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Kim Kardashian Delivers Baby Girl

Dan Alexander — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:55:17 +0000

Kim Kardashian has delivered a baby girl in Los Angeles. TMZ reports she gave birth a month earlier than expected at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and both mother and child are doing fine. “Kim had her baby,” reports Us. “She’s five weeks early. Kim got sick last night and had the baby early. They’re all doing [...]

New Mexico Teen Gunman Kills 5 Inside Home [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:17:02 +0000

Authorities in New Mexico say a teenage boy has fatally shot two adults and three children inside a suburban Albuquerque home. The Albuquerque Journal is identifying the victims as part of the the family of Pastor Greg Griego, a pastor at the Calvary Church in Albuquerque. Griego’s bio on the church website, which has been removed, [...]

Get Into Yellowstone For Free This Weekend

Jami Bond — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:26:49 +0000

Make Yellowstone Park your weekend destination! It’s free this Saturday! The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at all national parks on Saturday, June 9, for National Get Outdoors Day. National Get Outdoors Day is a new annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. The entrance fee waiver does not include other fees [...]

Sweet! It's National Doughnut Day!

Jami Bond — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:05:27 +0000

Could we ask for a sweeter holiday? It’s National Doughnut Day!
National Donut Day is celebrated on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Donut Day event created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday celebrates the doughnut

Eighth-Grader Snigdha Nandipati Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee — What Was the Clinching Word? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:05:28 +0000

If someone approached you on the street and asked you to spell “guetapens,” could you do it? If you’re San Diego eighth-grader Snigdha Nandipati, you could — that’s the word she correctly spelled on Thursday to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

It's National Chocolate Chip Day!

Jami Bond — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:14:15 +0000

If you are like me you probably don’t need a reason to eat chocolate but if you do, here’s the perfect excuse! It’s National Chocolate Chip Day! Today we celebrate the little chunk of chocolate that can be found in cookies, muffins, pancakes and much more. We can thank Ruth Graves Wakefield who created the [...]

It's National Hamburger Month! Who Has the Best Burgers in Billings?

Jami Bond — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:00:47 +0000

Fire up the grill! May is National Hamburger Month! Time to celebrate an American classic! According to Wikipedia, a hamburger (also called a hamburger sandwich, burger or hamburg) is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat (usually beef, but occasionally pork or a combination of meats) usually placed inside a sliced bread [...]

Free Admission to National Parks from April 21-29

Jami Bond — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:42 +0000

April 21-29 is the week to head to America’s national parks and enjoy what they have to offer. The best part: it’s FREE! Beginning on Saturday, April 19, all 397 national parks around the country will offer free admission all week long! Just in time, Yellowstone National Park plans to open roads in most of [...]