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| Thursday - 7/02/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
These two are best friends but trouble began when the horse wound up astride the chihuahua. The story is below. There were two very informative guests on Your Morning Show today, U.S.Senator Tom Udall, D./NM and Jay Ellis, "The Money Man." Both talked about federal government stimulus money and where to apply for some. It is for small businesses who can demonstrate expertise in your area. The telephone number is 800 944 2305. Today is Violin Lovers Day…Today is I Forgot Day, a day to make up for all the birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations you forgot during the first half of the year…Today is Be Nice to People You Don't Like Day. 1947 An object crashes near Roswell, New Mexico. To this day, many believe it was a UFO. The 101 number one song of the day was the product of a Canadian who wrote his first song simply because he figured if other people could do it, so could he. Although the thought didn’t even occur to him until he was about 17. He showed some musical talent when he was quite a bit younger and at 11 he was asked by his school principal to sing over the PA system. But when he heard Bob Dylan he was really hooked. Dylan, he said, “was moving into musical areas where angels feared to tread…getting into areas that no one had ever explored.” Eventually he developed his own style and started churning out songs at a rate of about one a day. On July 3rd, 1974 one of those songs was number one in America and it is today’s 101 number one song of the day for Gordon Lightfoot – “Sundown”
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| Wednesday - 7/01/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is Second Half of the New Year Day, a checkpoint for those who made New Year's resolutions…Today is International Joke Day…July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month, a time to remind the 180-million U.S. cell phone users to hush once in a while. 1863 The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins. When today’s 101 number one song was sung on stage during a TV special in the 70’s the decade’s icon of coolness lost his cool and couldn’t perform. Several celebrities were in the audience for the taping of a show that aired on NBC. Today’s featured singer invited them to join him for the finale and they gladly obliged although one of them had to edited out. That was then LA mayor Tom Bradley who was running for re-election at the time, prompting the network to be concerned about giving his opponents equal time. Another was Henry Winkler who completely choked until it was suggested that he get into character as “The Fonz” Once his coolness was restored, he was able to sing the song that became number one on July 1, 1972 for Neil Diamond “Song Sung Blue” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Police in Arlington, Washington, said a woman accused of stealing money from her ex-husband’s bank account said her dog’s actions forced her to commit the crime. A 42-year-old man told police in late March that money was disappearing from his bank account, Detectives determined the money was being used to pay utility bills and for items at the home of the man’s 50-year-old ex-wife. The woman told police her dog got into her purse and ate all of her personal checks. She said she felt like she had no choice but to take money from her ex-husband’s account. The woman is under investigation for identity theft and forgery. Residents of Highland Park, Michigan, said a new set of stringent barbecuing regulations taking effect just in time for the July Fourth holiday are unlikely to be followed. The City Council’s “barbecue ordinance,” which passed June 15th and just took effect, states: “Placement of any barbecue cooking or equipment ... in the front of a dwelling, on a front porch, or on the side of a dwelling shall not be permitted in the city.” “For a corner dwelling or building, any barbecue equipment must be 12 feet away from a public right of way,” the ordinance reads. The document also bans using barbecue equipment in fenced yards that are within 20 feet of a public right of way. Violations could result in 90-day jail sentences and/or a $500 fine. Residents are furious and most don’t believe people will pay much attention to the ordinance. An 800-pound hog that survived for a week on its own after a truck flipped while on its way to the slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, said she noticed her pool was suddenly overflowing and then saw the pig, which was having a drink in the pool. About 90 hogs were in the trailer when it overturned where I-430 meets I-40 in Arkansas. About 60 survived, including the swimming pig. A spokesman for Odom’s Tennessee Pride said it can’t use the hog in its sausage because no one knows what it ate while on the lam. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, already trying to salvage his marriage and political career after admitting to an affair, added explosive details yesterday, including more visits with the mistress he called his “soul mate.” Sanford also said that he “crossed the lines” with a handful of other women during his 20-year marriage, but not as far as he did with his mistress. The governor said his relationship with Maria Belen Chapur, whom he met in Uruguay eight years ago, was more than just sex. Sanford also said he was trying to “fall back in love” with his wife, Jenny, who reportedly knew of the affair five months ago when she found a letter the governor had written to Chapur. Sanford reportedly asked if he could go to Argentina to see his mistress, but was told no by his wife. He said he has no plans of resigning and has, in fact, “excelled” at his job. Al Franken outlasted Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. Franken’s victory gives Democrats control of 60 seats in the Senate – the critical number needed to overcome Republican filibusters. When Franken is seated, which could come as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in more than 30 years. Coleman conceded the election hours after a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled that Franken should be certified the winner. The bitter election was ultimately decided by 312 votes out of nearly 2.9 million cast. Tennis star Anna Kournikova sustained cuts to her neck in a fight with another woman last weekend in Las Vegas. Kournikova was in the Lavo Nightclub Saturday night when a scuffle broke out with another woman, who allegedly threw a drink at her. A witness told People magazine Kournikova and her assistant were sitting at a table when the other woman bumped them. They were allegedly separated, but another confrontation ensued when Kournikova was leaving the club. “The woman came back over and threw a drink on Anna and her assistant,” the witness said. “The woman was definitely drunk. Anna said she wanted the woman kicked out, but then everything started to escalate and she and the woman started shoving and pushing each other.” The woman reportedly grabbed Kournikova by the neck and pushed her into a wall before they were separated. Kevin Spacey wants Internet pranksters to stop “killing off” stars by spreading fake rumors about their untimely demise. Spacey’s comments come after his pal Jeff Goldblum found himself a target of the morbid hoax last week. Goldblum’s publicist was quick to blast the rumors, branding them “completely untrue,” while reps for Rick Astley, Britney Spears and George Clooney have also had to fight off similar claims. Michael Jackson’s family is still reviewing the contents of his last will and testament, but People magazine is confirming some of the details of the 2002 document. Jackson left all his assets to the Michael Jackson Family Trust and has named his mother, Katherine, 79, as guardian of his three children. Attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain are named as executors. The will does not list any charities as beneficiaries, nor does it specifically exclude Joe Jackson, Michael’s father, as had been rumored. In the months leading up to his sudden death last week, Michael Jackson was “adamant” about receiving a powerful intravenous sedative called Diprivan or Propofol, a nurse/nutritionist who treated the star said. Just four days before he died, one of Jackson’s aides placed a desperate call to the nurse, Cherilyn Lee, saying Jackson was extremely ill. “‘One side of my body is hot, it’s hot, and one side of my body is cold,’” Lee overheard Jackson saying in the background. She advised him to go to the hospital, assuming “somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system.” Jackson did not go to the hospital. Lee said, “He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out.” Lee says Jackson was experiencing severe insomnia as he rehearsed for his run of comeback concerts due to kick off July 13th at London’s O2 Arena. Yesterday, police issued search warrants for Jackson’s home that specified controlled substances and needles. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Tuesday - 6/30/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is NOW Day, marking the founding of the National Organization for Women on this date in 1966… National Ice Cream Soda Day… Go For a Stroll Downtown Day… This is the 101st anniversary of the most powerful explosion ever recorded on the earth -- a meteor or comet weighing over a million tons crashed into the Tunguska region of Siberia sending a seismic shock, firestorm and black rain over hundreds of square miles.
