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Tyler McNally | July 23, 2015
Apparently, head-butting a parked bus is not the smartest thing to do. File this under what NOT to do when you get mad regarding bus fare - ouchOn 7-18-15 at approximately 11:35 a.m., an... Posted by Winter Haven Police Department on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 In an interview with CBS News's 48 Hours' Crimeinsider, Winter Haven Police Department public information officer Jamie Brown said, "…
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Tyler McNally | July 22, 2015
A professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, tweeted Wednesday that the increase raised wages for all University of California positions to a minimum of $15 an hour was a great thing, even though he would be negatively affected by such policy. Professor Asantha Cooray supports the plan, even if it means he can't have undergrad researchers. Napolitano raises University of…
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Tyler McNally | July 22, 2015
Six years after the Great Recession ended, more children now live in poverty than during the recession says the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a group that strives to develop "a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes." In 2013, approximately 22% of all children living in the United States are in a household below the poverty line,…
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Tyler McNally | July 21, 2015
Four months after their engagement was announced to social media, Joel Burger and Ashley King tied the knot. The best part? Fast food giant Burger King expensed the entire ceremony after hearing about the perfect branding opportunity. According to Eater, Burger and King reached out to the burger company to get approval for licensing on their party favors, but Burger King took it one step further…
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Tyler McNally | July 20, 2015
CNN Senior Political Reporter Chris Moody was kind enough to share with the world some of the weirdest and craziest swag available at the annual liberal Netroots Nation conference - such as condoms promoting Sen. Bernie Sanders' (D-VT) "Robin Hood" tax proposal. "Progressive Politically Messaged Jewelry" from http://t.co/Yo85227oLN at #NN15 pic.twitter.com/kc9lS2XLZ8 — Chris Moody (@moody) July…
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Tyler McNally | July 20, 2015
One of society's greatest thieves struck again in bulk. Towing companies have been in the news over the past year after the public meltdown of ESPN personality Britt McHenry. In April, a local Washington DC suburb towing company, Advanced Towing, released footage of the ESPN personality shouting at and insulting an Advanced Towing employee. The video, as often happens in the 21st Century, spread…
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Tyler McNally | July 17, 2015
Canadian rednecks know how to have fun, just as much as American rednecks. Take YouTube user "1puglife," who is self-described as either a real life version of the Trailer Park Boys or a redneck version of Jackass, for example. Who hasn't ever wanted to jump a lawn chair through a massive bonfire? H/T Reddit Thumbnail image via screenshot
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Tyler McNally | July 17, 2015
Researchers at Oregon State University have been able to patent a strain of red seaweed that, when fried, tastes and smells like bacon. The seaweed, officially called dulce, can be grown in bulk supplies, says researcher Chris Langdon. "Theoretically, you could create an industry in eastern Oregon almost as easily as you could along the coast with a bit of supplementation. You just need a modest…
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Tyler McNally | July 16, 2015
Art historian and BBC star Dan Cruickshank was filmed by the British television company while viewing videos of ISIS destroying ancient pieces of art and culture. Many have publicized the grotesque and hellish executions that the Islamic State has committed, but few have talked about the cultural genocide taking place by their hands. Pieces of art that are many thousands of years old have been…
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Tyler McNally | July 15, 2015
A 51-year old South Carolina woman was arrested by Myrtle Beach police after she refused to pay for her seafood at a restaurant because she claimed that "Jesus" was going to pay her bill. Police were called around 9:15 Sunday night after the patron, April Lee Yates, caused a disturbance with the other customers after her four hour stay at Bennett's Calabash Seafood Buffet Restaurant. When…