All posts by Jessica Strickland
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Arrests over the Happy dance video in Iran
A music video that brought tears to the eyes of music producer Pharrell Williams has led to the incarceration of 6 individuals who appeared in the video. Six young Tehranis got into trouble after their contribution to...
- Posted May 23, 2014
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Toronto Students in Hot Water After Approaching Polar Bear
The Toronto Zoo is investigating two high school students who posted a video of themselves trespassing to photograph Humphrey the polar bear cub during a school field trip. The video — sent to the Star by one...
- Posted May 23, 2014
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Buffalo Bills Could Be Moving to Toronto
Buffalo Bills fans are livin’ on a prayer that their beloved NFL team stays put after speculation that rocker Jon Bon Jovi is interested in buying the team and moving it north to Toronto. The team officially...
- Posted May 22, 2014
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Selfie craze? Doctors link smartphone snaps with mental illness
The selfie phenomenon may be a craze in more ways than one. Experts have linked taking selfies with mental illness, claiming that some people who obsessively take pictures of themselves may have a form of Body Dysmorphic...
- Posted May 21, 2014
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The Class of 2014 Just Made History in the Worst Imaginable Way
The news: Congratulations, class of 2014! Not for graduating — though that’s nice, too — but for earning one of the more dubious distinctions in recent memory: You’ve officially been named “the most indebted class ever.” According...
- Posted May 21, 2014
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Where’s the tablet market going? Microsoft lays out its own take
Since the iPad’s introduction in 2010, there’s been a promise in the air: that we could finally stop lugging around laptops in favor of these lightweight, totally mobile touchscreen devices. The next year, everyone rushed to make...
- Posted May 21, 2014
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Questions answered, but more raised at lottery
Was sacrificing a season worth it? Will Andrew Wiggins deliver? Will Joel Embiid or Jabari Parker? Will a Hall of Famer emerge from farther down this draft, like Steve Nash at No. 15 in 1995 or John...
- Posted May 21, 2014
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There’s Someone I’d Like You to Meet…How To Use Introductions to Strengthen Weak Ties and Advance Your Career
Have you ever been the beneficiary of an introduction that changed your life? In other words, if you want to be introduced, then you need to become an introducer. Success comes to those who take initiative. Think...
- Posted May 21, 2014
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Celebrity Weddings & The Big Budgets
The Most Expensive Celebrity Nuptials Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman $2 million Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes $3 million Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel $6.5 million Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin $7.7 million Kim Kardashian...
- Posted May 20, 2014