Mon, 20 May 2013 07:31:11 EDT en-us Comstock Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The economy is expected to pick up strength between now and the end of 2014, according to the latest outlook survey from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE)."The panelists are estimating 2.4 percent growth in real GDP (gross domestic product) from the fourth quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2013 and they suggest an improvement in real GDP growth to 3 percent in 2014," says Dr. Nayantara Hensel, chair of the NABE Outlook Survey Co]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 07:25:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13082409 Comstock Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The economy is expected to pick up strength between now and the end of 2014, according to the latest outlook survey from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE)."The panelists are estimating 2.4 percent growth in real GDP (gross domestic product) from the fourth quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2013 and they suggest an improvement in real GDP growth to 3 percent in 2014," says Dr. Nayantara Hensel, chair of the NABE Outlook Survey Co]]> David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- On Sunday, Yahoo’s board of directors approved the purchase of the social networking and blog site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Speculation that Yahoo would purchase Tumblr has been building for a while now, after Adweek reported that unnamed sources were expecting a deal. On Friday, Yahoo announced a press event on Monday in New York, Tumblr’s home town. Under CEO Marissa Mayer’s l]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13078810 David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- On Sunday, Yahoo’s board of directors approved the purchase of the social networking and blog site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Speculation that Yahoo would purchase Tumblr has been building for a while now, after Adweek reported that unnamed sources were expecting a deal. On Friday, Yahoo announced a press event on Monday in New York, Tumblr’s home town. Under CEO Marissa Mayer’s l]]> Scott Olson/Getty Images(ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.) -- A single ticket matching all the numbers in Saturday's $590.5 million Powerball drawing was sold at a Zephyrhills, Fla., grocery store, according to lottery officials. The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52, and a Powerball of 11. The identity of the lucky ticket holder was not immediately known. Florida Lottery officials did not indicate whether anyone had come forward to claim the jackpot yet. Earlier estimates had put t]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 11:09:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13078271 Scott Olson/Getty Images(ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.) -- A single ticket matching all the numbers in Saturday's $590.5 million Powerball drawing was sold at a Zephyrhills, Fla., grocery store, according to lottery officials. The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52, and a Powerball of 11. The identity of the lucky ticket holder was not immediately known. Florida Lottery officials did not indicate whether anyone had come forward to claim the jackpot yet. Earlier estimates had put t]]> David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- We’ve seen Michele Bachmann and a half-naked blogger wear Google Glass over the last couple of weeks.But those images don’t warm your heart like a two-year-old with the connected glasses on. The toddler's review of the hot new tech device might be one of the cutest things you'll see on the Internet this week.Chris Angelini, a writer and editor at tech site Tom’s Hardware, decided to put the glasses on his two-year-old so]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 11:55:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13076534 David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- We’ve seen Michele Bachmann and a half-naked blogger wear Google Glass over the last couple of weeks.But those images don’t warm your heart like a two-year-old with the connected glasses on. The toddler's review of the hot new tech device might be one of the cutest things you'll see on the Internet this week.Chris Angelini, a writer and editor at tech site Tom’s Hardware, decided to put the glasses on his two-year-old so]]> David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PALO ALTO, Calif.) -- 19-year-old Indian immigrant Diwank Singh Tomer has an impressive resume. The accomplished hacker and startup founder who initially enrolled in college in India quickly decided he would learn more by moving here and immersing himself in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial scene.And one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs agrees with him.For the third year running, Peter Thiel, Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and ]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 10:24:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13076392 David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PALO ALTO, Calif.) -- 19-year-old Indian immigrant Diwank Singh Tomer has an impressive resume. The accomplished hacker and startup founder who initially enrolled in college in India quickly decided he would learn more by moving here and immersing himself in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial scene.And one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs agrees with him.For the third year running, Peter Thiel, Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and ]]> JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google didn’t show off all of the fun features of Hangouts, the company’s new multiplatform text and video chat service at this week’s big I/O conference. If you’ve been thinking your chats have been a little too text-heavy, you can now decorate them with some animated