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SF Bars Debuting Facial Detection Social Networking App

Some San Francisco bars will be experimenting with the latest facial detection technologies over the weekend with Scenetap, the Austin-based party starter app.  The social networking app relies on a software to recognize the number of people at a particular venue in addition to a few details...

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Three BU Students Die In New Zealand Car Crash

Three Boston University students who were studying in New Zealand were killed earlier today when their minivan crashed. At least five other students from the university were injured in the accident, including one who is in critical condition. According to New Zealand police, the students were...

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Dog Gets Swept Away In Merrimack River

A dog was swept away when going for a swim in the Merrimack River Friday. While at Arms Park in Manchester, the golden retreiver Sam, jumped in while his owner called the fire department. Onlookers shouted to Sam as he struggled to tread water. One firefighter got to the wall surrounding the...

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Sexual Assault At Stoke

Things took a turn for the worse on the night of Cinco de Mayo when, at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning, a sexual assault was reported by a female student in Stoke.  According to the police report, the victim and the suspect (described as "a dark-skinned man with dark hair") did not know each...

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Falling Bear Meets His Demise

The Boulder, CO bear made famous by its fall from a tree on the CU campus last week met his bear-god early Thursday morning on the Denver Bound lanes of 36. He was tranquilized last week after being found in a tree on the CU Boulder campus and Andy Duanne was there to catch the viral photo of the...

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Falling Bear Causes A Copyright Stir

CU-Boulder student photographer Andy Duann was blessed with being in the right place at the right time last Thursday. Duann snapped the shot of the "falling bear". The "falling bear" was a 200 pound tranquilized black bear who climbed a tree outside of the CU dorms. Moments before, the...

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Prez Huddleston May Reveal Himself At UNH's Lobster Bake

And I don't mean 'reveal' in a way that could get him/her arrested, either.  I say him/her because I'm not convinced that the manager of the Twitter account @prezhuddleston, a person pretending to be UNH President Mark Huddleston, is a man, despite what this video may show.  It'd be the...

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Boston University Plans To Put A Stop To Sexual Assault

  In the past year, Boston University’s reputation has suffered some damage in the form of nine reports of sexual assault.  That number has doubled from the previous year, and many were concerned about what exactly the university was going to do about it.  Students seemed to blame...

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Crazed Horny Turkeys Are On The Loose

Believe it or not, turkeys are dangerous. So dangerous, in fact, that Kittery police can’t seem to get them under control. For the past few month, residents of a neighborhood in Kittery, ME have complained about an aggressive tom turkey that has been harassing the area. For those of you who...

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Update: Major Changes To UNH's Master Plan

Looks like my article from a few days ago inspired some of you to action. At a forum on the Master Plan on Tuesday, major changes were made due to the unpopularity of the prospect of private businesses moving in on UNH turf.  According to The New Hampshire, "Revisions to the plan...

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