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A Hobby That Could Ward Off Dementia

A study analyzed 10,000 adults over age 70 for ten years.

New research has found that an easy to achieve hobby could potentially ward off dementia. A study analyzed 10,000 adults over age 70 for ten years. They found that those who took part in more literacy activities like keeping a journal, writing letters or using a computer were 11 per cent less likely to develop dementia. Mental activities such as…

See What Made the 2023 Pet Comedy Photo Awards

24 finalists will be judged by a panel of expert animal lovers.

This year’s finalists for the 2023 Comedy Pet Photos have been revealed. There’s a cat performing his best victory pose….a dog leaping through the air…another dog jumping head first into the sand…and a cat sticking it’s tongue out. The 24 finalists will be judged by a panel of expert animal lovers and the winner will be announced on August 11th….

1st Generation iPhone Just Sold for Big Bucks

It belonged to a member of the original Apple engineering team when the iPhone came out.

An unopened first-generation iPhone just sold at auction for a record-breaking 190-thousand dollars. That’s more than 317 times the original retail price of five-hundred-99 dollars when it was first offered in 2007. This phone is considered the holy grail for iPhone collectors. That’s because it’s four gigabytes, which was discontinued after about two months because customers preferred the eight gigabyte…

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $1 Billion

This is only the seventh time in U.S. history that a lottery jackpot has reached at least one billion dollars.

No one matched all of the numbers in last night’s drawing, so tomorrow’s jackpot is estimated to be one billion dollars. Or, if you’d rather get a lump-sump cash payment, it’s about 518-million bucks. This is only the seventh time in U.S. history that a lottery jackpot has reached at least one billion dollars. The largest prize ever was two…

When Did Greg Become an Investigator?

Audra returns to find Greg has become quite the investigator.  Tune in weekday mornings at 9 a.m. for Carolina A.M. on WFXB Fox-TV.  

Audra returns to find Greg has turned into an investigator.  Tune in weekday mornings at 9 a.m. for Carolina A.M. on WFXB Fox-TV.