Oct 10 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Eric Thomas Duncan, the first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with Ebola (in the States, anyway) succumbed to the deadly virus this week. Leading up to his death, news of Duncan’s case gave way to concerns which mounted throughout the nation as anyone exhibiting symptoms that even …
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Oct 03 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com October is upon us, and that means it’s time to ring in the spooky. It’s the time of ghosts, zombies, witches and skeletons. It’s when mall food court goths obsess over Tim Burton movies that are older than they are — oh wait, they do that 365 days a year. …
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Sep 26 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Late last week, my editor asked me to drive to Brownsville the following Monday to cover the SpaceX groundbreaking ceremony, and by asked, I mean told. This meant I had to be up extra-early in order to be at the Brownsville Events Center no later than 8:45 a.m. where …
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Sep 19 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Here’s to all the keyboard warriors. Those brave souls who hide behind the safety of their computer’s LCD screen, typing away with the fearless bravado of a seasoned fighter, afraid of nothing — except real-life people. Last week, someone commented on Michael Rodriguez’s column about U2 at the San …
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Sep 12 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The long-rumored Apple Watch is a thing now. I look forward to the Apple Watch. I enjoy Apple’s products. That said, I’m not one of those fanboys who takes every marketing sheet that comes from the iPhone maker as pericope lifted from the Gospel of [late Apple co-founder Steve] …
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Sep 05 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com By now you may have already read about the handful of celebrities whose compromising photos leaked for all the internet to see. Such popular female stars as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton were the targets of an internet hacker — or group of hackers — who found joy in …
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