WIBX 950 » Opinion http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 OPINION: Keeler: If You Don't Get The Job Done, You Have to Go http://wibx950.com/keeler-if-you-dont-get-the-job-done-you-have-to-go/ http://wibx950.com/keeler-if-you-dont-get-the-job-done-you-have-to-go/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:37:33 +0000 Keeler in the Morning http://wibx950.com/?p=187086 Are you better off today than you were four years ago?  How about ten years ago or even twenty?

The answer is pretty simple, if the Mohawk Valley had a medical checkup the doctor would probably say our health is in a slow, dangerous decline

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]]> http://wibx950.com/keeler-if-you-dont-get-the-job-done-you-have-to-go/feed/ 0 Westboro Baptist Church Facebook Page Hijacked By Anonymous http://wibx950.com/westboro-baptist-church-facebook-page-hijacked-by-anonymous/ http://wibx950.com/westboro-baptist-church-facebook-page-hijacked-by-anonymous/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:42:33 +0000 Phil Nye http://lite987.com/?p=194626 The Westboro Baptist Church is once again in the spotlight for their actions. After the horrific bombing at the Boston Marathon, the Westboro Baptist Church stated that '...God allowed the city of Boston to be attacked because Massachusetts was the first state in the US to legalize same-sex marriage..'

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]]> http://wibx950.com/westboro-baptist-church-facebook-page-hijacked-by-anonymous/feed/ 0 The Boston Marathon Was Dedicated To The Victims Of The Sandy Hook Tragedy – Surviving Familes From Newtown Connecticut Were At The Race http://wibx950.com/the-boston-marathon-was-dedicated-to-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-tragedy-surviving-familes-from-newtown-connecticut-were-at-the-race/ http://wibx950.com/the-boston-marathon-was-dedicated-to-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-tragedy-surviving-familes-from-newtown-connecticut-were-at-the-race/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:36:37 +0000 Keith James http://961wodz.com/?p=160896 As if the bombing during the Boston Marathon wasn't tragic enough, throw in the fact that the road race was actually officially dedicated to the victims and their families of the Newtown, CT tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary - And the families were in attendance and seated right near where the bombs went off.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/the-boston-marathon-was-dedicated-to-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-tragedy-surviving-familes-from-newtown-connecticut-were-at-the-race/feed/ 0 Boston Globe, Steve Silva / YouTube 5 Reasons To Choose A Tax Professional [SPONSORED CONTENT] http://wibx950.com/its-tax-season-and-mark-suggests-using-a-professonal/ http://wibx950.com/its-tax-season-and-mark-suggests-using-a-professonal/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:18:29 +0000 Mark Richards http://lite987.com/?p=165724 So you've got all your documents gathered. You've got your; W2s, 1099s, mortgage interest, daycare expenses, receipts and your copy of last years return. You're ready to load your tax software or hop online and do it yourself this year. Are you sure?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/its-tax-season-and-mark-suggests-using-a-professonal/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle/Getty Images 5 Industries That Won't Be Hiring Much in 2013 http://wibx950.com/5-industries-that-won-be-hiring-much-in-2013/ http://wibx950.com/5-industries-that-won-be-hiring-much-in-2013/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:42:46 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=154106 Finding a new job or changing industriesis a natural desire, especially after the start of a new year. But don’t leap too quickly. Before you start imagining your amazing new job in the dream career you never had, you should research the hiring climate in your industry of choice. You don’t want to put a lot of money and effort into education, training and searching for a new job only to find out you’re battling 40 other candidates at every interview. Here are five of the industries you might not want to find yourself hoping for a job in this year:

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]]> http://wibx950.com/5-industries-that-won-be-hiring-much-in-2013/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Does the NRA's Ad Featuring Obama's Children Go Too Far? http://wibx950.com/nra-ad-obama-daughters/ http://wibx950.com/nra-ad-obama-daughters/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:47:59 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=154077 On Wednesday President Obama announced a series of proposals to address gun violence. The day before, the National Rifle Association, which opposes the president's ideas, released a Web ad that stoked controversy, particularly because the ad focuses on Obama's daughters.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/nra-ad-obama-daughters/feed/ 0 YouTube/NRA Should You Be Required to Have a License to Smoke? http://wibx950.com/should-you-be-required-to-have-a-license-to-smoke/ http://wibx950.com/should-you-be-required-to-have-a-license-to-smoke/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:30:07 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=150109 Smokers' rights could be at risk once again: a medical expert is currently advocating for some drastic regulations that would make it mandatory for all smokers to obtain a smoking license.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/should-you-be-required-to-have-a-license-to-smoke/feed/ 0 Stockbyte Should We Raise Taxes on the Wealthy to Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff'? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/should-we-raise-taxes-on-the-wealthy-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/should-we-raise-taxes-on-the-wealthy-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff-survey-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:35:54 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=150020 Negotiations between President Obama and the Republican-led House of Representatives over the "fiscal cliff" are heating up. Some economists believe if a compromise isn't made by December 31 of this year, the U.S. economy could fall back into recession.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/should-we-raise-taxes-on-the-wealthy-to-avoid-the-fiscal-cliff-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Pool, Getty Images Utica College Students Discuss The Presidential Race http://wibx950.com/utica-college-students-discuss-the-presidential-race/ http://wibx950.com/utica-college-students-discuss-the-presidential-race/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:49:29 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=111387 Utica, NY (WIBX) - Young people are paying attention to the presidential race.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/utica-college-students-discuss-the-presidential-race/feed/ 0 Jeanette Lenoir, WIBX Would You Be Comfortable Voting on a Smartphone? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/would-you-be-comfortable-voting-on-a-smartphone-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/would-you-be-comfortable-voting-on-a-smartphone-survey-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:41 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=142739 Smartphones have changed the way we communicate, listen to music, watch videos, even how we pay our bills. But will this explosion in mobile technology one day change the way we vote?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/would-you-be-comfortable-voting-on-a-smartphone-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images America Agrees: Five Guys Is the Best Burger Chain http://wibx950.com/america-agrees-five-guys-is-the-best-burger-chain/ http://wibx950.com/america-agrees-five-guys-is-the-best-burger-chain/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:30:05 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=142706 According to a survey of 7,600 consumers by Market Force Information, Five Guys is the best burger franchise in America.

