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LONGER EAR HAIR _ The Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for longest ear hair, 5.2 inches, said he wants to update the record with his current length, 11 inches. Radha Kant Bajpai, age 55, said he achieved the record five years ago and has since far surpassed his own ear-ccomplishment.

WORLD RECORD HAILSTONE _ It turns out Friday night's storm in Vivian, South Dakota, dumped the largest hailstone that's ever been recorded anywhere. The storm broke out windows, tore apart shingles and left holes in the ground around the town. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service measured one of the stones Wednesday. It weighed just under two pounds. The Vivian hailstone unofficially measured 8 inches in diameter with an 18.5-inch circumference.

RUN OVER BY A STREET SWEEPER _ Police in Vermont say a street sweeper backed over a construction worker, leaving only his boots sticking out from under the vehicle. He escaped with only minor injuries.

MAN GOES TO JAIL FOR COW TIPPING _ A Vermont man is going to jail for his part in a vandalism spree that damaged six fiberglass cows installed around downtown Burlington as part of a public art project. Christopher Newton and another man allegedly tried to push over two of the 4-foot-tall sculptures after a night of drinking May 18. Newton, whose foot was broken when one of the 150-pound cows fell on him, was charged with felony unlawful mischief.

NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DROPS D GRADE _ Students in one New Jersey school district may have to hit the books a little harder to get a passing grade. In Mount Olive, they won't see any more Ds on report card starting this fall -- only A, B, C and F. The superintendent said, "I'm tired of kids coming to school and not learning and getting credit for it." During Monday night's meeting, the Morris County School Board approved dropping the D grade. Now, anything mark under a 70 will be a failing score. The new policy will apply to middle and high school students.

... The "drop the D" philosophy worked so well for a school in Kentucky, they ended up dropping the C grade too. Now students in 5th grade and higher get an A, B or F.

FUNNY PILOT PRANK: AS LONG AS YOU AREN'T THE PASSENGER!

GREAT WAY TO PRANK YOUR ENTIRE OFFICE _ You've got to love technology in the workplace. It allows us to play Quake from within our cubicles, drive our co-workers mad, and now allows one prankster to disturb every single person in the office with the push of a button.

For this prank, you'll need Skype, and some Skype Credit. (Computer-to-computer calls are free on Skype, but dialing a real phone costs money. Still far less than calling from a real phone, though.) Set up a conference call by filling a Group with every single number in the office (don't forget to include your own or you'll be in trouble), then click "Call Group."

This is wrong; a little button to disrupt the entire building should surely be RED.

This simple prank will start a massive conference call with every single phone you list, and even better the Caller ID will show up as "Unknown." Stay on the line, and listen as dozens of people try to work out who called whom. Just be careful: if you do cackle with mirth, cackle quietly.

POLITICIANS REALLY LOVE TO EAT!
If Congress is good at one thing, it’s wasting money. So when you give them an expense account for food, look out! During a nine-month period between late last year and early this year, members of Congress somehow spend over $604,000 on bottled water alone! Here are a few other stats that might make you lose your lunch.

-Of the $2.6 million spent on food and beverages for reps and their staffers, $604,000 went to bottled water, $397K went to catering and another $135,000 to restaurants.

-$84,794 was spent on coffee and coffee-related products.

-$10,673 spent with barbecue restaurants, which seemed quite popular among members of Congress — much more so than, say vegetarian restaurants.

-Which member of Congress ate the most food? That would be Gregorio Sablan, who is the Democratic House delegate for the Northern Mariana Islands. Sablan spent $23,000, or $6,000 more than the second-place legislator, Texas Republican Michael Burgess.

-Broken down by party, Democrats out-ate Republicans $299,000 to $203,000 thousand.

HOW MUCH WILL A TRILLION DOLLARS BUY YOU _ Confronting the federal deficit starts with grasping just how colossal that number actually is. So, what would $1 trillion get you? The figure is almost incomprehensible: $1,000,000,000,000. One trillion dollars. That's a dozen zeros.

The Congressional Budget Office reports that during the first nine months of fiscal 2010 -- which ends September 30 -- the federal government spent $1 trillion more than it took in. That's another $1 trillion added to a total national debt that stood at just over $13 trillion as of the Fourth of July.

To help you wrap your head around that mind-boggling number, and to try to put deficit spending into perspective, consider what $1 trillion will buy, expressed in terms we can all understand. For example, how many cars could you buy with a trillion dollars? How many homes? How many candy bars?

