dinosaur lost its place among the family tree. It boiled down to […]

April 7th, 2015 | Posted in New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

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