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Snapchat Update Brings A Share Button To Articles, Videos From Media

Snapchat Update Brings A Share Button To Articles, Videos From Media

May 5, 2015

Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Since January, a section of the popular social media app Snapchat has been filled with articles and video from publishers such as the Daily Mail, Food Network...

Fraternities Drop Student Lobbying Against Rape Investigations

Fraternities Drop Student Lobbying Against Rape Investigations

April 28, 2015

By David Glovin Bloomberg News (TNS) New York-- College fraternities and sororities, facing an online protest by hundreds of their members, won’t ask students to push for rules making it harder for...

Mexicans Hold North Korean Freighter Over UN Weapons Sanctions

Mexicans Hold North Korean Freighter Over UN Weapons Sanctions

April 28, 2015

By Tim Johnson McClatchy Foreign Staff (TNS) TUXPAN, Mexico — The cargo holds were empty and the 430-foot-long North Korean freighter Mu Du Bong was riding high in the water when the vessel slammed...

Cuba Welcomes Removal From U.S. List Of States Sponsoring Terrorism

Cuba Welcomes Removal From U.S. List Of States Sponsoring Terrorism

April 24, 2015

By Tracy Wilkinson Los Angeles Times (TNS) PANAMA CITY — Cuba welcomed President Barack Obama’s decision to remove the island nation from the list of states that sponsor terrorism — a list on...

Comcast Expands 2-Gigabit Internet Service

Comcast Expands 2-Gigabit Internet Service

April 24, 2015

By Nancy Dahlberg Miami Herald (TNS) MIAMI –– In the race for speed, Comcast soon will offer the fastest residential Internet speed in the country to its 1.3 million residential customers in South...

Video Of Islamic State Capabilities Impresses Military Experts

April 21, 2015

By Mitchell Prothero McClatchy Foreign Staff (TNS) IRBIL, Iraq — The video opens with high-definition footage shot from a drone flying over an oil refinery in central Iraq, but this video isn’t...

Community Colleges Commit To More Overseas Students

April 16, 2015

By Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Tribune (TNS) CHICAGO — Despite the fact that they don’t play football, basketball or soccer, Sergio da Silva and Armindo Goncalves were hotly recruited by Joliet...

Two Journalists In Turkey Face Jail Over Charlie Hebdo Cartoon

April 9, 2015

(TNS) ISTANBUL — Two Turkish journalists could face up to 4 1/2 years in prison for publishing a cartoon from the French satirical magazine Charli Hebdo featuring the Islamic prophet Mohammed, the reporters...

Most Teens Rely On Smartphones To Go Online, Study Finds

Most Teens Rely On Smartphones To Go Online, Study Finds

April 9, 2015

By David Pierson Los Angeles Times (TNS) Think teenagers are always glued to their phones? A new research report says you’re right. A survey of more than 1,000 teens found 92 percent of them go online...

Community College Students Learn Math By Using It

Community College Students Learn Math By Using It

April 7, 2015

Katherine Long The Seattle Times (TNS) The grinding sound of metal on metal filtered through the walls of Chris Lindberg’s math class at Shoreline Community College, but his students had no trouble...

Rand Paul Makes It Official: He’s Running

Rand Paul Makes It Official: He’s Running

April 7, 2015

Rand Paul makes it official: He’s running By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sen. Rand Paul made it official Tuesday morning, announcing on his campaign website he is running...

Music Fests Keep ‘Selfies’ At Arm’s Length With Ban On Camera Sticks

Music Fests Keep ‘Selfies’ At Arm’s Length With Ban On Camera Sticks

March 31, 2015

By Saba Hamedy Los Angeles Times (TNS) Want to take a selfie at Coachella or Lollapalooza this year? Go for it — but just make sure to ditch the selfie stick. Both music festivals have updated their...

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