(#1) Starbucks' take on National Coffee Day: 1 million free coffee trees [CNNMoney]
Starbucks isn't giving out free coffee for National Coffee Day. It's kicking off a year-long effort to give away coffee trees. The coffee Goliath's rivals are taking the more traditional route, seizing on the made-up holiday (carpe diem!) to promote ...
(#2) Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers Outdoes Himself at Lambeau [New York Times]
With Green Bay's top running back, Eddie Lacy, playing through an ankle injury, Rodgers again put the Packers' offense on his right arm. He threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions against the Chiefs. Since 2010, Rodgers has thrown ...
(#3) Daredevil Erik Roner dead at 39 after skydiving accident [Washington Post]
Even as a child, Erik Roner had a love of danger. His mother told a story of the time, as a youth, Roner saw bungee jumpers on a bridge and wanted to join right in. “I'm thinking, 'I'm going to film him falling to his death,'” she said. That morbid ...
(#4) Here's why sharing that Facebook privacy notice is worthless [Los Angeles Times]
"Channel 13 News was just talking about this change in Facebook's privacy policy. Better safe than sorry. As of September 26th , 2015 at 01:16 a.m. Eastern standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use ...
(#5) Derrick Rose's latest surgery will test Bulls rookie coach Fred Hoiberg [Sports Illustrated]
What a welcome to NBA coaching for Chicago's Fred Hoiberg: The calendar hasn't yet flipped to October, and the first-year coach has already lost two starters to significant injuries. Last week, the Bulls announced that small forward Mike Dunleavy would ...
(#6) Facebook down for second time in a week [BBC News]
Facebook has restored access to its website after a 40-minute outage on Monday, the second time in a week that the site has gone down. Users saw an error message that read "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon ...
(#7) The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: EW review [Entertainment Weekly]
Trevor Noah can host a show. Of this, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah left no doubt. In his first night in Jon Stewart's old chair, the 31-year-old comedian from South Africa was confident and charismatic and full of joy for the job. He went down easy ...
(#8) Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed after failed appeals [CNN]
But Kelly and Doug Gissendaner's children pleaded with authorities to show mercy. "My dad would not want my mom to be executed, even knowing her role in his murder," Kayla Gissendaner said in an earlier statement. "He would not want us to endure ...
(#9) George Zimmerman Retweets Photo of Trayvon Martin's Body [Essence.com]
George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted in the 2012 death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is back in the headlines again for retweeting an image of Martin's body. According to Mother Jones News, Zimmeran was tagged in a tweet that shared a ...
(#10) With a government shutdown possibly averted for now, feds and taxpayers head ... [Washington Post (blog)]
If the House follows, a partial government shutdown, closing many public facilities and sending workers home on Thursday, would be averted. But the legislation runs only until December, meaning staffers and citizens can look forward to more uncertainty ...
(#11) Stephen Piscotty released from hospital with concussion after scary outfield ... [Washington Post]
What has been a very successful regular season for the St. Louis Cardinals received a jolt Monday night, when an outfield collision left Stephen Piscotty lying motionless on the grass at PNC Park before he was carted off the field. On Tuesday, the team ...
(#12) Supermodel Gigi Hadid slams body-shaming trolls [CNN]
"Your mean comments don't make me want to change my body, they don't make me want to say no to the designers that ask me to be in their shows, and they definitely don't change the designers opinions of me," she wrote. Hadid has walked the runways for ...
(#13) Trades of Jared Allen, Jon Bostic just the beginning [Chicago Tribune]
Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace kept his eyes on the future Monday, separately trading linebackers Jared Allen and Jonathan Bostic for sixth-round draft picks. The moves didn't cleanse the aftertaste of Sunday's 26-0 loss to the Seahawks.
(#14) Nick Jonas keeping mum on Kate Hudson rumors [Washington Times]
Mr. Jonas lit up the celebrity buzz sphere over the weekend when TMZ published photos of him with Kate Hudson together in Florida. Mr. Jonas, 23, and Miss Hudson, 36, were photographed at Disney World, and Miss Hudson was also seen in the crowd at ...
(#15) Don't be “that guy,” Matt Damon: Why his lecture on sexuality and silence rubs ... [Salon]
“I know you and I know you're not that guy.” Yesterday, that was Ellen Degeneres addressing her guest, actor Matt Damon, who once again made the kind of oblivious remarks that could only fall from the mouth of an affluent straight white male in 21st ...
(#16) Why is Colin Kaepernick still starting? 49ers coach gets grilled at presser [CBSSports.com]
The San Francisco media cut right to the chase on Monday during Jim Tomsula's press conference. One day after 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw a career-high four interceptions in a 47-7 loss to the Cardinals, the media had one big question for ...
(#17) Things just keep getting worse in new teaser for The Walking Dead's sixth season [Digital Trends]
We're mere weeks away from the premiere of the sixth season of The Walking Dead, and AMC has released a sneak peek at the return of its post-apocalyptic zombie drama with a brief teaser that sets the mood for the next 16-episode story arc. Titled “You ...
(#18) How 'WildStar' Transformed From A Subscription MMO To Free-To-Play [Forbes]
When sci-fi MMO Wildstar launched as a hardcore, subscription-based massively-multiplayer-online roleplaying game in June of 2014, it had gamers and critics alike scratching their collective heads in confusion. Here was an MMO launching in 2014 (2014!) ...
(#19) Tyrod Taylor has the attention of these Giants players [FOXSports.com]
Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor has emerged as a legitimate starting option seemingly out of nowhere, and his impressive start to the 2015 regular season has caught earned him high praise for the New York Giants' top pass rusher -- defensive end ...
(#20) Aaron Rodgers & Olivia Munn: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know [Heavy.com]
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on his way to breaking a host of passing records, and may supplant Bret Favre as the best quarterback in franchise history. Settling into the position after sitting behind Favre for three seasons, Rodgers has thrown ...
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