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Rebecca Black Tells off Haters with New Hit Single: My Moment
Crystal Birch reporting from Atlanta
August 17, 2011

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She's the latest tween queen to hijack Youtube, and our attention. Quite possibly the most ridiculed song artist to reach center stage, Rebecca Black performed the song "Friday" in what may have been the largest video debut in all Youtube history. Negative comments on the song proliferated at the alarming rate of 5 per second, an unheard rate of public response in video sharing history.
After the wind of negative public attention, Rebecca Black comes back with a new  single designed to refute negative comments and create organizational ties with relevant contacts in the music industry.


Compass Group USA Meets Match in Standoff Against Heisted Student
Sandra Jenkins reporting from Washington DC
June 27, 2011

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Find out how one student awakens a food service giant after being ripped off for $1,200 in unauthorized charges on a canceled meal plan. The heisted student was disregarded by management at the functional level and operational levels for nearly one and a half years. But what this food service corporation ended up finding is that they were dealing with no ordinary student. A world tycoon astute in law and business contracts, the student was not taking no for an answer, and pursued the corporation in a concerted and strategic, disparaging attack. [More]


Worst Song Ever: Will Justin Bieber Respond?
March 29, 2011
Sandra Jenkins reporting from Atlanta

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In an unprecedented case, this previously unknown pop singer has literally hijacked the internet with a single that was released to Youtube on February 10, 2011.

Quite possibly the most viral video to ever cross youtube, the single, Friday, is also the most disliked video with a record breaking 1.1 million views and climbing. Over the past week the video has received an unrelenting 3 comments per second, 160 comments per minute, and 260,000 video comments per day. 87.97% of those comments are negative. To date, the video has accumulated 63,325,000 views and is climbing by over one million views per day.

In response, the tween pop singer states "at least this is an accomplishment." [More]


Should Dietary Supplements and Cosmetics Require FDA Approval?
March 18, 2011
Felipe Lopez reporting from Atlanta, GA

Many consumable products in circulation within the United States today receive little oversight by the FDA. While this is may be perceived as a convenience to businesses in the private sector not having to go through the motions and Bureaucracy of government control to issue new products, a view is gaining wide currency that the dangers posed by unregulated supplements and cosmetics may offset the convenience of superfast, cheaper product creation. [more...]

Electronic Cigarettes Not a Safe Alternative to Smoking After All
March 15, 2011
Sandra Jenkins reporting from Atlanta, GA

Numerous interrogatories have been made to the FDA regarding the possible negative effects of using electronic cigarettes. While they are marketed a safe alternative to smoking, new research brings experimental evidence supporting that these devices may not be as safe as once thought.

Electronic cigarettes work by passing a small current through a metallic steel sponge that condenses water from the air and heats it into the gas phase known as steam. [More...]

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