Radio One Offers Homeless Man With ‘Golden Voice’ Job

Ohio — Radio One, Inc., announced today that Radio Station WXMG-FM in Columbus, Ohio, which can be found at

www.MyColumbusMagic.com, interviewed Ted Williams, the man who has become an Internet sensation and is aptly being referred to as the Man with the Golden Radio Voice, and offered him a full-time job.

It would be a fitting return to the airwaves as Mr. Williams worked for WXMG years ago (before it was owned by Radio One), listens to the station and would be a perfect host of the station’s popular nighttime show The Quiet Storm (a format created by Cathy Hughes who founded Radio One), which allows our listeners to leave their hectic day behind and slip into a calm and quiet evening. Radio One is sensitive to the issues that Mr. Williams has faced and as his employer would
commit to assisting him with housing, counseling and transportation. Radio One was founded on the premise of “Service to the Community” and so this commitment to Mr. Williams is in keeping with the theme of our 30th Anniversary Celebration in October 2010 during which we gave back to the community in ways that impacted countless lives
across the country.

In this exclusive video Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden radio voice turned overnight sensation, takes a moment to talk to Radio One Columbus’ own Konata about his dreams of working for Radio One and his sudden stardom.

Buffalo's Hispanic community celebrates Three Kings

BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - For most of us, the holiday season is now behind us. But not for many Hispanic cultures. They consider January 6 an even bigger celebration than Christmas Day.

It's Three Kings Day. As WBFO'S Sharon Osorio reports, his weekend, two "Three Kings" events are being held for needy children and families right here in Buffalo.

"I was born and raised here in Buffalo, and going to Puerto Rico for the first t time 10 years ago to fly out there for Christmas was kind of a culture shock. December 25 came and I was excited. I said, oh it's Christmas, I'm going to give out gifts, and they're like it's not until January 6. What are you doing," said Wilmer Olivencia.

Wilmer Olivencia's is the board president of the Olivencia Community Center on Swan Street in Buffalo. He says this "Christmas confusion" helped him realize the importance of the Olivencia Center observing Three Kings Day, or el Dia de los Tres Reyes, year after year, to keep the tradition alive. This Saturday, about a hundred needy families will gather at the Olivencia Center to celebrate, experience the culture of their relatives, and for the kids receive gifts, just like the story of the 3 Kings - or 3 Wise Men - bringing gifts to Jesus.

"Three 3 kings is basically celebrating the epiphany. It's something in Latin American countries celebrate. It's more common in Latin American countries to Christmas than Santa Claus. The children they put their shoe box underneath their bed, and they put the hay for the camels and they put their list of gifts that they would want, and obviously they would have to be a good boy or good girl throughout the year so one of the kings could give hem a gift," said Olivencia.

The committee working on the Olivencia-Center event accepted more than 100 applications to find qualifying families, and to get the gender and ages of each child to buy them appropriate gifts. And on Saturday, the Three Kings will distribute the gifts. "We have a direct pipeline to our Three Kings. We bring them in and they don't come in on a sleigh, they come in on camels and we park them in the back of the community center, and we have them give the gifts to all the children that participate," said Olivencia.

While the gift-giving can be one of the most tangible highlights of the event, Olivencia believes the sit-down dinner of typical Puerto Rican fare is also extremely important.

"The dinner is something we implemented in the last, say, five years and it was to put that if it's one time during the year that a family could sit down together and have a meal, some arroz con gandules, some pernil, and a salad and a little dessert, then they can sit down with their mom and dad or with kids and say we're thankful for what we've got or this is the new year we want to start it the right way. Instead of giving candy and juice," said Olivencia.

Last year, each family received a Tops gift card. But unless they receive more donations this year, Olivencia says that will have to change.

"We're looking this year to probably purchase some and raffle them off because at this point and time, 85% of the proceeds went toward purchasing the gifts, so it's kind of difficult because we also have to get the food and pay for the entertainment. Our budget wasn't as big as it was in previous years but we'll try to stretch it out as much as possible," said Olivencia.

Another Three Kings event will take place Sunday at D'Youville College. Buffalo City Council member David Rivera is a member of Western New York Hispanic & Friends Civic Association, and a sponsor of the event. Rivera's parents are from Puerto Rico.

"They came to the us in the 50s as a young child I remember them celebrating this event and we've continued to pass it on to our children and our grandchildren," said Rivera.

The event at D'Youville will also provide comforts to additional needy members of the community.

"It is a beautiful event we're able to help young children who perhaps don't have the wherewithal or parents who don't have the wherewithal to give their children presents this time of the season we're able to help them bring some joy to their lives. There are approximatley 300 families that are given clothes, toys and sometimes food so we do, we're able to help people with different things which I think is great," said Rivera.

The Olivencia Community Center continues to accept donations for its event. You can contact the center by call at (716) 852-1648.

Three Kings Day: Epiphany Holiday

We Three Kings Day (Epiphany Holiday) or “El Día de los Reyes Magos,” is celebrated by mostly Catholics & Latino’s. It falls on January 6th. The observance had its origins in the Eastern Christian Churches, and was a general celebration of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. It included the commemoration of: his birth; the visit of the Magi or Wise Men.

The twelve days of Christmas officially ends on this day, the Feast of Epiphany, “The Adoration of the Magi” or “The Manifestation of God,” which is known as the day of the Three Kings or El Día de los Reyes Magos (in Spanish “Magos” stands for wise men, “magi.”) According to the Bible, on the night when Christ was born, the three wise kings saw a bright star, followed it to Bethlehem, found the baby Jesus and presented it with gold, frankincense and myrrh.

This is a day to give hope and present your gifts. Here are a few gifts that would be great to give to your kids today.

Three Kings’ Day Traditions with Rosca de Reyes, Tamales and More!

Three Kings Day, also known as the Epiphany, falls on January 6th and is considered the last day of Christmas. Western Christians celebrate the three kings visiting the baby Jesus and bringing him gifts, and there’s a “Little Christmas” associated with it as well.

