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Christmas Week Scoop 2014

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Merry Christmas!

Wednesday  – Christmas Eve BTW – Egg Nog Day & National Bake Day. It has been determined that Santa would make about 140 Grand a year if he were an employee

The Christmas season begins at sundown on December 24th and lasts through sundown on January 5th. For that reason, this season is also known as the “Twelve Days of Christmas.”

National Chocolate Day.....- It's a Wonderful Life - airs on NBC tonight. Christmas story marathon running today too! 

Ryan Roche of Utah was in an egg nog chugging contest at an office party this week, and he drank a quart in 12 seconds. He inhaled some into his lungs. Rushed to emergency room.

1968 - First men to orbit the moon Frank Borman, James Lovell, Jr. and William Anders aboard the Apollo 8. (Read from Genesis on TV - and took the worlds most famous pic - “Earth Rising”

It is true – Chinese restaurants have a bign spike in business on Christmas Day

Cavs – won yesterday 125-104 - Cav's DO play Christmas Day - at Miami!

Browns – One more agonizing game Sunday in Baltimore

The Interview WILL be in some theaters on Tomorrow after all, Tower City cinema so far

Keurig Recall The machines affected are Keurig Mini brewers with the model number K10 and serial numbers starting with 31.

Clint Eastwood is divorced from his wife Dina.....Clint is 84, she is 49. Been married since 1996
A man in England was in a car accident … and woke up speaking fluent French and believing he was Mathew McConaughey.

This week Apple pushed a security update to Mac users. Why is this significant? It's the first time the company has ever done that.

There are 5 – NBA Games on TV tomorrow – Cav's play at Miami Christmas Day

Tell us something good Tuesday: December 23rd.

 

On this day in 1970 The World Trade Center is completed at 1,350 feet and 110 stories, it was at the time, the world's tallest building.

Cavs DO play Christmas Day - at Miami.

Finally Casey Casem has finally been buried – in Norway! This is not over. There is still legal wrangling to do!

Take heart Its always been said you will gain 5-10 pounds over the holidays. Well, doctors say the real number is much lower, like 1-2 at the most.

According to a new study, a man’s skin really does tingle when he hears a woman speak. And - there’s an increase in electrical activity in a man’s skin and boost in his heart rate.

Forget the expensive creams and cosmetic procedures. Want a no-cost cure for wrinkles? Sleep on your back.

McDonalds Big time menu revamp! Many items are being slashed to make it easier to order. Sales are down a bunch

Oakland Raider Player Menelik Watson is the guy who gave his game check to a family whos daughter needs massive hear surgery. Well done!

Massive Outage  Looks like North Korea's internet has gone completely dark. Know one is saying why.

It could be in the low 60's tomorrow

Gas under 2 bucks a gallon many places locally. It's about a dollar a gallon less than a year ago.

You can find the daily scoop along withthe archives on the Wynn and Wilson section at wqmx dot com.

Almost Impossible Question: According to a recent survey, 38 percent of people are worried about THIS in December. What is it?

ANSWER: They are worried they bought lame gifts for others

Website of The Day: It's less than a week till you get to binge on the annual A Christmas Story marathon. EbaumsWorld has published a collection of 20 Facts About A Christmas Story You Probably Didn't Know. Our favorite: If you look up the actual house in Cleveland on Google Earth, there's a leg lamp in the window.Monday is  National Haiku Poetry Day.  It's Winter Officially (Christmas Week). It arrived yesterday. December - Is the biggest drinking month of the year!

Last Night was the longest night in the history of nights. More darkness than nay other night.  Happy birthday to Susan Lucci, she is  68 (she was on All My Children from 1970 to 2011) National Date Nut Bread Day , On this day in 2001 The first cloned pet, Cc the cat.

Browns – Lost again, and Johnny Manziel got hurt - somehow, and had to be pulled from the game. Nice news: Oakland Raiders offensive lineman donated his weekly game check -- about $18,000 after taxes -- to a four-year-old heart patient. 

A lighting strike Sunday in the parking lot of a Tampa, Florida NFL stadium led to the hospitalization of seven people after the Buccaneers game.

A Twitter hashtag calling for “meninism” is sweeping the social network and guys are chiming in, pointing out the double-standards that exist for men.

Thanks to all of your selfies! Instagram is now worth a BILLION dollars for Mark Zuckerberg

There is a new company called Vocal Id that is creating a bank of as many different voices as it can get its hands on so that people with issues like brain injury and degenerative diseases can have a voice when they use text-to-speech technology. - VocalId.co.

Box Office Biggies! - The Hobbit 56 mill – Night at the Museum 17 mill – Annie 16 mill

Finally Settled - Sugarland, and 17 other defendants agreed to pay $39 million to settle claims stemming from the deadly 2011 stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair.

North Dakota – has the LOWEST unemployment rate in America only 2.7 percent!

 “He who has not found Christmas in his heart, will not find it under a tree”

Carrie Underwood's Greatest Hits: Decade Number One debuts number one

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