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Thursday, August 28, 202508/28/2025

The average person uses this 2.7 times a year.

A: The DVD Player!

Friday, August 15, 202508/15/2025

No one knows where the name of this very common animal came from.

A:  Dog! A linguist says “dog” only became the standard term within the past 500 years or so.  During the…

Thursday, August 7, 202508/07/2025

Cortland Opry Show

In Sunday in the Country

I’m beyond thrilled to be invited to be in the NYS Country Music Hall of Fame. Here’s a great recording…

Friday, July 25, 202507/25/2025

Created in 1920, no one knows the origin of this product’s name.

A:  7-Up

Friday, July 11, 202507/11/2025

Most guess 2 feet but these are actually 10 feet long each!

A:  White lines in the road!

Thursday, May 8, 202505/08/2025

Americans throw out 26 million of these every day!

A:  Batteries!

Tuesday, March 25, 202503/25/2025

Apparently there’s 1.1 Million American homes without one of these.

A:  A Toilet! At least not indoor plumbing so they have to use an outhouse or hole in the ground.

Friday, March 7, 202503/07/2025

Estimates say there’s more of these in plastic than there are real ones.

A:  Flamingos!

Tuesday, December 24, 202412/24/2024

The Wake Up Q Christmas Special 2024

All the wonderful performances in one place. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!

Wednesday, December 18, 202412/18/2024

New numbers are in: This year, 110 million of us will admit to this.

A:  Re-gifting (or re-selling gifts.

Headlines

7 hours ago in National, Trending

Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month.

7 hours ago in Sports

Dominican WBC loss ends on called strike that appeared low, a week before robot umps arrive in MLB

Geraldo Perdomo watched Mason Miller's full-count slider appear to drop just under the strike zone and took a step toward his team's dugout on the third-base side, thinking he walked to put runners at the corners. Then plate umpire Cory Blaser emphatically signaled strike three, stranding the potential tying run at third base and giving the United States a 2-1 win Sunday night that advanced the Americans to the World Baseball Classic championship game against Venezuela or Italy.

7 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Duke heads into March Madness ranked No. 1 in AP Top 25, Purdue, St. John’s back in top 10

Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men's basketball poll released Monday, a day after they were named the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

12 hours ago in Community, Crime, Local

Cortland woman charged with apartment arson

61-year-old Jacqueline Rood is accused of intentionally setting a fire Sunday inside an apartment building on Main St.

18 hours ago in Community, Crime, Local

IPD looking at alternatives to Flock Safety

Despite the Common Council voting to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety, IPD Chief Tom Kelly says the search is on for alternatives. 

18 hours ago in Community, Local, National, Politics, Regional, World

AAA: Ithaca’s gas prices up 15 cents since Monday

Triple A says Ithaca’s average price jumped 15 cents in the last week to $3.55 a gallon.