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MSNBC Renamed MS NOW

MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW, an acronym for My Source News Opinion World, later this year, dropping the NBC name and peacock logo to establish a distinct identity following its spin-off from Comcast’s NBCUniversal. What do you think?

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Rockies Pitcher Pledges To Give Up Home Run For Sick Child

DENVER—In an effort to make sure the young leukemia patient’s night at Coors Field was a special one, Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland pledged Saturday to give up a home run for a sick child, ballpark sources confirmed. “Hey buddy, when I go out there tonight and serve up a meatball for the Diamondbacks to […]

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New Law Requires 15% Of Cocaine Received By Child Actors Be Set Aside For Future

WASHINGTON—In a move designed to help minors in the entertainment industry hold on to their hard-earned substances, Congress passed a new law Thursday that requires 15% of all cocaine received by child actors to be set aside for their future. “The sad truth is that a lot of the coke given to children who work […]

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WNBA Agrees To End Disparity Between Men’s, Women’s Fines

NEW YORK—In a landmark move to address longstanding gender inequities in professional basketball, league officials announced this week that the WNBA would now fine players just as much as their male counterparts in the NBA. “For too long, women have received financial penalties that are only a fraction of those received by men who break […]

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Evidence Suggests Easter Island Heads Were Gifts From Overbearing Mother-In-Law

IOWA CITY, IA—Shedding light on the age-old mystery surrounding the monolithic statues, a new study published Thursday in the Journal Of Archaeological Science found evidence suggesting that the Easter Island heads were gifts from an overbearing mother-in-law. “By deciphering glyphs on wooden tablets, we discovered an inhabitant of the island once made an offhand remark […]

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