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Obama Administration Moves to Help People With Disabilites Apply for Loan Forgiveness
On Monday, April 18, the Obama administration began the process of sending letters to almost 400,000 people with permanent disabilities to help them in the process of discharging their student loans. A new process for the identification of those eligible for an existing federal loan forgiveness program for those who are severely disabled and unable…
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14-Year-Old Nevada Boy Dies During Middle School Football Game
Issaiah Abrego, a 14-year-old Nevada football player, was pronounced dead Monday night after collapsing at halftime during his middle school football game. Issaiah, who had been sitting on the bench just prior to halftime, had shown no signs of being sick and was walking towards the end zone for snacks when he suddenly collapsed on…
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CDC Warns Zika Virus ‘Scarier Than We Initially Thought”
Top health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have expressed a heightened concern about the threat the Zika virus poses to the United States.According to USA Today, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the CDC, told reporters during a White House press briefing, “Most of what we’ve learned is not reassuring,…
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Vonnegut’s Dystopia Becoming a Reality as Computers Take Human Jobs
Movies have been made about it, Kurt Vonnegut predicted it, and now Matt Munson and Will Iverson are making it happen: machines are replacing people. Munson and Iverson are founders of a Seattle-based company called Dev9, which specializes in creating software that writes software by a process they call “Continuous Delivery.” Dev9 is literally creating…
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Study: These Cars Headlights Aren’t Bright Enough
A new study from The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) determined that a majority of American drivers have cars with insufficient headlights, putting them at much greater risks of accident at nighttime and during inclement weather. The IIHS concluded that most headlights in the United States aren’t even bright enough to stop a preventable…
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Woman Arrested for Injecting People with Fake Botox
Federal law enforcement officers arrested a woman with the street name “Pretty Sister” last week for allegedly importing fake Botox and administering it to customers in a hotel room at Honolulu’s Pagoda Hotel. Operating an illegal clinic and practicing medicine unlicensed is a crime in itself, but what authorities were most concerned about was that…
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California Legislators Propose Law Giving Parents Paid Vacation Time to Attend Children’s School Functions
For parents living on the poverty line, it can be difficult to attend their children’s school activities. Now, however, California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would provide paid time off for such functions.According to local news affiliate KTLA, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto recently proposed a new legislature that would give all state workers three…
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A Fan Loses Out on $50,000 Over Simple Mistake
Forgetting to do something small happens to everyone. About 39% of people forgot one basic piece of information everyday in the United States in the past week. One person’s forgetfulness, however, potentially cost them a lot of money. James Kiki recently entered into a NCAA Tournament bracket challenge on Yahoo.com and has more correct picks…
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Passenger’s iPhone 6 Bursts into Flames on Alaska Airlines Flight
A woman’s iPhone burst into flames during an Alaska Airlines flight to Hawaii. Anna Crail was flying from Washington to Honolulu for spring break vacation. The aircraft carrying 163 passengers was 90 minutes away from landing when Crail’s iPhone 6 suddenly caught fire while she was watching a movie on her mobile device. “All of…
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Motorcycle Incidents Caught on Camera Via GoPro
GoPros, which are mounted cameras, are being used to capture something surprising: accidents and other traffic incidents involving motorcycles. In Fort Worth, TX, a video surfaced last week where a group of motorcyclists were riding down the highway, when an officer got out of his car and seemingly pepper sprayed the entire group. An ongoing…