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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Watch: Verizon's New Ad Is About How We Discourage Girls

Watch: Verizon's New Ad Is About How We Discourage Girls
First Dove, then Pantene, now Verizon. The telecom company's new schmaltzy ad is just the latest in long line of feminist-inspired TV spots cleverly designed to align big companies with popular women's issues. The advertisement, voiced by Girls Who ...
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Lobbyist: Dumping Net Neutrality Will Let Verizon Help The Blind, Deaf, And ...
Verizon's side on the war over net neutrality has a new noble cause: helping the deaf, blind, and disabled. Verizon lobbyists in Washington have begun urging members of congress to consider the help an internet fast lane would extend to disabled ...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

A New Champion at the Weather Channel Answers All You Want to Know About ...

A New Champion at the Weather Channel Answers All You Want to Know About ...
To prove it, he has taken the bold step of leaving perhaps the number one weatherperson position in the world at ABC's Good Morning America to become Managing Editor at The Weather Channel. His new show is called AMHQ, for America's Morning ...
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High Chance of Weather-Targeted Ads on Twitter
The Weather Channel's chief global revenue officer, Curt Hecht, told The Wall Street Journal that the move will finally allow the company to "go off-property" with its data. In other words, there are plenty of people who aren't benefiting from the ...
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Weather Channel's Jim Cantore shows in UF lab why you don't delay with ...
Cantore and his Weather Channel crew were visiting on Friday to kick off hurricane season in Florida, which begins Sunday. With the help of the UF lab, they simulated the impact of hurricane-force winds on garage doors, impact-resistant windows and ...
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Friday, February 7, 2014

What search engines tell governments about the economic here and now

What search engines tell governments about the economic here and now
In the midst of the recession, Google's chief economist, Hal Varian, released a paper showing how to use the company's search data to measure auto sales and consumer spending, among other things. Now researchers both inside and outside of government ...
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Search engines will be able to flirt with users by 2029
The idea of falling in love with an algorithm may seem a distant prospect, but flirting and joking with your search engine will be a routine part of life by 2029, one of the world's leading futurologists has predicted. Speaking at the Exponential ...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

These Songs About Cats Will Change The Way You Think About Music and Also ...

These Songs About Cats Will Change The Way You Think About Music and Also ...
My best friend in the world is a crazy cat lady. She's not the mentally deranged shut-in type who has hundreds of cats roaming around her house, plus a bunch of dead ones who fell behind a bookshelf and no one will find them until the horde of living ...
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Abandoned cats rescued from Arlington home
More then a dozen cats were abandoned inside a filthy, smelly Arlington home, and for a week neighbors cried out for anyone to help. Channel 4's Kristen Cosby took action Friday, and Animal Care and Protective Services responded, saving close to 15 cats.
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Firefighters remove dead hoarder from California home taken over by cats
Firefighters had to crawl through an obstacle course of junk and feral cats to remove a dead hoarder from her front porch in California. It took hours for first responders to reach the body of a retired schoolteacher identified as Rita Corpin, as a ...
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Alderson ready to include cats in animal ordinance
According to Mayor Travis Copenhaver, who made the announcement during Thursday's council meeting, the idea to house cats came after Alderson police officers and concerned citizens noticed that cats may be a bigger nuisance issue than dogs.
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Monday, October 7, 2013

'The Fault In Our Stars,' a Movie About Young Cancer Patients, Does Well

'The Fault In Our Stars,' a Movie About Young Cancer Patients, Does Well
Until last week, The Fault In Our Stars was just a best-selling novel about teenagers with cancer. The runaway, reality-biting Young Adult book by John Green had taken Penguin and tens of millions of readers for a long enough, jolty ride. Now the story ...
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Baltimore Woman Cycling Cross-Country To Benefit Cancer Killed By Truck
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore woman cycling cross-country to benefit cancer is hit and killed by a truck. Deputies say a truck crashed into a group of bicyclists on the side of the road in Scott County, Kentucky. Jamie Roberts, 24, of Baltimore died ...
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Teenage cancer victim Stephen Sutton honoured in Queen's Birthday list
Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer victim whose indefatigable good humour inspired a £4 million fundraising campaign, was awarded an MBE, it was announced on Friday. His mother, Jane, disclosed that her son received a letter from the Cabinet Office ...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Father's Day 2014: 50 Funny and Inspiring Quotes About Dads

Father's Day 2014: 50 Funny and Inspiring Quotes About Dads
To mark Father's Day, we've rounded up 50 inspiring, funny, poignant, and even just silly quotes about and from famous fathers. These missives come from all types of people, from authors, comedians, and musicians to politicians, athletes, and actors ...
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The Truth About Being A Dad, According To 14 Really Funny Famous Guys
The Truth About Being A Dad, According To 14 Really Funny Famous Guys. The Huffington Post | By Jessica Samakow · Email · RSS · Follow. Posted: 06/13/2014 8:24 am EDT Updated: 06/13/2014 8:59 am EDT. Print Article. FUNNY DADS. Getty Images.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Orbitz Worldwide is About to Go Into Orbit (OWW)

Orbitz Worldwide is About to Go Into Orbit (OWW)
Try Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW). It's not as sexy as a budding biotech company or the creator of the next great digital gizmo, but it's reliable, and the OWW chart says the long-term as well as the short-term undertow are both pointed higher now.
Read more on SmallCap Network




Denver startup offers lower prices on hotel stays than Expedia, Orbitz
The Internet is littered with third-party options for hotel reservations, from Expedia to Orbitz to Priceline. Hotel Engine, a Cherry Creek-based startup currently in beta mode, believes it can grab a share of the ultra-competitive market by offering ...
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