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Nationals catcher Ramos excited to play after kidnapping ordeal

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From his demeanor and relaxed look, you’d have no idea that Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos had been through one of the most harrowing ordeals of his young life just a few months ago. Ramos was kidnapped for ransom in his native country of Venezuela on November 9, 2011, setting off a 50 hour crisis for Read More

Paperclips expose major iPhone security threat

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Keep your office supplies locked up tightly. A security and hacking group has recently shown how your iPhone could be easily unlocked or opened with just the use of a simple office paperclip, allowing access to your voice mail, contacts, call history, text messages and other kinds of data. It works by using the paper Read More

Is our health food really “all-natural?”

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Many of our shopping habits are dictated by decisions to use and consume products that are healthy and beneficial to our well being. And why not? You have to eat, so if you are trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, of course you need to support that with the products that you buy. An entire Read More

Nevada prepares for ‘driver-less’ Cars

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The state of Nevada is preparing to pass a regulation that will allow car makers to begin development on an autonomous, self driving automobile. This would-be technology of the future actually is already in existence, with Toyota boasting a prototype of its wildly popular Prius that has the ability to drive itself. The car uses Read More

Could 2012 be Mariano Rivera’s Last Year?

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Say it ain’t so, Mo’. At a press conference yesterday at the beginning of Spring Training, Yankees closer and all time saves leader Mariano Rivera made a few cryptic comments about his future in professional baseball. “”I know now,” the New York Yankees closer said. “I just don’t want to tell you. I know now. I will Read More

Manny-ball, Lin-ation, and quick hits

Happy Friday, sports fans! With the close of another week, let’s take a look into the world of sports… Mannyball? It’s been reported that the Oakland Athletics are close to signing notorious free-agent slugger and dreadlock enthusiast Manny Ramirez to a minor-league deal. For those that may not remember, Ramirez’s latest return to baseball was Read More

How to be a model internet citizen

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The truth is that as wonderful as the internet can be, it can also be a desolate cruel place where ignorance runs rampant. It’s important to remember that in order to effectively engage and interact online, you need to have some semblance of civility and class. How can you do this? The good folks at Read More

Thomas Suarez: the next Latino Steve Jobs

An unassuming kid takes the stage, dressed simply in a blue shirt and khakis. He is holding an iPad in his arms, as he begins to deliver a speech to the gathered audience. What sets this apart from a presentation that could be found in any middle school is the fact that this child is Read More

Breaking up? Facebook knows what you want to hear

Heartbreak. We’ve all been there (even Valentine’s Day can’t save you from it) – but in a world that is so connected and social, a lot of times relationships that go sour find themselves reflected within our social media habits. For a lot of people, relationships aren’t ‘official’ until they are noted on Facebook, and Read More

Giants, no Melo, dreadlocks and more…

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Being Latino Deportes Welcome to the first edition of Being Latino Deportes – your weekly wrap up of all things deportes in el mundo Latino! Here, we will be covering all of the biggest stories and events – stay tuned for updates every week. The Giants are Super For those who live under rocks or Read More