101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Police in Birmingham, Alabama, said a 22-year-old woman suffered a broken leg after being hit by a train. Officer Lawrence Billups said the woman told police she was lying on the tracks “to clear her mind” when the train hit her Sunday morning. The train was moving about 10 mph when it hit her. Researchers at Tokyo's Keio University say they've discovered that pigeons have "advanced perceptive abilities" and can tell good art from bad art. In tests, pigeons were show two children's paintings, one that people thought was good and one that was judged bad. The birds were given food when they tapped on the "good" paintings. Eventually, they were shown new paintings and were able to pick out the "good" one on their own. A spokesman said it shows pigeons can distinguish beauty in the way an ordinary human being can. A Chinese budget airline has applied for permission to sell cut price standing room only tickets. Passengers would pay a reduced price to stand in the aisles during flights. Spring Airlines president Wang Zhenghua said tickets would go on sale as soon as the government agreed the proposals. He said he was confident of government backing - as the idea had been suggested by China's vice premier Zhang Dejiang. "He suggested that, for a lower price, passengers should be able to get on a plane like catching a bus, with no seat, no luggage consignment, no food, no water, but very convenient," said Wang. He added that the company had consulted with Airbus, the company which built most of its aeroplanes, and had been told the proposals were safe. "So once the government approves it formally, we'll try it," said Wang. A 10-year-old girl has set a new world record by bringing 567 worms up from the ground during Britain’s 30th Annual World Worm Charming Championships. Sophie Smith of Willaston, England, won the competition in her village Saturday by besting the previous world record of 511 worms listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. A number of techniques were employed to coax the worms from the ground during the light rain Saturday, including a man who strummed rock tunes on his guitar, a woman who tap danced to the theme from “Star Wars,” a man who played the xylophone with bottles, and the most common method, sticking a garden fork into the ground and smacking it with a stick to create vibrations. Michael Jackson’s father, Joe, said yesterday that plans for a funeral are on hold until results of a second autopsy are in. Joe Jackson said he expects the results soon. The county coroner conducted an autopsy on Friday but has deferred a decision on the cause of death until toxicology test are in. Joe said reports that his son will be buried at Neverland are “not true.” Michael Jackson’s mother has won temporary guardianship of her late son’s three children and is attempting to take control of the King of Pop’s estate. A judge granted Katherine Jackson temporary guardianship of the children yesterday. He scheduled a hearing for August 3rd on her petition to become permanent guardian of her son’s children. The petition also seeks to name Katherine as administrator of the children’s estates, but the judge did not grant that request. Katherine filed another court action yesterday seeking to take control of her son’s estate, claiming Jackson died without a will. But Jackson’s longtime lawyer, John Branca, says he has a revised will Jackson signed that he intends to file within 30 days. Branca and Jackson stopped working together in 2006, but the singer rehired him just three weeks ago. As a tribute to Farrah Fawcett, Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael hiked Pikes Peak on Saturday. They were part of a group of about 95 people. At the top of the 14,110-foot mountain, The Bacon Brothers did a mini-concert of three songs. Cy Curnin of The Fixx did his song “Remember Me When I’m Gone” in memory of Farrah. The hike was a fundraiser for a cancer charity called the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Kevin said this hike was “one of the hardest things” he’s ever done physically. He says he’s “in pretty good shape but it still really kicked my [butt].” Farrah Fawcett’s 24-year-old son Redmond O’Neal, currently serving jail time for violating his probation on drug charges, will attend his mother’s memorial service today, his attorney said. O’Neal will be allowed to leave the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, California, where he is enrolled in an inmate treatment program, for the invitation-only ceremony, which will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Fawcett, 62, died after a long battle with cancer last Thursday. Iconic TV pitchman Billy Mays probably died of heart failure, a medical examiner said. Tampa, Florida, medical examiner Vern Adams said an autopsy done yesterday on the body of Mays, 50, revealed hardening of the arteries, putting an end to speculation that his death came as the result of hitting his head during a rough landing on a flight from Philadelphia to Tampa hours before his death. Mays was found dead in his Tampa home Sunday morning. Adams added that Mays was taking pain medication after undergoing two hip replacement surgeries, but the pills did not contribute to his death. Impressionist Fred Travalena, a Vegas headliner and regular on late-night talk shows, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66. Travalena died Sunday at his home in the Encino area after a recurrence of the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that first surfaced in 2002. 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| Monday - 6/29/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
The Ugliest Dog in the World - 2009 Today is Waffle Iron Day…Today is Remote Control Day, a favorite observance of couch potatoes everywhere… 1776: Virginia adopted a state constitution and made Patrick Henry governor. When the 101 number one song of the day got to the top, the group became the first artists of the rock era to have their first three chart releases reach number one. The song listed its writing and production credits as “The Corporation” rather than give the actual people individual credit. That was most likely due to the bitterness involved in the recent split with superstar writers and producers Holland Dozier Holland. Berry Gordy, Jr. didn’t want anybody getting too big for their britches although the diminutive lead singer in question here today was getting bigger by the hit. The number one song on this day – June 29, 1970 belonged to the Jackson Five – “The Love You Save” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: In England, an artist has been given a £20,000 National Lottery grant - to look at girls' bums. Sue Williams was given the money to "explore cultural attitudes towards female buttocks.” She will create plaster cast moulds of women's behinds to try to understand their place in contemporary culture. Mrs Williams, 53, of Swansea, will also examine different racial attitudes towards bums in Europe and Africa. She said: "The project is taking on the issues around the bottom." Emma Geliot from the Arts Council of Wales, which awarded the grant, said: "This produces a tee-hee response but there is a serious point." Today's Photo: A boxer with a prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears has been named the world's ugliest dog. Pabst, a boxer-mix, won the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California. The dog, who was rescued from a shelter by Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, California, beat former champion Rascal, a pedigree Chinese Crested. Mr Egstad said Pabst was rescued from an animal shelter as a puppy and named after the beer for his "bitter beer face". He has a 2in underbite, a large scar from a burn on his stomach and nails which grow in odd directions. Pabst received $2000 in cash, a year-long modeling contract, a prize package of collars, leads, bowls and toys, and a professional photoshoot. Miss Ellie, a blind 15-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless from Tennessee, won the pedigree category. The President is going to throw out the first pitch at the All-Star Game in St. Louis. He’s only the fourth sitting president to do the honors at the midsummer classic. And for the record…he’s a lefty.