The Pacer

Independent voice of the University of Tennessee at Martin

Month: February 2014

Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21

DENVER (AP) — Two Western states with some of the nation’s lowest smoking rates are considering cracking down even more…

Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman charged in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have set in motion a legal process that makes it unlikely drug kingpin Joaquin…

Amanda Bynes pleads no contest to reckless driving

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amanda Bynes has pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving after she clipped a Los Angeles…

Effort to build gay marriage support heads south

ATLANTA (AP) — Less than two weeks after a federal judge declared Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a new…

Zuckerberg takes long view with WhatsApp, Internet

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, known for his outsized ambitions for Facebook, is applying a similar long-term vision to…