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An 82-year-old woman in Scotland recently got fined almost $600 for blasting music for two years to annoy her neighbors. She was mad that their van blocked sunlight from getting into her house. When the cops finally showed up after more than a year of complaints, they found Stella had her speakers pointed at the wall toward her neighbor’s house, and she was wearing earplugs.
She was blasting a song from 1922 called The Laughing Policeman.” Sometimes at 2:00 A.M. And when you hear how annoying the song is, it’s amazing her neighbors lasted two years. She has also moved to a different part of Scotland.
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Hand sanitizer has been in stores since the late ’80s. A nurse in California came up with it in the ’60s, and Purell started selling it in 1988.
But is it possible you’ve been doing it WRONG this whole time. If you just put a dab or two on your hands and rub it in for a few seconds . . . then YES, you’re doing it wrong. Because it should take longer than that.
To kill all the bacteria on your hands, you have to put sanitizer on then rub them together vigorously until they’re totally DRY. If it takes less than 15 seconds, you didn’t use enough. And it won’t kill all the bacteria. The World Health Organization says to rub it in for at least 20 to 30 seconds. But a new study just found 15 seconds is enough.
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “Escape Room” (PG-13, Mystery/Suspense): Six strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms, and must use their wits to survive. (Taylor Russell, Logan Miller)
- “Destroyer” (R-Rated, Mystery/Suspense): A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
(Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell)
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Lost Dog Awareness Day”, focusing on the huge number of lost dogs around-the-world and the efforts undertaken by organizations to help reunite pets with owners.
- “English Language Day”, celebrating the date in 1362 when the Chancellor of the United Kingdom opened Parliament with a speech in English for the first time, a landmark in its development as a world language. English is now considered by many to be THE world language, and is often the second language of choice in non-English countries.
1985 [34] ‘New Coke’ makes its debut; Coca-Cola’s famous faux-pas when they changed the secret flavor formula
2005 [14] YouTube launches. It works so well that Google can’t beat it (they try with something called “Google Video”), so in 2006 they buy it. It eventually becomes the most popular place to hear music for free.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
APRIL 23RD, 2002 Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems album was released
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YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP…….
The Easter Bunny Got into a Brawl in Florida . . . and the Video Is Going Viral
A man and a woman got into a fight on Sunday night in downtown Orlando when, apparently, they bumped into each other.
And a guy in a full Easter Bunny costume just happened to be on the street. At first, he tried to break up the fight. But then he QUICKLY changed gears and started throwing punches at the man.
A cop broke things up shortly after that. And someone on the street managed to get the entire thing on video.
The cop didn’t wind up arresting anyone.
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A Burglar Wearing a “Be a Good Human” T-Shirt Steals $100,000 of Jewelry
On Friday night, a man broke into a jewelry warehouse in Chamblee, Georgia . . . and he stole almost $100,000 worth of rings.
And the surveillance cameras show the guy was wearing a shirt that said . . . “Be a Good Human.”
The cops are trying to track him down.
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RANDOM REPORT
- In most Spanish-speaking countries and Greece, Friday the 13th isn’t considered an unlucky day . . . Tuesday the 13th is. In Italy, Friday the 17th is the unlucky day.
- There are only 571 people who’ve been in space. The definition of being in space is at least 50 miles above Earth.
- The guy who invented the revolving door came up with it because he hated having to open doors for women.
- People in Nigeria drink more Guinness in a year than people in Ireland.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
Here’s a pretty crazy video. And thankfully, it has a happy ending . . . A blind guy fell onto a set of train tracks at a Bethesda, Maryland subway station near D.C. last week. And a bunch of random people SAVED him.
He was using his cane, and didn’t realize he was standing at the edge of the platform. Then he stepped off the edge and fell HARD. It took a few seconds for other people in the station to realize what happened. Then five of them ran in to help.
He managed to get back on his feet. Then three guys grabbed his arm and yanked him back onto the platform just in time. Right then, you can see a train pulling in at the other end of the station. And they only had about 20 seconds to spare.
He has a few injuries from the fall, but should be okay.
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BIRTHDAYS
[65] Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker (“Fahrenheit 9/11”, “Bowling For Columbine”)
[59] Valerie Bertinelli, actress
[42] John Cena, pro wrestler / actor
[42] John Oliver, TV personality (“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver)
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Man’s Lucky Lotto Numbers Finally Pay Off After 20 Years
A South Carolina man said his $100,000 lottery jackpot came at the end of more than 20 years of playing drawing games with the same set of numbers.
The Beaufort man told South Carolina Education Lottery officials he played his usual numbers in the April 7 Palmetto Cash 5 drawing, which earned him a $100,000 prize.
