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GOOD DAY NEWS STARTER: $1.8 Million Meteorite Crashes Through Man’s Roof

By Cari|2020-11-19T08:20:05-06:00November 19th, 2020|

How is this for lucky... 33-year-old Josua Hutagalung was just minding his own business in his home in Indonesia -- when a four-pound meteorite crashed through his roof. Yes. His roof was damaged. But, nobody was hurt. And -- as it turned out -- that meteorite was 4.5 billion years old and worth $1.8 million. Scientists figured out that the space rock contains very rare chemicals -- and is believed to be part of a meteorite that dates back to the start of the solar system. All of this was great for Josua, because he was able to sell the special [...]

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GOOD DAY NEWS STARTER: Illinois Teen Provides Coat to Domestic Violence Shelters

By Cari|2020-11-17T09:15:04-06:00November 17th, 2020|

Six years ago, Victoria Kuzlik and her dad were cleaning out their house and found some old ski equipment. Victoria asked her dad what do to with the old coats and her dad told her that they’d “find someone who needs them.” That memory stuck with Victoria -- and she took action. She’s now 16 years old and spends time each year collecting donations and delivering coats and clothes to domestic violence shelters in her community. Her charity organization -- Coats for Hope -- now operates nearly two dozen donation boxes in Illinois and Wisconsin. And over the last six years, the group [...]

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CELEBRITY TRASH: Wednesday, October 21st 2020

By Cari|2020-10-21T06:47:00-05:00October 21st, 2020|

NICOLAS CAGE won nearly $20,000 playing roulette in the Bahamas 30 years ago. He said he immediately went to an orphanage, handed over the money, and never gambled again . . . quote, "because if I did, it would ruin the power of that moment." (By the way, Nic will be doing his first regular TV role soon, when he plays "Joe Exotic" in an upcoming "Tiger King" show.) DEMI LOVATO and MILEY CYRUS have both made contact. Demi communed with aliens during a recent trip to Joshua Tree, and Miley saw a UFO while driving through San Bernardino with a friend. She said, quote, [...]

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CELEBRITY TRASH for Wednesday – Oct. 14th, 2020

By Cari|2020-10-14T06:24:27-05:00October 14th, 2020|

CELEBRITY TRASH for Wednesday - Oct. 14th, 2020 ''Coming to America 2'' is going to premiere on Amazon Prime on December 18th. Amazon bought the film for $125 million. HBO is developing a limited scripted series about Elon Musk's space exploration company SpaceX. Cardi B is launching a new footwear collection with Reebok. The shoes will be released on November 13th. Adult shoes will sell for $100 while children's shoes will sell for $50. JUSTIN BIEBER's Crocs went on sale yesterday online and it was a mess. People were getting kicked out of the virtual line, others were using bots to bypass the one-per-customer [...]

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Our Favorite Things About Fall Include the Leaves, Scary Movies, and Sweaters

By Cari|2020-10-13T06:24:08-05:00October 13th, 2020|

We're less than a third of the way through fall. But have we already hit PEAK fall? A new survey asked people when the best part of fall is. And the top answer was the first two weeks of October. The survey also found the perfect fall temperature is exactly 53 degrees. And here are the top ten little things we love about this time of year... 1. Seeing the leaves change color. 2. When there's a chill in the air. 3. Hot chocolate. 4. Getting ready for the holidays. 5. Soup. 6. Starting [...]

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GOOD DAY NEWS STARTER: Boy Saves Mother By Using Alexa

By Cari|2020-10-06T06:24:48-05:00October 6th, 2020|

Natalie Neal is a grandmother who wanted to stay in touch with her five-year-old grandson Tyrion Spann, so she programmed the Alexa unit in Tyrion’s house so he could call whenever he wanted. It was a great idea because it allowed Tyrion to call easily -- and just say hello. But, it ended up being a life-saving move -- because Tyrion’s mom, Jasmine, suffered a serious epileptic seizure -- and Tyrion was able to quickly call grandma for help. When Natalie got the call from her grandson, she quickly figured out what had happened and immediately called 911. Tyrion managed to [...]

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Ten Fall Activities You Can Still Do Despite the Pandemic

By Cari|2020-09-25T07:43:40-05:00September 25th, 2020|

I know it's a drag but the CDC released a bunch of Halloween guidelines, and the big takeaway was that trick-or-treating is risky this year. However, there are still a bunch of fall activities you CAN do. Like... 1. Visiting a pumpkin patch or apple orchard. As long as you're using hand sanitizer before touching pumpkins or picking apples, and people are able to social distance. 2. Carving or decorating pumpkins at home, or outside at a safe distance with friends. 3. Decorating your house or apartment. 4. Walking around the neighborhood to look at other decorated [...]

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GOOD DAY NEWS STARTER: Lonely Widower Puts Up Sign Asking For Friends – Gets Huge Response

By Cari|2020-09-23T06:20:14-05:00September 23rd, 2020|

A 75-year-old guy in England with no family recently lost his wife. And he was so lonely in lockdown, he put a sign on his window just looking for someone to talk to. But now he has lots of options after hundreds of people got in touch. He got so many emails, his inbox crashed. And a bunch of kids want to adopt him as their grandfather. SOURCE: GOOD NEWS NETWORK

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Here’s How the Chiefs and the Texans Handled the National Anthem Last Night

By Cari|2020-09-11T08:03:12-05:00September 11th, 2020|

The 2020 NFL season kicked off last night with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans in front of about 17,000 fans at Arrowhead Stadium. But the big question isn't who won . . . it was the Chiefs, 34 to 20 . . . it's how did everyone handle the national anthem? Here's what went down. They actually played TWO songs. First ALICIA KEYS performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which is also known as the Black national anthem. That was followed by the "Star Spangled Banner". The Texans chose to leave the field for BOTH, because they didn't want [...]

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A Woman Gets Penis-Shaped Meat from the Grocery Store and Calls the Cops

By Cari|2020-08-28T06:46:05-05:00August 28th, 2020|

I want to laugh at this woman...and laugh some more. On Monday night, a woman named Lamia Singfield from Akron, Ohio bought a pack of smoked turkey tails from the grocery store. But as she was cooking them, she noticed one of them didn't look right. As she put it, one of them, quote, "looked a lot more like a human penis than any other kind of meat." And the more she thought about it and studied the meat, the more she got concerned it really WAS human man meat. So . . . she called the cops. They took the [...]

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