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The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore was in Plymouth, Mass., over the weekend to report on the snowstorm. He got way too excited about some lightning during the storm, known as thundersnow.

Necessity is the mother of invention. And in this case, the necessity was for this woman to stop stinking so badly.

It looks like your tongue can be used for more than flapping your gums and swapping spit. Researchers at Colorado State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering are working on giving those hard of hearing the opportunity to try something different than the cochlear implants or surgically-placed hearing aids offered as current solutions.

For the last five days, what's being called DeflateGate has been dominating the sports headlines. The question at large: Did the New England Patriots deflate the footballs in the AFC Championship game -- a 45-7 win against the Indianapolis Colts -- last weekend? It sure looks like it.

An elderly West Michigan man recently got a real shock when he found out that he had a 61-year-old son, despite trying unsuccessfully to have children with his wife throughout their marriage.

We were joined on "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show" today by legendary sportscaster Al Michaels. Michaels called in to promote his new book, "You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television."

Ah, technology. With the advances over the years, it's pretty hard to stay anonymous. Take, for instance, this pair of apparent iPad thieves in suburban Houston.

It's not certain why this used car dealership in Massachusetts decided to give this pizza delivery guy a hard time, but it really backfired on it.

This seems like the most successful prayerful protest ever.

There's a two-year-old black Labrador in Seattle named Eclipse who always rides a public transit bus with her owner, Jeff Young, to a dog park. She clearly loves that dog park.

Once again, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be hosting the Golden Globe Awards. They've done so for the past couple of years and have received rave reviews for their work.

During a snowstorm Wednesday in northern Michigan, a motorist and his family in their minivan was having trouble seeing and they rear-ended a semi truck on the Interstate 75 near Grayling. But their problems were just beginning.