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American Idol, Season 12, got off to a rousing start with a wide variety of performances and the debut of three new judges: Keith Urban, Mariah Carey and Nikki Minaj. My favorite performance of the night was from Sarah Restuc

Today, as the year 2012 winds down, we visit wbkr.com to see what were the most popular posts on the site for 2012. Here they are top to bottom.

1. BKR Clash in the Country: Hunter Hayes vs. James Wesley

Who could have predicted that Hunter Hayes would be the most visited post on wb

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She reigned as America's sweetheart during the 60's and 70's. Mary Tyler Moore, first as co-star of the Dick Van Dyke Show and then as Mary Richards, the darling of CBS Saturday nights from 1970 - 1976. The show had top ratings and won a bushel basket of Emmys.

The show and its spin-off Rhoda were produced by Mary and her husband, Grant Tinker, as part of their MTM Enterprises.

And, I came in contact with MTM Enterprises when they founded MTM Records, in its day a pretty successful music label. Holly Dunn, Judy Rodman and others had hits on the imprint. It is defunct now.

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Okay, home invasion. Saturday a bank robbery. And, today a home break in. This morning a little after 4:00, the Owensboro Police Department responded to a burglary call in the 3300 block of Oriole Court

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This comes to us from our weather partners, Eyewitness News:
Update on the Blizzard Warning from the NWS:

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
MUCH OF OUR REGION...

.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING

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Jeremy Taylor at thefw.com had a great idea. Take the movie, 'Santa Claus: the Movie', a sprawling retelling of the legend of Santa Claus, with a subplot that involved a renegade elf named Patch who hooks up with a unscrupulous toy manufacturer before re-discovering the meaning of Christmas. Then, see what all the surviving cast members are doing. The star, Dudley Moore, passed away in 2002.

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Eyewitness news meteorologist David Heckard's detail forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high of 41. The tomorrow night, the fun starts as rain and changes to snow. Owensboro accumulation expected 2-4 inches by Wednesday morning

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Actor Jack Klugman has died. He was 90 years old. More later.

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews are gearing up to respond to a Christmas night snowstorm that is expected to create travel issues overnight on Tuesday and through the day on Wednesday.  Before they left work on Friday, KYTC crews across Western Kentucky fueled their trucks, loaded them with salt, and mounted snow plows so they can be prepared to roll out as quickly as possible as the storm develops.  The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of the region. 

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At 9:20 a.m., Daviess County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an abandoned car complaint on Highway 405 in Yelvington. It is the 2004 Blue Ford Escape previously
mentioned as being registered to missing person, Wilbur A

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The 36th annual WBKR-WOMI Christmas Wish program has ended. Thank you for contributing so much, adopting letters, volunteering long hours of work or just by staying interested. This year we received 1264 letters of request. And, only 100 were not granted. Usually there are many more. Those not granted are due to being out of our service area such as California; are from a family already receiving assistance or we were not able to validate the recipient.

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To be up to date on the day Santa goes up on the housetops, I have ten things you need to know today.

1. The number one box office attraction this weekend was The Hobbit, raking in 36.7 millions dollars

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