Michael Levenson
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Sum 41 Says It Will Disband After Final Album and Tour
With catchy songs like “Fat Lip” and “In Too Deep,” the Canadian band was part of a pop-punk wave that included Blink-182, Simple Plan, Good...
Twitter Removes ‘Government-Funded’ Labels From Media Accounts
NPR and public broadcasters in Canada, Australia and New Zealand had criticized the label as misleading. The CBC and NPR have suspended the use of...
Texas Observer Reverses Plan to Shut Down and Lay Off Staff
Former and current staff members had fought the decision to shut down the 68-year-old magazine, a bastion of liberal opinion and investigative journalism in a...
Whiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts a Tennessee Town
The dark growth, fed by alcohol vapors from barrels of aging Jack Daniel’s whiskey, has coated homes, cars, patio furniture and road signs in a...
Packer Sanitation Fined for Illegally Employing More Than 100 Children, Labor Officials Say
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid a $1.5 million penalty this week for employing children as young as 13 in dangerous jobs at meat-processing plants.
4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball
One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer...
4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball
One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer...
Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? It’s One of Many Items Up for Auction.
The company’s artwork, high-end furniture and espresso machines are for sale in an online auction that evoked a more flush era when its tastes reflected...
‘Train Ride from Hell’: 17-Hour Amtrak Trip Becomes 37-Hour Ordeal
Amtrak said that a CSX freight derailment forced its train from Virginia to Florida to detour from its normal route, adding 20 hours to the...
Martina Navratilova Says She Has Throat and Breast Cancer
The 66-year-old former tennis star called the diagnoses a “double whammy” that she hoped to overcome through treatment.