After more than two months of investigation, a former Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Deputy is charged with making terrorist threats.Rick Miller, who resigned from the Department in December, stands accused of writing a threatening email to coworkers.New 12’s Ryan Gustafson joins us live in the newsroom with more. …
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Frank Skinner, who helped create the successful football anthem Three Lions, says he is thinking of recording a new song for this summer’s World Cup.

Skinner said he would like to get the same team of him, David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds back together for a new tune.

He said: “I was thinking I might write a completely new one - why not? …
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Hollywood Week starts next Tuesday! *squeal* But until then, we’ve got the usual shenanigans of our Idols and their ever-expanding universe to keep us entertained.

Howard Stern to Replace Simon?

“Idol” produces want to bring in shock jock Howard Stern to fill the empty seat at the judges table when Simon Cowell leaves at the end of this season, according to a Friday report in the New York Post. …
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The X Factor, it felt like just a bad joke. But when he pulled out a pen and signed a contract in front of reporters, the showrunners, and the network, things suddenly weren’t so funny at all. With Idol’s recent casting shakeups (Paula Abdul Ellen Degeneres coming in but not until Hollywood week), the show’s once-stellar ratings seemed less-than secure as it was. …
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I think that most everyone would agree that humor is a subjective thing. I was sitting recently with a bunch of 60-somethings watching an old video clip of comedian Steve Allen. Mixed in were some comic performances by Alan King, Jack Benny, Bob Newhart and George Gobel. They were all really funny - to us. …
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1. Lizard king: A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a $5,000 fine for trying to smuggle 44 wild geckos out of New Zealand. He was stopped at the airport with the lizards in his pants.

2. Smelling a rat: A Wisconsin woman who brought a dead rat into a restaurant and hid it in her food in hopes of scoring a big payday has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of extortion. …
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Runway” Season 7 are any indication, Heidi and crew are fixing what they fucked up so royally last fall. Personalities are big, designs are good, and that’s just the way we like it.

We were so nonplused last season with the move to Lifetime from Bravo that we almost stopped watching. We openly wondered if the network itself, with its straight female target audience, was to blame for moving away from the gay with unqualified contestants

But things are looking up. …
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(Boyd being behind Rossum), while also conveniently overlooking would be monumental events, such as what would happen when Caroline and Echo were integrated. It all served as a reminder of how inconsistent this show has been and some of the key issues it never was able to overcome.

“Epitaph Two The Hollow Men. …
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Aretha Franklin in 1968, the first year she won a Grammy. For the next 10 years she completely dominated the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category.

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Aretha Franklin in 1968, the first year she won a Grammy. For the next 10 years she completely dominated the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category. …
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It’s music to my ears that others are starting to realize the substandard product produced by WFAN. For about two years, this site has been a pioneer in holding WFAN accountable. I have to admit, the real source of discontent started with the “Unauthorized WFAN Forum” at mikefrancesa.com. If not for those guys, and the spin off called themikefrancesa. …
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