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Super Glue Inventor Harry Wesley Coover Jr. Dead at 94

Brad Weiser — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:50:33 +0000

Super Glue inventor Harry Wesley Coover Jr. died Saturday night of congestive heart failure at his home in Kingsport, TN, the NY Times is reporting. He was 94.

Though he held over 460 patents in his career, Coover was best known for his revolutionary invention, which he created accidentally while testing compounds at Eastman Codak's Tennessee laboratory in 1951. Seven years after the accident, during which Coover ruined a $3,000 machine, the first version of Super Glue (called Eastman 910) was made available.

Supercomputer Takes on 'Jeopardy' Champions [VIDEO]

Brad Weiser — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:57:59 +0000

This week on "Jeopardy," a supercomputer named Watson is competing against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two most storied players in the history of the game show

Watson is able to respond in a human voice to Alex Trebek’s answers. And the supercomputer is able to do so quickly enough to often beat the two human "Jeopardy" legends to the buzzer.

After the first day of the competition Watson was tied with Rutter for the lead.

Tailgate Party with KEZJ at Buffalo Wild Wings

Brad Weiser — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:38:20 +0000

Join us at the Tailgate Party at Buffalo Wilds Wings on Sunday, February 6th. The Party starts at 11 am with the Coors Crew and a bounce house for the kids! Plus prizes! The Best Tailgate will score a mini-fridge. Win The Best Seat In The House! Aarons Furniture is giving away the Best seat [...]

Crazy Super Bowl Bets

95.7 KEZJ — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:14:13 +0000

Every year, sports books go all out for the Super Bowl. They don't just let you bet on the game . . . you can bet on all kinds of things that have nothing to do with football. Here are some of the best ones you can bet on this year:

How long will it take CHRISTINA AGUILERA to sing the National Anthem? Over one minute, 54 seconds gets two-to-three odds . . . the odds that it'll go less than a minute, 54 seconds are six-to-five.

Does The Superbowl Lead to Domestic Violence?

Brad Weiser — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:25:35 +0000

There are a ton of myths that start circulating every year around Super Bowl time. It leads to heart attacks! It leads to domestic violence! It leads to people gorging on avocados! Here’s your guide to what’s true and what’s not. –Everyone flushing the toilet at halftime does not cause sewer problems. It’s been at [...]

Keith Urban to Perform at Super Bowl XLV

Brad Weiser — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:49:13 +0000

It’s been a busy week for Keith Urban, and now, he reveals that he’ll spend Super Bowl Sunday working! That’s right. Just after he and A-list actress wife Nicole Kidman announced the birth of their daughter Faith via surrogate, Urban is announcing that he will perform at Super Bowl XLV on FOX during the pre-game show, which will be broadcast live and worldwide on Sunday, Feb. 6.

Real-Life Superhero Loses Fight, Breaks Nose [VIDEO]

Brad Weiser — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:20:22 +0000

It started a few months ago in Seattle, when would-be masked crusaders came out of the woodwork, taking on crime in the city (and in one instance bravely stopping a man who was exposing himself on a city bus). So how are the heroes doing now?

To put it bluntly: not so super. Just ask "Phoenix Jones, the Guardian of Seattle," who got clocked in the face and threatened with a gun over the weekend when he tried to break up a downtown fight. Video of the local news coverage after the jump: