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_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n If you’re going to make your own hand sanitizers don\u2019t give it to other people. A convenience store owner in New Jersey is now facing charges after creating and selling a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns. She was charged with endangering the welfare of children and deceptive business practices. Authorities say she mixed commercially available foaming sanitizer, which wasn’t meant for resale, with water and packaged the bottles in her store.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n As expected, the coronavirus pandemic kept a lot of people away from movie theaters this past weekend.\u00a0 In fact, ticket sales\u00a0in North America hit the lowest levels in more than TWO DECADES, generating just $55.3 million total.<\/p>\n The Pixar movie\u00a0“Onward”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0did the best . . . with just over $10 million, but that’s down 73% from last weekend.<\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Walt Disney Co announced on Friday that it will make the sequel to hit animated movie \u201cFrozen\u201d available on its streaming platform \u2018Disney+\u2019 three months ahead of schedule in the United States, as a response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said \u201cFrozen 2\u201d would be available in the country starting yesterday, \u201csurprising families with some fun and joy during this challenging period.\u201d TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a01999 [21] The RIAA gives the first-ever \u2018Diamond Award\u2019 certification, honoring \u201cThe Eagles\u2019 Greatest Hits 1971-75\u201d for 10 million units sold<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Two cops near Atlanta recently saw a woman walking home in the cold, and went above and beyond to help her out.\u00a0 It happened in January, but the video was just posted . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sergeant Nick Boney stopped to see if she needed a ride, and she immediately said yes.\u00a0 She was holding a bunch of balloons, because she was out getting supplies for her one-year-old daughter’s first birthday party. So without hesitating, Nick handed his credit card to another officer . . . and asked him to go buy a CAKE.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They surprised the woman with it, and she invited them to her house to meet her kids and have cake with them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The whole thing was captured on Nick’s body-cam.\u00a0 But he never even tried to get any credit for it. The police department was doing random audits of body-cam footage when his supervisor saw it and posted it online.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [71] Victor Garber, London ON, movie actor (\u201cArgo\u201d, \u201cMilk\u201d)\/TV actor (\u201cAlias\u201d 2001-06)<\/p>\n [71] Erik Estrada, actor (Officer Frank \u201cPonch\u201d Poncherello on \u201cCHiPs\u201d 1977-1983)<\/p>\n [53] Lauren Graham, actress<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n PROFITEERING OFF COVID 19<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Brothers Matt and Noah Calvin admit in an interview\u00a0that they bought up all of the hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes that they could find across Tennessee and Kentucky after the first U.S. coronavirus death was reported on March 1, with the intent to resell them at a profit as public panic around COVID-19 kicked in. They began listing their items on Amazon at a\u00a0at a \u201csubstantial\u201d markup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They also sold 2,000 50-packs of face masks on eBay for $40 to $50, sometimes higher.<\/p>\n But Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for hand sanitizers, face masks and wipes, to combat price gouging. EBay followed suit soon afterward. So now they have a garage filled with 17,700 bottles of sanitizer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He reportedly said he doesn\u2019t want to become infamous for hoarding. \u201cIf I\u00a0can make a slight profit, that\u2019s fine,\u201d and defended his actions as solving \u201cinefficiencies in the marketplace,\u201d in that hawking these products for profit online potentially sends them to areas of the country where it\u2019s harder to get them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They\u2019re not the only ones, an Ohio truck driver named Eric, who did not provide his last name, reportedly told the paper that he had snapped up about 10,000 face masks at retail stores. He paid about $20 for each 10-pack, and estimates that he made $35,000 to $40,000 in profit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And a couple in Vancouver says\u00a0that they\u2019ve made more than $100,000 reselling Lysol wipes.<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n SLEEPING ALARM:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Bad plan, according to a new study. Research out of Harvard found that changing your regular sleep-wake time by 90 minutes \u2014 in either direction \u2014 significantly increases your chance of having a heart attack or heart disease.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the study, a regular sleep time was defined as less than 30 minutes difference, on average, over seven nights. And the study found that if you (pardon the pun) regularly have an irregular sleep time, over a five-year period, your risk of cardiovascular disease is more than doubled.