In Western Christianity, Christmas celebrations often start on December 25th and continue on for 12 days of Christmas ending on January 6th, Three Kings Day or the Epiphany. In Orthodox churches and Eastern Christianity, they are celebrating the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River and Jesus’ birth today.

This day is often celebrated with a feast, and in Latin America there will be several loaves of rosca de reyes or “kings’ ring” cake consumed, as well as other pastilles, tamales and more for this el Día de los Reyes Magos.

Mexican bakeries will be stocked with these sweet treats, but you can also make your own, and don’t forget the tamales for tonight’s dinner! These green chile chicken tamales are some of my favorites.

Nick Brooks Is Awfully Weepy; Elizabeth Edwards Leaves John Out of Will; NYC EMS Chief Demoted

Nick Brooks, charged with murder in the Soho House death of his ex-girlfriend Sylvie Cachay, is now in Rikers, where it's said he's been "weeping 'like a baby.'" He is also not very popular among the inmates, apparently. On a bus ride from Rikers to Manhattan Supreme Court with other inmates Tuesday, "Everybody was taunting him." [NYP]

• Elizabeth Edwards left everything to her children in her will, dated December 1, 6 days before she died of breast cancer. There is no mention of John Edwards. [CNN]

• We knew this would happen eventually! An IRS agent cheated on his own taxes. He faces up to 9 years in jail. [NYT]

• McNally Jackson has a new machine that lets them print whatever book you want that's in the public domain, in print or not, ON DEMAND. My, how far we've come. [NYC The Blog]

• Peter Martins, the 64-year-old head of the New York City Ballet, was arrested for DWI on New Year's Day. [NBC NY]

• Another casualty of the Snow-pocalypse: The FDNY's Emergency Medical Service Command, Chief John Peruggia, has been demoted following Blizzardgate '10. Abdo Nahmod, who had been deputy assistant chief overseeing the department's Emergency Medical Dispatch, will replace him. [SILive]

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2011 People's Choice Awards Winners in TV

FOX's shows "House M.D." and "Glee" prove that they appeal to fans after their victories at 2011 People's Choice Awards were announced. "House" not only won Favorite TV Drama but also helped Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein to win the favorite TV Drama Actor and Actress while Favorite TV Comedy "Glee" delivered a win for Jane Lynch.

The event is a fan-voted awards show which was held at Nokia Theatre on January 5 in Los Angeles, California. Other winners which were announced early were Neil Patrick Harris (Favorite TV Comedy Actor) and Conan O'Brien (Favorite Talk Show Host). The latter said on his acceptance speech, "When you're up against Oprah Winfrey, you don't want to win. It makes Oprah very, very angry."

Laurie once again won for his take on Gregory House, winning Favorite TV Doctor which was actually dominated by the doctors from "Grey's Anatomy". Although the biggest nominee, "Grey's Anatomy" could only manage to steal Favorite Guest Star for Demi Lovato. For Lovato who is in rehab, this is a consolation night for her TV movie "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" also won.

Voted as Favorite TV Shows in Comedy and Drama are "$#*! My Dad Says" and "Hawaii Five-0" respectively. Homer Simpsons and his family walked away with a trophy as Favorite TV Family, beating The Griffins, The Harpers, The Pritchetts/Dunphys and The Scavos.

Meanwhile, "Lie to Me" surprisingly pocketed two nods, one for Favorite TV Crime Drama and the other for Favorite TV Crime Fighter (Tim Roth). This would be especially meaningful for the FOX show which was not given a back-nine order recently.

2011 People's Choice Awards also honors those in movie, music and other fields.

People's Choice Awards winners Taylor Swift and Johnny Depp bond over actor's daughter, Lily-Rose Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment

Elton John presents Taylor Swift with Favorite Country Artist award. (Winter/Getty)

The 63-year-old British musician -- "proud papa," host Queen Latifah called the new father who welcomed home a baby boy via surrogate on Christmas day -- received a standing ovation before presenting Swift with the award for Favorite Country Artist.

"Elton, congratulations to you, you're a dad now," Swift said after getting a hug and a kiss from the legend. "I'm so honored to get an award from you."

She then thanked her fans for "always being people I can count on," which could be interpreted as a veiled diss to recent ex Jake Gyllenhaal.

If it was, Swift wasn't angry for too long. After the show, she tweeted a joke photo of her in the car with long-time friend Selena Gomez.

"Thank you SO much for the Peoples Choice Award! It's sitting here all sparkly in my hotel room. I love you guys. :)" she wrote.

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Kappas boast 100 years — and a brotherhood of high achievers

Retired Col. William Hammond really started something when he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi, then the only black fraternity at Indiana University, in 1946.

Later his two brothers and a son pledged the fraternity. A grandson is expected to join soon.

On Wednesday, Hammond will meet thousands of his fraternity brothers, past and present, in Bloomington, Ind., for ceremonies marking the fraternity's 100th anniversary.

"To go back where it started, I wouldn't miss it for anything," said Hammond, 83, a retired Army pharmacist who lives in Fort Lauderdale.

Bobbie Brooks, 42, president (called polemarch) of the West Palm Beach alumni, and a number of other South Florida Kappas will join the trek to Indiana. Also, commemorations will take place locally throughout the week.

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There is a lot of fun as well as tradition associated with being "Nupes," as Kappas are also called, for their secret motto "Phi Nu Pi." The frat is known for "stepping with Krimson and Kreme," which has to do with moving rhythmically and brandishing red and white canes at extremely lively competitions.

But belonging has a serious side: Members pride themselves on achieving in all endeavors. They make their presence felt by guiding youths, doling out scholarships and caring for the elderly in their communities.

Famous alumni include Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, Arthur Ashe, Daniel "Chappie" James, who was the first African-American four-star general, and civil rights activist Ralph J. Abernathy.

There are no shortcuts to Kappa-hood, and it doesn't matter who you are. When there was discussion in 2008 about making Barack Obama a Kappa, members insisted "he had to come through the fraternity the right way," said Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Bobby DuBose. "There is no honorary."

