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Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution yet. –Mae West quotes

(Prevention.com) One of the most frustrating things your husband can say to you: “I need to lose 5 pounds, so I’ll just cut out the beer.” That’s because women could forgo beer (or pop or chocolate) forever and still never get close to squeezing into our skinny jeans from high school. It’s not fair, but men are natural losers. Here are seven habits you should steal from your guy:
• He doesn’t crave sweets
• He doesn’t get upset when he screws up
• He lifts heavy weights
• He doesn’t use food as therapist
• He acts out his anger
• He makes time for himself
• He doesn’t give up favorite foods

Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton announced the nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards, which will air live on April 18th.

Top Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band

Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks and Dunn
Joey and Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

Vocal Event of the Year
Honky Tonk Stomp - Brooks and Dunn f/Billy Gibbons
I Told You So - Carrie Underwood f/Randy Travis
I’m Alive - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
Seeing Stars - Jack Ingram f/Patty Griffin
Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton f/Trace Adkins

Female Vocal of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Reba McEntire

Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban

Song of the Year
Cowboy Casanova (Carrie Underwood)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
People Are Crazy (Billy Currington)
White Liar (Miranda Lambert)
You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)

Album of the Year
Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
Lady Antebellum
Carrie Underwood - Play On
Miranda Lambert - Revolution
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
George Strait
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Brad Paisley

Friday: Kimberly Taylor Yocum & Debbie Heidbrider

Wednesday:  Crickett McGraw and Michelle Bartley

Tuesday: Brad Howard and Justine Wanger Nutter

Monday: Kay Harris and Dana Jasinski

Archives:

Friday: Scott and Sue were off today!

Thursday: Lisa Cotrill Braucher and Tracy Thieke-Lawrence

Wednesday: Sherri Board and Mark Nolan

Tuesday: Rosi Hathcock Gonzalez and Elaine Stover

Monday: Taffy Wellman and Wendy R Johnson

Friday: Jody Ashcroft and Heather Dodson

Thursday: Melissa Daly Sousa and Karen Sue Lamb

Wednesday: Steffanie Taylor and Judy Withrow

Tuesday: Kay Harris and Eddie Halamay

Monday: Carolyn Hartley Gill and Carol King Etheridge

Friday: Congratulations Julie Hardesty and Jennifer Kane Slabaugh

Wednesday and Thursday: Josh & Meg from Steel Magnolia and Jimmy Wayne!

Tuesday: Austin Witmer and Sherrie Board

Monday: Terri Smith Mellor and Grant Francis

Friday: Brian Frank Frank and Kim Satola

Thursday: Stephanie Miller and Dory Jenkins

Wednesday: Sherri Olp and Virginia Myers Kirven

Tuesday: Kay Harris & Bryn Brown

Monday: Andy Hodovan and Kristin Hunter

Friday: Carla McDonald and Anna Harmon

Thursday: Shirley Wilkinson and Renee Hoffman

Wednesday: Rebecca Huff and Nicolette Smith

Tuesday: Lona Keith and Lori Opatrny Roberts

Monday: Erin Bucy and Bill Burdick

Friday: Jeff Hurley Burr and Lyndi Stocker Moauro

Thursday: Thomas Cunningham and David Lapp

Tuesday:  Dayna Adams Bole and Erin Giammarino

Monday:  Thomas Cunningham and Katy Landers

Friday: Carrie Young and Sheila Hunter!

Thursday: Kim Collins Bailey & Johanna Wright

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To measure the influence of various factors on people’s self reported happiness, the National Bureau of Economic Research surveyed nearly 88,000 people in 46 countries over 17 years. Here’s some of the stuff that measure happiness:
• Health — People in good health are happier than those who are not.
• Employment — Joblessness brings a person’s satisfaction level down by 0.61 point on a 10 point happiness scale, and also lowers his or her self assessed health level by 1 point on a 5 point scale.
• Relationships — From happiest to unhappiest: married people, individuals living as married, surviving partners whose spouses died, divorced people, and separated people. The happiness gap between being “married” and “separated” is about 0.75 point out of 10, or more than being unemployed.
• Age — People 35 to 44 are the unhappiest. The 18 to 24 and 55 to 64 age groups report equally high levels of happiness, and the 65 plus crowd is the happiest of all.
• Social Interaction — Helping at Meals on Wheels is certainly more noble than starting a touch football league, but either option can give your happiness a little boost about 0.05 point on the 10 point scale.
• Clear Conscience — A little more than half the survey respondents said that cheating on taxes is never justifiable; these tax patriots also systematically reported being more satisfied with their lives.
• Money — Income affects happiness very little. For example, jumping up just one income bracket say, from level 4 to level 5, out of 10, provides a 0.1 point increase on the 10 point happiness scale, while a move from bracket 9 to 10 brings only a 0.01 point boost.

