The Red Sox Scored Huge Bonuses for Winning the World Series (Story)
NFL playoff picture: Titans slip in AFC; Vikings bury Packers (Story)
Judge Judy Tops a List of the World's Highest-Paid TV Hosts (Story)
Today Is the Loneliest Day of the Year (Story)
Five Things That Annoy People at Work (Story)
The Cops Say a Guy Was Using His Phone While Driving. He's Fighting to Prove It Was McDonald's Hash Browns (Story)
15 "Weird" Holiday Songs You Love (Story)
Random Facts for Today
When Metallica was making its self-titled album in 1991, it was so stressful that three of the four members of the band got divorced during the recording. But it wound up being one of the bestselling albums in history so worth it? (Link)
Fried chicken was introduced to America by immigrants from Scotland who settled in the south. (Story)
Only one Secret Service member has ever been killed defending the president. Leslie Coffelt took three bullets for President Truman during an assassination attempt in 1950, and died four hours later. (Link)
The smell from Crayola crayons comes from beef fat. (Story)
Maine is the only state that shares a border with just one other state, New Hampshire. Every other state borders at least two other states, except Alaska and Hawaii, which don't touch any other states. (Link)
Celebrity Birthdays on This Date
Jaleel White 42 (Steve Urkel)
Twista 45
William Fichtner 62
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" 63
Kathryn Bigelow 67
James Avery (1945-201) (Uncle Phil)
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)
Sports on TV Today
College Basketball: Maryland (Eastern Shore) @ St. John's 6:30 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Illinois @ Notre Dame 7:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Virginia Tech @ Penn State 7:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Michigan State @ Louisville 7:30 P.M. ESPN
NHL Hockey: Las Vegas Golden Nights @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:00 P.M. NBCSN
WWE Smackdown 8:00 P.M. USA
College Basketball: Fairleigh Dickinson @ Providence 8:30 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: N.C. State @ Wisconsin 9:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Pittsburgh @ Iowa 9:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Indiana @ Duke 9:30 P.M. ESPN
NFL playoff picture: Titans slip in AFC; Vikings bury Packers (Story)
Judge Judy Tops a List of the World's Highest-Paid TV Hosts (Story)
Today Is the Loneliest Day of the Year (Story)
Five Things That Annoy People at Work (Story)
The Cops Say a Guy Was Using His Phone While Driving. He's Fighting to Prove It Was McDonald's Hash Browns (Story)
15 "Weird" Holiday Songs You Love (Story)
Random Facts for Today
When Metallica was making its self-titled album in 1991, it was so stressful that three of the four members of the band got divorced during the recording. But it wound up being one of the bestselling albums in history so worth it? (Link)
Fried chicken was introduced to America by immigrants from Scotland who settled in the south. (Story)
Only one Secret Service member has ever been killed defending the president. Leslie Coffelt took three bullets for President Truman during an assassination attempt in 1950, and died four hours later. (Link)
The smell from Crayola crayons comes from beef fat. (Story)
Maine is the only state that shares a border with just one other state, New Hampshire. Every other state borders at least two other states, except Alaska and Hawaii, which don't touch any other states. (Link)
Celebrity Birthdays on This Date
Jaleel White 42 (Steve Urkel)
Twista 45
William Fichtner 62
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" 63
Kathryn Bigelow 67
James Avery (1945-201) (Uncle Phil)
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)
Sports on TV Today
College Basketball: Maryland (Eastern Shore) @ St. John's 6:30 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Illinois @ Notre Dame 7:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Virginia Tech @ Penn State 7:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Michigan State @ Louisville 7:30 P.M. ESPN
NHL Hockey: Las Vegas Golden Nights @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:00 P.M. NBCSN
WWE Smackdown 8:00 P.M. USA
College Basketball: Fairleigh Dickinson @ Providence 8:30 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: N.C. State @ Wisconsin 9:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Pittsburgh @ Iowa 9:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Indiana @ Duke 9:30 P.M. ESPN
