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Pools Across the Country Struggling to Stay Open
Families all over the nation seeking relief from the blistering summer swelter are finding it harder and harder to go to the pool, as health authorities keep shutting them down. The Florida Department of Health is busy doing its semiannual public pool inspection. Over the past year, only 62% of pool inspections in Orange County…
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Vietnamese Man Operating Online Identity Theft Service Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison
A Vietnamese man who ran an online identity theft services has been sentenced to 13 years in a U.S. prison. The service run by Hieu Minh Ngo, 25, sold personal information belonging to millions of Americans and changed names frequently, according to a report from Krebs on Security, but two of the most well-known names…
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In Italy, Stressed Farm Animals Get Treated to Air-Conditioned Sheds
In a move to give their livestock a respite from the hottest July in more than a decade, Italian farmers are now installing air conditioning and showers in their cowsheds and pigsties, an agricultural group announced. According to Reuters, Italian farm animals, especially those in the country’s agricultural heartland around the Po river near Milan,…
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Study: Nearly 1 in 3 Young Americans Too Overweight for the Military
With no end in sight, the U.S. obesity epidemic is continuing to have surprising and far-reaching impacts on American society — and now, the country’s collective weight problem has even begun to affect military recruiting. On Wednesday, July 15, a group of retired military leaders released a report that revealed some shocking statistics. For every…
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Why Higher Federal-Subsidized Student Loans Are Actually Bad News for College Students
The student loan crisis has hit a boiling point — as the U.S. reaches nearly $68 billion worth of student loan debt, even Congress realizes that the student loan crisis needs to be addressed. But has the government actually been making the situation worse by providing subsidized loans to students? According to a new paper…
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Laughter is the Best Medicine? Patient Whens Lawsuit Against Medical Practice For Mocking Him During Colonoscopy
As it turns out, a colonoscopy procedure is not the best time to be tongue-in-cheek. The Washington Post reports that last month a Fairfax County jury awarded a man half a million dollars in a lawsuit he had filed against the medical practice which performed a colonoscopy on him. The man found out the doctors…
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Apple Pay Launches in the U.K., But Do Consumers Actually Want It?
After HSBC accidentally sent out a Tweet stating that Apple Pay would be launching in the U.K., consumers have been waiting with bated breath — and finally, the newest digital payment service made its way across the Pond and officially launched on July 13. According to reports from TechCrunch, there are eight banks in the…
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Inhalable Ebola Vaccine Could Prevent Another Global Epidemic
The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015 caused alarm both worldwide and here in the United States — particularly after an infected man, Thomas Eric Duncan, traveled to Texas and later died in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Now, scientists may be able to prevent the disease from turning into another epidemic in the future. The Huffington…
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SEC Takes Down 34 In Wolf Of Wall Street Inspired Scam
Many people enjoyed watching Leonardo DiCaprio portray the frenzied rise and fall of the corrupt, drug addicted Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” However, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 15 individuals and 19 firms thought the movie sounded like a pretty good idea, acting out the notorious “pump-and-dump” schemes in real…
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Pennsylvania Urgent Cares Raided by DEA
According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, the Drug Enforcement Agency recently served several search warrants to Advanced Urgent Care centers in Pennsylvania. DEA officials in Philadelphia were unreachable for comment on this action, and the spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia also refused to comment. A sign on the door of one clinic…