On Today’s Show

No, it’s not for Halloween, but a family’s basement has been filling with blood for weeks in Iowa. The family discovered “five inches of animal blood, fat, and tissue from a neighboring meat locker” that “seeped into the basement through a floor drain.”

The homeowner says it started October 3^rd and it hasn’t let up since. He says he and his family are staying with nearby relatives and hoping for dry weather soon, as the mess can’t be cleaned up until it stops coming up the drain. An environmental specialist suspects a blockage in the tile line that connects the drains as the cause. The meat locker, now pumping bio waste into a holding tank, has offered to help with cleaning costs.

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A dog in Australia crewed on a lighter, started a fire in its owner’s living room, and caused over $40,000 in damage.  The owner sounds like she’s taking it in stride though.  Even one of the firefighters cracked a joke about how the dog probably just wanted sausages

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ENTERTAINMENT

“Joker” returned to #1 in a quiet week for the box office, after raking in another $18.9 million.  It’s now made $849 million worldwide . . . making it the highest grossing

R-rated movie.  “Deadpool 2” is second with $785 million.

2. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”, $18.5 million.  Up to $65.4 million in its 2nd week.
3. “The Addams Family”, $11.7 million.  Up to $72.8 million in its 3rd week.

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• “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC): Halloween Night
• “The Voice” (NBC): The knockouts begin. Taylor Swift serves as a mega-mentor as the coaches pair their artists to perform individually against a teammate, then select a winner to move on to the playoffs.

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TODAY IS……………….

• “National Chocolate Day”, yes, there was also a “Chocolate Day” in July and an “International Chocolate Day in September…don’t fight it.
  ➢ Switzerland is one of the top countries for chocolate consumption. The Swiss consume
  about 22 lbs of chocolate, per person, per year.
  ➢ Most cocoa comes from West Africa.
  ➢ Allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produces a similar reaction to that of a passionate kiss.
  ➢ Cocoa beans were used as currency by the Mayan and Aztec cultures. Perhaps this is where they saying “Money grows on trees” came from.

2007 [12] 1st time an NFL regular-season contest is played outside North America, as NY Giants defeat Miami Dolphins 13-10 at London’s Wembley Stadium

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

BRAD PAISLEY TURNS 47 TODAY…….

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Yellow Traffic Lights Could Get Longer Worldwide . . .

There’s a guy named Mats Jarlstrom in Beaverton, Oregon, near Portland.  And back in 2013, he was FURIOUS when his wife got a ticket from a red light camera.

He got the ticket 0.12 seconds after the light switched from yellow to red, and he believed she didn’t have enough time to make it through the intersection.

Mats is originally from Sweden, and he’d studied electrical engineering there, so he went to the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying to argue that yellow lights should be extended.

They ignored him, and fined him $500 for not having a professional engineering license.  That put a stop to his quest.

Well . . . a federal judge overturned that fine earlier this year, so the mission was BACK ON.  And now Mats has taken his proposal to the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which sets the official traffic light guidelines for 90 countries.

He is proposing that, based on modern roads and cars, it makes sense to extend yellow lights from 3.2 seconds to 4.5 seconds.  And if they accept his proposal next year, yellow lights around the world could get longer.

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RANDOM REPORT

1.  Major League Baseball umpires are required to wear black underwear in case they split their pants.

2. There are 117 countries in the world with at least one McDonald’s.  Countries without one include Jamaica, Iceland, and most of Africa.

3. The average person in the U.S. eats 110 pounds of potatoes a year.  That’s more than any other vegetable.

4. Kurt Cobainpicked the song name “Smells Like Teen Spirit” because a friend told him he smelled like teen spirit . . . and he thought it meant he was a revolutionary.  But she meant he LITERALLY smelled like Teen Spirit deodorant.

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GOOD NEWS

There are some coincidences that are SO crazy, you’ve got to chalk them up to divine intervention.  And this is DEFINITELY one of ’em.

A 25-year-old guy named Tyler Moon from Eden Prairie, Minnesota was running in a 10-mile race earlier this month in Minneapolis.  And instead of having his name printed on his bib, he had it say “Jesus Saves.”

Well, around the eighth mile of the race, Tyler COLLAPSED.  It turned out he had an undiagnosed irregular heartbeat, which caused him to have a HEART ATTACK.

But Tyler was saved . . . by Jesus.

