Posts Tagged ‘news’

Sunrise News Brief for Thursday, July 14
A former University High School music teacher has been sentenced for sex crimes. That story tops our Sunrise News Brief for Thursday, July 14.

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Living in the Land of Make Believe: The Good News
*I don’t think I’ve seen television news since November 2010. I’ve been on a bit of a diet as far as the news is concerned, instead of digesting all the garbage they’re creating. Quite frankly, I was so sick of all the bad news. Children, mothers, fathers, daughters, cousins being killed or injured. Animals being [...]

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Sangre Chronicle > News > Red River Arts Festival brings wines of all flavors to town
David Arnold of Wines of the San Juan serves samples at the Fine Arts and Wine Festival in Red River. You know you’re in New Mexico when even the wine is made with green chiles.

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Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace from News Corp. for $35M
News Corp. has sold struggling social networking site MySpace for $35 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal values MySpace at a fraction of what News Corp. paid for the site six years ago.

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Specific Media Acquires Myspace from News Corporation
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Specific Media, a digital media company, today announced it has acquired Myspace from News Corporation. As part of the agreement, News Corporation will take a minority equity stake in Specific Media. Additional terms of the agreement are confidential and will not be disclosed. “Myspace is a recognized leader that has pioneered the social media space. The company has …

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AP News in Brief
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the U.S. and other backers and decried by some African and Muslim countries.

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Good News: Hokey Pokey world record?
A massive crowd of children all dancing the Hokey Pokey attempted to break a world record Wednesday afternoon.

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News: Postal volume drops 20%; closures considered
About 50 people attended one of three public informational meetings held Thursday on the future of… – 4:35 pm

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Now Playing: Daily Community Sports News
Former Muncie residents Illene Vandergras and Anna Vandergras won the BMX Music City Nationals in their age group in Tennessee on Saturday for Diva BMX Team.

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Google News Offers to Cut Blogs Out of Your Feed
Add this to the growing idea that web users are looking more for authoritative voices and less for citizen journalism from their internet these days: As part of Google’s expansion of Google News – which offers such benefits as personalized top stories, click-to-expand options and the chance to view multimedia in the search results – [...]

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