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YouTube experts will train you to be a starEconomic TimesChandralekha’s brother-in-law, Dersan VS, shot a video of her singing and put it on YouTube and her song went viral way back in 2012. Since then, the 34-year-old housewife from Pathanamthitta, Kerala has become a popular singer with a packed itinerary … …read more From:: YouTube … Read more
Houston Narrows The Scope Of Controversial Subpoena Of Pastors’ SermonsNPR (blog)Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is in the middle of a gubernatorial run, sent a letter to the Houston city attorney, saying, “whether you intend it to be or not, your action is a direct assault on the religious liberty guaranteed by the First … Read more
Feminist vlogger vs. sexist gaming industryLiberationAnita Sarkeesian is a young feminist media critic and blogger who in the past few years has received media attention for her controversial YouTube series featuring hard hitting analysis of the video gaming industry and their depiction of women in games.The Hashtags and Death Threats Behind #GamerGate, Gaming’s Latest …Complex.comGamergate’s … Read more
MS-13 Gang Members Charged with Murders Near Washington, DCBreitbart NewsHOUSTON, Texas — Thirteen members of the MS-13 gang have been charged with three murders and one attempted murder in Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. The gang members are each facing nine counts in connection with the crimes, according to …13 Members of MS-13 Gang … Read more
Joliet Mom Turns to Social Media After Teen Injured in Possible Hit-and-RunNBC ChicagoA Joliet mother has taken to social media in hopes of finding someone who knows something about the motorist who may have hit her 13-year-old son while he was skateboarding and left him lying on the ground. Colleen Stueckrad said her son was … Read more
Obama to expedite US entry for thousands of HaitiansMiamiHerald.comThere were letters to the White House from national Republican and Democratic lawmakers, the entire South Florida congressional delegation, the Miami-Dade County Commission, the NAACP, the African American Baptist Mission Collaboration, the U.S. …and more …read more From:: Miami News From Google News
Miami Mayor Regalado distances himself from SkyRise subsidyMiamiHerald.comWhen developer Jeff Berkowitz needed Miami voters to approve his privately financed SkyRise Miami tower this summer, he found an ally and campaign spokesman in Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado. But now that Berkowitz is seeking millions in county funds, …Sky HighCurbed Hamptonsall 6 news articles …read more From:: … Read more
Surprising Facts About Ranked Choice Voting in the Bay Area By Rob Richie and Grace Ramsey Ranked choice voting (RCV) ballots are already being cast by some early and absentee voters in the four Bay Area cities holding RCV elections this November: Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Leandro. Unlike Bay Area cities and counties … Read more
Where’s the money? Vegas‘ Tao is the top-grossing restaurant in AmericaLos Angeles TimesRestaurants can be works of art, but first and foremost they’re places of business. And in some cases, what a business. Tao Asian Bistro in Las Vegas – a spot that has never made anyone’s best restaurants list, doesn’t have a superstar chef, … Read more
S&P 500 posts longest weekly loss streak since 2011CNBCScaling back after a 310-point jump, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 263.17 points, or 1.6 percent, to 16,380.41, with UnitedHealth Group leading blue-chip gains that extended to all 30 components. Halting a six-session decline, the Dow lost 1 …Stocks surge as strong earnings reports fuel reboundNewsdayMarket … Read more
‘Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’ Star — Yeah, It’s My Sex Tape, But You Can’t Show ItTMZ.comA pic of Princess Love getting drilled popped up on the Internet … but the “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” star says the nude photo is stolen property … and she’s now threatening to sue. The pic shows Princess … Read more
Names That Defined Hip–Hop, at the Barclays CenterNew York TimesOnstage at the Barclays Center on Thursday night, Erick Sermon — from the Long Island duo EPMD — reminded the crowd about how things were back in 1991. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were selling millions of albums by bringing hip–hop to the masses, …Jhene Aiko … Read more
Loma Prieta quake memories endure of love lost — and love rediscoveredMonterey County HeraldAnd Helene Hunter endured a week with her little grandson before she learned for certain that her 31-year-old daughter died between the layers of the Cypress Freeway in Oakland. The toddler’s father had reassured him that God had reached into his …25 … Read more
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, LondonFinancial TimesThe dessert menu even carries a photo of the chef hard at work at the stoves, although I was told he had been at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, only a couple of times this year – and then to eat. The night we dined there, the majority of … … Read more
Golden Bears Set For Pre National Invitational SaturdayCal AthleticsBERKELEY– The California men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in Terre Haute, Ind. this Saturday for the Pre National Invitational on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Crouse at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.and more …read more From:: California Golden Bears News By Google … Read more
SFGate.com New Website Ads Hog RAM SFGate.com has a new website design that is years overdue. But from the way it performs, that will not be the design that exists for a while. Clean and easy to read it is, but the way they achieved a responsive design is such that it’s a RAM memory … Read more
Out of the Woods: After growing up in east Oakland, Kevin Parker uses his …Daily CalifornianThe “20s” — the 20 block of East Oakland — is a roughly eight-block stretch where something always feels like it’s lurking just below the surface. Called the “Rolling 20s” or “Murder Dub,” it’s where Cal football’s director of player … Read more
