A female python measuring more than five metres long and weighing 63 kilograms has been captured on a south Florida wildlife preserve.<\/p>\n
Officials at Big Cypress National Preserve say the snake is the largest python ever found in the park.<\/p>\n
Wildlife managers were using male pythons attached with radio transmitters to track down breeding females as they work to remove the invasive reptiles.<\/p>\n
The python had 73 developing eggs.<\/p>\n
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In one incident, a 54-year-old man was caught going 190 km\/h on the 403 in Burlington.<\/p>\n Currently in Ontario, anyone caught driving more than 50 km\/h above the speed limit will have their driver\u2019s licence suspended and vehicle impounded for seven days if convicted, drivers can be fined between $2,000 and $10,000, and could also serve six months in jail, along with a longer licence suspension.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the Tonight Show” Kelly Clarkson explained why she won’t read signs while singing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Disney has ordered a \u201cMonsters, Inc.\u201d TV series for Disney+ that will see<\/p>\n John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprise their roles as Mike and Sully. Titled \u201cMonsters at Work,\u201d the series picks up six months after the original movie\u2019s story, with the Monsters, Inc. power plant now harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sully\u2019s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. The series will premiere on Disney+ in 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n APRIL 10TH<\/sup>, 2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Trace Adkins was at #1 on the country chart with\u00a0Songs About Me,\u00a0his seventh album and his highest-selling album to date. Singles from this album include the title track, and “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”, which both peaked at #2<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TIRECRAFT\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 HOW FAR HAVE YOU GONE? <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A cop in Grand Rapids, Michigan named Austin Lynema recently gave a nine-year-old kid a ride to school after he missed his bus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The kid’s name is Thomas Daniel.\u00a0 And Austin saw him running after his bus CRYING, because he’d never missed a day of school before.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It also happened to be Thomas’s BIRTHDAY.\u00a0 And on their way to the school, he told Austin he was worried no one would show up to his party.\u00a0 Turns out he gets bullied a lot. \u00a0And unfortunately he was right.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n None of his friends from school showed up for his party that night.\u00a0 But AUSTIN did, and brought a few other cops with him.\u00a0 So Thomas still had a good time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it didn’t end there.\u00a0 Because Austin and the other cops decided to throw him a SECOND party the next day and gave him a bunch of cool stuff.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He got toys . . . shirts and hats with the police department logo on them . . . a bunch of Krispy Kreme donuts that spelled out “Happy Birthday” . . . and Austin even brought along a QUARTET to sing to him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thomas says he’ll never forget it for the rest of his life.\u00a0 And he called Austin “the coolest guy [he’s] ever met.”<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n SINGLE BASEBALL FAN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n New York state resident Matt Russo broke up with his long-term girlfriend Thursday, so he did what any newly single man would do: He went to the Mets home opener and wrote his phone number on a sign. \u201cI\u2019m single as of today! Ask me for my #. I dare you, he wrote above his digits.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russo became a viral hit when he ran into former ESPN sports business guru Darren Rovell, who has more than 2 million Twitter followers. \u201cDarren Rovell saw my sign, thought it was cool and asked if it was cool to post it. My intention was to watch the Mets game but apparently that\u2019s not going to happen today.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instead, the bartender and owner of Modern Event Staffing is fielding a flurry of text messages and calls from as far away as California, Arizona and Tennessee. \u201cWithin the first 20 minutes, I got about 70 texts. I am getting calls from guys giving me support. I got a couple of calls from people trashing my ex, and said, I would rather you not do that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I still respect her. Russo said he and his ex, whom he declines to name, dated for five years. But they simply grew into different people and decided to split.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n IT DOES GROW ON YOU:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n A study published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology determined that men with beards are more likely to be considered long-term relationship material compared to those without.