-And he throws left-handed, too… A Chinese travel agency is offering tours designed for couples who are on the verge of splitting up. The agency in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, charges couples the equivalent of about $2700 for a five-day tour of Hainan Island. "If it's destiny for us to break up, then let's have more romantic memories than painful ones," runs an ad for the holidays. The agency said they had already received bookings from many quarreling couples - and hopes the breaks could persuade some to reconsider. "The whole tour will be very intimate. A separate tour guide and vehicle will be allocated for each couple," said a company spokesman. The agency also offers other themed breaks, including a 'bad mood tour' and an 'indulgent tour' and says they are proving very popular, especially with younger customers looking for something different. Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises aboard armed private yachts off the Somali coast. Wealthy punters pay $7000 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders. When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers. Passengers, who can pay an extra $10 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and $14 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops. The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya. The ships deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of just five nautical miles in an attempt to attract the interest of pirates. "They are worse than the pirates," said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. "At least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder," he continued. It's one thing to be left-handed or right-handed. But two Italian researchers believe humans also have an ear preference. The scientists believe most humans prefer to be addressed in their right ear. According to ScienceDaily, not only do we prefer someone speak into our right ear, but we're more likely to perform a task when it's spoken into that ear. Researchers say it implies a definite specialization of the two halves of the brain in dealing with approach and avoidance behavior. More and more people are communicating with electronic media. But are electronic devices more environmentally friendly than paper? International Paper has launched a new brochure in its Down to Earth environmental series, “Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?” Every decision to communicate has some impact on the environment and the brochure reveals some important facts about communicating on paper versus electronically – including some facts that may surprise you: Police in Langley, British Columbia, are on the lookout for a naked fast food thief. An employee at Wendy's was handing a bag of burgers and fries to a woman in a car at the drive-thru window when a nude man suddenly ran between them, grabbed the food and leapt into a waiting van, which sped away. Police say the search is stymied because aside from guessing his age as being somewhere in his 20s, neither woman saw anything that could provide a further description. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Friday!!! - 6/26/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Here's Sweet Pea who needs a home. He's about 5 months old and, true to his name, is a very sweet dog. He can be adopted by going to the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley which opens at noon. Today is Bar Code Day. The first supermarket bar code was swiped on a pack of Wrigley's Doublemint Gum on June 26, 1974, in Troy, Ohio…Today is Take Your Dog to Work Day… 1896 The first movie theater in the U.S. offers 10 cent movies. Vitascope Hall was located in New Orleans. Before today’s 101 number one song of the day there was rock music and there was folk music but after its release a whole new genre was created that influenced and spawned a generation of musicians and supergroups which included Crosby, Stills and Nash; the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers and more. The impetus for the change was electrifying a Bob Dylan song with a 12 string Rickenback guitar. Jim McGuinn was inspired to get his first electric 12 string after he saw George Harrison play one in A Hard Day’s Night. McGuinn formed a group with friends Gene Clark, David Crosby and others. Oddly enough, the only member of the group you’re about to hear that actually recorded today’s featured song was McGuinn because of a lack of studio time. Producer Terry Melcher – son of actress Doris Day – hired the best studio musicians of the day which included Glen Campbell and Leon Russell in order to hasten the process. The result was the first folk rock song and a number one song for a new group Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: Austin Trout, with a record of 17-0 and ranked 13th in the World Boxing Association, will step in the ring tonight in an eight-round bout against Shawn Garnett for the junior middleweight title in Toronto, Canada. Trout returns to the ring for the first time since beating Mexico's Martin Avila for the WBA Intercontinental Championship on March 14 in Torreon, Mexico. |
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| Thursday - 6/25/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day… Today is National Handshake Day, time to get a grip on shaking hands. The Sioux army, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, wiped out Lt. Col. George Custer’s U.S. forces on this date in 1876 at the Little Bighorn River in Montana. The 101 number one song of the day was recorded almost by accident by a man named Gary Anderson who got his stage name pretty much the same way. He was working with called the Church Street five on an instrumental single, “A Night with Daddy G” and by all accounts the session wasn’t going to well. After everyone had more than enough to drink, they just started to jam and then Gary started working in some lyrics. Although many rock historians claim the resulting song was recorded by accident, Gary did say that he deliberately turned on the tape recorder and they just let things develop from there. As for the stage name, he was surprised to see it show up on his first record, “New Orleans” but he was an unknown at the time and the studio was next store to a delicatessen where his producer, Frank Guida, often ate. The owner of the deli was a strong believer in Uncle Sam and had numerous posters on the wall urging patrons to buy savings bonds. And that brings us to the song that was number one this week in June 1961 for the newly name Gary “U.S. Bonds” – A Quarter to three 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Police in Columbia, Missouri, have captured an inmate who allegedly escaped from the Howard County jail using a cardboard toilet paper holder. Curtis Jones used the folded cardboard to jam a door lock to his cell and fled when a jailer went to another area in the jail. He was captured yesterday, two days after his escape. Jones is pretty good at escaping. He previously escaped in 1996 from the county’s old jail by climbing through a hole in the ceiling. The American Association for Nude Recreation convinced the Guinness Book of World Records to create a new category for largest number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping. To promote Nude Recreation Week, the group plans to set the first record by coordinating simultaneous skinny-dips at nudist clubs and nude beaches across America. AANR says the big dip will take place on Saturday, July 11, at 3 p.m., "Eastern Nudist Time." Food stamps for the unemployed are disappearing. Because laid off workers got a $25 a week bump in jobless benefits, they're now above the threshold that lets them get hundreds of dollars in food stamps. State labor departments are saying they're not even allowed to refuse that $25 weekly increase. Spending more time with nothing on stems waste and pollution in all sorts of ways, according to an article by Kathy Blanchard on The Naturist Society’s Web site.“Living more hours naked each day results in a dramatic drop in my laundry, which in turn reduces my water and energy use (along with my related bills),” Ms. Blanchard wrote. “It also reduces the amount of soap I release, in my case, into the Puget Sound.”She also advocates naturist holidays — staying close to home wherever possible, to cut down on fuel usage — but sometimes traveling to places where it is possible to leave the car behind and backpack or paddle naked into the wild. AAA says the Fourth of July travel this year will be down about 1.9% from last year. They’re blaming the economy – saying economic worries and higher fuel prices are keeping people home. Down over last year…because of higher fuel prices? Apparently the AAA wasn’t around last year for the four-dollar gasoline?!?! A mummy that has been in a New York museum was thought for centuries to be a female. They even gave the mummy a female name, calling it Lady Hor. But while doing tests to determine the cause of death…a CAT scan revealed the body inside the wrappings was actually a man. Drugged up wallabies are being blamed for creating crop circles in Tasmania. Authorities on the island say the animals eat opium poppies, get high and then hop around in circles, reports the Mercury. Tasmanian Alkaloids field operations manager Rick Rockliff confirmed that wildlife and livestock which ate the poppies were known to "act weird". Thirty-six-year-old Lahoma Smith has been fined $1,142 after pleading no contest to prostitution charges after she was accused of accepting a box of chips for sex. Police arrested the woman in southeast Oklahoma City after finding her in her car with a man who told officers he knew he could find a prostitute in the area. Smith told police the man said he didn’t have any money so she agreed to accept a $30 case of chips as payment. The man was not charged and his name has not been released. The famous underwear-clad guitarist known as the Naked Cowboy said he plans to perform in his hometown of Greenhills, Ohio, despite a politician’s protests. The performer, whose real name is Robert Burck, said he has not been dissuaded from performing tomorrow at the Greenhills Summer Festival despite mayoral candidate Pat Andwan’s protests. Andwan said in an e-mail to local officials that the Naked Cowboy’s costume – a pair of white briefs – is “indecent” and his behavior is “deviant.” Burck, who described Andwan as a “lunatic,” said he is used to the fact that some people do not approve of his act. “I’ve been in my underwear for 10 years, going from city to city, so I’m aware there are people out there who are not underwear-friendly,” he said. Phil Spector wants an iPod. Spector, who is serving out a 19 years-to-life prison sentence for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, was transferred to the largest state prison in California this week and prisoners in the facility are allowed to request a few personal items they’d like in their cells. Spector’s wife said that he has already given her a list. “He wants a TV and an iPod or something like that for listening to music,” Rachelle Spector said. Prison officials said that some of the inmates are allowed musical instruments and even perform together in groups, but Spector’s wife said she doubts he’ll be requesting an instrument any time soon. Lou Diamond Phillips has been named King of the Jungle. On last night’s finale of “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!” Lou earned more votes than both John Salley and Torrie Wilson. His favorite charity – the Art Has Heart Foundation, which awards scholarships to lower income high school students – will receive the biggest share of the prize money. 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| Wednesday - 6/24/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
The world's littlest man? Almost, but not yet. The story is below. Today is Descendants Day and Log Cabin Day…Today is National Swing a Kid Day… 1892: Robert Ford was gunned down in a Creede, Colorado, saloon. Ten years earlier, as a new recruit in the Jesse James gang, he had killed Jesse for a $10,000 reward. The 101 number one song of the day was this close to not happening because when the producer played a portion of the song for the superstar singer, she said adamantly, “I can NOT do that” Well she ended up doing that and LIKING it! The song had two tempos and the first part was no problem for the diva. It started off slow and sultry and that fit her style to a “T” but when things picked up, she balked. But producer Hal Davis was ready. He switched the lighting in the studio and turned on the strobe light and she took off like a rocket. It wasn’t that she didn’t like uptempo stuff – she done plenty of that in her long and successful career but this was DISCO! She ended up liking it a lot and so did the rest of America. On June 24, 1976 it was the number one song in America for Diana Ross (Love Hangover) 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge - Calendar Quiz -2007: In Riccione, Italy, a businessman opened a women-only beach on the Adriatic coast to give the country's females an oasis from men and children. Milan housewife Cinzia Donati said it was wonderful "to relax, read or doze without hearing some child shouting 'Mamma, Mamma' 600 times -- and without men ogling you all the time." The beach offered beauty tip, fitness classes, manicures, pedicures and cooking lessons. It's kinda sad when parents can't get their kids to just eat a piece of fruit and have to shell out for fancy packaging to make fresh produce seem processed, and therefore more palatable. And so we have the Burger King Apple Fries going from the drive-thru to supermarkets this fall. Consumers are nearly twice as likely to recommend a company to others if they think its customer service call center is in the good 'ol U-S-of-A, while they are three times more likely to defect if they believe it is based offshore. (Source: The Contact Center Satisfaction Index) Just what the airlines need: A couple in Austria are suing an airline after a block of blue ice hit and damaged their house. They want aviation officials to turn over the details of the plane's flight path so they can determine which airline was responsible for the damage. Carol Burdick of Boulder, Colorado, is going to court to claim she was wrongly evicted from apartment just for leaving her Easter decorations on her door for two weeks past Easter. The landlord told her to remove her display of stickers, plastic grass and Marshmallow Peeps right after Easter, and she didn't, so he removed them. He claims she violated her lease requiring areas be kept in "a clean, sanitary condition." Burdick doesn't want damages, just a ruling that she's not liable for more than $2,000 in rent and late fees she refused to pay. Burdick's attorney says the landlord treated her display like "garbage" when "an Easter decoration is a religious statement and should be protected, even if it is just bunnies." CHER is teaming up with CHRISTINA AGUILERA for a musical. Daily Variety magazine says Cher will play the owner of a burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard and Christina will be an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice in the movie, "Burlesque." And here's the kicker --Cher will also sing in the movie. Although her voice has been used in various soundtracks, she's never sung in a film she's starred in before. TODAY'S PHOTO: A Nepalese teenager is looking forward to being crowned the world's shortest man. At just 2ft tall, Khagendra Thapa Magar will take the record from 2ft 5ins He Ping Ping in China. Phil Spector has been assigned to a “sensitive needs” facility in California’s largest state prison to serve his sentence for murdering Lana Clarkson. Spector was taken Monday to the Corcoran prison, where 6,919 other inmates are housed, and assigned to the “sensitive needs” facility rather than the general population. Corcoran prison Lt. Stephen Smith said Spector’s notoriety got him into that housing area. Spector, 69, is serving 19 years to life. While Jon and Kate Gosselin move forward with their divorce, their TLC show will take a break. The couple revealed on Monday’s show that they have separated. News of the separation helped TLC score its biggest ratings ever. “Jon & Kate Plus 8” drew 10.6 million viewers on Monday. By comparison, the season premiere a month ago drew 800,000 viewers. TLC said that a retrospective of Jon and Kate’s 10-year marriage would air next Monday, followed by a hiatus until August 3rd. It was also revealed in court papers filed on Monday that Kate believes her marriage to Jon is “irretrievably broken.” She filed for a no-fault divorce in Pennsylvania and says she’s willing to “negotiate a fair and reasonable” settlement with her soon-to-be ex. Sanjaya Malakar and Patti Blagojevich were booted out of the jungle last night on “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Here.” The show airs its finale tonight. The three celebs remaining include Lou Diamond Phillips, John Sully and Torrie Wilson. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Tuesday - 6/23/2009 Posted By: Mike McKay 
See a special screening of the new movie "Becoming Eduardo" by Hillsboro director and screenwriter Rod McCall this Friday at the Rio Grande Theater. It's a benefit for the Dona Ana Arts Council. Today is Poop Out Early Day, a day to fake complete exhaustion to leave early… Today is Let It Go Day. Whatever is bugging you, let it go
