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The Blue Fin makes a splash

The Blue Fin makes a splash

  • Kara Coleman | Reporter
    Opelika-Auburn News

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Stepping through the doors at The Blue Fin is like wading into the surf on a summer day.

The Dish: A barbecue truck worth following

The Dish: A barbecue truck worth following

  • Kara Coleman | Reporter
    Opelika-Auburn News

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I’m not a “foodie,” but I do consider myself something of a barbecue connoisseur. The smells that emanate from barbecue joints – whether big chains or hole-in-the-wall smokehouses – make my mouth water. So I was irrationally happy to discover a new place to add to my favorites list. But this…

The bite heard round the world: Who bit Beyonce?

The bite heard round the world: Who bit Beyonce?

  • Anthony Dannar

A mystery that has captured the Internet’s attention (all of the Internet) may have finally been solved. Who bit Beyonce?

A-Day weekend to include country concert

A-Day weekend to include country concert

  • Carla Nelson | Reporter
    Opelika-Auburn News

A country concert is set to kick off A-Day weekend on The Plains. The Hudson Family Foundation and Auburn Athletics will host the Country Rocks the Plains concert and pep rally on Auburn University’s campus on Friday, April 6.

The Dish: Success at Durango Mexican Grill when leaving my comfort zone

The Dish: Success at Durango Mexican Grill when leaving my comfort zone

  • Emily Enfinger | Reporter / Photographer
    Opelika-Auburn News

Melted cheese is a good thing. Melted cheese on meat is probably the best thing anyone could ask for.

A group of scientists are working to reinstate Pluto to 'planet' status

A group of scientists are working to reinstate Pluto to 'planet' status

  • Anthony Dannar

11 years ago, controversy shook the science community after Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet. Ever since then, Pluto enthusiasts (or apologists) haven been proposing a new definition of planet which would include the distant rocky body that orbits our sun.

The Dish: To El Potosino Grill, with love

The Dish: To El Potosino Grill, with love

  • Keith Huffman | Reporter
    Opelika-Auburn News

Googly eyed and radiating a semi-enchanting sense of scripted passion, the Latino soap opera stars locked lips and expressed their eternal devotion to one another on a TV mounted inside El Potosino Grill.

Kanye West dominates the celebrity news cycle...again

    Kanye West continues to dominate the celebrity news cycle for his peculiar Twitter posts. He has also received scrutiny over comments made during a TMZ interview where he called slavery “a choice.”

    Is Kanye West having a mental breakdown?

      Is Yeezus trolling us?

      Mining asteroids could generate a $50 billion payload

        Could we be seeing an asteroid gold rush within our generation?

        A man broke into Taylor Swift's NYC apartment

          A man was arrested after breaking into Taylor Swift’s New York apartment on Friday.

          Conor McGregor attacks bus, stripped of UFC title

          • Anthony Dannar

          Conor McGregor is once again desperate to stay in the public spotlight, not by winning fights or contributing anything to society. No, the man who earned millions of dollars bu losing a boxing match to Floyd Mayweather turned himself into police after being caught on film attacking a UFC bus.

          A brewing company is working to make drinking beer in space a reality

          • Anthony Dannar

          A Sydney-based Brewing company is working to develop a beer bottle that will allow astronauts (or anyone in zero gravity) to enjoy a cold one.

          The bite heard round the world: Who bit Beyonce?

          The bite heard round the world: Who bit Beyonce?

          • Anthony Dannar

          A mystery that has captured the Internet’s attention (all of the Internet) may have finally been solved. Who bit Beyonce?

          A-Day weekend to include country concert

          A-Day weekend to include country concert

          • Carla Nelson | Reporter
            Opelika-Auburn News

          A country concert is set to kick off A-Day weekend on The Plains. The Hudson Family Foundation and Auburn Athletics will host the Country Rocks the Plains concert and pep rally on Auburn University’s campus on Friday, April 6.

          The Dish: Success at Durango Mexican Grill when leaving my comfort zone

          The Dish: Success at Durango Mexican Grill when leaving my comfort zone

          • Emily Enfinger | Reporter / Photographer
            Opelika-Auburn News

          Melted cheese is a good thing. Melted cheese on meat is probably the best thing anyone could ask for.

          A distant star, once believed to be an 'alien megastructure,' has dimmed by almost 10 percent

          • Anthony Dannar

          If you are a space enthusiast then you probably remember a time when the science community was obsessed with KIC 8462852, a distant star with a fluctuating light pattern. Many were fascinated with the mysterious object, some even theorizing that if could be an "alien megastructure."

          'Thor: Ragnarok' co-stars teaming up once again for 'Men in Black' spin off

          • Anthony Dannar

          “Thor: Ragnarok” co-stars Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth will team up once again to star in the “Men in Black” film.

          A group of scientists are working to reinstate Pluto to 'planet' status

          A group of scientists are working to reinstate Pluto to 'planet' status

          • Anthony Dannar

          11 years ago, controversy shook the science community after Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet. Ever since then, Pluto enthusiasts (or apologists) haven been proposing a new definition of planet which would include the distant rocky body that orbits our sun.

          The Dish: To El Potosino Grill, with love

          The Dish: To El Potosino Grill, with love

          • Keith Huffman | Reporter
            Opelika-Auburn News

          Googly eyed and radiating a semi-enchanting sense of scripted passion, the Latino soap opera stars locked lips and expressed their eternal devotion to one another on a TV mounted inside El Potosino Grill.

          Stephen Hawking, one of the brightest minds since Albert Einstein, passes away at 76

          • Anthony Dannar

          Stephen W. Hawking, one of the brightest minds since Albert Einstein, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 76.

          John McCutcheon to perform at AUUF

          John McCutcheon to perform at AUUF

          • Matt Okarmus | Reporter
            Opelika-Auburn News

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          Folk musician, story teller and multi instrumentalist John McCutcheon will perform Friday at Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship as part of the Sundilla Concert Series.

          Astronomers have found a 'Super Earth' orbiting a distant star

          • Anthony Dannar

          Remember when discovering a planet orbiting another star was an extraordinary find? Now, astronomers are finding exoplanets every day. Although, it is a little disappointing that we could never visit them in our life time, it’s still exciting to think about all those exotic planets which cou…

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