Allstar Weekend "Not Your Birthday" Music Review

Being a modern music junkie and an avid movie goer, the Allstar Weekend's "Not Your Birthday" sounds like the perfect choice for the new to release movie, "Prom". This new album is featured on Disney's "Prom", which is set to release this Friday, 4/29/11. This track has quite the modern buzz that you would expect to find in a movie that the majority of viewers would be middle school/high school girls. Although it is a catchy tune that will be stuck in my head for the remainder of the week, I would have liked to see the theme and lyrics of the song reflect something other than "partying like its not your birthday" ,which is repeated more than one could count. I just think that there are too many songs out their that promote and encourage "partying" everyday or no reason. I guess this seems to be the popular type of song. I would have liked to see something that was a bit different. Other than that, I don't think this is the next hit, but, I do think it has some potential to being a song that would be found a lot in movies and found on the iPods of many. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.

Apple Sued Over iPhone Tracking

Vikram Ajjampur of Florida and William Devito of New York have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Computers over their location based services found on iOS 4.0. The two men say that Apple is tracking the whereabouts of all iPod Touch and iPhone users with the GPS system found on the devices. They also claim that every time a user "syncs" their device to their computer, or the devices is connected to wifi or 3G signals, the information is put onto the computer and sent over internet to Apple. They believe that not only Apple can track your location but anybody can hack to find where you are. Apple has stated, "We don't track anyone. The info circulating around is false." Their is no official word from Apple regarding the lawsuit.

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PC Magazine

Two Teens Rescued From Connecticut River

According to courant.com, on Sunday afternoon, two teenagers were rescued from the Connecticut River by police and fire officials. The teenagers, one male and one female were clinging to a tree when rescued. Police are not saying how the teens ended up in the river. "It appeared they had been in the water for quite some time," said Hartford Fire Department Deputy Chief Robert Walsh," They were very, very cold...shivery." The police and fire departments from Hartford had the situation brought to their knowledge around 4:40 pm by a photographer walking on the riverfront right below the train tracks near Riverside Park. According to police, the teens' remote location made the chances of someone finding them very slim. Crews found it difficult to reach the teens because of the river is high from spring snow melt and last night's rain. The river's current was very strong, so strong that rescue workers couldn't paddle against it and had to use ropes to pull the boats to the teens and back. The paramedics were waiting for the teens with blankets when they were brought to shore. One of the teens could walk and the other had to be carried.

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Route 69 In Bethany, Connecticut Reopened After Crash

According to courant.com, after a rollover accident on Route 69 in Bethany on Sunday morning, the road has been reopened. Police responded to the accident just before 4 am on route 69 near the Hatfield Hill Road intersection. According to police, crews were working on wires that were down in the area. The wires weren't down because of the crash. They were down because of the weather. Connecticut Light and Power said that there was one power outage in Bethany. No one was seriously injured in the crash. Police reopened the road just before noon on Sunday.

No Tanning for Some Teens

The Melanoma Foundation of New England is on a mission to explain to teens the dangers of tanning, not only in the sun, but also in tanning beds. Using a tanning bed before the age of 30 increases the chance of a person getting skin cancer by 75%.

With prom and summer right around the corner the foundation finds it extremely important to spread awareness among teens. The foundation is issuing pledges outlining the dangers of tanning. They are also awarding two $1,000 prizes to schools with the highest percentage of pledges. Waltham Highschool in Waltham Mass. has been named one of this years winners.

Heather Metallides, a health teacher and Waltham High, says she has noticed a difference in the students. She says that the local spray-tanning place has never had so many kids coming in. For Metallides it is also a personal mission, while working in a hospital prior to coming to Waltham High, she met a woman diagnosed with melanoma at age 21. That woman never had any idea of the risks.



-AOL Inc.

USPS Stamp a Faux Lady Liberty

The United State's Postal Services' Statue of Liberty stamp is in fact not based upon the Statue of liberty in New York City. The stamp is actually based off of the replica located in front of the New York-New York casino hotel in Las Vegas.

Postal officials say they were not aware of this until it was pointed out to them by a stamp expert. They say the photo the stamp was designed from was licensed only as "Statue of Liberty". Officials of the USPS also say that they are happy with the stamp and have no plans to remove the stamp, originally issued in December, out of circulation.



-Associated Press

Review: London - Diving Heart First

1. Only Want You



2. Carried Away



3. Call me back



4. Second Chance



5. Tools of Persuasion



6. Enough



7. Girl in the Crowd



8. Because Because



9. Tear Out My Heart



10. Promises to the East Coast

This album was fantastic! If you love acoustics with some good electric guitar, and really enjoy clean vocals; this is the artist for you. "Driving Heart First" was London's debut album and I enjoyed it. This album consisted of 10 songs all with a classic rock rhythm to it mixed in with beautiful vocals. I recommend checking out the song "Promises to the East Coast" or "Because Because" if you are interested; considering those are the two highest rated songs on the album. London will be comming out with another album in May, and I personally can't wait. I hope you enjoy this artist, I know I have.