animals.In the chat window, you can now punch in codes to add some fun animations. For instance, typing “/streamponies” into the chat window in the ]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:55:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13076320 JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google didn’t show off all of the fun features of Hangouts, the company’s new multiplatform text and video chat service at this week’s big I/O conference. If you’ve been thinking your chats have been a little too text-heavy, you can now decorate them with some animated animals.In the chat window, you can now punch in codes to add some fun animations. For instance, typing “/streamponies” into the chat window in the ]]> iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game, but one official estimated Friday that if it goes unclaimed the prize would zoom to nearly $1 billion.The biggest lottery jackpot ever was $656 million for the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012. The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million on Nov. 28, 2012.The jackpot soared to $600 million after no one won Wednesday]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13074740 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game, but one official estimated Friday that if it goes unclaimed the prize would zoom to nearly $1 billion.The biggest lottery jackpot ever was $656 million for the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012. The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million on Nov. 28, 2012.The jackpot soared to $600 million after no one won Wednesday]]> Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Stocks finishing out another record breaking week. The Dow, S&P and NASDAQ posting four straight weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the Friday session up 121 points to close the week at 15,354. Year to date the Dow is now up 17 percent.  Hewlett-Packard, Boeing and Disney (the parent company of ABC), so far, are the biggest winners in 2013. As of now, there are only two stocks in the Dow 30 that are down for the year. The two la]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13074741 Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Stocks finishing out another record breaking week. The Dow, S&P and NASDAQ posting four straight weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the Friday session up 121 points to close the week at 15,354. Year to date the Dow is now up 17 percent.  Hewlett-Packard, Boeing and Disney (the parent company of ABC), so far, are the biggest winners in 2013. As of now, there are only two stocks in the Dow 30 that are down for the year. The two la]]> iStockphoto/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A  Texas startup has developed a “smart rifle”that barely needs to be aimed.The maker of the gun, being shipped to stores this week, brags that “even a novice shooter can become an elite long-range marksman in minutes.”The company, TrackingPoint, has said its “world’s first” long range Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) integrate precision hardware, digital optics, and tracking technology to deliver an unmatched]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13074228 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A  Texas startup has developed a “smart rifle”that barely needs to be aimed.The maker of the gun, being shipped to stores this week, brags that “even a novice shooter can become an elite long-range marksman in minutes.”The company, TrackingPoint, has said its “world’s first” long range Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) integrate precision hardware, digital optics, and tracking technology to deliver an unmatched]]> Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game. The biggest lottery jackpot ever was $656 million for the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012. The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million on Nov. 28, 2012. The jackpot soared to $600 million after no one won Wednesday's drawing. That would translate into a lump sum payment of $376.9 million. The pot is expected to ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13073368 Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game. The biggest lottery jackpot ever was $656 million for the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012. The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million on Nov. 28, 2012. The jackpot soared to $600 million after no one won Wednesday's drawing. That would translate into a lump sum payment of $376.9 million. The pot is expected to ]]> iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Forty states showed a drop in unemployment in April.Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota showed an increase in the unemployment rate, while rates were unchanged in seven states, according to the Labor department.The country’s unemployment rate is 7.5 percent, the lowest since December 2008.Although companies are adding jobs, part of the reason for the decline in unemployment is because people have stopped looking for work.  They are either discoura]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13073588 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Forty states showed a drop in unemployment in April.Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota showed an increase in the unemployment rate, while rates were unchanged in seven states, according to the Labor department.The country’s unemployment rate is 7.5 percent, the lowest since December 2008.Although companies are adding jobs, part of the reason for the decline in unemployment is because people have stopped looking for work.  They are either discoura]]> Medioimages/Photodisc(INDIANAPOLIS) -- If service with a smile results in a good tip, then Steak n’ Shake waitress CeCe Bruce is smiling from ear to ear.Bruce, a waitress for the past two years at a Steak n’ Shake in Indianapolis, is $446 richer after a longtime customer left her a tip in that amount on a $5.97 order.