You could call Marge Nordquist a professional dollar store shopper.News from WRTV Indianapolis: You could call Marge Nordquist a professional dollar store shopper. You’ll often find her at a local “Deal$ ” store, one of the growing number of dollar stores popping up across the country.  She says she saves a fortune shopping here. “Yes [...]

Sequoia-Backed Bubbly Launches A Third-Party Payment Engine For App Users …News from TechCrunch: Bubbly has launched a new platform that lets users share voice messages on featurephones, smartphones, and its website. Called Bubbly360, the service is a significant step forward for the company because users in the countries it is most active in, including several [...]

Phylogeny and Party SuppliesNews from Harvard Crimson: What a semester this has been. By now all underclassmen have left campus, except for those who are unfortunate enough to have late exams or Crimson articles to finish up. Heck, even most of the faculty has fled to the Cape, or New York, or some other place [...]

Carolyn Hax: Narcissistic mom’s birthday party isn’t on daughter’s wish listNews from Washington Post: Dear Carolyn: I have no bond with my mother, and never have, including as an infant. She is self-centered, probably has narcissistic personality disorder and makes herself look good by spinning partial truths to make other people look bad. Her usual [...]

One dead as raging California fires easeNews from GlobalPost: Please support our site by enabling javascript to view ads. Firefighters found a badly burned body in a transient camp engulfed by raging wildfires, the first death from the blazes which have ravaged large parts of southern California. Cooling temperatures fueled hopes Friday that thousands of [...]

Beyonce, Solange and Jay Z speak: Move along, folks, nothing to seeNews from Los Angeles Times: Solange Knowles, Beyonce and Jay Z have spoken — and the essence of what they’re saying is: World, you should get over it already, ’cause we have.   It’s been days since surveillance video leaked online Monday showing the [...]

Natomas’ Peregrine Park Empty After Weekend Birthday Party ShootingNews from CBS Local: NATOMAS (CBS13) — Peregrine Park is usually very busy on a day like Monday, with nice weather, but neighbors say they just don’t feel safe after Saturday’s shooting at a baby’s birthday party. Sacramento Police say 29-year-old Jacoby James was killed and six [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares rise, euro wobbles under pressureNews from Reuters: Tue May 13, 2014 11:33pm EDT * Euro steadies close to 5-week lows on speculation of ECB steps * Sources say Bundesbank ready to support ECB action * Disappointing U.S. retail sales report barely dents sentiment * Indonesian shares close to 1-yr high on Jokowi [...]

Belleville: Police blotter, May 12News from NorthJersey.com: file photo Burglary and Theft A theft of a United States Post Office package was reported on May 12 at 11:57 a.m. on Heckel Street. The package allegedly contained a Samsung Galaxy S phone, valued at $ 150. The empty package was found outside, devoid of its contents, [...]

1 Dead, Six Wounded in Shooting at Child’s Birthday Party in CaliforniaNews from Mashable: What’s This? An aerial view of Peregrine Park, in Sacramento, California, where a group of gunmen opened fire and killed one man and wounded six more people on May 10, 2014. By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai2014-05-11 18:33:29 UTC A child’s birthday party became [...]