Happy Monday and Last day of the month! 6/30/2008

Another Monday has come and gone and we thank you for tuning in and checking out our Carolina Country Cruizin' blog. Here's what you missed this morning

PETA has set their sights on Jessica Simpson after she was photographed wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “Real Girls Eat Meat.” The shirt is believed to be a dig at vegetarian Carrie Underwood, who previously dated Simpson’s boyfriend Tony Romo. In response, PETA doctored a photo of Simpson to read “Only Stupid Girls Eat Meat” and listed “five reasons only stupid girls eat meat.”

As the number of salmonella cases blamed on tomatoes continues to rise, the government is looking into whether they are even to blame. The widening outbreak – with 810 people confirmed ill – means whatever is making people sick could very well still be on the market. What really has officials worried is that the latest victim became sick on June 15th, long after the outbreak began on April 10th and weeks after government warnings stripped supermarkets and restaurants of many tomatoes.
According to CNN, if tomatoes aren’t to blame, it could cost the industry $100 million

A 375-pound bear was rescued from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico. The large bear had wandered into a neighborhood of the Florida panhandle community of Apalachicola over the weekend when it was hit by a tranquilizer dart shot by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists. But it managed to escape and bolt into the ocean before the sedation went into effect. That was when biologist Adam Warwick jumped into the water to save the bear from drowning. He managed to get the beast to shore, where a backhoe loaded it on a truck. The bear was then relocated to Osceola National Forest.

An Iowa man who tried to pay a $100 bond in dirty money will spend a week in jail for contempt of court. The man was arrested in May for driving a truck with a defective tire. Instead of paying a fine, he opted for a trial and a Scott County judge required him to post bond. On Thursday, he brought a box of crumbled money and a bucket of pennies to the court office. A court clerk said there were bugs in the box and the pennies were covered in an unknown substance; they used rubber gloves to count the cash. Judge Christine Dalton found the man in contempt of court and told the bailiff to arrest him.

Virginia hairdresser Kelly Gray offered eBay bidders a chance to buy a spot in her wedding party as a bridesmaid. The winning bid is from Dr. Pepper Snapple, which is contributing $10,000 to the wedding next April 19th. They’ll also supply the drinks. Gray may even get a bridesmaid out of the deal, too. The company plans to launch a Web site to find her a bridesmaid or provide a surprise guest. Gray and fiancé Karl Gau came up with the auction idea because they were worried about paying for the wedding.

Ever wonder why kids run around grinning with boundless energy and enthusiasm, while most grownups always seem tired? The reason, according to this hilarious Web site, is that many people over the age of 21 suffer from “Adultitis,” a condition marked by “chronic dullness, mild depression, high stress levels, and the inability to smile.” Grumpy grown-ups can learn more about this fictional condition at Adultits.Org, where they’ll find extensive info on common symptoms such as fatigue, anxiousness, discontentment, and lack of laughter.www.adultitis.org


Tennesseans are the “textiest” customers in the Southeast, sending and receiving the most text messages per month according to the Big City Wireless Use Study. Verizon Wireless customers in Nashville earned the No. 1 spot as the state’s “‘textiest city” with customers sending and receiving 819 million text messages from January to April 2008. Knoxville landed the No. 2 position with over 420 million text messages during that same time period; Chattanooga earned third place with 408 million text messages.

Flint, Michigan's new police chief is saying no to crack. Acting Flint Police Chief David R. Dicks announced that officers will begin arresting people wearing pants or shorts that sag too low, exposing rear ends. The crackdown on buttocks is an apparent response to "significant" complaints from citizens, according to Dicks. Under the chief's orders, any sworn officer who sees "sagging/exposing buttocks" will have probable cause to make an arrest under the city's disorderly person ordinance -- a misdemeanor punishable by a 500-dollar fine and three months in jail.

The victim in last week's incident at a Tim McGraw concert in Washington state is speaking out. Last week, Tim intervened as a woman had her hair pulled and was knocked to the floor by a charging fan. Jo Anne Hume, tells K-I-N-G T-V in Seattle that the man at the center of the ruckus, Marcus Nirschl, landed on top of her. She says, "One second I'm standing there enjoying the concert and the next second I have chair and a 300-pound person on top of me and I am on the floor." Nirschl claims that the whole thing was an accident and that he never intentionally grabbed Hume. He also says that he's contemplating a lawsuit. Hume says that there were no security guards in the front row to help her. She also says that she'll support Tim if a lawsuit is filed against him.

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After last year's rigorous Soul 2 Soul 2 Tour Faith Hill is sitting it out this summer. Though Faith has grown to love performing live, she's glad to be home performing her most important role -- mom to Maggie, Gracie and Audrey. She says, "I'm a wife, I'm a mother, and those things come first.

Brooks and Dunn will get their star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 4th. According to their website, other stars getting their stars that day include Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the late George Harrison.

Sugarland is performing a free eight-song set in Los Angeles, California Wednesday for Yahoo Music's Live Sets. The band is encouraging their fans to come out and support the show and to bring a pal. Additional information can be found on their website Sugarland-dot-com. –

Will Ferrell is talking about the Land of the Lost he's filming for release next summer. He says the new take on the old low-budget T-V show doesn't involve many computer graphics to create a dinosaur-inhabited world. He says, "We really use the adventure to setup the comedy, and were able to comment on these situations that you would love to see characters comment on. It's a lot of new stuff for me, but like anything else, you learn to adapt. Luckily we built these amazing, beautiful sets, so we didn't have to imagine every single thing that you would on a movie that has [computer graphics] on everything."

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In case you didn't know, Kenny Chesney hates cats, but loves dogs. And if he didn't have a career in country music, he'd probably own a dive shop. He revealed these things in an exclusive backstage interview after his Today show concert on N-B-C. he told the reporter that his favorite thing to do in his down time is to be out on his boat watching the sunset to Bob Marley tunes. And speaking of tunes, he says his I-Pod is so jammed with downloads that he could put it on shuffle and not hear the same song for more than three weeks.

Miranda Lambert just added another animal to her family Hank Lambert-Shelton -- a dog that boyfriend Blake Shelton found hanging around by the lake near his home in Oklahoma. Miranda says that Blake sings "Yankee Doodle" to him but changes the words to "Hanky Doodle." Miranda calls it "their special song."

