RIP Bob Simon

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CBS Correspondent Bob Simon died during a NYC car crash tonight. The Bronx native was a passenger inside a livery car, which was traveling southbound on 12th Ave. at W. 30 St. when it rear-ended a Mercedes-Benz driven by a 23-year-old man and suddenly slammed into a median this evening.

The 73 year old journalist was rushed to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he died.

Simon, Peter Bluff, Roberto Alvarez and Juan Caldera were arrested in Iraq by Sadam Hussein military during the gulf war and accused of being CIA agents before they were eventually released.

FRIGID FORECAST

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A strong arctic cold front is bringing bitterly cold air and brisk, northwest winds to the Upper Midwest, creating dangerous wind chill values through Thursday morning. Some locations could see wind chill temperatures as low as 35 degrees below zero. Out west, a Santa Ana Wind event is bringing strong winds to parts of southern California. With dry conditions, increased fire danger is expected.

500 Million Reasons

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You have to be in it to win it is the buzz as sales of Powerball tickets soared in advance of tonight's $500 million Powerball drawing This is the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Holy Cow.

Folks all over the country from Miami to Manhattan are lining up for sales of Powerball tickets, which soared in advance of the attractive 1/2 Billion Powerball drawing.

Valentines Day Celebration

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V Day is days away. Are you wondering about ways to treat that special person in your life? Are you considering fancy chocolates and fine wine, or perhaps a sensual massage?

Our recommendation is simple and direct. Gratitude Kudos... This year on February 14th, while many couples are spending the big bucks at restaurants, drinking overpriced wines, try cuddling on your couch and saying nice things to each other. Because it turns out that despite all the efforts to impress on V-Day, simply appreciating each other does more for your relationship than almost anything else.

CRIME UPDATE

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Over the past three years, there have only been three days during which there were no murders, slashing, nor stabbings reported from The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, or Staten Island.

In fact, as of Monday NYC has enjoyed more than a week without any homicides reported to NYPD in the five boroughs. Could it be the cold temperatures? February of last year saw the city going through ten straight days without a homicide.

Gone For Bad

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Suspended without pay for six months and some hope he goes away, far far away. After hearing from people who had to work wit him and reading the endless news stories and posts on social media, all that is left to say is Hasta Luego.

There are more important news stories developing all around the world and too much time has been wasted on an individual's ego trip and exaggerated tales gone from bad to worse.

Women Are Better and Brighter

Recently, while speaking with my oldest daughter Natasha, who has three delightful daughters (my grand-kids), I said she drives too fast. She asked me if I was implying that she's not a good driver. On the contrary, she is not only a better driver than me, but women as a whole are much better at many more things than men.

Women drive better than men.

Well this reverses a social myth – that women are bad drivers. Carnegie Mellon University researchers found after analyzing a lot of traffic data in 2007 that men are 77% more likely to die in a car accident than women, keeping the miles driven constant. So next time when your husband asks you to hand over the car keys, just give him this article.

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NATIONAL BROADCAST CON

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All the news that's fit to download. Read all about it: Dose Of News * www.doseofnews.com

How can an @NBCNews colleague investigate Brian Williams? http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/brian_williams_nbc_investigate.php via @cjr

NBC’s outsized Tom Brokaw factor http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/tom-brokaw-brian-williams-lies-11… via @POLITICO

Brian Williams cancels Letterman appearance: NBC source http://reut.rs/1utgS4A via @reuters

Countdown to Valentines Day

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The week kicks off International Random Acts of Kindness Week, when we're all encouraged to do the good deeds we know we ought to be doing the other 51 weeks of the year.

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation * https://randomactsofkindness.org/

Tuesday is the all-star Grammy salute in Los Angeles to Stevie Wonder. The show will be broadcast on CBS on Monday, February 16, a week from tomorrow.

"Stevie Wonder: Songs In the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute," at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT http://youtu.be/bkMIjgKSIvE via @YouTube

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