‘The Knick,’ and 5 More Bloody Gorgeous TV ShowsYahoo TV (blog)Cinemax’s The Knick is definitely not for the squeamish. Plenty of blood is spilled (and pumped, and jarred) as Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) and his fellow surgeons struggle with primitive tools and limited medical knowledge to save lives in circa …and more …read more … Read more
Cal Hall of Fame: Ray WillseyCal AthleticsRay Willsey, a former football and rugby player at California who served as head coach of the Golden Bears football team from 1964-71, will be formally inducted into the Cal Hall of Fame Friday night at the annual Hall of Fame banquet at the Greek … …read more From:: … Read more
Reno business recruiting secret: Downtown diningLas Vegas SunRENO, Nev. (AP) — Stan Thomas tried to persuade a Northern California tech company to move here but it didn’t want to. His job at the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada is to entice companies to relocate to the Reno area. “They looked at …and more …read … Read more
SDSU student presumed to have meningitis diesfox5sandiego.comSAN DIEGO – An 18-year-old San Diego State University student died from a meningococcal infection, officials confirmed Thursday. Sara Stelzer, a freshman from Moorepark in Ventura County, was admitted to the hospital Tuesday with flu-like symptoms, the …Hundreds at risk in SDSU meningitis caseU-T San DiegoSDSU Student With Meningococcal … Read more
Women’s Soccer Hosts No. 2 Florida State on Saturday at NoonPittsburghPanthers.comHe was named the school’s third head women’s soccer coach on January 1, 2012. Prior to Pittsburgh, Miller spent 11 seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Ohio State, where he helped lead the Buckeyes to three Big Ten Championships and seven NCAA … …read … Read more
San Diego gas prices at lowest amount since Dec. 2011San Diego 6SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped Friday to its lowest amount since Dec. 24, 2011, decreasing 1.8 cents to $3.561. The average price has dropped 15 consecutive days and 41 of … Read more
Keep Calm Over Dow Jones Industrial Average’s Nosedive And Carry OnForbesVolatility on the markets is normal. Long live volatility! And, this week my thoughts returned to turbulent stock markets around the globe. It does not seem so long ago that the equity markets on the major indexes were in rude form and hitting news highs.How … Read more
Ebola Is Getting Its Own TV Show, Here Are The SpecificsCinema BlendBack in 1994, Richard Preston wrote a terrifying thriller called The Hot Zone. It’s a book about viruses that are dangerous to humanity namely because we haven’t figured out how to cure or treat those diseases yet. Now Ridley Scott wants to make a … Read more
25 years after quake: Tales of love lost, rediscoveredDetroit Free PressAfter the earth lurched and jolted the Bay Area 25 years ago today, Lauren Anderson waited on her living room couch overnight in the Santa Cruz Mountains, hoping her husband was just delayed, like everyone else in San Francisco, and would soon come …Remembering the … Read more
Oakland Coliseum JPA Tables Guy Houston Motion Oakland Coliseum JPA Tables Guy Houston Motion The Oakland Coliseum JPA has tabled the motion to hire Guy Houston for discussion in closed session. That decision was made this morning. This after this blogger broke the story that Houston was the focus of a lawsuit where he defrauded … Read more
Ken Houston Oakland Mayors Race Interview Ken Houston Oakland Mayors Race Interview Ken Houston, who’s running for Mayor of Oakland, first came onto the Oakland Political Scene as the Community Liaison for Turner Construction Company. For this blogger, his first public media appearance was during the Oakland City Council Hearing on the report released by … Read more
Cal women’s soccer high-powered offense to face stingy Utah defenseDaily CalifornianAs Berkeley’s weather cools down, the Cal women’s soccer team will need to start heating up. After Monday’s humbling loss to No. 1 UCLA, the No. 23 Bears (10-4-0) will face Utah (8-3-3) back home at Edwards Stadium on Friday afternoon. Cal will look to … Read more
Shh! Whisper Quietly Tracks User DataTom’s GuideIt’s not paranoia: Everyone really is after your personal data. Governments want to stockpile it en masse, corporations want it to sell you stuff and even those who claim to keep it secret want to know where you are. Whisper, an app where people anonymously …Whisper app denies secretly … Read more
For tech talent, look to Nashville’s user groupsThe TennesseanIn the last five years, the user group community has grown from 10 to 30+ groups, now encompassing 1,000 software developers who seek to enhance skills and meet fellow geeks. … There is even a user group for the leaders of each user group that meets … … Read more
Blake Lively’s Baby Bump Makes It’s Red Carpet Debut: “I’ve Kinda Always Been …E! OnlineSo, can we assume that this dress will also be selling out in the next few days? Blake Lively’s baby bump made its red carpet debut tonight when the pregnant star arrived at the God’s Love We Deliver 2014 Golden Heart … Read more
Lululemon received a lesson in social mediaBuffalo NewsIt’s a lesson in how much power consumers hold in the age of social media, how quickly things can go wrong and how little control companies have over their own brand image in the digital era. It’s also a lesson in authenticity, and how quickly a …and more … Read more
On eve of Notre Dame-Florida State, revisiting the Game of the CenturyUSA TODAYDuring the spring of 1961, University of Iowa graduate assistant Lou Holtz’s responsibilities included entertaining visiting football coaches. One weekend, Bobby Bowden of Howard College in Alabama arrived on campus to learn Iowa’s Wing-T offense.Picks for biggest Week 8 gamesESPNJameis Winston’s attorney meets … Read more
After deadly eruption, Japan ponders how to improve predictionsScience NowThe question has been very much in the news in Japan since the 27 September eruption of Mount Ontake. Despite 24/7 monitoring of the mountain for telltale warning signs, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) failed to predict the eruption. It surprised …Japan’s volcanoes made more jittery … Read more