Anyone else watching the news about the 6-year-old in the weather balloon?

I went to a newly opened Shell station to get a half tank of gas. As soon as my pre-purchased card cleared to begin the transaction, a video monitoring changed from showing a still picture of something you could buy inside to a recent news blurb of local events, followed by a three day forecast of weather in my area, a commercial inviting me to buy Snickers by running inside, finally followed by a Fox sports cast, all timed perfectly from the start of the transaction to the last 30 seconds ...

Driver has been arrested. Thirteen people hurt. Don't know identity of driver or motiviation. Plowed into pedestrians in middle of Time Square which was packed with people at lunch time. Isn't this the way terrorist attacks happened in Europe. If any more news on the driver please post it here. ...

An excerpt: Neuroscience has known for years that “news junkies” or “political junkies” were in fact addicts…junkies…who got their addictive dopamine hit from the emotional roller coaster of unbridled outrage followed by the dopamine releasing experience derived from the thrill of watching the victory/denouement of the ideological apostate. ...

Did you see that where they said it was unhealthy to sit in the same position for 12 hours???? Isn't that what we do? The poor kid died of a pulmonary embolus and they said how it is unhealthy to sit in the same position for that long! What doctor ever cared about us? I have sat just trying to get a line count for many days even longer than 12 hours. Leg circulation and diabetes? ...

Depression for some and more luxury than ever before for others. When I look at our economy over the last 5-6 years, I see a very wide range of properity vs. economic depression. I truly believe that those in the poor-to-middle class are headed for depression, while the news this week was that corporations had their best year since 1900. They just aren't sharing with the rest of us. ...

While many of us were concerned about the safety of the young boy in the balloon, as were I, and some called it a hoax; but I was concerned that possibly it was Michael Jackson getting an order to go. ...

It was obvious from the beginning that this was a publicity stunt. Not only should the Heene family be forced to repay the State of Colorado every penny spent on the "search and rescue" operation, but they should also be forced to repay the farmer whose wheat crop they destroyed. Finally, a dose of reality for the Heene family and all of those who believed their ridiculous lies. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/us/18balloon.html ...

Why are all the cable networks giving this nut with a gun all this air time!!!???? Thank goodness for C-SPAN. I'm a dem by the way, but to me, this is a nonpartisan thing. ...

This is getting weirder by the minute. http://rawstory.com/2009/10/balloon-boy-family-posted-video-of-fake-terror-attack-on-us-capitol/ ...

"A 2-year-old Kentucky girl was accidentally killed by her 5-year-old brother who fired a rifle he had been given as a gift, officials said Wednesday." Parents can be arrested for not reporting a missing child. It's not even legal to let your child drive a car without a permit. Yet, this sad, sad story is unfortunately way too common. We MUST start holding adults accountable for guns in the home. ...

Hope you all made it through the terrible weather yesterday in the southeastern part of the country, and northeastern states. What a night! Our local TV station said there was definite possibility of a tornado in West York. I live in the northwest part of York, PA. About 8:15 things changed dramatically. I ran from the livingroom into the bathroom, and I literally covered my head with pillows. I live in an apartment and have the second and third f ...

I know a lot of folks are dealing with nasty weather, but can somebody in the Philadelphia area post an update on how things are going over there? I work an account there & it's been extremely slow lately. Assuming a lot of it is weather related. Hope all are staying safe. Spring will eventually arrive. ...

Someone posted earlier that the forecast for Charlotte is the same as it was for Wednesday. They said the reason the venue of the President's speech was changed for Thursday was because they could not get enough people to fill up the 65,000 seats in the Bank of America Stadium. Well, that poster is wrong. I live here, so I know. Tuesday evening, we had one of the worst lightening storms we have had in several years. Thunder boomed and the ground shook. Lightening streaked across the sky ...

So, as per my somewhat routine insomnia, I got no sleep last night. I went to lie down this morning and heard my husband get in his car. Then I heard him get stuck. It took both of us at 5:30 a.m. almost 40 minutes to shovel all the snow and get his car out of the driveway. Then, he got stuck at the bottom of the street. Thankfully, a very nice neighbor heard him and came up with his plow, got him unstuck, and plowed the way for him all the way to the main road ...