“My first reaction was, ‘Miss Jo, I’m not taking your money,’” Bruce, 31, told ABC News.  “It was crazy.”The customer, ide]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13073912 Medioimages/Photodisc(INDIANAPOLIS) -- If service with a smile results in a good tip, then Steak n’ Shake waitress CeCe Bruce is smiling from ear to ear.Bruce, a waitress for the past two years at a Steak n’ Shake in Indianapolis, is $446 richer after a longtime customer left her a tip in that amount on a $5.97 order.“My first reaction was, ‘Miss Jo, I’m not taking your money,’” Bruce, 31, told ABC News.  “It was crazy.”The customer, ide]]> ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Where do wildly popular fast food ideas come from? According to Gary Cole: Prison.That is the contention of Cole, who claims that it was he who invented Taco Bell’s famous Doritos Locos tacos while doing time in maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colo.  He is so adamant about it that on May 15 he filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas alleging that Taco Bell, along with Pepsi, Frito Lay and Taco Bell parent Yum Brands, stole his idea.Cole has been incarcerat]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13073985 ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Where do wildly popular fast food ideas come from? According to Gary Cole: Prison.That is the contention of Cole, who claims that it was he who invented Taco Bell’s famous Doritos Locos tacos while doing time in maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colo.  He is so adamant about it that on May 15 he filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas alleging that Taco Bell, along with Pepsi, Frito Lay and Taco Bell parent Yum Brands, stole his idea.Cole has been incarcerat]]> iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- American consumers are feeling better about the economy.Consumer confidence rose this month to 83.7 -- better than expected and its highest level since July 2007, according to the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index. In April, the figure stood at 76.4.“Overall, a number of indicators in the economy have been improving,” said Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News’ chief business and economic correspondent, “and that has positively]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13073085 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- American consumers are feeling better about the economy.Consumer confidence rose this month to 83.7 -- better than expected and its highest level since July 2007, according to the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index. In April, the figure stood at 76.4.“Overall, a number of indicators in the economy have been improving,” said Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News’ chief business and economic correspondent, “and that has positively]]> ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Looking for work?  Well, just finding out this Microsoft job exists is work.Microsoft has posted a sort of secret job listing for a Bing software development engineer inside the code of their Bing.com search site, as found by The Register.  The only way to stumble upon the link to the job posting is to visit Bing.com using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with debug mode enabled.Once the page is loaded, a pop-up will ask, “Do you want to debug this webpag]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13072793 ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Looking for work?  Well, just finding out this Microsoft job exists is work.Microsoft has posted a sort of secret job listing for a Bing software development engineer inside the code of their Bing.com search site, as found by The Register.  The only way to stumble upon the link to the job posting is to visit Bing.com using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with debug mode enabled.Once the page is loaded, a pop-up will ask, “Do you want to debug this webpag]]> Ciaran Griffin/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- While some career killers are clear and follow common sense, the workplace can be rife with hidden dos and don'ts."There are lots of different ways to get fired, and sometimes you'll never know what you did wrong," said Cynthia Shapiro, a former human resources executive and the author of Corporate Confidential.What's more, these secret no-nos can be behaviors people think are good, morally and professionally.Below is a list of potential secret sins.  ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=13072470 Ciaran Griffin/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- While some career killers are clear and follow common sense, the workplace can be rife with hidden dos and don'ts."There are lots of different ways to get fired, and sometimes you'll never know what you did wrong," said Cynthia Shapiro, a former human resources executive and the author of Corporate Confidential.What's more, these secret no-nos can be behaviors people think are good, morally and professionally.Below is a list of potential secret sins.  ]]> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:51:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=11212465      Shawnee County Elections Commissioner Elizabeth Deiter said Thursday the problem occurred at the Light of the World Christian Center because a supervising judge wasn't]]> Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:27:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=11209512      Shawnee County Elections Commissioner Elizabeth Deiter said Thursday the problem occurred at the Light of the World Christian Center because a supervising judge wasn't]]>      Pompeo says people in Washington question why they]]> Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:20:00 EDT http://knssradio.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=11209495      Pompeo says people in Washington question why they]]>