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The Recording Academy Reveals Grammy Nominees
By Lauren Bradley
December 1, 2011 - 4:27pm
Eclectic collection of artists receive nominations

Following the reveal of the 2012 Grammy Nominations, social media sites were dominated by the opinions of fans and critics. CBS News reports Wednesday night gave Grammy-nominated artists the chance to perform in front of the Recording Academy in Los Angeles. The most prestigious categories include song, record and album of the year.

Cyber Monday Soars
By Colin Brown
November 30, 2011 - 4:35pm
The online version of Black Friday sees an extreme jump in sales from last year

Although the economy is still down, Cyber Monday did better than ever this year. 

Bernie Fine Fired from Syracuse University
By Darius Joshua
November 28, 2011 - 10:15am
New information leads to termination of basketball team's assistant head coach

At the direction of Chancellor [Nancy] Cantor, Bernie Fine's employment with Syracuse University was terminated on Sunday night. This information came from a statement issued by Kevin Quinn, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Syracuse University, according to ABC News.

Syracuse University's Assistant Basketball Coach Accused Of Molestation
By Nadine Della Pelle
November 18, 2011 - 12:37pm
Bernie Fine allegedly abused two ball boys beginning in the early 1980s

In the midst of the Penn State sexual abuse allegations, more victims are starting to speak up. A case filed in 2005 when a man by the name of Bobby Davis told police that he was inappropriately touched as a child by Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine, is being re-opened again.

UFC Sues New York State Over Ban on Mixed Martial Arts
By Pi-Jung Chen
November 17, 2011 - 2:07pm
Grounds for the case include violations of the First Amendment

UFC, the world's largest mixed-martial arts prompter, sued New York State over banning on the sports, and didn't make any repeal, according to poughkeepsiejournal.com.

Social Network Deals with Spam
By Steffie Marshal...
November 16, 2011 - 9:38pm
A wave of pornographic and violent images flood Facebook over the span of a few days

For the past few days, Facebook has been bombarded with pornographic and violent images on the news feeds.

While the social network's lawyers are looking for ways to handle the spammers, many users are bewildered from the images they saw in their news feeds. Some of them took to Twitter to share their frustrations. A lot of people they might quit Facebook altogether over the spam assault if this doesn’t stop.

Supreme Court Upholds Eviction of Occupy Protestors
By Aaron Scheinblum
November 16, 2011 - 11:21am
The New York Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that protestors may return to Zuccotti Park, but they may no longer camp there.

The park has been the main headquarters for a movement that has spread not only from coast-to-coast, but also across the world.

After New York Police cleared the “residents” from the park early Tuesday morning, attorneys for the demonstrators argued the forced evacuation was unlawful, CNN reports.

State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman disagreed.

Controversial Oil Pipeline To Be Rerouted
By Micki Fahner
November 15, 2011 - 10:10am
New route will avoid environmentally sensitive areas in Nebraska

TransCanada announced Monday that it will reroute its planed Keystone XL Pipeline, which would carry crude oil from Canada to Texas. The company said the new route would avoid the Sandhills area of Nebraska, which is home to an important and environmentally sensitive aquifer, NPR reports.

Police Put Down Portland Protesters
By Leanne DeRosa
November 14, 2011 - 1:24pm
Officials intervene during latest Occupy protest

Hundreds of police officers dressed in riot gear approached Occupy Portland protesters Sunday in order to break up demonstrations.  Protesters set up camps in the city parks in relation to the Occupy Wall Street movements to protest economic inequality. 

Supreme Court Steps In
By Ben Glidden
November 14, 2011 - 1:03pm
The Supreme Court will hear the case challenging the Obama Administration's health care reform law

The Supreme Court decided today to hear the case challenging President Obama's 2010 health care bill. The Supreme Court will hear appeals from the decision by the United States Court of Appeals 11th Circuit in Atlanta.