>>>Get the answers and read the full article here…

SIGNS YOU ARE A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE DUNLOP SOCIETY
Duffy Moon is not just a card carrying member of the “Dunlop Society”…he’s the founding member! What about you? Do you belong to the exclusive group? Here now are a few tell-tale signs of a Dunlopper. If you can answer yes to any of these, you’re probably on your way to joining the society. Coincidentally, Duffy has done ALL of the following within the last 30 days!

If you have absolutely no choice but to wear an undershirt…under your T shirt…
If you’ve found yourself buying laceless shoes because they’re “much more stylish”…
If you’ve actually convinced yourself that clothing manufacturers are all involved with a conspiracy in which clothes are being made smaller than they were ten years ago…
If you have to take a deep breath before putting on each sock…because you know you won’t be able to breath in once you bend over…
If you’ve literally gotten winded doing something so strenuous as climbing a ladder up to your roof…
If you’ve ever had a conversation with your kids about how “your metabolism used to be high like theirs and they should just wait until they hit their 20s and it all changes…just like it did for you”…
If you’ve ever said to your spouse, “please tell me if I ever get to that point” while watching “Biggest Loser”…
If you’ve ever NOT recognized yourself in a photo…
If you’ve ever had to ADD links to a watch that you’ve owned for more than a year…
If you’ve ever left the gym and went IMMEDIATELY to a fast food joint, telling yourself that you’ve clearly earned a cheeseburger and “what could it hurt”…
If you’ve ever patted yourself on the back and told yourself how “proud you should be for eating healthier”…all because you only ate ONE of the two cannolis that came in the desert order…

MAN TACKLES 24 HOUR FITNESS _ In just the last few months, writer Bayan Rabbani -- who works for the comedy website Zug.com -- has tested his own limits with his 24-hour outings to Walmart and Starbucks. Now, he's gone to the next most logical location: 24 Hour Fitness. Unlike Bayan's previous retail camping trips, 24 Hour Fitness got wind of his impending trip to one of their gyms. And even though news of the stunt got all the way up to corporate HQ, the company still decided to let him go through with it. They might have regretted that decision when, around 20 hours into his day-long workout, Bayan slipped into an animal-print snuggie to do some sweating in style. During his time at the gym, Bayan managed to slip in five different classes, from yoga to pilates to spinning. He also consumed a ridiculous amount of protein, ordered pizza for himself and the staff while he lounged in the hot tub, and lost a grand total of one pound.

THE WORST OF THE STADIUM FOOD VENDOR HEALTH VIOLATIONS
You probably heard that ESPN put together a report on stadium food vendor health violations. Some of the violations are pretty darn gross. The consumer website Consumerist picked the best of the worst.

Sun Life Stadium (Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins) -- Inspection report excerpt: In June 2009, an employee complained anonymously that small insects and other debris were blended into frozen alcoholic beverages at a stand where equipment wasn't being cleaned. When inspectors checked, they issued a critical violation for a buildup of slime inside the frozen drinks machine.

Ford Field (Detroit Lions) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors cited one location 11 times in the past six years after seeing employees who didn't wash their hands. At another stand, they found an employee's half-eaten hamburger in a warming unit.

Joe Louis Arena (Detroit Red Wings) -- Inspection report excerpt: Poisonous or toxic materials were stored atop items used to serve customers, posing a potential risk of contamination. Inspectors also found roaches below a soda dispenser at one location.

Izod Center (New Jersey Nets) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors found a seemingly spoiled and "odorous" can of cherry ice cream topping that had been left opened and uncovered in an unrefrigerated storage cabinet.

Citi Field (New York Mets) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors found 20 pounds of grilled chicken registered at 70 degrees in a refrigerator, about 30 degrees warmer than allowed.

RBC Center (Carolina Hurricanes) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors cited one vendor after watching employees handle raw, breaded chicken while loading fryers and then handling cooked food without changing gloves or washing hands. The employees placed cooked chicken back in the same container used to pre-portion raw chicken before cooking.

Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors saw an employee scraping food debris from a spatula using the trash bin and then trying to continue using the same spatula without cleaning it.

Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh Penguins) -- Inspection report excerpt: In one of the arena's higher-end clubs, inspectors found a live cockroach on top of a soda dispenser holster behind the bar.

PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates) -- Inspection report excerpt: At one location with seven critical violations, inspectors found raw chicken and beef stored above bread, and found restrooms without any hot water.

AT&T Center (San Antonio Spurs) -- Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors found 18 pounds of hot dogs that had expired more than 10 days prior.

