Off The Record

When a pedestrian is struck by a motorist and is playing on their phone, should it be the drivers fault?  Dawn and Donovan tackle distracted driving and distracted walking. Also, the best and cheapest airlines and the new diet fad… Imaginary food.

Jim Donovan lends his years of consumer expertise to the Equifax break. What should you to do protect yourself?  They speculate if anyone will go to jail. Plus, the Fresno Starbucks Good Samaritan may be sued by the criminal that he overpowered!

It's back to school time on Off the Record, and a Utah High School is trying to curb school tardiness by fining students. Dawn and Donovan talk about if that will really make a difference, plus Randolph, New Jersey hunts for drunk students at a football game. 

Dawn and Donovan talk about if airlines should have the same price-gouging guidelines as other retail outlets, plus confederate stained glass is being removed in D.C. and where is your dream vacation? 

What's the best state to reitre in?   Couples don't talk about finances. Why is 'pre-nup' a dirty word?  Who pays on the first date?  The new trend for homework is none.  Federal Prisons are now required to provide tampons to female prisoners. And, beware when you sign up for automatic payments.    

Chris Christie raises the age to buy tobacco,  How to make for more peaceful traffic stops, Men curse at service people more than women do, and is your Roomba stalking you.

This week: Sarah Huckabee is called a ‘Butch Queen’, the Transgendered Tweet, Sperm Counts are low,  and Michael Phelps swims for Shark Week.  

What is and isn’t appropriate to wear to work?  And is it millennials that struggle with this rule most?  Millenials also eat out much more than the rest of the population, how often do you eat out?

Chris Christie and ‘Beachgate.’   Who are the best tippers? Insight from two former waiters.  And, what is the appropriate age for cell phones?

It's all things summer:  Should there be lifeguards before Memorial Day at the shore?  Where does the beach tag money go? And someone was banned for their bathing suit at her apartment complex.  They also tackle, ‘why are the bodies you see at the nude beach never the ones you want to see?'

Trump Tweet. NJ Homeseeker bill and does everyone deserve a house?  Coin star machines are stealing your money.  Which historical figure would you want to be?

The weight of the Affordable Care Act is beginning to take its toll on the health care market, plus a surprising number of people don’t visit the doctor for financial reasons. Also, what has happened to sourcing in journalism and Wonder Woman isn’t the heroine that we deserve, but she is the one we need right now.

The Cosby trial is a hung jury, for the moment. What does that mean for Dr. Cosby and was this case tried in the court of social media, already? Congress plays with the Hot Cars Act and a disturbing report on how often people wash their sheets that may have you rethinking staying at someone else’s house this summer.

Ohio  high school students get pepper sprayed for class – part of an exercise for aspiring police officers. Would you let your kid go through this?   Millennials think parents should stop helping them financially at an earlier age:  22.   There’s a ‘Self-Marriage’ movement growing across the country that is part of a trend called ‘sologamy’, people marrying themselves.     And the new list of top baby names included James, but not Dawn.

Is the national news coverage of President Trump over the top?  More than half of dog owners say they would end a relationship if their pup doesn’t like their partner.  Who does that?   WAWA introduces a mobile ordering app.  Are we too driven by technology?  And girls suffer more concussions in high school sports.   Is this because boys are underreporting their injuries?

Jim Donovan and Dawn Stensland talk NFL Draft in Philly and behind the scenes stories about what it's like to work in an active newsroom.