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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is picking Michigan State to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship over defending champion Louisville. In what has become an annual March Madness tradition at the White House, Obama filled out a bracket in a segment broadcast on ESPN Wednesday. Florida and Arizona rounded out Obama’s Final Four picks. […]
Witnesses say a Jacksonville, Florida woman allegedly set a man’s car on fire in Jacksonville after he refused to buy her a McFlurry at McDonald’s. Apparently the angry woman asked for a McFlurry and the man she was with refused to buy her one. All of a sudden the woman grabbed the man’s keys and headed […]
Is penis pumping the equivalent to a woman getting butt injections? It seems that way. While it may sound laughable, the widely popular idea to make a man’s penis look larger is the newest trend in the silicone epidemic. So what is it exactly? A “pumping party” is an illegal practice that consists of a […]
The Republican National Committee announced a new ad campaign Monday entitled “Create Your American Dream.” According to the RNC, the series of ads features Americans…
Last weekend, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (pictured) employed compassion and critical thinking in her critique of her party. Speaking before a reported “cheering…
Florida’s legislative committee took a major step toward clarifying the state’s heavily debated “Stand Your Ground“ self-defense law approving some restrictions on its use and further clarifying that the statute does not permit ‘vigilantism’ by neighborhood watch activists. The Florida Current is reporting four major changes: — It requires city and county police agencies to […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A third person struck by a suspected drunken driver in Austin last week during the South By Southwest festival died Monday, police and family said. Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died from the injuries she sustained when she was run over outside The Mohawk music club early Thursday, Austin police spokeswoman Veneza […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If you purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Florida or Maryland, check your numbers — you may be splitting a $400 million jackpot. Lottery officials say two tickets purchased in those states matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night. The winning numbers are: 11, 19, 24, 33 and 51 […]
The first-ever facility that houses both an abortion clinic and birthing center has opened it’s doors in the United States. Dr. Katherine Morrison has owned…
Popular beauty supply chain, Sally Beauty Holdings is the latest in a consumer data breach investigation. Reports has discovered evidence that customer records were illegally accessed and removed from its system. In a statement released by the company, the number of files containing card information taken is under 25,000. Sally has hired Verizon to conduct its investigation and […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Officials revealed a new timeline Monday suggesting the final voice transmission from the cockpit of the missing Malaysian plane may have occurred before any of its communications systems were disabled, adding more uncertainty about who aboard might have been to blame. The search for Flight 370, which vanished early March […]
Do your local media outlets represent the stories, issues and people of your community? The authors behind a pilot study commissioned by the Federal Communications Commission…
