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Today is Cousins Day, National Tequila Day, National Drive-Thru Day and Tell An Old Joke Day

MOSQUITO FESTIVAL – The Great Texas Mosquito Festival begins today in Clute, Texas. It includes the Mr. and Mrs. Mosquito Legs Contest, the Mosquito Calling Contest, and the Skeeter Beaters Baby Crawling Contest.

The food blog Oh, Bite It! has created a Twinkie Burrito called The Twinkirito. The Twinkie is placed in a wonton wrapper, folded like a burrito, and then deep fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Contact Music claims Paul Hogan has divorced his wife and Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski. She gets $5.7 million. They will share custody of their son

Weird Al Yankovic’s 14th CD, Mandatory Fun, tops this week’s charts. His disc sold over 104,700 copies. It’s Al’s first chart-topping disc in 31 years

Joey Chestnut won the Hooters Wing Eating Championship by downing 182 wings in 10 minutes

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is in a dead heat with two other contenders for the city’s Mayoral seat

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show will originate from New York

The Independent claims Russian president Vladmir Putin now employs a professional taste tester to make sure his meals aren’t poisoned

A British supermarket has become England’s first retail outlet to remove itself from the power grid. It uses a special process that generates its electricity from the store’s waste. The store, in other words, is powered by rotten food. [Like any typical school cafeteria.]

If money wasn’t an issue, where would you go on vacation?  The top pick in a new survey was . . . ITALY.  Followed by Great Britain . . . Australia . . . Ireland . . . and France. 

Pizza Hut will debut a 12-foot Pizza Launcher at Comic-Con. They got the idea from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who shot plastic pizzas at their enemies in the 80’s and 90’s. The launcher sits on top of a 2002 Toyota Tacoma and has a 180-degree rotating tower.

MAN WITH ONE EYE DEMANDS HALF-PRICE EYE TEST – In England David Rainsford is locked in a fight with his optician. David lost his right eye when he was 14 and now, at age 44, he’s battling with his optician over the price of his eye tests. David feels that, since he has just one eye, he shouldn’t pay the same price as those with two eyes. When David asked for a policy change he was told it’s the same price to test one eye as it is for two.

The Daily Mail claims Samsung’s new 105-inch TV costs $120,000. The set has a curved screen and is the largest TV ever made. The Ultra HD picture is four times sharper than current HDTV sets. It has a resolution of 5,126 x 2,160. HDTV screens have a 1920 x 1080 resolution. The new Samsung screen can split into four screens and is controlled by a Voice Command remote control.

A 23-year-old guy in Delaware tried to rob a Pizzeria back in 2010 . . . but the employees tackled him, knocked his gun away, and held him down until the cops got there.  He’s serving 15 years in prison for the robbery . . . and now he’s SUING the pizzeria for $260,000 because he says the employees were too rough with him.

Researchers at Dartmouth think the cure for cancer might be a certain type of parasite found in CAT POOP.  They’ve already used it to shrink cancerous tumors in mice, and they could eventually come up with a version that’s safe for people.

A four-year-old was banned from a donut shop in Connecticut for being rude . . . after he asked another customer if she was pregnant.

The website Racked.com posted a list of how women’s jean sizes vary at different stores.  For example, a size 8 at the Gap has a 28-inch waist, but a size 8 at American Apparel has a 30-inch waist.

According to a new study, you can undo a month of dieting in less than a WEEK.  The average person who tries to lose weight for the summer spends 35 days doing it . . . and can undo all that work in just SIX days, because they drink more and start eating like crap once summer hits. 

ON TELEVISION: SEASON PREMIERE: PROJECT RUNWAY – In the 13th season premiere, the designers learn that there is another audition they must pass to be accepted on the show. Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen return as judges, and Tim Gunn returns as the designers’ mentor. (9p ET, Lifetime)

New Movies Opening Today

Hercules (Rated PG-13) … Starring: Dwayne Johnson. Everyone knows the legend of Hercules and his twelve labors. Our story begins after the labors, and after the legend…Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary. Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies. But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter seek Hercules’ help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph and justice to prevail… he must again become the hero he once was… he must embrace his own myth… he must be Hercules.

Lucy (Rated R) … Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. From “La Femme Nikita” and “The Professional” to “The Fifth Element,” writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in “Lucy,” an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.