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  • Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.......
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  • A.E.S. Moving Out Of Akron
    A.E.S. Moving Out Of Akron A downtown Akron tenant that helped the rebirth of the former B.F.Goodrich factory buildings along South Main Street is now in the process of moving out of Akron. AkronNewsNow has learned…
  • DeVitis Yanks New Judge Addition
    DeVitis Yanks New Judge Addition The brief controversy over adding another juvenile court judge for Summit County is over. Green Republican state representative Anthony DeVitis is asking the chair of the committee in Columbus considering…
  • HACK ATTACK: Day Six Update
    HACK ATTACK: Day Six Update Akron city hall is putting it's legal staff on the front lines in the wake of last week's hacker attack of the City's website, which put at risk the personal information…
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  • Jodi Arias to Donate Hair, Recycle If Allowed to Live

    Jodi Arias to Donate Hair, Recycle If Allowed to LiveABC News(PHOENIX) -- In her final words to jurors Tuesday before they decide her punishment for murder, Jodi Arias clicked through a photo slideshow, quoted Dickens and used props as she begged them to spare her life for her family's sake.
    Arias, 32, was convicted earlier this month of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in 2008. The...

  • Limited Train Service Resumes After Connecticut Derailment

    Limited Train Service Resumes After Connecticut DerailmentiStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Limited rail service resumes Tuesday afternoon between New York and Bridgeport, Conn., after two trains derailed last week.
    Limited Amtrak and Metro-North commuter rail service resumes between New York and New Haven and full service is expected to resume Wednesday.
    One of two tracks damaged when the trains...

  • Man Arrested with Loaded Gun at JFK Airport

    Man Arrested with Loaded Gun at JFK AirportTSANEW YORK) -- A New York man was arrested Tuesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a loaded gun was found in his luggage.
    It's the second time in four days a passenger at JFK has been spotted with a loaded gun in his carry-on.
    The passenger was flying to Hawaii when his .22 caliber handgun was confiscated.
    It followed a San...

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  • JPMorgan Chase Shareholders Still Confident in CEO Jamie Dimon
    Authors: Carmen CoxScott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) -- JPMorgan Chase [NYSE: JPM] shareholders voted to allow CEO Jamie Dimon to keep his dual role as CEO and chairman of…
  • Xbox One: Microsoft's Next Console
    Authors: jcMicrosoft(REDMOND, Wash.) -- Eight years after releasing the Xbox 360, Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its gaming console.The new gaming system, which it plans to release before…
  • World Nutella Day? Not So Fast, Company Says
    Authors: jcSimon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ferrero, the Italian company that makes Nutella, has scrapped a superfan's global tribute to the chocolaty spread. Sara Rosso started World Nutella…

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  • IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
    Authors: jcComstock Images/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who is at the center of the controversy for the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups, will refuse…
  • IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn from Unappeased Senators
    Authors: jcWin McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeted conservative groups,…
  • First Conservative Group Files Suit Against IRS
    Authors: jcHemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The first group that claims they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service filed suit Tuesday against the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking…

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  • 5 Surprising Ways to Lose Weight and Feel Great
      Hormones have a bad reputation. Feeling bloated? Cranky? Craving carbs? Blame it on that time of the month. But hormones provide a host of health benefits and can help you lose weight, sleep better and stay sharp. Learn five ways they can help you be your best-and how to harness their positive power. Photo by Getty Images. Soothe stress with endorphins  HOW THEY HELP: These "feel-good" hormones can ease pain and create an overall sense…
  • How to Avoid Eating Fast-Food on Road Trips
      If you have ever been on a road trip in the U.S., you've probably noticed the overwhelming monotony of food exit road signs. A seemingly infinite rotation of major fast-food chains lines the highway system, and unless you're making an effort to plan other arrangements during your journey, chances are that you'll be cruising a lot of drive-thrus.  Adding another item to your packing list might not seem like ideal way to help you…
  • 5 Money Mistakes You're Making when You Eat Out
      Even great restaurants have empty tables sometimes, and while you might be able to snag one by calling at 5:00 on the evening you want to eat, online services like Savored and OpenTable do a fine job of searching for availability--plus, they reward you with a discount. If you use Groupon-owned Savored, for instance, which currently lists restaurants in 10 cities and is adding more soon, you could pay 30 percent less for food…
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