The fraternity is the first black Greek organization founded west of the Appalachian Mountains that is still in existence. It was started in 1911 by 10 black Indiana University students who had met with hostility because of their race.

Kappa undergraduate chapters are chartered at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Nova Southeastern University in Davie, and 17 other campuses in Florida.

The Florida A&M University chapter is serving an indefinite suspension for a hazing incident in which two fraternity members were convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison in 2007. After four nights of hazing that included hard strikes with a wooden cane, the 20-year-old pledge wannabe had to seek medical treatment.

Is Ted Williams a homeless bum, the new radio voice of America?

As Ted Williams openly acknowledges, radio is theater of the mind- which if he plays his cards right should exact himself a theatrical resurrection of his career.

Which raises the idea the next time you look at a homeless man, don’t be surprised if he or she turns out to be an ex astrophysicist or derivatives trader, although something tells us the average person probably has more sympathy for someone who’s voice can make you melt in the snow. Not that sympathy ever mattered in America…

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Update: telegraph.co.uk:

Columbus radio station WNCI is reported to have booked him to appear tomorrow morning and says ESPN and MTV have expressed interest.

The Ohio Credit Union League has also offered Williams $10,000 (£6,470) for voice work, according to The Columbus Dispatch

We reckon that should put a smile on a whole lot of people’s faces, especially Ted’s!

Ted Williams, homeless man with 'golden voice,' offered full-time job and home by Cleveland Cavs Read more: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/201

Ted Williams, a homeless man who is the subject of viral video that has captivated the internet at large, has been offered a full-time job and a mortgage on a home by Quicken Loans Arena and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

A woman named Tracy, representing Quicken Loans and the Cavaliers, called WNCI 97.9 on Wednesday morning and made the offer. CNBC's Darren Rovell confirmed the authenticity of the offer on Twitter. Williams was inundated with offers throughout his appearance, so there is no word whether the offer has been accepted or signed at this point.

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First Chinese Stealth Fighter Ready For Takeoff?

Aviation buffs are buzzing over blurry

photographs now surfacing on Chinese military websites purporting to show Beijing's first stealth fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20 fighter. Chinese aviation fans says they have been snapping pics of the jet during recent taxi tests, with a first flight likely still weeks away. It's the best holiday gift Western air power advocates could wish for -- or further evidence of the self-licking ice cream cone nature of defense spending. Most likely, both.

Half the fun of such sightings is trying to determine if they are real, or simply Photoshopped fighters created on computer screens. If you think it may be real, you try to figure out its utility -- and how other air forces might counter it. "Why would China need or want a short-range stealth aircraft?" asks Bill Sweetman of Aviation Week, a pre-eminent new-plane hunter. "Any targets with defenses that call for that capability are a long way from the mainland."

Some observers believe the jet is genuine, and overdue. "China has the money, they have the industrial expertise, they have the scientific base, the drive and motivation and of course the benefit of American research over 30 years acquired by legal or illegal means," one notes. "These enablers give China wide latitude in matching or exceeding American designs that are now 20 years old."

Others aren't so impressed. "Personally I think it is piloted by sharks and armed with an internally mounted death ray (technology provided by escaped Nazis who the Chinese found on the moon during their yet to be revealed highly secretive moon mission) with wing hard points wired for photon torpedos and Zeus's lightning rods," a second opined. "Oh, it is also a `carrier killer'." That, of course, is a major concern of the U.S. Navy. If war were ever to come between China and the U.S., it would likely be over Taiwan -- and U.S. aircraft carriers would be key to winning that fight. Stay tuned.

Read more: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/12/27/first-chinese-stealth-fighter-ready-for-takeoff/#ixzz1ABAVDFUC

China’s bank-reserve move may raise risks: analyst

By Chris Oliver, MarketWatch

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Efforts by China’s central bank to take a more activist role in setting the amount of reserves individual banks must set aside could displace the role of market forces and even compound risks within the banking system, a Hong Kong-based analyst said Wednesday.

The People’s Bank of China plans to set lenders’ reserve requirements monthly on a bank-by-bank basis, and could also adjust the interest it pays for those reserves, according to a report Wednesday in the state-run China Securities Journal. See report on China’s reported bank-reserves plan.

New stealth fighter jet for China?

New photos indicate the possibility that the Chinese military has developed a new stealth fighter jet, confirming fears of a military buildup.

Dong Tao, chief economist for Asia ex-Japan at Credit Suisse, said the plan purportedly under study by the central bank would essentially see it play a huge role in assessing the financial health of individual banks.

“The central bank is playing the role of god, judging which bank is lending out too much and which deserves a higher reserve ratio, instead of leaving this to the market,” Tao said.

Tao said China’s interbank lending market is not as developed as comparable systems in the West and lacks the ability to discipline banks that take on excessive risk.

Still, he added, the new approach required the People’s Bank of China to make perhaps too many discretionary judgments on how banks should lend.

“And the more they do this, the more likely that at some stage some policy mistakes take place,” Tao said.

Tao said the central bank’s policy, though yet to be officially confirmed, amounted to a change in the banking infrastructure rather than a signal it is about to embark on an new round of monetary-policy tightening.

Chris Oliver is MarketWatch's Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong.

US prepares priority list ahead of Hu visit

THE Obama admiinstration has signalled its main priorities regarding China are its undervalued currency, Iran and North Korea.

The two countries are attempting to bolster ties over the next fortnight before the US visit of President Hu Jintao on January 19.

US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi this week to prepare for the visit.

"Mr Donilon stressed the importance of effective efforts to reduce imbalances in both the global economy as well as in US-China trade," a White House statement said.

"They discussed ways to advance our non-proliferation objectives, including working together to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, to meet its commitments and international obligations, and to avoid destabilising behaviour."

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On Sunday, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates will make his first visit to Beijing after two years in the job in the Obama administration.

It will effectively end the freeze in military relations triggered by China after the US sold $US6.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan last February.

In the months following the deal, China began testing its weight in the region, entered spats with Japan and Vietnam, and won few friends by implicitly backing North Korea after the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan and the missile attack on Yeonpyeong island.

Much has been made in recent years of China's naval build-up, which is expected to culminate in the production of its first aircraft carrier by 2015. It is also developing the world's first anti-aircraft-carrier missile.

Now, ahead of the Beijing visit by Mr Gates, photos of what experts believe to be China's first stealth fighter plane have appeared online.

The photographs, published on several unofficial Chinese and foreign defence websites, appear to show a prototype plane known as a J-20 making a high-speed taxi test -- usually one of the final steps before an aircraft makes its first flight.

Observers predicted China could be three years ahead on its plans for the aircraft.

U.S. downplays Chinese stealth fighter status

(Reuters) - China is still years away from being able to field a stealth aircraft, despite the disclosure of images indicating that it appears to have a working prototype, a U.S. Navy official said on Wednesday.

The Wall Street Journal published images of what it said appeared to show a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter prototype making a high-speed taxi test. The images have also appeared on a number of websites.

The publication of the photographs comes just days before Defense Secretary Robert Gates is due to travel to Beijing.

Asked when China would be able to field the jet, Vice Admiral David Dorsett, director of naval intelligence, said it would be years.

Dorsett told reporters the published photos left a lot of questions unanswered. He did not immediately vouch for their authenticity.

"In terms of the stealth photos, the IOC (initial operational capability) on the stealth aircraft, it's still not clear to me when it's going to become operational," he said.

"Developing a stealth capability with a prototype and then integrating that into a combat environment is going to take some time," he said.

If I Were Mega Millions Winner: Bradley Cooper Would Be My Manny & More Celebs I’d Buy!

Wouldn’t it be awesome to win the lottery? If I were the Mega Millions winner, I would no longer be taking my daughter to school myself. No, I’d use my mega millions payout to hire a new nanny, or should I say manny, Bradley Cooper. He’d also be my chauffer. And personal companion. And he wouldn’t be my only celebrity hire.

I’d also buy Jennifer Garner to be my personal trainer, because I think she has the perfect body. Since I don’t want to break up her family, husband Ben Affleck can move into my backyard with their daughters, who are similar ages to my kids. Awesome playdates!

I’d hire Warren Buffett as my financial adviser. Mark Zuckerberg would be in charge of fixing my computer.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds would be my new gardening crew. Sorry fellas, but it gets hot at my home – no shirts.

Meet my new maid, Danielle Staub. (I think she needs to learn some humility.)

Jennifer Aniston could be my yoga instructor, as long as she promised not to talk to my husband.

And Dakota Fanning would be my kids’ new babysitter.

How about you – what celebs would you hire if you won got the Mega Millions numbers right?

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Two winners to split $355 million jackpot

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Two winning tickets, from Idaho and Washington, will share a $355 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Mega Millions has yet to announce the identity of Tuesday night's drawing winners, who beat the odds of one in 176 million by selecting the winning numbers: 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 and the mega ball number 42.

The Washington winner purchased the lucky ticket at a Safeway store in Ephrata, a town in the central part of the state between Seattle and Spokane.

Gamblers lined up Tuesday at newsstands and gas stations in 41 states and Washington, D.C., hoping to overcome astronomical odds and win one of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history.

"The odds are 1 in 176 million," said Carolyn Hapeman, a spokeswoman for New York State's lottery division. "But plenty of people have done it before."

The winners have the option of accepting their half of the jackpot as a lump sum, or divided into 26 annual payments.

This was the first jackpot winner since Nov. 25, when a winning $25 million ticket -- unclaimed as of Tuesday -- was bought in Broadview Heights, Ohio, according to the Mega Millions website.

In order to win, players have to hit the first five numbers plus the so-called mega ball.

Sixty-seven players who hit the first five numbers without the mega ball won $250,000 each.

The largest U.S. jackpot ever, $390 million in Mega Millions, was won on March 6, 2007, split by two people from Georgia and New Jersey.

The second-largest jackpot -- and the largest ever in the other big multi-state lottery, Powerball -- was $365 million won by ConAgra Foods co-workers in Nebraska on Feb. 18, 2006.

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Many of the winners, including the ones from New York, are required to make a public appearance after they win, but after that they can fade from public view, according to Hapeman.

Curse of the lottery

Some winners don't live happily ever after. The so-called lottery curse, popularized by the corpulent character "Hurley" on ABC's show "Lost," has ruined at least a dozen winners over the years who couldn't handle the sudden influx of fortune and fame.

"Lost" creator Damon Lindelof tweeted that 9,078 people played Hurley's numbers -- 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 -- and won $150 each because they got four of the numbers correct. This detail could not be independently verified by Mega Millions.

But according to the Mega Millions website, more than 41,000 players had guessed four numbers correctly, winning the $150 prize.

The most infamous case of the lottery curse is that of Andrew "Jack" Whittaker, a construction company owner from West Virginia who won $315 million from Powerball in 2002.

Already a millionaire before he won the lottery, Whittaker pledged part of the winnings to his church.

But it all went downhill from there, according to published reports.

Whittaker's post-lottery problems are said to have included lawsuits, divorce, drunk driving, the theft of a cash-stuffed briefcase in a strip club, and the untimely deaths of his daughter and granddaughter.

Hapeman said the curse hasn't touched any lottery winners from New York, the most recent being Garina Fearon of Brooklyn, a corrections officer who won a $54 million jackpot from Mega Millions on Sept. 17.

"When I saw I had the numbers I started running, jumping and screaming all over the parking lot," said Fearon, according to Mega Millions. "Everyone saw me running around. They must have thought I was crazy or something."

dunkin donuts nutrition

I’m from Massachusetts and love Dunkin Donuts as much as the next person. In Las Vegas, a 7-11 graces almost every street corner. In Colorado Springs, you find a Walgreens wherever you go, oddly enough. In Massachusetts though, you can find a Dunkin Donuts on practically every street. My favorite is their strawberry frosted donuts. If they have sprinkles on them, all the better.

