radio show prep - 10 worst apps for stealing your personal information; and does autism just 'go away?'

ShowStarters Thursday Jan 17th, 2013

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• The great Betty White turns 91 today!
• James Earl Jones is 82
• Maury Povich is 74
• Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles turns 54

Birthday quiz: He's 51 today... (PLAY) hint: The Mask

Answer: Jim Carrey!

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ABC: Last Resort, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal are all new

CBS: All reruns tonight

NBC: All new including 3rd Rock, Parks and Rec, The Office, 1600 Penn, and Rock Center with Brian Williams

FOX: American Idol continues with more auditions

CW: The Vampire Diaries is new followed by a repeat of The Carrie Diaries

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Name the year! Savage Garden had this hit (PLAY) hit #1 on this day in ...

1998

2000

2002

Answer: 1998! "Truly, Madly, Deeply" stayed at #1 for 2 weeks.

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20% of women blame their illness on (what)?

• Co-workers
• Hotel room
• Kids

Answer: While all of those are great answers, a new survey by a travel company found 20% of women blame their hotel room for getting them sick. The cleanest area in your hotel room is surprisingly the bathroom! The dirtiest area -- yes, the bed. 80% of women said the like eating while in bed. Not a good idea. Source

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A psychiatrist was trying to comfort a new patient who was terribly upset. “You see, Doc,” the patient explained, “my problem is that I like shoes much better than I like boots.” “Why, that’s no problem,” answered the doctor. “Most people like shoes better than boots.” The patient was thrilled, “That’s neat, Doc. How do you like them, fried or scrambled?

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'Outgrowing' Autisim

An interesting new study by the National Institutes of Health followed 34 kids diagnosed with autism in early childhood and but went on to function as well as non-autistic peers. The now 8 to 21 year olds have no problems with communication, language, or social interaction.

Obvious question -- were they misdiagnosed in the first place? Great question, and the answer is no. Researchers believe children can just "outgrow" autism. More here

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Apps that are all up in your business

The 10 worst apps for taking your personal details without letting you know! This is from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Some of the apps may surprise you...

• Brightest Flashlight
• "Toss It"
• "Angry Birds"
• Talking Tom
• Backgrounds HD Wallpapers
• Dictionary.com
• "Mouse Trap"
• Horoscope
• Shazam
• Pandora Internet Radio

Of those 10 apps:

* 6 access where you are
* two grab your contact list
* all 10 accessed your device ID


What do they do with the info? Share it! Angry Birds, for example, shares your info with 8 companies that mainly use it for advertising purposes. Source

Facebook/Phones: Does this bother you? Or is this the price of a free game?

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