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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Arianna Huffington
Age: 61
Occupation: Writer and Online Publishing Magnate
Known For: Founding the news website The Huffington Post, which was recently purchased by AOL in a deal for $315 million, making her the president and editor-in-chief of the newly-formed Huffington Post Media Group

Forest Whitaker
Age: 50
Occupation: Actor
Known For: Roles in films such as ‘The Crying Game’ and his Oscar-winning performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film ‘The Last King of Scotland’

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Roller coasters and water slides are so last year.

The latest trend is indoor trampoline parks. Charging fees of $8 to $14 an hour, there are approximately 50 parks in the US that feature wall-to-wall trampolines. The parks are exceedingly popular, with revenues approaching $100 million.

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Oft-injured Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has informed the NBA he has retired after eight seasons in the league. Yahoo! Sports first reported the news.

The top pick in the 2002 draft was an eight-time all-star, despite averaging just 48 games in each of the last five seasons. Yao appeared in only five games during the 2010-11 season after suffering a stress fracture in his left leg Nov. 10.

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Americans keep getting fatter and fatter.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual state-by-state report on the obesity epidemic has revealed that between 2008 and 2010, 16 states had what was described as a steep increases in their adult obesity rate.

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In our digital age, any photo you take can come back to haunt you.

Just ask Paige Duke, who was fired from her job as NASCAR Sprint Cup Girl after nude photos she shot as a college freshman meant only for her boyfriend at the time have emerged.

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A man died at the Oakland A’s-Texas Rangers game Thursday night in Arlington, Texas when he fell 20 feet over the left field wall while trying to catch a ball.

The victim, identified as Shannon Stone, had reached over a rail to grab a foul ball thrown into the stands by Rangers’ star Josh Hamilton in the second inning. Stone, who was in the lower level with his son, tumbled into an area behind a wall near a scoreboard.

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Listening to some singers who sound like they need to goob up some serious lung oysters at the end of their shows, you come to appreciate the pipes of someone like Queensryche’s Geoff Tate.

The man’s in his fifties yet his voice still sounds like he’d been cryogenically frozen from when Nirvana yanked the rug out from under Rock-as-we-knew-it, and preserved for a time when we could again appreciate the best bands from the 1980′s.

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The El Paso Downtown Street Festival starts this evening!!

Listen to my show today to find out more about what all is going on.  Some of that info coming right from the horses mouth(s)!

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Dan Aykroyd

Age: 59

Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter, and Musician

Known For: His work as one of the iconic original members of ‘Saturday Night Live’ as well as starring in the well-loved films ‘The Blues Brothers’ and ‘Ghostbusters,’

Pamela Anderson

Age: 44

Occupation: Actress and Model

Known For: Appearances in Playboy Magazine and on the TV show ‘Baywatch,’ a rather unhealthy obsession with bad-boy rock stars, a sex tape with ex-husband Tommy Lee, and probably a record number of daddy issues

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