Steve Nedved
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Jan 29
Super Bowl LIII “Feels Like a Party” to LOCASH
ABC/Image Group LAThroughout the fall, LOCASH partnered with Pepsi to perform at football games all around the country. Now, as we head into the year’s biggest match-up of all this Sunday in Atlanta, Preston Brust and Chris Lucas plan to be right in the center of the action as the Rams take on the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII. On Thursday, …
Jan 29
Kensington Palace asks for Instagram’s help after social media abuse of Duchesses Kate, Meghan: Report
Stephen Pond/Getty Images(LONDON) — Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, are not immune to the harassment and bullying that many women experience online. Kensington Palace aides devote hours each week to moderating and deleting violent, sexist and racist comments directed at Meghan and Kate and the palace has …
Jan 29
Two suspects identified in drug house shootout that left 5 officers injured
KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — A 58-year-old woman was among of pair of suspects shot dead by undercover police during a raid on a suspected Houston drug house that left five officers injured, including two who were shot in the face, officials said Tuesday. Two of the wounded officers remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday at Memorial …
Jan 29
Grassroots efforts in the biodiesel industry
The executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board says the key to growing the biodiesel industry is implementing programs at the state level. Grant Kimberley says in Iowa, for example, they have been able to put together a package of incentive programs. “From retail incentives to a producer incentive infrastructure cost-share program to help build …
Jan 29
U.S. soybean sales to China dropped in 2018
China bought about half as many soybeans from the U.S. in 2018 than it did in 2017. Rich Nelson, Chief Strategist for Allendale, says sales started slowing down last spring once trade talk between the U.S and China began heating up. Nelson says he expects the USDA’s weekly export sales report to start filling in …
Jan 29
Plant protein demand up at foodservice
A new report says plant-based protein demand from foodservice outlets increased by 20 percent last year. The market research company NPD Group says a quarter of U.S. consumers choose plant-based options on a regular basis as well as animal protein. Consumers said they choose plant-based protein because they perceive it to be better for them …
Jan 29
Maren Morris gives new details about new album: “It’s my version of country music”
Jamie NelsonMaren Morris has a Grammy-nominated pop hit with “The Middle,” and an edgy new single called “GIRL.” It’s enough to make some fans wonder if the “My Church” hitmaker has designs outside of country music. Maren insists the answer is no. “I’ve had a lot of questions from fans: Am I going pop now?” she …
Jan 29
“You Look Good”: Check out how cute Hillary Scott’s twins are on their first birthday
ABC/Image Group LAIf you wanna see some cute, happy babies, all you need to do is head over to Hillary Scott’s Instagram page. The proud mom of three shared new photos of her twin girls to mark their first birthday. “ONE. Girls, y’all are lighting up every room you enter and bringing more JOY than I could’ve ever …
Jan 29
Williams and Ree returning to the Corn Palace
The World’s Only Corn Palace is excited to announce that Williams and Ree will be bringing its comedy act to the Corn Palace stage on Friday, April 19th. Williams and Ree, aka The Indian and the White Guy, are a music and comedy team out of the Dakotas. Bruce Williams and Terry Ree have decades …
Jan 29
First Canada, then the world! Newcomer Tenille Townes tops the chart in the Great White North
Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes may just be breaking through in the States, but she’s already at #1 in her native Canada. The singer/songwriter from Grande Prairie, Alberta got the news that her debut single, “Somebody’s Daughter,” had hit the top of the Canadian chart while touring the Great White North with Dierks Bentley. Dierks, meanwhile, happens to have this …