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Ke$ha to Release Memoir, My Crazy Beautiful Life, Nov. 20

Aaron on Air — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:35:09 +0000

Ke$ha’s only 25 years old, and she’s only been a star for about three years, but her life has evidently been eventful enough to inspire a memoir. It’s called My Crazy Beautiful Life and it’ll be in stores November 20. The 192-page memoir, from Touchstone Books, is “a more complete picture” of what the singer’s life is [...]

A Man Comes Home and Finds a Homeless 24-Year-Old Woman Showering in His House

Aaron on Air — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:55:25 +0000

Ya know, if a homeless person HAD to break into my house, I think this would be the exact scenario I’d pick. On Tuesday morning, Randy Kizer of Sacramento, California walked into his house and found a homeless woman inside, just getting out of his shower. The woman was 24-year-old Jennifer Burgess. And Randy says she reacted [...]

It's Appropriate to "Shhh" Someone at the Movies After Two Minutes

Aaron on Air — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:10:47 +0000

Most of us don’t want to offend other people or get in unnecessary confrontations. But sometimes when someone’s talking in a movie theater or letting their baby scream on a bus, you NEED to say something. A new survey figured out the appropriate amount of time you should wait to handle awkward situations. Here are [...]

'Pink Glove Dance' Voting Around the Corner

Jim Weaver — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:21:04 +0000

Last year, 1500 of your neighbors and CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System associates put on pink gloves and dancing shoes to create a video for the national Pink Glove Dance Competition. The video finished 5th in the nationwide contest, think we can do better this year?You can watch the 2011 video they produced for the [...]

Don't You Wish We Had An Amusement Park With 10 Of These Rides?

Aaron on Air — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:24:43 +0000

One of the best parts of summer is heading to an amusement park. You’ve been to a few amusement parks in your day and been on the same rides over and over again. It can get old after awhile and you wish someone would come up with ideas to spice up these boring rides. We’re [...]

Study Shows That Productivity Increases With The Aid Of Music

Aaron on Air — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:30:27 +0000

Having trouble getting things done at work or staying focused on the task at hand? Fire up your iPod. A new study indicates a little music can really boost your productivity. In the study, those who listened to music came up with better ideas and accomplished more tasks than those who didn’t. Why? Because the [...]

Your Feel Good Moment For The Day [POLL]

Mimi — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:13:47 +0000

A man gives his shoes to a homeless girl. Does this make you want to go out and do something nice for someone?

Bikini Day – When it All Began

Mimi — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:06:18 +0000

July 5, 1946 marks the debut of the bikini. Love it or hate it, the bikini is here to stay. According to History.com: French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Reard dubbed “bikini,” inspired [...]

Lightning Safety Awareness Week

Mimi — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:08:30 +0000

Summer is the time of year that lightning causes the most problems. Be safe! If you hear thunder you should assume that lightning is right around the corner. Go indoors. I was mowing last week with my iPod on blast so I did not hear the thunder but I did see a flash of light. [...]

Inmate Escapes Holding Cell Only to Get Caught in Courtroom[VIDEO]

Aaron on Air — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:32:29 +0000

The Shawshank Redemption it wasn’t. A Kentucky prison inmate who tried to make a run for it Monday had his flight to freedom cut short when he ran through a door and into a bailiff-filled courtroom. WHAS-TV reports an inmate ID’d as Christopher [BUH-CAN-SIS] shoved a deputy aside and ran past him when the officer unlocked the [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II A Real Bargain Now

Jim Weaver — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:35:12 +0000

Pads, Pods, Notebooks and Smart Phones, I love the latest gadgets too, but sometimes the costs are just too prohibitive to try and keep up with the “Jones”. So when I see a bargain coming, I don’t mind pointing it out to my friends. Just be sure and leave me one will ya?If you have [...]

Donna Summer Dead at 63

Jim Weaver — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:23:50 +0000

Disco queen Donna Summer has lost a long battle with cancer. TMZ is reporting that she was in Florida at the time of her death this morning. The five time Grammy winner was well known for her huge disco hits in the 70′s like “Last Dance”, “Hot Stuff”, “She Works Hard For The Money” and [...]

Taylor Swift Asked To Prom By Wheelchair-Bound Teen With Rare Disease

Aaron on Air — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:36:06 +0000

Earlier this year, a New Jersey teen with leukemia asked Taylor Swift to go to prom with him. She said she couldn’t, but offered to take him to the ACM Awards instead. Now, a Colorado teen is hoping for a similar response. Devon Whitney, a 19-year-old high school student from Aurora, Colorado, has made a [...]

Texarkana's Four States Auto Museum Hosts Its Seventh Annual Car Show

Aaron on Air — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:40:15 +0000

Wow, this weekend is going to be filled with fun family activities, including the Four States Auto Museum’s Seventh Annual Car Show. Saturday, May 12, auto enthusiast’s will get to view cars and trucks from over fifteen different classes. It will definately be a treat, not only for kids and adults, but for the collectors as [...]

(NC-17) Check Out Rihanna at a Strip Club:

Aaron on Air — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:05:25 +0000

Rihanna Tweeted some pictures of herself at a strip club on Tuesday. In one of them she’s getting a LAP DANCE . . . and in another, she’s dropping dollar bills on a couple girls who are doing something rather naughty together. One of the pics was captioned, “My daddy would be proud.” Then yesterday morning, [...]

Lady Gaga Selling "Meat Bandages" as Part of Tour Merchandise

Aaron on Air — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:14:12 +0000

Buying a souvenir T-shirt at a Lady Gaga concert is so five minutes ago. Gaga is offering her fans much more creative merchandise during her upcoming Born This Way Ball, which kicks off this Friday in Seoul, South Korea. So far, she’s revealed one of the new items on Twitter: meat bandages. Gaga tweeted, “Monsters, want to [...]

Don't You Really Hate Annoying Status Updates? [SURVEY]

Aaron on Air — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:58:50 +0000

Cosmo Magazine did a study and asked blog readers to vent about the most annoying posts by their attention-seeking Facebook friends. Here are some of our favorites: EX:”Like this status if you think I’m hot.” Really? Do people ever respond to these posts?! EX: “I’m unfriending people, so if you see this : congrats you [...]

Last Space Shuttle, Lego-Style!

Jim Weaver — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:47:36 +0000

Ahhhh NASA, remember the good ol’ days when they flew space missions, real men and women did space walks, they launched new satellites and fixed failing ones? Remember those days? I know, I know, NASA is still working on space missions, we still have the International Space Station, although we don’t make anything that [...]

Eighteen-Year-Old Cancer Patient Hoping to Take Taylor Swift to the Prom

Aaron on Air — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:02:27 +0000

Taylor Swift has made millions of fans smile around the world, but she has the chance to make one special 18-year-old boy's senior prom really special. Kevin McGuire of Somderdale, NJ is battling a rare form of cancer for a second time. The drug that treats that form o

Police Concerned About Suicide Attempts at the 9/11 Memorial

Aaron on Air — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:46:17 +0000

The focal point of the National September 11 Memorial is a pair of sunken granite pools with three-story waterfalls that mark where the fallen World Trade Center towers once stood. And while they’re certainly beautiful, the New York City Police Department is watching them for an entirely different reason: they’re worried that grief-stricken visitors might try to [...]