But nutritionally speaking, Dunkin donuts are not the best thing for us. We all know that. But particularly now, a Boston Cream donut can throw us off our New Year’s resolutions faster than our kids finish their box of Munchkins.

Apparently, Dunkin Donuts has added some healthier menu option, like egg-white only options in their breakfast menu, but even then, how healthy are they? Best to wait for a month or two to try them, when we’ve lost at least some of the weight we were hoping.

If you and your kids are craving donuts, or great breakfast food, why not try these healthier things you can make at home? You may even save some money.

Brett Favre reportedly facing sex harassment lawsuit

Brett Favre, whose final season in a 20-year National Football League career was tarnished by a $50,000 league fine for sending inappropriate e-mails to a former New York Jets employee, is now reportedly facing a sexual harassment suit filed by two other women who also once worked for the Jets.

ABC's Good Morning America website is reporting that Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, both former massage therapists for the Jets, filed suit today against Favre, the NFL team and Lisa Ripi, a woman who hires massage therapists for the team, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

GMA says that calls to the Jets about the lawsuit were not immediately returned.

At the time the NFL announced its fine for Favre, it disclosed it had reviewed media reports that Favre pursued two massage therapists who worked at the Jets' facility in 2008, when Favre played for the team. But the league said that claim could not be substantiated because people with "potentially relevant information" declined to be interviewed or cooperate with investigators.

In today's suit, GMA says Scavo alleges that Favre sent text messages to another unidentified massage therapist, asking Scavo and the unidentified woman to "get together" with Favre.

Scavo said that in 2008 while Favre was with the New York Jets, he treated her like a "hanging slab of meat," according to GMA. In the suit, she claims he wanted a three-way with her and another therapist.

Favre allegedly texted the unidentified therapist, writing, "Brett here, you and Crissy want to get together, I'm all alone," according to the lawsuit.

Favre allegedly sent another text message reading, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad intentions."

Scavo claimed that after she refused Favre's advances and had her husband, Joseph Scavo, call Favre to demand an apology, both Scavo and the other plaintiff, Shannon O'Toole, were never offered work with the Jets again.

To see the GMA's complete story, you can click here.

Favre last week was fined $50,000 by the NFL for a "failure to cooperate" with the investigation into allegations he sent inappropriate messages and lewd photos to former New York Jets game-day hostess Jenn Sterger.

The league said then that Commissioner Roger Goodell "could not conclude" that Favre violated the league's personal conduct policy based on the evidence currently available to him.

"The forensic analysis could not establish that Favre sent the objectionable photographs to Sterger," the statement said. "The review found no evidence to contradict the statements of both Favre and Sterger that they never met in person, nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger engaged in any inappropriate conduct."

Goodell determined Favre was "not candid in several respects during the investigation resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL," the statement said.

The initial allegations against the 41-year-old Minnesota Vikings quarterback surfaced on the website Deadspin, which posted a video Oct. 7 that included text messages and voicemails allegedly left by the quarterback for Sterger, including one in which he invites her to his hotel. The video ends with several

below-the belt photos — said to be of Favre — which were allegedly sent to Sterger.

A former model who also appeared on the Versus television network, Sterger refused to speak on the record to the website.

Weeks after the story broke, she talked with league investigators and cooperated fully, according to her manager.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Brett+Favre+reportedly+facing+harassment+lawsuit/4054049/story.html#ixzz1A5M6r4Zy

Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, Massage Therapists, Allege Brett Favre Wanted Group Sex in Lawsuit

NEW YORK (CBS) Two former massage therapists for the New York Jets, Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, are claiming they too were victims of sexual harassment by quarterback Brett Favre.

PICTURES: Jenn Sterger, Brett Favre Accuser

The harassment suit claims Favre sought to have group sex with Scavo and an unnamed third therapist.

According to the New York Daily News, the famed quarterback allegedly texted: "Brett here you and crissy want to get together im all alone." And a second message cited in the lawsuit said, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad intentions."

According to Scavo, Favre "eyed her like a hanging slab of beef" and after telling her husband about the texts, he confronted Favre on the phone and demanded an apology. Favre, the suit claims, refused. Scavo and O'Toole say because of the incidents they "were never again called to provide massage therapy for the Jets" and that a Jets employee told O'Toole: "Chrissy and you will never work for the Jets again." and "Keep your mouth shut."

Rumors about the harassment began to surface back in the fall when Favre was was accused of leaving suggestive voicemail messages and sending x-rated pictures to Jets sideline reporter Jenn Sterger.

Last week, Favre was fined $50,000 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for failing to fully cooperate in the league's investigation.

According to CBS News' "The Early Show," the massage therapists are seeking unspecified monetary damages.

So far, Favre and the NFL have said nothing about the lawsuit.

Five Things You'll Hear During the Michael Jackson Manslaughter Hearing Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b218670_five_things_youll_hear_dur

It's been nearly a year and a half since Michael Jackson's death, and the truth is still out there. Somewhere.

The L.A. District Attorney's Office and the attorneys representing Dr. Conrad Murray on a manslaughter charge are looking to enlighten us, starting with a preliminary hearing to determine whether there's enough evidence to send the case to trial.

Of course, each side will be presenting different versions of the truth, one ultimately more successfully than the other. But amid all the fact-divulging and theory-mongering, which starts Tuesday and is expected to last two weeks, you can bet you'll hear the following:

MORE: Discovery Channel kills Michael Jackson autopsy reenactment

1. What is the prosecution trying to prove, anyway? Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was hired as Jackson's private physician, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, but has admitted to injecting Jackson on a regular basis—including the morning of his death—with propofol, a hospital-grade anesthetic, to help him sleep. Cell phone records show he made several personal calls on his cell phone after dosing Jackson for the last time. Deputy D.A. David Walgren ultimately has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Murray's criminal negligence caused Jackson's death in order to win a conviction; but to send the case to trial he just has to show a judge he has a case to make for Murray's guilt. The defense's job, meanwhile, is to poke holes in the prosecution's argument.