Dierks Bentley made history earlier this month as the first country artists to compete in X-Box 360's Game With Fame program.. Dierks played Halo 3 from the comfort of the recording studio where he was working on his next album, but Halo 3 is a pastime on his tour bus. He says, "We get a lot of anger and competition out."

Jo Dee Messina’s next CD is being delayed. The as-yet-untitled CD was slated for an August 12th release, but it now appears that the earliest the music will drop is in September. “I’m Done” is the first single from the project.

A flight attendant on a private plane who claims Jennifer Lopez's guard dog took a chomp out of her leg on a flight from New York to California two years ago is looking for five-million dollars for her troubles. Lisa Wilson claims the alleged bite, by Lopez's German shepherd, Floyd, caused her to fall over and injure her back, leaving her unable to work.

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Happy Friday! 6/27/2008

Thanks for hanging out with us this morning, unless of course you did miss the show and your checking in to see what you missed and well, thank you too!

A Winter Park, Florida, man said it felt like he “stuck a fork in an outlet” when lightning struck him while he was holding a cigarette and lying in bed. Adam Rice was listening to music and watching TV in an apartment when lightning zapped him on the hand Wednesday. He was taken to the hospital last night after complaining of a “tingling” in his brain. He said he could feel the electricity leave through his feet after running through his body. The lightning strike caused nearby brush to burst into flames.

Even the most well-meaning pet owners can forget to give their pets the meds they need. But this site offers a free tool that will remind them. By registering at RemindMyPet.com, pet owners receive customized e-mail reminders when it’s time to give medications to Fido or Kitty. . Check out more at http://www.remindmypet.com/

Top renting movies:
Video Top rentals

1. “Rambo” 4. “Untraceable”
2. “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” 5. “P.S. I Love You”
3. “Mad Money”

Movies out this weekend:

“WALL-E” (Wide) (G)
Stars Jeff Garlin, Kim Kopf, Fred Willard and Sigourney Weaver.
“Wanted” (Wide) (R)
Stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common and Kristen Hager. Andy

Bill Gates is retiring and stepping down from Microsoft. Matt said he would have applied but they haven’t listed the job in the want ads. We also talked about Monster.com coming to Florence. You can find out more in Today’s Morning News. Here’s the whole story: Bill Gates, the man who co-founded Microsoft and turned it into a worldwide computer phenomenon, will end his full-time tenure today as Microsoft’s leader. Gates will spend more time on his charitable foundation. Microsoft announced in 2006 that Gates planned to go part-time as board chairman, so he could spend more time on his global health charity. Two senior executives were named to take over.

A Colorado man is still in disbelief after crashing into a bear on his bicycle. The "Rocky Mountain News" reports 53-year-old Tim Egan was traveling on a mountain road when a 500-pound bear appeared in front of him. Egan believes he was going about 45 miles per hour when the collision happened. He added, quote, "This bear looked at me with a look of terror on his face and sort of made a noise." Egan suffered cracked ribs and several cuts. He was able to get back on his bike and pedal to the nearest hospital. As for the bear, it reportedly ran away after crash.

Auditions for the eighth season of “American Idol” will begin July 17th at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Auditions are open to men and women 16-28 years of age who are eligible to work in the United States. Get the full itinerary at www.americanidol.com. The eighth season of “American Idol” will premiere on Fox in January.

Women spend 58 days of their life removing unwanted hair. That's according to a Zoomerang hair removal survey, which also found that women tend to also spend more than ten-thousand-dollars on hair removal products and services during their lifetime. Women who rely on waxing for hair removal only one or two times per month will spend an average of 23-thousand-dollars on hair removal during their lifetime. Those who shave to remove unwanted hair say they spend an average of ten-point-nine-minutes each time they shave, an average of 12 times per month.

It’s Time For ‘Dukesfest’
John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the original “Dukes of Hazzard” TV show, says this weekend’s “Dukesfest” at the Atlanta Motor Speedway will include familiar stunts like turning cars over and jumping cars. Several of the original stuntmen from the show will be attending this weekend’s 30th anniversary celebration, along with Schneider, Tom Wopat and Catherine Bach.Adam West and Lee Meriwether from the ‘60s “Batman” series will also be on hand. Details can be found at http://www.dukesfest.com/.

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individual Americans have a right to own guns, a first in thecountry’s history. The ruling strikes down a gun control law in the U.S. capital. The landmark 5-4 ruling marked the first time in nearly 70 years the high court has addressed the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It rejected the argument that the right to keep and bear arms was tied to service in a state militia.

Florida authorities are trying to determine whether a man drank himself to death at a strip club. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department, Eric Morris of Seffner had almost two dozen shots of Vodka in less than an hour. The 26-year-old went to "The Angels" bar in Tampa on Tuesday night and didn't stop drinking shots of vodka until he consumed 23 of them in about 60 minutes. His body was later found at the bar and an investigation is taking place.

A Colorado man is now calling the Boulder County Jail home after police say he spent about half a year on top of a T-Mobile phone shop. Workers were pretty sure something unusual was going on for some time after finding pillows, trash and a sleeping bag on top of the store and the trail led to Luke Barrett. It turns out the 25-year-old had been living on top of the shop since late last year. It took a chase and weapons drawn to finally take him into custody. Barrett told officers he's homeless and the roof seemed like a safe place to stay. He pled guilty to trespassing and is serving a week behind bars.

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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman treated their second anniversary on Tuesday like it was any other day. People-dot-com says that the soon-to-be parents, dressed in sweats, spent the morning at Starbucks. Later that day, the pair joined another couple for a bite to eat at Whole Foods. In a radio interview, the couple revealed that they were taking Lamaze classes together, with Nicole saying that Keith has been a good student

Kellie Pickler will celebrate her 22nd birthday tomorrow [Saturday] while touring with pals Brooks and Dunn Wisconsin. Last year, the country music hottie became legal on Brad Paisley's Bonfires and Amplifiers -- with her pal Taylor Swift. But she also made an impression on Jack Ingram, who tells us, "[She's] a natural. Well not all of her is natural, but her personality is just naturally fresh and fun to be around."

