Detective Danny Crouse is this year’s Salem Police Officer of the Year. He earned the honor, which is voted on by his peers, for his efforts in seizing a woman close to jumping off a bridge on Rt 419 onto I-81 traffic back in March and pulling her back over the railing.
Tom Brady with the Pats thru 2017 signing a $27 million contract extension.
Today is the 57th day of 2013 with 308 to follow. 22 days until Spring.
1852- John Harvey Kellogg, the American physician who developed dry cereal, was born. He died on Dec. 14, 1943.
1919- The Grand Canyon was designated a national park under President Woodrow Wilson.
1929- President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creating the Grand Teton National Park.
1932- Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas. He died in 2003 at age 71.
1957- The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1964- The boxer known to all as Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali
A lawyer in San Diego went to visit his client in jail last Tuesday . . . and ended up being TRAPPED in a locked room for four hours. Officials took him to a visiting room and locked him in . . . but they forgot to get his client . . . or tell anyone he was waiting. They had already taken his cell phone . . . so he pounded on the door until someone heard him.
Last week in Iowa, a 24-year-old man broke into a lingerie store in the middle of the night . . . NAKED . . . and spent 2 hours trying on women's clothes and accessories before he settled on a blond wig and a dress. Unfortunately for him, he had a tattoo on his back. . . and it was HIS NAME. Do I need to mention what police did next?
According to a recent study done on Twitter, this is the word that makes us happiest...what is it? No winner this morning. The answer is "sun".
Bacehlor Sean is down to two. Brace yourselves, Bachelor fans. Someone's heart got broken, big time, on Monday's important Overnight Date episode. Getting roses are Catherine and Lindsay. AshLee is angry
The Oscars telecast was seen by 40.3 million people, a slight increase over last year's show. It was the most-watched Oscars telecast in three years.
There's a report that Pink is in line to replace Britney Spears on "X-Factor".
All of the contestants for the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars," were announced this morning.
(Photo: Dancing with the Stars/ABC)
Wynonna Judd (paired with Tony Dovolani)
D.L. Hughley (Cheryl Burke)
Jacoby Jones (Karina Smirnoff)
Lisa Vanderpump (Gleb Savchenko)
Andy Dick (Sharna Burgess)
Victor Ortiz (Lindsay Arnold of "So You Think You Can Dance")
Zendaya Coleman (Disney Channel, "Shake it Up"; with Val Chmerkovskiy)
Aly Raisman (Mark Balas)
Ingo Rademacher ("General Hospital"; with Kym Johnson)
Kellie Pickler (Derek Hough)
Dorothy Hamill (Olympic star, figure skating; with Tristan McaManus)
Season premieres March 18 on ABC.
Royal Caribbean announced during the Oscar's Red Carpet event on Sunday that Kristen Chenoweth is the Godmother of their newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, due out in the Fall of 2014. The ship is part of to two newbuilds that are part of the “Project Sunshine” class of ships. The ship will weigh 158,000 gross registered tons (GRT) and a capacity of 4,100 guests based on double occupancy. **You know, she is so cute. RC was looking for a Godmother who delivers "wow" performances. I think they found her.
Did you see when Jennifer Lawrence met Jack Nicholson backstage at the Oscars during an interview with GMA? Classic.
BTW: Jennifer Lawrence's dress was a fan fave.
What did you think of Helen Hunt's dress? She bought the dress at H&M. She added $700 in diamond jewelry, worth far more than the dress itself. She thought the dress was "sexy". What do you think?
*****start poll*****
Christina Applegate married longtime fiance, rocker Martyn LeNoble, over the weekend.
Usually blond pop star Britney Spears has been spotted in Los Angeles and she's now a brunette.
Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner are going into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Holly Knight, who wrote "Love Is A Battlefield" and "Invincible" for Pat Benatar and "The Warrior" for Patty Smyth will also be inducted. So will JD Souther, who wrote "Heartache Tonight," "New Kid In Town" and "Best Of My Love" for The Eagles and now appears on the TV show "Nashville." Another inductee is Tony Hatch, who wrote "Downtown" and "My Love" for Petula Clark. The induction ceremony is June 13 in New York.
