Who Says the Barter System is Dead? This Couple Used It to Get an $80K Wedding

The average wedding in United States costs approximately $28,000. But one Fresno, CA, couple got a wedding valued at $80,000 for free — all through bartering. Jessica Norgard, 29, and Isaac Aaron Piche, 28, dated for seven years before deciding to get married. Not wanting to pay an exorbitant amount for their wedding, they decided […]

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Los Angeles County to Spend $41 Million to Open Three New Mental Health Urgent Care Centers

Los Angeles County supervisors recently voted to fund several mental health services, at the urging of District Attorney Jackie Lacey and others who are lobbying to keep mentally ill people out of county jails. The $40.9 million in state funding will be used to open three new 24-hour psychiatric urgent care clinics, where police can […]

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Carlisle High School Students Are Reaping the Benefits of Their Solar Project

High school students in Carlisle, PA are utilizing solar technology in an effort to keep up-to-date with emerging technologies and learn about alternative resources. Students in the carpentry program of the Center for Careers and Technology at Carlisle High School have created a solar-powered trailer to use for all of their construction projects. The project […]

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New Patent Implies that Updated Apple TV may have Motion-Controlled Remotes

A patent recently granted to tech juggernaut Apple has experts speculating that the new Apple TV, about which rumors have been spreading for years, may include a motion-sensitive remote. The patent granted to Apple is called “Scrolling Displayed Objects Using a 3D Remote Controller in a Media System,” leading tech commentators on gottabemobile.com to suspect […]

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‘Feminist’ T-Shirts Removed From Stores After Report Claims They Were Manufactured in Sweatshops

T-shirts with a feminist message emblazoned across the front were swiftly removed from stores amid shocking allegations that they had been produced by underpaid women working in a sweatshop and living in cramped living quarters. For its December feminism issue, Elle UK joined forces with the Fawcett Society — Britain’s single largest women’s advocacy group […]

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Police Investigate Bathtub Theft in Two Separate States

Yes, people actually steal bathtubs and sometimes they get in stuck in mud while doing so. Rub-a-dub-dub. The town of High Ridge, Missouri, located in Jefferson County, has a problem with bathtub thieves. Police are currently investigating a string of bathtub robberies from area construction sites. According to investigators, the bathtub thieves have also stolen […]

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