The man said he has his numbers, 2-5-17-26-27, memorized. “I didn’t even need my ticket to know that I’d won,” the man said of when he checked the results. “I’ve had those numbers for more than 20 years,” he said. “That’s a long time.”
The winner said he plans to keep using the numbers, which are a combination of family birthdays and his wedding anniversary.
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Screen-Time-ADHD-Study
Researchers at the University of Alberta have found a link between screen time and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The team followed more than 34-hundred children in four large Canadian cities from 2009 to 2012.
They found kids who had two or more hours of screen time per day were nearly six times more likely to have attention problems and a nearly eight fold increased risk of meeting criteria for
A-D-H-D compared with those who got 30 minutes or less.
The study also discovered children who got more than two hours per week of organized physical activity were less likely to experience mental health problems.
TUESDAY APRIL 23RD
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[65] Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker (“Fahrenheit 9/11”, “Bowling For Columbine”)
[59] Valerie Bertinelli, actress
[42] John Cena, pro wrestler / actor
[42] John Oliver, TV personality (“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver)
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- NHL
Dallas 2 Nashville 1 (OT)
Carolina 5 Washington 2
MLB
Detroit at Boston postponed because of rain. The Blue Jays had the night off
- The original Nintendo Game Boy went on sale 30 years ago this week, in 1989. Here’s the original ad that talked about how revolutionary it was . . . and mentions the “outrageous” new game that came with it, “Tetris.”
- Firefighters in Florida went to help what they thought was an unconscious person in someone’s yard on Friday night, and it turned out to be an 11-foot alligator. Authorities eventually caught it, but unfortunately it had to be put down. Here’s a firefighter and some local kids.
- Harry and Meghan taking time off, comedian becomes president, and fake cop busted in Florida are the topics that get honored as the best late night jokes. (From Trevor Noah, Conan, and Fallon on Monday, April 22, 2019. The rest of the late night guys are off this week.)
LANCO’S EARLY STRUGGLES MAKE SUCCESS THAT MUCH SWEETER – (04/23/2019)
Newly-crowned ACM New Group of the Year LANCO have definitely come a long way from their early beginnings as a band. When it comes to paying their dues, these guys have struggled and gone without to make their musical dreams come true. Lead singer Brandon Lancaster tells us about their early days of barely getting by. [“Four out of five of us were all on a lease together in a house that like at any time eight guys were living in. It was a two bedroom house. (Tripp Howell) Brandon couldn’t afford $150 in rent (laughs). (Brandon) Yeah, I ended up subleasing my room and just living on the couch because even like a hundred bucks was too much, so to go from that . . . and we used to practice in a warehouse and drive around, we started out like in an Expedition then a van then an RV and now all the physical things — we all have our own places, we have a tour bus and all these cool things have happened.”]
LANCO just released the video for their new single, “Rival,” which already boasts over one million streams. The video was filmed in Nashville and brings together a diverse crowd from all walks of life who have overcome judgement cast by others.
“Rival” is the lead single from LANCO’s upcoming sophomore album.
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KELSEA BALLERINI’S FIRST HEADLINING ARENA TOUR HAS BEEN ‘A DREAM’ SO FAR – (04/18/2019)
Kelsea Ballerini is enjoying one of the biggest and busiest weeks of her career so far. On Tuesday (April 16th), she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, following opening weekend of her very first headlining arena tour. Kelsea tells us that her Miss Me More tour with special guest Brett Young marks a personal and professional milestone. [“Going from theaters — I did a theater tour last year — to arenas is a really big jump and I was really nervous cause I haven’t seen a girl do that in a long time and so when the first night sold out I was like, ‘Okay . . . this is the coolest thing ever.’ It’s really fulfilling to know that you can write these songs about how you feel and put a lot of work into it and people resonate with it and they connect with it enough to spend money on a ticket come see it and the first weekend of the tour was like a dream.”]
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Willie Nelson Has Been Arrested in “Everything He’s Owned”
There’s an episode of SAMMY HAGAR’s “Rock and Roll Road Trip” show on AXS-TV where he interviews WILLIE NELSON. It airs May 5th, but they’ve released a preview clip. It sounds like it’s going to be fun.
They’re sitting in Willie’s tour bus . . . which got Sammy wondering about all the pot smoking and partying that’s gone down in there through the years. So he asked if anyone’s ever been arrested in it.
Willie played along and said, quote, “Oh, I’ve been arrested in everything I’ve owned, I’ll tell you that.”
That cracked Sammy up, but he still wanted more. He was thinking about “the old days” when the bus would go rolling through the south. And then Willie reminded him that he’s from Texas.
Sammy actually thought that would work to Willie’s advantage. Like, maybe they’d give him a “get out of jail free” card. Not so much. Willie said, quote, “Oh yeah, they’ll give me a nice cell.”
