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A week after riot, Oakland Auto Row still trashedSan Francisco Chronicle (subscription)After he boarded up the windows, he painted “Oakland Police, you failed your city again.” He left that up for a few days. On Thursday, he painted over that message and replaced it with “Riot Tourism — Visit Oakland — (Mayor Libby ) Schaaf … Read more
SWAT surrounds Essex House Motel in LittletonThe Denver PostLITTLETON, CO – May 8: An officer makes his way down Prince Street on Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Essex House Hotel in Denver, Colorado. An FBI agent was shot during a operation at the hotel and the shooter has since barricaded himself inside.FBI agent shot; … Read more
Can’t wait for Oculus Rift? You can get the Samsung Gear VR right nowMashableBut if you want to experience all the wonders of a near polished virtual reality experience right now, the Samsung Gear VR is your best option. See also: Samsung Gear VR: The closest you can get to Oculus, but it needs apps. … Read more
Houston Rockets Facing Identity Crisis at Worst Possible TimeBleacher ReportHouston had been given a second chance to defeat the Clippers sans Paul. The only difference was this time the Rockets needed to win in order to avoid going to Los Angeles trailing two games to none. Despite earning a 115-109 victory, their performance …Houston Rockets … Read more
8 Octavia: Modern architecture with old-fashioned neighborlinessSan Francisco Chronicle (subscription)But construction was put on hold until the larger neighborhood plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors. By the time that happened in 2008, the recession had arrived and money for residential construction was scarce. Three years later, as the … …read more From:: SF … Read more
United Airlines to debut Denver-Raleigh nonstopsDenver Business JournalUnited last flew the route briefly in 2007. About 500 passengers currently travel between Denver and Raleigh each day, according to Raleigh airport officials. Southwest Airlines also flies nonstop between the two cities. Raleigh is North Carolina’s … …read more From:: United Airlines News By Google News
United Airlines jet lands briefly in PendletonEast Oregonian (subscription)United Airlines flight 1588 landed safely at about 10:50 a.m. Friday at Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. The 130 or so passengers did not get off the plane. The Boeing 737 left Chicago’s O’Hare Airport about 7 a.m. Pacific time bound for Portland …Delayed by Obama visit, United … Read more
Every Kaiju in the New Godzilla PS4 Trailer – Rewind TheaterIGNJason’s Fatalities & Brutalities. Jason’s Fatalities & Brutalities · Which Avenger Will NEVER Return? Project CARS Review · Jackman Confirms Wolverine 3 is His Final One · Game Scoop. Every Kaiju in the New Godzilla PS4 Trailer – Rewind Theater. Browse.and more …read more From:: … Read more
Share “Garth Brooks breaks his Houston ticket…”NewsOK.comOklahoma country music superstar Garth Brooks has broken his Houston ticket sales record, according to a news release. The previous record was set from April 7-11, 1998, at the Compaq Center. Brooks, who was born in Tulsa and raised in Yukon, sold …Garth Brooks tickets go on sale Friday … Read more
Happy Mother’s Day 2015: Top 10 Dinner and Dessert Freebies for Mom on …Christianity DailyMother’s Day is on Sunday, May 10. Children and spouses like to make mom feel special by giving gifts of appreciation. Unfortunately, Mother’s Day gifts like flowers, cards, balloons, and presents can all add up in expenses. Christianity Daily compiled …and … Read more
College Football’s 25 Most Indispensable Players for 2015 SeasonBleacher ReportIf the best things in life are those we cannot do without, doesn’t the same apply to college football players? Last year’s national championship team, Ohio State, somehow managed to overcome the loss of not one but two standout quarterbacks on its way … …read more … Read more
First-ever Oakland Book Festival coming May 31SFGate (blog)And now the couple is all in on another literary startup: Don and his wife, Kira Brunner Don, have co-founded the Oakland Book Festival, a free, one-day event to be held in and around City Hall on May 31. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 90 writers will … Read more
Swim Week sheds main event for 2015Miami HeraldExecutives at IMG Fashion, which presents the July swimsuit show’s main attraction – the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim inside air-conditioned tents outside the Raleigh Hotel on Miami Beach – announced they would be “postponing” their show until …Miami Swim Week Off? Not So Says Funkshion Fashion Week Miami … Read more
Microsoft’s Sunrise calendar adds TV schedules so you never miss your favorite …The Next WebMicrosoft-owned calendar app Sunrise has introduced a range of TV listings in a bid to help you keep on top of your favorite TV shows. Following on from the introduction of ‘Interesting Calendars’ around a year ago, the app now includes … Read more
Nintendo Thinks It Will Dominate The Garbage Mobile Gaming MarketKotaku AustraliaThe world of mobile gaming is, to put it kindly, a big flaming garbage dump. The two biggest app stores — iTunes and Google Play — are giant, fickle beasts with very little curation and absolutely no accountability, to the point where clones of …Nintendo … Read more
Contaminated water forces out about 100 residents of Oakland residential hotelContra Costa TimesEviction Defense Center attorney Amy Sekany said her Oakland-based group has been representing Empyrean Towers tenants as they fight evictions and organize against “deplorable conditions” such as caved-in ceilings, maggot-ridden garbage and feces …Water problems force evacuation of Oakland tenantsKRON4.com Contaminated water forces … Read more
NBA Playoffs 2015: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls Game 2, live stream …AL.comCleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives against Chicago Bulls forward Tony Snell (20) during the second half of Game 2 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 106-91.Chicago Bulls vs Cleveland Cavaliers live … Read more
