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News, Sports, Tech, Politics, Pop-Culture by Zennie Abraham & Zennie62Media, Inc team
Miami police officer arrested on charges of protecting drug dealerMiamiHerald.comTwice earlier this month, Miami police officer Jose Maldonado-Dick, dressed in full uniform and carrying his weapon, spied on drug deals in a McDonald’s parking lot, offering protection to a man he thought was a drug dealer as several kilos of cocaine …Miami Officer Accused Of […]
Women’s soccer looks ahead to win conference crownCentral Florida FutureThe regular season has come to a close, and the UCF women’s soccer team has come out on top. The team played to a 2-0 win over East Carolina on Friday night and clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season championship. The regular …and more …read […]
Anti-Gun Ads Use Real Mass Shootings and Bloody Visuals in Attempt to Sway …AdweekThese ads for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence must rank among the most unnervingly visual—and potentially polarizing—this category has ever produced. And that’s really saying something. A somber soundtrack and director Mark Pellington’s moody …and more …read more From:: Mass Shootings […]
PAC Rugby 7s Championship Nov. 8-9 Event InfoCal AthleticsBERKELEY – California will host a fall rugby 7s event for the first time on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, when the PAC Rugby 7s Championship tournament comes to Witter Rugby Field. The Golden Bears will be joined by 10 other Pac-12 member … …read more From:: […]
Children Flock to Berkeley For College Sports DayCal AthleticsBERKELEY, Calif. – Last weekend, over 100 Bay Area kids got a peak into life as a Division I student-athlete at the annual College Sports Day. Youth in K-6 played with Golden Bears from 19 different Cal sports teams, including the Cal football squad, … …read more […]
Fired Strip housekeeper gets prison in death threat caseLas Vegas Review-JournalA tourist takes a picture of Harrah’s Las Vegas hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. Manuel Espronceda, 54, confessed to going too far in sending death threats to his Harrah’s supervisor after he was fired in 2007. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review … …read more […]
Apple Pay competitor CurrentC gets breachedSFGateHackers breached a mobile payment system that made national news this week when retailers began pushing it as a rival to Apple’s Apple Pay technology. The attack targeted a service that stores the e-mail addresses of users of CurrentC — an app that will …MCX Says Merchants Doing What’s Best […]
Houston students lose experiments in rocket explosionKHOUThe students from Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston made the trip to see the launch at the NASA site in Virginia. “It started as one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in all my life and it turned into the most disappointing …Houston students lose […]
Scientists Edge One Step Closer in Solving Physics of Space WeatherCapitalbergScientists have been eluded for many years in uncovering the reality behind space weather. Although it sounds preposterous, and more alien like, yet space weather has significant importance in our lives. Millions of tons of charged, hot plasma gas is thrust by …Researchers conduct Laboratory […]
NEHS graduate chosen to work in Washington, DCClarksville Leaf ChronicleCollege Station-Dayoung Pierce, a 2010 graduate of Northeast High School and a Nutritional Sciences major at Texas A&M University, recently began a fall 2014 internship in Washington, D.C. Dayoung will spend the fall as an integral part of the Office … …read more From:: Washington DC […]
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi address fundraiser absence rumorsSFGate (blog)Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have dismissed reports suggesting a domestic dispute prompted the cancellation of an appearance at a Los Angeles fundraiser on Sunday, insisting they were never scheduled to attend in …and more …read more From:: News By […]
Chris Paul: Russell Westbrook will be just fine without Kevin DurantLos Angeles TimesWhen the Clippers play Oklahoma City in their NBA season opener Thursday, the Thunder will be without star small forward Kevin Durant, who is out with a broken bone in his foot. Chris Paul thinks Thunders guard Russell Westbrook will be just fine […]
Honey Boo Boo Child And Why White Poverty Is No Laughing MatterMadame NoireThe first taste of White poverty came by way of old episodes of “The Beverly Hillbillies.” They were backwoods and uncultured and sometimes criminal. But they were lovable, funny and filled with the down-home wisdom, which only comes from true salt of the […]
Will Buster Posey be Buster Posey in Game 7?Washington PostKANSAS CITY, Mo. – By any measure, Buster Posey is among the best players in the game, a superior defensive catcher who hits third in the San Francisco Giants’ lineup. Start a franchise, and he’s one of a handful of players – Mike Trout, Andrew McCutchen […]
The best ‘Star Wars‘ games are actually, finally available for modern PCsEngadgetLucasArts may no longer exist thanks to Disney, but that doesn’t mean its legendary games are lost forever. Like we pointed out yesterday, Good Old Games posted the download links to the likes of TIE Fighter and X-Wing a bit prematurely. Well, the … […]
Apple Pay rival MCX defends security after hackers steal emailsComputerworldThe Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a consortium of 58 major U.S. retailers whose mobile payment network will take on the new Apple Pay early in 2015, today held a hastily-organized news conference to address questions about a hack that pilfered …Apple Pay competitor CurrentC gets breachedSFGateMCX […]
IBM, Twitter to partner on business data analyticsReutersWASHINGTON Oct 29 (Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday announced a partnership with Twitter to help shape business decisions using data collected from tweets worldwide. IBM will help businesses predict trends in the …Twitter and IBM partner on data analyticsWashington PostIBM Working To Be Hip With […]
Oakland: Person struck and killed by trainContra Costa TimesOAKLAND — A male walking illegally on train tracks died after being struck by an Amtrak train Wednesday morning, authorities said. A Capitol Corridor train going from Sacramento to the Oakland Coliseum hit the person about three blocks southeast of …Person On Tracks Killed By Amtrak Capitol […]
