Daily Scoop for February 4

Last Updated on 02.08.13 Written by Sue Wilson

Friday

Laugh and Get Rich Day.

Sunday is the Chinese New Year. It's the Year 4710!  Year of the Snake!

Going to hit the east coast, and New England....2-3 feet of snow!  Could snow from noon today, till noon Sunday!

Robin Roberts is all set to make her return to Good Morning America -- she'll be back on February 20th.

Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler proposed to his model girlfriend Kristin Cavallari  via text message and mailed her the engagement ring.  She said yes.....getting married later this year

According to a study, what guys buy their wives and girlfriends for Valentine's Day is influenced less by love – and more by fear. Guys are afraid that if their gift is rejected, that they will be rejected. So they go with something safe, like jewelry, because they know it will go over well.

The average person will spend $131 on candy, cards, gifts and other stuff for the holiday – up from $126 last year

We all want to make a great first impression, so we usually focus on making sure our face, hair and clothes are the way we want them to be. But  a study published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that one of the biggest things strangers judge us on is our shoes.

The Australian government has just released new health guidelines that say kids can no longer blow out candles on cakes at school – because it spreads too many germs.

Rumors are swirling that the next Xbox will not read second-hand games, as each game disc will only be playable on one system. Gamers will be required to activate games – and once they’re activated, they’ll be tied to just one console. That means no swapping games with friends and no playing used games

An animated show based on the addictive Zynga social media game FarmVille is in the works. No other details are available.

Did you know that on Wednesday, the 25 BILLIONTH song was downloaded on iTunes? The lucky downloader is from Germany and for being the 25 billionth downloader they will receive a $13,528 iTunes gift card. The 25 billionth song: "Monkey Drums" by Chase Bush.

Grammys are this weekend.....Sunday...plenty of country stars performing..Taylor Swift will OPEN the Grammys

Gary Allan’s Set You Free is the top-selling country album for a second consecutive week!

Thursday February 7

Countryfest has added Lynyrd Skynyrd to the 8pm Friday, June 14th slot, right before Lady A.

Come August, you won't have to check your mailbox on Saturdays -- the United States Postal Service is stopping Saturday delivery.

Ironically, it's Send a Card to a Friend Day.

Valentines One week from today.....don't blame up is you blow it! We're giving you chances to win all kinds of cool prizes for your Valentine!

According to the National Restaurant Association, 31 percent of people will celebrate Valentine's Day at a restaurant.

CBS is warning Grammys performers and presenters not to bare any breasts, butt or "other" while onscreen. The network's Standard and Practice department sent out a "Wardrobe Advisory" in advance of Sunday's awards ceremony:

Katie Holmes my be on DWTS this season.!

According to a new study from Kansas State University, almost all of the time spent online while at work is wasted.

The researchers are calling it “Cyberloafing” and say it takes up as much as 80 percent of the time people spend online at work.

Says the Labrador Retriever is th most popular breed in America for the 22nd straight year!  German Shepard and Golden are 2 and 3.

Beyonce is one of the only performers to have an all-female band. The group of 10 musicians is called the Sugar Mamas.

In Massachusetts, lawmakers recently decided to extend the state's ban on happy hour. Some restaurant and bar owners had worked to get the ban removed.  But bureaucrat regulators kept the ban in place, explaining that removing it would lead to over-consumption of booze and endanger public safety.

Now owns the Star Wars franchise, says they will make more of them, most not connected to the original movies at all.

Gary Allan’s Set You Free is the top-selling country album for a second consecutive week!

Little Big Town, The Band Perry and Ryan Seacrest are among the stars who will be announcing the nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards. The contenders will be revealed on Facebook and Twitter on February 13th at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday February 6

Ann Curry might be landing a new job at Al Jazeera. That's the Middle Eastern network that Al Gore just sold Current TV to for 500 million.

A judge in Miami gave a woman 30 days for flipping him the bird during an arraignment on drug charges.

The penny is history -- at least in Canada. The government there has begun to phase out their version of the one-cent coin, saying it's too expensive to produce.

Get this ... Until last week, it was against the law for women in Paris to wear pants! France's Minister for Women's Rights made the law, which has been on the books since 1799, null and void.

According to a Match.com survey, 71% of women said they won't date a guy who is shorter than them.

When you’re in a relationship, you tend to want to share everything ... even your online passwords. But, according to a new study, this may be a downright dumb idea. The study reports that “1 in 10 Americans have been cyber-threatened by an ex.”

A recent online survey of over 5,000 adults suggests that the first two things people judge you on are your teeth and your grammar.

Steve and Terri Weaver, an Arkansas husband and wife who won the lottery twice in one weekend! First, Steve won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket. Then, his wife Terri spent ten bucks on scratchers ... and won $50 grand!

Fauja Singh, who will turn 102 in a few months, is finally retiring from running marathons. Singh, who is reportedly too old to prove his own age, started running when he turned 89!


Little Big Town, The Band Perry and Ryan Seacrest are among the stars who will be announcing the nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards. The contenders will be revealed on Facebook and Twitter on February 13th at 9:30 a.m.

Blake Shelton will make an appearance on his buddy Reba McEntire's sitcom, Malibu Country. He'll play Reba's brother on the show airing on March 1st.

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uesday February 5th

It's National Weatherman's Day
 

Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance may have been hot, but it didn't blow out the power in the Superdome, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed it.  Her show ran on separate power.

The NFL hasn’t decided whether or not there will be a Super Bowl Halftime Show next year because for the first time the game will be played in a cold climate -- New Jersey.

The 164.1 million viewers for the 49ers-Ravens championship game topped the previous record of 162.9 million total viewers for Super Bowl 45 two years ago.

On a night dominated by the Super Bowl, Downton Abbey still managed to draw an impressive crowd on Sunday. Roughly 6.6 million viewers tuned in.

According to a new survey from RetailMeNot.com, many people have already given up on their New Year's Resolutions – while others are still getting around to making them.

A New Jersey Catholic School is getting a lot of criticism asking its female students to "act more like ladies" by making a pledge to not curse for 30 days. Male students at were instructed not to "swear in the presence of ladies," but were NOT required to make a no-cursing pledge.

As if there aren’t enough reasons to avoid underage drinking, here’s another one: The brain actually shrinks when you drink too much at a young age. That’s right … the brain SHRINKS.

England announced Monday that the 500-year-old remains found under a parking lot have been identified as King Richard the Third. DNA tests confirmed it.   He died on August 22nd in 1485


Fauja Singh, who will turn 102 in a few months, is finally retiring from running marathons. Singh, who is reportedly too old to prove his own age, started running when he turned 89!

Burger King has admitted to selling burger patties tainted with trace amounts of horse meat.

Tim McGraw releases his long-awaited album, Two Lanes of Freedom, today

Jason Aldean has scored his seventh consecutive number-one single on the Mediabase chart this week with “The Only Way I Know,” his all-star collaboration with Luke Bryan and Eric Church.

George Jones’s final Nashville show is getting the all-star treatment with the additions of Charlie Daniels, Lorrie Morgan, Randy Travis, Jamey Johnson and Gene Watson.  The November 22nd concert closes the Possum’s final tour of his career.