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A big Happy Birthday and thank you for all you do to Matt Scurry. On the air today Matt was showered with gifts and a bunch of us got together to sing Matt Happy Birthday or at least that’s what we are calling it!
Happy Birthday Matt and we wish you many more!!!!
A 'Billion' is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective...
A billion seconds ago it was 1959
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet
And at the rate our government is spending it... A billion dollars was only 8 hours and 20 minutes ago!
There's some strange happenings going on in Milford, Massachusetts. Someone is dumping pairs of pantyhose at children's bus stops around a neighborhood there. One resident says they picked up 43 pairs in one day, that had been left around the area by the person they have dubbed the "Pantyhose Bandit." According to police, who say they have a person of interest in the case, the only crime in the matter is littering. He also says that the police department doesn't have the resources to launch a full investigation over pantyhose.
You might say only in New York at this one. A naked dining club has been founded in the Big Apple. Organizer John Ordover tells the "New York Post" that the group of about 50, which rents out city restaurants for their monthly in-the-nude meals, are "not out to shock or put on a public spectacle." He says they just want to, quote, "do things that other people do in the way that we are most comfortable doing them. That, for us, is without clothes." He also says that a restaurant has never refused the naked dining club. Wait staff is required to wear clothes while serving the nude diners, due to city law.
If kids could change one thing about the world, what do you think they would change? According to National Geographic Kids, here are the top 3 things kids would change:
1. Save the environment (44%)
2. End wars (21%) 3. Cure disease (14%)
How far would you drive to save 20 cents on a gallon of gas? According to RBC Capital Markets,
43% wouldn’t drive any more than 5 miles.
· 37% would drive 5 to 10 miles.
· 12% would drive 10 to 15 miles.
· 5% would drive 15 to 20 miles.
· 3% would drive more than 20 miles to save 20 cents on a gallon of gas. Unfortunately, it would cost them around $4 to save 20 cents.
Lower gas prices appear to be on the horizon. Triple-A says prices at the pump have fallen ten-cents in a week, and could be down another 25-cents by Labor Day. Prices are keeping pace with the plummeting price of oil, which has fallen at a record pace. Triple-A spokesman Geoff Sundtrom credits a drop in demand from U.S. consumers, and as long as oil prices don't rebound, gas will be cheaper. The average price per gallon has fallen below the four-dollar mark, but that's still more than a dollar higher than a year ago.
New York’s Naked Cowboy says California cops didn’t recognize him when they nabbed him for singing in his briefs in a public plaza. Robert Burck, known as the Naked Cowboy for playing a guitar in New York’s Times Square in his underwear and a cowboy hat, was taken into custody Friday in San Francisco. Burck said the officers didn’t realize who he was at first and made fun of his skimpy outfit. Burck was cited for “violating a posted sign” and is set to appear in court today.
Jeff Hornagold loved being a UPS driver. So when the suburban Chicagoan died last week of lung cancer, longtime co-worker Michael McGowan agreed to take him on one last delivery. McGowan transported Hornagold’s body from Davenport Family Funeral Home to Saturday’s funeral services in his UPS truck. Mike says he plans to keep a picture of Hornagold in his truck until he retires so that they can keep riding together. Hornagold was a UPS driver for 20 years, and his wife Judy says the special delivery was the perfect tribute.
Roto-Rooter came to the rescue of an unlucky black kitten that got stuck in an outdoor drainage pipe near Cleveland. Roto-Rooter was called Friday by workers at an Ohio firm after someone spotted the kitten. Other agencies either declined to help or didn’t answer their phones. A Roto-Rooter crew used a drain snake equipped with a remote camera to rescue the kitty, which took six hours. The kitten was examined by a vet and then taken home by one of the rescuers, who plans to name the kitten “Roto.”
Talk about a run of bad luck! Authorities in Levy County, Florida, say a man accidentally shot his wife while trying to hit a fox that had attacked her. The couple told deputies they spotted an animal in their yard Friday morning and went outside to see what it was. The fox bit the woman on the left leg and wouldn’t let go, so she told her husband to get the gun. He fired a .22-caliber rifle seven times, killing the animal – but also hitting his wife in the right leg. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
“The Dark Knight” continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days. The epic Batman saga grossed $75.6 million in its second weekend in theaters, pushing its domestic total to $314.245 million. That surpasses the previous record set in 2006 by “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” which took 16 days to make $300 million. “Dark Knight” had already broken records for best opening weekend at $158.4 million and best single-day with $66.4 million. The movie is expected to reach $400 million in 18 days, which would shatter the record “Shrek 2” set
in 2004 when it made that much money in 43 days. The Batman film could even pass “Titanic” as the highest-grossing film in U.S. history, says Media By Numbers. The 1997 film made $600.788 million domestically, a record no other movie has come close to touching.
1. “The Dark Knight” $75.63 million
2. “Step Brothers” $30 million
3. “Mamma Mia!” $17.9 million
4. “The X-Files: I Want To Believe” $10.2 million
5. “Journey To The Center Of The Earth” $9.4 million
A 57-year-old Milwaukee man who might have been struggling with a hangover has been charged with shooting his lawn mower with a sawed-off shotgun. A criminal complaint quotes an apparently inebriated Keith Walendowski saying, "I'll tell you the truth. I got pissed because my lawn mower wouldn't start, so I got my shotgun and shot it. I can do that. It's my lawn mower and my yard, so I can shoot it if I want." Walendowski was charged with a felony count of possessing a short-barreled shotgun and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct while armed. If convicted of both charges, he faces up to six years and nine months in prison.
Brad Paisley can certainly pick great opening acts. His openers have included Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift, who've all gone on to huge success. He tells North Carolina's Charlotte Observer, "I'm not Nostradamus. Anybody could've looked at them and known that they were going to be great."
The new line of l.e.i. jeans that Taylor Swift is promoting is now available at Wal-Mart. Fans can visit www.leijeans.com for exclusive Taylor photos and a free download of her latest hit "Should've Said No." In addition, Taylor was also recently featured in a piece for the 4-H Network News, along with Jack Ingram.
Sugarland release Love on the Inside today
Jewel has more to her artistry than her music. The singer is a published writer and a painter. Fans can now purchase select pieces of her artwork at The Entertainer's Gallery, at www.entertainersartgallery.com.
Real-life couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert will hit the road together for a handful of dates this fall. Blake tells Cincinnati's Toledo Blade, "Miranda and I have been kicking around doing a tour together. We finally decided to do it, and we're going to do it this fall
Madonna and Guy Ritchie are reportedly getting re-married. To each other. As the divorce rumors increase, the Material Girl and her immaterial director hubby are reportedly going to renew their wedding vows in a Kabbalah ceremony in England next month. Two rabbis are reportedly winging in from New York City to re-wed the decidedly un-Jewish twosome.
Toby Keith will be hitting the small screen in the coming weeks to promote his upcoming movie "Beer For My Horses." Keith will be on "The Colbert Report" today, marking his third time as a guest on the Comedy Central show. On Wednesday Toby will give an interview and perform on CBS' "The Early Show," then visit Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" and several other shows. On Thursday Keith will be on ABC's "The View," where he will perform and chat with the women about the movie. Next Monday he'll tape a segment for CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" that will air on August 8th -- the day the movie hits theaters. On August 5th he'll appear on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." "Beer For My Horses," which pays homage to the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, stars Keith and comedian Rodney Carrington as sheriff's deputies chasing a drug lord and kidnapper. The movie soundtrack will arrive in stores on August 12th.
Taylor Swift is now officially a high school graduate. The singer recently received her diploma by mail. Swift attended ninth and tenth grades at Hendersonville High School. After her career began to take off she enrolled in Aaron Academy, a private Christian school which offers home schooling. Making the switch allowed Taylor to be on the road for concerts and meet-and-greets while continuing her education.
Billy Ray Cyrus gets to show off his fishing abilities in the upcoming USA Network movie "Bait Shop." Cyrus joins Bill Engvall in the film, which pits the two against each other in a fishing tournament. Engvall portrays Bill Dugan, the owner of a small bait shop who's at risk of losing the business because he doesn't have the money to make an upcoming balloon payment that's coming due. Cyrus' character, Hot Rod Johnson, believes he'll be able to buy the shop because of Dugan's financial situation. Dugan gets talked into entering the tournament in order to win the grand prize and pay off the note. While Dugan favors the old-fashioned kind of fishing, without the use of modern technology like GPS and chart-plotters, Hot Rod is all for anything that will allow him to win the tournament. Engvall co-wrote the script with comedian Tom Ryan. The movie airs on USA on August 9th. "Bait Shop" is slated for DVD release in September.
Today is the 75th anniversary of the Singing Telegram, something that's special to Keith Anderson. Before he found success as a songwriter and performer, Anderson says he and a couple friends had a singing telegram business in Dallas called Romeo Cowboys. The endeavor was also a success, but the company shut down once Anderson started making headway with his country music career. Now people who still deliver singing telegrams could get requests for Anderson's current single, "I Still Miss You," which is in the top ten and climbing on the country singles charts. Keith's upcoming album "C'Mon!" will be in stores August 5th.
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finalized their child-custody settlement on Friday, with K-Fed getting a five-thousand-dollar-a-month boost in child support from the troubled pop tart. Federline will now receive 20-thousand dollars a month to care for two-year-old Sean and year-old Jayden. Spears will also fork over a one-time payment of a quarter-of-a-million dollars to Federline's attorneys.
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