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Tuesday, November 11th is Veteran's Day, and chances are there is someone in your life you celebrate and honor because they've served in the military in some capacity.

For me, it's my Dad, who's a US Navy Veteran.  That's him in the pic, with my daughter at the County Fair a few years ago when she was 2.  That perfectly captures my dad.  He's the most honest, big-hearted, super-awesome human you could ever meet.  And he loves rural America.

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The Dallas Zoo held a fundraiser last weekend and raised a lot of money for conservation and other efforts.

One bidder paid $50,000 for the rights to pick the name for a new baby giraffe born at the Zoo on October 26th.

That's the same dollar amount as some new SUVs!  So what will that expensive name be?

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Tonight is almost the biggest night of the year for kids, second only to Christmas probably, because they'll be going door to door with their cute little catch phrases to get their haul of the candy goodness!

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Early Sunday morning marks the end of Daylight Savings Time, which means we should get an extra hour of sleep.  Cool!  In theory anyway.  If you have kids you might actually lose sleep.

The time change totally jacks up the home routine, for a few days anyway.

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Here's another reason to fear losing your smart phone.  Our whole lives are on there, and now food is involved!

Taco Bell has a new app that they just unveiled this week, that lets you place an order and skip the line.  And the app knows when you're almost to the restaurant too, so the good people there can start getting that Doritos Locos concoction ready.  

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Not Longview.  It's Atlanta.

Some "sugar daddies" in Atlanta make $7 million per year, and spend around $1,000 per month on their ladies. Cool! Wanna move girls?

I think I'd rather date a poor guy! Here's why.

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We might think guys and gals have a pretty dramatically different approach to the dating process when it comes to deciding what to wear and things like that, but it turns out maybe the genders are more similar than we thought.

How many times do you guys change your mind about what you're wearing before you head out the door?  Zero?  You might be surprised at what most guys say.

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This article might make you crazy.  It sure is making the rounds in cyberspace today.

I like to think the world is full of kind and generous people like yourself, and then I read about people who are not that way.  Can you really control who goes where to trick-or-treat on Halloween?

After someone in a wealthy neighborhood asked Dear Prudence for advice on how to handle all the poor kids coming to the rich neighborhood for candy on Halloween, Prudence went off!  Check out some of the delicious response.

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The beautiful fall weather continues to bless us here in East Texas and this weekend we're expecting temperatures to be a bit higher than normal and there's going to be plenty of sunshine available for all of the events happening around East Texas this weekend.

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As a parent when it comes to our kids, their safety is our number one priority. We must do whatever we can to keep them safe and one way is through fingerprinting. A free fingerprinting event is scheduled for Friday, October 24th in Tyler.

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If you went to the State Fair of Texas this year, you were part of a record-breaking event.

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So...Just when you set your taste buds on a McRib, McDonalds drops it from the menu.  I know, I know.  It's not easy to be a fan of the McRib. It's kinda like that non-committal girlfriend.  Once you really make up your mind to get serious and fall in love, it's gone.

The McRib has been an off-and-on offering at McDonalds for years, and its last appearance was in 2011.  And fans of that boneless pork sandwich will be happy to know it's coming back at "most McDonalds restaurants."

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