It's Monday Again! 8/18/08

We have made it through another Monday! First day back to school and the parents are having parties all over the area! We love our children but we love it when it's school time again, Right? Make sure to join us for Carolina Country Cruzini with Matt and Dee! More winning and lots of fun!

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Country Weekly is letting fans decide who Country Music’s Sexiest Man is. Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, are among the hunks on the ballot. Last year, Toby Keith won the title. You can vote for you’re your favorite at www.countryweekly.com through Wednesday. The results will be revealed in the September 22nd issue of Country Weekly.

Dolly Parton is introducing a new entertainment area in her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Adventure Mountain will be ready for the people who come to her Festival of Nations beginning March 28th. The park's newest attraction celebrates the 75th anniversary of the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Additionally, a new show, "Imagine," presented by Le Grand Cirque, will also debut. The production will include a cast of athletes, performers, and acrobats exhibiting extraordinary skills in contortion, mime, silk ropes, and other performances.

Toby Keith and Jessica Simpson will take part in the A-B-C special America United: In Support of Our Troops. The show will feature the artists performing for troops at bases around the world. Other artists in the show include Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson and Jordin Sparks. America United airs on A-B-C on September 7th.

John Rich has released a video for "Raisin' McCain," the song he wrote in support of presidential candidate John McCain. Rich says, "Every American anthem deserves a rockin' music video, and that's exactly what we made." The video shows him and his band playing in front of a crowed of supporters. The clip will be featured during the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Taylor Swift, who spent last week in New York City shooting scenes for the Jonas Brothers 3-D movie, dishes about her upcoming album, Fearless, in her MySpace blog. She writes, "It's just as personal as the first album, just as much name-dropping and anger and love and sadness and feelings and all that." Fearless will be in stores on November 11th.

Heidi Newfield always had the support of her former Trick Pony singer bandmates Keith Burns and Ira Dean onstage. When she started doing shows as a solo performer, Heidi admits that at first she was a bit nervous having the spotlight on only her, but she started to get more comfortable after a few shows. She says, "I don't have that fear in me anymore. It's almost more empowerment. Like I walk up onstage now and I've got more confidence." Heidi's debut solo album, What Am I Waiting, for is in stores now.

Bill Murray dropped into a beach in Chicago on Friday -- from more than 13-thousand feet in the air. The 57-year-old comic fulfilled a promise to kickoff the 50th Chicago Air and Water Show by skydiving onto a Lake Michigan beach with the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team. After landing safely on the sand, Murray, who was strapped to an experienced jumper, said, "I had second thoughts, believe me. I've been really nervous. All the jokes (from my friends) involve death."

Sugarland, Dierks Bentley, and Gary Allan will perform for the 105th anniversary of Harley-Davidson later this month. Others on the lineup include Jason Michael Carroll, newcomer Fisher Stevenson and Kid Rock. The event will celebrate the anniversary of Harley-Davidson and will feature various stages and concerts throughout the weekend. Also scheduled to perform are Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Foo Fighters and the Billy Bob Thornton Band. The 105th anniversary celebration will take place August 28th through the 31st in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For information on tickets go to http://www.harley-davidson.com/105th.

Charlie Daniels graces the cover of American Profile magazine. In the cover story, Charlie talks about his milestones, life on his ranch and his love of America.

Sylvester Stallone, who battled Russians in the Rambo movies, is sitting down with them for a drink -- for about a million bucks. The muscle-bound action star has signed on as the official spokesman of Russian Ice vodka, whose slogan is, "There is a bit of Russian in all of us." Including Stallone. In a statement, the Moscow-based company behind the powerful hooch says, "The advertising campaign concept was based on the fact that the actor has Russian roots," referring to Stallone's great-grandmother, Rosa Rabinovich, who was born in the Ukrainian town of Odessa.

Olympic swimming megastar Michael Phelps is a fan of country music megastar Garth Brooks, according to Toronto's The Globe and Mail.

Hot on the heels of their Olympic wins, the United States’ greatest gymnasts will head home from China for a 34-city sports and music tour. The “Tour of Gymnastics Superstars” kicks off September 7th in Reno, Nevada, and ends November 16th in Kansas City, Missouri. The nationwide trek pairs gymnastics with live music provided by some of Disney’s biggest tween stars.


Movies over the weekend

1. “Tropic Thunder” $26 million
2. “The Dark Knight” $16.8 million
3. “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” $15.5 million
4. “Mirrors” $11.1 million
5. “Pineapple Express” $10 million

Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have donated their fee for completing Heath Ledger’s final film role to the late actor’s daughter. The trio agreed to play versions of Ledger’s character Tim in “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” following his death in January. Their pay will be donated to twoyear- old Matilda – Ledger’s daughter with actress Michelle Williams.

