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September 30, 2019 9:35 am Published by

A woman from Washington named Carole King recently lost her dog while she was on vacation in Montana.  So she put up flyers . . . knocked on doors . . . quit her JOB to stay and keep searching . . . and finally found the dog last week after 57 straight days of searching.

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An Austrian couple expecting a dress in the mail opened a large package that arrived at their home and instead found nearly 25,000 ecstasy tablets. Sheinitially thought it was  decorate stones, but her husband soon suspected to be drugs.

The couple returned the package to the post office and police determined the box’s contents were 24,800 ecstasy tablets, with an estimated street value of nearly $550,000. Investigators determined the package was mistakenly delivered to the couple’s home and had actually been intended for delivery to Scotland.

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ENTERTAINMENT

The animated movie “Abominable” won the box office this weekend, with $20.1 million.  “Judy”, starring RENEE ZELLWEGER as Judy Garland, opened in 7th, with $3.1 million. But it only played 461 theaters

  1. “Downton Abbey”, $14.5 million.  Up to $58.5 million in its 2nd week.

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Dog The Bounty Hunter has been diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition, just three months after losing his wife Beth Chapman to throat cancer. On today’s episode of “The Dr. Oz Show”, the 66-year-old learns he has a pulmonary embolism, which occurs when one or more arteries of the heart have been blocked by blood. He’s currently on blood thinners and is eating healthier while working to quit smoking.

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TODAY IS……………….

  • “Chewing Gum Day”, Thomas Adams received a patent on the first gum-making machine in 1871. After experimenting with different flavors, he manufactured the first flavored gum in the United States, ‘Adams’ Black Jack’, a licorice-flavored gum. Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit and Spearmint gum soon followed.

 

2012 [07] Faith Hill becomes the first country artist to debut a song on Twitter when she posts ‘American Heart’.

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

George Strait topped the Billboard chart with “Give It Away” in 2006.

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Today is Ask A Stupid Question Day which was started by teachers in the 1980s.  It’s supposed to encourage kids to ask more questions, even if they think they’re dumb.  Here’s the scene from “Heathers,” when Winona Ryder asks Christian Slater a stupid question.

 

Today Is National Ask a Stupid Question Day . . .

Apparently, today is National Ask a Stupid Question Day.

 

In honor of the day, some teachers shared the dumbest question they ever heard.  And here are some highlights . . .

  1. “Are bears still real?”
  2. “Can you get from America to Africa on a jet ski?”
  3. “What are those pyramid shaped things in Egypt called?”
  4. “If there’s a speed of light, what’s the speed of dark?”
  5. “Is breast milk 1% or 2%?”
  6. “If you’re sterile, can you pass that on to your children?”
  7. “Where is the Great Wall of China?”

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RANDOM REPORT

✓ Charles and Diana’s 1981 wedding was watched by more than double the number of people who tuned in for the “Friends”, “Cheers”, “Seinfeld”, and “M*A*S*H” finales combined.

✓ Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake were once basically brothers: as kids, they starred on the Mickey Mouse Show, and Timberlake’s mom was Gosling’s legal guardian for six months while the Canadian lived with Timberlake’s family during filming.

✓ Shirley Temple (the actress) hated Shirley Temples (the drink).

✓ Barry Manilow wrote the famous “I’m stuck on Band-Aid brand ‘cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me” jingle.

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GOOD NEWS

Brenda Irizarry works for the TSA at Juneau International Airport in Alaska.  And she was at work last week when she heard people yelling for help.

 

It turned out a 26-year-old woman with special needs was CHOKING on what turned out to be a grape.  And EMTs weren’t there yet.

 

So Brenda did the Heimlich maneuver . . . and saved her life.

 

The woman’s parents wrote a letter to a newspaper in Juneau, because they wanted Brenda to get credit for it.

 

And the TSA released a statement this week praising her for her “quick action.”

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BIRTHDAYS

[65] Barry Williams, actor (‘Greg’ on “The Brady Bunch” 1969-74)

 

[56] Eddie Montgomery, country singer (Montgomery Gentry)

 

[48] Jenna Elfman, actress (“Dharma & Greg” 1997-2002, “Fear the Walking Dead”)

 

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STUDY: PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THIS CAR ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE SPEEDING TICKETS

Some people fit their stereotypes more than others.

 

Car insurance finder company Insurify looked at more than 1.6 million quote requests, which required applicants to note if they had a speeding ticket on their record.

 

They found overall, 11.28 percent of respondents said they did, but the owners of several vehicle models had a lot more than that. Among people driving the Subaru WRX, a high-performance compact sedan, 20.12 percent said they had speeding tickets– the most for any car model.

 

That model was followed by the Scion FR-S (19.09), Volkswagen GTI (16.92), and Hyundai Genesis Coupe (15.75) sports cars. There weren’t any clear patterns related to brands, but the top ten vehicles for speeding all had price bases under the estimated average of $37,285.

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What’s a ‘Micro-cation’ and Why Are Millennials Obsessed with Them?

There’s a new travel trend otherwise known as a micro-cation, and millennials are making the most out of them. So, how exactly does a micro-cation work?

 

If we’re going off a normal workweek, opting to take off a Friday here or a Monday there extends the average two-day weekend into a three-day reprieve. That means you could leave after work on Thursday and return Sunday night, enjoying an exciting (or relaxing—your pick) two-and-a-half days on vacation while missing only one day of work.

