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Notes for Wednesday December 25, 2019
Scott Schwartz is best known for starring as Eric Bates in the movie The Toy in 1982 and as Flick in the movie A Christmas Story in 1983. Schwartz also starred in the films Kidco, Raiders of the Living Dead, Fear, Skin Walker, and Community College. Since 2014 he has starred as Travis Sullivan in the television series The Comeback Kids. Schwartz won a Young Artist Award in 1984 for Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for The Toy.
December
25
National
Pumpkin Pie Day
A’Phabet
Day or No “L” Day
Christmas
They
are the most hated Christmas songs of all time! What would be on
YOUR list?
How
many times can you hear "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
or Madonna trying -- but not even coming close-- to best Eartha Kitt
with "Santa Baby" before you just scream? The Washington
Post has called these two songs, along with Barbra Streisand's
"Jingle Bells" and the Jackson 5's "Santa Claus Is
Coming to Town" the "sonic equivalent of a chorus of
screeching cats." They are among the most hated Christmas songs
of all time -- but they aren't the most hated. The honor of the most
hated Christmas song of all time goes to "Jingle Bells," as
"performed" by the Singing Dogs, a 1955 Danish record that
was reedited and released in 1970.
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Florida man said he was so scared after he watched a train hit his
vehicle that he pulled two bottles of liquor from the wreckage and
drank them at the crash scene. Authorities said the crash happened
around 8 p.m. Thursday at Palm Avenue and South Street. The driver,
43-year-old Danny Lee Wyatt, said he was driving home from a liquor
store when he missed the turn for his street and got stuck on the
tracks
as the train was coming. Wyatt tried to flag down the train’s
engineer, but when he realized the locomotive wasn’t going to stop,
he got out of the vehicle. After the crash, Wyatt reached into his
Kia Rio and grabbed a few things, including two liquor bottles, which
he said he immediately drank because he was so scared. Police said
Wyatt went home after that but then returned later to speak with
officers. Records show Wyatt smelled of alcohol but was cooperative,
even though he was upset and crying. Wyatt failed a field sobriety
test but refused to supply a breath sample for a blood alcohol test.
He was arrested on charges of DUI - third offense within ten years
and refusal to submit to a DUI test after a license has been
suspended.
(https://bit.ly/36OvDDo)
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With the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, brands are taking advantage of the excitement with all sorts of themed foods and products. The latest addition to the bunch might be the coolest, with Coca-Cola releasing drink labels that have light up lightsabers on them. In an advertisement featuring the labels, Rey and Kylo Ren’s sabers light up blue and red. The illuminating effect comes from a specific type of battery-operated LED. Coca-Cola has wrapped its bottles in a thin flexible OLED panel and electronics, including a battery, allowing images to actually glow.”
Captain Marvel is most mistake-filled film of 2019. The movie finished in first with 59 mistakes, well ahead of Avengers: Endgame and Midsommar, which finished in second and third place with 51 and 45 errors, respectively.
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Over 115 million Americans are expected to travel over this week’s Christmas Holiday. (https://bit.ly/2sdkayz)
A
survey by the Center for Disease Control found that 3.7 million
Americans have already had the FLU this year.
(https://bit.ly/2PPHTOC)
California’s population growth in 2019 was the state’s slowest rate since 1900. (https://lat.ms/2Ze0ZRq)
The
British Army is using a picture of Kim Kardashian’s butt in a new
recruiting campaign. (https://dailym.ai/2ZcFyjN)
Riding
a Phoenix, Arizona, light-rail train the day after Thanksgiving, a
man abruptly leaped to his feet and wrestled a woman for her
wheelchair. The man unlocked the brakes on the wheelchair, then
wheeled the struggling woman toward the open train door as she
grabbed onto nearby railings. He finally flips the wheelchair,
dumping her to the floor, and bolts off the train with it. But video
provided by Phoenix police shows other passengers crowd out after him
into the station, where they shove him into a wall and retrieve the
stolen wheelchair. The wheelchair thief then runs away from the other
passengers. Police say the man was “wearing reindeer slippers at
the time of the crime.” After release of the video the man was
picked up this past Saturday.
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Tesla that a driver said was in auto-pilot hit the back of a police
car that was stopped on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, early
Saturday morning. Troopers on scene were stopped behind a disabled
vehicle with their emergency lights activated. There was an
additional flare pattern behind them. The Tesla hit the back of one
of the police cars and then continued and hit the disabled vehicle.
The driver of the Tesla told state police that he had his vehicle on
“auto-pilot” and explained he was checking on his dog in the back
seat before the collision. No serious injuries were reported.