Officials in the Florida Keys have urged vacationers to get out of town before Tropical Storm Fay arrives. Fay could hit parts of the Keys and South Florida late tonight or early tomorrow as either a strong tropical storm or minimal hurricane. Fay is the sixth named store of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm has already killed at least five people after battering Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

A Texas woman spent her birthday in jail for involving her underage daughter in the celebration. According to the "Longview News-Journal," 35-year-old Jennifer Rosenburg had the 12-year-old girl drive her to a bar last week. Cops discovered the crime when the daughter was pulled over for turning without using a signal. After the girl confessed to what had happened, Rosenburg was picked up at a watering hole two miles away. She's facing a charge of child endangerment.

A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States. The board of the small rural Harrold Independent School District unanimously approved the plan and parents have not objected, said the district's superintendent, David Thweatt. School experts backed Thweatt's claim that Harrold, a system of about 110 students 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth, may be the first to let teachers bring guns to the classroom. Thweatt claims it is a matter of safety, saying, "We have a lock-down situation, we have cameras, but the question we had to answer is, 'What if somebody gets in? What are we going to do? It's just common sense." Teachers who wish to bring guns will have to be certified to carry a concealed handgun in Texas and get crisis training and permission from school officials.

A Texas man can tell you how hard it is to make a getaway when you don't have access to your ride. According to the "Midland Reporter-Telegram," 24-year-old John Wilkinson was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a local drug store. Cops say Wilkinson made off with prescription drugs by flashing what appeared to be a gun. However, when Wilkinson returned to his car, he found the keys in the ignition and the doors locked. To make matters worse, cops shot Wilkinson when they found him because of the gun-like item. It turned out to be a caulking gun wrapped in black cloth. Wilkinson was treated and released for the gunshot wound, but was immediately arrested on a charge of armed robbery.

A Texas man believes police are to blame for the death of his girlfriend's poodle. The "San Antonio Express-News" reports that Michael Gonzalez was with his girlfriend when they were pulled over while rushing the dog to a veterinarian and officers made them wait about 20 minutes. He was eventually issued a ticket but he says officers should have assisted him in getting help for the dog. The poodle died before the traffic stop was over and Gonzalez is suing the San Marcos Police Department. The department carried out an internal investigation and counseled the officer afterward, while the ticket Gonzalez was issued was dismissed.

Several Connecticut drivers are dealing with a different gas crisis. The owner of the Putnam Fuel Depot knew something was wrong when cars leaving his station began conking out shortly after filling up. The station's distributor delivered 85-hundred gallons of diesel fuel instead of regular unleaded. More than three dozen cars had to be towed for repairs that could run between 500-and-one-thousand-dollars. The station is also losing money as a result of the foul up. The irony is the station owner says they don't even sell diesel. Car owners will have to foot the bill until the station's insurance company sorts out the claims.

Two Ogden, Utah, neighbors got into a fight after a minor league baseball game that ended with one neighbor biting off the ear of the other. The two men had returned home from the Ogden Raptors baseball game Wednesday when police said one man apparently offended the other with a comment. The man who was offended responded by striking the other man in the face repeatedly and then clamping down on his ear with his teeth. The man was arrested on several charges.

Hasbro is updating the classic board game Clue. The professor and the colonel are history, while Colonel Mustard is now Jack Mustard, a former football player. The professor has become Victor Plum, a billionaire video game designer. The weapons are getting makeovers as well. No more pipe, revolver or wrench. New weapons include a dumbbell, trophy and poison. New rooms include a theater, spa and guest house. The updated Clue goes on sale in the fall.

Elvis has returned to a store in Virginia Beach. A 6-foot tall statue of the King is back at Cool and Eclectic Furniture and Fashions in the Virginia resort city. The Elvis statue vanished last month, during the city’s 14th annual Elvis festival. The King had been on display in front of the store. Owner John Estes says two teenagers hauled in a mud-caked Elvis – in three pieces. An arm was cut off, as was the statue’s base. This weekend marked the 31st anniversary of Elvis’ death.They have the neatest Betty Bop statue I always wanted but couldn’t afford, plus my daughter told me “where in the world are you going to put that thing.. she was right It was way to big for our tiny house at the time…

Olympic Medal Count
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. China 35 13 13 61
2. USA 19 21 25 65
3. Great Britain 11 6 8 25
4. Germany 9 6 6 21
5. Australia 8 10 11 29

Animal lover Joe Mora was shocked when he a saw a pigeon at a Queens playground that had been painted purple. The pigeon was taken to wildlife rehabilitator Bobby Horvath, who said the bird was unable to fly because his feathers were painted together. Luckily, the pigeon’s eyes were not painted shut.

The mystery of Bigfoot remains as results from a test on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the beasts made public at a news conference on Friday failed to prove its existence. One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96% from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, who performed the DNA analysis at the University of Minnesota. The results were released at a press conference in Palo Alto, California, on Friday. Matthew Whitton and Rick Dryer said they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers Bigfoot merchandise.

So it was another fast Monday and we want to thank you for spending your's with Carolina Country Cruizin' with Matt and Dee.

Until tomorrow when we do it all over again, stay safe and keep it rolling with Wheelz 100.5!

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