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Tituss Burgess on ‘Kimmy,’ race and pinot noir

July 29, 2015 admin actor-tituss, annual-critics, beverly-hills, billion-times, burgess, consumer-review, facebook, francisco-based, nomination, the-television

By Piya Sinha-Roy BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – A glass of wine at his side, Actor Tituss Burgess says he is used to fans serenading him with his catchy “Pinot Noir” song from Netflix's hit comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” After honing his acting in theater, Burgess, 36, stepped into the television spotlight with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's “Kimmy Schmidt,” securing a supporting actor Emmy nomination for playing eccentric roommate Titus Andromedon to Kimmy, a former 'mole woman' trying to carve a New York life

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Shutterfly quarterly revenue rises 15.5 percent

July 29, 2015 admin actor-tituss, annual-critics, beverly-hills, billion-times, cents-per, editing, francisco-based, more-customers, nomination, revenue-rose, shutterfly, the-television

(Reuters) – Shutterfly Inc reported a 15.5 percent rise in quarterly revenue as more customers used its personalized photo-based products and services. The company’s net loss narrowed to $23.8 million, or 63 cents per share, in the second quarter ended June 30 from $27.1 million, or 70 cents per share, a year earlier. Net revenue rose to $183.9 million from $159.1 million.

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Planned Parenthood investigating claims of website hack

July 27, 2015 admin all-things, hacking-group, illegal, monday, nicole-anderson, only-because, planned-parenthood, recorded-videos, reproductive

Planned Parenthood called on the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday for help managing cybersecurity, following a report that the reproductive healthcare group’s website had been hacked by anti-abortion activists. The organization has come under scrutiny since the release of two secretly recorded videos earlier this month that critics said showed it was involved in the illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue for medical research

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House Benghazi panel says no date set for Clinton testimony

July 25, 2015 admin america, committee, hillary-clinton, lawyer, nickelodeon, picture, stern-school, testify-on-oct

The U.S. House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, said on Saturday that no date has been set for Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the panel, contradicting a Clinton campaign spokesman who said the former secretary of state would appear on Oct. 22.

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Taxi drivers block streets of Rio in protest against Uber

July 24, 2015 admin after-protests, central, drugs, electronic, miles, offering-free, online, sheriff, street, yellow

Uber Technologies Inc responded by offering free rides to customers to help alleviate transport issues on what it called a “difficult day for getting around.” The company has come under fire in countries around the world, with local taxi drivers complaining that Uber drivers are not properly regulated and have fewer overhead costs, which makes them unfairly competitive. Lawmakers in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, and capital city Brasilia have already voted to ban Uber after protests by local taxi drivers

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Website linked to Tennessee shooting denies it sells guns

July 23, 2015 admin abdulazeez, after-returning, after-the-fbi, chattanooga, fbi, make-it-clear, marines, said-it-knew, tennessee, the-information, the-website, video

“We'd like to make it clear that Armslist does not sell guns,” Jonathan Gibbon, owner of the website, said in the video. The statement appeared on the website a day after the FBI said it knew where the suspect, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, obtained his guns but would withhold the information for now

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Herbalife files petition to seek user information from Twitter

July 22, 2015 admin account-details, contains-not, filed-on-monday, herbalife, management-team, mission-district, only-defamatory, person, said-it-wants, the-petition, twitter-feed, user

The petition for “discovery before suit” seeks to identify the person against whom a lawsuit can be filed. Herbalife said it wants Twitter to provide information such as IP addresses and account details of the user who vilified the company and its management as “thieves, pill pushing frauds and bullies”

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The Creation of Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works

July 20, 2015August 5, 2015 admin

By Phin Upham In the early 1800s, transportation was rather limited. Trains existed, but moving goods to anything other than

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Amazon says Prime Day orders beat last year’s Black Friday

July 16, 2015 admin amazon, colorado, copyright, earnings, freshly-delivered, golden, held-the-one, meets-the-law, million-items, programs, record-high, said-customers, shares-touched

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said customers ordered 34.4 million items worldwide during its highly publicized Prime Day sale, breaking the record set by last year's Black Friday sale.

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Google unveils ‘buy’ button, host of new shopping features

July 15, 2015 admin consumers-spend, eagerly-awaited, european, facebook, few-retailers, from-the-user, google-account, user, uses-saved, wednesday, zurich

(Reuters) – Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a new feature called “Purchases on Google,” which allows shopper to buy items directly from mobile search ads.