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Faith-Based Filmmaker Sues Facebook For Allegedly Faulty Ad Links
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:32pm
A faith-based Hollywood filmmaker says alleged problems with advertising links provided by the social media site caused his movies to stumble in theaters. [from CBS Los Angeles]
Cardinals great Lou Brock recovering after leg amputation
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:31pm
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Lou Brock, a former base-stealing champion, has had his left leg amputated below the knee due to an infection related to diabetes. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
Georgia police officer helps injured runner finish half-marathon
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:30pm
When half-marathon runner Robert McCoy collapsed a half-mile away from the finish line, a Georgia police officer jumped in to the race to make sure he finished. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
New Algorithm Recognizes Both Good and Bad Fake Reviews
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:24pm
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers from the university of Sao Paolo have developed an algorithm able to identify both good and bad online reviews in the massive daily chatter of millions of peer-community posts, and in lateral mendacities at social network sites such as Google+ and Facebook reposts and 'likes'. Two of the datasets tested in... [from Slashdot]
Tamar Braxton quits 'Dancing With the Stars' due to blood clots
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:23pm
R&B artist Tamar Braxton announced Wednesday that she is dropping out of 'Dancing With the Stars' because she has blood clots in both lungs. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
26-year-old man killed in Long Beach; suspect sought
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:21pm
Authorities canvassed a Long Beach neighborhood in search of the alleged murder suspect believed to have fatally shot a 26-year-old man on Tuesday night. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
Sasha Menu Courey's parents support protests, football boycott at Missouri
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 3:09pm
The parents of the late Sasha Menu Courey, a former Missouri swimmer who allegedly was sexually assaulted by at least one member of the football team, support the protests at the school. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
Happy Diwali! Here's what you need to know about the Hindu festival of lights
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 2:57pm
Today is Diwali, the Hindu festival of light celebrating the triumph of good over evil. [from abc7.com RSS Feed]
New Book Sold Out Offers a Look At the H-1B Debate
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 2:42pm
theodp writes: The New York Post has published an excerpt from Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires and Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best and Brightest Workers, a new book on the H-1B debate from conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin and programmer-turned-attorney John Miano. "Sold Out," notes a Computerworl... [from Slashdot]
Einstein's colossal mistake
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 2:35pm
[from CNN.com - U.S.]
Americans observe Veterans Day
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 2:34pm
See photos from around the country as Americans observe Veterans Day. [from CNN.com - U.S.]
When people die in strange ways
Posted on Nov 11, 2015 @ 2:33pm
"Remember: This can only end badly." That's what my husband says anytime I start a story. He's right. [from CNN.com - U.S.]