Jon Prell

The next few days will be one of the busiest travel times of the year on the roadways and a good time to be reminded how dangerous road rage can be. We have all seen it, and a lot of us have gotten angry ourselves at other drivers who cut us off, ride our bumper, fail to signal or whatever else. Be very careful how you respond to that other driver because you have no idea who they are and what they might be capable of.

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Dysart's Restaurant in Bangor, Maine wanted to do a local TV commercial. Oh sure, they could have hired professional actors to play the parts, but they wanted something a little more real that was an accurate reflection of their clientele so, they hired a local elderly couple to star in the commercial.

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Like many businesses, McDonald's for the most part stays closed on Christmas Day. Some restaurants will open Christmas, like Denny's for example, who will open at 8 am at their Tri-State locations.

It was reported today, however, that McDonald's USA COO Jim Johannesen is encouraging franchises to stay open this year on Christmas Day.

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Elf on the Shelf is a very popular tradition for a lot of people in the Tri-State and has been for a number of years, but what is the message the tradition is sending to the kids? That's the question some parents groups are asking.

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McKenna Pope is probably a name you don't know, but the Easy-Bake Oven is a name you have known for decades, but how are the two related? Pope is  a 13-year-old from Garfield, N.J.who petitioned Hasbro to make the Easy-Bake Oven more gender neutral because some little boys, her brother included, enjoy baking with it too.

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The funerals have started in Newtown, Connecticut and we are left with so many unanswered questions about how something like this could ever happen in our society and as often as they do. This morning on the show, I posed a question to Leslie about whether this is a gun control issue or mental health issue, or a combination of both. Gun control is now once again THE topic, but I think it's important to note that guns don't kill people, people kill people.

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Here we go again... political correctness at it's finest and this time the target is Santa, or more specifically, Santa's pipe. Pamela McColl of Vancouver, Canada has published a new version of "Twas the Night before Christmas' where Santa loses the pipe and pipe tobacco. McColl is an anti-smoking activist who mortgaged her home and spent $200,000 of her own money to get this new version of the story published.

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Unless you have been completely out of touch, you know by now that the second worst school shooting in U.S. history behind Virginia Tech happened earlier today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. At last report, 27 were dead, including 20 children, several adults and the shooter.

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No doubt you have heard the story by now about the Bloomington South High School girls' basketball team beating Arlington High School 107-2 Tuesday night in Indy. There was been so much outrage over that game, an official with the Indiana state prep sports association says he never wants to see a one-sided outcome like that again.

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There has been so much talk lately about Blake Shelton's recent Christmas special, 'Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas', which received great reviews. Definitely not a family show, but very funny, very creative and very well put together. People are still talking about the novel approach Shelton took with this show.

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First of all, let me start by saying that I am NOT in favor of TVs in kids bedrooms, much to the dismay of my sons. This issue is such a hot button for me; it was one of the factors that led to a divorce. There is a new study out that links TVs in the kids' room to increased risk of obesity and disease, which is no surprise anymore because everything it seems puts kids at risk for something.

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Sometimes you come across a video that you just have to share with everybody, especially at this time of year. There really isn't a lot that needs to be said about this video. Just a boy and his dog. The best part is when the dog waits while the boy plays in a puddle

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