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Overhaul to the Post Office System?

The postal service has been the center of much controversy these past few years. The root of the concern is money. Our stamp prices are every increasing but we are receiving no extra benefits or services. Many people have attributed this problem to rural post offices. The United States Postal Service has been developing a criteria for post offices that they believe are losing the Postal Service the... 

Local Schools Receive Ratings

Five Schools in the Bryan / College Station area received an exemplar rating from Texas education agency while two elementary schools were deemed unacceptable. Fannin and Jones elementaries were these schools that did not meet the Texas education agencies standards. More than 1,000 school ratings were released to the public on Friday by the Texas education agency. The schools could be grouped in to... 

American Idol is Supersized Garbage, says Comedian Jerry Lewis

Instead of spilling the beans regarding his encore Special “The Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis,” the popular comedian seem to have forgotten the true objective of his appearance on the Television Critics Association press tour and went on carping about how ‘supersized’ of a garbage American Idol is. Lewis went on establishing a link between Ryan Seacrest and Hamburglar, saying they are... 

Holland shuts out the Blue Jays

Derek Holland was ecstatic after his shut out against the Blue Jays. In the middle of the game, Ron Washington came out for a visit and lit a fire under Derek H0lland. Holland pitched a 4 hitter that ended in his fourth straight decision win. Holland’s record now stands at 10-4, and he is hoping he can continue this good pitching to help carry the Rangers in to the post season. Behind Hollands... 

Hacking Group Anonymous To Launch A New Social Network

The somewhat infamous hacking group, known simply as ‘Anonymous’, has announced their plans to begin a new social media platform.  Pulling from the newly launched ‘Google+’, Anonymous has decided to title their new open-source social communications service as ‘Anon+’. The announcement came from a tweet sent out by @YourAnonNews late in the afternoon of July 30.... 

Asomugha signs with Eagles, Cowboys left in despair

  The secondary was the weakest point on the Dallas Cowboy football team last year. Regularly they were butchered by the likes of Mike Vick and Eli Manning in the NFC East. Unfortunately for Cowboys fans, major reinforcements are not coming this year. The prize of the free agent market signed with the arch rival Philadelphia Eagles yesterday for 5 years and 60 million dollars. This bolsters the... 

Google TV Users Turned Off By The New Smart TV

Search engine and internet giant, Google, tried to enter a new market with a TV set-top box product known as Google TV.  The product was highly anticipated and the company thought that consumers would go wild.  However, after last quarter, it is clear that consumers are not as crazy as the company had hoped. In fact, rather than pulling out their credit cards to buy, more consumers are actually returning... 

Motorola Android Sales Plumetting Against Competition

Motorola announced Thursday, in an earnings report, that sales of its Android tablet have reached depressingly low levels.  Worse still, Android sales were only the tip of the iceberg in a report that detailed less than satisfactory sales figures for all Motorola devices over the past three months. In the last three months, the company has shipped about 11 million mobile devices.  But, even though... 

Security Experts Warn iPhone Users To Update Their Devices

On July 25th, Apple released a security patch meant to fix a vulnerability in the iOS operating system which is housed in iPhones.  However, many security experts think that the release of the security patch was not publicized enough, considering the severity of the vulnerability. Many iPhone users do not realize that their operating system has left a gaping hole open for hackers to use a special... 

Apple Holds All Of The Cards, And All Of The Cash

In the times where a good number of Americans struggle to get enough food on the table, let alone stay up with the latest tech gadgets, we often throw blame and hate at politicians in Washington.  After all, they control all of the money, right? Wrong.  Well, it seems that assumption may be partially incorrect, at least.  The world has recently found that the Apple Corporation may very well have... 
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