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The Huffington Post merges with AOL. Logos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

AOL buys Huffington Post

Georgia Romig February 22, 2011

On Feb. 7 AOL announced that it was going to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million. The purchase of the news, analysis and lifestyle site is just one of many purchases that AOL has made recently. Many...

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iPhone 4. Photo Courtesy of Apple.

iPhone 5, Verizon Wireless talk about future

Kati Watson February 15, 2011

Apple is slowly taking over the phone market. Apple has recently launched its ad campaign for the iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network. Apple has also hinted to the possibility of an iPhone 5 as...

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Google and Microsoft duel it over search algorithms. Screenshot by Georgia Romig.

Google, Bing duel over search results

Georgia Romig February 15, 2011

If you type “Bing vs. Google” into either search engine, you will get the same search suggestions in both. Google’s lawyers say these searching similarities are no coincidence. Launched by Microsoft...

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Bulletstorm Cover Art. Courtesy of Epic Games and People Can Fly.

Video game violence under attack

Jes Roskens February 15, 2011

Fox News has once again decided to run an anti-gaming article, attacking a shooting game called Bulletstorm as hazardous to children. “Parents had better beware: There’s a Bulletstorm on the horizon.”...

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The Taco Bell chain is facing controversy about its beef. Photo by Frankie Sanchez.

Students, law firm have ‘beef’ with Taco Bell

Lisa Hellier February 15, 2011

Taco Bell is on the defensive after Beasley Allen, a personal injury law firm in Orlando, Florida, filed a lawsuit against them claiming that their beef products contain only 36 percent beef and does...

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The Earth and The Sun. Courtesy photo NASA.

NASA faces budget cuts

Jes Roskens February 15, 2011

  In the middle of starting a new vehicle that will someday take astronauts to Mars and beyond, NASA finds itself in financial limbo as Congress debates the federal budget. “It is important to realize...

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Frederick Douglas

Black History Month

Ore Osikoya February 8, 2011

   Every year in February, the nation celebrates black history and the priceless contributions that the African American society has made to the culture and history of the United States of America. African...

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: Julian Assange of the WikiLeaks website speaks to reporters in front of a Don McCullin Vietnam war photograph at The Front Line Club on July 26, 2010 in London, England. The WikiLeaks website has published 90,000 secret US Military records. The Guardian and The New York Times newspapers and the German Magazine Der Spiegel have also published details today. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Katelyn Garrity February 8, 2011

The actions of Wikileaks, an organization that publishes secret documents, could adversely impact freedom of the press in the United States. Dr. Dave Rausch, a political science professor at WTAMU,...

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Photo by Jes Roskins.

Video game legislation could change rules

Jes Roskens February 8, 2011

 California lawmakers are currently fighting for a bill in the Supreme Court that would make the sale of video games with mature content illegal to minors. The proposed law’s definition of such a game...

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Photo by Stephen Ingle.

DVD obsolete, digital media rise

Georgia Romig February 1, 2011

The days of traditional movie rentals are over. After a decades-long struggle to get to the top, Netflix has emerged as the champion of the rental industry, its mailing model putting brick-and-mortar...

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Astrological chart by Chris Brennan. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Signs are a’changing

Krystina Martinez February 1, 2011

Astrology lovers around the world were shocked when it was reported in early January that the dates for the zodiac signs had “changed”. The Minnesota Star Tribune published an article stating...

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Horse market declines signficantly

Sami Rabas February 1, 2011

Farmers are getting upset with horse owners not being able to afford the maintenance and feeding of their horses, in which they just “turn ‘em loose” to survive on their own. The equine industry...

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