If you think\u00a0quicksand\u00a0only exists in cartoons or old westerns, think again.\u00a0 A guy from Arizona got stuck in quicksand while he was hiking with his girlfriend in a National Park in Utah over the weekend.\u00a0 His left leg was stuck up to his knee, and he said it felt like concrete.\u00a0 So his girlfriend had to hike out for three hours and call for help, all during a winter storm.\u00a0 So even after the helicopter rescue, they had to spend the night in the Park, and head to the hospital the next day.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A financial services company in New Zealand switched from a regular five-day work week to a FOUR-DAY work week back in November.\u00a0 And two universities monitored how it turned out.<\/p>\n The answer:\u00a0 It was a massive success.<\/p>\n The workers were 20% more productive on the four days they were at the office, so the company didn’t see any drop in the total amount of work getting done, even though they were working less hours. And the staff’s stress levels dropped and work-life balance scores went up from 54% to 78%. The CEO of the company says, quote<\/strong>, “This is an idea whose time has come.\u00a0 We need to get more companies to give it a [try].\u00a0 They’ll be surprised at the improvement in their company, their staff, and in their wider community.”<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n “Green Book”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>won Best Picture at the Oscars last night, while\u00a0RAMI MALEK<\/strong>\u00a0won Best Actor for\u00a0“Bohemian Rhapsody”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0OLIVIA COLMAN<\/strong>\u00a0won Best Actress for\u00a0“The Favourite”<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0ALFONSO CUARON<\/strong>\u00a0won Best Director for\u00a0“Roma”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n The whole no-host thing worked out pretty well.\u00a0 They just had an off-screen announcer who kept things moving at a decent clip.<\/p>\n ————————————————————————————————————————————–<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>easily won the box office this weekend, raking in a total of $58 million.\u00a0 The runner-up was\u00a0“Alita: Battle Angel”<\/strong><\/em>, which made another $12 million in its second week.<\/p>\n “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part”<\/strong><\/em>, was third with $10 million.<\/p>\n —————————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2004 [15] Mel Gibson\u2019s controversial film \u201cThe Passion Of the Christ\u201d is independently released in about 2,000 theaters (thanks to grassroots promotion, the $30-million film goes on to gross over $600 million worldwide)<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n February 25th<\/sup>, 1981 Willie Nelson won a Grammy for Songwriter of the Year for<\/p>\n \u201cOn The Road Again\u201d.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 77-year-old Patriots owner\u00a0BOB KRAFT<\/strong>\u00a0was caught up in a prostitution sting, and was charged with two misdemeanors for “soliciting another to commit prostitution.”\u00a0 Kraft denies doing anything illegal.\u00a0 The targets of the investigation were the owners of a day spa in Jupiter, Florida.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CHATHAM MAROONS\u2026\u2026..<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Chatham beat St. Mary\u2019s 6 \u2013 5 in overtime last night.<\/p>\n The Maroons first round playoff series against Komoka will kick off this Thursday night at Memorial at 7 and we will broadcast all the playoff games home and away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS\u2026..<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The Leafs came back from being down 3 to beat Montreal 6 \u2013 3 Saturday night. The next Leafs broadcast on CFCO will be tonight when they play Buffalo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LOTTERIES <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A ticket holder in British Columbia won Friday night’s $25.9 million dollar Lotto Max jackpot.<\/p>\n The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Friday will be approximately $10 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No winning ticket was sold for the $10-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.<\/p>\n However, the guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario.<\/p>\n The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw Wednesday will be approximately $13 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Guy Went to a Dog Park Covered in Peanut Butter as Punishment<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Did your fantasy football league this year have a punishment for the person who came in last?\u00a0 This is one of the best we’ve ever seen . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A 25-year-old guy in Texas named\u00a0Steven Shrout\u00a0joined a league this past year that his friends from high school have been playing in since 2009.\u00a0 Before this, he’d never played fantasy football before.\u00a0 So of course he lost.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And as punishment, he had to put on a flesh-toned Speedo . . . cover himself in peanut butter . . . and sit down in the middle of a DOG PARK for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He actually had a choice.\u00a0 He could have paid the winner of the league an extra $250 OR do the dog park thing.\u00a0 And he opted for the dogs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He went to a dog park in Dallas last Wednesday . . . slathered himself in three jars of Jif . . . and let the dogs go to town while his friends filmed it from their car.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He says he didn’t think it would be a big deal until he heard a couple walk by and say “EWW,” like it was a weird fetish or something.\u00a0 But when he told the dogs’ owners that he lost a bet, they just cracked up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Despite the punishment, he says he enjoyed the whole fantasy football thing, and he’ll probably play again next season . . . but might join a different league this time.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Two little kids under the age of six wandered off while they were playing in their yard in Florida on Saturday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They ended up on the side of an INTERSTATE and could have been hit.\u00a0 But luckily, two dogs were there with them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both dogs were some sort of shepherd mix, which came into play big time.\u00a0 Because they literally got in the kids’ way and prevented them from walking out into the road.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Several witnesses told police they saw the dogs pushing the kids toward a guardrail, so they couldn’t walk onto the highway.\u00a0 And because of that, both of them are fine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their foster dad and his other kids were out looking for them when the cops showed up.\u00a0 The dad actually saw them walk off, but has some sort of medical condition and couldn’t follow them.