Randy McCoy

Each year in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee, they hold a salmon fishing derby with first prize being $12,500. There have been rumors for years that some of the winners didn’t catch their salmon in the lake. This year organizers have made little change in the rules.

Food shortages have been common in Venezuela recently from milk and butter to coffee and cornmeal, but now things are getting serious. The country is running out of toilet paper. People have been looking for the bathroom product for two weeks, when one grocery runs out, shoppers head to another in hopes they have a supply, but it’s not on the shelves.

At a depth of 1.5 miles below the Earth’s surface, in a mine near Timmins, Ontario, a pocket of water was discovered that is 2.5 billion years old. According to University of Toronto Earth scientist Barbara Lollar, when the rocks of the mine were formed, Canada was the ocean floor

Seems like a small thing and it has been done quietly in Florida, but the Florida Department of Transportation has shortened the time on their traffic lights on how long they stay yellow before they turn red. They started the change in 2011 at key intersections in the state, mostly intersections that have red light cameras or RLC’s.

The list of the highest paid athletes is out and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is at the top of the list again in 2013. Mayweather made $90 million, amazingly all from his paydays as a fighter and $0 from endorsements. Most athletes depend on endorsements to supplement their (already) million dollar contracts. Take the second highest paid, LeBron James; he made $56,545,000 in 2013, $17,545,000  in salary a

Hopefully just in time for Memorial Day weekend, Oscar Mayer will have their ‘bacon hot dog’ available for the family cookout. Yes, they are coming go out with a hot dog that has bacon bit bits inside. Oscar Mayer says they will be ‘widely’ available by June 1st, but you may see them to start hit the grocery stores just before the upcoming holiday ...

A 19 year old man from Tennessee stole an 18 wheeler claiming he was being chased by zombies. He had hitched a ride on the 18 wheeler for 100 miles before the driver knew he was on board and there the driver gave him a ride until they got to a way station. Once the driver got out of the truck the 19 year took off.

As you can tell from looking around it is dandelion season, which starts when the grass starts getting green.  Personally I do not like dandelions on my lawn, so I use a weed and feed to get rid of them. You have to be careful on the type of spray or granules you use, but a quick trip to the hardware or lawn store and they can help you pick out a safe and effective product. If dandelions don’t bot

< Most people would find the sport of pole vaulting extremely difficult, which it is, but doing it when you’re legally blind, now that is a tough task indeed. It doesn’t seem to affect Aria Ottmueller form Arizona as she has excelled in the sport qualifying in the Arizona track and field state championships.

It sounds like something from science fiction, but it could happen by 2021, as NASA is planning on sending a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it by the moon. Senator Bill Nelson says the president has given the go ahead to bring a space rock closer to Earth so it can be studied.

Scratch and sniff cards come in many forms, from perfume to cologne and natural gas. Energy West in Great Falls, Montana, passed out natural gas cards to their customers that have an artificial smell of gas when you scratched them. The idea was to have residents notice the smell in case of  a leak and they seem to work all too well.

Men do crazy things and a man from Washington state did a really crazy and stupid thing when he was clocked going 130 mph on his new motorcycle. Gregory Zaser, 61, had just purchased a Ducati motorcycle and wanted to see how fast it would go, turns out it went fast enough to get him a $1,103 speeding ticket.

I love watching basketball, especially this time of year when the playoffs are going on, even though my favorite team, the Boston Celtics was eliminated early by the New York Knicks. The problem I’m having this year is it seems the refs are taking over the game too much. I understand there have been times when they have to get the game under control and fouls, even technical fouls, are necessary b

A shirt company, Wool & Prince, have created a button-down shirt made of wool that resists odor and wrinkles. In fact, the company claims the shirt can be worn for 100 days without needing to be washed. It’s the wool that gives the shirt it’s lasting-power, it will last up-to six times longer than a cotton shirt and if woven the right way, it’s just as soft.

Dutch Company called Mars One is looking for volunteers to go to Mars that can face the stress of the flight and have a ‘can do’ attitude during the flight. The only thing about the Mars One mission is: it’s a one-way trip. The company is looking for four people, with no particular background, to make the flight to Mars and set-up a colony.

There is a lot in today’s society to stress out mothers, like money worries, demands at work and home, and stress from pressure they put on themselves, but according to a survey by TODAYMoms.com, having three children is the most stressful. The survey was conducted among 7,000 moms, and they seem to agree, the magic number is three.