The 101 number one song of the day was written by the most successful female songwriter of all time. She wrote songs for others because she once said, “She didn’t want to become a star.” (But that would all change with the release of today’s featured song. She had great success writing for such artists as Bobby Vee (Take Good Care of My Baby) the Drifters (Up on the Roof) Aretha Franklin (A Natural Woman) and “I’m into something Good” by Herman’s Hermits. This list goes on and on. But in 1971, she recorded an album of her own material and stardom was inevitable – whether she liked it or not. The album would be number one for 15 weeks and it produced a two sided single with both songs at number one on June 23rd of that year. The LP was entitled Tapestry and the songs were “It’s Too Late and this one (I Feel the earth Move) Carol King The 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A Chinese farmer dug a 50ft hole inside his house to go fishing. Li Huiyan, of Chongqing, hired 30 villagers for six months to dig the hole in his kitchen, reports IC Media. He wanted to reach an underground river which he suspected was full of fish. The river had been over ground but had disappeared 30 years ago when the local authorities bombed part of a mountain to pave a road. Li explained: "The river used to have so many fish, and by simply putting a net there, hundreds of fish would be caught." After digging his pit down to the river, Li installed a fishing net across it and regularly hauls out fish, so far earning his family nearly £2,000. Students at Dickson Elementary School in Chino, California, and Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills were supposed to be starting summer vacation last week. But they'll be stuck in class until late July, due to a clerical error. A retiring assistant superintendent took the blame for failing to realize that the state legislature set a limit on how many minutes constitute a school day. On 34 days this year, teachers let the kids out a little early to do class prep, which made those days 5 to 10 minutes shorter than the minimum. State law also doesn't recognize partial days, so to keep from losing $7 million in state funds, the kids have to go to school for 34 more days. One 4th grader spoke for them all, saying it's dumb that they have to spend 34 summer days in school "because some lady messed up." The American Association for Nude Recreation convinced the Guinness Book of World Records to create a new category for largest number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping. To promote Nude Recreation Week, the group plans to set the first record by coordinating simultaneous skinny-dips at nudist clubs and nude beaches across America. AANR says the big dip will take place on Saturday, July 11, at 3 p.m., "Eastern Nudist Time." The key to a longer life may lie in having a bucket list. Researchers found that people with goals live longer lives than people without a purpose. Your wedding options are no longer limited to the gravity of Earth. According to Florida Today, weightless weddings are now available through the company Zero G. 31-year-old NOAH FULMOR and 30-year-old ERIN FINNEGAN of Brooklyn, NY, floated while they recited their nuptials to each other on Saturday in a jet that took off from Titusville, Florida. Zero G put the lovebirds and their wedding party in a modified Boeing 727-200. Thanks to the miracle of modern technology and some skilled piloting, Noah and Erin got married without ever setting foot on an altar. Their ceremony was almost eight minutes long, and took place "as the jet dove from 36-thousand feet to 24-thousand, before climbing again." Their wedding bands were made from meteorite material. Of course, not everyone can afford a zero-g ceremony --all told, Noah and Erin's out of this world ceremony cost them around $60,000. Megan Fox has been picked as the sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine. More than 10 million votes were cast to come up with the 15th annual Top 100 list. The Top 10 include: Jon and Kate Gosselin have filed divorce papers, according to People magazine. The papers were filed yesterday at the Bucks County Courtroom in Pennsylvania. The two have been married for 10 years and have eight children. There are reports claiming Jon is planning on moving to New York into Trump Place. Both parents said the children will continue to live in their Wernersville, Pennsylvania, home. TLC, the network that carries “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” said the show will continue. Each parent will stay there during their time with them. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: |
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| Monday - 6/22/2009 Posted By: Mike McKay 
Today is Stupid Guy Thing Day, a day for women to make a list of stupid guy things and pass it on… Today is Soap Microphone Day, a day to shower while singing into the soap. Ferdinand Porsche signed a contract to develop the Volkswagen, or “people’s car,” for Adolph Hitler on this date in 1934. 101 number one song of the day the first for the artist, his label, and a pair of famous songwriters. It was recorded by a man more famous for his trumpet but it was his singing voice that put him on top. It all began after CBS decided to give him his own TV special. He wanted his wife to appear with him so it was decided he’d put down the horn and sing her a song. 50 different songs for submitted for consideration and the one that was chosen was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The morning after the show, thousands of viewers telephoned and asked where they could get the record. As a result, a single was released the following day and on June 22, 1968 it was the number one song in America for Herb Alpert Drug smugglers never run out of creative new places to hide dope. Mexican naval officers announced that they boarded a freighter in the Gulf port town of Progreso and checked out the cargo with sniffer dogs and X-ray machines. They found over a ton of cocaine hidden inside more than 20 frozen sharks. Maybe they'd just been eating swimmers off the beach at Malibu. It took Michael Petrina Jr. 51 years to finally win a national spelling bee. The Arlington, Virginia, man bested 45 other spellers over 50 to win the AARP’s annual National Spelling Bee on Saturday in Cheyenne. The 64-year-old’s winning word was “woad,” a plant whose leaves yield a blue dye. AARP spokeswoman Joanne Bowlby says Petrina won his state’s spelling bee when he was 13, but then lost at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. In second place Saturday was 55-year-old Scott Firebaugh of Knoxville, Tennessee. Petrina won $500, a trophy and dictionary kit. Daphne Tomchak of Seattle agreed to move out of her 1914 home and lease it to the producers of a movie comedy called "The Details," about a homeowner under siege by a pack of wily raccoons. After making her home look as if it had been torn apart by raccoons, the moviemakers' financing fell through. The producer sent Tomchak a letter reading, "We hope to have this problem cleared up and be back in action very soon." But all she's heard is vague rumors that they might resume shooting by winter, and her heating equipment and ducts were ripped out. She says it will cost at least $17,000 to fix. The Seattle Times couldn't reach the producer for comment. Two men attending a local carnival fundraiser in Buffalo are accused of reckless endangerment and harassment after tipping over a port-a-potty yesterday –with someone inside it. The Buffalo News says the person inside was unhurt. --- He may have been unhurt but I bet he was also UN happy! Police in Wilkes-Barre, PA, locked up a man they say threatened children with a gun and clucked like a chicken. According to the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, a group of kids were playing basketball when 41-year-old GERALD WIERNUSZ waved his weapon and threatened to shoot anyone who came on his property. That's when he started clucking like a chicken. Police believe Wiernusz was drunk at the time. Colin Farrell and Jack Nicholson have been named Sexiest Celebrity Single Dads by online daters at Date.com, Matchmaker.com and Amor.com. The complete results: Walter Cronkite’s spokeswoman denied Friday that the legendary newsman is gravely ill, saying he’s merely recuperating from a recent illness. “The news reports that have gone out are overstated,” said a rep for the 92-year-old CBS icon. “He has suffered no major health crisis. He is at home. He was recently ill and he’s home recuperating. He’s not gravely ill.” Rumors about Cronkite’s health have been swirling for weeks, sparked by the cancellation of a planned appearance. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plane made an emergency landing Friday after the cockpit filled with smoke. Schwarzenegger’s jet was diverted from a planned landing in Santa Monica, California, to Van Nuys Airport after the pilot reported smoke coming from the instrument panel. Schwarzenegger was heading to Santa Monica after a speech in Mendota, California, when the jet was make a “quick, steep, but safe landing,” according to his rep. There were no injuries. Lindsay Lohan has reportedly joined forces with Ryan Seacrest to develop a new reality series. “I met with Lindsay last night about a show idea I have for her,” Seacrest said via Twitter on Friday. “It helps people and gives others a second shot! Still putting it all together.” Lohan Tweeted about the “really great project,” describing it as “something meaningful like [ABC’s 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'” Neither party elaborated on the exact concept of the show, but a source told TMZ that it would involve giving people whose lives are on the wrong track $1 million to straighten out their lives. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA |
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| Friday - 6/19/2009 Posted By: Mike McKay 
Today is Emancipation Day in Texas, also called Juneteenth…Today is World Sauntering Day, a day to discourage jogging, lollygagging, sashaying, fast walking, and trotting. 1846: In the first organized pro baseball game, the New York Nine beat the Hoboken Knickerbockers 23 to 1. New York player H. Davis was fined six cents for swearing at the umpire. The 101 number one song of the Day was recorded by a group whose lead singer was unhappy with the results but a little white lie helped to get the record to the top of the charts. (More on that next) The four members were friends growing up in Detroit. They played ball together but didn’t sing together. In fact, they each sang with different groups until one night at a party they started jamming and realized they made a great time. 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A man in Oklahoma City said he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. Roger Hamilton told police he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him. Hamilton said the man then punched him in the mouth and grabbed his sandwich and left. Police said Hamilton has a swollen lip and his face was covered in blood. The police report listed the value of the sandwich at 76 cents. The attacker is still at large. The BBC has a pretty interesting article on their web site about famous things that were dreamed up. And by that, I mean actually ‘dreamed up’ – these are some famous things that people came up with in their dreams. Paul McCartney said he dreamed the song ‘Yesterday’ and immediately woke up and started playing it. Mary Shelley dreamed the story of Frankenstein. And Elias Howe couldn’t get his pioneering sewing machine to work – until he dreamed up the unique needle design. British Airways is asking thousands of employees to work for free for up to four weeks. In an e-mail to staffers, the airline offered workers between one and four weeks of unpaid leave – but with the option to work during the period. British Airways employs a little more than 40,000 people. Last month, the company posted a record annual loss of $656 million. Forget DUI checkpoints. In Arizona, the Pima County Sheriff's Department has come up with a new way to spot the drunk driver. It's called "Operation 'Would You Like Fries'." Undercover officers are placed inside 24-hour fast food restaurants to help catch impaired drivers who are placing orders at the driver-thru. They'll look for the obvious, like slurred speech, red or watery eyes and beer breath. A witches' coven is claiming religious persecution after they were banned from using a social centre for a Halloween gathering. The Crystal Cauldron group had booked Our Lady's Social Club in Stockport for the group's annual Witches Ball. But when high priestess Sandra Davis went to pay for the booking she was told it had been blocked by the the Roman Catholic church. Mrs Davis, 61, had hoped to attract up to 150 people to the social evening offering a buffet dinner and music from an Abba tribute band. But she was told by the manager that the Diocese of Shrewsbury, which owns the centre, had refused permission for the group to use it. "It makes you think that there is still a little bit of that attitude from the past of the Catholics wanting to burn witches," she said. "I thought we had made progress, that we could accept other people's religious paths." Mrs Davis, who has 11 grandchildren, gave up her former job in a forklift truck company to set up the Crystal Cauldron, This is the happiest time of the year according to Psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall who devised a formula to pinpoint the day we are all most likely to feel the happiest. And the Cardiff University lecturer said people should forget credit crunch worries because the secret of happiness lies with things which are free. A bus driver is facing the sack in Belgium after it emerged that she is a porn star. The driver, the reigning Miss Nude Belgium 2009, passed all her driving tests following a six week intensive course. But the model, called Audrey, was ordered to choose a career after bus bosses spotted revealing pictures of her on a website. Audrey, 24, said: "I was hauled before the director of human resources and he asked me to choose between my erotic career and my new career on the buses. "He said that I had to sign a form pledging that I wouldn't do any more nude pictures." Carine Zanella, spokesperson for bus company TEC, said its treatment of Audrey was nothing to do with morality. She said: "We don't wish to see a member of our staff finishing a show in the middle of the night and then picking up a bus at six in the morning." But Mrs Zanella admitted that Audrey was one of the most popular drivers in the history of the company. Whether tickling bellies or telling funny stories, fathers make us laugh – and what better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with some funny quotes about fatherhood? Tom Cruise has signed up to reprise his producing role for the fourth “Mission: Impossible” movie. The actor has starred as secret agent Ethan Hunt in all three movies of the action franchise, and has co-produced the trilogy, which has grossed $1.4 billion worldwide. While Cruise has not confirmed he will take on the tough guy role again, he is re-teaming with director J.J. Abrams to co-produce the fourth installment, which is slated for a 2011 release. Paris Hilton has launched the Mideast edition of her “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF” series in Dubai. Hilton said she studied the culture of Dubai and promised the Middle East version of her reality show will steer clear of the drinking and the swearing it had in Los Angeles and London. Hilton also promised to dress conservatively and said her Dubai-based MTV series will be open to women only. “I expect to learn a lot here. It’s a completely different world,” Hilton said. No air date has been set for the Mideast show. The TLC network says Jon and Kate Gosselin will announce a major decision on their reality show, “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” “Recently we’ve made some life-changing decisions,” Kate says in a voice-over on the promo for Monday’s episode. “Decisions that will affect every member of our family ... ones that we hope will bring each of us some peace.” The Gosselin’s marriage is said to be in trouble, as reports have surfaced that both Jon and Kate have been unfaithful and are growing apart. The promo comes at a time that the show has been losing viewers, following a season premiere a few weeks back that drew huge ratings and focused on the couple’s marital woes. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Thursday - 6/18/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Splurge Day, a day to have fun…Today is Wild Den Dancing Day, a day to play all your favorite old songs and dance wildly in the family room while your children roll their eyes. It’s Ladies Day in History 101: 1873: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. She refused to pay the fine, but never was allowed to vote. The 101 number one song of the day was produced and recorded by an Anglo American band that was immersed in tremendous upheaval. Just when personal relationships were disintegrating, the group came together to achieve its greatest commercial success. The album which spawned today’s featured song was number one for 31 weeks. The band was formed in 1967 but had undergone many personnel changes over close to a decade. The keyboard player was separating from her husband – the bass player; the drummer was being divorced from another woman he would later remarry and the lead guitarist was breaking up with the lead singer after an eight year relationship. Despite all this turmoil they scored their only number one single on June 18th 1977 – Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Paper or plastic? Pick the wrong one and you'll get locked up. The African nation of Uganda has taken the plastic bag ban a step further: Anyone caught using plastic bags after the first of the year can be jailed for three years and fined $15-hundred dollars. A road rage driver bit a pedestrian in Romania because he took too long to cross the road. Mihai Nicoara, 36, told police the furious motorist leapt from his car and sunk his teeth into his belly at a crossing in Iasi. "He just shouted at me and then grabbed me by the belly with his teeth. He tore my shirt and I have a pretty nasty wound now," he said. Police say driver Radu Becali is now being charged with assault for the attack. But Nicoara has vowed to hurry up crossing roads in the future. "I didn't ever think I was slow at crossing the road. But drivers often beep their horns at me and I just thought they were being friendly," he said. "Now I'll make sure I never dawdle again," he added. Here we go again. Police in Puerto Rico arrested a man who allegedly snatched 88 pairs of panties from a neighbor’s clothesline. The man was charged with theft and illegal appropriation. He returned all of the underwear, estimated at $1,000, to the owner. New York officials said a man donned a dress, wig and makeup to impersonate his dead mother and collect Social Security and rent subsidies. Thomas Prusik-Parkin, 49, took a page from Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and posed as his mother to collect $115,000 in benefits from the government. “I held my mother when she was dying and breathed in her last breath, so I am my mother,” Prusik-Parkin told police the time of his arrest. Authorities said the real Irene Prusik died in 2003 at age 73. They said Prusik-Parkin immediately turned himself into his mother, even creating a fake ID and a fake “nephew” to defraud the government. Prusik-Parkin was arraigned yesterday on charges of grand larceny, forgery and conspiracy linked to a deed and mortgage fraud scheme. Billy Joel’s publicist confirmed yesterday that the singer and his chef wife, Katie Lee, have split after 5 years of marriage. Katie, 27, is a former host of TV’s “Top Chef.” She married Joel, 60, in September 2004. Sean Penn’s publicist said the actor has dropped out of the upcoming mob drama “Cartel” and the “The Three Stooges” comedy. She added that if the start dates on the productions were to be postponed, “Sean would happily remain involved.” While no specific reason for the decision was disclosed, E! noted Penn and his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn, have split and reconciled twice during the past 18 months. Two Ohio police chiefs are under investigation for a plot involving the surrogate carrying the twins of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter and Bridgeport Chief Chad DoJack allegedly masterminded a break-in of the surrogate’s home in a bid to dig up dirt they hoped to sell to the tabloids. A law enforcement source says the Bureau of Criminal Investigation will look into the allegations. A new national study among viewers of video clips featuring David Letterman’s remarks about Sarah Palin’s daughter and his apology on Monday night reveal that 60% of responders thought Letterman’s apology was sincere. The study, conducted by HCD Research, also revealed that 66% of viewers thought that Letterman’s remarks directed at Sarah Palin’s daughter went too far. Letterman’s likeability, believability and sincerity ratings dropped significantly after participants viewed his controversial joke. After Letterman’s apology, his likeability, believability and sincerity ratings increased slightly.
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| Wednesday - 6/17/2009 Posted By: Mike McKay 
What was she thinking? Oh, it was all a mistake? Read on, the story is below. Today is National Eat All Your Vegetables Day…Today is Vice Presidents Remembrance Day, a day to see how many Vice Presidents you can remember. "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was the cry when the American Revolutionary War's "Battle of Bunker Hill" began on this date in 1775. The 101 number one song of the day was the last of its kind. There were 19 of these before but there would never be another after this one. And it was released over the objections of it creator. Only two of the four members of this group were in the studio for its recording. It was sung as a solo, backed only by a piano and bass guitar. It was then forwarded to Phil Spector who dubbed in a violin and horn section and then added choir. When the song’s writer heard the final version, he was stunned. He hated it and tried to get ahold of Spector to demand that it be restored to its original version. He was unable to get that done and the record was released over the most strenuous objections of – Paul McCartney. Nevertheless it became the Beatles’ 20th and last number one song this week in June 1970 – “The Long and Winding Road” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: In Brooksville, Florida they just passed a new dress code for city employees. The code includes – you must wear underwear at work. Employees are objecting, wanting to know how supervisors are going to check to see if they have underpants on. They say it’s like Big Brother. You get called in for your annual review and wedgie. RANDOM THOUGHTS AND STUFF.. The Colorado Restaurant Association is protesting a ruling by Denver's Department of Revenue that restaurants should have to charge a sales tax for the oil that food is cooked in. CRA head Pete Meersman says restaurants don't charge a separate sales tax for every ingredient; they just add up all the costs and charge one tax on the dish. But Denver tax officials decided to add a separate tax for the oil the food is fried in, since that's not absorbed into the food and isn't part of the dish. Meersman asked what they'll tax next that isn't eaten: clamshells, chicken bones, potato peels, the water pasta is boiled in? The most commonly misspelt word in English is 'definitely' with many of us incorrectly writing it as 'definately', says a study. Other problem words include sacrilegious, indict and bureaucracy. More than 30% of those polled blamed text messaging for the mistakes while 42% think poor spellers are "thick". OnePoll.com, which polled 5,000 people, said: "Technology is contributing to our inability to spell." The top 10 misspelt words: 1 Definitely; 2 Sacrilegious; 3 Indict; 4 Manoeuvre; 5 Bureaucracy; 6 Broccoli; 7 Phlegm; 8 Prejudice; 9 Consensus; 10 Unnecessary. Well, Father’s Day is just a few days away…and a new report on Parenting.com says fathers feel cheated on their special day. They say Father’s Day isn’t as respected as Mother’s Day and they get the short end of the gift stick. Fathers say they help the kids buy Mom all sorts of great stuff in May…while they get boxer shorts, soap-on-a-rope and neckties. We’ve been reading a lot lately about the urine recycling toilet at the space station. Here’s more space toilet news. Apparently there are two toilets on the Space Station…an American toilet and a Russian one. Used to be – they’d just use which ever one was closer – but not anymore. The American astronauts have banned the Russians from using their bathroom. The problem is…they go into space with different diets – and the Russian diet creates harder, more difficult to process fecal matter. And the American astronauts that are given a very fibrous diet got tired of unclogging their john. So now they’ve banned the Russians from using it. Behind a wooden wall in a house in Italy…they believe they’ve found another painting of the famous Mona Lisa. Except this time, she’s naked. Researchers now believe de Vinci may have created several paintings of his famous model…but they can’t be sure. They say the new painting looks like her smile…and her face and pose. It’s just she’s naked.-They never could figure out who the model was for the painting. But we’re hoping now it’s not de Vinci’s mother… A former White House official under George H. W. Bush said if you take the federal deficit and then added state and local deficits…and then tacked on personal debt – it adds up to a $75 trillion dollar obligation. That’s a debt of $250,000 for every man woman and child in the country. He says another way to look at it…the average American family of four is on the hook for one-million dollars. I don’t know about you…but I don’t have it. It must be vacation time…because people are falling off cruise ships in record fashion. In fact, two people fell off two different Carnival ships within 24 hours. The first was a guy that climbed up on the railing of a ship pulling into Tampa…to get a better view of the city. He went overboard…and was rescued. Then a 50-year old woman went overboard on a ship near Pensacola. The ship and coast guard are still looking for her. So far, there have been five overboard incidents on cruise ships this year. TODAY'S PHOTO: A Belgian teenager is suing a tattooist for £10,000 after claiming she woke up with 56 stars on her face. Kimberley Vlaminck, 18, claims Rouslan Toumaniantz spoke such bad English and French that he misunderstood her at the Tattoo Boy studio in Courtrai, Belgium. She claims she fell asleep while the tattooist went to work and woke up to find 56 stars on her face. "It is horrible," sobbed Kimberley. "He has turned me into a freak. I can't go out on the street now without people looking at me." However, Mr Toumaniantz insists she "got what she wanted" - and only complained when her dad got angry and her boyfriend dumped her. Miss Vlaminch wants compensation to undergo laser treatment to remove the tattoos, but even after the treatment - that will cost upwards of 10,000 Euros, she is likely to be left with scars for life.