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Would Your Rather Wednesday – Which Way Will You Embarass Yourself? [POLL]

Kaleb — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:00:59 +0000

Its Wednesday! Time for another installment of “Would You Rather” to power you through your Humpday. This time we ask if you’d rather destroy your beauty with a blemish that will be sure to get people to stare, or crash the computers of multiple friends, family and coworkers. Remember, no ifs, ands or buts! [button href="/vip/q-and-a/polls/would-you-rather-wednesday-april-17/" title="TAKE [...]

YouTube Sensation Harvard Rugland Signed by Detroit Lions

Kaleb — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:46:27 +0000

Kickalious a.k.a. Harvard Rugland recently inked a deal with the Detroit Lions. Rugland is the Norwegian YouTube sensation and has no prior football playing or kicking experience. He uploaded a YouTube video of his trick shot kicking abilities with the video titled "Kickalious." Even with that awful video title, he racked up 2.5 million views on YouTube.

Celebrating Springtime with Menards [PHOTOS]

Behka — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:33:33 +0000

Kids, last Saturday I got to spend some quality time out at Menards for their live broadcast. It’s always good to see what the latest and greatest is out there, and they’ve definitely got something for everyone in your life. I certainly took some pictures to document it! Here’s hoping you take advantage of all [...]

SR-71: A Plane I'd Love To See Fly

Doug — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:18:56 +0000

I have always considered myself a good Air Force Brat as my dad served in the Air Force for over 20 years. While I only was at three bases, Castle Air Force Base in California; Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany; and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, I got to see a lot of great planes. I love the B-2 Stealth Bomber, A-10 Thunderbolt; T-38 that are stationed at Whiteman. I have enjoyed going to air shows to see everything from the old biplanes to the Mustangs to the F-4 Phantom to the F-16s. However, I was a watching a movie Turbulent Skies and got to thinking that I never have seen an SR-71 fly in person.

Skyline Elementary Hosts Scholastic Book Fair and Showcases Science

Doug — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:19:20 +0000

The Scholastic Book Fair is being held at Skyline Elementary this week, and each time they host this event, they have a themed day for the public to come out and learn having fun as a family.

UCM Professor Discovers World's Largest Known Prime Number

Newstalk 1050 Staff — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:06:01 +0000

Curtis Cooper, professor of computer science at the University of Central Missouri, has made the most recent discovery of the world’s largest known prime number, according to information released by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Number Search, also known as GIMPS. The new number, 2 multiplied by itself 57,885, 161 times, minus 1, has 17,425,170 [...]

OKCupid's Blind Date App Is Pretty Creepy

Amanda Ferris — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:28:54 +0000

While Tumblr’s ‘NiceGuysofOKCupid’ is now sadly defunct, the online dating site OKCupid has gotten even creepier with the release of their new blind date app. This can’t possibly end well. The app is called ’Crazy Blind Date’ and is available for both iPhone and Android. It works like this: the user picks both the venue and the [...]

Hear the First Song Ever Recorded On the International Space Station

Tom Blunt — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:00:58 +0000

Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to ‘Jewel in the Night,’ by Colonel Chris Hadfield. Here’s the link for your listening pleasure. It so happens that several of the astronauts on the International Space Station are musicians, which means that the future could be full of similar transmissions from space. Even stranger: singer Sarah [...]

Join Us in Tracking Santa with NORAD This Christmas Eve

Doug — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:00:18 +0000

Each year Better Country KIX 105, 92.3 BOB FM and Newstalk 1050 KSIS love to track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. I am pleased to tell you that he is in full Christmas toymaking mode. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has put into place the holiday countdown and has games and daily activities for kids and adults.

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Messaging!

Donald Deane — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:30:07 +0000

Although it became a widely used form of communication only recently, texting is actually a decades-old technology. In fact, it celebrated its 20th birthday on Monday, which makes it older than most of the kids who use it. OMG!