Saturday, February 09, 2013

Dothan bondsman-newsman almost enlisted to help meet Midland City hostage-taker's demands | al.com - Erin Edgemon - Just minutes after Jimmy Lee Dykes got on the Dale County School bus and shot its driver on Jan. 29, Dothan native Rickey Stokes was en route to the scene on a dirt road in rural Midland City. - For the past 10 years or so, the bail bondsman has written a blog, rickeystokesnews.com, largely focused on crime in the Dothan area. He was preparing for a live feed of a county school board meeting that night when one of his bail bondsmen called from the jail saying he heard a 911 call of a gunman on a school bus.

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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/02/dothan-bondsman-newsman-almost-enlisted.html


Northeast besieged by monster snowstorm - USATODAY Video


http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/02/09/1905203/


Odds of Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, David Price as First $200M Pitcher | Bleacher Report


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1521385-odds-of-justin-verlander-clayton-kershaw-david-price-as-1st-ever-200m-pitcher?hpt=hp_t3


Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself | TIME.com - Alexandra Sifferlin


http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you-feel-bad-about-yourself/?hpt=hp_t3


Report: Tiger Woods sent Lindsey Vonn his private plane - USATODAY - Though Vonn has claimed she and Tiger are just friends, reports out of Europe say the golf superstar sent his private plane to fetch Vonn after she suffered a catastrophic knee injury on the slopes this week.

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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/02/report-tiger-woods-sent-lindsey-vonn.html


Young and the Restless star inherits fortune left by man he never met: Illinois recluse, 71, leaves all his possessions and $1m estate to two Eighties soap actors | Mail Online -A dead man has left his $1 million estate to two soap stars that he had never met. Ray Fulk died last summer at the age of 71 in his farmhouse near Broadwell, Illinois. He died alone with no family and few friends. So he left his 160-acre estate to two actors that he felt close to - Kevin Brophy and Peter Barton.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276085/Dead-man-leaves-1-million-estate-soap-opera-actors-met.html

Quinnipiac Poll: Hillary Clinton ‘Easily The Most Popular Actor On The American Political Stage’ « CBS DC - The Quinnipiac University national poll released Friday shows that Clinton enjoys a 61 percent favorability rating, 10 points higher than President Barack Obama.


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http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/quinnipiac-poll-hillary-clinton-easily-the-most-popular-actor-on-the-american-political-stage/

A New GOP? Not Yet - The Daily Beast - Why it’s going to take four more years before Republicans truly hit rock bottom—and begin moving back to the center. By Michael Tomasky.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/07/a-new-gop-not-yet.html


East Coast digs out from under TWO FEET of snow: Six dead as winter storm Nemo shuts down nuclear power station, leaves up to 650,000 without power and closes ALL the roads in Connecticut | Mail Online

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275419/US-weather-Noreaster-winter-Superstorm-East-Coast-blizzard-warning-causes-travel-chaos.html


Tennessee QB signee Riley Ferguson says he felt spurned by Alabama | al.com - Matt Scalici - In an interview with Knoxville sports radio station WNML, Ferguson said he is looking forward to playing Alabama during his college career for a chance to get back at the Tide for what he feels like was less than fair treatment on the recruiting trail

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http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/02/tennessee_qb_signee_riley_ferg.html


PHOTOS: Kate Upton -- Oops, TMZ Spoils Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover | TMZ.com


http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/08/kate-upton-sports-illustrated-cover-bikini-photo-shoot/?adid=hero1