ESPN Forecast: Updated playoff predictions, Round 2ESPNAfter six days of Round 2 action, we’re all even again. Each of the four second-round series of the 2015 NBA playoffs stand at 1-1. So, for a second time, we asked our ESPN Forecast panel who would prevail this round. Not much has changed in the …and more … Read more
Reputed mob enforcer pleads guilty to threats, violence to collect debtsChicago TribuneWhile free on bond last month, Carparelli allegedly threatened the life of a witness against him outside a Chicago-area Wal-Mart, pulling up alongside an employee of the witness and saying, “Tell him he is a (expletive) rat. Tell him he knows what … …read … Read more
Where Chloë Grace Moretz Gets Pampered in Beverly HillsRackedMêche Salon (8820 Burton Way): “On Wednesday [Khloe Kardashian] emerged from the Meche salon in Beverly Hills with not a single brown strand of hair on her head. The TV icon spent over five hours in the beauty parlor founded by Tracey Cunningham … …read more From:: … Read more
Actress on track with ‘Chuggington’Quad City Times“I was bitten by the bug pretty much out of the womb,” the actress recalls. Nogee, who plays Lori in “Chuggington Live! The Great Rescue Adventure,” coming Tuesday to the Adler Theatre in Davenport, first appeared on Broadway when she was 10, … …read more From:: Actress News By … Read more
LOOK: Tim Duncan once went indoor skydiving in Las VegasCBSSports.comHis season only ended six days ago but since then, Duncan has already enjoyed some adult beverages and friendly games of paint ball. While paint ball may sound extreme to some, it is relatively tame for Duncan because he has gone skydiving indoors.Tim Duncan (Spurs PF) … Read more
Deputy intervenes to prevent carjacking attemptThe Citizen.comWhat began as a shoplifting attempt at the Walmart in Fayetteville in the early afternoon hours of May 9 ended a short distance way after two of the three people involved were unsuccessful in an attempt to carjack a woman in a nearby parking lot and … …read more … Read more
Jaguars’ Dante Fowler Jr. out for season with torn ACLUSA TODAYJACKSONVILLE (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr., the third overall pick in the NFL draft, is likely out for the season after tearing a knee ligament during his first practice. Fowler tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his …NFL Draft’s No. 3 … Read more
Honolulu installs a protected bike lane. Then sees massive drop in sidewalk …Broken SidewalkHonolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell celebrated a milestone on Monday. (Courtesy City of Honolulu). “I think nobody anticipated it to be so many people, that the desire would be so strong to do the two-way immediately,” Sayers said. “We had to hurry up … Read more
Human trafficking reaches into Silicon ValleyMountain View VoiceWorking grueling hours in restaurants, as street peddlers, domestic servants, manual laborers and prostitutes for little or no pay, they are broken down psychologically by their captors so that they believe the only life they will ever live is the one …and more …read more From:: Oakland Restaurants … Read more
A look back at over a decade of Koji Igarashi interviewsGamasutra (blog)In 2007, I interviewed Igarashi once again — at the Game Developers Conference. He told me he’d been playing both God of War and Gears of War, and was still thinking about next-gen Castlevania: “I will not imitate, because I’m going to be following … Read more
Police Week events in Great Falls and Washington DCGreat Falls TribuneThe Great Falls Police Department, in conjunction with National Police Week, is hosting several Montana Law Enforcement Memorial events Monday. This includes the dedication of the new city of Great Falls and Cascade County Law Enforcement Memorial …and more …read more From:: Washington DC News … Read more
A View From The Top: The L.A. Games ConferenceHuffington PostThis week I attended Digital Media Wire’s L.A. Games Conference. A gathering of industry insiders, developers, Financiers, and press. There is in the glitz and glamour of E3 — their are no game demos just chats with executives, Analysts and their ilk.The New Silk Road: U.S. … Read more
CatConLA Coming This June – It’s Like Comic–Con For Cat PeopleBleeding Cool NewsCatConLA_logo Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians worshipped cats like gods. Fast-forward to today, and our furry overlords continue to rule over us through the internet (which I’m pretty sure was invented by cats solely for that purpose … …read more From:: … Read more
Dante Fowler Jacksonville Jaguars Rookie Out For 2015 Seaso – Video Dante Fowler Jacksonville Jaguars Rookie Torn ACK – LB Out For 2015 NFL Season Bad news both for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Dante Fowler Jr and his Mom and family. via IFTTThttp://youtu.be/QDnEp8Uykt8
Elizabeth Gilbert Explains Why She Stopped Being ‘Anti-Social Media‘Huffington PostElizabeth Gilbert readily admits that just a few years ago, she deliberately avoided using platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Like many others initially do, the Eat, Pray, Love author viewed social media as a vortex she simply didn’t want to get … …read more From:: Social … Read more
‘Arrow’ Actress Katie Cassidy Joins Horror Thriller ‘Wolves at the Door’Hollywood ReporterArrow actress Katie Cassidy will play a part inspired by actress Sharon Tate in The Wolves at the Door, a micro-budget horror movie being made by New Line. John Leonetti is directing the project that is taking its cues from the horrifying Manson Family … Read more
U.S. Women’s Soccer Players to Wear Custom Adidas Cleats SundayFootwear NewsFive players from the U.S. women’s national team designed their own cleats with Adidas, and will debut them on the field for their Mother’s Day matchup with Ireland. The players designed Adidas models including the 11Pro (which retails for $205), the … …read more From:: … Read more
Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ lawsuit coming to Los AngelesLA Daily NewsThe suit, filed last year in Philadelphia federal court, alleges that the iconic guitar arpeggio opening of “Stairway,” released 44 years ago, was lifted from the 1968 instrumental “Taurus” by the long-defunct Los Angeles band Spirit. U.S. District …and more …read more From:: Los … Read more