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Cassidy Stay, the 15-year-old girl and lone survivor of her ex-uncle’s rampage, remembers her parents and siblings in a memorial held Saturday. Stay made her first public appearance after the deadly shooting on Wednesday that took the lives of both her parents and four younger brothers and sisters. Cassidy was also shot in the head […]
July 12th, 2014 | Posted in New | Read More »
Comedian Tracy Morgan recently filed a lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart over the highway crash that occurred last month, injuring himself and killing a friend and fellow comedian. According to the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey Thursday, Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ar., was neglectful when one of its tractor-trailer […]
July 12th, 2014 | Posted in Entertainment,New | Read More »
More Americans are enrolling in the Medicaid program at a quicker pace than what was seen in 2013. That’s according to the Obama administration, which said highlighted the specific progression in states that chose to expand the federal health program to cover the poor under Obamacare. In the first five months of 2014, 6.7 million […]
July 12th, 2014 | Posted in Health,New | Read More »
When Ronald Lee Haskell was brought before a judge in a Texas courtroom to hear the charges against him on Friday, he fell to the floor – a total opposite of the man who allegedly killed six ex-family members earlier this week. Two law enforcement officers held onto Haskell for roughly 20 seconds before the […]
July 12th, 2014 | Posted in New | Read More »
According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the little Mississippi girl who was born to an HIV-positive mother and who was declared cured of the disease is now diagnosed with HIV. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the NIAID, said the situation is a tragic turn of events for the child, involved medical […]
July 11th, 2014 | Posted in New | Read More »
As Brazil played Germany in the first semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, sparks were expected to fly as two of the most potent teams clashed in a grueling chase for glory. Sparks did fly – and that too on many occasions – but just from the Germans as they battered, bruised and utterly humiliated […]
July 9th, 2014 | Posted in New,Sports | Read More »
Popular marketplace Fiverr.com recently implemented a new feedback system dubbed Advanced Rating System (ARS), designed to create a “better, more transparent community for buyers and sellers”. Sellers and buyers alike don’t feel that way and have planned a protest day on July 1. On Tuesday, many sellers will suspend their gigs, going on “vacation” or […]
June 29th, 2014 | Posted in Business,New | Read More »
Whole Foods customers tend to pay a lot of money for their groceries – one of the reasons the store was nicknamed “Whole Paycheck”. However, a recent California investigation unveiled a tactic the store was doing that illegally overcharged their customers. And, because of their illegal action, they have been court-ordered to pay an $800,000 […]
June 25th, 2014 | Posted in Business,New | Read More »
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said it ended its top experimental drug trial after people suffering with skin cancer and using the medication showed significant overall survival compared to the people who were using chemotherapy. After the independent data monitoring committee’s analysis, the chemotherapy group patients were permitted to use Nivolumab. According to the company, Nivolumab, in […]
June 25th, 2014 | Posted in Health,New | Read More »
South Africa’s tourism will take a hit with the new requirements for visas. That’s according to Democratic Alliance MP James Vos. Vos said the new regulations regarding immigration are causing a backlog in the tourism industry, leading to unnecessary red tape. It’s placing a burden upon the industry and is restricting growth in the job-creating […]
June 25th, 2014 | Posted in New,Travel | Read More »