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Willow Smith Talks About Maybe Remaking Her Father’s Song

December 29, 2010
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Willow Smith, the superstar daughter of world renowned actor Will Smith, sat down to do an interview with Yahoo Music. They discussed her single, working with Jay-Z and whether or not she will remake her dad’s classic song, “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Willow did say that she is open to remaking her dad’s 1988...
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Northeast Blizzard Causes Travel Delays for Thousands of Americans

December 27, 2010
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The three major airports in the New York metropolitan area all reopened by 6 PM. This is great news as they had been closed for a while, preventing a lot of travel from happening, in addition to all of the regular commuters being stuck where they were. There’s still some problems for the tens...
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Steve Martin Discovers Courtroom Humor via Twitter

December 25, 2010
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Steve Martin Discovers Courtroom Humor via Twitter

For most Americans jury duty seems to be a chore. Sure, it’s their constitutional right and all, but for most people it’s not all that fun. However, there seems to be one man who can find humor within a courtroom, and that man is Steve Martin. Throughout this past week, Steve Martin has posted...
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Paris Airport Charles de Gaulle Closes Terminal Due to Snow

December 24, 2010
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On Friday, a part of the Paris Charles de Gaulle aiport was evacuted. It was evacuated due to the heavy accumulation of snow on the roof of the building of Terminal 2E. In addition, hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of glycol, the main ingredient of de-icing fluid. About 2000 passengers...
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Poinsettia Bowl at the Qualcomm Stadium Will Go On as Planned

December 23, 2010
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Poinsettia Bowl at the Qualcomm Stadium Will Go On as Planned

There has been a very large amount of rain in California causing widespread flooding and scattered mudslides. It’s been raining for seven straight days, however, now the sun is finally out over the Qualcomm Stadium football field. The Poinsettia Bowl was scheduled for tonight, however, for a while it seemed like it wouldn’t be...
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FCC Approves “Net Neutrality” Rules

December 21, 2010
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved “high-level rules of the road.” These rules have been designed to ensure that internet service providers grant everyone equal access to the web. The vote was 3 to 2, with Democrats and Republicans on both sides, respectively. Commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat, signed off on the rules, but...
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Lil Wayne Gets out of Prison and Changes Someone’s Life

December 19, 2010
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Lil Wayne Gets out of Prison and Changes Someone’s Life

Lil Wayne has, as you may know, been out of prison since early November. He has since then helped another person gain their freedom. This freedom, is not, however, from prison. This freedom is the ability to move again. While he was serving his eight months in New York’s Riker’s Island on a weapons...
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Keith Olbermann to Join Fox News

November 9, 2010
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MSNBC correspondent Keith Olbermann was indefinitely suspended from the network due to his giving monetary donations to Democratic candidates for the recent midterm elections, a move that violated MSNBC’s policy that any political contributions must be cleared by MSNBC’s brass first. Though Olbermann was originally silent on the issue, he released a statement on...
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Election Day Fun

November 1, 2010
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Election season kicks off yet again tomorrow, and a little over one-third of the American population that is eligible to vote will get up early, skip their lunch, or rush to their polling location immediately after work to cast their ballot.  Considering the busy lives we all lead, and the burden of having to...
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Juan Williams Got Fired From NPR

October 21, 2010
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Juan Williams Got Fired From NPR

Juan Williams, a news analyst at National Public Radio, has been fired after making comments about Muslims. Juan Williams told Bill O’Reilly’ on “The O’Reilly Factor”, as courant.com wrote: “But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you...
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