Articles Archive for 2 November 2010
Headline, Politics »

With the marijuana legalisation angle hotting up the California election result speculation, here is more dope on early election results 2010.
CBS News is projecting that in the Florida Senate race, it is Republican Marco Rubio who will sweep the stakes.
This is a hard-won victory for Marco Rubio, pipping Hendrick Meek, the democratic congressman and Charlie Crist to the post. Rubio fended off competition from candidated who had GOP-backing.
Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio is a hard-nosed fiscal conservative who wants to hark back to the Bush …
Headline, Sports »

On a tragic Tuesday, after it was reported that Nick Bell, the Redshirt sophomore passed away after battling with skin cancer, there was another shocker for sports aficionados with news pouring in that champion surfer Andy Irons had died.
32 year old Andy Irons was a three-time winner of the World Surfing Champion and got extremely ill while he was on board a flight to his from the Hawaii home after a trip to the Caribbean.
The journey from Puerto Rico was ill-fated as the surfer’s condition deteriorated rapidly. He was …
Entertainment, Headline »

Talented child star Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old who was a beloved Broadway star and worked in Lion King, succumbed to leukemia after a protracted battle for survival. She was all of 11 years.
Shannon died Monday afternoon, November 1in New Hyde Park at Long Island. Spokesperson for the Cohen Medical Center for children said that she was fighting a rare type of leukemia that is not usually prevalent among children. She was inspirational in her battle against the disease at a tender age and did much to raise awareness about …
Featured, Health »

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the much-feted host of ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ who has won the Emmy award and appeared with TV queen Oprah Winfrey gave out health freebies to 5,000 winners.
The goodies from the award-winning host Dr. Oz, who is himself the oh-so-perfect picture of health, include products on which there are tie-ups with companies. Thousands of prizes were doled out online, but fret not if have not won anything, the health tips are always there whenever you need it.
You can check out the ‘Dr. Oz. Health Expo’ at …
Headline, Technology »

Dell Inc. announced on Tuesday that the acquisition of cloud computing business-software firm Boomi is all set to take place as computer maker Dell looks to extend its hold in the corporate technology market.
Cloud computing firm Boomi is based in Berwyn, Pa., and is a newly fledged company that was founded in 2000 butmade its presence felt. Boomi makes software that integrates various Web-based business-software applications so there are no hitches when it comes to data transfer between corporate software functioning in various far-flung locations and on site.
Clients …
Headline, Politics »

Halloween is over, but the Democrats are in for a spook-fest.Amid rising discontent about the economy refusing to get off the ground and record levels of unemployment, exit polls show Democrats have cause for pessimism as their support base is looking fractured.
The voters who gave Democrats victory in 2006 riding on a change rhetoric are disillusioned and sure not the forgiving type. Tuesday exit polls reveal that the party’s ground has eroded when it comes to demographics like middle-income workers, women, senior citizens and whites.
The major anti-incumbency issues are …
Entertainment, Headline »

After Sasha Vujacic, the Los Angeles Laker proposed to Maria Sharapova and in a very expensive way, it has come to the limelight that the question was popped out with an engagement ring worth $250,000.
The Tennis superstar expressed her surprise, saying that she was very lucky to have been “very much spoiled”. She continued that the evening was not only memorable but also special in her life, something to always have in mind since it was indeed, “very sweet”.
However, Sasha Vujacic and Maria Sharapova, after dating for about a year …
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Taylor Swift is not known to hold anything back in the line of sharing emotions as many of her past loves are aware, and might have come across another avenue for her obvious self-expression by taking on the world of beauty with her first ever signature scent.
As she announced her newest escapade in the world of perfume, Taylor expressed that she has always been in love with the way fragrances are able to shape memories, plus the way specific scents help one remember certain events and individuals that are always …
Headline, Politics »

In the Tuesday decision, the California voters will be making it clear they are ready to legalize or not recreational marijuana, something that has brought attention to the state from across the world. This would be concurrent with another 160 measures through the ballot in about 37 states, including a very divisive proposal that aims to slash taxes as well as ban abortion.
The proposal from California is known as “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act”, which would give adults more than the age of 21, freedom to possess about an …
Entertainment, Headline »

Mariah Carey, who is pregnant, is expected to perform a couple of tracks from her newly unveiled holiday album in a broadcast in ABC, airing on the 13 of December.
Mariah will be hosting the “Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You” on 12 days before Christmas day, airing at about 9 p.m. on ABC. A press release showed the event will have the singer who has confirmed her pregnancy performing some classics synonymous with the traditional holiday period, plus a couple of cuts right from her novel holiday album, entitled “Merry …