The website Wallet Hub looks at about 200 cities each year, and ranks them according to how STRESSED OUT people are.\u00a0 They factor in 39 different metrics, like work hours . . . job security . . . traffic . . . debt . . . mental health . . . divorce rates . . . and childcare costs.<\/p>\n
The most stressed-out city\u00a0again\u00a0this year is Detroit, just edging out Cleveland for the top spot.<\/p>\n
The LEAST-stressed cities of the 182 they looked at were Fremont, California\u00a0(just outside Silicon Valley)<\/em>\u00a0. . . Bismarck, North Dakota . . . and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Animal lovers in Lithuania have created a Tinder-style mobile app to match up dogs in shelters with owners.\u00a0 \u201cGetPet\u201d was launched last month and is attracting hundreds of new users daily.\u00a0 Users scroll through profiles of \u201celigible\u201d dogs, which stare at you from the screen with\u2026well, puppy-dog eyes.\u00a0 If you decide you are interested, you swipe right.\u00a0 If you swipe left, another dog profile appears.\u00a0 GetPet has already made a few matches.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n (Zachary Levi, Mark Strong)<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Selena Gomez is the third most-followed person on Instagram, but doesn’t even have Instagram on her phone anymore.\u00a0 She says it wasn’t good for her, so she has it on a friend’s phone when she needs it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1935 [84] World\u2019s 1st parking meter, the \u2018Park-O-Meter #1\u2019, is installed in Oklahoma City OK<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1969 [50] Apollo 11 is launched, carrying the first men to land on the Moon (July 20)<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alabama\u00a0<\/strong>hit #1 with “The Closer You Get” in 1983.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Officials Warn Alien Seekers Not to Try Their Luck at Area 51<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n More than half a million Facebook users have signed up to storm Area 51 to \u201csee them aliens\u201d at the U.S. Air Force base in southern Nevada that\u2019s long been shrouded in mystery for those who believe it\u2019s a holding site for otherworldly creatures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It all may be a joke or a lark for many of the supposed UFO seekers. But federal officials aren\u2019t laughing about the possibility of people actually showing up at the classified military base, which is a remote detachment of California\u2019s Edwards Air Force Base.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An event page called \u201cStorm Area 51, They Can\u2019t Stop All of Us\u201d had garnered nearly 670,000 recruits. Almost 620,000 others have indicated they\u2019re \u201cinterested.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews warned anyone seriously intending to follow through with storming the site to think twice. \u2033[Area 51] is an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, after all these years, Popeye has been totally vindicated.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scientists in Berlin, Germany say they’ve found a chemical in SPINACH called ecdysterone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And they say that chemical is close enough to STEROIDS that spinach should be a banned substance for athletes.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 They think spinach belongs on the list of doping supplements.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The scientists ran a test where some athletes ate almost nine pounds of spinach a day and some didn’t . . . and the ones who ate the spinach increased their strength up to three times more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The researchers say, quote, “Our hypothesis was that we would see an increase in performance, but we didn’t expect it to be that big.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The World Anti-Doping Authority says it’s planning to look more into spinach and ecdysterone based on the results of this study.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/u><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [56] Phoebe Cates, actress (\u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d, \u201cGremlins\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [52] Will Ferrell, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [48] Corey Feldman, actor (\u201cGoonies\u201d, \u201cThe Lost Boys\u201d, \u201cStand By Me\u201d)<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Woman Does Her Own Detective Work Tracks Down the People Who Stole Her SUV<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a woman named Danielle Reno in Kansas City, Missouri.\u00a0 And last Tuesday night, she stopped at a convenience store and left her SUV running.\u00a0 She was only inside briefly . . . but three women stole her SUV and drove off.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Danielle filed a police report . . . but decided to also handle things herself.\u00a0 Instead of canceling her credit cards that were in the SUV, she left them open . . . so she could monitor how the thieves were using them and through a clerk at a gas station overheard them saying they were going to an Applebee\u2019s. So she sat down, and waited.\u00a0 And eventually, the thieves drove up in her SUV and walked in.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Danielle stole back her SUV . . . then called the cops.\u00a0 And she live streamed all of it on\u00a0Facebook.\u00a0The cops went to the Applebee’s, and the women were arrested.<\/p>\n ———————————————————————————————————<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Man Was Pulled Over for Speeding . . . and Had 179 Pounds of Marijuana<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n If you’ve got a little something illegal in the car, you shouldn’t speed.\u00a0 This guy didn’t just have a “little something” illegal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A 25-year-old guy named Manuel Torres from Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, was pulled over last week for speeding in his minivan in Queensbury, New York.