Mindy McCready has been arrested for probation violation. According to the Tennessean, Mindy, who is out on five-thousand dollars bail, allegedly falsified her community service report,

Scarlett Johansson hasn't been able to stop bragging about her E-mail relationship with Senator Barack Obama, but she's about to shut up. When asked about his E-mail buddy on his campaign plane, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said Scarlett "sent one E-mail to [my assistant], who forward it to me. I write, saying, 'Thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this E-mail relationship." -

The Tim McGraw fan ousted from the singer's concert earlier this week says he holds no grudge against the star. McGraw literally removed Marcus Nirschl from his show in Auburn, Washington on Tuesday after he thought he saw Marcus hit a woman in the front row. Nirschl claims he was just trying to get back to his seat before Tim sang "Indian Outlaw," which Tim and his band were performing while the whole incident took place. The fan denies the allegations against him, telling CMT.com he didn't grab anyone's hair and he didn't hit anyone. He says, quote, "I had a third row seat I paid one-hundred-dollars for. I was getting shoved up against some empty seats, and I may have pushed some people when I was trying to get my balance. I'm the nicest guy you'll ever meet." Despite being kicked out of the concert, Marcus proclaims he'll be at the next Tim McGraw concert that comes to his area. He explains, quote, "I still like the guy. The music's still great."

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Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry say they were careful to take care of all the details with their new album "Back When I Knew It All." Eddie says that having good material is important, but the arrangement of the tunes also makes a difference. And he adds it was a complete labor love for him and Troy to work on all aspects of the CD,They are withToby Keith's "Biggest and Baddest" tour. Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday.

Mark Chesnutt is known for singing some great country songs. But Mark says when he started to record his new album, "Rollin' with the Flow," he wasn't sure songwriters were still writing the kind of songs he likes to sing. Chesnutt found out pretty quickly that there was no shortage of material

When Carrie Underwood ended the first leg of her "Carnival Ride" tour Tuesday in New Orleans, more than 200-thousand fans had seen her show. All but five of her 31 shows were sellouts. Underwood grossed over ten-million-dollars on the first leg of her trek

George Strait will release his third Christmas album this fall. The disc, which is likely to drop in October, contains 10 songs. Strait’s last holiday disc was 1999’s “Merry Christmas Wherever You Are.”

Drew Carey likes the pizza from Antonio’s in Ohio so much that he’s having UPS deliver dozens of the pies to Los Angeles. The Cleveland native often stops at the pizzeria for a pepperoni slice when he’s in town. He has ordered 45 pizza pies to celebrate Saturday’s season finale of his CBS game show, “The Price is Right.” The pizzeria’s owners say the order will cost Carey $450 – not including shipping.

Oh what a wonderful end to a fun week. Matt and I would love to have you join us next week as we do it all over again. Please check back and do let us know what you think about out Carolina Country Cruizin' blog.
See ya next week!
Live, Laugh and Love,
Dee Stevens

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It's Friday Eve...6/26/2008

Friday eve again and boy was the show fun all because of you! Thanks so much for listening! And in case you missed the show are want to learn more about what we talked about his morning here you go:


A VA Beach woman is funding her dream wedding on E-bay. She is auctioning off for a bridesmaid and the lucky winner will get to keep the dress and shoes and is allowed to bring a guest with them. She said she got the idea when a friend told her that a can of DR Pepper soda sold for 400 dollars. She estimates her wedding is going to cost just under 7 thousand dollars.
Columbia Pictures has launched a contest to pay off a family’s home mortgage in connection with its new film, “Hancock,” which opens July 2nd. The “Hancock’s Helping Hand Mortgage” contest will pay off the mortgage of one deserving family, with a grand prize worth up to $360,000. Entrants are asked to write a 200-word essay explaining why they deserve to win. Official contest rules can be found at www.Hancockmovie.com. The contest runs through July 6th.




A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 17 nations around the world finds a widespread perception that widows and divorced women are treated worse than other women. In only two countries do a majority say that there is no discrimination against widows and in only one country does a majority say there is no discrimination against divorced women. In 12 of the 17 nations polled, about 4 in 10 perceive there is some or a great deal of discrimination against widows. The same is true for discrimination against divorced women. On average across all 17 nations, just 28 percent say there is no discrimination against widows at all, while 20 percent say there is a little, 27 percent some, and 16 percent a great deal. Similarly, for divorced women, an average of 27 percent say there is no discrimination, 21 percent say a little, 28 percent some, and 18 percent a great deal. Find out more at http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/


As consumers are paying more than ever at the pump, Free Gas Help offers a way to dramatically cut down on fuel expenses. Motorists can get paid to place multiple magnet “billboards” on their vehicles. Car owners who completely wrap their vehicle in ads can earn $200 a month. Motorists can also get premiums for driving certain models. Yellow cars get 5% more on the deal simply because the color stands out. The company also offers more cash for active members of the military. Find out more at http://freegashelp.com/





A computer error at a service station in Cincinnati was selling gas for 1.40 instead of 4:10 it caused a major traffic jam for about 3hours.Police finally persuaded the station to shut down The store clerk said he didn’t know how to fix the problem and was having trouble reaching his store manager.

Police in Florida have put an end to a traveling brothel. A massive bus-sized limo traveling the streets of South Beach would offer a ride for 40 bucks. When busted the vehicle featured a fully stocked bar and a supply of hookers. One officer said cash was spread out all over the vehicle and he had never seen anything like it in his 19 years on the job.


A retired Air Force sergeant is ordering pizza to go, all the way to the Middle East. The Vet is sending Chicago-style deep dish pizza to the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. He originally planned on dry ice packing up only 300 pizzas for the Fourth of July but when a local newspaper reported on his operation pizza he had so many offers to help -he now hopes to send 3 thousand. Anyone interested in “Pizzas 4 patriots can write sgtevans@sbcglobal.net



A Georgia inmate who was discharged from jail on Monday is now facing public indecency charges along with his orginial charges of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The 49 year old was picked up less than a mile from the jail after reports of a nude man in a busy Savannah intersection wearing nothing by a smile. He told police he had just been freed from the slammer and turned down the cloths he was offered because he thought they were stolen. On his way back to jail he was given a bed sheet before he joined the other inmates.



