Happy Festivus!

According to a classic Seinfeld episode "The Strike" December 23rd is officially "festivus.". In the show George reveals to Elaine and Jerry that his father invented a holiday called Festivus, an alternative to what he considered to be the over-commercialized holiday of Christmas. This ridiculous notion seems to still be on people's minds nearly 14 years later as many are still mentioning the idea today on twitter, social media and blogs across the Internet. People seem to still hold certain tv shows from the 90's still close to their hearts.
-Newsbound 12/23/11

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Matt Barkley to stay at USC

USC quarterback Matt Barkley announced today that he will return to play for USC for his final year. This news has come as a relief and surprise to USC fans and fellow teammates who thought Barkley would carry on to the NFL draft instead. After time to reflect and it run it by friends and family, Barkley has decided otherwise, "to stay and finish what [he] started." Barkley has an outstanding record as quarterback for the USC Trojans, including passing this season for 39 touchdowns. He is certainly a valuable player to the Trojans, and they no doubt will be happy with his decision.
-newsbound 12/22/12


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Thousands March for Lady Guadelupe

Today, across the Cochella Valley, thousands marched to honor "Our Lady Guadelupe. Lady Guadelupe is the Mexican icon for the Virgin Mary. This month being Christmas those who are very devout joined this March.  But that's not the only reason they were walking. The thousands that joined together were also marching for change in their communities using spirituality as a way to bring them together. Local leader Sergio Carranza said the march is "geared to raising public awareness, and protecting and improving the environmental health conditions of these rural communities." Coachella remains a spiritual and liberal meeting-ground for many as is seen today, but also at the annual Coachella Festival in August that is visited by people all around the world. People seem to be grouping together all over America this fall to fight whether it be Occupy Wall Street or even just changes in their local communities.
-newsbound 12/12/11


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A New Planet is discovered

On Monday, NASA discovered through a Kepler telescope, a planet that has the right atmosphere for life, due to the possible appearance of liquid water. It says to look surprisingly similar to Earth from the telescope, and is just outside our solar system, 600 light year away.

Of course, no one knows for sure the real nature of this planet, but from a scientific perspective, this is big news.
-newsbound 12/06/11


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