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Las Vegas’ Sahara Hotel and Casino Closes It’s Doors Forever

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The legendary Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has officially ended it’s 59 year run, checking out it’s last guests, paying out it’s final jackpot and closing the doors for good.

As one of the strip’s original mega-resorts, The Sahara was a favorite haunt of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, along with Elvis Presley, Grace…

McDonalds’ $1 Billion Makeover

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USA Today reported that McDonalds will dump around $1 Billion dollars into a company wide re-vamp that will attempt to add a node of sophistication to a brand with a notoriously sketchy reputation.

The overhaul will include adding flat screen TV’s, couches, wood tables, and muted color schemes to select locations in an effort to make McDonalds a place for…

Microsoft Buys Skype For A Whopping $8.5 Billion

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In the largest deal of their 36-year history, software giant Microsoft  has just agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion dollars.

In a tough battle to keep up with Apple (who has Facetime) and Google (who has Google Voice), this deal is predicted to give Microsoft a much needed boost among it’s competitors. 170 million users log on to Skype…

Fox News Announced that “President Obama Is In Fact Dead”

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As news of the death of Osama bin Laden was being reported, Fox News made a huge blunder by announcing that “President Obama is in fact Dead”.  Check out the video below, listen to the announcer and read the teleprompter. Obviously it was Osama Bin Laden that was killed, and not the US President who was speaking in the…

Romanian Media Mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu Arrested

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Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, who controls Realitatea Media group, has been arrested for 24 hours after being accused by the Realitatea Media manager Sebastian Ghita of blackmail. According to Ghita, who runs Asesoft, Vantu has asked him for EUR 150,000 or he would cancel the contract between Asesoft and Realitatea Media.

The two companies are already in another…

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