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Spokesman Dan McGinn told Mark Viera, a New York Times reported, that Joe Paterno is still alive. Viera confirmed the CBS report on Paterno’s death is “absolutely not true.” Other sources have also reported the football legend has perished but the family confirmed the stories are false.
Students have gathered around the Paterno statue this evening to light vigils.
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Penn State’s former head coach known as “JoePa” has died due to complications from lung cancer. The 85-year-old was receiving chemotherapy to treat lung cancer but he did not beat the disease. It was reported earlier today that the former coach was “gravely ill” and taken off his respirator. He will definitely be missed due to his major contributions to Penn State and football fans everywhere.
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Cassadee Pope, front woman of the rock band Hey Monday, announced her tour dates for her upcoming solo tour, according to Alternative Press.
Hey Monday, the band that was created back in 2008, are currently on a recess as of December 2011.
Pope’s solo tour is lasting from February 27 to the end of March.
Pope has been seen featured in songs alone with other bands like the song, “When I Come Around” being performed by Vonnegutt ft. Pope and has been reported working on songs with the hit band, All Time Low.
Pope reported to Alternative press in an interview that her set list for her tour was going to contain mixture of Hey Monday songs as well as her solo songs.
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Death Cab for Cutie, the alternative rock band from Bellingham, Washington has released its North American spring tour dates for fans, according to Alternative Press.
Pre-sale tickets will become available for purchase on January 20, 2012. General sale tickets will be sold starting January 27, 2012. The tour will last from April 4, 2012 until March 13, 2012.
The band will be touring with Youth Lagoon and members of Magik*Magik Orchestra.
Death Cab for Cutie have been releasing albums and touring since they formed back in 1997.
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A new study has revealed that the rate of global warming could be reduced if we were to cut two common pollutants.
The study states that instead of focusing on reducing carbon dioxide levels, we should instead be trying to reduce the levels of methane and soot from industrial and farming processes. By cutting these two pollutants with existing technologies, one degree Fahrenheit could be shaved off of the warming projected to occur 2050. These cuts could also lower premature death rates from air pollution between 700,000 to 4.7 million people, as well as boost the yields of crops by 30 to 135 million metric tons.
Methane, which is a flammable constituent of natural gas and natural byproduct of decay and digestion processes, is similar to CO2. However, it’s much more potent and can mix with other gases to create ground-level ozone, which damages crops and humans. Soot, which is also known as black carbon, comes from the incomplete combustion of wood, dung, coal, and other fuels. This will absorb radiation from the sun, which warms the air when it’s afloat and warms the land when it alights there.
The best ways we can reduce methane would be to capture the gas as it escapes from coal mines and other facilities, reducing leakage from pipelines, preventing the emissions from landfills, updating wastewater treatment plants, draining rice paddies more frequently, and limiting emissions from farms. With soot, we can reduce the emissions levels by installing filters on diesel vehicles, preventing the production of the worst-polluting vehicles and getting them off the road, upgrading family stoves with cleaner-burning models, building more efficient brick boilers and ovens, and banning the burning of agricultural lands, which is now popular in most tropic places.
By reducing both methane and soot levels, other areas would be positively affected as well. Areas with large amounts of snow and ice would be helped since soot often melts and exposes underlying ground much more quickly, while areas in the Middle East would see improvement in their crops due to lower methane emissions.
Vanessa Bryant, the estranged wife of Kobe Bryant, will leave their marriage with $75 million according to sources. The property settlement is completely signed and there is no turning back. Vanessa is reportedly taking half of Kobe’s assets which is estimated to be worth $150 million.
According to TMZ, Vanessa will receive all three mansions located in the Newport Beach area. TMZ reported previously that several transfers of property transpired between the couple earlier this year. One mansion had been under construction for two years and has been completed. One property is the dwelling of Vanessa’s mother, the other is the property where the once happy couple resided.
