Cindy Morgan was found dead at the age of 69.

 Cindy Morgan, the actor best known for her roles in 1980s movies "Caddyshack" and "Tron," has died at age 69.

He believes his phone number was used by grocery shoppers who wanted to save money, but don't have their own accounts with the company.

 

Charlotte man's 'Jenny' phone number racks him up thousands in Food Lion rewards

                       

If you're a fan of music from the '80s, then you're probably familiar with Tommy Tutone's hit song "867-5309/Jenny." Maybe you even tried calling the number, but adding in your local area code.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, one man has that famed number: Chris Och. He bought the 704 version of the beloved digits more than a decade ago, just because it was well-known.

"It was one of the things on my bucket list actually," Och said. "I wanted a memorable phone number, and I didn't want business cards for my business." 

And aside from making calls, he's used it for another thing: Grocery store rewards programs. Och goes to his local Food Lion all the time to shop. He will go to the checkout line and enter his phone number at the register so he can claim rewards. 

Each time, it shows how much he has saved over a year.

“My receipt shows $92,965 as what I’ve saved," Och said. 

That means he must have spent millions of dollars at Food Lion stores across the area, right? For him, that's not the case at all.

Och suspects when someone doesn't have an account, they use his phone number so they can save some money at checkout. But that has some unintended consequences; at the bottom of the Food Lion rewards app, you have the choice to donate your savings to a good cause. That's something Och tried to do until an unexpected thing happened out of the blue. 

"They said 'By the way your phone number cannot be used anymore,'" Och said. 

Food Lion deactivated his number from their system, and when it turned off, his savings dropped to zero. 

“I want to make sure they use what’s going in there," Och said. 

Food Lion sent  a statement about what happened:

At Food Lion, we take customer concerns seriously. While we regret this situation is happening to our customer, Food Lion also has a responsibility to prevent misuse of the MVP customer loyalty program. Due to the high volume of transactions associated with the phone number, our systems were alerted to potential misuse. At that time, the customer’s phone number was deactivated in our system. Unfortunately, the phone number was re-activated. However, Food Lion has since taken steps to deactivate this phone number.

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Food Lion’s MVP Program is designed to save customers money at the point of transaction. There is an additional program within the MVP program, Shop & Earn, that allows customers to earn rewards, which on average amounts to $20 per month, through purchasing qualifying items. These rewards, once earned, are applied to a customers’ next grocery purchase OR can be donated by the customer to a local food bank. 

"It's sad that it happens," a retired Clark County judge said a few hours after the attack. "But it happens."

 

Retired Las Vegas judge says courtroom attacks are not far-fetched

The wild viralness of the video of a man catapulting the bench in a Clark County courtroom and pouncing on the judge presiding over his case, indicates it’s a sight not many people have ever seen.

But for those who have donned the black robe for any length of time, the notion of such an attack is not so far-fetched. 

“It’s sad that it happens,” William “Bill” Kephart, a retired Clark County judge, said Wednesday, a few hours after the attack. “But it happens.”

Kephart was a judge for 10 years, first for four years in Las Vegas Justice Court and then in the Eighth Judicial District Court for the next six. His courtroom was just down the hall from his colleague’s, Judge Mary Kay Holthus, a former prosecutor and current District Court Judge. Holthus on Wednesday was attacked by a defendant she was sentencing in her courtroom, Deobra Redden, 30.

“You can see people in that courtroom care about her and want to make sure that she’s safe,” Kephart said, referring to Holthus’ courtroom clerk who can be seen on the video attempting to beat Redden into submission. A courtroom marshal and others also stepped in to free Holthus from Redden’s clutches.

Redden’s violent outburst is a reminder to judges like Kephart of how serious the stakes inside a courtroom are. Kephart told that given those stakes – and the tremendous volume of litigants and defendants who have business inside the Regional Justice Center –  it’s surprising there aren’t more episodes of this type. Moreover, he says, some judges may be swayed by the stakes of some of the criminal sentences they issue or decisions they make in multi-million-or-billon-dollar civil cases “I think there’s a few people that might be on the bench that recognize those threats… in a sense that it influences their decisions,” Kephart said. “And, Mary Kay’s not like that.”Holthus did not answer a phone call made to her cell phone Wednesday evening. That call went directly to voicemail. Similarly, a text message sent to her cell phone went unanswered. Another retired Clark County judge who spoke with KLAS indicated that, in her experience on the bench,  criminal defendants are more likely to turn on their own attorney than on the judge.