 

While trends in travel once revolved around lengthier timelines, 72 percent of millennials took at least one micro-cation in the last year, while 29 percent said they took three micro-cations during that same time period. Considering the rise of affordable flights, it’s not surprising that people want to experience more and more and still be able to make rent.

 

But there’s also the fact that 25 percent of millennials feel “vacation shame,” which makes requesting time off work a mental hurdle. But…requesting only one or two days seems far more palatable, right? The moral of the story? Brief or lengthy, vacation is in the eye of the beholder.

 

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH                                             

 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[65] Barry Williams, actor (‘Greg’ on “The Brady Bunch” 1969-74)

[56] Eddie Montgomery, country singer (Montgomery Gentry)

[48] Jenna Elfman, actress (“Dharma & Greg” 1997-2002, “Fear the Walking Dead”)

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  1. NFL

Kansas City         34           Detroit                  30

NE                          16           Buffalo                 10

 

The Cowboys are no longer undefeated after their loss to the Saints.  Here’s Dallas QB Dak Prescott.  (Start Clip, Prescott speaks, locker slams)  Next, let’s go down the long, cold hallway to the Washington Redskins locker room.  They’re 0 and 4 after yesterday’s game with the Giants.  Head coach Jay Gruden, what now?  (Jay, locker slams)

They’re not alone.  The Broncos and the Dolphins are also winless.

 

  1. The animated movie “Abominable”won the box office this weekend, with $20.1 million.  “Judy”, starring RENEE ZELLWEGER as Judy Garland, opened in 7th, with $3.1 million. But it only played 461 theaters
  2. “Downton Abbey”, $14.5 million.  Up to $58.5 million in its 2nd week.

 

  • “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jonathan Van Ness, Lucy Boynton, Jon Pardi
  1. Robert Garrison from the original “Karate Kid” died Friday morning.  He was only 59 years old, but he’d been battling kidney and liver issues.  Garrison played Tommy, one of the bad kids from the evil Cobra Kai dojo . . . and he’s the one who delivered the immortal line, “Get him a body bag! Yeah!”  That line was honored in season two of “Cobra Kai” when his character died in his sleep and ended up in a body bag.

 

  1. A Bob Dylan musical, vegan Disneyland food, the toy hall of fame, and apple thieves.  (From David Spade, “SNL’s Weekend Update”, and Jimmy Fallon the weekend of September 28, 2019)

 

No winning ticket was sold for the $14-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

However, the guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Wednesday will be approximately $17 million.

 

No winning ticket for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max Draw. There were 4 Maxmillion prizes of $1million each up for grabs, but none of them were won either. That means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw tomorrow will be $60-million and 6 maxmillions.

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10 Richest Country Stars

The site THE RICHEST.COM has a list of the wealthiest country stars.  And we’re talking their net worth, not what they’ve made over the past year.

Naturally, a lot of them are raking in cash from more than just music sales and touring . . . they may have their own businesses, endorsement deals, brands, record labels, and have done movies and TV shows.

Here’s the Top 10, along with their age, and estimated current net worth:

  1. Dolly Parton, 73, $500 million
  2. Shania Twain, she’s 54 today, $400 million
  3. Toby Keith, 58, $365 million
  4. Garth Brooks, 57, $330 million
  5. George Strait, 67, $300 million
  6. Kenny Rogers, 81, $250 million
  7. Kenny Chesney, 51, $190 million
  8. Reba McEntire, 64, $95 million.  This appears to be a three-way tie, with . . .
  9. Alan Jackson, 60, $95 million
  10. Brad Paisley, 46, $95 million

Brad is the youngest person on this list, but if Taylor Swift was still country, she’d blow him out of the water.  Taylor is 29, and is reportedly worth $400 million, which would rank her 2nd or 3rd on this list.

 

 

REBA McENTIRE TO BE HONORED AS CMT’S ‘ARTIST OF A LIFETIME’ – (09/30/2019)

Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award at this year’s CMT Artists of the Year event. The 10th annual celebration will air live from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, October 16th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Previous “Lifetime” recipients include  Loretta Lynn (2018), Shania Twain (2016), Kenny Rogers (2015), and Merle Haggard (2014).

The 90-minute CMT Artists of the Year special will pay tribute to the five “Artists of the Year” who collectively ruled the last 12 months in country music. This year’s honorees include Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett, and will feature surprise musical pairings and guests.

 

 

BRANTLEY GILBERT SAYS LEAVING KIDS AT HOME ‘RIPS’ HIM UP

Brantley Gilbert is having a doubly tough time leaving home to head out on the road now that infant daughter Braylen Hendrix has joined the family. It was hard enough to leave his nearly two-year-old son Barrett, who Brantley tells us has sort of figured out when dad’s about to leave and is none too happy about it. [“Every time I leave the house, he’s figured out now when that’s happening. He knows if I start walking my bag up to the bus – cause the bus stays at the house, but if I take stuff up there he kinda starts figuring it out a little bit. The worst is when I have to leave during the day when he’s awake. He doesn’t really like it when I get in my truck and go places, but when I load up on that bus, he knows it’s going to be for a minute.  And man, he like grab my leg and, you know, just, ‘Da-Da,’ and aww man, Dude, it ripped me up.“]

Brantley’s going to have a busy schedule ahead of him to promote his new album, Fire and Brimstone, which will be released on October 4th.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer