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So, I put on two pots of coffee in anticipation of a great pitcher's duel.  Settled into my favorite LA-Z-Boy (well, actually only have one), and turned on four different newscasts simultaneously on my brand new 42 inch screen television, which at the pace of technology, is outdated today.

A final election update now for all you Classic Rockers that are consumed with the artistic endeavors of Q107 and Q1077.com.

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Today, being Election Day, finds it fitting that I hammer away on the standard by which the President is elected to office via the Electoral College. There are those historians suggesting that the Electoral College is the "democratic" way to preserve the integrity of the White House recipient.  After all, this format of process was adopted by our "Founding Fathers". Now, I only

It wasn’t long ago that actress Daryl Hannah was arrested during a pipeline protest in East Texas, and now Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, has been arrested at a similar event.

The weather in Lufkin and Nacogdoches seems just fine, so it’s hard to imagine exactly how bad it is right now on the East Coast as Hurricane Sandy makes her way into New York and New Jersey. There are blizzard warnings in places like West Virginia, because Sandy is mixing with a winter storm there, and meteorologists say that’s the first time in history a storm like that has been created – hurric

Have you heard about the Red Ribbon campaign?  It gives people the opportunity stand up against substance abuse. National Family Partnership sponsors the Red Ribbon week celebration, while the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council works to maintain community awareness through October 26.

Well boys, we have to say that we’re a little disappointed in your beer drinking abilities these days since a recent report by the Beer Institute claims that beer consumption in the United States is down for the third straight year. The good news is that while some of you lightweights where sucking down Vitamin Water and energy drinks, the true grit of the American population was still guzzling an

Today's date:  10/11/12! Are you a numbers person? Do you get charged up about the psychology surrounding numerical sequences? My good friend, Peter Levitrolos III (not Peter Levitrolos II), is planning to celebrate the "dirty dozen" on 12/12/12.

Sure, California has its benefits. The weather is gorgeous, movie stars abound, and there are plenty of hotties walking up and down the street. But how can anyone afford to live there? Be glad you live in East Texas, where drivers are enjoying some of the cheapest gas in the country...

Even if you’re not particularly a baseball fan, you may appreciate the drama today. It’s making national news. The Texas Rangers have been leading their division almost the whole baseball season, and now after 161 games, the Rangers and A’s have identical records, and today’s game will decide who the division champ is, and who gets the better playoff spot. It’s come down to the wire. Are you nervo

They’re out with those numbers again, about how much it costs to raise a child from age 0 to 17. Parents will swallow hard. The US Dept. of Agriculture says it takes $234,900 to raise a kid, including food, shelter, and necessities. Depending upon your definition and your child’s definition of necessities, it could be $2 million, right? A kid has to have his Wii. Texas is actually one of the cheap