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        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Mariah Carey Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction, Curses on Good Morning America 11:59 am
          Mariah Carey's Friday morning got off to a rough start. During an appearance on Good Morning America, the singer suffered a nearly catastrophic wardrobe malfunction."The back of my dress just popped," Carey announced to the crowd in Central Park. The ...
          Mariah Carey | Photo Credits: abc.com
        • Today's News: Our Take - Memorial Day Weekend Marathon Roundup 11:59 am
          It's Memorial Day Weekend -- the official start of summer! What better way to celebrate than to watch endless hours of TV! Check out your options:(All times are ET/PT)Saturday, May 25Bridezillas (10 a.m.-5 a.m. Sunday, WE tv)Defiance (4 p.m.-6 a.m. ...
          Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino | Photo Credits: Michael Parmelee/NBC
        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Jennifer Aniston Plays a Stripper in We're the Millers 11:59 am
          Eat your heart out, Brad Pitt. In the first trailer for We're the Millers, Jennifer Aniston shakes her stuff as a jaded stripper.PHOTOS: Hot summer TV eye candyIn the film, Aniston, 43, plays a stripper recruited by Jason Sudeikis to ...
          Jennifer Aniston | Photo Credits: Miller
        • Today's News: Our Take - Bret Michaels Transforms Transportation on Rock My RV 11:59 am
          Well-known bandanna enthusiast Bret Michaels front man of Poison, former reality-show Lothario, Celebrity Apprentice champion and composer of drunk-girl karaoke classic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" hardly seems like the kind of guy who'd get excited talking about ...
          Bret Michaels | Photo Credits: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
        • Today's News: Our Take - The Bachelorette's Desiree: This Is Definitely a Sexy Season 11:59 am
          Sean Lowe was not afraid to take his shirt off during The Bachelor and new Bachelorette Desiree hopes her men have the same lack of modesty."It will definitely be a sexy season because the men are so sexy!" Desiree told ...
          Desiree Hartsock | Photo Credits: Rick Rowell/ABC
        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Was American Idol's Angie Miller as Surprised as Viewers Were By Her Elimination? 11:59 am
          Many American Idol viewers had Angie Miller penciled in for the finale, if not the win. But after competing against Candice Glover and Kree Harrison, Angie was shockingly eliminated in third place. And she was just as surprised as the ...
          Angie Miller | Photo Credits: Michael Becker/Fox
        • Today's News: Our Take - Amanda Bynes Arrested After Throwing Bong Out the Window 11:59 am
          Amanda Bynes was arrested in her Manhattan apartment Thursday night after she threw a bong out of the window, police told The Associated Press.Police were called to Bynes' apartment when a building official spotted the increasingly erratic star in the ...
          Amanda Bynes | Photo Credits: Steven Hirsch/Splash News
        • Landscaping DNR’s latest solution to goose nuisance 11:45 am
          It's getting tougher for the geese who flock to the beaches in Lake of the Ozarks State Park.
        • Gays in Scouting 11:25 am
          Dave Granlund cartoon on the Boy Scouts and gays.
          Color edit toon Gays in scouting.jpg
        • VIDEO: Mariah Carey Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction, Curses on Good Morning America 11:25 am
          Mariah Carey's Friday morning got off to a rough start. During an appearance on Good Morning America, the singer suffered a nearly catastrophic wardrobe malfunction."The back of my dress just popped," Carey announced to the crowd in Central Park. The ...
          Mariah Carey | Photo Credits: abc.com
        • Memorial Day Weekend Marathon Roundup 11:25 am
          It's Memorial Day Weekend -- the official start of summer! What better way to celebrate than to watch endless hours of TV! Check out your options:(All times are ET/PT)Saturday, May 25Bridezillas (10 a.m.-5 a.m. Sunday, WE tv)Defiance (4 p.m.-6 a.m. ...
          Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino | Photo Credits: Michael Parmelee/NBC
        • VIDEO: Jennifer Aniston Plays a Stripper in We're the Millers 11:25 am
          Eat your heart out, Brad Pitt. In the first trailer for We're the Millers, Jennifer Aniston shakes her stuff as a jaded stripper.PHOTOS: Hot summer TV eye candyIn the film, Aniston, 43, plays a stripper recruited by Jason Sudeikis to ...
          Jennifer Aniston | Photo Credits: Miller
        • Holiday Weekend Playlist: Garish Candelabra, Earnest Ring 11:25 am
          No one saves face in director Steven Soderbergh's ghoulishly entertaining, opulently produced Behind the Candelabra (Sunday, 9/8c), HBO's grandest, gaudiest and most fascinating movie in quite a long while probably since last year's Game Change, in which Julianne Moore's ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • Disney XD Assembles the Avengers for New Animated Series 11:25 am
          The big screen isn't the only place to find your favorite superheroes this summer. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow will kick some bad-guy butt as the stars of a new animated series, Disney XD's ...