\u00a0 So police determined he didn’t do anything wrong.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It turned out the two kids had wandered away while, quote, “trying to chase a rainbow.”<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [54] Carrot Top, comedian (red-haired prop comedian whose odd inventions are the center of his stand-up acts)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [53] T\u00e9a Leoni, actress (\u2018Elizabeth McCord\u2019 on \u201cMadam Secretary\u201d since 2014)\/<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [48] Sean Astin, actor (\u201cLord Of the Rings\u201d, \u201cGoonies\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [40] Shawna Thompson, country singer (Thompson Square)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0_____________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Life-Changing Amount of Money Is . . . Just $19,800<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Quick, how much money would you need to get for it to be LIFE-CHANGING?\u00a0 $100,000?\u00a0 $1 million?\u00a0 More?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nope.\u00a0 Apparently it’s a lot less.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to a new survey, the average American says the amount of money they’d call life-changing is . . . just $19,800.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And that’s not the only reasonable thing people said about money in this survey.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The top five things people say they’d do if they DID get a random 20 grand is put it into savings, pay off pay off debt, start a business, or put it into their retirement account.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The movie\u00a0“Apt Pupil”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is based on a story from that collection too, but obviously it’s not as famous or good as those other two.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n MONDAY FEBRUARY 25TH<\/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<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [54] Carrot Top, comedian (red-haired prop comedian whose odd inventions are the center of his stand-up acts)<\/p>\n [53] T\u00e9a Leoni, actress (\u2018Elizabeth McCord\u2019 on \u201cMadam Secretary\u201d since 2014)\/<\/p>\n [48] Sean Astin, actor (\u201cLord Of the Rings\u201d, \u201cGoonies\u201d)<\/p>\n [40] Shawna Thompson, country singer (Thompson Square)<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Calgary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ottawa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n Arizona \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winnipeg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n Leafs hockey tonight on CFCO when they play host to Buffalo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0easily won the box office this weekend, raking in a total of $58 million.\u00a0 The runner-up was\u00a0“Alita: Battle Angel”<\/strong><\/em>, which made another $12 million in its second week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Horseflies landed on the horses with the striped coats less frequently, which the scientists say suggests zebra stripes provide protection from blood-sucking insects that spread diseases.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Friday will be approximately $10 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No winning ticket was sold for the $10-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.<\/p>\n However, the guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario.<\/p>\n The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw Wednesday will be approximately $13 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DIERKS BENTLEY BRINGS KEITH URBAN, MIRANDA LAMBERT, THOMAS RHETT <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Dierks Bentley<\/strong>\u00a0was joined by some very special guests during his\u00a0Burning Man<\/em>\u00a0tour stop on Friday (February 22nd) in Nashville. The crowd went crazy when he brought out\u00a0Keith Urban<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Miranda Lambert\u00a0<\/strong>for a few collaborations, including\u00a0Hank Williams<\/strong>‘ “Your Cheatin’ Heart,”\u00a0Merle Haggard<\/strong>‘s “The Bottle Let Me Down,”\u00a0Loretta Lynn<\/strong>‘s “Blue Kentucky Girl,”and the\u00a0Dixie Chicks<\/strong>‘ “Cowboy Take Me Away.”<\/p>\n Thomas Rhett<\/strong>\u00a0showed up as a visiting member of\u00a0Hot Country Knights<\/strong>, Dierks’ 90s cover band that opens all of the shows on the tour.\u00a0Sawyer Brown<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Mark Miller\u00a0<\/strong>also joined the Hot Country Knights.<\/p>\n The youngest show-stopper was Dierks’ 10-year-old daughter\u00a0Evie<\/strong>, who joined him on “Travelin’ Light,” complete with the popular dance the Floss.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CHRIS STAPLETON’S ALBUM NODS, WINS ARE MOST MEANINGFUL – (02\/22\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Stapleton<\/strong>\u00a0is tied with\u00a0Dan + Shay\u00a0<\/strong>for most nominations — six apiece — at the upcoming\u00a0ACM Awards<\/em>. Among Chris’ nods are Entertainer, Song of the Year, Male Artist and Album of the Year for\u00a0From A Room: Volume 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n While Chris is grateful for every single trophy he’s nominated for or wins, he tells us he has a special affinity for the Album categories\u00a0[\u201cThey are all significant and if you get one award for anything it\u2019s a treat. But any of the awards that awarded the album, the album awards, because I really wanted to make an album that was good. I wanted it, I wanted that to be a thing, again, more than I wanted it to be, \u2018Well here\u2019s the single and eight other songs.\u2019 So, the album awards for me were important in that we did our job in a good way, you know. Just I have such an affinity for albums that I don\u2019t know if I want those more or if they mean more, but they are all meaningful. They are all are things that one of them would feel like a career. One of them. Any one of them.\u201d]<\/p>\n The\u00a0ACM Awards<\/em>\u00a0will be held on Sunday, April 7th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show, hosted by\u00a0Reba McEntire<\/strong>, will air live on CBS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n KEITH URBAN, CARRIE UNDERWOOD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Keith Urban\u00a0<\/strong>performed at the 2019 NHL Stadium Series at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday (February 23rd). He played in between the first and second periods of the Philadelphia Flyers v. Pittsburgh Penguins outdoor stadium game, which was broadcast live on NBC.\u00a0 Next up for Keith is the European leg of his\u00a0Graffiti U World Tour<\/em>, which launches on March 3rd in Berlin.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Carrie Underwood<\/strong>‘s Nashville-area home is on the market for $1.45 million. The 7,000 sq. ft. Brentwood, TN estate was purchased by Carrie in 2007. 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