NEWSTALK 860 » Culture http://ksfa860.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Allen ISD Opens $60 Million Dollar Football Stadium http://ksfa860.com/allen-isd-opens-60-million-dollar-football-stadium/ http://ksfa860.com/allen-isd-opens-60-million-dollar-football-stadium/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:41:54 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=87895 Taxpayers in a school district outside Dallas are now the proud owners of one of the most expensive high school football stadiums in the country.  The Allen ISD's Eagle Stadium is a gleaming $60 million facility with seats for 18,000 fans, a 38-foot-wide high-definition video screen, a towering upper deck, and, oh yes, corporate sponsors.

Welcome to the new home of Eagles Football.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/allen-isd-opens-60-million-dollar-football-stadium/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Allen Independent School District Study: Pot Smoking Brings IQ Down http://ksfa860.com/study-pot-smoking-brings-iq-down/ http://ksfa860.com/study-pot-smoking-brings-iq-down/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:40:15 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=87308 A landmark study conducted in the United States and Great Britain has confirmed something many people have suspected for decades. The study reported in the London Daily Telegraph shows that people who smoke marijuana on a regular basis over a long period are putting their intelligence - their IQ -- at serious risk.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/study-pot-smoking-brings-iq-down/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images White Baptist Church Bans Black Wedding — Is It Fair? [VIDEO, POLL] http://ksfa860.com/white-baptist-church-bans-black-wedding-is-it-fair-video-poll/ http://ksfa860.com/white-baptist-church-bans-black-wedding-is-it-fair-video-poll/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:35:20 +0000 Amy Sciarretto http://tsminteractive.com/?p=126793 A black couple planned to wed at a predominantly white church that they attended (but were not members of) in Crystal Springs, MS.

A day prior to the nuptials, however, they learned that they were not going to be allowed to exchange vows at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, due to a small minority of white opponents to a black couple marrying at their church.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/white-baptist-church-bans-black-wedding-is-it-fair-video-poll/feed/ 0 Fox 19 English Hotel Throws Gideon Bibles Out http://ksfa860.com/english-hotel-kicks-out-gideon-bibles/ http://ksfa860.com/english-hotel-kicks-out-gideon-bibles/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:01:10 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=81052 In just one more example of the way Christianity is getting kicked out of public and private life, USA Today reports a small hotel in England has taken the Gideon Bibles out of all its rooms, and you won't believe what has replaced them.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/english-hotel-kicks-out-gideon-bibles/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Fifty Shades of Grey New Survey Reveals More Teenagers Try Drugs and Alcohol During the Summer http://ksfa860.com/teenagers-drugs-alcohol-summer/ http://ksfa860.com/teenagers-drugs-alcohol-summer/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:02:18 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=118290 While the summer months are supposed to fun and a much needed break from the previous school year, a new survey finds that many teens are using their summer vacation to try drugs and alcohol.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/teenagers-drugs-alcohol-summer/feed/ 0 Seb Oliver, Getty Images Dallas NAACP Wants Texas Lottery Shut Down http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/ http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:38:34 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=75892 The Dallas chapter of the NAACP is calling on the state to abolish the Texas Lottery. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the nation's oldest civil rights group wants low income Texans to stop pumping money into the state lottery.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/dallas-naacp-wants-texas-lottery-shut-down/feed/ 0 source: Texas Lottery Commission 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' Pageant Stirs Intense Controversy [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/miss-holocaust-survivor-pageant-stirs-intense-controversy-video/ http://ksfa860.com/miss-holocaust-survivor-pageant-stirs-intense-controversy-video/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:47:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=117178 Last Thursday, the Israeli city of Haifa played host to a most unusual beauty pageant. For one thing, all the finalists were over 70. And for another, they were all Holocaust survivors.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/miss-holocaust-survivor-pageant-stirs-intense-controversy-video/feed/ 0 Uriel Sinai, Getty Images Skip the Ties — All Dad Wants for Father's Day is You http://ksfa860.com/skip-the-ties-all-dad-wants-for-fathers-day-is-you/ http://ksfa860.com/skip-the-ties-all-dad-wants-for-fathers-day-is-you/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:33:37 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=111766 If you’re having a tough time finding a gift for Father’s Day, you’re not alone. But here’s the good news: most dads don’t want anything other than to spend a little extra time with you.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/skip-the-ties-all-dad-wants-for-fathers-day-is-you/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Houston Leads Nation in Settling Refugees http://ksfa860.com/houston-leads-nation-in-settling-refugees/ http://ksfa860.com/houston-leads-nation-in-settling-refugees/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:02:06 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=71869 Lost in Houston's famous urban sprawl, its insane traffic and stifling heat, is the fact that more refugees come to Houston than any other city in the United States.  We're talking about people who have fled their home countries for one reason or another, and have been accepted by our State Department as refugees.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/houston-leads-nation-in-settling-refugees/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Houston International Festival How Many Teens Text While Behind the Wheel? http://ksfa860.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/ http://ksfa860.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:21:28 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=109361 Teenagers aren’t drinking as much as they used to and more of them now wear seat belts, but all of that could be offset by the startling number of them who admit to texting while driving.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/feed/ 0 larryzou, Flickr Serpent-Handling Pastor Dies of Snake Bite http://ksfa860.com/serpent-handling-pastor-dies-of-snake-bite/ http://ksfa860.com/serpent-handling-pastor-dies-of-snake-bite/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:56:37 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=69349 Without comment, we present the story of a charismatic serpent-handling West Virginia preacher who died Sunday -- after he was bitten by one of the rattle snakes he was handling during his church service.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/serpent-handling-pastor-dies-of-snake-bite/feed/ 0 via Flickr Mark Zuckerberg Marries Girlfriend Priscilla Chan, Updates His Facebook Status http://ksfa860.com/mark-zuckerberg-marries-priscilla-chan-updates-facebook-status/ http://ksfa860.com/mark-zuckerberg-marries-priscilla-chan-updates-facebook-status/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 17:07:37 +0000 Nick Romano http://thefw.com/?p=123622 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan after the Facebook IPO and his 28th birthday. So, how did we find out that this lucky woman made an honest man out of one of the most talked about billionaires? We just checked out his relationship status on Facebook.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/mark-zuckerberg-marries-priscilla-chan-updates-facebook-status/feed/ 0 Priscilla Chan, Facebook Mitt Romney's Wife, Ann, Defends Her Choice to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/mitt-romneys-wife-ann-defends-her-choice-to-be-a-stay-at-home-mom-video/ http://ksfa860.com/mitt-romneys-wife-ann-defends-her-choice-to-be-a-stay-at-home-mom-video/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:15:06 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=88706 Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, fired back Thursday on Fox News at Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen for mocking her choice to be a stay-at-home mom who never entered the workforce.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/mitt-romneys-wife-ann-defends-her-choice-to-be-a-stay-at-home-mom-video/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Another Ship Takes the Titanic Route on Its 100th Anniversary and Hits a…Snag http://ksfa860.com/ship-titanic-100th-anniversary/ http://ksfa860.com/ship-titanic-100th-anniversary/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:40:33 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=87729 The sinking of the RMS Titanic reached its 100th anniversary and one ship has dared to re-create its route.

