Monthly Archives: February 2014

Could Homosexuality affect your Personal Income?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by alandelav

Recently in the NFL, there was a huge rock that created ripples in the whole league. Michael Sam, a 1^st team All-American Defense End from Missouri, announced to the world that he was gay. Gay. Michael Sam, who recently …

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Rhino Beetle Attacks Hawaii: Targeting the coconut

Posted on February 10, 2014 by jessica_houts

Over the past couple months, the notorious Rhinoceros Beetle invades the streets and grasslands of Hawaii. They have been killing the crops by eating the plant sap and exposing them to disease. Darcy Oishi, an Agriculture Department Official stated that …

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Shake up with the Late Night line up

Posted on February 10, 2014 by davynr

Move over Leno, your time is up! Jay Leno, the former host of the Tonight Show on NBC, has said good-bye for the last time (again) and handed the reigns of the Tonight Show over to his new successor, Jimmy …

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Australian teenager robs gas station with chainsaw and flowerpot

Posted on February 10, 2014 by brianbachman

One might think that a teenager in Australia has been watching too many horror movies after a drunken robbery occurred yesterday inside of a gas station. The teen named Alexis Steele entered a 7-Eleven convenience store at 4:30 am wielding …

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Bathurst Provides GT Excitement For All

Posted on February 10, 2014 by dougcampbell06

At the conclusion of 12 hours of racing around Australia’s famed Mount Panorama Circuit, Ferrari took their first ever overall victory in the 13th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour. The team of current V8 Supercars driver Craig Lowndes, former …

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Copenhagen Zoo kills giraffe to avoid inbreeding

Posted on February 10, 2014 by ballspach

Earlier this week, a zoo in the Denmark capital killed a healthy giraffe despite thousands of people petitioning to save the young animal’s life. The reasoning that Copenhagen zoo gave for the murder of the animal was to avoid inbreeding. …

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Has ‘The Biggest Loser’ gone too far? Recent winner described as skeletal and unhealthy.

Posted on February 10, 2014 by jfishpaugh

The winner of the most recent season of ‘The Biggest Loser’ has sparked much criticism after losing 60% of her body weight during the 12-week reality show. Rachel Frederickson starting weight was 260 pounds and throughout the course of the …

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The Problem With Orlando’s Public Transport

Posted on February 10, 2014 by l.susan

This weekend as I was coming back home I had to take the Lynx bus from downtown Orlando to UCF. I was appalled when I noticed how disorganized this bus line is. I took the 104 bus whose last stop …

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Mixed Feelings of a NASCAR Fan; Part 1: Why NASCAR Almost Lost a Lifelong Fan

Posted on February 10, 2014 by wnmcelveen

I’ve been a NASCAR fan all my life, having grown up in a ‘NASCAR family’, but over the last several years, I’ve felt like NASCAR just isn’t the same anymore. I’ve been so unsatisfied with so many things in NASCAR …

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Positive vs. Negative Protests Towards Anti-Gay Laws in Russia during Winter Olympics

Posted on February 10, 2014 by brittney a. mckinney

I have been keeping up with [pro-gay] news about the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as it relates to the safety of LGBT people. Last year, President Vladimir Putin instituted a law in Russia essentially banning gay propaganda. That has …