Supporters, Critics Sound Off Over California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Taking Effect in 2015

On Jan. 1, 2015, California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act will take effect in an attempt to improve groundwater management and quality throughout the state. But for supporters and opponents of the legislation alike, the new law signals a move into “unknown territory” for California’s agriculture. This was the phrase given by California Farm Bureau Federation […]

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How Outdoor Advertising is Becoming Increasingly Connected to Your Mobile Phone

Vodafone Group has recently signed a deal with outdoor advertising behemoth JCDecaux that will allow the mobile phone carrier to install small cell technology on billboards and street furniture, in order to increase coverage for its customers. According to a December 11 MobileWorldLive article, the collaboration is just one part of Vodafone’s Project Spring, a […]

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The Latest Trend in Hair Extensions: Bedazzling Your Armpits

For decades, it’s been an unspoken rule among women that having visible armpit hair is uncouth and a sign of poor grooming. However, a growing number of women are taking back their armpit hair for themselves. According to a December 3 Styleite article, these women are adding hair extensions to their already-grown-out armpit hair, bedazzling […]

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With Same-Sex Marriage Illegal in Ohio, This Couple Can’t Get a Divorce There, Either

Brenda Mohney and Erin O’Leary filed for divorce in July and were granted the split in November. But now the Athens County, Ohio, judge who made the decision has reversed it. Common Pleas Court Judge George McCarthy ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 23, that “it was not apparent” that two women were seeking the divorce rather […]

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Atlanta Police Apprehend Two Brothers for Roofing Scam Targeting Elderly

Atlanta police have placed two men under arrest for their suspected involvement in a roofing scam that targeted elderly residents in the Druid Hills and Emory University area. Jeffrey Glen Ogles from Griffin and Keith Derrick Ogles, of Jonesboro, are facing the accusation that they swindled tens of thousands of dollars from roofing victims, including […]

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Low Rental-Vacancy Leading to Increased Rents

With demand outpacing construction and more Americans preferring to lease instead of buy, the U.S. is undergoing one of the worst rental housing shortages in over a decade, which is giving benefits to corporate landlords. For the first time since 2001, there’s an undersupply of single-family homes and apartments to rent, according to Freddie Mac’s […]

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14th Person Dies as Result of Last Month’s Lake-Effect Snowstorm in Buffalo

The Associated Press is reporting that last month’s storm, which dropped more than seven feet of snow around Buffalo, NY, has claimed its 14th victim. A man from the town of Hamburg, in Erie County, died from complications following a cardiac arrest suffered while he was shoveling snow sometime around Nov. 17. Of the 13 […]

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