There’s a 63-year-old guy named Curtis Pardee from New Haven, Connecticut.\u00a0 And he was recently busted for using a chainsaw to chop down a famous 200-year-old tree called the “Door Tree” in Hamden, Connecticut.<\/p>\n
It got its name because the bottom of the tree grew to look like a big arch you can walk under.\u00a0 The tree is so famous it was once featured on\u00a0“Ripley’s Believe It or Not”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n So why did Curtis chop it down?\u00a0 He told the cops it was because he HATED his brother . . . and his brother loved the tree.<\/p>\n Now he’s facing charges of criminal mischief and criminal trespass.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to a new survey, almost half of Americans say they’ve worn the same pair of underwear for two days or longer.<\/p>\n And 13% of people have worn the same pair of underwear for more than a WEEK.\u00a0 Men are two-and-a-half times more likely to have done that than women.<\/p>\n There’s more.\u00a0 Most of us keep our underwear in rotation way longer than we should for hygienic purposes.\u00a0 Some experts say you should\u00a0throw away\u00a0your underwear every year to prevent a buildup of bacteria like E. coli.<\/p>\n But only 16% of people say their oldest pair of underwear is less than a year old.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n (Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson)<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2016 [03] The Tragically Hip play their final concert in their hometown of Kingston. Almost 12 million Canadians watch on TV or online.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1920 [99] American Professional Football Conference (APFC), forerunner of the NFL, is created during a meeting at the Jordan & Hupmobile Auto Showroom in Canton, Ohio<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Lady Antebellum<\/strong>\u00a0collected a gold single for “American Honey” and a quadruple-platinum single for “Need You Now” in 2010.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Teen Starts Tweeting From Her Smart Fridge After Her Phone Gets Taken Away<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a 15-year-old girl named Dorothy who goes by the online handle, @ThankUNext327.\u00a0 Her whole Twitter\u00a0account\u00a0is basically an ode to\u00a0Ariana Grande<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But her mom recently took her phone away after she got distracted and started a FIRE in the kitchen.\u00a0 So she had to get creative and search out other ways to get online.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First, she started tweeting from her Nintendo DS, until her mom confiscated that too.\u00a0 Then she realized she could post from her old Nintendo Wii. A day later, she said she found out where her mom was hiding her DS and took it back, so she could respond to direct messages.\u00a0 But then her mom caught her AGAIN.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So at that point, she had no way to get online . . . until she realized she could send tweets through her parents’ SMART REFRIGERATOR.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said, quote, “I do not know if this is going to tweet. \u00a0I am talking to my fridge.\u00a0 What the heck? \u00a0My mom confiscated all of my electronics again.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She went radio silent for a few days after that.\u00a0 Then she posted one more time the other day after going viral, and thanked people for all the support.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now the hashtag “FreeDorothy” is trending. \u00a0And Twitter’s official account even\u00a0shared\u00a0it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a 30-year-old guy in Waco, Texas named Chris Barrington who has a lot of special needs.\u00a0 He only functions at about a six-year-old level.\u00a0 And he’s never had a great home life either.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The only person who took any care of him was his father, who died of leukemia earlier this month.\u00a0 And police recently found Chris wandering down a highway all alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He doesn’t have any immediate family now.\u00a0 So when cops talked to him, one of the names he gave them was Michell Girard . . . a teacher he hadn’t talked to in YEARS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michell had him as a student for four years in junior high.\u00a0 And he remembered how nice she was.\u00a0 So the cops talked to her.\u00a0 And she agreed to take him in while they figured out a more long-term solution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But then she found out he’d probably end up in an institution of some kind.\u00a0 So she just filed paperwork to take PERMANENT custody of him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She also found out he’d never celebrated Christmas or gotten a birthday gift before.\u00a0 So she just threw him his first birthday party, and says the rest of the year is all about new experiences.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [63] Joan Allen, actress (\u2018Jason Bourne\u2019 films, \u201cRoom\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [45] Amy Adams, actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [36] Andrew Garfield, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [27] Demi Lovato, singer<\/p>\n \u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n How Do You Pronounce These Eight Foods?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n And there any words you pronounce differently than other people?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maybe because of where you grew up, or how your parents said them?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Someone took a bunch of FOOD words people say differently, and did a poll to find out who’s in the majority . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 62% say peh-CAHN.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 57% say it CARE-uh-mel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 It’s close, but 52% say MAN-aise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 79% DO pronounce the “L.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 Only 8% say it like there’s an “E” in there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 89% say OR-ange.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 64% say APP-ricot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Obvious Result:<\/strong>\u00a0 95% of people say BAY-gle.\u00a0\u00a0(But yes, baggle is a thing<\/strong><\/em> in some parts of the east coast<\/strong><\/em>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n People Are Losing It Over a Report Saying You Should Keep Your House at 78 Degrees . . . or 82 When You Sleep<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a new report out from Energy Star, which is the EPA program that promotes energy efficiency.\u00a0 And it has new recommendations for where you should be setting your thermostat . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well . . . a reporter from the CBS station in Tampa\u00a0TWEETED\u00a0out that report yesterday morning, and people immediately started LOSING IT.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As one person said, quote, “I see we’ve decided to give up on sleeping . . . or having pets that aren’t native to the rain forest.”\u00a0 Another said, quote, “82 when you’re sleeping?\u00a0 Yeah, on the sun.”<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Drinking Coffee at Night Won’t Keep You Awake After All<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n If you want a cup of coffee or six after dinner, go for it.\u00a0 Believe it or not, you should still be able to fall asleep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new study out of Florida Atlantic University found there’s NO connection between drinking caffeine at night and having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So what DOES affect people’s sleep?\u00a0 The researchers found that when people smoked or vaped within four hours of bedtime, the nicotine had a significant effect on their sleep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alcohol had a negative effect too, although not as much as nicotine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now . . . all this being said, the researchers say it’s not a license to start chugging coffee before bed because you might be more sensitive to caffeine than average.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So make sure coffee at night doesn’t affect YOU personally before you make it part of your nightly ritual.<\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH<\/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 [63] Joan Allen, actress (\u2018Jason Bourne\u2019 films, \u201cRoom\u201d)<\/p>\n [45] Amy Adams, actress<\/p>\n [36] Andrew Garfield, actor<\/p>\n [27] Demi Lovato, singer<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Houston \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<\/p>\n Toronto had the night off<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, there’s a McDonald’s “Big Mac” neon sign on the second deck in left field.\u00a0 Last night, Paul DeJong of the Cardinals hit a home run that bashed through the fiberglass in the sign, and the ball got stuck in the “M”.\u00a0 Here’s the\u00a0call, then the sportscasters joking about how tough it’ll be to retrieve the ball.\u00a0 Sign Trivia:\u00a0 Albert Pujols knocked out the “I” in 2009.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The First Radio Station:<\/strong>\u00a0 In 1920, Westinghouse, one of the leading radio manufacturers, had an idea for selling more radios.\u00a0 It would offer programming.\u00a0 Radio began as a one-to-one method of communication, so this was a novel idea.\u00a0 Dr. Frank Conrad was a Pittsburgh area ham operator with lots of connections.\u00a0 He frequently played records over the airwaves for the benefit of his friends.\u00a0 This was just the sort of thing Westinghouse had in mind, and it asked Conrad to help set up a regularly transmitting station in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n On November 2, 1920, station KDKA made the nation’s first commercial broadcast (a term coined by Conrad).\u00a0 They chose that date because it was election day, and the power of radio was proven when people could hear the results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they read about it in the newspaper.<\/p>\n KDKA was a huge hit, inspiring other companies to take up broadcasting.\u00a0 In four years,\u00a0 there were 600 commercial stations. CFCO has been on the air since September 1927 and is one of Canada\u2019s oldest continuously running radio stations. CINW Montreal came on in 1919 \u2013 2010<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton Are Hosting This Year’s CMAs . . . <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CARRIE UNDERWOOD<\/strong>\u00a0will be hosting this year’s CMAs with\u00a0REBA MCENTIRE<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0DOLLY PARTON<\/strong>.\u00a0 That means\u00a0BRAD PAISLEY<\/strong>\u00a0is OUT after co-hosting with Carrie for 11 straight years.<\/p>\n Here’s the official word:\u00a0 “The\u00a0’53rd Annual CMA Awards’<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0will celebrate the legacy of women within country music, and we couldn’t think of a more dynamic group of women to host the show.”<\/p>\n It’s a brilliant move to bring in two artists who are legends, and they’ve even\u00a0hosted\u00a0the show before.\u00a0 Dolly did in 1988, and Reba did it from 1990 to 1992.<\/p>\n This can’t be great news for Brad.\u00a0 Hosting a high-profile show like that leads to more fans, which means more record sales and more people buying concert tickets.<\/p>\n Still, he took the high road.\u00a0 He hit up\u00a0Twitter\u00a0yesterday and wrote, “As a fan of all three of these amazing women, I can’t wait to watch.”\u00a0 It’s way too early to know if Brad will be coming back in 2020.\u00a0 The final CMA nominees will be announced a week from tomorrow . . . August 28th, on\u00a0“Good Morning America”<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The show airs November 13th on ABC.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n LADY ANTEBELLUM WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH ANOTHER FAMOUS ‘LADY’ \u2013<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When it comes to musical collaborations,\u00a0Lady Antebellum<\/strong>\u00a0have a wish list of fellow artists, and at the top is another lady.\u00a0Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Dave Haywood<\/strong>\u00a0tell us:\u00a0[\u201cThere\u2019s always going to be artists that we would be so excited to work with. I mean\u00a0(Charles)\u00a0Lady Gaga is really blowing my mind with this\u00a0Star Is Born<\/em>\u00a0stuff.\u00a0(Hillary)\u00a0Yeah.\u00a0(Charles)\u00a0The song she wrote with three of our Nashville songwriters \u2013 what was it called, \u2018Always Remember Us This Way?\u2019\u00a0(Hillary)\u00a0Yeah.\u00a0(Charles)\u00a0I mean it\u2019s like, woah!\u00a0 You get to hear the vulnerability and Lady Gaga in a different way, where the production doesn\u2019t mask her voice.\u00a0(Hillary)\u00a0She\u2019s gonna be in Vegas. Maybe we can work on that collaboration.\u00a0(Dave Haywood)\u00a0Two ladies, together.\u00a0(Hillary)\u00a0Yeah!\u201d]<\/p>\n Lady Antebellum will return to the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas this weekend for the final leg of their current residency. They play their final show on Saturday, August 31st.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FGL’S TYLER HUBBARD AND WIFE WELCOME BABY BOY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tyler Hubbard\u00a0and his wife,\u00a0Hayley, welcomed son\u00a0Luca Reed Hubbard\u00a0into the world on his due date in the wee hours of Monday (August 19th) morning. 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