What another fast day! That's it for another Wednesday in the books. (Who thought of that phrase anyway) Join Carolina Country Cruizin' tomorrow with Matt. I'll be heading to court to take care of a ticket. I hope to be back tomorrow. Until then keep it Rolling on Wheelz 100.5!Rodney Atkins and the National Council for Adoption have teamed up to launch TheFamiliesForAll-dot-org, a website promoting quality foster care. He'll be appearing in public service announcements and taking part in a promotional radio and satellite television tour to raise awareness of the site and of issues facing kids in foster homes. Rodney, who was adopted as an infant, is the organization's national spokesperson.
Police in College Hill, Ohio, arrested a man for stealing 32 deodorant products from a Walgreens. Cops say Martin Steve Johnson entered the drug store Monday and transferred 18 sticks of Degree deodorant, 10 sticks of Axe deodorant and five bottles of Axe body spray from his shopping basket to his book bag before walking off. Officers caught up with Johnson behind a Chili’s restaurant and arrested him.
Bob Hickey has been playing golf for 50 years, but he never had a hole-in-one – until Thursday. Hickey, of Grayling, Michigan, used a 7-iron to score his first-ever ace on the 167-yard 10th hole at Marsh Ridge in Gaylord. To make the accomplishment even sweeter, Hickey used an 8-iron to ace the 147-yard 17th hole. According to Golf Digest, the odds of one player making two holes-in-one during the same round are 67 million to 1.
The mini-museum of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has a bizarre item on display – a monkey from Mars. The GBI’s crime lab museum has all of the normal stuff you would expect to see – an illegal moonshine still and the microscopic fibers that solved the 1981-82 Atlanta child murders. But packed in a glass jar are the preserved remains of a monkey that pranksters passed of as an alien 55 years ago in a UFO hoax that drew international headlines. Hoping to cash in on the UFO hysteria of the time, two barbers and a butcher took a dead monkey, lopped off its tail, removed its hair and added some green coloring to the carcass. They left the animal on an isolated road north of Atlanta
on July 8, 1953. Barbers Edward Watters and Tom Wilson, and butcher Arnold Payne stopped a police officer and gave him some wild story about aliens. Within hours the monkey business had spread around the world. Watters, Wilson and Payne eventually fessed up and Watters paid a $40 fine for obstructing a highway. It is unclear where they got the monkey.
The post office in Anchorage, Alaska, delivered a couple of mysteries to Teresa Childs recently. During a three-day span, Childs received two postcards from Italy addressed to James Jigliotti, who lived in the home more than 25 years ago. One postcard was dated March 9, 1982, while the other bore a 1982 postmark from Vatican City. Both carried stamps purchased with lira, which aren’t in circulation anymore, and both were from James’ mother, Olga Jigliotti. Meanwhile, Pam Wyrick, who lives in another house where the Jigliottis once lived, said she recently received postcards that James mailed to his parents from Atlanta in 1997 and 1998.
A letter lost in the postal system for nearly 60 years turned up in the mailbox of a Lawrence, Kansas, woman on Friday. The letter, postmarked November 11, 1948, was found by Xan Wedel in her mailbox. The letter never reached its destination – Ruth Willisten in Rockfall, Connecticut – but it took nearly 60 years for the letter to come back to the return address, where Wedel now lives. Stamped on the envelope was “Return to Sender” and “Found in supposedly empty equipment.” The letter details how the town was “in mourning” after Harry S. Truman beat Thomas E. Dewey for the presidency of the United States. The election would have taken place just days before the letter was
postmarked.
Talk about a bad boyfriend! An unidentified man led police on a chase Monday after officers tried to stop him for speeding. The man clipped a house and rammed a tree with his vehicle before jumping out and running away – leaving his very pregnant girlfriend behind. The man eventually showed up at police headquarters in Essex, Vermont, with his lawyer later in the day. He was cited for careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude a law enforcement officer and a probation violation. He was driving on a suspended license.
Miranda Lambert is tearing up the charts with her Top 10 single “Gunpowder & Lead.” Miranda says her success comes in large part from her loyal fans – something she truly appreciates.
Josh Turner will portray singer George Beverly Shea in “Billy: The Early Years,” a biopic based on the life of evangelist Billy Graham. Due out October 10th, the release date coincides with Graham’s 90th birthday. The movie chronicles Graham’s life through his decision to be a minister and the tumultuous decade that followed.
Alan Jackson and Trace Adkins will headline the fifth annual “American Freedom Festival,” scheduled for October 25th in Fairfax, Virginia. Also scheduled to appear are WWE wrestler John Bradshaw Layfield, actress Karri Turner and others. The event will benefit the American Freedom Foundation, an organization that raises money and awareness for various veterans’ organizations.