\u00a0 The logic is this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Men with beards straddle the line of masculinity and femininity, and the beard essentially alters the face shape of a man. And women apparently think this is more attractive because they don\u2019t like men to be either too masculine or too feminine. Add to that the idea that facial hair indicates testosterone, and testosterone indicates maturity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While ALL of the 8.520 women questioned in the study showed a preference for facial hair, it was found that females consider men with bountiful beards good marriage material, but men with little-to-no scruff better for casual relationships.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n THURSDAY APRIL 11TH<\/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 <\/p>\n Columbus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tampa Bay \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3<\/p>\n NY Islanders\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pittsburgh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (ot)<\/p>\n St Louis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winnipeg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n Dallas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nashville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n San Jose\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Las Vegas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The other series start tonight including Toronto in Boston<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n MLB<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n The Blue Jays were off they take on Boston tonight<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Country Music Legend Earl Thomas Conley Has Died<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Legendary counter singer\u00a0EARL THOMAS CONLEY<\/strong>\u00a0has died.\u00a0 He was 77.\u00a0 He had been in poor health for a few years, and was in hospice care for several months.\u00a0 He suffered from a condition similar to dementia.<\/p>\n BLAKE SHELTON\u00a0<\/strong>made the announcement yesterday, saying,\u00a0quote, “My heart is absolutely destroyed.\u00a0 I’m sad to report that Earl Thomas Conley passed away very early this morning.\u00a0 Earl was my all-time favorite singer, hero, and my friend. \u00a0Prayers to his family”<\/p>\n Blake idolized the guy.\u00a0 During an\u00a0interview\u00a0last year he called him his “musical hero” and said he was an “incredible vocalist” who was “underrated.”\u00a0 They’ve known each other a long time.\u00a0 They co-wrote Blake’s 2002 hit\u00a0“All Over Me”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Earl\u00a0wrote\u00a0or co-wrote the bulk of his own hits, and there were a ton.\u00a0 He\u00a0charted\u00a034 songs in his career.\u00a0 25 were Top 10 hits . . . and of those, 18 went to Number One.<\/p>\n And he knew how to pick good duet partners.\u00a0 He and\u00a0ANITA POINTER<\/strong>\u00a0of the Pointer Sisters had a huge hit with their song TOO MANY TIMES“<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 It even led to an appearance for them on\u00a0“Soul Train”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n He and\u00a0EMMYLOU HARRIS<\/strong>\u00a0had a #1 hit in 1988 with WE BELIEVE IN HAPPY ENDINGS.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CHRIS LANE INDULGES HIS ‘PASSION’ WHILE ON TOUR – (03\/15\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Lane\u00a0<\/strong>hits the road with\u00a0Dan + Shay<\/strong>\u00a0later this month and for him, one of the perks of being in a different city every day is getting to try out the local golf courses. Chris tells us exclusively that over the last few years, his obsession with golf has intensified.\u00a0[“Progressively, I just kept getting that fever and that itch, like just more and more and more every single year, and now it’s probably a little too much, but I don’t know. It’s something that makes me really happy and I love it and I don’t think I could ever get tired of it. It’s much like football and baseball was and basketball was for me growing up. I mean, that’s the only thing I ever did. It’s what truly made me happy and now that I don’t get a chance to do that I found something else that makes me truly happy other than being able to write music and perform and do all that kind of stuff. Golf is my passion. But it is a fun thing you get to go do during the day. You get to travel the country, go play a new golf course. It’s fun!”]<\/p>\n He’s currently dating Lauren Bushnell, who appeared on\u00a0The Bachelor<\/em>\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE RETURN TO VEGAS FOR LIMITED RUN RESIDENCY \u2013 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Florida Georgia Line<\/strong>\u00a0is heading back to Vegas! The duo will return to the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino with their limited residency, called\u00a0Florida Georgia Line Live From Las Vegas<\/em>. The guys will \u00a0return to play shows on November 6, 8, 9 and 12. The guys are up for Top Country Artist, Top Country Duo\/Group, Top Radio Song and Top Country Song for “Meant to Be” with\u00a0Bebe Rexha<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0Billboard Music Awards<\/em>. 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\nTickets to the shows will go on sale to the public on Friday, April 12th at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n