The popularity of internet radio has really increased over the last few years. The number of people using this type of service is increasing every day, and it seems reasonable to suggest that this will eventually completely replace regular radio altogether. Anyone with a good internet connection is going to choose online radio because it [...]
After decades of debate and countless lives being ruined by religious fervor, the Pope and the Vatican have approved the use of condoms… but only when intended to “reduce the risk of infection” from sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDs. The pontiff emphasized that it should not be used to prevent the creation of life, but [...]
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Recently the FDA announced plans to start a new anti-tobacco push with the goal of significantly reducing tobacco use. Part of that push is forcing a change to tobacco warning labels to include images of cancer patients, diseased teeth and lungs, and even corpses. This gruesome campaign comes after a law passed in June 2009 [...]
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Recently Google announced a 10% pay increase across the board for all employees effective January 1st, 2011 in a private company-wide email. The email was promptly sent out of the company to some very eager news organizations to expound upon (I admit, I am no exception). For this the engineer was promptly fired. Further news [...]
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As a blogger for Florida Insurance School this news is interesting. Recently released was BP’s report on what went wrong with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This report is just like the hearing that was in front of congress where BP’s officials are attempting to swing the fault on other companies. They do maintain a [...]
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Earlier this year was a lot of news and hubbub about the battle between Time Warner and News Corp over Fox channels. Time Warner made a big show of the cost hikes, and they made sure to openly blame News Corp for their service fee hikes. They even setup a website asking people to “Get [...]
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Members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas have just faced the unity of America, the power of the human spirit, and a taste of social justice. On Saturday the members of the (so called) church showed up at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, Oklahoma to protest in [...]
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