Literally.  A 43-year-old guy named Jesus Bueno from Lakeville, Minnesota was running behind him.  And Jesus is a registered nurse.  So he stopped running, told someone to call 911, and started performing CPR on Tyler.

He kept Tyler alive until the paramedics got there, and they used a defibrillator to get Tyler’s heart back into its regular rhythm.

Tyler wound up breaking five bones in his face when he fell, but he says he feels grateful to be alive . . . and thankful to Jesus and all the other strangers who helped save his life.

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Celebrities Who’ve Had “Actual” Ghost Encounters

“People” magazine put together a list of 23 celebrities who’ve had “actual” ghost encounters.  Here are some of the highlights:

1. Kristen Stewartsays, quote, “I talk to them.  Who knows what ghosts are, but there is an energy that I’m really sensitive to.”

2. Before playing Princess Margaret on Season 3 of “The Crown”, Helena Bonham Carterwent to a medium to get the late Princess’ approval, and she got it.  She says, quote, “She was glad it was me.”

3. Kendall Jennerthinks her mom’s house is haunted.  Quote, “Kylie and I would always hear footsteps on the roof while no one was home.  Kylie’s shower used to turn on all the time and we never knew why.”

4. After a crash in 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr.felt hands pull him out of the fiery wreck.  But later, when he asked who had helped him, he was told it was NOBODY.

5. Kate Hudsonsays she and her mom Goldie Hawn can both sense spirits.  And she says that if you see one, you’re supposed to, quote, “[tell it] what year it is and that they don’t belong there.”

6. Emma Stoneonce told David Letterman that her late grandfather leaves her quarters.  (???)

7. ARIANA GRANDEupset some DEMONS during a visit to Stull Cemetery in Kansas.  It’s supposed to be a gateway to HELL.  She says, quote, “We smelled sulfur, which is the sign of a demon, and there was a fly in the car randomly, which is another sign of a demon . . .

“I took a picture and there are three super distinct faces in the picture.  They’re faces of textbook demons.”

8. Selena Gomezsays, quote, “I believe in ghosts, so I have a ghost app . . . I believe that spirits can tap into technology.  Why not, right?”  She claims the app has detected supernatural beings around her.

9. In 2013, Demi Lovatoclaimed her house was haunted by a young girl named Emily.

10. In 2009, Matthew McConaugheyclaimed his house was haunted by a spirit named Madame Blu.  I know what you’re thinking, but he claims he saw her even when he WASN’T high. Matthew got a vibe that told him, quote, “she wasn’t that happy, it didn’t seem like she was going to be much fun to hang around or have in my house.”  So he told her he wasn’t going anywhere, and she eventually stopped coming around.

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Guy with His Name Tattooed on His Neck Tries to Give the Cops a Fake Name

There’s a 36-year-old guy named Matthew Bushman from Mansfield, Illinois.

Recently, Police put out a warrant for his arrest in a forgery case. Some officers spotted him and asked him if he was Matthew.  And he said no, and gave them a fake name.

There was just one problem.  He has his name TATTOOED on his NECK.

It says “Matty B.” on his throat, and the cops saw it . . . so that really blew up his plan.  He was arrested.

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30 CRICKETS OR IT’S FREE:
An expert says that most pizzas will be made using crushed-up insects within 20 years.

And that’s not all. Tom Cheesewright, an applied futurist (which is a real thing – he helps paying clients predict the future), says not only will your ’za contain bug-based dough, it could also feature lab-grown meats and cheese and be charred by lasers.

Oh, and it won’t be cooked. It’ll be printed out by a robot chef. Cheesewright says that as restaurants begin to choose more sustainable ingredients, “The food we eat in 20 years may well look very similar to how it does today, but its journey to your plate will have been totally transformed.”

He says that even replacing 25% of the grain currently used for bread with a protein-packed alternative such as crickets could transform our reliance on resources such as water, energy and land.

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MONDAY OCTOBER 28^TH                                             

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[70] Caitlyn Jenner, reality star

[64] Bill Gates, retired Microsoft mogul/net worth: $105.7 billion as of October

[52] Julia Roberts, movie star

[47] Brad Paisley, country singer

[45] Joaquin Phoenix, actor (“Joker”, “Walk the Line”)

[21] Nolan Gould, actor (‘Luke Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” since 2009)

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1. MLB

I don’t even want to know how much two beers cost at the World Series . . . but last night, Washington Nationals fan Jeff Adams was willing to take a baseball to the chest . . . rather than drop the two beers he was holding.