          Avengers | Photo Credits: Disney XD/Marvel
        • Bret Michaels Transforms Transportation on Rock My RV 11:25 am
          Well-known bandanna enthusiast Bret Michaels front man of Poison, former reality-show Lothario, Celebrity Apprentice champion and composer of drunk-girl karaoke classic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" hardly seems like the kind of guy who'd get excited talking about ...
          Bret Michaels | Photo Credits: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
        • The Bachelorette's Desiree: This Is Definitely a Sexy Season 11:25 am
          Sean Lowe was not afraid to take his shirt off during The Bachelor and new Bachelorette Desiree hopes her men have the same lack of modesty."It will definitely be a sexy season because the men are so sexy!" Desiree told ...
          Desiree Hartsock | Photo Credits: Rick Rowell/ABC
        • VIDEO: Was American Idol's Angie Miller as Surprised as Viewers Were By Her Elimination? 11:25 am
          Many American Idol viewers had Angie Miller penciled in for the finale, if not the win. But after competing against Candice Glover and Kree Harrison, Angie was shockingly eliminated in third place. And she was just as surprised as the ...
          Angie Miller | Photo Credits: Michael Becker/Fox
        • Amanda Bynes Arrested After Throwing Bong Out the Window 11:25 am
          Amanda Bynes was arrested in her Manhattan apartment Thursday night after she threw a bong out of the window, police told The Associated Press.Police were called to Bynes' apartment when a building official spotted the increasingly erratic star in the ...
          Amanda Bynes | Photo Credits: Amanda Bynes
        • From Shirley Temple’s nemesis to Josephine the Plumber: Jane Withers 11:25 am
          My blog today is a part of the Children in Film Blogathon hosted by the wonderful Comet Over Hollywood, May 24-26, 2013.  I decided to focus on Jane Withers, who is still alive and thriving and who herself is a fan of classic films.   I was most familiar with Jane from her tv commercials as the bubbly,  helpful plumber, Josephine, extolling the cleaning virtues of Comet Cleanser.  I was not as familiar with Jane’s early beginnings in the...
        • The Minnesota marriage equality act non-issue 11:25 am
          Note: This is cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent.
        • 7 Ways to Save Money on Memorial Day 11:18 am
          7 Ways to Save Money on Memorial Day written by Sydney Alcala for BillCutterz Money Saving Blog.Memorial Day is just around the corner and that means it’s almost summer time. Kick your summer into gear by having a fantastic three day weekend without blowing your budget. Here are...
        • Hot Online: Amanda Bynes arrested after tossing bong 11:13 am
          Check out what’s hot online right now.  
        • Obama to the People: I Am Not a Crook 11:13 am
          There is one strong similarity between Watergate and the slime oozing out of the Obama White House that can’t be ignored.
        • Jon Stewart mocks Peggy Noonan, which makes me like him even more 11:13 am
        • Route 54 Bridge Deck Work Complete 10:19 am
          Just in time for the busy Memorial Day weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation and its contractor have opened the Route 54 bridge over the Osage River in Miller County. One westbound lane on the bridge has been closed since work to replace the bridge deck and paint the structure began in March. APAC-Missouri, Inc. of Columbia, Mo., was the contractor on...
        • Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest 9:00 am
          KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time, according to a Nepalese...
          In this May 22, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins Co. Ltd., 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier Yuichiro Miura, left, uses oxygen mask and his son, Gota sips green tea as they take a rest in a tent at their South Col camp at 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) before their departure for Camp 5 during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. Miura, who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title.
        • Making docks safer 8:00 am
          Three electrocutions in the Lake of the Ozarks last July left many worried about the safety of the water where most docks are wired for electricity.
        • Indianapolis 500 preview: Will this be the Year of the Woman? 7:03 am
          INDIANAPOLIS — Katherine Legge didn't know she'd have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second. Pippa Mann chatted with tire makers, dropped in on the folks from the television networks and even tried to get cozy with engine maker Honda in the hopes of landing a ride. Both of them have overcome long odds to join Ana Beatriz and Simona de Silvestro in Sunday's 33-car...
          (From left) Simona de Silvestro, Ana Beatriz, Pippa Mann and Katherine Legge will compete in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
        • Osage falls to Springfield Catholic in sectionals 7:00 am
          Coming off of an exciting first-ever district championship win, the Lady Indians hosted their first-ever sectional game on Tuesday night, where they were pitted against one of the toughest teams in the state: Springfield Catholic's Fighting Irish.As, once again, clouds loomed overhead, the Lady Indians took to the field, onto their home turf, which they hoped would provide an advantage over the visiting squad. After winning the coin toss, the Lady Indians...
          Cassidy Culver is thwarted at the goal for the third time in the first 20 minutes.
        • Ocean not all that separates US, European fans 7:00 am
          Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd.It's almost unfathomable to a U.S. sports fan, even with the country's long, wrenching and seemingly endless struggle to achieve equality. Yet scenes like that play out at European soccer...