Jelly Belly Candy Company is looking for a new flavor and you can be a part of it but work quick because the deadline is July 31st. You could win $10,000 Got to www.dreambeachcontest.com/ to submit your Belly Bean Flavor.



www.sonypictures.com/movies/hancock/contest/ is the site to visit if you want to try and Sony Pictures pay your mortgage. The new move Hancock opens up on July 2nd and as a part of the movies promotion they are giving you a chance to have your mortgage paid for. See for yourself.


Time to break out the old cow suit! On July 11th Chick-fil-A will celebrate its annual Cow appreciation day by offering a meal to any customer who isn’t too chicken to show up in a cow suit. Or if you don’t have the tits to go full cow you can wear a cow-spotted scarf, purse, hat or other accessory you’ll get a complimentary entrée.







Top 10 Outrageous Car Options
While Bluetooth devices have become a useful and highly coveted automotive accessory, not all automotive innovations have basked in the same success. Hagerty Insurance researched dozens of eccentric inventions to come up with the top 10 quirkiest and most outrageous options ever invented for automobiles.
1. Automatic Lit Cigarette Dispenser: As a “safety” item, this was an aftermarket accessory designed to eliminate the distractions of lighting a cigarette while motoring down the road. The option was unveiled in the late 1940s.
2. Highway Hi-Fi (16 2/3 LP Player): This option was developed in 1955 and was offered as an option on 1956 Chrysler models. The drawback was in the performance of the record player while encountering the smallest of bumps, slamming on the brakes or taking a fast corner.
3. Destroilet: An optional “Destroilet” gas incinerator-type toilet was available for early 1960s Dodge motor homes. After use, when the top lid was closed, a small, thick metal lid would also close over the well at the bottom. A jet of burning gas would incinerate the solid waste and vaporize the liquid. A chimney to the outdoors carried the vapors away.
4. Electric Shaver: An electric shaver that was powered by a vehicle’s electrical system was developed in the 1940s and was an option for a 1957 Chevrolet.
5. Automotive Swamp Cooler: These were popular from the late 1940s through the 1950s to help cool the interior of cars before air conditioning systems became readily available. Swamp Coolers were available through the aftermarket and attached to one of the car’s windows. The theory was simply to cool by evaporation. There was a reservoir for cool water, a wick to soak it up, and it relied on air movement from traveling down the road to force cooled air into the interior of the vehicle.
6. Steam Pressure Cooker: This accessory mounted to the rear bumper to cook food while motoring down the road.
7. Steering Wheel Watch: In 1958 a steering-wheel-mounted watch was available on DeSotos.
8. Trafficators: Back in the days before flashing turn signals, a driver would flip a switch on the dash and a lit semaphore arm would swing out of a panel on the appropriate side of the car and signal the driver’s intention to turn.
9. Swivel Seats: These seats, available on a 1959 Chrysler, would automatically swivel out as the door opened to make it easier for the passenger to exit the automobile.
10. Talking Car: In the early 1980s, the Chrysler LeBaron literally talked, saying phrases like “Your door is ajar,” “All monitored systems functioning,” and “Please fasten your seatbelt.” The cars with the taped voice were produced for only three years before Chrysler discovered that consumers didn’t like a car talking back to them.

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Tim McGraw’s song Indian outlaw was the background for the singer’s police work Tuesday. He saw a man attack a woman sitting in one of the front rows at his concert in Washington state. He asked security to remote the man but when they weren’t fast enough he with a little help from his crew they forced the man on stage and turned him in to local authorities and stepped right back into the song with “I’m not looking for trouble… if you want to see it for yourself all you have to do is google Tim McGraw fight and you’ll find it!






Trisha Yearwood’s appearance on CBS’s The Early Show has been changed to today. She will be performing “This is me you’re talking to and also sharing Fourth of July cooking tips from the book she wrote with her mother and sister called Georgia cooking in an Oklahoma kitchen! And talking about her partnership with coldwater creek department store and catalog to raise money to benefit the Susan G Komen race for the cure and you can check it out at www.coldwatercreek.com/journey.






Next month Toby Keith will have a new single “She Never Cried in Front of me”. He said he has been working on a new studio album which is due out later this year. He has been a busy man working on the second movie due out August 6th
Sara Evans is going to be playing games this Sunday. She is a celebrity contestant on CBS’s Million Dollar Password. For a preview you can go to http://www.saraevans.com/



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Gretchen Wilson celebrates her 35th birthday today blissfully knowing that her life is in check. She says, "I'm real happy. I finally have found a real, nice balance in my life between being a career woman and being a single mom. Everything is going great."She has been working on her home for several years creating a safe haven for herself and daughter Gracie.



Darryl Worley has announced the concert line-up for his seventh annual Tennessee River Run in western Tennessee running from September 12th through the 14th. The festivities kickoff on September 6th with a fishing tournament and a boat poker run. Some of his friends helping him out are 38 Special,Keith Anderson, Restless Heart the stage The Tennessee River Run benefits the Darryl Worley Foundation as well as many other local charities.



Blake Shelton has been in the studio working on his sixth album, which he expects to release early next year.. He says, "Every time I go in and make an album, I make it like it could be my last one. So we leave no stone unturned and I write as much as I can, and I push myself as a singer as much as I can."

Will Smith, is ready to look for Academy Award votes playing Barack Obama. The actor says he's got one advantage going in -- the ears. He tells M-T-V, "That's the key. That's the key. America loves ears, you know? 'Mickey Mouse' started it, 'Goofy' and 'Dumbo' followed behind. And America just loves the ears." But, joking aside, he says he'd be up for taking on the role "as soon as he writes the end of the story."




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Happy Hump Day 6/25/2008

Half way to the weekend! Our Carolina Country Cruzin' mornings with Matt and I where caulked full of fun and here is my "lick and a promise" of sharing with you what happened today.

Domino’s Pizza named Silver Springs, Maryland, resident Dennis Tran the World’s Fastest Pizza Maker yesterday. Tran made three large pizzas in 46.4 seconds. That’s about three pizzas in just over 15 seconds each. Tran won $5,000, a trophy and the coveted title. What’s even more impressive is the fact that he won the 2006 title with a time of 55 seconds and the 2007 title with a time of 49.1 seconds. His 2008 time of 46.4 seconds sets a new world record.

