Major League Baseball starts up today, and the makers of Cracker Jacks did something pretty cool for it. They’re selling special “CRACKER JILL” bags at ballparks across the country. You can also get a bag by donating at least $5 to the Women’s Sports Foundation while supplies last. They even reworked the words to “Take…… read more »
METALLICA‘s All Within My Hands foundation is supporting World Central Kitchen’s work in Eastern Europe. The foundation recently gave the organization a $500,000 donation. VAN HALEN is getting a stage named after them at a park in their hometown of Pasadena, California. DEACON FREY is leaving THE EAGLES. He has been performing with them since…… read more »
Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks from the 1800s went missing from Cambridge University’s library in 2001. But they just announced someone returned them last month. They were left outside the librarian’s office with a note that said “Happy Easter.”………………….Speaking of libraries: A new study found they’re thriving, even in the digital age. 174 million Americans…… read more »
Firefighters in New Hampshire used the Jaws of Life to save a deer that got stuck between the bars of a metal fence the other day. After a few kicks, the doe scrambled out and ran off………………Police on Long Island helped save a baby seal that wandered out of the water and into a traffic…… read more »
Last year, a 19-year-old taxi driver in Liberia found $50,000 in a plastic bag on the side of the road and turned it in. Since then, he’s received over $10,000 in reward money. And Livingstone College, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, gave him a full scholarship……………. Speaking of colleges, Centenary University in New Jersey…… read more »
The Grammys paid tribute to the late TAYLOR HAWKINS on Sunday night. DEEP PURPLE guitarist STEVE MORSE is taking a leave of absence because his wife has cancer. The BBC is making a four-part documentary series to celebrate the 60th anniversary of THE ROLLING STONES. Check out MICK JAGGER’s new song “Strange Game”. It’s the…… read more »
Remember right after the war started, when a Ukrainian soldier on Snake Island refused to surrender . . . and told a Russian warship to go EFF themselves? At first, they thought he and the other soldiers on the island died, but some survived. They got taken prisoner, but recently got released in a prisoner…… read more »
Here in our state, the Charlotte FC, NC’s Major League Soccer team, recently added a new tradition. Before each game, the entire crowd sings the National Anthem. It started a few weeks back when a singer’s mic dropped out, so the crowd finished for them……………. A guy from Salt Lake City flew to Europe last week…… read more »
For people who don’t know how amazing the Make-A-Wish foundation is, they polled a bunch of kids and parents who’ve had wishes granted. 90% said it made things less traumatic . . . 80% said it gave them more strength to fight . . . and 90% of Make-A-Wish kids said it gave them hope………………… read more »
In a recent interview, JOE ELLIOTT says that calling DEF LEPPARD “hair metal” is lazy journalism. The band will release their new a;bum”Diamond Star Halos” on May 27. Here’s the video for the first single, “Kick”. GENESIS played their last show ever on Saturday in London. PHIL COLLINS said, quote, “It’s the last show for…… read more »