As we do every week, we’ve collected the top news stories and compiled them on one page. Digital Journalists reported on critical environmental news, sports features, fascinating science reports, TV season premieres and much more.
We also highlight some of the major topics Digital Journalists have been covering recently. Note you can see the trending topics at the top of any page on our news network, in the black bar. They are changing constantly to react to what people are reading on the site. We wanted to include this feature to let you know the topics people want to read about on Digital Journal.
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Review: SPOILERS — Sherlock. His Last Vow asks — ‘Did you miss me?’ (Includes first-hand account) by Joe Z Hudson
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. Sherlock finished its third season in the United Kingdom tonight (Sunday 12th January). With plot twists throughout, viewers will be left thinking: “How in god’s name is that even possible?”
A singer-songwriter that is as rare as a sweet sounding Victrola (Includes interview) by W. Mark Dendy
Her Twitter profile describes her as “typically atypical:singer. songwriter. musician. love-lover.”
Descriptive as it may seem, Melissa Polinar is all that and then some.
Review: ‘August: Osage County’ is the feel-bad movie of the year (Includes first-hand account) by Kristal Cooper
Heading up an all-star cast in a film that may pick up a few nods when the Academy Award nominations are announced next week, Meryl Streep stars as the matriarch of a clan hell-bent on imploding in the days following a family tragedy.
Rwandan politician says Dallaire never spoke of genocide plan (Includes interview) by Judi Rever
A politician at the centre of a 20-year-old controversy over warnings that Hutu extremists were conspiring to commit genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda said the United Nations peacekeeping force never informed him of such a diabolical plan.
Review: Archer shakes things up in season 5 premiere ‘White Elephant’ (Includes first-hand account) by Michael Thomas
When creator Adam Reed got bored with the direction of his beloved TV show ‘Archer,’ he radically shook up the core element of the show — and as a result, the show is now more wildly unpredictable than ever.
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School of fish flash-frozen in Norway by Anne Sewell
If you think the weather near you has been cold, ask this school of fish how chilly Norway is lately. The entire school of saithe was found frozen solid in the ice just off Lovund island.
The ‘Singularity’ is here, but without any emotion by W. Mark Dendy
Technological singularity sometimes referred to as simply “Singularity” is a point in time when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence. Some debate that “Singularity” is here today. Others wonder, will it ever come to pass?
Atmospheric carbon is mostly to do with the soil by Tim Sandle
As an alternative to more established theories of global warming relating to levels of atmospheric carbon, a new research area considers that carbon levels in the atmosphere are most affected by the composition of the soil.
NBA Trade Rumors: Kevin Love to LA Lakers? by Larry Seely
The NBA trade deadline is quickly approaching and social media is buzzing with potential deals, but the latest rumors have one of the best young players in the league possibly on the move.
Filipino caregiver Rose Fostanes wins ‘X Factor Israel’ Season 1 by Leo Reyes
A 47-year-old overseas Filipino worker who has been in Israel for the past six years working as caregiver to an ailing woman in her 50’s has won the 2013 “X Factor Israel” singing talent competition.
2014 NBA Mock Draft: First round projections for each team by Larry Seely
With the NBA heading toward the second half of the 2013-14 season and college basketball beginning conference play, scouts and GMs have a good idea about top prospects and where they may land in the draft.
2014 NFL Mock Draft: Updated projections for each team by Larry Seely
The final four team are left battling for a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, but for the NFL teams it is now time to begin preparations for next season and for most that will start the draft.
Couple sees panhandling as their profession by W. Mark Dendy
A husband and wife team allegedly used their two children to solicit money and gift cards from unsuspecting passersby who were sympathetic to the plight of the less fortunate.
Kenyan ‘corpse’ wakes up in the morgue by Layne Weiss
Morgue workers in Kenya were shocked and horrified when a ‘corpse’ “stirred” and started breathing a day after being declared dead.
Close, but no cigar — Chilean engineers build bridge upside down by Joe Z Hudson
Chile’s first drawbridge has been hit with an engineering fault: one of it’s traffic decks was built upside down in an error blamed on Spanish engineers.
Op-Ed: Who will replace Manny Pacquiao as Top Rank cash cow? by Leo Reyes
Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions has a pretty good number of fighters who are either unbeaten in their own careers or have the potential of one day becoming a boxing superstar, but none of these fighters could beat Pacquiao’s pay-per-view drawing power.