Apr 27

Mobile App Ratings: Teens Review Their Favorite Social Apps From Instagram To GifBoom

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This article was written by teen reporters from The Mash, a weekly publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools.

By Ashley Black, St. Charles East high school, and Mikhaela Padilla, Whitney Young high school

The time of simple communication is dwindling toward extinction. Think about it: When’s the last time you called a friend from a landline phone and talked for hours? Year after year, study after study, it’s shown that teens favor communicating through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Apr 27

Tribeca Film Festival Heineken Audience Award Honors ‘The Rocket,’ ‘Bridegroom’

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The Tribeca Film Festival honored two films on Saturday night, awarding “The Rocket” and “Bridegroom” with the Heineken Audience Awards.

The festival’s audience cast votes for two Heineken Audience Awards, with “The Rocket” nabbing the award for narrative film, and “Bridegroom” taking home the award for documentary film.

Directed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, “Bridegroom” is a documentary focusing on the fight for marriage equality in California, as seen through one couple, Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom. Led by Kim Mordaunt, “The Rocket” tells the story of a young man living in Laos, trying to change his luck.

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Apr 27

Andrew W.K.: Party Hard

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Saturday night in a song. An awesome, down-to-earth, relentlessly explicit song. ’nuff said. More »

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Apr 27

White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013: Obama, Celebrities Gather For Annual Event (PHOTOS)

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President Barack Obama joined celebrities, politicians and media figures Saturday night for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Comedian Conan O’Brien hosts this year’s event, a soiree that dates back to 1920. This year’s dinner takes place at the Washington Hilton hotel and features such celebrities as Olivia Munn, Kerry Washington, Gerard Butler and Sophia Vergara.

Below, a slideshow of photos from the dinner:

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Apr 27

Before Bombs, a Battered American Dream

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It was a blow the immigrant boxer could not withstand: after capturing his second consecutive title as the Golden Gloves heavyweight champion of New England in 2010, Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev, 23, was barred from the national Tournament of Champions because he was not a United States citizen.

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Apr 27

Jon Jones vs Chael Sonnen: Light Heavyweight Championship On Line At UFC 159

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No excuses. Jon Jones has had months, not days, to prepare this time around for Chael Sonnen.

That doesn’t sound like good news for Sonnen.

In a bout at least eight months in the making, Jones will defend his light heavyweight championship for a fifth time when he fights Sonnen at UFC 159 Saturday at the Prudential Center.

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Apr 27

Samsung Galaxy Mega hits FCC again, this time with LTE

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Samsung Galaxy Mega hits FCC again, this time with LTE

Better start working on those powerball exercises. If Samsung’s Galaxy Mega was the thing you thought your life was missing, it’s just landed at the FCC. Yeah, we know this isn’t the first time, but this second go-round it’s the LTE-sporting GT-i9205 model. The usual lab tests show little that we didn’t know already — unless you didn’t know it had LTE Band 5, dual band WiFi, NFC or GSM 850 / 1900. As the 5.8-inch isn’t 4G-enabled, this means we’re looking at the bigger 6.3-inch version, but still no word on if, when or how a version might land on US shores. Still no harm in limbering up, though, is there?

Update: Upon further inspection, this variant only uses LTE band 5 (850MHz), which no US carrier currently uses. It’s very unlikely this I9205 variant will hit the US.

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Apr 27

Michelle Obama White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013 Dress: So Glittery! (PHOTOS)

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Hanging out with politicos and D.C. wonks, Michelle Obama is usually the flashiest gal in the room. But at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Washington’s most celeb-filled party, FLOTUS has to compete with some rather fashionable faces.

But compete she can. At the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, Michelle glowed in a glittering black cap-sleeve gown by Monique Lhuillier. The designer tweeted, “I am honored @MichelleObama is wearing me to the White House correspondence dinner tonight !! She looks amazing!!! xx Monique”

Fashion journalist Laurie Brookins added, via Twitter, that the dress was “a black beaded/draped chiffon goddess gown with high neckline in Chantilly lace.”

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Apr 27

How Jurassic Park’s Fearsome Robo-Rex Got Its Skin

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It’s one thing to make a giant, robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex. It’s another thing entirely to make it look remotely real. Granted, a robo-rex is awesome in its own right, but it’s just not quite the flavor of monster fit for a film like Jurassic Park. And so it was practical effects to the rescue yet again with a carefully applied dino-skin. More »

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Apr 27

Alley Where 9/11 Landing Gear Found Declared Crime Scene

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NEW YORK — A rusted piece of airplane landing gear discovered wedged between a mosque and an apartment building and believed to be from one of the hijacked planes that destroyed the nearby World Trade Center on Sept. 11 has been confirmed as coming from the type of Boeing jet used in the attacks.

Police said Saturday that detectives had been in contact with officials at Chicago-based Boeing Co. who confirmed the wreckage was from a Boeing 767. Police have said the landing gear had a clearly visible Boeing identification number.

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