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Posted by Niwantha Kodituwakku. The month of March is not only the beginning of Spring but is also the beginning of one of the most thrilling college basketball tournaments. Sixty-four selected teams ranked from seeds, one through sixteen, enter a pool and face-off in single elimination to eventually have one winner crowned champion in the month …

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Posted by Maleesha Silva. Katy Perry, Billy Joel, and Rod Stewart etc. have asked the United States government to “amend parts of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act” (Shaw). Some have filed a brief stating what they see is wrong with the law. Parts of the law allow people that use YouTube to upload music …

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Posted by Tejas Oza. This article is about the parents of a marine killed in a osprey crash are suing Boeing. This helicopter crashed at a military base outside of Honolulu including 21 marines and a navy man, two marines were killed. “The lawsuit accuses Boeing Corp., Bell Helicopter Testron Inc. and Eaton Aerospace of …

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Posted by Natasha Dizon. Chris Collings, who usually eats organic food, had Chipotle once a week. After eating at a restaurant, Collings experienced cramping and diarrhea. The doctors told Collins that this was the result of one of the twenty-one ingredients consumed at Chipotle and that he had E.coli. Hundreds of other people got sick in the …

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Posted by Natasha Dizon.  Today, technology is very advanced with data that can be accessed and tampered with and though a simple passcode or a touch of a finger, your phone can be opened. Smartphones are something that everyone has these days. iPhones have iOS 8 and it can be hacked into through “backdoors.” Recently, Syed …

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Posted by Maleesha Silva. Anna Alaburda was a 2008 graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL). She graduated with honors and had even went on to pass the California Bar Exam. However, she was unable to find a suitable job after graduation and decided to sue TJSL. The plaintiff claimed the defendant, Thomas Jefferson School of …

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Posted by Andres Garcia. On Wednesday March 2, 2016, Sports Authority decided it was time to file for bankruptcy and close almost a third of its total locations. Sports Authority has been crowned the fourth largest U.S. sports store. The decision came after the company failed to pay a $20 million payment of January. In the …

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Posted by Andres Garcia. Following the explicit shooting in San Bernardino, California, the FBI insisted Apple create a software that would aid them in their process of investigation. The proposed software would be inserted into the iPhone device belonging to one of the suspects in the mass shooting. The FBI asked Apple, Inc. after they could …

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Posted by Abul Hasnat Juned. Mr. Valdez, a veteran logistics executive of Amazon.com, has been sued by Amazon.com because of violating a non-compete clause. That clause prohibits him from joining any rival for 18 months after leaving Amazon. Valdez worked as a senior executive of the operation department in Amazon, whose job was to supervise …

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Posted by Abul Hasnat Juned. Apple Inc. and the U.S. government are headed to court because the government is trying to force Apple to hack into the iPhone of the dead San Bernardino attacker, Syed Rizwan Farook. The reason why the government’s wants to access Farook’s phone is that it may contain evidence regarding the …

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