Tuesday has been a mess for much of the East Coast. A massive storm that started in California soaked a huge swath from Florida to New England, with snow and sleet falling in pockets of Pennsylvania and New York. This system isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, it could cause even more problems and [...]
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Icky, windy weather could crimp Thanksgiving travel plans
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Target preps for Black Friday with multimedia deals
Less than a week before Black Friday, it was already Christmas morning at a Target store in Washington, D.C. At 9 a.m. Friday, Target employees at the retailer’s Columbia Heights location gathered in their daily morning “huddle.” Holiday music played, and their boss exuded Christmas spirit: Sporting a Santa hat, merchandising senior executive team leader [...]
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Actor Paul Walker dies in fiery crash: report
The star of “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise and a passenger died after his vehicle crashed into a tree, TMZ reports. Actor Paul Walker, best known for his role in the Fast and the Furiousmovie franchise, died Saturday. He was 40. According to celebrity website TMZ, Walker and another person were killed when the [...]
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Teenage British diving star Tom Daley comes out in YouTube video
Tom Daley, the 19-year-old British diving star who won a bronze medal at last summer’s Olympics and is one of his nation’s most famous athletes, posted a YouTube video on Monday that revealed he’s currently in a relationship with a man. In the frank, five-minute clip, which racked up more than a half-million views in [...]
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American Eagle Outfitters an early holiday-shopping winner: Analyst (Video)
It probably wasn’t the Black Friday shopping weekend that most retailers had hoped for — but an analyst’s report said American Eagle Outfitters had a better-than-average performance. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) had “very strong traffic and conversion at AEO” on Black Friday, according to a report released Monday by Sterne Agee analyst Ike Boruchow [...]
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Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones Read more: Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took to 60 Minutes last night to announce that his company is in the early stages of a delivery-by-drone system. You can read more about the idea here but the short version is that tiny helicopters will deliver five-pound-and-under packages to your door within 30 minutes, as long as you live [...]
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Fire Causes $2 Million in Damage to Hollister Business
HOLLISTER, Mo. – A fire at a machine business in Hollister, Missouri Sunday destroys the building, causing millions in damage. More than 50 firefighter from four fire departments responded Sunday to a commercial structure fire in Hollister. No one was injured, but initial estimates of damage total about $2 million at Branson Pattern Works on [...]
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Urban Outfitters May Be on the Outs
We are lowering estimates and downgrading shares of Urban Outfitters to Neutral from Buy. While the Anthropologie and Free People concepts continue to outperform, we are losing confidence in the Urban brand’s ability to quickly adjust its merchandising miscues, which creates potential risk to 2014 numbers (we are now below the Street). We remain positive [...]
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Firefighters borrow boat from Dick’s Sporting Goods for Grandville ice rescue
GRANDVILLE, MI — Firefighters borrowed a boat from Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Rivertown Crossings Mall to rescue a teen who fell through the thin ice of a pond and was trying to keep his head above water for 25 minutes. Mall security staff rushed to Dick’s Sporting Goods after they learned of trouble on [...]
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VS Model Jessica Hart Fired After Dissing Taylor Swift: Victoria’s Secret Shuns Australian Beauty
Jessica Hart has been fired by Victoria’s Secret, just weeks after she dissed Taylor Swift after the annual Fashion Show on Nov. 13. Swift, who was one of the performers for the sexy NYC show, just does not have what it takes to walk the runway, Hart said. When asked backstage if Swift could be [...]
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Nelson Mandela Dies
Nelson Mandela Dies Nelson Mandela – 46664 Campaign Nelson Mandela. Thread: Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela & International Day ! July 18 former president Nelson Mandela at his Houghton residence on Saturday Nelson Mandela – a celebration of an icon’s life son of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, has died References: Posted by: Photography | [...]
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‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Nabs 9.8 Million Viewers Across 3 Cable Nets
Miniseries “Bonnie and Clyde” averaged 9.8 million viewers in its Sunday debut as a simulcast on A&E, History and Lifetime. A+E said the first half of the four-hour mini, which concludes tonight, brought in 4.2 million viewers in the adults 25-54 demographic. According to A+E, History had the largest aud with 3.7 million viewers. Lifetime [...]
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Susan Boyle tells British paper she has Asperger’s
Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle says she was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome last year, according to a report in Sunday’s editions of The Observer newspaper. The singer told The Observer that she went to a specialist in Scotland because she thought she had a more serious condition than the diagnosis she had received when she [...]
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One Direction Joins Paul Rudd and His Anchorman 2 Costars on SNL, Debut “Through the Dark”
One Direction and the cast of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues kicked off Saturday Night Live with a fun-spirited battle for the ages. The always entertaining host for the evening, Paul Rudd, reflected during his opening monologue about his past two stints on the sketch comedy program. Specifically, the musical guests, Beyoncé and Paul McCartney, [...]
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Adrian Peterson avoids Lisfranc injury, unlikely to play in Week 15
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson isn’t in the clear just yet, but he did receive some good news on Monday. An MRI of Peterson’s sprained right foot came back clean, meaning Peterson didn’t suffer a Lisfranc injury or damage any ligaments against Baltimore on Sunday. Initial X-rays also showed that Peterson didn’t break any bones [...]
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Grace Hopper, Amazing Grace of computer history, gets Google Doodle
Grace Hopper, known as “the first lady of software,” is celebrated for her computer genius, with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 107th birthday. The doodle would have been deeply appreciated by Grace Murray Hopper. She rose through the naval ranks to achieve the title of rear admiral. She was a pioneering [...]
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Peter O’Toole raised hell — and standards
The beloved actor died Saturday in London after a long illness When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences told Peter O’Toole that he’d be receiving an honorary Oscar for a body of work that included seven best actor nominations and no wins, he surprised officials with his response. While he would eventually accept [...]
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Why aren’t seniors winning the Heisman Trophy?
Before Johnny Manziel overwhelmed college football in November 2012, the idea that a first-year player could win the Heisman Trophy almost seemed taboo. But with Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston following Manziel on Saturday as the winner of college football’s most prestigious award, having a freshman quarterback take home the trophy can no longer be [...]
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Rush-Henrietta’s Mickey Burke 4th at Foot Locker nationals
Rush-Henrietta senior Mickey Burke wrapped up his high school cross country career with a masterful flourish Saturday, writing history far away from the numbing cold of western New York. Burke kicked in a furious final quarter-mile burst, uphill and downhill, to finish fourth at the Foot Locker National Championships in San Diego, Calif. He pointed [...]
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Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake’s Perfect, Cameo-Filled ‘Saturday Night Live’
Some holiday traditions are pure joy… for no reason at all. Jimmy Fallon hosting ‘SNL’ is one of them. Bringing along Justin Timberlake and Madonna, as he did last night, was icing on the cake. Everyone has their own wacky holiday traditions. Saturday Night Live included. Holiday traditions are funny in that they’re typically nonsensical, usually only [...]
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