It was a home run hit by Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros, and it was coming directly at him.  But he was holding two BUD LIGHTS and didn’t want to sacrifice them.  So he took the ball to the chest like a CHAMP.

The Astros won the game 7 – 1

After the Nationals won the first two games in Houston, they dropped all three straight at home.  They’re headed back to Houston for Game Six on Tuesday.

NHL

FLA 6 – EDM 2                                                     STL 5 – DET 4 OT

OTT 5 – SJS 2                                                       NYI 5 – PHI 3

BOS 7 -NYR 4                                                      CHI 5 – LAK 1

VGK 5 – ANA 2

2. “Joker” returned to #1 in a quiet week for the box office, after raking in another $18.9 million.  It’s now made $849 million worldwide . . . making it the highest grossing

R-rated movie.  “Deadpool 2” is second with $785 million.

2. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”, $18.5 million.  Up to $65.4 million in its 2nd week.
3. “The Addams Family”, $11.7 million.  Up to $72.8 million in its 3rd week.

3. A 7-year-old found a vaping device in his mom’s purse and got caught smoking CBD out of it at school.  The school officials threw it away and a social worker took him to the hospital where they determined he was fine.

4. Jerry Seinfeld makes fun of the cheap rubber bands they used to hold Halloween masks in place.

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Kip Moore Gym Workout

Men’s Health” did a “Gym and Fridge” video with KIP MOORE.  It started with a workout, which featured free weights, dumbbells, kettlebells, and even those gymnastic rings.  Turns out he’s also a solo act in the gym.

Quote, “I’ve never had a trainer.  I’ve always tried to figure out how my body responds the best . . . and I feel like I’ve learned my body through the years, and knowing what it needs, and I don’t like listening to anybody tell me how to work out.”

The “mind-body” thing came up, and I enjoyed his answer to that.  He said, quote “Keeping my mind healthy is a whole ‘nother animal.  I’ve always been a bit of a BASKET CASE.  [I] try to meditate, I try to pray.”

He added, “But I will say that [working out] keeps me from going crazy.  This is my sanity, getting here every day for about an hour-and-a-half and getting at it.”

When they finally got to his fridge, he pointed to the eggs that he eats every morning . .  plus his avocados, tomatoes, and all-natural almond butter.  He also made sure to let us know that he eats TWO lunches every single day.  (???)

And then it got real, when they showed his massive bag of M&Ms and asked if he ever eats “unhealthy.”  Quote, “If I’m gonna be really bad I’m going to eat that whole bag of M&Ms and then if I’m done with that, I get the old school fudge pops.”

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CHRIS JANSON’S BRAND NEW ALBUM DROPS TODAY, IT’S ‘PERFECT TIMING’

Chris Janson‘s third studio album, Real Friends, came out a coule of weeks ago and features a guest appearance by his labelmate Blake Shelton on the song’s title track.

Chris co-produced and co-wrote all 13 songs on the album, something he said he was determined to do in time to get this album out to fans before the end of the year. He tells us: [“I just started writing when I could and how I could with who I could when I had time off the road and that’s how the whole album came together, which it came together nicely because I didn’t stress about it. I just wrote my butt off, man, and I asked the heads here at the label, I was like, ‘If I can get it done, can we put an album out in 2019,’ and they’re like, ‘Yeah, if you can get it done, no problem! No stress either way, it’s cool,’ and so I just went to the drawing board and did what I do best which is make music. It’s just perfect timing, too.”]

His current single, “Good Vibes,” sits at Number Two and climbing on the Mediabase Country Singles chart.

Chris Lane and Former “Bachelor” Contestant Lauren Bushnell Are Married

CHRIS LANE and “Bachelor” alum LAUREN BUSHNELL got married on Friday in Nashville.  There were about 160 guests, including Jana Kramer and her husband, former NFL player Mike Caussin.

Four of Lauren’s alums from “The Bachelor” Season 20 showed up.  We’re talking Amanda Stanton, Jen Saviano, and twins Haley and Emily Ferguson.

The coupled headed off on a quick post-wedding getaway . . . and are hoping to make it to Hawaii for their “real honeymoon” after his schedule clears up.  Chris is 34 and Lauren is 29.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer