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Zach Sobiech — A Huge Inspiration In A Short Life [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:27 +0000

I saw this video yesterday morning, and I found myself getting emotional. I couldn’t tell if I was super overtired mixed with this heartfelt video, or if this young man’s story just had that much an effect on me. I watched it again later that day and realized that this is a very truly inspirational [...]

Rob Banks' Top 25 Darius Rucker Songs: #22 — 'True Believers'

Rob Banks — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:24 +0000

#22: “True Believers” It’s the title track off Darius Rucker’s brand-new album that just came out this week, and you can bet your bottom dollar we’re going to hear it at this year’s Taste Of Country. Hootie (er, Rucker) sings in the chorus: We are one heartbeat in the darkness We are one lasting answered [...]

Rob Banks' Top 25 Darius Rucker Songs: #23 — 'Tucker's Town'

Rob Banks — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:00 +0000

Dear Darius Rucker, I would pay a lot of money to see a Hootie & the Blowfish reunion show and for this song to be played. Thank you. I can’t believe we’re so close to the Taste Of Country. Only 23 days away until LIVE country music and beer outside under the sun! It’s going [...]

Rob Banks' Top 25 Darius Rucker Songs: #24 — 'Forever Road'

Rob Banks — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:11 +0000

#24: “Forever Road” It’s a fast love song where the guy pledges his love for his girl. One of those songs that you have to sing along to whenever you hear it. I’ll always be beside you / Holdin’ on until this ride is through / So away we go, down that forever road There [...]

Buffalo Baby Born On Thruway!

Rob Banks — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:06 +0000

Sometimes miracles come in the most unexpected places. Especially for Mike and Sarah Buttino of Buffalo, when they had to do an emergency pullover on the thruway for Mike to deliver their baby. The knew it was time to head to the hospital yesterday evening after Sarah was experiencing contractions. They rushed to the hospital [...]

Here's A Horrible Way To Lie To Your Parents About Failing Grades

Rob Banks — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:34:05 +0000

Not every kid has high-flying grades that mom and dad are proud of. Just ask 19-year-old Aftab Aslam from Georgia. He didn’t want to tell his parents about failing college English, so he did something extreme. Aslam is accused of faking his own kidnapping so he could avoid telling his parents he was failing a class. [...]

Baby Falls Onto Train Tracks, Escapes Death [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:07:53 +0000

A baby in stroller a fell onto train tracks in Philadelphia as an oncoming train was only moments away. Her mother rushed to rescue her as a train approached. As the mother of the 14-month old girl rushed to rescue her, bystanders alerted transport officials. The woman jumped down onto the tracks and lifted her daughter back up to the platform.

Waitress Fired After Bashing Police On Facebook

Rob Banks — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:25:16 +0000

A waitress is causing quite an uproar over a picture and comment she posted about some Oklahoma sheriff’s deputies. Ashley Warden, who is a server at Chili’s, posted the picture on her Facebook page with the comment: “Stupid Cops better hope I’m not their server FDP.” “I was extremely disappointed that here are these dedicated public servants [...]

Counting Down 25 Days Until Taste Of Country 2013 With Rob Banks' Top 25 Darius Rucker Songs

Rob Banks — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:01 +0000

I am a massive Hootie & the Blowfish fan -- they put out two of my all-time favorite albums, 'Fairweather Johnson' and 'Cracked Rear View' (which can be played 13 times all the way through before you make it to Myrtle Beach from Buffalo -- I've tried). So when I heard they were disassembling, I was ticked.

With that bad news, who knew that a great new career -- Hootie frontman Darius Rucker's solo country career, of course -- was going to come from it?

Hilarious! Carrie Underwood Pranks Hunter Hayes

Rob Banks — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:45:35 +0000

Honestly, I got a good laugh out of this. There’s been this thing called “goating”, where sometimes a singer sounds a tad like a goat, so people replace their voice with a goat sound. If you don’t know what I’m talking about — check out Carrie Underwood pranking Hunter Hayes on his last show on her [...]

U.S. Laziest Cities List — Yes, Buffalo's On It

Rob Banks — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:08:22 +0000

We’re the city of good neighbors. And a city of lazy neighbors. According to Business Insider, they’ve come up with a rubric on how to find the laziest cities: We made the list by analyzing three metrics: self-reported obesity and physical activity rates (from the Centers for Disease Control) and TV viewership (from Nielsen). The scores were then normalized [...]

This Is Arguably The Worst Singing Of The National Anthem EVER [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:37:49 +0000

I started off feeling super sorry for this girl. I get stage fright sometimes, but this is the definition of stage fright. A Canadian singer, Alexis Normand, forgot the words around 15 seconds in at the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon on Saturday night. Fine — we’ve all see this happen before where someone screws up [...]

Cute Animal Pictures — Words You Never Want To Hear

Rob Banks — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:57:13 +0000

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Cute Animal Pictures — Words You Never Want To Hear

Rob Banks — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:55:43 +0000

Rob's Friend Got Dumped With This Picture!

Rob Banks — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:53:57 +0000

This is probably a good thing at this point. My buddy has been fighting with his girlfriend on and off for the past couple months, and they just had one big blowout fight the other day. We were talking last night, and he was telling me how he said maybe there was a chance that they were going to work things out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Men Experience What Giving Birth Is Like [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:50:05 +0000

Ladies, I give you credit. There is no chance that there is a desire in my body to go through some of the things that you have to go through. For example: I enjoy standing up to pee, not having a “time of the month” and the idea of never having to be pregnant. These [...]

New York Considers Lowering Legal BAC to .05%

Rob Banks — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:48:56 +0000

The National Transit Safety Board has presented New York State with the idea to lower the blood alcohol level from .08 percent to .05 percent. Meaning, just a couple drinks could put someone right over the legal limit. Deanna Russo, who is the Executive Director of the Crusade Against Impaired Driving, lost her sister to [...]

Crazy Woman Tries To Get Away With WHAT?! [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:21:31 +0000

Some people are just plain stupid. I can’t tell if this lady is just stupid or weird though. Believe it or not, there is a lot of fraud in Russia on their roadways (accidents, for example), so many people in Russia get a dash cam for their cars. I bet this guy never thought he [...]

Buddy Nix Steps Down As Buffalo Bills General Manager

Rob Banks — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:52:44 +0000

“I think at some point, you’ve got to step aside and let young guys that are qualified have their shot,” Nix said during today’s news conference, during which he announced his resignation as Buffalo Bills GM. “I never put a timetable on it. I always felt like I’d know when it was the right time.” [...]

Listen to Keith Urban's New Song, 'Little Bit Of Everything' [VIDEO]

Rob Banks — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:25:53 +0000

We are lonnnnggg overdue for some new Keith Urban music. He’s was busy with ‘The Voice”s Australia edition and with ‘American Idol‘, so it’s no surprise he has not had a ton of time to get into the studio. But, Keith’s new album, coming out later this year, will be the latest since 2010′s ‘Get [...]