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Kmart Has 'Big Gas Savings' [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:58:52 +0000

OK, just to get this out there, these videos contain a play on words that make it sound naughty. They're not really naughty...but if you think you can't handle what sounds like swearing but isn't, you can go ahead and check out another post.

This Was President Barack Obama's Prom Night [PICTURES]

Laura Daniels — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:21:14 +0000

Regardless of where you stand politically, ya gotta admit, President Obama is one smooth ["....shut 'yo mouth, I'm just talkin' about the prez!"] cat. And he’s had the swagger since he was in high school. Check out these just-released photos of the Commander-in-Chief from his prom night. He kind of reminds me of the “original” [...]

Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep During TV Interview [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:52:28 +0000

To be fair, a British accent from Michael Cain is soothing enough to lull me to sleep too…but I’m not sure I’d be able to do it on TV! Morgan Freeman nodded off while doing press for the new movie, ‘Now You See Me’. Always the good-humored guy, Morgan explained, “I wasn’t actually sleeping. I’m [...]

Cat Bearding — What Is It? (Or, WHY Is It?)

Laura Daniels — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:18 +0000

If you’ve spent more than 30 seconds online in your life, you know the internet is chock full of cats and selfies. It’s about time someone combined the two. There’s a new “trend”…and it’s called “cat bearding”. You hold your cat up while he’s looking straight up, and when his adorable little face covers the [...]

Where Did That Saying Come From?

Laura Daniels — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:28:01 +0000

We say a whole lotta strange phrases on a day-to-day basis…but have you ever wondered where they originated? I’m a self-proclaimed nerd with these things…so I have! I’m also an answer-finder, so here’s what I tracked down! Beating Around The Bush – In hunting, sometimes ya gotta stomp around on the underbrush to scare the [...]

Jon Bon Jovi Has Choice Words For Justin Beiber

Kat Lee — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:13:11 +0000

Sorry, Beliebers, but your main man Justin Bieber is not the most popular dude right now. Even Jon Bon Jovi is taking some pot shots at the teen heartthrob. The ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ rocker, who is on tour in Europe, was questioned by the London Evening Standard (via Hollywood Life) about Bieber’s chronic tardiness [...]

Death Toll in Oklahoma Lowered to 24; Search for Survivors Continues

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:52 +0000

Officials in Oklahoma have lowered the number of deaths suffered to 24 in the massive tornado that swept through the town of Moore Monday night. Originally, the figure had been as high as 51, probably a result of double-counting.

The Hot New Dessert Is The Cronut

Laura Daniels — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:49 +0000

Sweet Lord above…why must these things appear at bathing suit season? My friends…I present, the “cronut” — half croissant, half donut. And from the looks of the picture, I can safely say I would like to make a bed, pillow and tiny little earrings out of them. [button href="http://knstrct.com/2013/05/18/the-dessert-thats-taking-over-new-york-the-cronut-croissant-x-doughnut-hybrid/" title="Read More About The Evil Genius [...]

Oklahoma Woman Finds Her Dog Buried Alive In Tornado Rubble [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:35 +0000

Obviously the stories coming out of Oklahoma have been heartbreaking. I’m doing all I can to not only pay tribute and respect, but also to find a glimmer of hope in some of this. Here is my glimmer for this hour… Barbara Garcia was speaking with a CBS reporter about what she lost…and as she [...]

Family Emerges From Storm Cellar To See What's Left Of Their Home After Oklahoma Tornado [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:24:24 +0000

News and updates continue to pour in after the Oklahoma tornado, and the footage we’ve seen has been hard to watch. Entire communities have been leveled in the 10-minute storm. The local NBC station called it “the biggest, most destructive tornado in history.” Imagine you’ve followed orders to seek shelter and have hunkered down in your storm [...]

