On Today’s Show

A 63-year-old guy in Minnesota is facing charges after he dumped thousands of screws on the road near his ex-girlfriend’s house, to prevent her from driving to see her new boyfriend.  Around 150 people ended up with flat tires, and a reporter talked to a few of them last week, before cops caught the guy.

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A 17-year-old in the U.K. hated vegetables and refused to eat them.  And now he has permanent vision loss after years of only eating junk food.  His entire diet consisted of French fries, chips, white bread, and processed meat.  And the lack of nutrients damaged his optic nerves.  So his vision is blurry, and he’s partially colorblind.  His doctor says it’s rare and takes a long time to happen though.  And he’d already been having symptoms for a while.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Who do you go to when you need marital advice?  A friend?  A parent?  A therapist?  How about a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE???  Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently met Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, and J-Lo asked her if she had any secrets for a happy marriage.  RBG told her what her own mother-in-law said to her on HER wedding day. Quote, “It helps sometimes to be a little deaf.”

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Original “Blue’s Clues” host Steve Burns is returning to make an appearance in the series premiere of Nickelodeon’s remake, “Blue’s Clues and You!” Burns will be joined by fellow former host Donovan Patton, who played ‘Joe’, with the pair assisting new host, Josh Dela Cruz, in solving his first game of Blue’s Clues. “Blue’s Clues and You!” premieres Nov. 11.

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TODAY IS……………….

• “Take Another Look Day”, a day to survey your possessions and give surplus items to charity or reuse them in another project. In other words, slow the flow to landfills.

2002 The debut “American Idol” competition on FOX-TV is won by Kelly Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas.  Justin Guarini is the runner-up.

1998 Google Inc is founded as a privately held company by 2 students at Stanford University, Sergey Brin & Lawrence Page, whose headquarters are located in a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, California

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

 SEPTEMBER 4^TH, 1998                        Jo Dee Messina was certified earned her first gold album for I’m Alright and a gold single for the double-sided hit “I’m Alright” and “Bye Bye”

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WINTER IS COMING

Canadians are advised to brace for a ‘polar coaster’ winter if the latest prediction from the Farmers’ Almanac is to be believed.

The new edition of the 203-year-old publication reveals its forecast for the winter ahead – and the outlook is bitterly cold. The almanac sees areas east of the Rockies to Quebec and the Maritimes bear the brunt of the cold conditions and areas from the Prairie provinces into the Great Lakes to be the most frigid.

The coldest outbreaks in late January into early February are forecast to hit those in the Prairies.  It also suggests this cold blast will bring intense bursts of heavy snow, especially in the snowbelt area of Ontario.

Across the country, January looks to be especially stormy with frequent bouts of heavy precipitation, along with strong and gusty winds.

“The middle part of Canada is going to get whacked. January in particular, there’s a spell in there where there’s some storms that are maybe 60 centimetres,” Geiger said.

“It’s going to be a very cold winter with some interludes. There’s a lot of storms in there.”

The almanac predicts worse than normal winter precipitation over much of Canada.

“Polar coaster means there’s going to be some warm spells and some cold spells,”.

Spring will also be a little late in 2020, Geiger said, though not as late as it was in 2019.

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RANDOM REPORT

1.  Arnold Schwarzeneggerwas a millionaire before he became an actor . . . he used money from winning bodybuilding contests to invest in real estate.

2. A guy named John Holahan invented Lucky Charms in 1964, when he decided to see how it tasted to put pieces of Brach’s Circus peanuts in his Cheerios.

3. Vincent Van Goghdidn’t start painting until he was 27, and he died when he was 37.  In those 10 years, he finished about 860 paintings . . . or an average of one about every four days.  And only one of them sold while he was alive.

4. Lancaster, Pennsylvania was the capital of the U.S. for exactly one day . . . September 27th, 1777.  Philadelphia was the capital before that, but the British had just captured it, so it moved there . . . then to York, Pennsylvania for about nine months.

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GOOD NEWS

A guy in Australia named Max Sylvester recently decided to get his pilot’s license, and had his first lesson on Saturday.  Then in the middle of it, his flight instructor PASSED OUT . . . and he had to land the plane HIMSELF.

It was just the two of them in a single-engine Cessna.  But Max was able to radio in and talk to someone on the ground.  Then they walked him through it, just like in the movie “Airplane!”

He told them it was his first lesson.  And he mentioned that before his instructor passed out, he told him he was a really quick learner.  So he had that going for him.

And in the end, he was able to SAFELY land the plane back on the runway without crashing it.

Authorities say Max and the air traffic controller both did “an exceptional job” of staying calm.

And so did Max’s WIFE AND KIDS, who were watching from the ground.

Paramedics got the flight instructor to a hospital.  And he was listed in stable condition.

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BIRTHDAYS

[59] Damon Wayans, actor

[39] Max Greenfield, actor (‘Schmidt’ on “New Girl” 2011-18)

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Board Game CLUE Is Eliminating One of its Original Rooms and Letting You Pick the New One!

For the first time ever, the Clue mansion is getting a renovation!

The classic murder mystery board game, which debuted in 1949, is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and Hasbro is letting fans in on the celebration by having them make a big decision about the mansion.

The toy company has teamed up with home remodeling and design site Houzz to inspire ideas for a new room where Mr. Boddy’s murderer could be hiding. Currently the game contains nine different locations throughout the house: Kitchen, Ballroom, Conservatory, Billiard Room, Library, Study, Hall, Lounge and Dining Room, giving players over 324 different possibilities to solve the crime.

You can vote before September 9th to replace the hall with a guest room, bathroom, drawing room, or a remodeled version of the hall.