A Jacksonville, Florida, bike store employee used his cell phone as a gun to stop a burglary suspect, and then sat on the man until help arrived. The Purcell’s Motorcycle and Marine World employee said he spotted Hector Ivan Arroyo-Medina attempting to drag a dirt bike through a hole that had been cut in the fence of the business early yesterday morning. The worker pointed his cell phone at the suspect and yelled, “Freeze, or I’ll shoot you.” He then ordered the suspect to lie on the ground in the middle of the road and sat on him until they were spotted by a Fire-Rescue vehicle. According to the police report, the firefighters took turns sitting on the suspect until police arrived.


Two Alton, Texas jail inmates whose attempted getaway through an air conditioning duct landed them to crash into the police chief's office were charged with escaping custody. One of the men hoisted his cellmate up to the ceiling, where he managed to open a vent and crawl inside just before 3 a-m Saturday. But the man didn't make it far, Alton Police Chief Baldemar Flores said. His weight caused the duct to collapse, dumping him eight feet into the chief's office. Police found the other man trying to reach the cell's vent moments later. The men -- Jesus Albert Suarez Chavez and Roman Orozco Martinez -- had been arrested earlier in the evening for burglarizing vehicles. City Manager Jorge Arcaute said he would consider several options such as tightening ceiling panels and separating inmates to make sure they stay locked up in the future.


The family of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin is making a big donation to Oregon State University. Irwin’s widow Terri is from Eugene, Oregon. The Irwin family and OSU are expected to sign an agreement today that will fund humpback whale research projects as part of the school’s Marine Mammal Institute.

According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, 21% of workers attend happy hours with their coworkers.
Among those who attend, nearly a quarter report they go to happy hour at least once a
month. And while 21% of those who attend say happy hours are good for networking, 85% said
happy hour did not help them get closer to someone higher up or land a better position in the
company. Other results:
Why workers go to happy hour:
- 82% to bond with their co-workers - 13% because they feel obligated
- 20% to network - 11% to bond with their boss
- 15% to hear the latest office gossip
Who is going to happy hour:
- Professional and business services (35%) - Sales (28%)
- Financial services (34%) - Health care (24%)
- IT (29%)
What happens during a work happy hour:
- 16% have bad-mouthed a co-worker or member of management.
- 10% shared a secret about a co-worker.
- 8% kissed a co-worker.
- 8% drank too much and acted unprofessionally.
- 5% shared a secret about the company.
- 4% sang karaoke.


TripAdvisor has compiled a list of the 10 most patriotic attractions in America – those that make us
feel proud to be Americans.
1. Statue of Liberty, New York, New York
2. Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts
3. Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
5. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
6. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
7. United States Service Academies
8. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota
9. Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts
10. Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Police in Muncie, Indiana, say a 7-year-old boy drove his grandmother’s car more than a mile to a shopping mall before another motorist blocked the car and took the keys. Police received several calls around 9 a.m. yesterday about a small child driving toward Muncie Mall. The boy was so small that some motorists couldn’t see anyone behind the wheel. Matthew Sands followed the Geo Tracker into the mall parking lot and pinned the boy in as he drove into some bushes and a tree. Sands said the boy backed the car into his vehicle before he was able to get the keys away from him. Child welfare workers were called to investigate. Police think the boy might have learned how to drive from a PlayStation game.

Inc.com, the online edition of Inc. magazine, is hosting its third annual Best Lemonade Stand in America contest for kids ages 5 to 12. The editors of Inc.com are asking all future CEOs to submit digital photos of themselves and their lemonade stands along with a short essay describing what it’s like to run a really small business. Entry forms are available at www.inc.com/lemonade. The contest runs through August 18th. Readers will be able to view all photo and essay submissions and vote for their favorite. Each week, editors will choose a lemonade stand of the week that will be featured on
the Inc.com Web site. In addition, three grand prize winners will be picked. The Overall Winner will receive a $1,000 college savings bond and a Nintendo DS. The winner of Best Story and Best Design will each be awarded a $500 college savings bond and Nintendo DS.

Kasey Edwards was attacked by an 11 1/2-foot alligator while hanging out with friends on a canal in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Sunday. Edwards was swimming when the gator clamped down on his left arm. He lost his arm but managed to escape with his life after poking the animal in the eye. He said he didn’t notice his arm was gone until he started to swim away from the alligator.


Dollar Tree has recalled 470,000 Chinese-made hot glue guns because they are a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said yesterday. The chain said it was aware of four incidents in which the Crafters Square Hot Melt Mini Glue Guns short-circuited, causing the gun to smoke. No injuries have been reported. The recalled glue guns were sold from December 2007 through March 2008 for about $1 each.

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Kellie Pickler’s “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful” is the first single from her upcoming sophomore album. The song covers the gamut, from homecoming queen to divorcee, and Kellie says her new single is more than just a great summer song – it carries a very positive message.

AT&T will stream “Alaska’s Operation Gratitude,” a concert for U.S. troops headlined by Wynonna Judd, at www.attblueroom.com. The outdoor concert will take place Friday at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage beginning at 8:30 p.m. [ADT]. It is free and open to the public. U.S. service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to watch via video conferencing provided by AT&T. on that note she is going to be performing in Fayetteville for the 4th of july celebration! At the main post parade field.

After an eight-year hiatus, Randy Travis is making his return to country music with the album “Around the Bend,” due out July 15th. Travis hasn’t been completely out of the country spotlight – his single “Three Wooden Crosses” went to No.1 on the Country Music charts in 2003. But that song was from his gospel album “Rise and Shine.” Travis put out five inspirational CDs during his time away from country music. The first single from “Around the Bend” is “Faith in You.”

The Grascals are teaming up with a marketing group whose new line of food products honors the “Andy Griffith Show.” The new line, Mayberry’s Finest, features 36 Southern-seasoned food items. The Grascals will feature the food at tour stops and public appearances. Mayberry’s Finest will hit stores this fall. The products will also be available online at mayberrysfinest.com.

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Alan Jackson will appear on C-M-T's Paid Vacation With Pauly Shore. The show, which premieres on Friday, follows a typical blue-collar family as they are treated to a luxury vacation in Florida. On the show, Alan invites the family to his show and to meet him backstage.

Gary Allan had his highest debut for a song he wrote with his new single "Learning How To Bend." Gary says the song is a a bit of a departure for him, and he's happy that the response from fans has been so positive.

