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Bowl projection favorites emergeESPNThe start of the 2015 college football season might still be nearly four months away, but it’s never too early to project how things might shake out. Each of the first bowl projections for 2015 have the same three teams playing in the College Football …ESPN Bowl Projections for ClemsonTigerNet all 2 […]
Former GAP CMO on How His Fashion Marketing Experience Will Influence SpotifyAdweekWhen people make choices on what to wear, they are connecting to what makes them feel most themselves, but also part of something bigger. Music is a currency that you share with others; it’s how you express yourself. That’s the same as fashion. Spotify […]
Joss Whedon Quits Twitter Due To Trolls – Video Joss Whedon Quits Twitter Due To Trolls Joss Whedon reportedly quit Twitter due to problems with trolls who were upset with the portrayal of Black Widow in Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Joss should come back to Twitter and block the trolls! via IFTTThttp://ift.tt/1F2KquK Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham […]
Fast-food franchisees urged to fight joint-employer designationChicago TribuneThe discussion at the International Franchise Association in Chicago came off as a call to arms: Panelists warned that franchisees have brushed off the Fight for $15 campaign as a McDonald’s problem when it could destroy their businesses. The panelists …and more …read more From:: Chicago Restaurant News […]
Sofía Vergara Breaks Silence on Nick Loeb Embryo Drama, Plus What Does Joe …E! OnlineSofía Vergara is opening up about her ongoing drama with ex-fiancé Nick Loeb. The Onion Crunch founder, who split from the Modern Family star in March 2014, recently filed a complaint to prevent Vergara from destroying the two embryos conceived while […]
How fjords are helping curb global warmingChristian Science MonitorFrom Alaska to Norway, fjords play an important role in sequestering carbon, new research finds. By Alister Doyle, Reuters May 4, 2015. close. This April 2013 photo shows the West Hercules drilling rig in the Skaanevik fjord in western Norway. Scanpix …Fjords store lots of carbon, fighting […]
FCC Chairman on why lawsuits won’t beat net neutrality this timeEngadgetCompanies have been gunning for the FCC’s open internet rules since the very moment news crossed the wires, and their latest move involved pushing for a stay — a sort of legal “not so fast!” — on the classification of the internet as a public […]
SmartThings iOS app adds Apple Watch capabilitiesSlashGearThe few of you out there with Apple Watches and SmartThings devices can rejoice – all will work together peacefully by this afternoon. The team behind SmartThings have released the SmartThings iOS app version 1.7.3 with Apple Watch integration.12 Small Business Apps for Apple WatchSmall Business Computing Apple Watch […]
Dallas Prophet cartoon attack: Suspected gunmen ‘named’BBC NewsAuthorities have identified the suspected gunmen who attacked an event in Dallas exhibiting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, US media say. Officials have named them as Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, according to the New York Times and the …2 Dead In Shooting At Muhammad Art Exhibit In […]
Out of Kiev’s HandsForeign Policy (blog)Putin would prefer that Kiev assume the cost of feeding the region and paying to rebuild it (infrastructural damage is estimated by the Ukrainian government to be about 5 billion hryvnia, or a bit over $2 billion). But Ukraine will never do that as …Lviv Deputies Want Kiev to Recognize […]
‘Mad Men’ recap: Goodbye to Shangri-LaLos Angeles TimesJoan, go ahead and burn the place down. I won’t judge. Not that I’m advocating arson, per se, but I don’t know if I’ve ever felt such vicarious rage for a “Mad Men” character as I did while watching “Lost Horizon” — and still do as I write […]
Mary Ellen Pitts BaconThe Albany Herald#Mrs. Bacon was born in Fayetteville, NC. She was the daughter of John and Vera Pitts. She attended Fordham University in New York City at age 19. Mrs. Bacon came to Albany in 1954 to live with her family, and she graduated from Georgia Southwestern … …read more From:: Fayetteville, […]
Pirates Crash the Mayweather–Pacquiao FightThe New YorkerSpectators at the start of the fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Manny Pacquiao, in Las Vegas. Credit Photograph by Isaac Brekken/AP. We live in a moment of infinitely abundant video, which makes it awkward to try to profit off of the scarcity of a video.Mayweather-Pacquiao in spaceESPN (blog) […]
Women’s Soccer announces incoming cl..Victory Sports NetworkWINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace’s women’s soccer team is ready to reload for the 2015 season following a new batch of talented newcomers. Head coach Michael Voss has signed six new players for the fall season following the team’s record-breaking 2014 …and more …read more From:: Women’s Soccer News […]
Dodgers-Brewers PreviewESPNThe Milwaukee Brewers’ slow start cost manager Ron Roenicke his job. Jump-starting things under a new skipper may not be easy against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday as Clayton Kershaw tries to extend his dominance at Miller Park and end his …Craig Counsell hired as Brewers manager after 7-18 startYahoo Sports all 1,161 […]
New People Could Host TV ShowJalopnikThe rumors say that the new people are Jodie Kidd, presenter of Channel 5’s The Classic Car Show; Philip Glenister, who starred as Gene Hunt on the time travel-detective TV shows Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes; and Guy Martin, a motorcycle racer who …Report: The BBC has chosen […]
2015 NFL Draft: Dolphins, Jets, Ravens score; Browns, Panthers do notCBSSports.comI hate the concept of evaluating a draft in real time, or in the case of this exercise, evaluating it less than 48 hours after it’s completed. It is, in most cases, even less fruitful than a mock draft, as no one knows how these […]
Six decades later, Las Vegas says goodbye to historic RivieraVEGAS INCSixty years after welcoming it as a flashy trend-setter, Las Vegas is saying goodbye to the Riviera today. The Riviera closes at noon in advance of its eventual demolition. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which agreed to pay $182.5 …After 60 Years on […]
