Posts by: Kara Pendleton

by Kara Pendleton

Vape Announced as Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2014 Vape. It’s the winning word of Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year distinction for 2014. The word vape may ... read the story

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Target Black Friday Preview Deals Retailers wanting to make the most of the holiday shopping season come up with clever ways to draw in the crowds. Target... read the story

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Facebook Messenger App Hits Half Billion User Mark Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating success, sort of. His Messenger app hit the 500 million user mark, closi... read the story

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Hackers Took Emails with Credit Card Data in Home Depot Breach Back in September, it was announced that like a number of other retailers, Home Depot had been hacked. The intruders sto... read the story

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Eight Million Women Fail to Get Cervical Cancer Screenings The new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that approximately eight mill... read the story

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After Getting it Wrong, Google ReTools Online Flu-Tracking Tool Google got it wrong. Though the internet giant had the right motive and great technology in its arsenal, that apparently... read the story

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Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? November 2 is the big clock-changing day for much of the United States. The clock will “fall back” an hour, ... read the story

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The Teal Pumpkin Project Helps Trick-or-Treating Kids with Food Allergies For most kids, Halloween is a time of gathering as many sugar-filled snacks as they possibly can. There are a minority o... read the story

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How Warren Buffett Lost $2 Billion in Two Days on Two Stocks Business magnate Warren Buffett has built a reputation for making solid financial investments, with many investors and e... read the story

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More Hiring and Jobs Filled but Few Pay Raises in Sight for the Workforce Despite three straight pay raise increasing quarters, the third quarter of 2014 showed a 43 percent decline in the numbe... read the story