They’ll announce the winner on October 21st, and roll out the new version of the game in December.  It’s not clear if this is going to be a permanent change or if they’ll roll back to the original hall for future editions.

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55% of Us Regularly Worry About Things We Can’t Control

Do you ever catch yourself stressing about things you can’t even control?  A new survey found 55% of Americans do it on a regular basis.

The question they asked was, “How often do you worry about things which are outside of your control?”

55% said “very often” or “somewhat often” . . . 35% said “not very often” . . . 7% claimed they never do . . . and 3% didn’t answer.

62% of women said they do it, compared to 47% of men.  And millennials are more likely to do it than any other age group . . . 65% compared to 58% of Gen Xers, and 47% of Baby Boomers.

The survey also asked people which part of their life they’d like to simplify the most.  And “finances” was the number one answer.  The top five things we’d like to simplify are

1. Our finances, with 31% of the vote.
2. Diet and exercise, 12%.
3. Romantic relationships, 8%.

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CAN DRINKING A HOT TODDY REALLY CURE YOUR COLD?

Summer’s almost over, which means your first cold likely isn’t too far off.

So does drinking a hot toddy actually help you recover from a cold faster, or is it just an excuse to have some whiskey? A classic hot toddy consists of whiskey, honey, and lemon, and science is kind of divided on whether it’ll actually help you feel better.

For one thing, the lemon in the drink provides vitamin C, and a 2013 study found the vitamin might actually help reduce the duration of your symptoms if taken at a higher dose. The only trouble is your need up to two grams of vitamin C to feel any effects, and lemon only has about four milligrams per wedge.

The honey might be good for you too, as it contains some compounds that are thought to boost your immune system but there are no studies to show honey’s effects on the common cold. Drinking it hot is good for you too, as sipping hot liquids helps move germs and mucus out of your system.

As for the whiskey? Studies have shown that drinking alcohol at higher amounts can suppress your immune system– but having just one hot toddy likely isn’t enough to make this an issue. So just stick to one serving of booze and drinking a hot toddy might actually ease some of your cold symptoms and help you relax.

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4^TH                                             

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[59] Damon Wayans, actor

[39] Max Greenfield, actor (‘Schmidt’ on “New Girl” 2011-18)

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1. As Hurricane Dorian continues to make it’s way up the U.S. south east coast, it has leveled a lot of homes and businesses in the Bahamas.  The Bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis, says the main airport in under water.

2. MLB

Atlanta                 7              Toronto                2

Kansas City         6              Detroit                  5

3. An 18-year-old kid in Las Vegas named Enrique Pinto Jr. recently tried to join the Army, but was too overweight.  He weighed 317 pounds, and had to get down to around 200 before they’d take him.  So he started eating better and working out.  And in seven months, he lost 113 POUNDS.  He and his Army recruiter say it all came down to dedication.

4. Jimmy challenged some players from the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament to drop in some funny phrases during their interviews recently.  A few of them were “I used to take cat naps.  Now I take kitten naps.  Half as long, but twice as cute,” “Game, set, match, do the Cabbage Patch,” and “Slap your dad, call him Brad.”

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KIP MOORE DESCRIBES HIS WORST JOB EVER

Tonight, Kip Moore will play a concert for fans in London as he tours the United Kingdom. Playing to a big crowd of fans is a long way from his early days of earning a living. As the country celebrates Labor Day, Kip tells us about his worst job and what he used to do for money: [“I’d have to say my worst job ever was laying sod in the South Georgia heat. There’s nothing than that, especially when somebody would think that you’re waiting for the next sod patch to be thrown to you and you got your back turned, and all of a sudden, that big ole piece of sod hits you right on the back. You got nowhere to clean up, and you’re just stuck with dirt on your back for the rest of the day. It doesn’t get any worse than that.”]

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BRETT YOUNG BARTENDED AND FRAMED HOUSES WHILE BUILDING MUSIC CAREER – Brett Young has had five number one songs and he and his wife, Taylor are expecting a baby girl in October. He says life is very different now, compared to just a few years ago. On this Labor Day, Brett tells us about some of his early jobs that weren’t in the music business: [“I worked in a lot of restaurants, anything from waiting tables, to bussing tables, to bartending, to cruise ship bartending, to nightclub bartending.  But also, the summers after my junior and senior year in high school, I worked construction with a general contractor that did everything from the ground up.  Anything from framing a back deck to building a house and laying foundation and doing the whole thing. I worked in mortgages the year leading up to that whole big kaboom. And so, anything that seemed like it was interesting to me and if I worked hard, I could be successful, I’ve kind of been all over the place.”]

FAST FACTS

Brett shot his new video for “Catch” at Ole Miss. It’s a nod to his alma mater.

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Dierks Bentley Was Fined for Fishing Without a License . . . After Fans Ratted Him Out

I’m not saying DIERKS BENTLEY is a criminal.  But he did go fishing without a license in Colorado . . . and had to pay a $139.50 fine because of it.  Even worse, his fans are the ones who ratted him out.

Dierks and Luke Bryan were comparing fishing stories on stage at the Seven Peaks Festival over the weekend.  So somebody decided to pass the word onto the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, just in case they didn’t have the proper licenses.

Turns out they didn’t, but there still had to be evidence before officials could spring into action.  And wouldn’t you know it, Dierks made it easy by posting a pic where he’s holding a brown trout that he caught in Cottonwood Creek, Colorado.

After that made the rounds a local cop saw him walking through town and the next thing you know he’s in the officer’s truck paying the fee in cash.

And what about Luke?  Well, he didn’t incriminate himself by posting photos so he’s still off the hook.  But a Colorado Parks spokesman did say that “the case is under investigation.”

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This post was written by Dave Palmer