Jermaine Jackson has legally changed his last name to Jacksun.
NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK _ Coming Tuesday, February 26.
• The Master (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix)
• Chasing Mavericks (Gerard Butler)
TV TONIGHT
ABC: Kate Gosselin and Kendra Wilkinson are the premiere of Celebrity Wife Swap followed by new episodes of The Taste and Body of Proof
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Golden Boy are all new
NBC: Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Go On, The New Normal, and Smash are all new
FOX: Raising Nope, New Girl, and The Mindy Project are new
CW: Hart of Dixie and Cult are both new
Kenny Chesney is the highest ranking country star on Billboard’s list of Music’s Top 40 Money Makers at #5. Tim McGraw was 7th and Madonna topped the list.
Kenny Chesney will be releasing his new 10-song album “Life On A Rock” on Tuesday, April 30. Check out the album cover above.
Blake Shelton will release his new album, “Based on a True Story…,” on March 26. The day of release he will also perform on the Today Show to promote the project. Shelton will also kick off hisTen Times Crazier Tour on July 19 in Virginia Beach, VA with Jana Kramer and Easton Corbin.
Toby Keith will be taking his 2013 Hammer Down Tour on the road beginning Satruday, June 8 in Ozark, AR. The 20-date tour will feature Kip Moore.
(Photo: Capitol Nashville)
Lady A’s Hillary Scott will be a mentor on The Voice for Adam Levine’s team. The new season starts March 25 on NBC.
Hunter Hayes says his Mrs. Right will have to be patient. Hummm, could that be Selena Gomez?
A private funeral for Mindy McCready will be held today in her hometown of Ft. Myers, FL.
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell- Old Yellow Moon
The Mavericks- In Time
Apparently, in most elevators, there's a secret trick to skip ALL the other floors . . . even if someone pressed their buttons . . . and go directly to YOUR floor. You just need to press and hold your floor's button AND the door close button for about seven to 10 seconds. (Yahoo Travel)
According to a new survey, an argument between two women at work is more disruptive to a company than any other kind of conflict. People said that a catfight between two female managers was the most harmful to company and group morale . . . and that the relationship was LEAST likely to be repaired. (Wall Street Journal)
Viagra For Roses
There's nothing like red roses to get the romance flowing. However, if you want that romance to last, you'll also need some Viagra.
Here's the catch: The Viagra is for the roses.
The British Medical Journal published a study that found the popular erectile-dysfunction drug also has a stimulating affect on flowers.
Researchers discovered that when 1 mg of Viagra was placed in two vases of cut roses, the flowers stood up straight - without wilting - for as long as a week past their natural life span.
Note: If your flowers last longer than four weeks, you may want to contact a florist.
When's The Right Time
Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys carried an engagement ring around with him for two weeks, then didn't know what to do with it. Carter tells People magazine he had planned to ask girlfriend Lauren Kitt to marry him and carrying around the seven-carat ring was driving him insane. He took Kitt, her father and some friends to an island in the Florida Keys and finally popped the question. She said yes.
History In The Making
A Nepalese woman has officially entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female to scale Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season. She made it to the top May 12, and then went back to the top May 19. [To look for her car keys.]
Your Office Coffee Mug is GROSS
Professor Charles P. Gerba of the University of Arizona says 90% of office coffee mugs are covered in germs. But it gets worse, because Professor Gerba says 20% of office mugs carry fecal bacteria
Your Day Starts Here
Need a little motivation to get going? Hit the treadmill in the morning. The A.M. could be your BEST time to workout. More
good news story 
A Tennessee woman has discovered the rock she's used as a doorstop for 15 years is a 450-million-year-old fossil. A local paper reports Betty LeMaster found the 10-pound rock when she was cleaning up her property. She became curious about it while watching a TV program called "America Unearthed." Alan Brown of Middle Tennessee State University says LeMaster's rock is fossilized coral. He adds it's a lot older than a dinosaur bone.
Nice find Betty.
lar's thought of the day 
If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting, but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything. - Allyson Jones