HOW TO STOP YOURSELF FROM BUYING WHAT YOU DON'T NEED
The moment before you make the final decision on whether or not to make a questionable purchase, your money makes one last plea to stay in your wallet rather than be traded for something superfluous. A blog called Well-Heeled deals out some tips on how to psyche yourself out from making purchases that will lead to buyer's remorse. Here is some of the best advice from the post:

• Force yourself to calculate how many hours you had to work to make enough money for the purchase.

• Make yourself wait 24 hours, come back and see how bad you "need" the item.

• Run through your personal inventory and determine whether or not you already own something that's an apt substitute for the proposed purchase.

• Ask yourself whether or not the money you'd be using could serve you better if put toward a different financial goal.

CHELSEA CLINTON'S $2 MILLION WEDDING
Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky will tie the knot on July 31 in a wedding estimated to cost $2 million.

Reception Space: $125,000 to $200,000 -- Clinton and Mezvinsky are reported to be getting married at the Astor Courts, a sprawling mansion designed by Stanford White in 1902 for John Jacob Astor IV. It's a private home owned by Clinton donors Kathleen Hammer and Arthur Seelbinder. It also happens to be on the market for $12 million.

Catering: $750,000 -- The wedding is said to being catered by Blue Ribbon Restaurants, St. Regis and Olivier Cheng Catering and Events. One might be doing the cocktail hour, one the main meal and another late night snacks.

Flowers: $250,000 -- Jeff Leatham, artistic director of the Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris, is said to be doing the arrangements. Hanlin said $175,000 to $500,000 could easily be spent on flowers for a wedding like this. Her guess: closer to $250,000 given the family's tastes.

Music: $40,000 -- It's not just the band. The size of the affair will also call for more elaborate staging and rehearsals.

Wedding Dress: $15,000 -- The dress could be anywhere from $5,000 up to $25,000.

Photography: $35,000 -- The Clintons need to hire somebody who "will be ironclad and discrete." Nobody wants embarrassing shots sold to the tabloids.

Video: $25,000 -- For a woman who has grown up in the national spotlight, it's probably a given that her wedding will also be captured on video.

Lighting: $75,000 to $100,000 -- The perimeter of the estate needs to be illuminated along with each of the estimated 50 tables inside for the guests.

Hair and Makeup: $20,000 -- The members of the bridal party need to look their best.

Invitations: $40,000 to $50,000 --Invitations, menu cards, details about security, calligraphy, programs and postage.

Party Planner: $175,000 -- For something like the Clinton wedding, with its massive issues of privacy and security, the price for simply planning the wedding won't be cheap.

Rehearsal Dinner: $250,000 -- It could cost $1,000 a head for each of the 200 guests to cater the meal, and probably another $50,000 for simple flowers and decor.

Security: $30,000 -- The Secret Service will be providing its normal protection for the Clintons -- and yes, you the taxpayers will be covering that -- but there might be additional private security needed for the A-list guests.

Miscellaneous: $50,000

DUFFY THE PLUMBER
Proving (once again) that Rooney and Moon are seriously lacking in the "manly" department...Duffy attempted some minor plumbing repairs at his home. It didn't go well. Click here to see the pictures of the aftermath.

FACEBOOK HITS 500 MILLIONTH MEMBER
Facebook announced Wednesday morning it has reached its 500 millionth member.

... Facebook has amassed 100 million new members since February alone.

... Facebook users have uploaded 50 billion photos (and tagged 15 billion of them).

... Einstein, Twain, Wilde, Gandhi and Shakespeare are among the most quoted people on profiles.

... Nearly 20% of users list themselves as single, about 16% as married.

... Members create 400,000 events each day.

... The most popular books listed in Facebook profiles are Harry Potter and The Bible.

... About 70% of Facebook's users now live outside of the United States, with the Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, India and Brazil becoming some of the fastest growing regions.

... Facebook remains the largest in the social network universe, alongside quickly growing but still smaller networks such as Twitter and professional networking site LinkedIn, which have about 105 million and 70 million users, respectively.

ROONEY AND MOON TALK TO MEL GIBSON
If you missed it on the morning Showgram, here's the replay of Rooney and Moon's exclusive High Plains interview with Mel Gibson. Enjoy!

ARE YOU ADDICTED TO FACEBOOK
(Netscape) Are you addicted to Facebook? Do you really know just how long you spend on this site? Is it taking over your life? Read these 10 signs and see if you really need to quit.

You've created separate accounts for each of your children and your pets. They of course don't use the accounts, and you have to update them. Do you start talking to yourself?
You haven't actually seen your real life other half for ages. Maybe you should check that they're not in the process of filing divorce papers.
Did you hold the camera in front of your own face to take your profile picture?
The sun is shining, the sea is sparkling, and you're on holiday. So why are you running up a huge phone bill updating your Facebook page?
Do you find yourself talking to your friends more on Facebook than in real life?
Thankfully you remember your friends and families birthdays because of Facebook reminders. Just pray the site never goes down.
You haven't got as many Facebook "friends" as your peers, and this actually depresses you.
You've taken out a loan to cover your Farmville habit.
When you're out, you actually wondering what is happening on Facebook.
You view your page when your sitting on the toilet.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT WOMEN'S DRIVING
A new study has found one in three men do not feel safe when their wife or girlfriend is driving. The top complaints men have about their wives' or girlfriends' driving:

1. Lack of concentration

2. Braking too late

3. Flicking the accelerator

4. Not avoiding rumble strips

5. Getting too close to other cars

6. Braking too hard

7. Fiddling with the stereo

8. Failure to indicate

9. Going too fast

10. Sticking in the middle lane

INTERESTING FACTS ON WOMEN AND THIER WEDDING
Women's Health asked women what goes down before you say I do?
* 39% of women who have dreamt of saying I do ever since they were kids
* The Average Woman's ideal wedding is a ceremony on the beach
* Four is the number of bridesmaids the average woman has
* A tropical island is the top place the average woman wants to spend her honeymoon
* 8% of brides to be who don't care what their engagement ring looks like as long as it's big
* 18% of brides to be picked out their own rock
* 4% of women popped the question instead of waiting to be asked
* 15% of women were surprised when their boyfriend proposed
* 10 to 13 months is the length of the Average Woman's engagement
* Choosing a wedding gown is the favorite thing about being a bride
* 13% chose a fitted, sexy wedding dress
* 9% of brides lost more than 15 pounds for their wedding
* 24% of brides got cold feet
* What she's most anxious about; the wedding not going smooth and him not being Mr. Right
* The wedding budget is what the average woman and her fiance most often fight about
* 31% of brides tweaked their wedding budget due to the recession
* The flowers were the first thing to go
* Craziest things the average woman did while planning her wedding; went into serious debt, threatened to call off the wedding, and uninvited a guest
* 2% hooked up at their bachelorette party
* 85% had sex with their hubby post-reception

DUFFY’S WORDS
It's been a while! After a long hiatus, Duffy was back at it again with another round of words, made up by him, that aren't currently in the dictionary...but they should be!

• RAPTRAP -- What you're caught in when you're sitting in traffic and the car beside you is blasting rap music at an ear-bleeding volume.

• KINDERGARCHY -- Rule or domination by children; the belief that children's needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults.

• LAUNDERMINT -- The candy that you forgot was in the pocket of your jeans and is now stuck to the dryer door.

• BRICKOR MORTIS -- The paralyzing condition that sets in when sellers refuse to lower their asking price because they can't accept that their home's value has dropped.

• FLOSET -- The floor of a teenager's room, where most clothes, both clean and dirty, are deposited.

• KEEPAGE -- The opposite of garbage.

THE LATEST TEEN T-SHIRT SLOGANS _ According to the Washington Post, here are just some of the t-shirt sayings that are being worn by teenage girls:
* "Trust Me... I'm Single"
* "Don't Call Me a Cowgirl Until You See Me Ride"
* "I Know What Boys Want"
* "Yes, But Not With U"
* "Your Boyfriend Is a Good Kisser"
* "Two Boys for Every Girl"
* "Single and Ready to Mingle"
* "Flirting My Way to the Top"
* "I'm Too Hot to Handle"

IT'S NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY!
-Americans eat more than 16 billion hot dogs each year.

-American eat about 150 million hot dogs on the 4th of July and about 2 billion for the whole month of July.

-The most popular hot dog toppings by region:

• New York - Mustard
• Chicago - Cucumber, Tomato, Pickle, Onion, Pickle Relish
• Los Angeles - Mayonnaise, Cheese.

-George J. French introduced his French's mustard in 1904, the same year that the hot dog was introduced to America at the St. Louis World's Fair.

-Hot dogs, or frankfurters, are usually said to have originated in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany around 1484. Some claim it originated in Coburg, Germany and was created by butcher Johann Georghehner in the 1600, and Vienna also claims to be the origin.

