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Popular Young Adult Author Ned Vizzini Dies in NY

Popular Young Adult Author Ned Vizzini Dies in NY

By HILLEL ITALIEAP National WriterNEW YORKNed Vizzini, a popular young adult author and television writer who wrote candidly and humorously about his struggles with depression, has committed suicide. He was 32. Vizzini jumped off the roof of his parents’ home

DC Police: Re-Register Guns or Pay Fine, Go to Jail

DC Police: Re-Register Guns or Pay Fine, Go to Jail

Beginning January 1, all Washington, D.C. gun owners are being required to re-register any guns that were registered “between 1976 and 2010.” According to NBC Washington, this re-registration will take place every three years from this point forward.  Every three years,

Chuck Todd Slams NBC Colleague Donald Trump

Chuck Todd Slams NBC Colleague Donald Trump

NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd took to Twitter to hammer Donald Trump Tuesday as reports of his interest in a gubernatorial run in the state of New York began to circulate:  @anamariecox @aterkel are we really going to

Google Acquires Major Military Robot Developer

Google Acquires Major Military Robot Developer

Google is buying robot maker after robot maker, and its latest purchase, is a military robot maker called Boston Dynamics, which makes robots tough enough to run up to 29 mph, travel over rocky terrain and throw cinder blocks up

EPA Climate Change Analyst Bilks Taxpayers in Phony CIA Plot

EPA Climate Change Analyst Bilks Taxpayers in Phony CIA Plot

In another case of glaring government ineptitude, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed one of its leading climate change experts to defraud taxpayers for nearly $1 million in salary. Moreover, he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in unearned

Media Fail: NRA Twice as Popular as Mike Bloomberg

Media Fail: NRA Twice as Popular as Mike Bloomberg

Saturday is the one-year anniversary of the horrific murders at Sandy Hook Elementary, which means it is also the anniversary of a shameless media attempting to exploit those murders into restrictions against our Second Amendment civil rights. Everywhere today you

Netflix Beats CBS/ABC/NBC in Golden Globe Nominations

Netflix Beats CBS/ABC/NBC in Golden Globe Nominations

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterNEW YORKNetflix, which didn’t exist as an original television programming source until February, snagged six Golden Globe nominations on Thursday _ more than stalwarts ABC, CBS and NBC.HBO led all TV networks with nine nominations. Starz

Poll: Hispanics, Young Voters Abandoning Obama

Poll: Hispanics, Young Voters Abandoning Obama

A new national poll has found President Barack Obama’s support among young voters and Hispanics has plummeted. In an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, “nearly half–49%–of adults aged 18-34 disapprove” of Obama’s job performance while 45% approve. Obama’s disapproval among young

Poll: Uninsured Americans Souring Most on Obamacare

Poll: Uninsured Americans Souring Most on Obamacare

A new national poll has found that Obamacare’s unpopularity increased the most among uninsured Americans since Obamacare–the law that was intended to help the uninsured–went live on Oct. 1. In an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, “fully half of uninsured Americans

NBC, ABC News Press White House on Secret Sebelius Meetings

NBC, ABC News Press White House on Secret Sebelius Meetings

During Friday’s White House briefing, Jonathan Karl of ABC News and Peter Alexander of NBC News both pressed White House spokesman Jay Carney on a Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that found President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary

NBC Prepping 'Rosemary's Baby' Miniseries Remake

NBC Prepping 'Rosemary's Baby' Miniseries Remake

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Dec. 10 (UPI)–A 4-hour miniseries based on Ira Levin’s 1967 suspense novel, “Rosemary’s Baby,” is to begin shooting in Paris next month, NBC announced. The project will be produced by Lionsgate Television, with Joshua Maurer, Alix Witlin

Man Arrested for Prank Calling NFL Coaches

Man Arrested for Prank Calling NFL Coaches

(AP) Hollywood man arrested for pro coach prank callsLOS ANGELESA Los Angeles man who placed prank calls about job vacancies for prominent professional coaches was arrested Monday police said. Kenneth Tarr was arrested at his home in Hollywood and booked