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2. Did Michael Jackson kill himself? Plenty of conspiracy theories have been floated in the last 18 months, but last week was the first we heard that Murray's team was going to raise the possibility in court that Jackson lethally injected himself with the fatal dose of propofol. Well, it's not the most preposterous thing we've ever heard...

3. Will Jackson's children testify? Surely Katherine and Joe Jackson, Michael's justice-seeking parents, will be in court with bells on Tuesday, but it was eldest son Prince who witnessed some of the life-saving attempts made in his dad's bedroom after he went into cardiac arrest. TMZ reports that no member of the Jackson family will be among the 30 or so witnesses on the prosecution's list, which includes investigators and Jackson staffers who were at the house when he died. The defense, meanwhile, has a witness list but is not planning to use it at this stage of the game. Murray's camp will be able to cross-examine the D.A.'s witnesses in the meantime.

4. Will these proceedings end up smearing Jackson's reputation all over again? He had been relegated to circus-freak status since being tried and acquitted of child-molestation, but the pop icon's death served to redirect people's attention back toward his pioneering music career and his artistic contributions. Will all the anticipated talk of habitual prescription-drug abuse and anesthesia-aided sleep raise the freak flag yet again, just as Jackson's estate and Sony are embarking on their plan to release hours of "new" Jackson music and related projects?

5. Is there such a thing as an impartial jury in this case? Judging by the global outpouring of grief when Jackson died on June 25, 2009, you'd be hard-pressed to find 12 whole people (not to mention three alternates) in Los Angeles who either don't have an opinion or preconceived bias against Jackson, or who hasn't read a boatload of information about the case. Legal experts have expressed concern about the ability to seat an impartial panel. Like in any case, really, the court will probably just have to make a leap of faith that the jurors are able to do their part.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b218670_five_things_youll_hear_during_michael.html#ixzz1A5IYA52E

Obituaries: Bill Erwin, Ellis E.I. Clarke, Bobby Farrell

Bill Erwin, an Emmy-nominated character actor, dies at 96; Ellis E.I. Clarke, the first president of Trinidad and Tobago, dies at 93; Bobby Farrell, a singer in the 1970s group Boney M, dies at 61

January 01, 2011

BILL ERWIN

Character actor got

Emmy nomination

Bill Erwin, 96, a veteran character actor remembered for his role as Arthur the bellman in the 1980 fantasy film "Somewhere in Time" and his Emmy-nominated guest appearance on "Seinfeld," died Wednesday at his home in Studio City of age-related causes, his son Mike said Friday.

Jets, Favre sued; Erwin dies; Gaga bares bum

Suing The Jets: The Jets and Brett Favre were hit with a sexual-harassment lawsuit yesterday by two women who claim they were fired after one of them complained about sleazy text messages from former quarterback Favre. Christina Scavo - whose husband blew the whistle on Favre - Shannon O'Toole and a third unidentified massage therapist are seeking unspecified money damages.

Cranky Sid: Character actor Bill Erwin died last Wednesday of natural causes. He was 96. Most may remember him for his Emmy-nominated appearance on an episode of "Seinfeld" in which he played Sid Fields, an embittered old man. Watch a clip of his "Seinfeld" performance.

Gaga promotion: Lady Gaga tweeted a photo of her bare bum to the masses at 12:01 a.m. on New Year's Day. Along with the pic of her nakedness, she posted "THE SONG 2 13 11 THE RECORD 5 23 11," which suggest release dates. What we want to know... why did it take three days for this to become celebrity and music discussion fodder?

Kanye, Jay-Z new album: Speaking of dates, Kanye West announced "Watch the Throne," the album he's jointing producing with Jay-Z, will be coming out in one week. He said this after performing with Jay-Z at the grand opening of the Marquee nightclub in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.

'Bachelor' returns: Three years ago, Brad Womack turned down both of his final two pics and ended "The Bachelor" without a bride. He returned last night for a do-over of sorts. It's his second chance to find love. Plenty of spoilers are out there - mostly thanks to reality TV blogger Reality Steve. Nonetheless, the most interesting contestant ("possible bride") on the show is Emily Maynard, who was previously engaged to Ricky Hendrick, the NASCAR driver who died in a plane accident in 2004.

'Craigslist Killer': People are talking about Lifetime's TV movie "The Craigslist Killer." Actually, many are are panning it. The New York Daily News claims the movie uses "trite tabloid-to-TV tactics, lacks three-dimensional characters." We say: What do you expect? It's Lifetime. We just don't get how the killer's fiance Megan McAllister, played by Agnes Bruckner, didn't know. Oh ... and we're glad to finally see Billy Baldwin do something fun.

Kunis, Culkin spilt: Favorite headline on this topic: "Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin break up. Who knew they were together?" Apparently, the couple had been dating for eight years. The met at the Golden Globes while she was in "That '70s Show." Word is they hit a rough patch because of her success - thank you "Black Swan" - and the fact that she is based in LA while he is based in New York. (Sometimes distance doesn't make the heart grow fonder.) Her first post-breakup appearance will be at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday.

Ebert's new co-host: Roger Ebert has named a new co-host. Russian-born Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, 24, will join co-host Christy Lemire on Jan. 21 when "Ebert Presents at the Movies" premieres on public TV stations.

McCartney's veggie-day plea: Paul McCartney sent a letter to the prime minister of India, asking the country to declare a national Vegetarian Day. Seems like this could be a possible win for McCartney and PETA. About 42 percent of the country's population is already vegetarian.

Bieber's cover: Great. We finally subscribe to Vanity Fair at the urging of a few friends who say the writing - including the celebrity interviews - is engaging and sophisticated. And the first issue we are to receive has Justin Bieber on the cover. Apparently, he has trouble falling asleep at night because that's when he thinks about important things "like family and God." Eish. We want our $$ back.

