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I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, September 29, 2021, and we begin with a sibling rivalry in the majors.

On Monday night, Cleveland Outfielder Bradley Zimmer hit a monster home run off his own brother. Kyle Zimmer is the older of the two and pitches for the Kansas City Royals.

They've faced off twice so far this season with the at-bats ending in a split decision, one walk and one strikeout.

But in the eighth inning Monday, Bradley launched Kyle's 85 mile an hour slider, 408 feet over the right field wall.

It's only the fourth time in the modern era of baseball that one brother has hit a home run off another brother, and the first since 1975.

After the long ball, Bradley admitted to mixed emotions, telling MLB.com hopefully someday will be on the same team.

It's time to fire up your laptops and peek into the wilds of Alaska.

Voting opens today for the Fat Bear Contest, the annual March Madness-like event where we all guess which of the lumbering

giants near Brooks Falls in Catmay Park will pack on the most pounds in anticipation of the long cold winter ahead.

Thanks to the National Park Service, we can all watch online as the bears stuff their faces with fish.

The waistline winner is chosen by popular vote, and while a bunch of the fan favorites will be back,

this year they've got competition from the kids.

For the first time, chubby cubs are being included in the voting,

with the fattest junior bear advancing to the main bracket.

One in on the action?

We've put a link on our website where you can vote each day between noon and nine p.m.

Eastern. The winner will be crowned next week.

Sometimes we don't have enough money to do the things we'd like.

Even a country can pull up short, especially when its politicians can't agree on how to

raise it, spend it, or borrow it. That's the situation the United States finds itself in right now.

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