Cisco appoints lifelong sales guy to replace Chambers as CEOYahoo FinanceRobbins may be most known for his all-out efforts to beat Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) at the network equipment game. “Refuse to lose” was reportedly his mantra with Cisco’s third-party resellers at a conference in 2009. “I am your personal deals desk,” he …and more …read more […]
United Airlines Flies Past 2015 Fundraising Goal for March of DimesPR Newswire (press release)CHICAGO, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines over the past two weekends capped off a decade of supporting the March of Dimes in its mission to provide families across the country with care and valuable information on pregnancy and having …and […]
Main Street Kitchen, 54 Mint in Walnut Creek; Howie’s Pizza expands to …San Jose Mercury NewsPaella on the move: One of the Bay Area’s longest-running and best-known Spanish eateries, Iberia Restaurant, will close in Menlo Park at the end of this year and move to Belmont. According to our Daily News colleague Kevin Kelly’s report, […]
‘OITNB’ Actress Taryn Manning Says She Is Often ‘Typecast,’ Rarely Given …Huffington PostFrom her role as an unruly prison inmate on “Orange Is The New Black” to her more recent portrayal of a kidnapped single mother in “Cleveland Abduction,” actress Taryn Manning has made a name for herself by taking on the stories of a […]
How a group of black social–media activists built the nation’s first 21st …New York TimesTheir innovation has been to marry the strengths of social media — the swift, morally blunt consensus that can be created by hashtags; the personal connection that a charismatic online persona can make with followers; the broad networks that allow for […]
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Issues Mea Culpa Following May Day Vandalism …SFistNewly elected Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and her police chief Sean Whent admitted in a press conference Saturday that they weren’t exactly prepared for the level of destruction that was wrought around downtown and particularly on Broadway/Auto Row …Monday Must Reads: Big Donors Pour […]
Bicyclist seriously hurt in collision with Metro busKOMO NewsSEATTLE – A bicyclist was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries after being struck by a King County Metro bus Monday morning in Seattle. Police and medics responded to the scene, on South Jackson Street near Rainier Avenue South, just before 8 a …Seattle cyclist suffers […]
Nepal survivors recall ordealU-T San DiegoMark Schindler knows he was lucky to survive the earthquake that devastated Nepal a week ago — lucky to escape without injury, lucky to find food, water and shelter, lucky to make it home so quickly to San Diego. He doesn’t remember feeling … …read more From:: San Diego News […]
Hands-on With Microsoft HoloLens: Augmented Reality That Doesn’t Make You …ForbesMicrosoft Microsoft showed off some nifty demos of HoloLens, its augmented reality headset, last week during the company’s annual conference for developers in San Francisco. In a live, on-stage demo, Microsoft demonstrated how you could pin … In the …Microsoft HoloLens Is Awesome, but if […]
Time to put an end to conference divisions in college footballOrlando SentinelNobody benefits more from deregulation of championship games than the Big 12 as commissioner Bob Bowlsby found out earlier this month. Turns out 13 isn’t such an unlucky number when it comes to the College Football Playoff as selection committee …Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 […]
Zach Zenner NFL Draft diary: Realizing the lifelong dreamFOXSports.comOver the last three months, Zenner has taken readers through the process of training for the NFL Combine, his pro day, the anticipation for draft day and more, and after going undrafted over the weekend, Zenner signed a free agent contract with the …and more …read more […]
Stocks higher as Street awaits Q2 data; Fed speakers eyedCNBCThe Dow Jones industrial average briefly added 100 points and held above 18,000, about one percent away from its closing high. The Nasdaq Composite traded above 5,000, with the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) gaining briefly gaining more …and more …read more From:: Dow Jones News […]
First social media shots fired by New York Red Bulls in #NYCSoccerWarz …MLSsoccer.comFirst social media shots fired by New York Red Bulls in #NYCSoccerWarz | SIDELINE. May 4, 2015. MLSsoccer staff. MLSsoccer.com. Round 1 in the #TopBantz battle between the New York Red Bulls and New York City FC goes decisively to the team with […]
Internet Poker Bill Approved By Assembly Committee Hands DownNBC 7 San DiegoThe legalization of Internet poker would open a new revenue source to San Diego County’s American Indian bands. Eight of them run brick-and-mortar casinos on their San Diego County reservations and at least one has prepared a poker website. In addition … …read more […]
Beverly Hills‘ Brandi Glanville On ‘RHOBH,’ Kim Richards: If It Wasn’t For Our …The InquisitrBeverly Hills reality star Brandi Glanville may have wrapped filming on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills earlier this year, but the drama among her and her co-stars has continued in the weeks since. Most recent, Glanville spoke of her co-stars […]
San Francisco: Man found dead in Visitacion ValleyhomeSan Jose Mercury NewsSAN FRANCISCO — A 24-year-old man was found dead from head trauma in a home in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood on Friday and police are considering the case a homicide, a police spokeswoman said Monday. The victim, identified by …Police Chase Shooting Suspects Across […]
Residents of an Oakland Park apartment complex were displaced after a raging …Sun SentinelBarnes was among the dozens of residents evacuated as nearly 30 fire vehicles from Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, Pompano Beach and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue battled the smoky blaze at the two-story complex along the 5200 block of North …Crews respond […]