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Watch These People Using the Grill Wrong — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:09 +0000

[onescreen item="5076456"] Memorial Day weekend is a big weekend for grilling, so it’s time for a refresher on what exactly not to do with your grill. It seems unnecessary to remind people that grills are dangerous. They contain fire, which, as everyone should know, can burn you. Be very careful with lighter fluid. Don’t try [...]

Three Hours to 'Paradise' is How I Describe the Sunbanks Rhythm & Blues Festival

Lon Martin — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:43 +0000

Even driving a CaRV that measures it’s zero to sixty time not with a stopwatch but a sundial I made it to “Paradise”, Sunbanks Rhythm & Blues Festival, this past weekend in 2 hours and 50 minutes. That time included a shopping break at Lowe’s on the south end of Moses Lake and a [...]

Watch These Cats Battling Vacuum Cleaners — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:30 +0000

[onescreen item="5076235"] Cats have many enemies—dogs are the obvious one, but they have several other rivalries as well. Among machines, nothing quite matches the enmity cats have for vacuum cleaners. Internet users know felines’ antipathy for printers, but any cat owner knows how his or her pet reacts when the sound of that monstrous cleaning [...]

Memorial Weekend Will Be Awesome With the 'Island Thing' Concerts – Listen to Win

Lon Martin — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:08:22 +0000

The Clover Island Inn features great sunsets and has been offering Top-Flight entertainment on the east end of the Island for years. This Memorial weekend continues that trend. Saturday, May 25th, Eagles tribute band “Hotel California” with local favorite “Colorblind” opening the show. Sunday, the 26th, Beatles tribute band “Yesterday” performs with local favorite “The [...]

This Is Only a Test! Hanford Sirens to Sound Thursday Between 10-11 a.m.

John McKay — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:36:56 +0000

Don’t be alarmed; it’s only a test! Thursday, the DOE will be conducting a test of its Emegency Preparedness System by activating a siren Thursday. The test will be conducted between 10 and 11 a.m., and the siren will be located between the 100H and 100F Areas. It will probably be able to be heard [...]

Memorial Weekend Gas Prices Expected to Be Highest in Two Years – How Do We Compare?

John McKay — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:35 +0000

With a nationwide average jump of 8 cents this week, Americans will find traveling this weekend more expensive. According to AAA, gas prices for Memorial Weekend will be the highest since 2010. With a national average of about $3.65 per gallon, it could make travel more costly. However, as AAA reports in their Fuel Gauge [...]

David Bowie Pays Tribute to Fallen Bassist Trevor Bolder

Nick DeRiso — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:15:07 +0000

David Bowie is paying tribute to Trevor Bolder a day after his former bassist succumbed after a lengthy battle with cancer. Bolder was also a member of Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash.

10 Bizarre Animals That Are Secretly Cute

TheFW Staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:14 +0000

The next time a particular aspect of your own appearance gets you down — like an expanding waistline, or a larger than normal nose — remember what our mom used to say to us as children: “You could’ve been born as a star-nosed mole, or a blobfish. Now shut up and eat your tacos!” (Love [...]

Anchored Putting to Be Banned in Golf by 2016

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:19:20 +0000

Those long-handled putters that have become fairly popular on the professional golf circuit could soon be obsolete after the U.S. Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club—the official governing bodies of The Rules of Golf voted this week to ban “anchoring” a club while putting. Rule 14-1b will prohibit golfers from anchoring their [...]

Two Great Weekends at Two Great Blues Festivals With Great Weather

Lon Martin — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:35 +0000

If you relax properly on your weekends and vacations you return to work rejuvenated, refreshed and exhausted… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! A look over my shoulder at FUN-nominal weather during the last two weekends is even more important in light of today’s (Tuesday, May 21, 2013) at times, torrential down pour. This past weekend, Thursday night thru [...]

Nazareth Deny Retirement Rumors

Jeff Giles — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:05 +0000

At 45 years and counting — and a fair bit of the original lineup still intact — Nazareth is one of the longest-tenured rock bands currently working. And despite rumors to the contrary, they don’t seem to have any plans to hang it up anytime soon. Bassist and founding member Pete Agnew took to the [...]

Warning! Oklahoma Tornado Charity Scams Already Surfacing

John McKay — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:56 +0000

The Better Business Bureau and the Washington State Attorney General’s office are already warning citizens to be careful how they donate to Oklahoma tornado relief. The BBB and AG’s office released information Tuesday that already several scams have popped up claiming to be raising money for the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes. Some of the [...]

Unlucky Woman Wins Powerball Only to Find She Bought Ticket Too Late

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:18 +0000

Here’s proof that timing is indeed everything. A woman from Pasadena, California matched all six numbers in the most recent Powerball drawing, only to discover that she didn’t win because she purchased her ticket too late. Poor woman. Really — with the amount of money she lost, she really is a poor woman. Maria Arrobio [...]

Potential Jumper Talked Down from Blue Bridge Monday Night

John McKay — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:24:19 +0000

A mental evaluation continues on the man who climbed to the top of the Pioneer Memorial Bridge. Shortly after 9 p.m. Monday evening, Pasco and Kennewick police were alerted to a man climbing near the top of the Blue Bridge between Pasco and Kennewick. The man was seen near the flag pole and remained there [...]

John Fogerty Releases New 'Mystic Highway' Song

Jeff Giles — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:57 +0000

Most of John Fogerty's new album, 'Wrote a Song for Everyone,' finds the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman looking back on his distinguished catalog. But he did make room for a couple of new songs -- and one of them, 'Mystic Highway,' now has its own video.