-The hot dog on a bun Americans are most familiar with, also has more than one story as to where it was first served. The most common story is that they were originally sold from pushcarts on the streets of New York City during the 1860s.

-Another story has 2 steps: They were a hit wrapped in paper at the 1886 Colombian Exposition in Chicago and in 1904 at the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition where they were probably first served in a bun (still called frankfurters). What we do know for sure is that they were popularized as "red hots" in New York by Harry M. Stevens, a vendor at the Polo Grounds (some say Yankee Stadium). And T.A. Dorgan, a cartoonist named them when he drew one as a dachshund on an elongated bun around 1906 and called it a "hot dog."

-President Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs to King George VI of England during his 1939 visit to the United States.

-Babe Ruth once ate 12 hot dogs and 8 bottles of soda between games of a double header. He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after the game with a severe case of indigestion.

-The average hot dog is consumed in 6.1 bites.

-Chicago's O'Hare International Airport sells more than 2 million hot dogs a year.

-This baseball season more hot dogs will be by Cleveland Indians fans than fans in any other ball park.

-Bruce Willis proposed to Demi Moore in front of a hot dog stand.

THE ACCENTS WHICH TURN US ON _ A new study out of Stanford University reveals that the British accent is no longer considered a positive trait when choosing a sexual partner. In the study, 3,000 American men and women ranging in age from 18 to 54 were monitored to detect sexual arousal after hearing different foreign accents. The results of study surprised researchers. Women and men have always been aroused by French and Italian accents, and women have always seemed to go "weak in the knees" over British accents. No more. While the romance languages account for the majority of accents that attract the opposite sex, the British accent is slowly losing its sex appeal.

The top 15 accents that caused sexual arousal in subjects:

FOR MEN
   1. Italian
   2. French
   3. Spanish
   4. Southern
   5. Greek
   6. Irish
   7. Russian
   8. Australian
   9. Canadian
10. Chinese
11. Swedish
12. Jamaican
13. New Jersey
14. British
15. Dutch

FOR WOMEN
   1. Italian
   2. Spanish
   3. French
   4. Greek
   5. Irish
   6. Dutch
   7. Swedish
   8. South African
   9. Australian
10. Russian
11. Canadian
12. Cuban
13. Southern
14. Hungarian
15. British

THE DOUBLE RAINBOW
Rooney and Moon held on to this one as long as they could. It's kinda like watching a train wreck. You know it's wrong, but you have to keep watching! Take a look at this viral video of a "mountain man" enjoying the wonders of a double rainbow. This is one man's "trip" into nature, captured on video for your enjoyment. Kids, this is why you shouldn't lick frogs...

ROONEY AND MOON TALK ABOUT "SPICE"
There's a new "high" that young adults, teens, and kids are getting hooked on and the problem is, they can buy the product legally. The product is sold as incense and it's known as "spice". It's being mixed here on the High Plains and it's being sold here at several local "smoke shops". They claim it's being sold for it's intended purpose of incense, to add a pleasing aroma to the air. However, it's being manufactured and sold under the product names of "420" and "Blowed"...both direct references to the drug sub-culture. People are getting hurt, they are getting sick, and as we learned on the Rooney and Moon morning show, in some cases they are dieing at the hands of this stuff.

J'mi Heflin, and several members of the Clovis PD and Region 5 Drug Task Force joined Rooney and Moon to shed light on the problem. J'mi tells the story of her son, a rather large young man, who wound up in the hospital after 4 puffs of "spice". Roman and JR from the PD talked about the reality of the product and what parents need to watch for. If you are the parent of a young adult or soon-to-be young adult, please listen to both segments from the Rooney and Moon Morning Show. Click play below:

If you would like to download the audio files, right click the links below and choose "save target as":
>>>Click here for the first segment.
>>>Click here for the second segment.

WHAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMES IN A YEAR

Dairy products (non-cheese): 600 pounds (181 pounds is beverage milks)
Cheese: 31.4 pounds
Eggs: 32.7 pounds
Fish/shellfish: 16.1 pounds
Poultry: 73.6 pounds (60.4 pounds is chicken)
Red meat: 110 pounds (62.4 pounds beef, 46.5 pounds pork)
Fats and oils: 85.5 pounds
Fruits: 273.2 pounds
Coffee, cocoa and nuts: 24 pounds
Veggies: 415.4 pounds (56 pounds is corn)
Caloric sweeteners: 141.6 pounds (42 pounds is corn syrup)
Flour and cereal products: 192.3 pounds

ALL OF THE ABOVE INCLUDES...

