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UPDATE: This, That and the Other (9/20/18)

M. Rutledge

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Three Guys in Boston Found the Red Sox Championship Banner in the Street and Briefly Held It Hostage (Story)


Vontae Davis Explains Why He Retired in the Middle of a Game (Story)
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It's National Pepperoni Pizza Day. Sorry to the One-Third of People Who Don't Like It as a Topping (Link)
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It's Not Your Fault You're Lazy. Turns Out We're All Wired That Way (Story)

Did Your Parents Let You Do These Five Things Unsupervised? And Would You Let Your Kids Do Them Today? (Story)

Ticketmaster Has Been Screwing You Over by Working with Scalpers! (Story)

Five Ways to Live a Longer, Happier Life (Story)

Celebrity Birthdays on This Date:

George R.R. Martin ("Game of Thrones" author) 70
Sammi Hanratty ("Shameless") 23
Phillip Phillips ("American Idol" winner) 28
Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead) 42

Random Facts for Today

Spike Lee's father was the bass player on Simon and Garfunkel's original recording of "The Sound of Silence". (Link)

The "vi" in "Vicodin" comes from the Roman numeral for six . . . because Vicodin is six times stronger than codeine. (Link)

Cyberstalking is now more common than regular, in-person stalking. (Story)

Most of the indoor scenes in "Game of Thrones" are filmed in a studio in Northern Ireland that used to be a factory . . . where the Titanic was made. (Story)

The theme song for "Friends" was originally going to be "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. but they decided not to give the show the rights. (Story)

Sports on TV Today

PGA Tour Golf: Tour Championship 1:00 P.M. GOLF
College Football: Tulsa @ Temple 7:30 P.M. ESPN
 
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