OWN-ing cable: Oprah's new network, OWN, didn't do too bad on its opening weekend. During the three-hour block beginning at 8 p.m. EST on Saturday, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network averaged 1 million viewers and ranked third among all ad-supported cable networks in the 25-to-54-year-old audience demographics.

Something cute: Type "LOL Limewire" into Google's main search. Click "I'm feeling lucky." Now what are you?

Audubon Bird Count sees record numbers

BLUEFIELD — The sky above southern West Virginia is for the birds each year around Christmas, and volunteers working on the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count braved sub-freezing temperatures and snow-covered fields to participate in a continent-wide census of North America’s avian population.

Jim Phillips, naturalist at the Nature Center of Pipestem State Park started participating in the annual bird count 39 years ago after he read an article about it in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in 1972. “That’s the way I got turned on to it, and I’ve been participating in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count ever since,” Phillips said. “The Audubon Society encourages you to conduct your bird count any day from Dec. 14 until Jan. 5. “We decided to hold our count on Dec. 18, 2010. It was cold on that day, but we still had plenty of volunteers out with us.”

Jim and his wife, Judy Phillips were joined by Bob Barker, Courtney Clemons, Rodney Davis, Bill and Margaret Hank, Nancy Hoops, Cheryl Miller, Betsy Reeder, Wade Snyder, Allen and Mindy Waldron and Barry Williams.

“We counted 79 different species of birds,” Phillips said. “That was a huge number for us. For the past 39 years, we have averaged about 62 or 63 species. One year, we had 71 species, but this year’s count of 79 species is the most we have had since I started participating in the count.” The volunteers counted 3,719 individual birds.

Phillips explained that Frank Chapman, a director of the Audubon Society, organized the first Christmas Bird Count in 1900, in response to the tradition called the Christmas “Side Hunt,” a hunter’s practice of going out on Christmas day, killing as many wild animals as possible, including birds and game, and placing the animals in a pile. The hunter who displayed the largest pile was deemed winner of the Side Hunt. Chapman organized a group of 27 bird counters in the U.S. and Canada who went out and counted bird species on Christmas Day, 1900. All 27 counters recorded a total of 90 species on the initial count.

Phillips was particularly excited about the fact that this year, the group that worked a 15-mile radius circle centered at the Nature Center and including both Pipestem and Bluestone state parks along with the town of Hinton spotted several new species during this count. New species that the local volunteers spotted included 41 common mergansers, 42 eastern towhee, 26 fox sparrow, 230 white-throated sparrow, 611 dark-eyed junco and 18 rusty blackbirds.

“It was also exciting to see one ruddy duck, one American wigeon and one loggerhead shrike,” Phillips said. He added that the birds tend to be more active during bad weather conditions while they’re out looking for food. Other single birds that the group spotted included a gadwell, one double-crested cormorant, a northern harrier, an eastern screech owl, a barred owl, a red-breasted nuthatch, a brown thrasher, an American tree sparrow and a pine siskin. “The count is done nationwide,” Phillips said.

The Pipestem bird counters also spotted four bald eagles, 378 Canada geese, 126 Carolina chicadees, 14 great blue heron, two sharp-shinned hawks, six ring-billed gulls, four belted kingfishers, five hairy woodpeckers, 14 pileated woodpeckers, 105 mallards, five eastern phoebes, 38 golden-crowned kinglets, three cedar waxwings, a dozen yellow-rumped warblers, nine red-winged blackbirds, eight common grackles and 14 yellow-bellied sapsuckers, to name a few.

“Yes, yellow-bellied sapsuckers like the birds Jane Hathaway was looking for on the ‘Beverly Hillbillies,’” Phillips said.

Ron Canterbury, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, returned to his native Raleigh County where he participated in the Raleigh County Christmas Bird Count organized by Allen Waldron and held on Dec. 19, 2010. Canterbury participated in that count with Allen and Mindy Waldron, Wade Snyder and Bob Dameron. The volunteers counted 56 species and 9,323 individual birds — a number that was greatly augmented by the 7,860 American crows the volunteers counted.

“There is a large roost of crows in Raleigh County ... Beckley,” Phillips said. “That’s like the large roost of crows you have in Bluefield.”

Along with participating in the Raleigh County count, four years ago, Canterbury resurrected the Christmas Bird Count organized by the late Dr. Paul Cecil Bibbee in the 1940s. Canterbury served as compiler on the Athens/Princeton count that took place on Dec. 23, 2010 with Ben Carter, Janet Meyer, Jim and Judy Phillips and Allen Waldron joining in the effort. The volunteers counted 42 species, 1,774 individual birds. The group counted 38 cedar waxwings, 14 eastern towhees, 92 dark-eyed junco and four yellow-bellied sapsuckers.

“We don’t have enough observers,” Canterbury said. “There has been a decline in American goldfinch. We’re seeing a lot fewer of them on these counts.

“We do better on the Christmas Bird Count when the weather is bad,” he said. “I can remember doing a count back in the 1980s when the weather was in the 60s. We didn’t see many birds at all that day.”

Canterbury and Phillips said they owe a great deal of thanks to the efforts of Dr. Bibbee who taught biology at (then) Concord College for 32 years. Bibbee, who died in 1971, was state taxidermist for West Virginia University and mammal preparer for Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. He received his undergraduate degree at West Virginia University and earned his Ph.D., at Cornell University. His publications include “Birds of West Virginia,” and Bird Life Histories and Behaviors.”

Birds Fall From Sky In Arkansas, Fish Die In River

(Beebe, AR) -- The investigation continues today into what caused at least a thousand black birds to simply fall out of the sky in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said calls began coming in about the birds late on New Year's eve.
An expert said the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail, or the birds could have died from stress caused by New Year fireworks.
About 65 dead birds will be sent to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission lab and the National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison, Wisconsin for further examination.
And in another animal mystery out of Arkansas -- tens of thousands of fish were discovered dead a day before the bird episode.
They're floating along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River, near Ozark.
Experts are trying to determine if disease may have been to blame, but appear stumped by the fact that only one species of fish was affected.
An official count of dead drum fish is expected to be released sometime today.

