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Greg Kosmicki

Sheep Can Recognize Individual Human Faces Author To Speak at Northeast

October 2, 2014

Greg Kosmicki will kick off the Northeast Community College Visiting Writers Series on October 16 at 7 p.m. in Hawks Landing. Kosmicki is a poet and social worker living in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also...

‘The Equalizer Takes Out Rivals At Box Office

‘The Equalizer’ Takes Out Rivals At Box Office

October 1, 2014

By Saba Hamedy Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington brought his might to the box office yet again with his latest action film, “The Equalizer.” The R-rated movie, based on...

FBI: Former college student threatened to blow up dorms, kill student

FBI: Former college student threatened to blow up dorms, kill student

October 1, 2014

By Liam Ford Chicago Tribune (MCT) A Chicago man sent a series of letters claiming he was going to bomb buildings at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, threatening to shoot staff and rape,...

Fungus Could Be The Help Agriculture Needs To Adapt To Climate Change

Fungus Could Be The Help Agriculture Needs To Adapt To Climate Change

October 1, 2014

By Matt Campbell The Kansas City Star (MCT) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Imagine a world, just a few decades away, where once-fertile cropland is baked and starved of rain by ongoing climate change. Just add...

Mining for sand in fracking process holds risks for communities, study says

Mining for sand in fracking process holds risks for communities, study says

October 1, 2014

By Neela Banerjee Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON—As a domestic energy boom driven by hydraulic fracturing spreads, so could strip-mining for sand needed for the controversial production...

Law enforcement grapples with iPhone’s enhanced encryption

Law enforcement grapples with iPhone’s enhanced encryption

October 1, 2014

By Julia Love and Robert Salonga San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Apple is no stranger to disruption, having upended the music business with iTunes and the mobile industry with the iPhone. But now, some...

John Murdy, executive producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, with one of many werewolves during a tour of the mazes that are being set up around the theme of the horror movie An American Werewolf in London in Universal City, Calif.

Theme parks’ Halloween scare tactics becoming frightfully high-tech

October 1, 2014

By Hugo Martín Los Angeles Times (MCT) To re-create a bloody scene from the 1981 horror flick “American Werewolf in London,” crews at Universal Studios Hollywood installed computer-controlled strobe...

Whimsical ‘Boxtrolls’ Is Full Of Fun

Whimsical ‘Boxtrolls’ Is Full Of Fun

September 30, 2014

By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (MCT) “The Boxtrolls” is an outlandishly funny tale brought to life through beautiful stop-animation photography. The film combines Monty Python-style humor with...

The serious side of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Seinfeld’

The serious side of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Seinfeld’

September 30, 2014

By Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times (MCT) Twenty-five years ago — in 1989, to save you the math — two situation comedies premiered, each destined to become American institutions, even as each regarded...

Disney empire strikes back with Star Wars Rebels

Disney empire strikes back with ‘Star Wars Rebels’

September 30, 2014

By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (MCT) LOS ANGELES — December 2015 seems light years away, especially to “Star Wars” fans eagerly awaiting the seventh feature film in the popular sci-fi series. Disney...

Bash bug on Apple, Linux computers leading to attacks, experts say

Bash bug on Apple, Linux computers leading to attacks, experts say

September 29, 2014

By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times (MCT) A program that comes pre-installed on Apple’s Mac and MacBook as well as millions of other computers has a flaw that could let hackers take control of the computer,...

Around the remote: Television picks for Sept. 28-Oct. 4

Around the remote: Television picks for Sept. 28-Oct. 4

September 28, 2014

(BS check your local listings ) By Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times (MCT) DON’T MISS: “The Simpsons” & “Family Guy” — Woo-hoo! The first families of TV animation launch their seasons...

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