Thor Benson
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 2 (UPI) — Sources say Google is looking into launching a rideshare service that would rival Uber.
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Google is looking into creating a rival to Uber
Yahoo’s Planned Entry Into Daily Fantasy Sports Market Is Good News; Helps To …– Forbes
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Yahoo's Planned Entry Into Daily Fantasy Sports Market Is Good News; Helps To …
Forbes Yahoo's planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market. Daily fantasy sports participants have not seen true competition for market share since July 2014 when … Packers sign deal with FanDuel daily fantasy sports Buffalo Bills sign deal with FanDuel: Do you use daily fantasy sports sites … |
Sources: Greg Hardy gets into verbal altercation with Cowboys teammate – FOXSports.com
Sources: Greg Hardy gets into verbal altercation with Cowboys teammate
FOXSports.com Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy was involved in a verbal altercation with backup defensive lineman Davon Coleman at the team's facility on Friday and had to be separated by teammates, sources have told FOX Sports. The dispute between Hardy … |
Skechers Strides Into Second Place in US Sports Footwear Market – Wall Street Journal
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Skechers Strides Into Second Place in US Sports Footwear Market
Wall Street Journal The Manhattan Beach, Calif., company is the latest beneficiary of the so-called athleisure trend in retail, with shoppers snapping up sport-styled clothes and shoes regardless of whether they plan to work out in them. By offering stylish, casual shoes … |
Starbucks, Spotify enter into partnership
Danielle Haynes
SEATTLE, May 18 (UPI) — A new deal between Starbucks and music streaming service Spotify will allow baristas and customers to play D.J. at the coffee shops 7,000 stores.
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Ex-Reagan adviser: Fox News is ‘self-brainwashing’ Republicans into a radical …– Raw Story
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Ex-Reagan adviser: Fox News is 'self-brainwashing' Republicans into a radical …
Raw Story Economist Bruce Bartlett, a former adviser to both Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, warned over the weekend that Fox News had damaged the Republican Party by creating a bubble for conservatives to brainwash themselves. In his paper … What Liberals Still Dont Understand About Fox News |
Jack White inducted into Nashville’s Walk of Fame – Consequence of Sound (blog)
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Jack White inducted into Nashville's Walk of Fame
Consequence of Sound (blog) At a ceremony in Nashville this afternoon, Jack White was inducted into the city's Walk of Fame. White was joined by friend and frequent collaborator Loretta Lynn, as the first two musicians to be inducted following extensive renovations to the … Loretta Lynn, Jack White step onto Walk of Fame in Nashville Loretta Lynn, Jack White inducted into Music City Walk of Fame Loretta Lynn, Jack White receive stars at newly renovated Walk of Fame Park |
Netflix expanding into Italy, Spain and Portugal says CEO
Amy R. Connolly
LOS GATOS, Calif., June 6 (UPI) — Netflix, the widely popular Internet video service, will expand into Italy, Portugal and Spain in October, the company said Saturday.
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Fantasy sports site DraftKings boosts staff, branches into sports news – BetaBoston
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Fantasy sports site DraftKings boosts staff, branches into sports news
BetaBoston In a time of media turmoil, at least one Boston newsroom is expanding rapidly, and it does not even belong to a media company. Playbook, the sports information website launched late last year by fantasy gaming company DraftKings Inc., has grown from a … |
Three Killed When Plane Slams Into Massachusetts House – NBCNews.com
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Three Killed When Plane Slams Into Massachusetts House
NBCNews.com Mary O'Rourke, who lives next door, told NBC News she was sitting on her porch when "all of a sudden I saw this little plane crash into the back of my neighbors' house." "It went right up in flames," O'Rourke said. "There was black smoke and ashes … Plane crashes into Plainville home, killing three Plane crashes into home in Massachusetts, killing 3 aboard; residents escape Plane crashes into Mass. home, killing 3 aboard; residents escape |
DOJ investigation into Hillary Clinton email account sought – CBS News
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DOJ investigation into Hillary Clinton email account sought
CBS News Additionally, CBS News has obtained a letter sent Thursday to the leadership of the House and Senate intelligence committees, in which the IC inspector general says some of the emails on Clinton's server "should have been handled as classified, … Hillary Clinton: Report of Email Probe Has 'a Lot of Inaccuracies' – NBC News |
Gazelle leaps into metro Detroit sports gear fray – Detroit Free Press
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Gazelle leaps into metro Detroit sports gear fray
Detroit Free Press It's a bold move that Chris Lampen-Crowell has been pondering for a decade. Should Gazelle Sports, a respected retailer of running, soccer and sports apparel in Kalamazoo, Holland and Grand Rapids, expand beyond its home turf of west Michigan to … |
Federal agency opens investigation into faulty Honda air bags
Amy R. Connolly
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Federal safety regulators opened an investigation into Honda Motor Co.’s 2008 Accord model after more than a dozen reports of air bag failures.
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Arizona News Anchor Is Drawn Into Debate on Her Accent and the Use of Spanish – New York Times
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Arizona News Anchor Is Drawn Into Debate on Her Accent and the Use of Spanish
New York Times PHOENIX — An Arizona news anchor defended her pronunciation of Spanish words during English broadcasts, saying she delivers them the way the language is intended to be spoken. In a broadcast on Monday, Vanessa Ruiz, who works for 12 News here, … |
Congress panel to look into Volkswagen emissions trickery, U.S. diesel sales frozen
Doug G. Ware
DETROIT, Sept. 21 (UPI) — A congressional panel will convene to investigate an apparent plan by Volkswagen to get around U.S. emissions regulations for nearly a half-million vehicles.
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N.Y. attorney general launches inquiry into DraftKings, FanDuel fantasy football scandal
Doug G. Ware
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) — A scandal involving reports of insider trading at two fantasy football sites continues to evolve, as it’s now drawn attention from New York’s attorney general.
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Plane skids into ditch at Nashville International Airport, 8 injured – The Tennessean
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Plane skids into ditch at Nashville International Airport, 8 injured
The Tennessean A Southwest plane carrying passengers and a crew from Houston rolled off a taxiway into the grass and got stuck in a ditch at the Nashville International Airport Tuesday, injuring at least eight people, authorities said. FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen … Southwest plane goes off runway after landing in Nashville Southwest Airlines flight from Houston to Nashville goes off runway Southwest flight skids off taxiway in Nashville |
Uber may get into travel-booking business – CNBC
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Uber may get into travel-booking business
CNBC Uber might be trying to enter the online travel-booking business, if a recent patent application is any indication. A mobile app that would link real-time airplane landings with the availability of Uber cars might be in the works, according to an … Uber Is About to Make Traveling Much Easier Uber is thinking of getting into the travel business Uber Travel may challenge Expedia, TripCase, everyone — if it's serious |
AAA data suggests low 2015 gas prices may carry into 2016
Daniel Uria
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) — AAA’s year-end report found gasoline in the U.S. was the second cheapest it had been in a decade in 2015 and suggested that low prices would continue 2016.
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Delorean car going back into production
Shawn Price
HOUSTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) — The Delorean car, immortalized in the “Back to the Future” movies, will soon be back in production and made on U.S. soil, the company CEO said.
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