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Year-Round School, Teacher of the Year, and What To Do For Memorial Day [Terry's Weekend Recap]

Terry Morgan — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:42 +0000

Should Twin Falls have year-round school, time is running our to vote for the Magic Valley Teacher of the Year, and our Top 5 things to do for Memorial Day. Here’s what Terry was talking about last week. Articles Should Twin Falls Move To Year Round Education? [Poll] Top Five Things to Do on Memorial [...]

The 10 Best Indy 500 Finishes of All-Time

Joe Student — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:40 +0000

The Indianapolis 500 is the world's largest single-day sporting event. Approximately 400,000 fans will crowd the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend to watch "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" at the 2.5-mile oval track. While drivers average speeds well in excess of 150 miles per hour, sometimes the race comes down to the final lap. Here are the 10 best Indy 500 finishes of all-time:

New Movies: 'The Hangover Part III,' 'Fast and Furious 6,' 'Epic'

Chris Chaberski — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Wow. This is a monster weekend at the box office. While Memorial Day weekend is usually a good one for theaters, it’s rare to see three heavyweights like these all hitting cinemas at the same time. ‘The Hangover Part III’ Phil, Stu and Alan are back for round three, and you can be sure to [...]

Kmart Offers Some 'Big Gas' Savings in Funny New Ad

Kyle Dowling — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:30:32 +0000

We don’t know who is behind the sudden trend of laugh-out-loud Kmart ads, but we say keep ‘em coming! Just last month we gave you the famed ‘Ship Your Pants‘ Kmart commercial that created both headlines and guffaws around the country. Now the discount chain is back with a hysterical ad about the gas savings [...]

This 4-Year-Old Girl Knows More About Marvel Superheroes Than You Do

Mike Sampson — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:03:20 +0000

“Where does the Dark Surfer trap Thanos and Captain Marvel?” If you can’t answer that question, you just got beat by a 4-year-old girl in Marvel superhero trivia. Don’t feel bad though, this girl really knows her stuff. Watch this adorable video below and see if you can keep up. We’d still probably have a [...]

Pistol Annies Draw From Real Life, Marriage for New Album

Sterling Whitaker — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:08:58 +0000

Pistol Annies have just released their second album, titled ‘Annie Up,’ and in a new interview, the critically acclaimed country music trio talk about how their real lives helped shape the music they’ve made this time around. “This album is about right now,” Miranda Lambert tells the Tennessean. “When we were doing the first record, [...]

Teen Arrested for Stealing Friend's Virtual Money in RuneScape

Donald Deane — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:41 +0000

Theft is usually pretty cut-and-dry, but a teen in Wales definitely blurred the line when he stole and gave away a friend's stockpile of virtual money in the online role-playing game RuneScape. Does this qualify as a real crime?

11 Diving Fails to Prep You for Summer

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:39 +0000

Memorial Day is coming up soon, which means the beginning of swimming season is quickly approaching. This also means plenty of painful belly flops, fully-clothed people falling into pools and our latest hilarious discovery, diving fails.

CBS Fall 2013: Extended Trailers for 'The Crazy Ones,' 'The Millers' and More!

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:40 +0000

Earlier today CBS went through with a rather late pickup of the upcoming 'Bad Teacher' adaptation, but the confirmed offerings for the network's 2013-2014 slate have a few reveals of their own. The network has released extended trailers for Chuck Lorre's 'Mom,' Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams' 'The Crazy Ones' and more, so get your best look yet at CBS's fall lineup inside!

10 Bizarre Animals That Are Secretly Cute

TheFW Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:14 +0000

The next time a particular aspect of your own appearance gets you down — like an expanding waistline, or a larger than normal nose — remember what our mom used to say to us as children: “You could’ve been born as a star-nosed mole, or a blobfish. Now shut up and eat your tacos!” (Love [...]

Quick Response Unit Fundraiser Event in Twin Falls

Jackie — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:38 +0000

Sunday June 2nd is the 6th Annual QRU Fundraiser This fundraiser was organized by two Twin Falls Motorcycle shops, Adventure Motorsports & Snake Harley-Davidson, in an effort to create awareness of what and who the local Quick Response Units are. They have been joined by Lets Ride in Heyburn, Dr. M. Cole Johnson, Twin Falls [...]

'Timecop' Being Remade, As All Movies Eventually Must

Britt Hayes — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:05 +0000

In today’s recycling news: Universal has plucked the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi action flick ‘Timecop’ from their little green eco-friendly bin. Why make a movie and then just throw the idea away when the movie’s done? That’s so wasteful! There are starving writers in every coffee shop in LA, staring zombie-eyed and slack-jawed at [...]

Which Steak is Better – Grilled or Smoked?

Brad Weiser — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:40:04 +0000

There’s definitely going to be some great steak cooking this weekend. Do you think it’s best to grill your steak or smoke it? I suppose it’s a matter of preference but I’d like to know which you like best. I’ve never quite been able to get that criss-cross sear with my smoker. BUT, I’ve never [...]

Hero Dad Goes Out to Buy Daughter Ice Cream, Winds Up Stopping Robbery

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:44 +0000

A good dad has proven to be an even better Good Samaritan. Frank Ventola ran out to the supermarket in Denver to pick up some ice cream for his daughter last weekend, only to single-handedly stop a man trying to rob Vicodin from the store’s pharmacy. Ventola was on the hunt for coffee ice cream [...]

Does Someone in Your Office Always Mess Up the Coffee?

Jackie — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:35:47 +0000

If you are a coffee drinker, you know how important having coffee first thing in the morning is. At our office we are lucky enough to have the news team make coffee for us before we get here. If the news team is gone we make our coffee and I have the worst luck when is comes to brewing a simple pot of coffee. I have brewed an entire pot of coffee n the floor before and I am famous for getting grinds in the coffee.

Hank Williams, Jr. Announces 2013 Summer Tour

Sterling Whitaker — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:47 +0000

The legendary Hank Williams, Jr. has announced a summer run of concert dates in support of his most recent album, ‘Old School, New Rules,’ which he released last July. The tour will kick off on June 8 in Minnesota and run through September 14, when it wraps up in Biloxi, Miss. The singer — whose [...]

Ronnie Dunn Shares New Song, 'Peace Love and Country Music'

Sterling Whitaker — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:12 +0000

Ronnie Dunn has taken to sampling new songs in progress for his fans, and from the sound of it, his latest one is a potential hit in the making. The former Brooks and Dunn singer shared a new song titled ‘Peace Love and Country Music’ via Souncloud recently, and from the glowing comments he’s been [...]

Watch These People Using the Grill Wrong — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:09 +0000

[onescreen item="5076456"] Memorial Day weekend is a big weekend for grilling, so it’s time for a refresher on what exactly not to do with your grill. It seems unnecessary to remind people that grills are dangerous. They contain fire, which, as everyone should know, can burn you. Be very careful with lighter fluid. Don’t try [...]

Teen Who Died of Cancer Gives the World a Heartbreaking Gift

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:28 +0000

Zach Sobiech is singing with the angels now. Zach died Monday at the age of 18 after a battle with cancer, but he left behind more than just memories for those who knew him. After learning that he only had a few months to live, Zach decided to write music as a way to say [...]

Jake Owen Rips His Pants Onstage

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:33:13 +0000

Jake Owen is nothing if not creative and able to think on the fly — and with his fly down. The singer ripped his pants while performing onstage in Charleston, S.C. on May 17. It was quite eventful, since he admitted via Twitter that he had gone commando and therefore had to improvise, using his [...]