THE FACT IS… Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men. A very high-tech grandma made an iPhone quilt for her new baby grandson! We love the caption: “There’s a nap for that!” It’s a drunk, drunk world we live in! Check out a map that shows the world’s drunkest countries. The world is also a very caffeinated place. Check out a map of the world’s biggest coffee drinkers. Racing robots! Japan is hosting the first ever robot marathon. The race kicks off Feb. 24 and the robots will have to run around the specially made track 422 times to complete a full 26 mile marathon. It will take them about four days to finish. DAILY PAGE FOR
Friday, February 18, 2011
Need to Know: Sav-On café to close, Centennial Girls in State tourney- so are Middleton and BK, Nascar this Sunday.
EVENTS
President’s Week-end Feb 19-21
Rich Little at Lincoln Day Banquet – Feb 24 - Centre on the Grove
Harlem Globetrotters Qwest Arena –Feb 21 3p.
Elizabeth Gilbert Eat Love Pray- March 15
For more detail see Interactive Calendar link
AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Treasure Valley Average Prices
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Regular |
Mid |
Premium |
Diesel |
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Current |
$3.127 |
$3.220 |
$3.318 |
$3.661 |
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Yesterday |
$3.088 |
$3.185 |
$3.275 |
$3.641 |
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Week Ago |
$3.039 |
$3.132 |
$3.226 |
$3.566 |
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Month Ago |
$2.916 |
$3.078 |
$3.163 |
$3.456 |
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Year Ago |
$2.717 |
$2.867 |
$2.947 |
$2.911 |
Saturday’s jackpot $ 126 Million
09 13 21 23 48 PB 24 last numbers drawn
MEGA-Millions – $52 million Friday
Hot Lotto – $3.36Million
Dow Jones Industrial Average
12,318.14 +29.97
Entertainment
ON TV
Dan Aykroyd reunites with his pal, Jim Belushi, on tonight's episode of ``The Defenders'' on CBS. Aykroyd plays a cocky judge who's facing 30 counts of drug possession. He turns to Belushi's character to represent him in court.
More on the TV tonight link.
CONCERTS
BB King - February 27 – Morrison Center tix on Sale
Elton John -April 9th @ TBA.
Tops at the Box office
2. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
4. The Eagle
5. The Roommate
Opening This Week
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Unknown Liam Neeson |
READER BOARD-Hardcover Fiction -Top 3
1. TICK TOCK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson
3. THE INNER CIRCLE, by Brad Meltzer
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II
Hardcover Advice & Misc.
THE 4-HOUR BODY, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown Archetype, $27.) A diet and fitness book from the author of "The 4-Hour Workweek."
Sports – NASCAR Daytona this Sunday
Environment
SUNRISE 7:39 SUNSET 6:19
Yesterday’s Hi-43 Today’s 45
Treasure Valley Air Quality Condition
GOOD -AQI= 38
OUTDOOR BURNING ALLOWED
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