<\/p>\n When the cop came up to the car, he thought he smelled some weed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And when he searched the vehicle, he found 179 POUNDS of marijuana in a bunch of duffel bags. Manuel was arrested on two felony counts, for criminal possession of marijuana and conspiracy.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n 28% of Us Are Too Embarrassed to Join a Gym and Want to Get in Better Shape First<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A new survey found a lot of us would LIKE to join a gym to get in better shape.\u00a0 But we’re too embarrassed to walk in there and get judged by everyone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So we won’t join a gym UNTIL we get in better shape.62% of people said they’ve worked out to prepare for a gym membership before.\u00a0But\u00a045% of those people admitted it was because they were too embarrassed to show up at the gym SO out of shape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you do the math, that means\u00a028% of Americans wouldn’t join a gym until they were in somewhat decent shape.\u00a0 So there’s a chicken-or-the-egg dynamic going on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The survey also found two-thirds of us have tried to get in shape for a vacation before.\u00a0 And over a quarter of people would have skipped a vacation in the past if they hadn’t lost weight first.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Four Ways You’ve Been Eating Chocolate Wrong<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Apparently we’ve all been eating chocolate wrong our whole lives.\u00a0 According to experts, here are four ways to make it taste even better . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TUESDAY JULY 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<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [56] Phoebe Cates, actress (\u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d, \u201cGremlins\u201d)<\/p>\n [52] Will Ferrell, actor<\/p>\n [48] Corey Feldman, actor (\u201cGoonies\u201d, \u201cThe Lost Boys\u201d, \u201cStand By Me\u201d)<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8<\/p>\n Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6<\/p>\n <\/p>\n _______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n THOMAS RHETT CREDITS HIS DAD WITH HIS CAREER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Thomas Rhett\u00a0has been basically following in his dad, hit songwriter and artist\u00a0Rhett Akins’, footsteps since he was a kid. In fact, Thomas tells us that he credits him with shaping him into the vocalist he is today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>[\u201cYou know, when I think about who taught me to sing in the first place it was my dad.\u00a0 And still to this day I think my dad is one of the best songwriters, best performers that I\u2019ve ever gotten to witness. And so being able to just kind of watch him write songs at eight years old and go on the road with him at 9 years old and get to go sing in his encores on the road, I feel like dad has been the main influence on me vocally and me as a songwriter and as a performer, and so I owe dad a lot of credit for being here today.\u201d]<\/p>\n Thomas tapped his dad to join him on his current headlining\u00a0Very Hot Summer Tour<\/em>, along with\u00a0Dustin Lynch\u00a0and\u00a0Russell Dickerson.<\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n JUSTIN MOORE HEADS TO HIS ‘ZEN PLACE’ AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n After his shows this weekend,\u00a0Justin Moore<\/strong>\u00a0will have a couple of weeks to spend with his family and chances are they will be headed to their beach house in Florida. Justin tells us that’s the one place he can actually relax and recharge.\u00a0[“Outside of my home in Arkansas, it\u2019s kind of like my Zen place.\u00a0 And it\u2019s hard for me to turn my brain off from work and just different responsibilities and for some reason I do down there and can down there. It\u2019s one of those things you can\u2019t really explain. I don\u2019t really know why that is but it\u2019s beautiful first and foremost. The sound, the air\u2019s different and the kids love it too. And so rather than take a big vacation in the summer we go stay at our house.”]<\/p>\n His upcoming studio album,\u00a0Late Nights and Longnecks<\/em> is due out on July 26th.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n JORDAN DAVIS AND WIFE EXPECTING FIRST BABY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Jordan Davis\u00a0<\/strong>is going to be a first-time dad! The singer and his wife,\u00a0Kristen<\/strong>, are expecting their first child later this year. He tells us:\u00a0[<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful and so blessed. This is a really, really special moment, and I\u2019ve been trying to drink it in and just kind of enjoy the entire process. I\u2019m looking forward to meeting him or her.\u201d]<\/p>\n The happy news coincides with the People.com premiere of Jordan’s music video for his latest single “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.” The clip follows a young boy through various life moments that all happen to take place in a parking lot, from playing hockey with friends to dancing with his girlfriend after a football game.<\/p>\n Davis is currently on tour with\u00a0Old Dominion\u00a0<\/strong>and is set to hit the road again to tour with\u00a0Rascal Flatts<\/strong>\u00a0beginning in Mountain View, California, on July 25th.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 16th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 14:30:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/07\/on-todays-show-194\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8106,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8097\/revisions\/8106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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