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Some SHIFTY Pandora Deals
Adva Lipson Contributing Writer This post was originally published on Adva’s Tumblr page, Haikusic. Pandora, the online streaming radio, bought Ticketfly, an event ticketing company, last Wednesday for $450 million. Of this, $225 million was paid in cash and the rest in stock. The goal of the acquisition was to provide more capital for the…
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Steve-O sentenced 30 days in jail for “SeaWorld Sucks” stunt
Steve-O has been sentenced to 30 days in Los Angeles County jail for a stunt that he pulled in August. In early August, he climbed a crane in Hollywood and shot off fireworks in a protest against SeaWorld. He was also carrying an inflated pool toy shaped like an orca emblazoned with “SeaWorld Sucks”, according to the…
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The Echo’s MLB Postseason Predictions: Division Series
Alex Giobbi Treasurer, Staff Writer One of the best things about October is the MLB Postseason. This is the time of year where dreams are made, when men become stars, and stars become legends. This is where all the drama happens. For us fans, 2015 offers a real treat. Teams that haven’t been in the…
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Karing for Kelly taps Western students to help organize annual car show on Main Street
Danbury got a nostalgic taste of its auto-racing history on Sunday, Sept. 27, as hundreds of people filled Main Street in support of Karing for Kelly’s annual car show. This year’s beneficiary of the fundraiser was Joe Archiere Jr., the sixth person in the world to be diagnosed with autoimmune cerebellitis.
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WCSU Student Thrown from Crosswalk
Starting as a walk across the street on the midtown campus of Western Connecticut State University led to a hospital visit for a student last Wednesday, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mark Omasta. A driver struck Christopher Percoco, 23, a senior communication major of New Milford, underneath the overpass causing him to be thrown 10…
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Swoodle: New App for Students
Swoodle is not like other file sharing and editing apps. This newly released app was developed by DisplayNote Technologies in 2014 and was created with student and education purposes in mind. Swoodle allows to you co-edit files in real time. Users can take content from anywhere in the cloud. This means whether one uses Google…
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The Blue World Project is SeaWorld’s latest PR fix
Jordan A. Sprogis Editor-in-Chief The Blue World Project is SeaWorld’s biggest attempt at gaining both its visitors and good name back after Blackfish was released in 2013. Blackfish explores the marine park industries and their relationships with captive orca whales. It criticizes mainly SeaWorld’s practices and treatment of its animals. The documentary revolves around Tilikum, a 12,000-pound…
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Nut Job or Inspiration or Both?
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/1d7358_c4680edd32a44449b838a169a7c45c45.jpg?dn=TheWalkBanner.jpg All I could think about throughout “The Walk” is whether French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, portrayed by American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is a nut job, an inspiration, or both! By the third act, which focuses on the walk itself, I’ve decided he is indeed both. Petit makes the impossible possible and his actions are beyond…
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