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All New Albums Will Be Released On Fridays: Did Anyone Even Notice?

http://ift.tt/1dS8yV3 ( Adam Fagen ) At some point in the last 25 years or so, you’ve probably anticipated a new album release from a fav...

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US Airways, American Airlines Set Deadline For Merging Booking Systems

http://ift.tt/1ULkSHH ( meg ) Even though regulators approved the merger of American Airlines and US Airways in late 2013, the two carrie...

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Percentage Of Adults Without Health Insurance Hits New Low

http://ift.tt/1Se2Bid ( Joel Zimmer ) Two years ago, a Gallup survey estimated the percentage of adult Americans without health insurance...

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J. Crew Will Launch Its Own Old Navy-ish Discount Brand

http://ift.tt/1dQRNcf ( Mike Mozart ) About twenty years ago, Gap Inc. started an interesting experiment: they opened some outlet-ish sto...

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CFPB Releases Educational Guides To Help Non-English Speakers Avoid Scams, Understand Financial Issues

http://ift.tt/1HkL1pQ Understanding the world of finance can be difficult for just about anyone in this country, but especially so when the ...

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Police: Taco Bell Customer Upset Over Lack Of WiFi Dumped Water On Teens, Then Pulled A Knife

http://ift.tt/1SdUan3 (via Fox 23 ) Having iffy WiFi service when you want to be online is surely a frustrating experience. But police sa...

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This 9-Year-Old MP3 Player Is Ready For The Latest Tunes, Costs $300

http://ift.tt/1NZak2W If you weren’t all that familiar with technology, this “portable media center” that reader S. found in the clearance s...

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Office Of Personnel Management Director Steps Down Following Massive Data Breach Affecting 21M People

http://ift.tt/1INRay4 ( Flyinace2000 ) Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management – essentially the federal government’s giant human r...

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Twitter Removes Its Ads With Autoplay Videos After Epilepsy Charity Calls Them “Irresponsible”

http://ift.tt/1IYfq05 ( Tom Raftery ) Twitter has pulled two ads promoting its new music service after an epilepsy charity complained tha...

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Here’s Why Amazon’s Stupid Shipping Gang Wrapped Some Bubble Wrap In Brown Paper

http://ift.tt/1HNJN9P Earlier this week, we were amused to see a reader’s submission of a roll of bubble wrap in a massive box , protected w...

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FCC Proposal: Phone Companies Need To Offer Backup Power, Actually Notify You If They Kill Off Your Copper-Wire Landline

http://ift.tt/1L3kAXX ( Alan Bruce ) FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is introducing new to the commission today that would attempt to protect co...

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Amusement Park Takes Catapult Ride Out Of Operation Permanently After Cable Snaps

http://ift.tt/1IPqewJ ( whattheheckisthat on YouTube ) A catapult sounds like it could make for a fun ride, what with the implied image o...

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United Pilot Allegedly Threw Bullets In Plane’s Trash, Flushed Them Down Toilet

http://ift.tt/1J91ICI ( Adam Fagen ) While it’s perfectly legal to transport ammunition on airplanes in checked luggage if it’s in a wood...

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FDA Requiring Stronger Heart Attack & Stroke Warnings For Many Common Painkillers

http://ift.tt/1HSbfmY The warning labels for Advil and other ibuprofen-containing drugs will soon be updated to more accurately reflect con...

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Lawmakers Introduce Legislation That Would Give Legal Marijuana Businesses Access To Banking Services

http://ift.tt/12uACbJ ( Fred Morledge ) One of the biggest challenges facing the new legal marijuana industry comes down to money: now th...

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7-Eleven Isn’t Just Giving Away Slurpees For One Day This Year, It’s Creating A Week Of (Almost) Free Stuff

http://ift.tt/1Gcd8Dx (scrappy!) Who wants a free Slurpee? Well, good thing tomorrow is July 11 – otherwise known as 7-Eleven Day – a day...

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Warn Your Parents And Grandparents About The Fake Grandchild Debt Scam

http://ift.tt/1H7dLkl ( Enokson ) It seems like as soon as we warn the public about a nefarious phone scam, another slight variation spro...

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Lawsuit Claims $12,500 Pink Sapphire Bought In 1999 Turned Out To Be A Fake Worth Only $30

http://ift.tt/1CuP7wv (via USA Today ) A Delaware woman says she was upset to find out she’d been showing off a fake on her finger for th...

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Uber Tells Court Its Drivers Are Happy Being Non-Employees

http://ift.tt/1HzXJU4 ( Adam Fagen ) Are Uber drivers independent contractors or employees of the popular ride-hailing service? The compa...

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Takata Nixes Idea Of Airbag Victim Compensation Fund, For Now

http://ift.tt/1qtI2B5 Last month, in his first public address of the massive airbag defect linked to eight deaths and more than a hundred in...

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Brain-Eating Amoeba Found In Fresh Water Claims A Victim In Minnesota

http://ift.tt/1CtDJRP ( Firehouse Designs ) Summer is here again, with its promises of cool, refreshing water holes and having fun in the...

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Walmart Manager Accused Of Conspiring In $78,000 Robbery

http://ift.tt/1Cl23PB ( Patrick ) In the past, Consumerist has reported on several employees who could certainly take the title of worst ...

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20% Of Young Adults Are Using Someone Else’s Netflix, HBO Go Passwords

http://ift.tt/1J8Bd0a Are you piggybacking on the Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc, account of a friend or family member? A new repo...

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Tom Selleck, Agency Reach Tentative Settlement In Water Theft Lawsuit

http://ift.tt/1GbSbbH ( Kat the Northern Lights Man ) The world was shocked, simply shocked to hear this week that actor Tom Selleck was ...

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