Lady Antebellum heads to Daytona on July 5th to do a pre-race concert and sing the national anthem for the Coke Zero 400.

Charlie Daniels and Craig Morgan will perform before the Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27th.

NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is launching an 11-city search to find new contestants for season seven.\ You can get complete details at www.nbc.com/casting. Season six of the series – “The Biggest Loser: Families” – will premiere this fall and will feature husband-and-wife teams and parent-adult child teams. In other “Loser” news, host Alison Sweeney is pregnant with her second child.

NBC will re-air the 33-year-old premiere episode of “Saturday Night Live,” featuring the late George Carlin as host. Carlin, who died Sunday of heart failure at the age of 71, performed three individual monologues on the inaugural program that also introduced audiences to the original “Not Ready For Prime-Time Players” – Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Larraine Newman and Gilda Radner. The 1975 episode, which airs Saturday in the show’s traditional time slot, also features musical guests Janis Ian and Billy Preston, as well as a memorable appearance by the late Andy Kaufman.

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Tuesday 6/24/2008

Happy Tuesday to you! Just in case you missed the show this morning…Here’s the low down:


Sean Sears, 23, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, emerged from hand-to-hand combat with more than 300 of the nation’s finest Rock Paper Scissors players to claim the 2008 Bud Light/USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship and its $50,000 first prize Sunday night in Las Vegas. The third annual tournament, to be aired October 6th as part of a special edition of FSN’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period,” took place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. Sears will now embark on an intense, two month training regimen leading up to the inaugural International Rock Paper Scissors Federation Championship in Beijing, China, during the Summer Olympics.


This year's American Idol finalists are hopping on tour buses to take their show on the road, starting July 1st in Glendale, Arizona. Boys and girls will be in separate rides. Irish singer Carly Smithson tells us, "We are going to be as far away from the boys' bus as possible and Fabreezing it at all times. You've got three pretty messy guys, actually four because Chikezie might be the worst. Pretty much David Archuleta will be alone trying to keep the place clean." --Bill McCleary


A 70-year-old Florida woman fought back against a would-be-robber and chased him through a parking lot. Joann Starcher was in a West Branenton Save-A-Lot parking lot Sunday night when a young man jumped up between cars and demanded money. Starcher told him to "go to hell in a hand basket" and he ran off but she gave chase until he hid behind a provacy fence.


Hunky Justin Gaston had the most improved performance of the competition last night, but the accolades from the judges came too late -- America had already decided to send him home. Justin was joined in the bottom two by Tommy Stanley, who was told early in the competition he was in danger of going home and would not sing until the end of the show. Though the judges said that Justin out-sang Tommy last night, fan votes based on last week's performance were enough to get Tommy through to the next round. The theme of the night was "Pop Goes Country," and while most contestants were able to put a twangy twist on some very un-country hits, those who shined were Ashlee Hewitt with her version of Britney Spears "(He Drives Me) Crazy," Gabe Garcia's take on Ricky Martin's "Living La Vida Loca" and Melissa Lawson's turn on Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors." Host Billy Ray Cyrus told the remaining contestants that next week the judges would give them the surprise of their lives.


This year's summer plans have become "staycations" for many Americans. A poll by the Weber GrillWatch Pulse gas found that more than 51-percent of respondents plan to take one or more staycations at home this summer, including 24-percent who are changing their traditional summer vacations to include a staycation this year

The "Hulk" may be muscling its way through movie theaters across the country this summer but he's actually missing in action in Massachusetts. "The Incredible Hulk" has been on the big screen for more than a week but somebody stole an eight-foot-tall statue of the green man wearing ripped purple pants from in front of a theater in the town of Lowell. Authorities believe a truck was needed to carry out the "Hulk" theft and they're looking through theater surveillance video to see if they can uncover any clues.

“Strictly No Photography” is a mischievous photo-sharing Web site for photographs that have been taken exactly “where you are not allowed to take them.” Browse through the collection of forbidden photos and you’ll find scores of images captured in places that you “are not supposed to see.” Divided into sections like “Art Galleries,” “Government,” “Museums,” “Royalty,” “Political” and “Weird and Wonderful,” the site has images that were taken out of harmless fun as well as more serious footage from heavily censored areas such as hospitals and war zones.

http://strictlynophotography.com/

A judge said a Times Square entertainer who wears just enough to justify the name the "Naked Cowboy" can continue a lawsuit he brought against a blue M-and-M. Federal Judge Denny Chin on Monday stripped Robert Burck of some of his claims that a blue M-and-M wearing a white cowboy hat, cowboy boots and underpants violates his trademarks. But the judge left intact one strand of that lawsuit. Chin said Burck might be able to prove that Mars Inc., which makes M-and-Ms, unfairly gave the impression that he had endorsed its advertising campaign. For its part, Mars says the ad campaign was a parody and is protected by the First Amendment.

Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, say a man used a crossbow to end an argument over a dog. Carlos
Lupercio, 49, was arguing with a 25-year-old neighbor about the breed of his dog Sunday evening. Lupercio, who is wheelchair bound, went to his home and came back 20 minutes later armed with a crossbow. When his neighbor tried to apologize, Lupercio fired at him, but missed and hit a tree. When police arrived, Lupercio still had the crossbow in his hand.


A California company has announced it will give away a free dog cloning to the pet owner who best pleads their canine’s case for immortality. BioArts International of Mill Valley said it will accept submissions for the Golden Clone Giveaway in the form of a 500-word essay submitted by 3 p.m. today. Go to http://www.bioarts.com/


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Carrie Underwood has blossomed from a shy college kid to a superstar in a few short years. Though her transformation has been quite public, Carrie says most people her age go through personal and emotional changes. She told us, "I feel a lot more comfortable with myself being in front of people. Still working on it, of course. I don't feel like such a lost little puppy anymore." –Rosemary

Among Toby Keith's co-stars in his Beer for My Horses movie is rocker and N-R-A advocate Ted Nugent -- who provided a bit of off-screen entertainment for those on the set. Toby tells us, "Ted had a scene where he shoots a guy with a bow and arrow, and he's leaving the set and a cottontail jumps up and crosses the set -- pow! And he guts him a rabbit right in front of everybody." Beer for My Horses hits theaters August 8th. –

Blake Shelton isn't ready to marry girlfriend Miranda Lambert. He tells People magazine, "I have an important decision to make before I would ever ask Miranda to marry me. And that's if I'm okay with getting my [butt] kicked about once a month every time I make her mad." Despite an occasional kick in the butt, Blake's favorite thing about Miranda is her attitude. He says, "I think it would be safe to call us the new Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell."

