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GameStop closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday deals offered early

GRAPEVINE, Tex. -- If you were planning to huddle outside of your nearest GameStop store, save yourself the trip this year. This is assuming your closest store hasn't already closed or gone out of business due to the company's ongoing restructuring plan. GameStop is following the lead of other major retailers by being closed on Thanksgiving Day. Walmart and Target made similar announcements earlier this year. Normally, the video game retail giant has been opening up to Black Friday shoppers […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 35

Business & Lifestyle

After nearly seven months, Quibi to cease operations

LOS ANGELES -- Quibi, a short-form entertainment content streaming service, announced Wednesday that they will be shutting down some seven months after its public launch. A Wall Street Journal report states that amid mounting problems, the service has opted to shut itself down. Thus ends a year full of high-flying expectations for the entertainment start-up that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, issued a public statement that the […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 76

Business & Lifestyle

Conservative media group, associates implicated as part of pink-slime journalism scheme

CHICAGO -- A Chicagoland "pink slime" journalism group may have likely been exposed by a university journalism organization. A recent study from Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center for Digital Journalism reveals that a West Central Illinois news source is a "pink slime" journalism source. This source is among 27 online and seven print publications in the state. However, it's part of a much larger media machine. An expose which was published over the weekend in the New York Times would […]

todayOctober 20, 2020 78

Bobby Likis Car Clinic

‘Bobby Likis Car Clinic’ calls it quits after nearly 30 years

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Bobby Likis, host of the nationally-syndicated, award-winning car-talk radio program "Bobby Likis Car Clinic", is calling it quits after nearly three decades on the air. Likis is retiring from his radio network and program after 29 years. This was announced in a press release last month. The grand finale aired on October 10 on affiliates nationwide and online, with some tape delay exceptions. Likis would host his inaugural broadcast in 1991 at WCOA in his home of […]

todayOctober 17, 2020 256

AEW News

14 match AEW Dark card leading to pre-Dynamite anniversary show

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All Elite Wrestling (AEW) recently made an announcement that there will be 14 matches on the card for Tuesday's AEW Dark, which premieres at 7 p.m. Eastern. The show airs weekly on the promotion's YouTube channel. Dark Order scattered all over AEW Dark Dark Order's Evil Uno will be in a Fatal 4-Way match against Frankie Kazarian, The Blade (aka Braxton Sutter), and Jungle Boy. With Uno yet to fight in AEW non-tag team action, will he score […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 84

Entertainment News

Reporter confronts aggressive raccoon outside White House

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A CNN reporter's on-camera confrontation is going viral after he was recorded chasing off an aggressive raccoon outside the White House. Joe Johns was preparing to deliver a report outside the White House when he was caught on video turning around to yell at an approaching raccoon. Johns is seen throwing what appears to be a bag at the animal. "Frickin' raccoons, man. God, again! This is the second time! Jesus ... It always comes around right […]

todayOctober 8, 2020 32

AEW News

AEW Dynamite: Brodie Lee, Cody have bloody TNT title match, Jericho celebrates 30 years

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- TNT Champion Mr. Brodie Lee defended his title against his rival Cody in a Dog Collar match on AEW Dynamite. The bout, which took place on Wednesday, involved Lee and Cody being joined together by a steel chain and dog collar wrapped around their necks. Lee came to ring with Dark Order members John Silver and Anna Jay while Cody came with his wife, Brandi Rhodes, and coach, Arn Anderson. Cody started the match off by […]

todayOctober 8, 2020 40

Breaking News

CCN forced to suspend news operations due to blatant Google censorship

ASKER, Norway -- A Norwegian media outlet that actively covers news on cryptocurrency is being forced to suspend their operations due to censorship from Big Tech. Capital & Celeb News, better known as CCN, would release a blog post on Wednesday night alerting loyal readers of their situation. The announcement would come from founder and director Jonas Borchgrevink. "We are in a difficult period," states Borchgrevink. "Not due to Coronavirus, but due to Google and Google's power over us as […]

todayOctober 7, 2020 110

Decision 2020

Voter access still a challenge for some Illinoisans with disabilities

CHICAGO -- The pandemic has pushed the issue of voter access to the forefront, but for Illinois' disability community, it's more than just another talking point. Voter turnout for people with disabilities was six percentage points lower than that of people without disabilities in the 2016 presidential election. Barry Taylor, vice president at Equip for Equality, said some people with disabilities don't cast a ballot due to accessibility challenges. "People with disabilities, just like anybody else, should be able to […]

todayOctober 6, 2020 75

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