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The News Scared My Child Yesterday, What Do You Tell A Kid About Terrorism? – Daily Dilemma

Sean McMaster — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:16:21 +0000

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma:

I listen to you guys every day and I value what you (and the listeners) have to say, so here's my dilemma. I bet I'm not alone on this one.

Yesterday afternoon when my 8 year old came home from school, I put the TV on for him so he could watch his cartoons. Or at least I t

Digital Debbie Web Watch [Jan 23]

dragon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:13:57 +0000

Here we go again! I should really be writing some articles about something or other, but it’s way more fun to browse videos and entertaining articles. Here are a few for you to check out today when you’re looking for a distraction from your responsibilities: It might be possible to gain weight just thinking [...]

Chicago News Station Reports A TV Show's Airplane Crash As Breaking News! [VIDEO]

Sean McMaster — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:39:31 +0000

We all make mistakes in the media, so far be it from me to fault another media source for an honest mishap. This however is something you would thin could only happen on April Fool’s Day, or during the first radio airing of, “War of the Worlds”. I just saw this video this morning and [...]

Great News Bloopers From The Last Few Months [VIDEO]

Scott Blaine — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:26:03 +0000

Earlier this year I posted a video of some great bloopers from news stations around the country. Well, since that time many more slip ups, photobombs and other silliness has happened and it was all all caught on tape.You gotta love live TV. One even includes a slip up from a former Albany news anchor Rebecca Hall who [...]

Navy Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartments

Kevin Richards — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:05:02 +0000

A Navy jet crashed Friday into some apartments near Virginia Beach, Virginia. CNN reports, the jet hit the Mayfair Mews Apartment complex in Virginia Beach, according to U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell’s office, whose district includes Virginia Beach. The jet was from a training squadron at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, the Navy [...]

Great News Bloopers [VIDEO]

Scott Blaine — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:07:42 +0000

Bloopers are always funny. It’s always a treat to see outtakes from TV shows and movies of people messing up. It’s even funnier when it’s live and there are no re-takes. I stumbled across this gem earlier today and really got a kick out of it. It is some of the best News bloopers so [...]

Did You Miss Today's News Near Albany?

GNA — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:59:22 +0000

Italy - Rescue workers continued efforts to located about two dozen people who are still missing from the Costa Concordia. A decision looms, though, to call off the search for survivors. At least 11 people are known to have been killed. Once officials declare the operation a recovery rather than a rescue, salvage experts will [...]

Gas Prices On the Rise & More News Near Albany

GNA — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:27:07 +0000

Gas – Experts say Americans could see gas prices near $5. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the United States as of Monday was $3.39. That’s nearly 30-cents higher than a year ago, according to Triple AAA. Apparently, there are numerous factors placing upward pressure on gas prices. The U.S. economy, [...]

Surprising Top News Stories Of The Year, From Different News Agencies

Sean McMaster — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:52:47 +0000

If I asked you what the top story of the year for ESPN was, would you say the N.F.L. draft? The lock out? Maybe you would say something like a new NASCAR Champion, or Tiger Woods collapse in the world of golf. All of these guesses are good, but they are also wrong. ESPN The [...]

Man Settles Debt After 60 Years Of Guilt

Sean McMaster — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:04:57 +0000

This is one of those stories that just warms your heart. In a world like the one we live in, it's so nice to know that there are those out there who do still have a conscious. To think that a man could spent the majority of his life feeling enough guilt about stealing money from a huge department store, that he one day returns the money that no one misses anymore. You have to think, maybe just maybe there is hope for the human race.

News You Need to Know Near Albany

GNA — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:54:35 +0000

Massachusetts - A 26-year old man from Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with plotting an attack on the Pentagon. According to authorities, Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen with a physics degree from Northeastern University, planned to use a $6,500 model aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives. He was charg

The News Of The Week Of April 4th Put To Rhyme (AUDIO)

Richie Phillips — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:28:32 +0000

This is always a difficult bit for me to put together. It takes discipline to write a News of the Week song every week, but it was my New Year’s resolution to try to do this on a more regular basis. There have been so many things good and bad this week. Everything from [...]

Goodbye To CBS News Anchor Katie Couric

Richie Phillips — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:57:12 +0000

Katie Couric of the CBS Evening News is leaving when her contract expires in June. Notice I said “of the CBS Evening News” in case you are under 21 have no clue what show she was on. That’s not a knock against you guys. You just come from a different era. You are getting your [...]

Tsunami Video and World Seismic Activity (Video)

Jake Thomas — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:23:04 +0000

With the horrific news and scenes from the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami, and the Hawaiin earthquake and Tsunami as well a lot of people are wondering about seismic activity in their region. There is a world organization that montiors the world’s seismic activity. Take a look at the present world seismic montior. The forces of [...]

News Of The Past Week Rhymed (AUDIO)

Richie Phillips — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:07:02 +0000

This is a tough assignment–to come up with one of these ditties that rhyme the week’s events every week. But if you think it’s worth it, I will try hard to discipline myself to do it. And if you ever want to contribute , be my guest! (Gee-how many things can YOU rhyme with Charlie Sheen?) So as I was [...]

Arizona Shooting Suspect Was Troubled

Jake Thomas — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:08:15 +0000

The suspect in the Arizona shootings that killed 6 was described by friends and college classmates as “paranoid” and an “outcast”. When many of these people heard it was Jared Loughner that was behind the shootings of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords they weren’t shocked. If these people witnessed this type of behavior and sensed there [...]

NYC Overwhelmed In Blizzard Response

Jake Thomas — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:35:00 +0000

Your tax dollars are hard at work. Everytime I check my pay stub, or pump gas I know that we are all being taxed through the nose. The last time I checked New York State is prepared to handle snow. The city of NY which is sucking about 72 cents of every dollar we pay [...]