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To encourage more regular sleep patterns, experts suggest scheduling exercise, cooler bedroom temperatures, and a regular nighttime routine to signal to your body and brain that it is time to wind down.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Coronavirus <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a disturbing scene, thousands and thousands of people got stuck shoulder-to-shoulder trying to get through customs\u00a0to get back into the U.S. at airports this weekend.\u00a0 And a study found there could be SIX seriously ill coronavirus patients for every one hospital bed in the U.S.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A lot of the news we’ve seen this past week has been pretty dire.\u00a0 But there are a ton of INSPIRING stories out there too.\u00a0 Here’s a quick round-up of ten good news stories we’ve seen about the outbreak . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MONDAY MARCH 16TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [71] Victor Garber, London ON, movie actor (\u201cArgo\u201d, \u201cMilk\u201d)\/TV actor (\u201cAlias\u201d 2001-06)\/Broadway actor (\u201cDamn Yankees\u201d)<\/p>\n [71] Erik Estrada, actor (Officer Frank \u201cPonch\u201d Poncherello on \u201cCHiPs\u201d 1977-1983)<\/p>\n [53] Lauren Graham, actress<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All casinos in Ontario are closing.<\/p>\n All\u00a0licensed childcare facilities in Chatham-Kent will be closed from March 14-April 5<\/p>\n The Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham has announced it\u2019s closing from March 16-April 5<\/p>\n The home and Garden show has been postponed<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n There were also two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but neither was claimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw TOMORROW will be approximately $55 million, and there will be four Maxmillions prizes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There was no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.<\/p>\n However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario.<\/p>\n The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw WEDNESDAY will be approximately $9 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ACMs Are Postponed Until September<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n I think we all knew this was coming.\u00a0 The ACMs announced yesterday that next month’s show is being postponed. \u00a0They’re moving it to sometime in September as they try to coordinate all the moving parts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Grand Ole Opry \u2013 has put a pause on performances that include a live audience through April 4th<\/sup>, due to the coronavirus outbreak. During this time, the Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry Show will return to its original format as a live radio broadcast without a live audience. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will be closed though March 31. CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Carrie Underwood<\/strong>\u2019s first book,\u00a0Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life<\/em>, has become an instant\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestseller, entering the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list at #2.\u00a0 The book also hit #1 on Amazon during its first week of publication and is currently #3 on Amazon\u2019s \u201cmost sold\u201d nonfiction chart.<\/p>\n Carrie opens up about her personal journey towards optimal health, which was a real process about finding balance with the things that are important to her. She tells us:\u00a0[\u201cI think what fuels my soul is a balance of music, family, health, fitness, friends, work, all of it. I feel like that\u2019s what fuels my soul is when I do feel like I\u2019m doing good things for myself and I\u2019m being a good mother and I\u2019m being a good wife. I\u2019m giving all I\u2019ve got to give in my job, which is making music. When I feel good about all of those things, my soul is happy.\u201d]<\/p>\n Carrie recently launched her new fitness app, fit52, which is now available for download on iOS.<\/p>\n She currently graces the covers of\u00a0Women\u2019s Health<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Parade\u00a0<\/em>magazines.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n REBA McENTIRE MOURNS LOSS OF MOTHER <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Reba McEntire\u00a0<\/strong>is mourning the loss of her mother,\u00a0Jacqueline<\/strong>, who died on Saturday (March 14th) at the age of 93. Reba shared the sad news on social media writing in part, \u201cOur Mother, Jacqueline McEntire, made that wonderful cross over into Heaven today. She had a wonderful, full, healthy life and was absolutely ready to go. The cancer might think it won the battle but we\u2019re giving God all the credit on selecting the time for her to go home to Him.”<\/p>\n In other Reba news, she has decided to postpone her arena tour originally scheduled to launch this weekend. The newly rescheduled dates open on July 9th in Huntsville, AL and wrap on August 8th in Evansville, IN. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for all dates. Reba said, \u201cFor the safety of everyone, we have decided to postpone our new arena tour until July. All tickets will be honored for the new dates. Most importantly, stay safe and take care of you and your loved ones. 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