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Why nice people freak me out
You’ve seen it happen. A couple buys the young parents at the table across from them dinner. The boss invites the young protege to lunch, pays and doesn’t even mention work once. That person on the metro who got the last seat let’s someone carrying bags take it. It happens all around us. But it’s never […]
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How I deal with depression
That day where the night before, as you sat drinking your tequila and beer because that’s the only mixer you had, you played a bootleg copy of Men in Black III because you needed to laugh. You needed to laugh because it’s been days since you last did. It takes more muscles to frown but […]
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About being a journalist
I know there are days when you can’t help but bring your work home with you. We’ve all done it and on certain occasions, it is truly unavoidable. I got into this industry to talk to people, learn about different lives and try my best to help others while experiencing new things . One thing […]
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Game of Thrones season 2 finale will be 10 minutes longer than usual, thank you HBO
The season 2 finale will be Sunday at 9 p.m. and HBO has decided to allow 10 extra minutes for it! A Game of Thrones is the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire which is a series of high fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin. If you don’t have 3,000 years […]
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Today is National Grilled Cheese Day. Here are some of the cheesiest photos from around the web I could find.
I love grilled cheese sandwiches. I mean really, who doesn’t love cheese? I see you lactose intolerant people getting ready to type a strongly worded comment about my generalization but let’s be real for a moment. You don’t hate cheese. Your body does. But there is nothing quite like the taste of that gloriously delicious […]
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Goldman Sachs executive director resigns publicly: This environment is “toxic” and “destructive”
In country where when asked who is to blame for the nation’s economic predicament, 78% say Wall Street bears a “great deal or a fair amount of blame”, it isn’t often you hear such an honest testament from a Wall Street executive. In a timely op-ed published in the New York Times today, Goldman Sachs […]
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In the middle of Sunshine Week, Justice Department urges changes to protect new category of gov’t secrets
Sunshine Week isn’t about the weather or maintaining a shining attitude this week. It is a national initiative to promote a dialogue and educate the public about the importance of open government and freedom of information. It was launched in March of 2005 by the American Society of News Editors. The organization chose this week […]
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If you know the name Kony, you should know who the Alawite sect in Syria is too
In the past week, social media has facilitated the rise in awareness of the atrocious acts of Ugandan guerrilla group leader Joseph Kony. Likewise, awareness of the nonprofit group, Invisible Children, behind the movement to bring down Kony has grown and along with it, gained opponents who claim the organization isn’t using it’s legitimate as […]
Jessica Puente 