Archive | 2013

WATCH IT: Kmart enrages customers after rolling out holiday ad 100 days before Christmas

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Christmas is more than three months away but it isn’t stopping some retailers from rolling out early holiday ads, reminding us all of the inevitable. A recent holiday-themed commercial for Kmart already has some consumers fuming but can you blame them. “It doesn’t make any sense to me. Absolutely unfair to […]

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Why weekends are ruining your chances of losing weight

  NEW YORK (TRP) — Some of us count calories and for the most part– we do a pretty good job of it. However, when the weekend rolls by, we all of a sudden forget how to do math. Research shows that most of us drop the ball when it comes to eating healthy on […]

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From ‘twerk’ to ‘ratchet’ — what are our teens talking about?

  NEW YORK (TRP) — From being ratchet to keeping it 100, doesn’t it seem like teens speak their own language sometimes? If you feel this way, you’re not alone. Over the years the vernacular of the youth has evolved but don’t worry because PIX11′s Ramos is here to give you a little 101 on […]

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Is Miley Cyrus a twerking disaster or the smartest Disney drop-out ever?

  NEW YORK – Even if you tried, you couldn’t avoid hearing about the buzz surrounding Miley Cyrus’s titillating VMA performance Sunday night that left many viewers scratching their heads and asking the question: What just happened? It was the final phase of the transformation that took Cyrus from the Disney alumni club straight to […]

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Taking New Yorkers to task on umbrella etiquette

  When it rains, most of us trek it around town with umbrellas. The so-called “umbrella etiquette” has unfortunately become increasingly scarce during wet weather — especially in New York City — where many are just concerned with staying dry. In some cases, common courtesy gets thrown out the window. Why is that? PIX11′s Andrew […]

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‘Lifecasting’ trend making social media more obnoxious than valuable

  NEW YORK (TRP) – Are you that over-sharer that documents every moment of the day on some form of social media? The trend which is dubbed “life casting” has recently proven to be out-of-control with some users sharing a little bit too much whether it be on Facebook, Instagram, Vine or Twitter. With a […]

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Say what?! NJ implements ban on trash-talking in high school sports

FORT LEE (TRP) — It’s no secret, Governor Chris Christie has done his fair share of trash talking over the years, and now in his own state of New Jersey, a new ban targeting high school students who talk trash at sporting events will be soon going into effect. The office of the Attorney General […]

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HOT 97’s K Foxx talks VH1’s ‘The Gossip Game,’ Summer Jam & drops serious B.I.G. freestyle

NEW YORK (TRP) — New York radio personality K Foxx is known for holding it down for the ladies as the lone female voice in the mornings on HOT 97’s “Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg show.” And when she’s not on the NYC airwaves, you can catch the foxy radio star dishing it out on VH1’s […]

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Vampires, superheroes, aliens take over CW Network in Fall 2013

NEW YORK (PIX11) – From Gossip Girl to 90210, it was once the home for your favorite emo teenagers, but now the CW Network is flipping the script and going full throttle into the world of Sci-fi. The much-anticipated thriller The Originals is just one of the many new shows expected to excite fans this […]

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Real-life ‘Batman’ hand delivers robbery suspect to police station

  The Caped Crusader himself has apparently jumped out of the comic books and into real-life. A man donning a Batman costume left local authorities in Northern England scratching their heads after he showed up to their police station to drop off a suspect wanted in a burglary. The scene unraveled inside local police headquarters […]

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