Happy Friday...6/20/2008

Another week has come to an end but boy did we have fun getting here!
Today on Carolina Country Cruzin' Matt and Dee talked about lots of things and just in case you didn't catch the show...
Matt started the morning off with sharing his story of hitting his own mailbox yesterday! He miss judged the distance and knocked it down and said he wasn't going to tell his wife about it! A call came in wanting money to keep quiet about it! We had a story about a lady finding a snake in her mailbox. A Londonderry, New Hampshire, woman got more than she bargained for when she opened her mailbox this week – a 3-foot-long snake. Police captured the snake Tuesday and took it a pet store, where employees identified it as a non-poisonous corn snake. The pet store figures it may have been a pet that was abandoned and may have made its way into the mailbox on its own. I finished it off with admitting when I was 16 my car was struck by lighting and I ran over one too! (I refrain from going into all the details)

Updated everyone that I do now have my SC Drivers License now!

I also did a little name dropping of the fine folks at CITI in Florence for listening! Mary, Michelle, Vicki and Julius Thanks again!


The Top 5 movie cops, according to StarPulse:1. John McClane (Bruce Willis) in “Die Hard” – 19882. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) in “Dirty Harry” – 19713. Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) in “The French Connection” – 19714. Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) in “Beverly Hills Cop” – 19845. Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) in “RoboCop” – 1987Honorable Mentions:Frank Serpico in “Serpico” – 1973 Marge Gunderson in “Fargo” – 1996Martin Riggs in “Lethal Weapon” – 1987 Bad Lieutenant in “Bad Lieutenant” – 1992Bud White in “L.A. Confidential” – 1997


A 9-year-old Lorain, Ohio, boy and his 5-year-old sister are “very grounded” after they crashed their family’s minivan during a joyride, their mother said. Police said Hunter Lance drove a couple of miles in the minivan with his sister Jessica in tow before he swerved on a busy road, grazed a telephone pole and barreled into a fence. The children suffered minor injuries and had exited the vehicle by the time police arrived. Their mother said the children apparently took her keys out of her purse while she was sleeping. She did not know the children were gone until she was awakened by police at her door. She thinks the kids were headed to visit their father at work.


The biggest movie of the summer just became the biggest movie of the year. “Iron Man” became the first film of 2008 to pass the $300 million mark at the domestic box office yesterday. Worldwide, the film has grossed an additional $250 million, bringing its global gross to more than $550 million.


Wal-Mart is recalling 39,000 Chinese-made key chains after lead was found in the products. The button, clover, leaf and heart charms on the “Hip Charm” key chains were found to have high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested. They key chains were sold in Wal-Mart stores across the U.S.between April 2005 and Jun 2008 for between $0.50 and $6.00. Find out more online atwww.cpsc.gov.


Want to be a part of letting the government know about your cost for gas you can go to the websites Matt talked about this morning at http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/ and http://www.oilwatchdog.org/?topicId=8059&/The+Industry


A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit yesterday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to created “I Believe” license plates. The group says the government is endorsing Christianity by allowing the plates, which would include a cross superimposed on a stained glass window. The lawsuit was filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, based out of Washington. A bill allowing the plates flew through the Legislature with little discussion earlier this year. The Governor let it become law without his signature because the state already allows private groups to create license plates for any cause.


U.S. motorists are risking drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel. The gap between Mexico’s subsidized gas and record U.S. prices has made it well worth dodging a bullet or two to cross the border for gas. Some say they can save up to $100 a month by filling up every two weeks in Mexico. The extra demand is causing shortages at Mexico’s border gas stations, some of which are starting to ration fuel. Mexico’s gas prices are around $1.40 cheaper per gallon. A gallon of diesel in southern Arizona cost $4.64 this week, compared to around$2.25 just across the border.And I suggested the slogan for South Carolina be “Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places and cheap Gas” South Carolina is #1 in the US for cheap gas!
A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie, Texas home, authorities said. Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured. After Sands shot himself, he dropped the gun and ran out of the home. Police found his body around 5:30 a-m. in the driveway of the home. Lieutenant John Brimmer says, "This is the first that I've heard of a robbery suspect killing himself as he is drawing a gun out of his waist band. The criminal evidence points to that. It certainly isn't common."


A Ferryville, Wisconsin, woman shot herself in the foot with a .22-caliber rifle while hunting for awoodchuck in her vegetable garden. Officials said 45-year-old Penny Gilman shot herself in the left foot with a bolt-action rifle while waiting for the woodchuck to show its face. Gilman was treated for her injury at a hospital and released. An initial investigation uncovered a problem with the rifle, which deputies confiscated.



What's Cooking Today!

6:50 Toby Keith only had to make some minor changes to the original script for Beer for My Horses to earn the film a P-G 13 rating. He tells us, "We actually had some nudity in the movie that we had to cut back. The word [crap] was in there 70 times, so we took all those out." Beer for My Horses, which was co-written by Toby and comedian Rodney Carrington, is scheduled for an August 8th release.

Sugarland's new C-D, Love on the Inside -- featuring "All I Want to Do," is in stores July 22nd

As if opening for Kenny Chesney wasn't enough, Luke Bryan is getting the added thrill of playing at some of the world's most famous stadiums. Last week, the Poets and Pirates Tour took them to Heinz Field -- home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Saturday they head to Soldier Field for a sold out show on the Chicago Bears' home turf. Luke says, "If you would have told me five years ago that I would be playing country music at Soldier Field, I would have looked at you like you were crazy

Rapper Snoop Dogg has just released the video for his country-flavored song "My Medicine," featuring cameos by Julianne Hough, Willie Nelson and Brad Paisley (who plays guitar on the track). When Snoop asked Brad to be on the record, he jumped at the chance. He says, "He really has respect for country music. It was a great sounding thing, very authentic, very Johnny Cash sounding." Yesterday was a good news - bad news day in Rob Lowe's legal battle with his former nanny. The good news? Two of the 12 allegations that Jessica Gibson made against Lowe -- related to labor-code violations -- were tossed out. The bad news? Gibson's sexual harassment claims -- in which she accuses the Brothers and Sisters star of groping and exposing himself to her -- remain


AT 8:50 Tracy Byrd is stepping in to help raise money to restore the governor's mansion in Austin, Texas, which was destroyed by a fire earlier this month. Tracy is calling on his musician friends who have ties to Texas to join him in putting on a concert that will help defray the cost of restoring the building to its original glory.


Jason Aldean has come up with an innovative way to release his new video for his latest single, "Relentless." Fans can check out the clip at People-dot-com before it hits the cable outlets next week.


Taylor Swift, at the young age of 18, already has what most would consider a successful career. Taylor was only 10 when she began performing. She started writing songs at 12.· Taylor and her family moved to Nashville in 2004 released her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” in 2006. · In April 2007, Taylor was named breakthrough artist at the CMT Music Awards, and in November. · Taylor Swift will release an album exclusively through Wal-Mart. The CD/DVD collection “Beautiful Eyes” drops July 15th. Her second studio album is slated for a fall release. · Official Web site: www.taylorswift.com


Larry the Cable Guy has launched a new Web site, http://gitrdone.com, which allows fans to pre-purchase tickets to upcoming events, win prizes and have exclusive access to meet-n-greets. There will also be streaming video and audio clips. Members will also be able to buy exclusive merchandise and chat on a member’s only page. Fans can even get their very own GITRDONE.com e-mail addresses.

Matt and I would like to say thank you so much for Rolling with us and make sure you check back with us next week for lots of winning!
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