 

Release of limited-edition Stanley cups is causing chaos at Target stores

The hottest gift so far of the new year appears to be an exclusive line of Stanley cups.

The limited-edition stainless-steel tumblers are only available at Target stores and have sold out at several locations nationwide.

Multiple customers have shared videos from Target stores showing people lining up as early as 3 a.m. to get their hands on the product that is even selling out online.

TikTok user Victoria Robino shared a video where numerous customers can be seen grabbing what cups they could from the shelves at an Arizona Target Her video has been viewed more than 17 million times.

“Stanley definitely knows what they are doing. Everyone and their mom wants one,” viewer EveCali Love commented.

The cups come in different colors, including the Winter Pink Starbucks edition just released on Wednesday. They are being sold for $45, if shoppers can find one.

A number  of shoppers in video  lining up outside of a Fresno-area Target trying to get their hands on the limited-edition cups.

The cups are part of Stanely’s Galentine’s Day Collection, referring to the date celebrating female friendship.

Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” has died. She was 100.

 

Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns,' dies at 100

NEW YORK — Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100.

Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. Johns was known to be a perfectionist about her profession — precise, analytical and opinionated. The roles she took had to be multi-faceted. Anything less was giving less than her all.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m not interested in playing the role on only one level,” she told The Associated Press in 1990. “The whole point of first-class acting is to make a reality of it. To be real. And I have to make sense of it in my own mind in order to be real."

Johns’ greatest triumph was playing Desiree Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music,” for which she won a Tony in 1973. Sondheim wrote the show’s hit song “Send in the Clowns” to suit her distinctive husky voice, but she lost the part in the 1977 film version to Elizabeth Taylor. “I’ve had other songs written for me, but nothing like that,” Johns told the AP in 1990. “It’s the greatest gift I’ve ever been given in the theater.” Others who followed Johns in singing Sondheim’s most popular song include Frank Sinatra, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan and Olivia Newton-John. It also appeared in season two of “Yellowjackets” in 2023, sung by Elijah Wood.

In Wednesday's post, Spears also wrote that it was “far from the truth” that her 2023 bestselling memoir, “The Woman In Me,” was released without her approval.

 

Britney Spears shoots down album rumors, vowing to 'never return to the music industry'

LOS ANGELES —Brittney Spears is shooting down rumors of a new album, vowing to “never return to the music industry.” At the same time, Spears noted in Wednesday's Instagram post, she's still writing music — just for other people.

“When I write, I write for fun or I write for other people !!!” she wrote. “I’ve written over 20 songs for other people the past two years !!! I’m a ghostwriter and I honestly enjoy it that way !!!”

The Instagram caption, in which she blasted those who “keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album,” was paired with a photo of a Guido Reni painting of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist.
This isn't the first time Spears has indicated she's retiring from releasing her own music. In July 2021, while still under the infamous conservatorship that controlled her life, money and voice for nearly 14 years, her longtime manager Larry Rudolph resigned, saying she had no intention of resuming her career. Just after being released from the conservatorship later that year, she took to Instagram to say she was scared of the music business and that not doing her own music was an act of defiance against her family.
But the next year, she released the single “Hold Me Closer,” a collaboration with Elton John that spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 6. Last year's “Mind Your Business,” a single with will.i.am, was poorly reviewed and failed to make the Hot 100, though. Spears' last full album was 2016's “Glory.”In Wednesday's post, Spears also wrote that it was “far from the truth” that her 2023 bestselling memoir, “The Woman In Me,” was released without her approval.

 Our Sources Inhouse: Will Sign Bill 

Our inside sources from the Statehouse said he will be signing that Bill into law. 

Police made a bizarre find while charging a man over a series of 12 fires across Melbourne’s southeast when they turned out his pockets and allegedly discovered live ducklings.

 Police made a bizarre find while charging a man over a series of 12 fires across Melbourne’s Australia  when they turned out his pockets and allegedly discovered live ducklings.