But, like the maiden voyage of the ill-fated ship, things haven’t gone smoothly.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/ship-titanic-100th-anniversary/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Moon Still Shines on Moonshine Stills in E. Texas http://ksfa860.com/moon-still-shines-on-moonshine-stills-in-e-texas/ http://ksfa860.com/moon-still-shines-on-moonshine-stills-in-e-texas/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:18:38 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=56793 Yes friends. The moon still shines on the moonshine stills deep in the Piney Woods of East Texas.  Just ask the lawmen in Trinity and Smith Counties.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/moon-still-shines-on-moonshine-stills-in-e-texas/feed/ 0 via flickr/Jacob...K Con Men Move in on Moving Business http://ksfa860.com/con-men-move-in-on-moving-business/ http://ksfa860.com/con-men-move-in-on-moving-business/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:29:03 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=56161 Is there no end to the ways crooks can find to steal from you?  The newest "con" making the rounds is in the moving business. The Texas Department of Public Safety recently broke up a ring of "fake movers" who were posing as household furniture movers to scam victims out of thousands of dollars.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/con-men-move-in-on-moving-business/feed/ 0 via flickr/richmooremi Texas Not in Top 10 of Most Religious States http://ksfa860.com/texas-not-in-top-10-of-most-religious-states/ http://ksfa860.com/texas-not-in-top-10-of-most-religious-states/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:25:37 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=55929 If you think Texas is more religious than most of the country, a new poll says you're wrong. That poll indicates the rest of the Bible-belt, including Mormon-heavy Utah out west, is ahead of the Lone Star State on a list of the country’s most religious states.

Texas isn't even in the Top Ten.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/texas-not-in-top-10-of-most-religious-states/feed/ 0 via flickr/Violette79 Should Fishing be a Varsity Sport? http://ksfa860.com/should-fishing-be-a-varsity-sport/ http://ksfa860.com/should-fishing-be-a-varsity-sport/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:53:20 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=54437 We all know that high school kids can "letter" in football, baseball, basketball, volleyball and even La Crosse.  Now comes a story about efforts make fishing a "letter" sport.  Really? Really.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/should-fishing-be-a-varsity-sport/feed/ 0 via flickr/common use George Clooney Arrested While Protesting In Front of Sudanese Embassy http://ksfa860.com/george-clooney-arrested/ http://ksfa860.com/george-clooney-arrested/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:36:47 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=80735 George Clooney and several others were arrested in Washington, DC on Friday while protesting the Sudanese government.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/george-clooney-arrested/feed/ 0 Honeymoon Registries Are the New Trend at Weddings http://ksfa860.com/honeymoon-registrieare-the-new-trend-at-weddings/ http://ksfa860.com/honeymoon-registrieare-the-new-trend-at-weddings/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:13:38 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=80544 These days, it’s almost unusual for a couple not to be living together before getting married, meaning when they do tie the knot they often already have items such as food processors and linen sets — which have long been staples of the traditional wedding registry.

So more and more couples are eschewing this tradition and opting for honeymoon registries. According to the website Honeymoonwishes.com, this is how the registry works:

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/honeymoon-registrieare-the-new-trend-at-weddings/feed/ 0 Eric Mesa, Flickr