In fact, Five Guys topped the competition in each of the survey's regions—the Northeast, Midwest, Sout

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]]> http://wibx950.com/america-agrees-five-guys-is-the-best-burger-chain/feed/ 0 Mike Fabio, Flickr WIBX: Talking To Voters On Primary Day http://wibx950.com/wibx-talking-to-voters-on-primary-day/ http://wibx950.com/wibx-talking-to-voters-on-primary-day/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:47:58 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=103341 Oneida County, NY (WIBX) - Area voters have until 9:00 tonight, to cast their ballots in the Primaries taking place in portions of Oneida County.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/wibx-talking-to-voters-on-primary-day/feed/ 0 Jeanette Lenoir, WIBX Back To School Tips From Health Guru Denise Austin http://wibx950.com/back-to-school-tips-from-health-guru-denise-austin/ http://wibx950.com/back-to-school-tips-from-health-guru-denise-austin/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:00:36 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=100447 Utica, NY (WIBX) - Labor Day is a symbolic sign that Summer is almost over...can you believe it?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/back-to-school-tips-from-health-guru-denise-austin/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images What Are the World's Most Livable Cities? http://wibx950.com/what-are-the-worlds-most-livable-cities/ http://wibx950.com/what-are-the-worlds-most-livable-cities/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:25:18 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=133575 The US has some beautiful places, but if you want to root yourself in the world’s most livable city, you’ll need to head Down Under because Melbourne, Australia has again been ranked at the top of the list.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/what-are-the-worlds-most-livable-cities/feed/ 0 linh_rom, flickr Do You Approve of the Job the TSA Is Doing? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/do-you-approve-of-the-job-the-tsa-is-doing-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/do-you-approve-of-the-job-the-tsa-is-doing-survey-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:15:40 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=130586 When you hear about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it’s usually because one of its agents has aggressively searched someone they probably shouldn’t have searched so aggressively.

But despite the drumbeat of negative stories surrounding the folks entrusted with our airport security the general public hasn’t turned on the TSA.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/do-you-approve-of-the-job-the-tsa-is-doing-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Natalie Behring, Getty Images Local Coffee Shop Talk On Enacting Stricter Gun Laws http://wibx950.com/local-coffee-shop-talk-on-enacting-stricter-gun-laws/ http://wibx950.com/local-coffee-shop-talk-on-enacting-stricter-gun-laws/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:28:38 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=93064 Utica, NY (WIBX) - The recent Colorado movie theater massacre, and Sunday's mass shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, has some New York lawmakers calling for stricter gun control laws. 

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]]> http://wibx950.com/local-coffee-shop-talk-on-enacting-stricter-gun-laws/feed/ 0 Jeanette Lenoir, WIBX Are You Frustrated By the Tone of the Presidential Campaign? — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:31:56 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=126923 Ever since Mitt Romney all but wrapped up the GOP nomination earlier this year he and Barack Obama have been firing political salvos at each other. But despite tens of millions of dollars spent on attack ads by the Obama and Romney campaigns and their surrogates, the race appears to be a toss-up.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/are-you-frustrated-by-the-tone-of-the-presidential-campaign-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Debate: The U.S. Penny… Obsolete? http://wibx950.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/ http://wibx950.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:42:22 +0000 Keith James http://lite987.com/?p=93505 Many of us when breaking a dollar end up discarding our spare change into a jar at home and forgetting about it, or generously plunking it into the many charity drop-boxes including that iconic red Salvation Army kettle.  But out of all of the coins that have been circulating for centuries, is Benjamin Franklin’s penny actually ready for retirement?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle/Getty Images Eagle Scouts Return Their Medals to Protest the Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policy http://wibx950.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/ http://wibx950.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:30:49 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=125409 Last week, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its longstanding policy of banning gays from being scouts or scout leaders.

Now a number of straight men who’ve received the group’s highest honor — the ranking of Eagle Scout — are returning their medals in protest.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/eagle-scouts-return-their-medals-to-protest-the-boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy/feed/ 0 wfryer, flickr What's Your Traffic Commute Headache? http://wibx950.com/whats-your-traffic-commute-headache/ http://wibx950.com/whats-your-traffic-commute-headache/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:52:48 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=85717 Utica, NY (WIBX) - After some folks in NYC became frustrated by the closure of Lincoln Tunnel, we here at WIBX decided to ask you about your worst commute...

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