Police made a bizarre find while charging a man over a series of 12 fires across Melbourne’s southeast when they turned out his pockets and allegedly discovered live ducklings.

The 31-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested in Park Lane, Frankston on Sunday about 9pm after 12 fires were lit across the area over the weekend.

He was charged with reckless conduct endangering serious injury, multiple counts of lighting a fire in the open air, negligently dealing with the proceeds of crime and possessing something with the intent to damage property.

Domino's® is Plowing for Pizza: Snowy Roads Shouldn't Get in the Way of Hot Pizza

Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world, believes nothing should stand in the way of carrying out a hot delicious pizza, including snowy, cold weather. That's why we're going above and beyond for pizza lovers, by awarding half a million dollars in grants for snow plowing, so that carryout customers can have access to hot pizza, even on the coldest, snowiest days. Nominations open up today for up to 20 cities to get $25,000 in snow plowing grants, all in the name of ensuring that hot pizzas are accessible for carryout customers this winter.  "At Domino's we've made delivery cars with warming ovens built in, paved roads to get your pizza home hot and in perfect condition, and offered pizza insurance for when anything goes awry," said Joe Jordan, Domino's president of U.S. and global services. "To us, nothing should stand in the way of getting a delicious pizza, including snowy, cold weather. So yes—you heard it right: a pizza company is actually helping to plow roads."

Customers can visit Plowingforpizza.com to submit the zip code of their hometown for a grant. The nomination period is open from Dec. 4, 2023, - Jan. 21, 2024, and is limited to one submission per email address. Domino's will name selected towns on a rolling basis throughout the program to make sure grants are awarded during the winter season; towns chosen will be announced as soon as mid-January.

Domino's has already worked alongside three municipalities to help their plowing efforts this winter season, including Erie, PA; Marquette, MI and Manhattan, MT. Twenty communities that accept their award will not only get funds to pay for clearing snow on wintry days, they will also get a winter-themed Domino's Plowing for Pizza kit, including winter hats, scarves, snow measuring stick and sign, vehicle magnets and other themed items, including $200 in Domino's gift cards, so plow drivers can warm up with hot pizza after a cold, hard day of work.  The chosen municipalities will be listed on the Plowing for Pizza website, which will also feature images and footage from the plowing locations.

Nomination period ends 1/21/24 or when all available Funds have been claimed. Must be 13+ years of age to make a nomination; eligible minors should have parental consent to participate. Limit one (1) nomination per person, per email address. Void where prohibited by law. For full details, see Terms: https://claim.dominosplowingforpizzaprogram.com/terms.

 

65 Years Later, Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ Soars to No. 1

This week's No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is one you've probably heard before — over and over again. For decades. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"— sung by Brenda Lee, and first released 65 years ago, during the Eisenhower administration — has gone to No. 1 on the singles chart, for the first time ever.

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks — who, as part of a long, great tradition of American Christmas songwriters, was himself actually Jewish. (Marks also wrote "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas.") Lee recorded the song when she was just 13 years old, not long after she signed a contract with Decca Records.

 

Taylor Swift At Lambeau Field To Cheer On Travis Kelce in Chiefs-Packers Game

Pop superstar Taylor Swift is in attendance for the 'Sunday Night Football' game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers in support of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Swift was spotted entering Lambeau Field alongside Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Sunday (December 3) night in a video shared by ESPN's Jeff Darlington, who had previously reported that Lambeau Field security were anticipating her attendance.

Swift had previously attended four of Kelce's games between September and November -- all of which were won by the Chiefs -- since initially being spotted in a luxury box at Arrowhead Stadium in September. A source with knowledge of the situation told Us Weekly that Swift reportedly flew back to Kansas City to be with Kelce following the conclusion of her 'Eras Tour' concerts in Brazil last Monday (November 27) before attending the premiere of Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' film in London later in the week.

 

Authorities in Summit County took time during their Christmas with a Cop event Saturday morning to spread Christmas cheer and jolly laughter

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (Mix614 Columbus News) - Yes, he still very much is a mean one. The Grinch, that is.

Authorities in Summit County took time during their Christmas with a Cop event Saturday morning to spread Christmas cheer and jolly laughter.