Connecticut High School Prom Held 70 Years Later

Laura Daniels — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:41 +0000

Here’s a great story that lends some perspective to today’s teens. And I’m not trying to be an old fuddy-duddy; I’m just saying from experience, anyone born after 1990 seems to have this ridiculous sense of entitlement and would SURELY pitch a fit if their senior prom was cancelled for something as “trivial”…as a war. [...]

Oklahoma Tornado Devastation — How To Help

Laura Daniels — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:30:15 +0000

Like most of the country, I’m glued to the coverage of what’s unfolding in Oklahoma. Entire buildings flatted…vehicles tossed like crumpled foil…communities that are all but non-existent. It’s hard for us to sit by and watch. While we try to sort out details and find out where there is the greatest need, please do what [...]

Barbecue Recipes for Memorial Day Weekend — Watch How to Do Them Right

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:42 +0000

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of barbecue season and will find many Americans firing up the grill over the holiday weekend.

Part of the beauty of grilling is its simplicity, but that doesn't mean you can't improve your grill repertoire or technique. We've compiled a list of recipes and tips that can help you become a master of the open flame:

2013 Billboard Music Awards — What Did You Think Of Justin Bieber's Speech? [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:41 +0000

AS per usual, an interesting smattering of talent graced the stage for this year’s Billboard Music Awards. As a rule I’m not a huge fan of awards shows…they’ve become less about who’s most talented and more about who they’re wearing and who’s drunker than who. As much as I love our little friend Justin Bieber, [...]

Surprising Someone Totally Impossible To Surprise [PICTURES]

Laura Daniels — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:33:34 +0000

At 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2013, I breathed the biggest sigh of relief known to man. If you experienced a massive “WHEW!” around that time, it traveled from me to you all the way from Jamestown. It was SO hard to keep this from you, as we spend every morning together, and I feel like [...]

How To Regrow Food From Food Scraps

Laura Daniels — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:35:40 +0000

Cooking. Saving money. Teaching kids how food grows. Attempting any type of horticulture. These are a few of my favorite things. We all did that avocado-suspended-on-toothpicks project in school. This goes a step or two further. It’s about the coolest way you can teach kids how food is grown…and they’ll have such a cool sense of [...]

DJ The Wonder Dog or Luna The Polar Bear?

Laura Daniels — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:43:09 +0000

Like the rest of Buffalo (and a good portion of the rest of the world!) I’ve been following Luna’s time at the Buffalo Zoo. Sure, baby ANYTHINGs are adorable…but getting to see an amazing creature from its beginning stages, right here in WNY? We really are fortunate. Then of course came yesterday’s arrival from Alaska of [...]

The Cast Of 'The Office' Gets Ready To Say Good-Bye [VIDEO]

Laura Daniels — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:16:31 +0000

When The Office made it’s debut, I was in love. Full-on, can’t-sleep-because-I’m-thinking-about-it, can’t-wait-to-see-it-again, butterflies-in-my-tummy in love. (Ok, maybe a slight exaggeration, but I did like it a whole bunch.) It’s quirky, quick, dry sense of sarcastic humor is right up my alley, and while a couple seasons seemed to phone it in, I still have [...]

'Twenty-Dollar, Twenty-Minute Meals For Four' — An Interview With Author Caroline Wright [AUDIO]

Laura Daniels — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:38 +0000

I was skeptical myself…until I read the cookbook! ‘Twenty-Dollar, Twenty-Minute Meals For Four’ is a MUST-HAVE for any busy family…actually, for any busy ANYONE! But you know when soccer and softball practices coincide with sleepovers and birthday parties, sometimes it seems impossible to get a good meal on the table with very little money and [...]

7-Year-Old Has Great Idea On How to Prevent Gun Deaths [VIDEO + PICTURE]

Laura Daniels — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:34:31 +0000

Every once in awhile you stumble upon a story that — while a bit far fetched — kind of makes sense. It TOTALLY makes sense if you’re seven. A little boy from Milwaukee named Myles Nelson came up with his own way of preventing gun deaths — by making bullets out of chocolate. He sent the letter to [...]