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Movie mixes thrills, chills for family fun

Movie mixes thrills, chills for family fun

Written by Ally Athanason · October 20, 2011  

   Picture a circus filled with creepy fortunetellers, spooky rides and a mysterious maze of mirrors. This is what the town of Greentown, Illinois has to look forward to as their annual circus comes to town in the movie Something Wicked this Way Comes.     The town is boring and uneventful... (more...)

New laws regarding panhandling bring confusion

New laws regarding panhandling bring confusion

Written by Ally Athanason · October 18, 2011  

   There have recently been some rumors whether or not the city of St. Petersburg has made it illegal for Panhandlers to lie on their cardboard signs.    The city Attorney Mark Winn had proposed a new ordinance that would ban fake panhandling. This would make it illegal for panhandlers... (more...)

Blackberry customers face complications

Blackberry customers face complications

Written by Ally Athanason · October 17, 2011  

   On Wednesday, BlackBerry users across the globe were astonished by an outage of e-mail, messages and Internet services on the phones. This was the biggest outage for BlackBerry users since BlackBerry was first introduced 12 years ago.    Research in Motion, the Canadian company that... (more...)