Their attempt at a humor included deputies arresting the protagonist from the 1966 holiday classic.

A Facebook Post from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said the department was ‘alarmed’ by the Mount Crumpit resident’s actions

We’re very alarmed to announce that a theft occurred at this morning’s Christmas With a Cop. Fortunately, an arrest was made immediately. He was a mean one…

The Grinch’s trusty canine companion, Max, did not have any role to play in the crime, but a couple of Summit County K-9 officers had roles to play in the arrest. A court date for the bad banana with a greasy black peel has not been set.

A road sign in one Florida town left heads turning.

A road sign in Apopka, FL has removed after it was filmed displaying an odd message earlier this week, according to county officials.

Video shows the sign displaying a series of messages near the intersection of North Lake Pleasant Road and Lake Alma Drive. Those messages played in order as follows:

• “NEXT RIGHT”
• “HEMLOCK CLOSED”
• “TAKE DETOR” (sic)
• “ALSO BIG BOOTY LATINAS”

40 years ago today on December 2, 1983 Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video premiered on MTV

 40 years ago today on December 2, 1983 Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video premiered on MTV along with the “Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller” special which was a behind the scenes documentary. The 13:42 Thriller video would go into regular rotation on MTV and would instantly double the sales of the album “Thriller” helping it become the best selling album of all time…..

Davon and Tavon Wood were born in Sumter and put in the foster care system before being adopted at age two. Now, they're raising

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  AstroSouth Carolina twin brothers to walk 600 miles, raise awareness of kids in foster care

Davon and Tavon Wood were born in Sumter and put in the foster care system before being adopted at age two. Now, they're raising awareness

 A set of twins are starting a 31-day walk in Sumter and planning to go to Philadelphia.

The Woods twins were born in Sumter, where they're starting their 600-mile journey to raise awareness about kids in the foster care system through their movement #FosterKidsMatter.

"Foster care to me, it isn't a topic that's talked about enough," Davon Woods said.

"It's simply just to raise awareness," his brother Tavon said. "That's all we ever wanted to do, to share our story and share stories of other kids that went through foster care. So that's all it is, raising awareness for kids in foster care."

The Woods brothers tell me they were placed in the foster care system immediately after being born at Sumter's Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital and were adopted at two years old.

"We didn't hear anything about foster care growing up, you know, so that kind of motivated us to be like, wow, like, you know, I understand there's a lot of advocates out there around the world, but it's like doing what we do is from a different, a different view because now kids have people that they feel as though they can relate to because we live in we walked in their shoes, and a lot of our stories are pretty much similar," Davon said.

"So that's why we kind of do what we do to give kids a voice because there's so much kids in the system feel like they don't have a voice or 'I'm afraid to speak out," Tavon said. "So that's what we do. We do the hard part; we do the speaking out, just so that we can shine a light on that system."

To draw attention to their own story and the experiences of kids living in the foster care system, they're planning to walk from the Sumter County Courthouse to Philadelphia carrying one backpack each and wearing a pair of Hoka shoes donated to them.

They've walked through different states before but say their furthest walk was a 96-mile trip from Georgia to Florida.

"Just mentally, it just is very hard just to be able to push, and we do 20-plus miles a day. So to be able to… that's walking eight hours straight," Tavon said. "And that - it's hard, but you know we find the strength to continue to keep going."

"It's amazing just to know that you know the impact that we set to do is coming to pass and just to know that we have the support of the city is amazing," Tavon adds about the community support.

The walk will not only be a way for the brothers to raise awareness about foster care, they tell me, but it's also a way to further strengthen their bond, which the brothers say is "unbreakable."

"It's not by coincidence that God allowed us to be twins because, you know, we - it's just basically like we was built for everything that we went through," Davon said. "So, it's definitely a blessing to not just have a person that looked like me, but somebody that almost, you know we almost think alike in certain situations, so it is definitely a blessing and on these walks, it just makes us stronger, because we just be talking and just talking and talking about everything that we experienced and how everything is happening now for us."

Sumter residents will send off the brothers as they start their journey tomorrow at 8 a.m. at the Sumter County Courthouse. To follow your journey, you can visit their website at FKM.Life.