Weight just a minute! Is drinking tea the secret to a trimmer waistline? For men, yes, but for women, not so much. Men who drank more than two cups of tea a day had slimmer waistlines than those who drank coffee or nothing at all, according to a study of nearly 4,000 adults. Researchers from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, found that for men, the use of sugar in tea was associated with a nearly one inch smaller waist measurement, but the use of artificial sweeteners was linked to a nearly two inch larger waistline. (National Enquirer)

Another study from Queensland University in Australia found drinking just three cups of green tea a day can prevent weight gain even if you continue to eat junk food. Scientists fed laboratory rats a diet high in sugary treats. As might be expected, the rodents began to gain weight rapidly. Their blood pressure soared. But after green tea was added to the regimen, the extra fat melted away and their blood pressure returned to normal even though they continued to gorge on high sugar foods.

More great things from Carrie Underwood. She just donated 50K to build a animal rescue shelter in her Oklahoma hometown.  Nice Job!

Lady Antebellum has become the first country act to sell a million albums in 2010! (Need You Now)  Five weeks number one.

Carrie Underwood makes her TV acting debut Monday on How I Met Your Mother on CBS!

Kenny Chesney and Steve Miller will do a CMT Crossroads show.  No air date yet…

Brad Paisley will be Jay Lenos first musical guest March 1st,  when he returns to the Tonight Show!  YAY!

Kenny Chesney has introduced a free I-Phone app in which you can access photos from shows, videos, studio footage and music — and even buy concert tickets.Though it seems like Kenny is late in the game, he wanted to get it right. He says, “I decided rather than be first, I’d take some time and create something that gives the fans the most comprehensive application we could create. And I wanted it to be free for them, just to say thanks for being part of all of this.”
Kenny’s I-Phone app is available through I-Tunes.

Darius Rucker is partnering with Musicians on Call to bring music to patients in healthcare facilities. Darius will perform at the bedside of patients at the Tennessee Valley Heathcare System’s V-A Hospital on Wednesday. Darius says, “I think the Musicians on Call initiative is important because it’s one-on-one contact with patients whose health and recovery can directly be affected by one person’s time and attention.”

Justin Moore has fallen victim to one of Brad Paisley’s notorious tour pranks. In honor of the recent birth of Ella Kole Moore, one of Brad’s crew members went on stage during Justin’s set in Fresno, California wearing nothing but a diaper. The country newcomer returned the favor by wearing the same diaper, over his clothes, and visiting Brad during his performance of “Alcohol.” The boys have the week off, allowing for plenty of time to plot revenge and change diapers.

Wynonna will play herself on an upcoming episode of the Lifetime Network series Army Wives. According to Access Hollywood, Wy will perform two songs as a part of a U-S-O-type concert for the troops at Fort Marshall in Charleston, South Carolina. The show will air on May 16th

Alan Jackson Fast Facts:
–Alan credits Glen Campbell with giving him his big break. Alan’s wife Denise met Glen at the Atlanta airport while she
was a flight attendant.
–He gave her his business card and Alan went to work for his publishing company, Seventh Son Music.
–Alan has a line of merchandise in Cracker Barrel stores.
–He loves animals so much that he won’t go hunting. He admits to fishing but says he feels sorry for the fish.
–His first job was working at a shoe store when he was 12.
–Alan turned down the song “Chicken Fried” because he felt like he’s recorded too many songs about food.

WQMX … brings you another very special intimate concert event: Thursday April 8th in Sultan’s Cabaret at the Tangier
Phil Vassar! A gifted Singer, A profilic songwriter… Phil Vassar performs his many hits this special acoustic showcase.
Tickets are $15 and on sale at WQMX- 1795 West Market Street during business hours. Phil Vassar at the Tangier is another in the QMX Charity Concert Series with proceeds benefiting Akron’s Community Pregnancy Center..committed to providing for mothers in need and their children.

All this week you can win tickets to The Country Throwdown Tour 2010 featuring Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church and more. All this week at 7:35 ish!