Dale Mussen

A surprise announcement by the Vatican today that Pope Benedict the 16th will be stepping down at the end of the month. The announcement says he’s resigning as of 7 PM on February 28th. He’ll be first to resign since Pope Gregory the 12th in the 1400’s.

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How many potato chip flavors do we need? For me, barbeque, salt and vinegar, maybe sour cream and onion and just plain old regular will do. But when you’re the world’s largest potato chip maker you need dozens. Lays puts out such flavors as Dill Pickle, Ketchup, Garden Tomato & Basil, Thai Sweet Chili, Oven Roasted Chicken & Thyme, even Seaweed. Most of those flavors are available overseas, but in this country Lays averages one new flavor a year and this year they’re asking for your help.

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They did find a way to rally to a victory over the Montreal Canadiens, they did end a three-game losing streak and they did send the fans home happy.  But despite the win the Sabres problems continue to be glaring.

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Saturday is National Toothache Day – actually the feast day of St. Appollonia – the patroness of dentistry and those who suffer from toothache. Oddly – it’s also the day in history when the Hershey Chocolate Company was founded. Just a coincidence I guess.

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You can win a $50.00 Proflowers gift card just by knowing the Bouquet of the Day in our Proflowers Tweet Heart Contest.  Each day this week on the Breakfast Club we'll ask you to Tweet that day's Bouquet to: @1065WYRK.  We'll randomly select a winner.

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We learned yesterday that “Monopoly” has dumped the iron and replaced it with the cat as a play piece on the game board.

Hasbro invited “Monopoly” fans to vote on the switch and more than 10-million people did. The boot, iron and wheelbarrow received the fewest votes in support. The Scottie dog got the most support.

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The Niagara County SPCA is asking for donations to help care for 64 Pomeranian puppies seized from a home in Lockport over the weekend. The SPCA is looking for puppy chow, puppy pads and other donations. And if you’re interested in adopting one of the puppies you can call 731-4368 and you’ll be placed on their waiting list.

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Funny that on a day when traffic in this area was a nightmare on the 190 and 290, the Texas Traffic Institute issued a report that says traffic congestion in the country is improving. But most of that is because the economy is so bad. When people don’t have jobs they don’t drive to work. And they also go out less in the first place.

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I love kids and I love babies, but when you’re on a four hour flight and surrounded by six babies that screamed the entire way, it’s more than anybody should have to deal with. It happened to me on a flight out to California for Thanksgiving and I felt bad for the parents of those babies. What are they supposed to do? They tried their best to keep them quiet, but I think it was the change in altitude that was driving the babies crazy and they kept screaming.

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Brilliant.  Maybe it was using a decades-old speech by Paul Harvey - one of my all-time favorite broadcasters.  Maybe it was the topic.  But the Super Bowl ad for Dodge Ram trucks put a lump in my throat.

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Sad to hear that the inventor of the Etch a Sketch passed away. Frenchman Andre Cassagnes came up with the idea in his garage in the early 1950’s. Originally known as the The Magic Screen – it was displayed at a toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany in 1959 and it was the president of the Ohio Art Company who paid $25,000 for the rights to what eventually became the Etch a Sketch.

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Punxatawney Phil made his annual prognostication on Saturday morning.  He didn't see his shadow and it means spring will arrive early this year.  Phil emerged from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob at sunrise and according to legend if he see his shadow it scares him back into his burrow to wait out another six weeks of winter.  If there is no shadow it means warmer temperatures are ahead.

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