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Bob Molinaro, column

Jan. 01--Hot seat: Tom Coughlin's job is said to be on the line when the Giants play the Redskins on Sunday. It shouldn't be. Didn't Coughlin go through this before, when he was blamed for everything that went wrong with the Giants, only to regroup and win a Super Bowl? He's the same coach now as he was then. What's hurting the Giants most is a defense that appears to have been highly overrated.

Not welcome Seeing as how the Seattle Seahawks are still alive for postseason play despite losing seven or their past nine games, I propose a new NFL rule that prohibits any team from making the playoffs with a record that wouldn't qualify it for a bowl appearance.

Impatient Old Dominion reports that highly-regarded redshirt sophomore quarterback Dominique Blackman is transferring for "personal reasons." Translation: He doesn't want to play behind Thomas DeMarco next season. It's too bad for ODU, which thought it had a future star in Blackman, but defections are common in every program, especially at the crowded quarterback position.

In passing The safest prediction about the Orange Bowl meeting between Virginia Tech and Stanford is that it will be Jim Harbaugh's final game as Stanford coach.

Idle thought No result makes more sense than Army winning the Armed Forces Bowl.

Wrong message We're accustomed to hypocrisy in college athletics, but let's be serious: once Terrelle Pryor and Co. were found to have violated NCAA rules, they shouldn't have been allowed to play for Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. If Ohio State were an actual family, the grown ups in charge would be guilty of bad parenting.

Arms race The reduced role of running backs in the NFL becomes more noticeable every year. Quarterback play decides everything, it seems, both good and bad. The passing game is entertaining, but I miss the days when running backs played bigger roles. A little more balance on offense would be welcome.

Captive Tuesday's primetime Vikings-Eagles game on NBC drew a viewing audience 25 percent larger than last year's Week 16 game on Sunday Night Football between the Cowboys and Redskins. Michael Vick was the prime attraction, but it didn't hurt ratings that East Coast blizzards kept millions of people trapped inside.

Mouthing off Are Americans really the "wussies" Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell said we are? I don't know about that, but I can recognize a publicity hound when I hear one.

Quick hit The critical and popular success of the "The Fighter" is further proof that boxing is a lot more popular as cinema than sport.

Screen gem "The King's Speech" is another example of the Brits creating a movie masterpiece from a buried bit of English history.

Numbers game Though it's not an official NFL statistical category, people who keep track of "quarterback hurries" report that Chris Long, Rams defensive lineman and former U.Va. star, leads the league.

Bottom line As reported by Golf Digest, when Tiger Woods' earnings on and off the course in 2010 declined by $48 million from 2009, he lost more money than any other player made. No need to take up a collection for Woods, though. He still managed to take in a reported $74 million last year.

At the top There will always be haters, especially where Duke basketball is concerned, but if you don't appreciate Mike Krzyzewski's success and demeanor and can't acknowledge that he's the standard to which other coaches aspire, you might want to check yourself.

Rising How can a young, exciting NBA player with 20 consecutive double-doubles in points and rebounds and an assortment of the season's most spectacular dunks remain a relative mystery to the average fan? By playing for the historically bad and irrelevant L.A. Clippers. Welcome to Blake Griffin's world.

Bob Molinaro, (757) 446-2373, bob.molinaro@pilotonline.com

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Va vet gets Purple Heart

Associated Press - January 3, 2011 3:15 AM ET

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Nearly seven decades later, a Virginia veteran has received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered during World War II.

The Virginian-Pilot reports 92-year-old Turk Turner was honored Sunday at a church service in Virginia Beach.

Turner was an electrician on a Navy submarine that was attacked by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. Turner says he and others were taken to a prison camp on an island in the Dutch East Indies, where he was held for more than three years.

Turner says he still has scars on his back from prison beatings, while his health was damaged by malnutrition.

Turner also received a medal Sunday for his service in the Korean War.

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Gay Basher Owen Honors Should Be Fired From the Navy Pronto

Welcome to America, where our puritanical roots make us cringe at the word "sex" in a public setting. What would a new year be if we didn't have a sex scandal to celebrate? The case of Navy Captain Owen Honors, who the Norfolk, Virginia newspaper the Virginian Pilot has revealed is at the center of the first raunchy scandal of 2011, might actually deserve your clucking tongue.

Honors stands accused of organizing the filming of sexy videos that include everything from naked women soaping one another down in the showers of the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Enterprise to gay slurs and bestiality. Free speech? To each his own? Sorry, not on my dime.

He can be a jerk on his time; that's his problem. What he does on the public taxpayers' is ours. That's the problem here: Honors allegedly did all this while on the Enterprise, using military owned equipment. While he was working for you and me, using video cameras and editing software our tax dollars paid for, he was being a sexist, bigoted pig.

If I was his boss, I'd have him packing his things . . . immediately. Oh, wait, I am his boss. I was paying Owen Honors' salary in 2006 and 2007 when all these videos were being filmed. As his boss, I want him gone; and I'm flummoxed by his other bosses who don't agree. Comments on the We Support O.P. Honors Facebook page call this a witch hunt, beg us to remember that he's a father and that this happened three to four years ago.

Honors is about to be deployed again, left in charge -- as captain -- of a multi-million dollar aircraft carrier that we own. Failure to censure him for his actions will allow him carte blanche to do it again, on our dime, on our equipment. To put this in context, imagine you own your own small business. You're rooting around in your files, doing a little clean up at the end of the year and find videos that your employee, Bob, made in 2006 in your offices, using your video cameras, containing offensive material. At that time, you were paying him a fair wage, with the expectation that he would actually work for it.

Do you shrug? Giggle? Throw him a party? Or do you call your employee into your office and demand some accountability? Owen Honors was a shoddy employee. As his boss, I'd like to see some accountability: now. Do you think he should be fired?