FUN FACT FOR YOU:
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America
has an "official" Christmas tree. America's official
national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in
California. The tree, a giant sequoia called the "General Grant
Tree," is over 300 feet high. It was made the official Christmas
tree in 1925.
NEWS
HEADLINES.... FROM SOMEWHERE IN THIS WORLD!
Dateline....
England
A 10-year-old British Girl has a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking or Albert Einstein. (https://bit.ly/2PCxi9m)
A 10-year-old British Girl has a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking or Albert Einstein. (https://bit.ly/2PCxi9m)
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When Jeanne Souron-Mathers died in November, police in Tooele, Utah, were startled to find the body of her husband Paul in a chest freezer at the couple's home. That wasn't all. Police also discovered a notarized letter from Paul stating that his wife was not responsible for his death, according to a search warrant unsealed this week. Investigators now believe that Paul Mathers died a decade ago and are investigating the possibility that monthly payments to him from Veterans Affairs and Social Security kept coming in after his death. Sgt. Jeremy Hansen of the Tooele Police Department said investigators have filed subpoenas and are still awaiting financial records. The VA payments would total at least $177,000, Hansen said. Paul Mathers is believed to have died between February 4, 2009 and March 8, 2009, Hansen said. He had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and was being treated at a local Veterans Affairs medical center, Hansen said, and was last seen there on February 4, 2009. But before he died, Paul Mathers wrote a letter stating his wife was not responsible for his death, and that letter was notarized in December 2008, the search warrant said. "Detectives tracked down the notary and she said she didn't read it, she just stamped it," Hansen said. Sgt. Hansen declined to disclose Paul Mathers' illness. Jeanne Souron-Mathers, 75, died in November from what appears to be natural causes, Hansen added.
https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/41476395/utah-man-found-dead-in-a-freezer-had-a-notarized-letter-saying-his-wife-wasnt-responsible-for-his-death
When Jeanne Souron-Mathers died in November, police in Tooele, Utah, were startled to find the body of her husband Paul in a chest freezer at the couple's home. That wasn't all. Police also discovered a notarized letter from Paul stating that his wife was not responsible for his death, according to a search warrant unsealed this week. Investigators now believe that Paul Mathers died a decade ago and are investigating the possibility that monthly payments to him from Veterans Affairs and Social Security kept coming in after his death. Sgt. Jeremy Hansen of the Tooele Police Department said investigators have filed subpoenas and are still awaiting financial records. The VA payments would total at least $177,000, Hansen said. Paul Mathers is believed to have died between February 4, 2009 and March 8, 2009, Hansen said. He had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and was being treated at a local Veterans Affairs medical center, Hansen said, and was last seen there on February 4, 2009. But before he died, Paul Mathers wrote a letter stating his wife was not responsible for his death, and that letter was notarized in December 2008, the search warrant said. "Detectives tracked down the notary and she said she didn't read it, she just stamped it," Hansen said. Sgt. Hansen declined to disclose Paul Mathers' illness. Jeanne Souron-Mathers, 75, died in November from what appears to be natural causes, Hansen added.
https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/41476395/utah-man-found-dead-in-a-freezer-had-a-notarized-letter-saying-his-wife-wasnt-responsible-for-his-death
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Wisconsin woman who called police on Saturday didn't have an
emergency or really need immediate help — she was angry about her
chicken sandwich from KFC. Authorities responded to a KFC restaurant
in Waukesha around 8:00 p.m. on Saturday after an unidentified woman
contacted them, claiming the fast-food eatery's drive-thru employee
was “giving her attitude.” The ordeal began when the woman
ordered a chicken sandwich, but received an incorrect order. KFC
staff offered to make her another sandwich, but she apparently
refused to eat it. The woman called police while situated in the
drive-thru. Once they arrived, she told them she got a new sandwich
but “did not feel comfortable eating it, and wanted her money
back.” Officers reportedly told both the woman and restaurant staff
this wasn't a police issue. As noted by Patch, police similarly
responded to the same KFC location in Wisconsin last month when the
restaurant's chicken fryer broke — upsetting a customer who had
been waiting over forty minutes for food. (https://fxn.ws/2sFIoRV)
FAKE NEWS.... OR FLORIDA?!
I
read a headline and Heidi (and you) need to guess if the story is
FAKE NEWS or something that really happened in the state of
FLORIDA.
A woman dressed as a turkey was arrested for shoplifting …..
FLORIDA (https://bit.ly/2QBiKcn)
A woman dressed as a turkey was arrested for shoplifting …..
FLORIDA (https://bit.ly/2QBiKcn)
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