Now that he's back with Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee wants her to know that every move she makes, every breath she takes...he's watching her. The Motley Crue drummer gets Google Alerts on his ex-wife -- meaning every time there's a mention of the Baywatch babe somewhere on the Internet, he's notified. Pammy tells Radar magazine, "For some reason, Tommy has me Google Alerted. He'll always be like, 'What's this?' 'What's this?' He gets every single thing. And I'm like, 'Honey! Stop Google Alerting me! He loves me. I love him. But I don't Google Alert him."

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Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Sugarland, and LeAnn Rimes contribute songs to "Patriotic Country 3," which is in stores today. ." A portion of the proceeds of the CD sales will benefit the charity Our Military Kids, which provides grants to children of deployed or severely injured National Guard and Reserve Military personnel.

Opening night of Toby Keith's "Biggest and Baddest" tour brought some interesting music to Birmingham's Verizon Wireless Music Center Thursday night. Keith notes the trek is pairing him once again with Montgomery Gentry.

Kenny Rogers is working on a new album in Nashville. He's collaborating with both John Rich and Tony Brown on the project. Rogers says Rich called him saying he had the perfect song for him, and asked if he could take part in the session and produce it. Rogers notes that he loves what John does in the studio, so he agreed.

Tim McGraw will have a new CD out this fall. During a concert Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, McGraw played three new songs – “Still,” “Southern Voices (or Boys)” and “You Had To Be There.” No word on an official release date.

Brooks & Dunn and ZZ Top, currently in the midst of their own separate tours, will come together in early August for a 17-date run across the U.S. and Canada. The outing is set to kick off August 1st in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and stretch through mid-September.

Tonight N-B-C premieres Celebrity Family Feud with host Al Roker inviting celebrity families and their friends to match wits for charity. First up, Ice-T and his family challenge Joan and Melissa Rivers and their clan. The rapper and actor cobbled together his gang from outside the family. He tells us, "I don't have any mother, father, sisters, brothers, aunts or uncles. So I brought my best childhood friend with me. It's like my brother. We really don't care. All of us have a limited amount of intelligence, so we're going to try and dumb through this."

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Monday again and another great day! 6/23/2008

Welcome to another week and here is what Matt and I talked about this morning:

BIG Twins
Doctors at Forsyth Medical Center in North Carolina believe a mother who gave birth last Tuesday to twins weighing a combined 23 pounds, 1 ounce, is a state record for the heaviest combined birth weight – and may be the second heaviest twins born in America in the past 100 years. Sean William Maynard was born weighing 10 pounds, 14 ounces, and his sister, Abigail Rose Maynard, weighed 12 pounds, 3 ounces. The parents say big babies run in the family. The twins were delivered via Cesarean section at 38 weeks.

World’s Ugliest Dog Crowned
A dog that’s missing a leg, eye and its fur was awarded $1,600 for winning the title of World’s Ugliest Dog at a fair in California. Gus, a Chinese-Crested, won the title at a contest Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Gus was up against 11 other dogs from throughout the United States. The homely pup was given two trophies along with his award money, which his masters plan to use for radiation treatments. Gus is fighting skin cancer, which caused him to lose a leg. He lost his eye during a scuffle with a tomcat.

Toilet Paper Wedding Dress
An Illinois woman has been crowned this year’s winning wedding dress designer at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in New York City. Her creation was a slinky white sheath dress made entirely of toilet paper. Six toilet paper dresses were displayed at the Times Square “odditorium” and three winning designers squared off for the top prize of $1,000. The judges were from Ripley’s, Charmin and Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com. The winner spent two weeks creating her dress with a raised flower pattern from molded toilet paper. The annual dress competition just celebrated its fourth year.


Dannielynn Inherits Anna Nicole’s Lingerie
Larry Birkhead wants to make sure Anna Nicole Smith’s memory lives on for their daughter, Dannielynn. On Saturday, Birkhead laid down almost $3,000 for lingerie worn by Anna for a Playboy centerfold photo shoot so his daughter can learn about her late mother’s life story.

Man Drops 80 Pounds At McDonald’s
Chris Coleson of Virginia lost 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald’s. Not Big Macs and french fries, but salads, wraps and apple dippers without the caramel sauce. Coleson tipped the scales at 278 pounds in December. At 5-foot-9-inches, he now weighs 199 pounds and his waist size has dropped from 50 to 36. Coleson, 42, says he chose McDonald’s because it’s convenient. His inspiration came from his two children and from the story of a blind war veteran who rode a tandem bicycle cross-country. Coleson’s goal is 185 pounds – what he weighed when he married his wife Tricia 10 years ago.


NASA Finds Evidence Of Ice On Mars
Scientists working on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander mission say they’ve unearthed compelling evidence that ice is on Mars. The small probe landed last month on a frozen desert at the Martian north pole to search for water in an attempt to see if life could have existed on Mars. Small chunks of bright material described as the size of dice have disappeared from inside a trench where they were photographed. That led scientists to theorize that the chunks were ice that vaporized after digging exposed it.

Other things we talked about this morning:
A kangaroo may be on the loose on the campus of Pensacola Junior College in Florida. A school official says that a custodian saw what she thought was a kangaroo hopping around last Wednesday. They’ve checked with the Zoo and the circus but no one is missing a kangaroo…The entire situation is perplexing everyone.

A woman is alive today because of her bra! 24 year old Jessica Brown was hiking in the Austrian Alps when she fell off a ledge. She was stranded for nearly three days in cold weather while rescue workers were about to give up looking for her. She saw a Cable car and took off her bra and tossed it into the cable car which alerted searchers. One rescue worker said “It certainly beats sending up a flare.”

In the troubling housing market a Florida housing development is pushing a clothing optional swimming pool! The condo has two pools and are setting one aside for Nude swimmers, sunbathers and hot tubers. Additional landscaping and cabanas will be installed to shield the naked swimmers. No one under 18 will be allowed in the clothing-optional pool area.



