NEWSTALK 860

70 Years Later, Class of 1943 Is Finally Having Their Prom

Emerald Catron — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:28 +0000

It took some time (quite a bit of time, actually), but the New Haven Hillhouse High School class of 1943 will finally be having prom this Sunday.

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College Graduates Enter the Real World With a Load of Debt

Jen Austin — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:19 +0000

Good for you, you've graduated! Now what? You enter the real world with a great education and lots of enthusiasm...and mounds of debt!

We should have taken a poll of SFA grads last Saturday as they walked across the stage to get their diplomas. It varies of course, but the average college graduate leaves school with $35,200 in debt.

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Deer Goes Bananas After Crashing Into a Bus

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:53:18 +0000

See? Deer really do come out of nowhere!

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Tornadoes Rip Through Texas, Leave Several Dead

Jen Austin — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:18:04 +0000

Today in Lufkin and Nacogdoches we have the chance of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms, but the situation doesn't appear to be anything like what North Texas saw last night.

As many as ten possible tornadoes ripped through areas west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday night, and left 250 people homeless, 100 injured, and 6 dead. Changes to those numbers could come today as emergency responders fully assess the damage.

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Play Geoguessr — The Game That Lets You Travel The World

Jackie Mancini — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:22 +0000

Created by Anton Wallén, Geoguessr.com is a game for geography nerds, people who think technology is really awesome, and anyone else who happens to love fun. Do you love fun? Of course you do, dummy.

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Rich Parents Are Using Handicapped Tour Guides to Avoid Lines at Disney World

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:58 +0000

The lines at Disney Land can be pretty brutal, especially during school holidays.

But it turns out if you have enough cash you can assure your child will jump right on Splash Mountain, no matter what time of the year.

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Do You Check Work Email When You're Out of the Office? You're Not Alone

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:50:03 +0000

With the explosion of smartphones and tablets, it should come as no surprise to find out that we spend a lot of time checking our work email when we’re not even in the office.

But just how much do we do it?

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Second Grader's Precious 'Chocolate Bullets' Plan Earns Handwritten Note From Vice President Biden

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000

A 7-year-old Wisconsin boy has come up with a rather delicious way to solve the gun control debate in this country.

And it’s won the support of one very high-ranking politician.

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Diboll Accident Kills Two Women, One Was Pregnant

Jen Austin — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:24:21 +0000

Police think a car was trying to pull out of a Diboll parking lot and collided with another car on North Temple Drive, then one of the cars spun out into the path of an oncoming 18-Wheeler.

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Terrifying 'Ice Tsunami' Slowly Consumes Backyard, Houses in Minnesota

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:45:02 +0000

Yikes. It's like in a horror movie when the deadly fog gradually creeps closer and closer, gobbling up all living things in its path. Except it's made of ice.

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Astronaut Performs First Cover of 'Space Oddity' from Space

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:11 +0000

As good as David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' is, it's still rather surreal watching someone perform it from space.

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'Live From Lufkin' Lineup Announced For Summer Fest

Autumn McDaniel — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:05 +0000

The voting is over, and East Texas music lovers have picked the lineup for the "Live From Lufkin" Battle of the Bands at Summer Fest Texas.

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Two Texas Cities on the Most Redneck List

Jen Austin — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:25:56 +0000

Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesA real estate company put out a blog naming the most redneck cities in America, and Texas has two in the top ten.

We tend to think of redneck cities being here in the south, but there are some northern metro areas that made the list.

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7-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Using Pencil Like a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:31:52 +0000

The debate over guns in schools has taken a turn for the unusual.

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Ariel Castro Charged With Rape, Kidnapping; Held on $8 Million Bail

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:38:14 +0000

The Cleveland man accused of the horrifying abduction and rape of three women over the last 10-plus years, Ariel Castro, was arraigned in court on Thursday morning. He is being held on $8 million bail—$2 million for each of the three women he kidnapped and for the young girl one of the women gave birth to while in captivity.

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Angry Student Lecturing Teacher on How to Teach Goes Viral

Emerald Catron — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:30:39 +0000

This kid's got big brass ones. Or maybe he was just fed up. Actually, we figure it probably requires a combination of both to pull off a stunt like this.

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Jodi Arias Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:27:14 +0000

A jury in Arizona found Jodi Arias guilty of the first-degree murder of Travis Alexander, meaning she may face the death penalty.

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Meet Kia, the Amazing Dog Who Survived Being Trapped in Car for a Month

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:16:09 +0000

They say cats have nine lives, but one pooch in Kansas City is proving dogs can more than hold their own.

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Lufkin Gets a NICU

Jen Austin — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00:14 +0000

Chances are, you know someone who has benefited from the NICU - that's Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit.

I have two friends in Dallas who gave birth to baby boys that needed a little extra help getting started in life. One spent a month in the NICU, and one spent nine days there. Both are doing just fine now! One is 7 now and the other just turned 2. They started out their lives hooked up to tubes and on respirators, and they're just as happy and healthy as every other kid now.

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East Texas Food Bank + Walmart Grant Keeping Texans From Going Hungry

Rick St. Nick — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:20:46 +0000

The East Texas Food Bank has been selected as one of forty winning "Feeding America" food banks to receive a $45,000 grant from Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together initiative.

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