French fries (29 pounds)
Pizza (23 pounds)
Ice cream (24 pounds)
Soda (53 gallons)
Artificial sweeteners (24 pounds)
Sodium (2.7 pounds, or about 47% more than is recommended)
Caffeine (.2 pounds)

WEIRD WAYS HACKERS CAN GET INTO YOUR HOME
They Can Take a Gun to Your Phone Calls: A gun ... for wireless networking? It's weird, but it's true. A few years ago, John Hering -- who's now the CEO of Lookout -- built a data-sniping rifle that could hack its way into the Bluetooth networks used by most cellular phones. It caused quite a stir with security pundits. He showed how to sniff out a Bluetooth signal, tap into a phone and steal data -- from across the block or even from an airplane overhead. And the only way to block them is to use only Bluetooth devices that require a passcode and turn off "discoverable" mode (usually a quick setting on your phone). And more important, turn off Bluetooth when you're not using it.

They Can Steal Your Printer: It's possible for thieves to break into your home and steal your printer, rip out the print head, install it on another printer, and retrieve the last few printouts. Hackers could then bribe you -- if they discover sensitive information -- or steal financial records. Newer printers use a temporary hard drive to hold printouts, a data repository that's also ripe for hacking. The solution? Use a security lock for the printer like those from Kensington, or avoid printing private records.

They Can Electro-Pulse Your Electronics: These high-energy radio-frequency guns send out a powerful electro-mechanical pulse that disables all electronic equipment -- including your fancy alarm system. The only way to block an EMP attack is by installing a Faraday cage -- a special wire box that blocks electric fields -- around any gadget you want to protect from attack.

They Can Intercept Your Display: Using a device called a Tempest receiver -- a gadget that costs $1,000 or more but is readily available online -- it's possible to capture the transmissions between your PC and monitor, then re-create those transmission on a second monitor. Other than visually inspecting your premises for the receiver, which looks like a piece of high-end audio equipment, there is no bulletproof security precaution against this kind of attack.

They Can Google Your Car -- and Then Steal It: Services such as Google Latitude, Foursquare and Loopt broadcast your whereabouts to your friends and the world at large. If a hacker intercepts this feed, or tricks you into allowing him to see it, he can track where you are during the day. And knowing that you're out of town reveals a good time to break into your house or steal your car while you're at work. To keep yourself safe, carefully limit your use of these tools. The best way to block the broadcast is to turn off the feature -- or the smartphone itself.

They Can Become Your Friend: Hackers are clever -- they pose as friends on Facebook and trick you into giving out private information. Criminals also pose as a reputable contacts, such as a job recruiters or researchers, and ask for private information, then use it to steal credit cards and other financial data from your bank. The protective measure: never give out private info or friend someone you don't know very well.

They Can Rob Your Home -- From Twitter: Did you just tweet that you're on vacation? Oops. Hackers can use that against you, too.

They Can Pull the Plug: Last year, President Obama announced funding for a nationwide Smart Grid -- a way for companies and home owners to see their power usage in real-time, disable some power usage during times of the day, and monitor their carbon footprint. The network should be remote-controllable and interconnected sometime in the next 3-5 years, but Google PowerMeter and Microsoft Hohm can tap into your home power usage today, and that opens up the potential for trouble. For example, hackers could shut off power in your home and then demand payment immediately to turn it back on. Chuvakin says these systems should be designed with tighter security and that some critical endpoints should not be Internet-connected.

CONNER ROONEY: PUPPET MASTER
Young Conner Rooney, Steve's youngest son, did a bang up job as the ring bearer at Duffy and Klisty's wedding. Their photographer, Cristy Cross, is notorious for capturing the moment and the people in their natural state, and somehow making it look fantastic. Such was the case with this candid shot of Conner after walking around outside in the 95 degree heat. Let's just say he needed a little adjustment:

Click picture for larger view. Thank you to Cristy Cross for the photo.

DUFFY MOON'S HONEYMOON
Well the boys are back on the radio after an extended vacation in which Duffy and his wife, Klisty, went on their honeymoon. On the first day back on the Showgram, Duffy shared stories of non stop eating (go figure) and his new hobby: towel animal folding!

Wanna see the slideshow of the Moon's eating their way through their honeymoon? Click here.

Wanna see the slideshow of the Moon's new found obsession (towel animal art)? Click here.

USELESS TRIVIA
TRIVIA: According to experts in the direct mail business, what is the most commonly misspelled name? (Marilyn)

TRIVIA: A recent survey said that liver is our most hated food. What's second on the list? (Lima beans)