Buffalo Snowstorm Leads to Eight Dead, Countless Homes with Property Damage

Although Thanksgiving hasn’t yet arrived, the snow has in many parts of the country. Buffalo, NY, is one such area that has seen potentially record-breaking amounts of snowfall, with some areas buried under six feet or more of snow. The snow has already caused a number of problems for residents: doors, windows, and roofs have […]

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Thoreau’s Two Years of Cabin Life Inspire Young Artists in New Lincoln Exhibit

Walden, the 160-year-old work from American writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is getting another chance at life, thanks to a new art exhibit at Lincoln, Massachusetts’s deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Like many writers, Thoreau didn’t enjoy much success before his death in 1862, but 1854’s Walden, which stressed the importance of a return […]

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Lake Effect Snow In Western New York will Cause More Problems Before and After it Dissipates

Although residents in Western and Northern New York got a brief break from the constant barrage of lake effect snow yesterday, authorities are warning that there’s even more heavy snow to come. Areas like Buffalo and Watertown are already so buried by lake effect snow that many homeowners just see a wall of snow when […]

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Why Some Women Are Struggling to Prepare for Retirement, and It’s Exactly Why You Think

The past decades have been about empowering women in the workplace, ensuring that they get paid the same as men for equal work. That doesn’t always happen, so some have ventured into their entrepreneurship. Many local woman owned businesses are thriving, but in this tricky economy, even the bosses are finding it hard to retire. […]

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Oxford Dictionaries Names ‘Vape’ Its Word of the Year for 2014

Slang terms come and go, but when the linguaphiles at Oxford Dictionaries, run by Oxford University Press, name one as the “Word of the Year,” it could indicate some longevity rather than a trend. This year’s word, according to the Oxford Dictionaries blog, is “vape” — which refers to both the act of puffing on […]

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U.S. Mobile Payment Market Forecast Looks Bright, According to Research Firm

Cash may no longer be king by the time 2019 rolls around. It was only a few years ago that the idea of paying for items at the checkout counter with your phones seemed like something straight out of a science fiction movie, or a technology pipe dream. However, according to point-of-sale industry experts, that […]

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