There was nothing funny about what happened to comedian Jerry Lewis at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas last week. Lewis was detained by police after screeners found an unloaded gun in his baggage on Friday. The 82-year-old comedian was headed to Mount Pleasant, Michigan, to perform a one-man show when authorities found the .22-caliber gun. Lewis was cited for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The gun was registered to Lewis and he will have to attend a court hearing to get it back.
Cheech & Chong are back together and hitting the road for the “Hey, What’s That Smell?” tour. The trek is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Up in Smoke.” Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up from 1972 to 1985, releasing nine marijuana-powered comedy albums and eight movies. Just as they were beginning to talk about a reunion in 2003, Chong’s head shop was raided and he was charged with conspiracy to distribute drug paraphernalia across state lines. He served nine months in a federal prison and paid thousands in fines.
A woman has won a huge chunk of change on “The Price is Right” thanks to a rigged game. According to TMZ, the show’s Plinko game was rigged for a commercial so that a chip landed in the $10,000 slot. After the commercial was over, nobody reset the game. During the taping of the show, the woman dropped three chips in the $10,000 slot before producers realized what was going on. They immediately stopped taping and reset the game. When the woman was allowed to play again, she only won about $3,000. The show’s producers gave her the $30,000 on top of the money she won legit.
An earthquake rocked Southern California yesterday. The 5.4-magnitude quake was the strongest in the area in more than 10 years. Windows rattled and buildings swayed as people ran into the streets. The earthquake was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and as far east as Las Vegas, 230 miles away. Nearly 30 aftershocks followed, the largest a 3.8-magnitude. The earthquake was centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, near Chino Hills.
Delta has doubled the fee to check a second bag for domestic flights from $25 to $50. The move comes as high fuel prices continue to rock the airline industry. Delta announced a number of baggage fee increases on both domestic and international flights. The fee for a third checked bag went from $80 to $125 on domestic flights and from $150 to $200 on international flights. The airline also raised fees for bags that exceed the weight allowance. The changes will apply to tickets purchased on or after July 31st for travel on or after August 5th. First Class, Business Elite and Medallion customers will still be able to check up to three bags at no charge and customers on
International flights can check a first and second bag at no charge.
The city of Oakdale, California can officially call itself the "Cowboy Capital of the World." Both Oakdale and Stephenville, Texas, have laid claim to the name. Officials in both cities agreed one of them would get exclusive rights to the title for one year, based on which city sold more tickets in a fundraising raffle for the National Day of the American Cowboy. Oakdale sold 153 more tickets, with proceeds going to the Oakdale Cowboy Museum.
Someone in New Jersey is missing a large pet. The Camden County Animal Shelter says it is about to put a 44-pound cat up for adoption because they can't find its owner. Shelter officials say the cat was found without a collar in Voorhees. A worker at the shelter says he finds it hard to belive that the cat's owner hasn't noticed that such a fat cat is missing. The owner has until Saturday to claim the cat. "The Guinness Book Of World Records" reports the fattest cat ever lived in Australia and weighed in at 46 pounds. That cat died in the 1980s.
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn are making plans for their upcoming Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony. Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife, Robin McGraw have been tapped to be the guest speakers for the event. The presentation, which is open to the public, will be held Monday across from Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard at 11: 30 a.m. Pacific Time. Brooks and Dunn join a list of country artists who also are represented on the walkway, including Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Buck Owens, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Rogers.
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland are celebrating this morning. The duo's "Love on the Inside" is making its debut at the top of the country charts, which is their first time entering the list at number one. In addition, the disc is coming in at number two on the all-genre "Billboard 200" chart, behind Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter Miley's "Breakout." Sales of "Love on the Inside" reached 314-thousand in its first week out. albums since its release last Tuesday. That is the most records sold in the first week of release for a country artist since The Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" came out last fall.
Craig Morgan sang about an International Harvester. Now he'll sing with the company's full support as they sponsor his tour, which kicks off tonight in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Dubbed "Craig Morgan Powered by Case IH...International Harvester. The Legend Rolls On," the trek includes 27 shows through the end of October. One additional show, a New Year's Eve party at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon, is also billed as part of the tour.
Blake Shelton has a couple upcoming television appearances on the horizon. Friday he will be on NBC's "Today." Fans can also catch him on August 18th when he performs his hit single "Home" on CBS's "The Early Show."
James Otto has a song on the soundtrack of the movie "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2." The title track to Otto's album "Sunset Man" is on the compilation.
"Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music" will get a special screening this week before it hits television. It can be seen at The Wash in Nashville on Saturday. The 1969 documentary, which focuses on Cash just after his "Folsom Prison" album, will debut on PBS on Tuesday.
Somebody stole thousands of dollars worth of bras from Victoria's Secret in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Police say a woman went into the store in Brookfield Square on Sunday and placed close to 120 bras of various sizes and varieties in a shopping bag before walking out. The woman vanished and got away with more than five-thousand-dollars worth of merchandise.
That's a wrap on a Wednesday and make sure to join Matt tomorrow. I hope to be back on Friday! Keep it Rolling with Wheelz 100.5!
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