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Charlotte area students win 'Blumey' awards
The Charlotte ObserverThe only thing missing was a red carpet. The Belk Theater was brimming with evening gowns and tuxes Sunday night, and performers received their awards onstage with aplomb and a grateful speech. There were rousing musical numbers, too. It was all...Tags: Charlotte, Theater, High Schools, Entertainment Events, Music Theater
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32,...Tags: Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Raymond W. Kelly, Minority Groups
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VH1 Sets Theatrical Release for Napster Doc 'Downloaded'
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - "Downloaded," Alex Winter's documentary about the rise and fall of the transformative but controversial company Napster, will receive theatrical and VOD runs from VH1 beginning in late June, the music network announced on Monday....Tags: Recording Industry Association of America, Science and Technology, File Sharing, Music Industry, Sean Parker
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Pueblo led way for others
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.Pueblo wasn't the first community in Colorado to restrict smoking -- Boulder had a rule on smoking in restaurants, as did Aspen. Tiny Louisville had even outlawed smoking in outdoor eating areas. And the smoking war was in full swing nationally. New...Tags: Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Bars and Clubs
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Commutes long, slow after Connecticut train derailment
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what...
Tags: Metro-North Railroad, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Railway Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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It's Official: Yahoo to Pay $1.1 Billion for Tumblr
VarietyYahoo will pay about $1.1 billion, mostly in cash, to buy blogging website Tumblr, the companies announced Monday. Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business, led by Tumblr CEO David Karp, the companies said, "per the agreement and...Tags: Social Media, Marissa Mayer, Media Industry, Google Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Why Yahoo-Tumblr makes sense
ReutersAmidst all the positivity coming out of Yahoo and Tumblr, any self-respecting pundit is going to want to pour cold water on the whole deal. Especially since billion-dollar mergers almost never work out very well. But here's the weird thing: the more I...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Social Media, Google Inc.
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As grocers, restaurants bicker, many menus still lack calorie counts
Three years after Congress voted to require it, you still won't find calories listed on the menus of most restaurant chains. The problem? The federal government has yet to write the specific rules to carry out the law, in part because supermarkets are...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., McDonald's, Restaurants, Pizzas, Panera Bread Company
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Connecticut gov tells commuters to work from home this week while crash repaired
ReutersBy Richard Weizel and Edith Honan MILFORD, Conn./NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters faced delays and crowded trains on Monday as Metro-North workers scrambled to repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line, caused...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Railway Transportation, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Star City Star has co-starred in some Hollywood films
The Roanoke Times, Va.Q: I'd like to know which major movies have been shot in and around the Roanoke Valley over the years. - Sherrick Drews, Roanoke A: I hesitate to answer this question because I know I'll be leaving some out, but a little digging reveals that Hollywood...Tags: Lawless (movie), Franklin County (Virginia), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Ronald Reagan, Giles County
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Yahoo offers to buy Tumblr for $1.1B cash
Washington TimesYahoo's board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash. Tumblr has yet to agree to the deal, various media reported. But the acquisition could be made official as early as Monday, the San Francisco...Tags: Washington, DC, Twitter, Inc., Marissa Mayer, Social Media, Google+
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Graduates Leave UHart, But It Won't Leave Them
The Hartford CourantA commencement speech that touched on elephant excrement, the stupidity of drinking and driving, and Balzac's thoughts on the relations between the sexes delighted graduates of University of Hartford Sunday, so much so that they gave novelist and...Tags: Science and Technology, Graduation, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, New York City Police Department
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