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Five News Stories of the Day
Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Analyzes Your Voice and Tells You If You're Being a Jerk (Story)
Whose Fault Is It If Your Phone Wakes You Up During the Night: Yours, or the Person Contacting You? (Story)
Five Things You Probably Don't Know About the Pumpkin Spice Phenomenon (Story)
A Woman in a Stolen 'Student Driver' Car Followed a Cop 11 Miles, Just to See Where He Was Going (Story)
Netflix Is Turning "Resident Evil" Into a TV Show (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day or just under 1% of the world's population.
2. Flights today take longer than they used to like, a flight from New York to Houston is almost four hours now, when it was two-and-a-half hours in 1973. And part of the reason is because airlines now fly SLOWER to save on fuel costs.
3. The first Grammy winner for rap was . . . DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. They won Best Rap Performance for "Parents Just Don't Understand" in 1989.
4. The female shrewish short-tailed opossum has the most nipples of any animal. A female can have up to 27 of them . . . on a body that's only five inches long.
5. Two-thirds of the people in the world have never seen snow.
Celebrity Birthdays
Alana Thompson from "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" is 15.
Quvenzhane Wallis is 17. She's got a recurring role as Dre's cousin Kyra on "Black-ish". She also played "Annie" in the Jamie Foxx remake.
Kyle Massey is 29. Disney Channel star who played Raven's brother Cory Baxter on "That's So Raven" and its spin-off "Cory in the House". He's making music now. (Profanity Alert!!!) He was also the runner-up on the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars".
Cassadee Pope is 31. "Voice" winner turned country star. Biggest hits: "Wasting All These Tears" and her Chris Young duet "Think of You".
Florence Welch is 34. Leader of Florence and the Machine.
Armie Hammer is 34. Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Before that you knew him as the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network", the Prince in"Mirror Mirror", and the Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp's Tonto.
Leann Rimes is 38. Biggest hit: "How Do I Live".
Jake Owen is 39. Country singer. "Barefoot Blue Jean Night", "Beachin'", and "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)".
Jack Black is 51. "Kung Fu Panda" and "Jumanji" superstar.
Jason Priestley is 51. Brandon Walsh on "Beverly Hills 90210".
Billy Boyd is 52. Pippin in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Shania Twain is 55. Country superstar. Her hits include "You're Still the One", "From This Moment On", and "That Don't Impress Me Much".
Amanda Tapping is 55. Samantha Carter on "Stargate SG-1".
Jennifer Coolidge is 59. Stifler's mom in the "American Pie" movies.
Emma Samms is 60. Holly Sutton on "General Hospital" and the second Fallon Carrington on "Dynasty". She replaced Pamela Sue Martin in Season 5.
Scott Hamilton is 62. Old-school Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater.
Daniel Stern is 63. "City Slickers" and Joe Pesci's bumbling partner in "Home Alone". He's also the adult voice of Kevin on "The Wonder Years" and "Dilbert".
Wayne Osmond is 69. The Osmonds.
David Soul is 77. Hutch of "Starsky & Hutch", and the star of the classic 1979 horror miniseries "Salem's Lot".
Five News Stories of the Day
Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Analyzes Your Voice and Tells You If You're Being a Jerk (Story)
Whose Fault Is It If Your Phone Wakes You Up During the Night: Yours, or the Person Contacting You? (Story)
Five Things You Probably Don't Know About the Pumpkin Spice Phenomenon (Story)
A Woman in a Stolen 'Student Driver' Car Followed a Cop 11 Miles, Just to See Where He Was Going (Story)
Netflix Is Turning "Resident Evil" Into a TV Show (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day or just under 1% of the world's population.
2. Flights today take longer than they used to like, a flight from New York to Houston is almost four hours now, when it was two-and-a-half hours in 1973. And part of the reason is because airlines now fly SLOWER to save on fuel costs.
3. The first Grammy winner for rap was . . . DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. They won Best Rap Performance for "Parents Just Don't Understand" in 1989.
4. The female shrewish short-tailed opossum has the most nipples of any animal. A female can have up to 27 of them . . . on a body that's only five inches long.
5. Two-thirds of the people in the world have never seen snow.
Celebrity Birthdays
Alana Thompson from "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" is 15.
Quvenzhane Wallis is 17. She's got a recurring role as Dre's cousin Kyra on "Black-ish". She also played "Annie" in the Jamie Foxx remake.
Kyle Massey is 29. Disney Channel star who played Raven's brother Cory Baxter on "That's So Raven" and its spin-off "Cory in the House". He's making music now. (Profanity Alert!!!) He was also the runner-up on the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars".
Cassadee Pope is 31. "Voice" winner turned country star. Biggest hits: "Wasting All These Tears" and her Chris Young duet "Think of You".
Florence Welch is 34. Leader of Florence and the Machine.
Armie Hammer is 34. Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Before that you knew him as the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network", the Prince in"Mirror Mirror", and the Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp's Tonto.
Leann Rimes is 38. Biggest hit: "How Do I Live".
Jake Owen is 39. Country singer. "Barefoot Blue Jean Night", "Beachin'", and "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)".
Jack Black is 51. "Kung Fu Panda" and "Jumanji" superstar.
Jason Priestley is 51. Brandon Walsh on "Beverly Hills 90210".
Billy Boyd is 52. Pippin in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Shania Twain is 55. Country superstar. Her hits include "You're Still the One", "From This Moment On", and "That Don't Impress Me Much".
Amanda Tapping is 55. Samantha Carter on "Stargate SG-1".
Jennifer Coolidge is 59. Stifler's mom in the "American Pie" movies.
Emma Samms is 60. Holly Sutton on "General Hospital" and the second Fallon Carrington on "Dynasty". She replaced Pamela Sue Martin in Season 5.
Scott Hamilton is 62. Old-school Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater.
Daniel Stern is 63. "City Slickers" and Joe Pesci's bumbling partner in "Home Alone". He's also the adult voice of Kevin on "The Wonder Years" and "Dilbert".
Wayne Osmond is 69. The Osmonds.
David Soul is 77. Hutch of "Starsky & Hutch", and the star of the classic 1979 horror miniseries "Salem's Lot".