...so why not move the DNC indoors tonight as well because of threat of lightning? Or is there something else going on here? ...

We have a family reunion this weekend which is about an hour away from home. We're supposed to bring a dish to pass. It's supposed to be over 90 degrees on Saturday, so I need something that will travel well and be a good hot weather dish. I believe they will be cooking out burgers, brats, etc. for the main dish. Anybody got anything that they use that people just love? I'd love some suggestions. ...

Oohhhhh..... The weather outside is frightful, but this fire's so delightful. With 3 hours of work to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Audience applauding....OMG!!!! A standing ovation......(me) Thank you, thank you...you're too kind....thank you. Curtain closes. One good thing about working at home, there's a lot of room for creativity to get the job done. BTW, my fireplace is a TV screensaver. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy holiday ...

We live in a very hot environment and have no air conditioning, so it gets extremely hot in our house. I'm trying to get some lunch ideas that don't involve turning the stove or oven on at all, but my husband is extremely picky and I am not creative at all when it comes to food. I've done lunchmeat/cold cuts, but he will only eat that every once in a while or else he says I'm giving him gout. He doesn't like chicken salad or egg salad or anything like that. No se ...

It's been raining off and on all day and probably one of the last nights of "winter" type weather we'll have. My husband is in the kitchen making homemade albondigas and tortillas, which we love on nights like this. Does anyone else have a cold/rainy weather favorite food? I hope this rain lasts for a couple of days...it's so relaxing :-) ...

The Church of Global Warming has many followers and, because it’s a cult-like religious belief to them, no amount of hard data will ever convince them they adhere to the teachings of a false god. Nevertheless, it is incumbent upon the non-establishment, honest alternative media to report what is and what isn’t: And what isn’t is the supposed increase in “extreme weather” due to “global warming/climate change” caused by humans. Climate Depot points this out in a new report tha ...

Still don't know what to make of this one! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail??blogid=109&entry_id=49703 ...

Do the Fox News junkie talking heads on "Fix News" ever listen to their own drivel? Let's review how Obama was correct about Fox at the link below. ...

Has this happened to anyone else? No offense, but I could not care less what is going on Greenwich, CT (the local news location now appearing on my news page). I tried adding my town multiple times, but it did not take. I also added Greenwich, CT, and then deleted it, but it's still there. ...

So many billions of dollars from the US government for climate change research, but it only goes to "scientist" who agree with climate change. The global warming scam is a billion dollar taxing industry. ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/fox-news-interview-guest-network-wing-republican-party_n_2192506.html This is a link to an actual Fox News clip of an interview that they cut off after 90 seconds. Now there is that good ol' freedom of speech. ...

I didn't think I'd like it just because the whole idea is so crazy, but I find myself watching it & rooting for Jason & Courtney to make it. And for Jamie not to push Doug so hard about a baby. ...

What are your thoughts about the questions and how the candidates are answering them? Has anyone decided for sure who to vote for (if you're voting in the primaries or caucuses)? I'm still undecided, so if you have decided, I would appreciate some input as to why you chose that candidate. ...

I started watching it in the beginning just because of Adam Levine, and I've found I'm loving it the way Americal Idol used to get me. I love the banter between the coaches, though Christina gets a little too crude for me sometimes. But I like her otherwise. What do you think of the talent? I voted for Frenchie Davis today. Nobody on Blake's team impressed me much. I think Xenia's got a lot of potential, but she's obviously too young, and p ...

Anyone into the games this weekend? I am hoping for Dallas and GB to win. I'd rather face either of them than Arizona or Philly in the divisional round next week. My Vikings have caused me much Super Bowl and playoff trauma over the years and I'm not expecting much but hoping for the best. Favre really gives us a good chance. I'm anxious to see what happens today. I'll be a wreck by next week (they play on my birthday - the last time that ...

It is from the Americans For Tax Reform site. This might make it easier on the stomach and be fun too. There are four BINGO cards you can print out and use during his speech. http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=home ...

Anyone else watching the news about the 6-year-old in the weather balloon?

His family was supposedly on Wife Swap...loved science and weather! - Praying..he is okay...nm

Just heard is he alive and okay - hiding in the house!! - nm

It's coming out they planned this - jm

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