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Katie Couric’s Tax Trouble
CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric is in trouble with New York State over a $210.41 tax bill. Couric allegedly owes the money from 2003. Couric’s rep characterized the debt as a minor oversight, saying her bills were being sent to an old address. Couric’s on vacation, he added, and will settle the matter upon her return.

Keith Urban figured out a way to make wife Nicole Kidman's birthday extra special. During his concert Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago, Keith performed "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" for his wife, who turned 41 on Friday. Then he asked the crowd of 50-thousand to join him in singing "Happy Birthday" to Nicole and brought her onstage. After the song, Nicole blew the audience a kiss and returned backstage. The Academy Award-winning actress is pregnant with the couple's first child, and is due any day

Gretchen Wilson will participate in T-N-T's "Embrace Your Grace" campaign promoting the network's Saving Grace, which stars Holly Hunter. The promotion also encourages viewers to celebrate who they are and to live life to its fullest. Gretchen has created a special video for her song "Work Hard, Play Harder" that will air on T-N-T, T-B-S and Tru T-V starting July 5th.

Country music newcomer Darius Rucker caught some grief from one fan on a social networking site for abandoning his trademark baseball hat and T-shirts. In his MySpace blog, he says that the fan accuses him of hiring a stylist and tells him, "For cryin' out loud, be yourself." Darius, who does not have a stylist, replies, "As for going back to the cap, dirty jeans, nasty T-shirt look that I had, I am a married father of three and I am 42 years old, so I don't think that I would be very comfortable with myself if I still dressed like a drunk college boy.

Britney Spears returned to L-A on Friday evening -- after going home to Louisiana for the birth of her first niece -- and promptly got into a fight with a group of photographers at the airport. During a scuffle involving about three-dozen paparazzi, one photographer reportedly had his camera shoved into his face by one of Brit's bodyguards. Police escorted the pop tart from the airport and the bruised shutterbug decided against pressing charges.

George Strait says he fits the description of a “Troubadour” which is also his latest single and the title cut from his most recent album. He says the name conjures up the romantic idea of a singer-songwriter.

The crowd who saw Sugarland perform at the recent CMA Music Fest watched as the duo crawled over the crowd in large, inflatable balls. Jennifer Nettles admits that fans can get ready for more concert surprises.

Farm Aid is using its family farm disaster fund to get immediate relief to family farmers in Iowa, Wisconsin, and other locations across the Midwest who are struggling with the recent floods in the region Willie says “At Farm Aid, we have had friends in these communities for 23 years who can deliver immediate support to family farmers. If you would like to donate go to http://www.farmaid.org/

Amy Grant, Kellie Pickler, LeAnne Rimes, and Julie Roberts helped bring in 40-thousand dollars for United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee. They raised the money with the 21st Annual Music Row Ladies Golf Tournament.

Matt and I would like to say thank you so much for Rolling with us and make sure you check back with us tomorrow for lots of winning! You can listen to us at http://www.whlz1005.com/ and find out where we are going to be next on location! Have a wonderful day and keep it rolling with Wheelz 100.5!

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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.



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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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What a wonderful Thursday 6/19/2008

Today we talked about my on going challenge of getting a South Carolina Drivers License.
My adventure will continue later today as I try for the 4th time!
Make sure you tune in tomorrow to see if I get them.
We talked about a new survey which says more than half of U.S. workers say the biggest source of stress at work isn't the job at all it's their co-works. They talk too much and have silly catchphrases and of course the brownnosers!

Some of the other stories included the McDonald's drive thru bear in Jersey. He or she is still on the prowl.

Blake Shelton, Bucky Covington and John Rich are in "People" magazines list of Hottest Bachelors 2008. On the newsstands tomorrow.

Trace Adkins is looking forward to Tissues and panties as he takes the stage in Missouri tomorrow.

Toby Keith Heads to Alabama tonight to kickoff his Biggest and Baddest Tour with is buddies Montgomery Gentry. Eddie says "it's going to be a wild time, it will start early in the evening and it will end up in a honky-tonk somewhere until. about 5 o'clock in the morning the next morning."

Alan Jackson even after almost 20 years in Country Music he tells http://www.theboot.com/ "I think we would have continued working and had kids, and we'd still be going to the lake on weekends. We probably wouldn't have a nice home and expensive boats, but we'd be doing the same thing."

You can catch the inside scoop about Nicole Kidman as she talks about her and Keith Urban in the July issue of Vogue.

Kid Rock doesn't like his stuff sold on I-Tunes. But you can find his 1990 debut of "Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast" which he doesn't own the rights. Kid does say eventually he will have his tunes on I-Tunes but for now you will just have to wait.



With twins on the way Angelina Jolie will make it 3 as an "insider" tells O-K Magazine they are about to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Which will make the total 7 kids.



Tori Spellings dog Mimi LaRue passed away. She told People magazine, "I'm Devastated. I'm convinced she waited around to make sure I had the daughter I always dreamt about before she left us."



Burger King selling a whooper for $190! But rest assure it's not prices going up it was for Charity. It beats the previous world record of $130 by Daniel Boulud in 1994 in NY.


The Hulk is going to be selling his Hulk memorabilia which he says is the Largest in the world! Everything from toilet paper, wallpaper and bicycles! Lou Ferrigno has a cameo and is the voice of the Hulk in the new Hulk movie in theaters now.


Denise Richards just can't seem to let Charlie Sheen move on with his life. Yesterday some 3 year old voice mails where made public. Charlie has apologized for his choice of words using the N-bomb and multiple F-words.


Find out how you can save money when traveling at http://www.independenttraveler.com/

Billy Currington will be just up the road at the House of Blues in October and you can find out more at http://www.eventmarketplace.com/SearchResults.asp?EventHeadlinerID=109565

Thanks so Mable Strickland for your email and request to find out more about Billy!


A 'sheman' is still collecting alimony from his husband thanks to the judge. Confused? So was Matt when we talked about how Larry Roach tried to have his 1,250.00 a month alimony dropped. The judge said now "legally your ex-wife is still entitled to the cash."


And I found out about Gopher Tortoises and you can too at http://www.gophertortoisecouncil.org/

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