DSN Newswire The line dance craze has reached Dallas, and is being utilized to help fight cancer. Line Dance for a Cure, will be held at 8am on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Southwest Center Mall’s parking lot. In cooperation with Methodist Health System of Dallas, proceeds from the fund raiser will enable low income [...]
DSN Newswire Who: Mayor Mike Rawlings and the Mayor’s Star Council When: Thursday, May 30, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Where: South Oak Cliff High School, 3601 S Marsalis Ave, Dallas, TX 75216 What: Join us for the premier of a film project featuring . This film is a production created by the Mayor’s Star Council, [...]
People are surprised to learn that Texas, a state renowned for sunshine, is lagging behind when it comes to installing solar panels. Nationwide, the installation of solar panels rose 75 percent in 2011 while simultaneously the equipment necessary to install panels fell drastically. Other sunny states like Arizona are making the most of this cost-effective [...]
May 30, 2013 | Posted in
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Having children and raising a family is a lot more difficult today than a generation ago. Society has come a long way since infant mortality was the norm and good schools were only for the rich, but changing cultures and trends have made maintaining the family unit an impossible task for a lot of people. [...]
May 29, 2013 | Posted in
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Thanks to the global connectivity provided by the Internet, it really is a small world, after all. There was a time when getting a job after college meant working in the town you grew up in, or moving to a big city. Today, that big city might be Tokyo, Dubai, Beijing or Mumbai. It might [...]
May 28, 2013 | Posted in
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In February, New Jersey became the third state to legalize online gambling. Now, the Garden State moves closer to an official launch of online gaming. The proposed regulations are planned to be enforced on June 3. Once the regulations are published, New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement will allow a 60-day comment period. Following that, [...]
May 27, 2013 | Posted in
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It is common knowledge, particularly to world travelers, that brands like Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have made it past American borders, to become some of the most popular sodas in the world. In a list of most popular soda brands by country, Pepsi and Coke products featured prominently, particularly in European and Asian countries. American and [...]
May 27, 2013 | Posted in
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A huge number of those who abuse drugs have suffered, or currently suffer from post traumatic stress disorder — the abuse of substances is often a way of coping with the symptoms of PTSD, or becomes a further addiction because of the way that substance abuse can help sufferers to forget, momentarily, the depth of [...]
May 25, 2013 | Posted in
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Hackers made headlines across the world early 2013, after a group of computer-savvy thieves stole $45 million from ATMs globally. This endeavor was accomplished within hours, as hackers targeted credit card processing companies, raising account withdrawal limits and draining funds from accounts in 27 different countries. Cameras caught street teams visited ATMs and withdrew massive [...]
May 25, 2013 | Posted in
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The buying and selling of smartphones (and apps and accessories) is really, really big business in the United States. Huge business – to the tune of $12.5 billion in the first quarter of 2013. That’s $12,500,000,000. Apple raked in 57% of those profits, which might seem like an astonishing number, but it’s a lower percentage [...]
May 24, 2013 | Posted in
Technology |
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