Man Pleads Guilty in Las Vegas Puppy-Store FireABC NewsA fledgling boxer pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson and attempted animal cruelty charges, and told a judge he didn’t want to be remembered as the man who set fire to a Las Vegas pet store where 27 puppies and adult dogs were rescued earlier this year.Man pleads […]
Missing Denver Broncos Fan Paul Kitterman Found Alive and UnharmedPeople MagazineDenver Police Sgt. Steve Warneke said Paul Kitterman, 53, was found Tuesday night in Pueblo, about 100 miles south of Denver. Warneke did not have any information about Kitterman’s disappearance, but he said no criminal charges are expected.Man who disappeared from NFL game in Denver […]
11 TV series stars with celebrity parentsNew York Post… Company” star John Ritter, makes his debut Thursday night on a new CBS sitcom, “The McCarthys.” To help celebrate the occasion, we thought we’d take a look back at some other sons and daughter of celebrities who’ve appeared as regulars on TV shows … …read more […]
Video shows FBI impersonating repairmen in Las Vegas ruseLas Vegas SunInside the Las Vegas villa, Lopez appeared to try to fix an Internet outage for several minutes while glancing around the room and asking more than once to view a laptop screen to verify that Internet connectivity was still down. Defense lawyers said …Can Authorities […]
Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot?The Nation.An April 2013 Public Policy Polling survey found that 63 percent of registered DC voters would support a measure like Colorado’s or Washington’s, which encouraged Eidinger as he drafted the initiative that summer. But Initiative 71 is not like Colorado …Legal pot on the ballotCNNMoneyOregon, Alaska, DC voters to weigh […]
How the Dow Jones Average Fared WednesdayABC NewsU.S. stocks closing slightly lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it was shutting down a bond-buying program because the economy no longer needs as much help. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.44 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,974.31.U.S. stocks end lower after Fed ends QEMarketWatchU.S. Stocks […]
Redskins fans celebrate big win on social mediaW*USA 9WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Redskins fans were abuzz Monday night and the proof was on social media. The Burgundy and Gold came out on top in overtime, beating the Cowboys. We have scoured social media for the best reactions to the win on Twitter, … …read more From:: […]
Chicago archdiocese to close 7 grade schools, merge or consolidate 6 othersChicago TribuneCardinal Francis George holds a press conference at Archbishop Quigley Center in Chicago. He addressed his health concerns, including his decision to skip a meeting with the Pope, in a press conference Friday. “My health is something I have to pay …Catholic Archdiocese […]
Michael Jordan describes social media appearance as one-day eventSportingNews.comCharlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan ventured into the great unknown on Tuesday when he took over the team’s official social media account. He jumped on Twitter and Instagram and into what can be a cruel, cruel world, only armed with suggestions and …5 Things We Learned From […]
Rider women’s soccer earns rare achievementThe TrentonianBy playing Siena to a scoreless tie Saturday, the Broncs women’s soccer team clinched either third or fourth place in the MAAC, meaning it stays at home in the first round of the conference tournament for the first time in 10 years. Depending on what … …read more From:: […]
Gaming Stars Break Onto TV – 4 hours agoGamer UKIs it possible that gaming culture is now one of the most dominant forms of entertainment? Recent examples show how the gaming sub-culture is encroaching on traditional media outlets. E-sports are finding a foothold on television, with the … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google […]
Video: Mastering the art of killing your gamesGamasutraIn addition to this presentation, the GDC Vault offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent Game Developers Conference events, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers. …read more From:: Game Developers Conference News By Google News […]
‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta‘ — Producers Take Sides … FIRE 2 CastmatesTMZ.comBenzino and fiancee Althea Eaton think “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” should air on Animal Planet … because they think producers are making them scapegoats. Production sources tell us the couple was given the boot Wednesday AM … with no explanation.Benzino and Althea […]
SUV hits sheriff’s cruiser head on, deputy killedChron.comHouston billionaire polo playboy found guilty of DUI manslaughter. Top Stories in Local. Photos: Top quilt wins $10,000 prize in Houston · In time for Halloween, Houston Zoo has a wild ghost tale · Nurse who cared for Ebola patients to self-quarantine …Houston-area deputy killed in head-on collisionKSAT […]
Drug ring accused of selling ‘killer heroin’U-T San DiegoSAN DIEGO — A San Diego federal grand jury has indicted 14 people in a cross-country drug trafficking ring specializing in heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and the ultra-potent synthetic opiate fentanyl, authorities said Wednesday. The organization is …14 alleged national drug trafficking members chargedSan Diego 6all 2 news […]
National award winning actress freedDeccan ChronicleExpressing dissatisfaction with the verdict the actress’s mother approached the court and filed a petition challenging the former verdict. The criminal court which examined the petition issued orders to concerned officials to release the actress from … …read more From:: Actress News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie […]
Southwest Denver parents to share vision of schools with board member tonightChalkbeat New YorkIn a rare instance, tonight’s meeting is not organized by Denver Public Schools, but by school board member Rodriguez and a coalition of advocacy groups, including Stand for Children, A+ Denver, Democrats for Education Reform, and Latinos of Education … …read more […]