On Thursday, Time named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its esteemed Person of the Year, making her the first woman to hold the title in nearly 30 years.
We've been playing Christmas music on Greatest Hits 98.7 WFGR's sister station, 100.5 The River, since Nov. 2.
In addition to my gig as mid-day host on 98.7 WFGR, I am also our operations manager. Part of my job is helping schedule the music for WFGR and 100.5 The River.
So, yes, I have gotten to know my Christmas songs well, very well. And I can tell you this: A couple of new videos of "Jing
Mario Götze scored the game-winning goal in extra time, and Germany beat Argentina, 1-0, to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday afternoon.
The Olympics are always a forum for amazing stories of victory, defeat, overcoming obstacles and also succumbing to them. There have been several of these amazing moments so far in the 2012 London Olympic Games. But, the following story of defeat and heartbreak has been absent from major American media.
A German court recently ruled that a woman's immediate supervisor can order their female employee's to "wear a bra" or get fired. (bra's must be white or flesh colored). Kind of wonder who will be checking to make sure the ladies are following the rules...
I don't normally think of an Opposum as "cute". I've seen them on the side of the road and they don't look particularly friendly. And they're not. They have some pretty sharp, razor teeth. But this fuzzy, little, cross-eyed, Opposum in Germany is not only making people smile, but she has become a star in her own right...