Monday, April 29
One Direction Accused of Plagiarism in Latest Music Video
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One Direction Accused of Plagiarism in Latest Music Video

While the millions of One Direction fans around the world were likely ecstatic to watch the group's latest music video upon its April 18 release, one Australian video production company was less than pleased. Oh Yeah Wow, the production company in question, has accused the British boy band of plagiarizing in its video for "You And I,"according to an April 24 NME article. Oh Yeah Wow claims that One Direction and "You And I" director Ben Winston "regurgitated" a video the company had shot for Clubfeet's song "Everything You Wanted" in January 2013. According to Oh Yeah Wow, the third act of the "You And I" video, in which the band members jump into freeze-frame shots of themselves, directly copies the Clubfeet video. On its blog, Oh Yeah Wow expresses anger that "some affluent y...
Couple Catch Kansas Security Fraudster in the Act, Police Say
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Couple Catch Kansas Security Fraudster in the Act, Police Say

A couple in Kansas were left shaken Sunday after a man claiming to be from Protection One security services showed up at their home and asked to come inside. Kelly Billups and her live-in boyfriend said that the man arrived in sweatpants, sweatshirt, and jeans, but he did carry a folder and a badge. The story the fraudster spun to the couple was one of service. Apparently, when asked what he needed to do at the house, the man explained that Protection One, his fictional security company, was taking over for Vivint, the company that had just installed a complete security system for Billups and her boyfriend a few days prior. He wanted to come inside the house and for the couple to sign some kind of agreement. Luckily, the couple knew enough to push the issue, calling the police and sendi...
Private Vs Public Schools: The Push For School Privatization Continues
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Private Vs Public Schools: The Push For School Privatization Continues

In the endless debate about private versus public schools, a recent report released by Oxford Economics points toward greater overall public benefit when students graduate from private schools. The study shows that Britain's private school graduates hold 275,000 jobs in the U.K., and generate more than $7 billion in national tax revenue. This benefit of private schooling is also upheld by parent opinions further west, where a Gallop poll shows that 78% of Americans feel that private schools provide a superior education. Private schools topped the preference list, followed by parochial schools, charter schools, and home schooling respectively. Public schools ranked the lowest, garnering only 38% of the vote. “Private schools will always provide a higher level of education, as clas...
Bubba Watson wins his second Masters Tournament
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Bubba Watson wins his second Masters Tournament

The second Master Title of Bubba Watson was nothing as compared to the green jacket he had won 2 years ago.  Actually, the daring shot Watson hit was supposed to be of no need.  The sweetest thing of 18th Master Tournament was that Bubba Watson was holding his son while shaking hands with the spectators. After winning this Masters tournaments, Watson joined the elusive group. Actually, elusive group is for those players who win the Masters tournament for more than once. In finals, Watson turned two-shot deficit into a two-shot lead on the final two holes and put everyone at a safe distance. For beating a pair of Masters Rookies in Spieth and Jonas Blixt of Sweden, Watson closed the tournament with a 3-under 69. It goes without saying that two years ago when Watson hit the wild hook o...
Can the government seize your tax refund to pay a relative’s debt?
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Can the government seize your tax refund to pay a relative’s debt?

Mary Grice a career employ of food and Drug Administration said that she was notified by U.S Treasury about the confiscation of her state and federal tax refunds amounting $4,500. She said that the government had taken the money without intimating the problem to her. She questioned to government that how her money could be confiscated without her notice? She said in an interview to a private news channel that “To be honest, I was ticked off”. Actually, the claims came from the Social Security department which said that Mary's family had been overpaid since the death of her father. Apart from this, Robert Vogel the attorney of Grice filed a suit against the government. He said that “the government should stop confiscating the 30 years old debts from the people”. He further opined that...
Deadly Virus’s Spread Raises Alarms in Mideast
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Deadly Virus’s Spread Raises Alarms in Mideast

On Sunday, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed that there was outbreak of deadly virus in the country. The authorities said that this virus has been in kingdom since the last two weeks and we are trying our best to control the spread of virus. On the other hand, United Arab Emirates said that in the last few days, six cases of MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have been confirmed. The authorities of UAE confirmed that 1 patient has been died and condition of other patients is very serious. Doctors said that the most affected class from this virus was the medical workers. Besides, a doctor at King Fahd General Hospital said to media that “I do not know how the authorities are seeing to this outbreak”.  She further said that after the death of one patient the situation has turne...
Jared Leto Took a Helicopter to the Movie Awards
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Jared Leto Took a Helicopter to the Movie Awards

Is he going to accept his award from Helicopter? On 12th of April, Jared Leto arrived at MTV Movie Awards by a Helicopter. When he was hovering over the place of awards ceremony, everyone was unclear that who was coming. Ambiguities happened to be clear when he turned his face out of the cockpit. Actually, he went Coachella to attend some musical shows where he did not perform as a lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars band. On the other hand, a private news agency reported that “Leto did not want to miss the Movie awards; however, he took a helicopter and traveled from the desert to the big show”. In spite of having no performance at Coachella, Jared got a helicopter to reach at the Movie Awards on time.  Basically, he was coming to see the performance of famous band Arcade Fire....
Jewish center shooter ‘knocked family to its knees,’ relative says
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Jewish center shooter ‘knocked family to its knees,’ relative says

The warnings of Anti-Defamation League happened to be true on Sunday. Actually, a man with a long history of anti-Semitic killed a young brat and his grandfather in the parking area of Jewish community center at Kansas City. Police said that “after this shooting, he marched towards village Shalom- another Jewish facility center- where he killed a woman”. A senior official of police said that “Frazier Glenn Miller was the shooter of those incidences and he has been booked under premeditated murder charges”.  When the police arrested Frazier Glenn Miller from a nearby elementary school, he was shouting “Heil Hitler!” Apart from this, Southern Poverty Law Center said that “he was the founder of Carolina Knights of Ku Klux Klan and the White Patriot Party and has been engaged in anti Jew...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Co-pilot’s cell phone was on, U.S. official says
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Co-pilot’s cell phone was on, U.S. official says

After thorough investigations and searches, it has been noticed that the cell phone of first officer was on at the time when Flight 370 disappeared from the radar. A senior U.S official claims that “the cell phone of the First Officer was making contact with a cellular tower of Penang but there is no evidence that Fariq Abdul Hamid- First Officer- attempted to make a telephone call.” He further disclosed on a private TV channel that “When the Flight disappeared from the radar; the cell of Fariq Abdul Hamid was repeatedly attempting to get service from near towers”. On the other hand, the printed media of Malaysia claims that “The First Officer was trying to make contact at the time when the plane changed its route towards Indian Ocean”. Upon hearing this news, Hishammuddin Hussein th...
Police Discover Seven Dead Babies in Utah Woman’s Garage
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Police Discover Seven Dead Babies in Utah Woman’s Garage

It was a gruesome situation when police discovered the dead bodies of 7 infant babies from a woman’s garage in Utah. It is said that the investigation began when a person reported to police that he had found a dead body of an infant child during the time of cleaning his garage. The person said in his report that he was living in that house with a 39 years old wife Megan Huntsman and she was living with him till 2011. Upon hearing this report, police sought a search warrant of Huntsman’s house and happened to recover 6 more dead bodies packed in the cardboard boxes. Police said that Megan Huntsman was the prime suspect of our investigation. We have arrested her and there are chances of premeditated murder charges. Furthermore, investigators told to media that Huntsman had given birth ...