          In this May 12, 2013, file photo AC Milan players Mario Balotelli, left, Kevin Prince Boateng (10) stand on the pitch during a stoppage in play in a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and AS Roma, at Milan
        • Morning Minutes: May 24 6:03 am
          Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
        • Today's News: Our Take - On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix 5:57 am
          From the outside, soundstage No.7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro a fictional holiday meant ...
          Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia de Rossi | Photo Credits: Sam Urdank/Netflix
        • Today's News: Our Take - Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra 5:57 am
          It all started, oddly enough, on the set of director Steven Soderbergh's gritty, Oscar-winning 2000 drama Traffic. "Steven said to me, 'You ever think of playing Liberace?'" remembers Michael Douglas of the first time he was approached to portray the ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix 5:23 am
          From the outside, soundstage No.7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro a fictional holiday meant ...
          Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia de Rossi | Photo Credits: Sam Urdank/Netflix
        • Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra 5:23 am
          It all started, oddly enough, on the set of director Steven Soderbergh's gritty, Oscar-winning 2000 drama Traffic. "Steven said to me, 'You ever think of playing Liberace?'" remembers Michael Douglas of the first time he was approached to portray the ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • wow over 17,000 hits on my site! 5:23 am
          Wow, over 17,000 hits on my site! wow! What a fantastic compliment…thank you to everyone who takes time tostop by and read it:) Tonight was a good night. It really made feel that my blog was worthy and a great thing I’m doing. John had an awards banquet for the hospital. He wanted me to go with him, and I was so happy I felt good and could go!
        • Michael Gerson: Baseless fears of Common Core 1:23 am
          ?Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every corner squared. The goal of politics is to apply abstract principles in their purest form. But there is another type of conservatism, often practiced at the state level, which attempts to build out of flawed, existing materials, resulting in some odd angles and incongruous additions. These conservative...
        • Movie review: ‘Fast & Furious 6’ 1:01 am
          You can have a great time getting caught up in the outrageous action of the sixth entry in this money-making machine of a series without having seen any of the previous films. But you wouldn’t understand the nuances of the characters and their interrelationships, you wouldn’t get why they all keep talking about the importance of family, and you wouldn’t really know who you’re supposed to be rooting for, or why.
        • Movie review: Last call for ‘Hangover’ gang 1:01 am
          “The Hangover III” takes forever to get started and then never wants to end. Farewells are always tough, but the end it is, as the “Wolf Pack” embarks on one final off-the-rails road trip.
        • The Readers’ Writers: YA author Scott Blagden 1:01 am
          Scott Blagden worked in real estate after being shown the exit door when a college prank found the wrong audience – apparently humor wasn’t in the offering that semester. Today, he lives on Cape Cod, is still in the real estate biz, is the father to two teenagers and he has just seen his first book published.
        • Fishing Report, updated for 05/24/13 12:00 am
            The lake level was 658.6, with heavy generation scheduled through the weekend the lake should rise to over 659.0 by the weekend. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 66 degrees; tributary temperatures are 62 to 68 degrees depending on location and time of day. Truman Lake is four feet over pool and releasing at maximum flow.  BLACK BASS – It took 21.3 pounds to win the Wednesday Nite Tourney, Big Bass was 6.78...
        • The world is a battlefield, continued May. 23, 2013
          President Obama addressed many important issues in his speech Thursday (transcript here), some of which I’m writing about for Sunday’s column.  The speech also included some remarkable political theater involving Obama and a protester in the audience. If anyone finds the clip and can link to it, you should check it out.
        • Good grief May. 23, 2013
          Notice how this wonderful woman deals with the sick grief-mongering reporter in this video which is now making the rounds. "Oh, I know exactly what happened," the woman says as the reporter shamelessly angles for tears, or at least some self-pity. 
        • Voter Fraud is a Fraud May. 23, 2013
          The Ohio Secretary of State ordered that any suspicious ballot out of the 5.6 million cast in Ohio be investigated. They found only 135 suspicious ballots, and those votes weren't organized in favor of one party or another. The entire notion that there is massive voter fraud is false. Republicans used the fear of fraud to introduce voter ID...
        • How to Climb with Tools May. 23, 2013
          Bring everything you need without having to descend the ladder
        • Car Care: When It’s OK to Do It Yourself May. 23, 2013
          5 simple maintenance tasks you can tackle in your home garage
        • Why Your Apple a Day Better Be Organic May. 23, 2013
          Once again, the fruit tops the list of dirtiest produce.
        • The Frequent Sex-UTI Connection May. 23, 2013
          OB/GYN Dr. Lisa Masterson explains why women are more prone to UTIs if they engage in frequent sex.
        • Real Housewife Yolanda Foster Battles Lyme Disease May. 23, 2013
          Yolanda Foster has suffered for more than two years. Here's how to protect yourself from Lyme Disease.
        • How Parents Affect Their Children's Diets May. 23, 2013
          Are parents of adolescents too controlling when it comes to how much their children eat?
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