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said yesterday she accepts David Letterman’s apology regarding a sexually charged joke he made about her teenage daughter. Letterman said during Monday night’s show that he was sorry he made the remark, which sparked a media firestorm and prompted a group of his detractors to call for his firing. “Of course, it’s accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve,” the Republican former vice presidential candidate said. “Letterman certainly has the right to ‘joke’ about whatever he wants to, and thankfully we have the right to express our reaction. And this is all thanks to our U.S. military women and men putting their lives on the line for us to secure America’s right to free speech – in this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect.” Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has agreed to make her first visit to the “Late Show with David Letterman,” CBS said. O’Connor will be a guest on an episode slated to air June 23rd. In 1981, O’Connor became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. She served as a justice on America’s highest court until her retirement in 2006. O’Connor also has written her fourth book and second children’s title, “Finding Susie,” which will be released in bookstores the same day as her “Late Show” appearance. Alec Baldwin says he will retire from acting in March 2012. Baldwin tells Playboy magazine that in March 2012 “I’ll wake up and say, ‘What am I going to do now?’” March 2012 is when Baldwin’s contract on “30 Rock” expires. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Tuesday - 6/16/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is Ladies Day, marking the first time ladies were admitted free to a major-league baseball game on this date in 1883. Their hosts were the New York Giants…Today is Horsey Parents Day, a time to honor parents who play horsey - again and again and again. 1858: Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." The 101 number one song of the day was produced by the legendary George Martin who had a knack for getting to the top with British musicians but things were a little different with this group of… army brats. Three friends got together to start their group while attending London’s Central High School. But these guys had little in common with the rest of the rock and rollers coming out of England. They weren’t English. But they were certainly influenced by the music scene there and after several successful albums, they enlisted the aid of the producer who helped to mold the Beatles. George Martin had heard they took a long time to complete an LP and he was worried that it would take a long time to complete their work together. But they were determined to impress their new producer so they went into heavy rehearsals before going into the studio and when they did, their work was completed in two weeks. Today’s 101 number one song of the day came from their followup album and this time The Daily Telegraph reports that airlines are doing everything they can to reduce weight. Losing just a few pounds can save fuel over the course of a year. Japan's JAL Airline even took everything out of one of its jets to see what it weighed and if it was really needed. The result: jets are now carrying less water for passengers, food carts are lighter, in-flight magazines are out, and duty-free catalogs are electronic and appear on the seat-back TV screens. Northwest stopped carrying spoons unless the in-flight meal required it. And JAL still has all its cutlery, but it's just a tiny bit smaller. Proving that you can soup up anything, Andy Waite of Cambridgeshire, England, paid $75 for a 1979 VW Golf. He then spent $90,000 modifying it. Waite said it was a "labor of love." The 30-year-old VW Golf now has a custom-built turbocharged engine, a top speed of 180 mph, and it can go from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.36 seconds. That's a tenth of a second faster than a Bugatti Veyron supercar, which the VW has also beaten in quarter-mile drag races. But Waite says it's limited as a racecar: "Once you get it over 160, you can only drive it in a straight line because the steering goes wobbly." A Sage, California, woman said a full grown mountain lion that wandered onto her property was cornered by her trio of toy Chihuahuas. Ana Lee Spray was awakened Saturday morning by the sound of her three tiny dogs barking at the top of their tiny lungs at the opening of the garage at her home. Spray said she looked out her daughter’s window to investigate the ruckus and was shocked to see her gang of 3-pound dogs had cornered an angry-looking cougar in the garage. Spray said the Chihuahuas’ barking kept the big cat, which appeared to be foaming at the mouth, at bay for 45 minutes until deputies arrived. The cougar made a run for it after officers from the Department of Fish and Game shot it with tranquilizers. Authorities have not said whether the cougar was killed or released into the wild. A New York teenager said a stare-down with a boa constrictor that wandered into his family’s home ended with police nabbing the snake in a pillowcase. Kareem Lewis, 18, said he woke up at about 10 a.m. Sunday, while his mother was in church, and came face to face with the mean looking snake. “The snake was just staring at me,” Lewis said. “I started to panic when he started to slither at me.” Lewis said he dialed 911 and stared the reptile down until police arrived and captured it in a pillow case. The snake was turned over to animal control officers. The teenager said he does not know how the snake got into his family’s first-floor apartment. Did you know there was a Dolly Parton patch for Girl Scouts? There is and the singer was on hand in Tennessee to present a bunch of scouts with the patch created in her honor. The event was at the Pines Theater in Pigeon Forge, where 400 Girl Scouts were receiving what is known as the “Coat of Many Colors” patch. It’s named after the Parton song from 1971 that tells about how kids at school made fun of a coat Parton’s mom made from rags. To earn the Girl Scout patch, Scouts have to help others, and then design a collage of what makes them special. Dolly is a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts and wore her own uniform to the ceremony. Lindsay Lohan is under investigation in London after $45,000 worth of jewels went missing after a photoshoot with Elle magazine. Lohan reportedly kept asking if she could have the jewels that were on loan for the shoot but everyone thought she was just joking. After the shoot rapped up the crew realized that the jewels were gone. The magazine spent two weeks trying to get a hold of her, but Lindsay wouldn’t return any of their calls. So the magazine turned her into British police late last week. This isn’t the first time Lohan has been accused of lifting items from a shoot. Louis Vuitton will reportedly no longer work with Lohan after several items went missing from a shoot. Yesterday on “The Today Show,” Al Roker interviewed Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag about “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.” Apparently they were not ashamed of their performance and attitudes based on their answers. They also weren’t pleased by the interview went and later complained on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show that Roker was cruel to them. Heidi, who claimed the devil made her leave the jungle on “I’m a Celebrity” after the couple’s first departure from the show, took a similar tack in criticizing Roker over the interview. “Honestly, I was like, ‘Lord Jesus, take this demon out. This is crazy!’” she said. Spencer told TMZ that he would have ripped Roker’s head off if he hadn’t recently been “saved by Jesus.” Righteous Heidi then told MTV that it was an “honor” to pose for Playboy. Sources say Montag will keep her private bits covered up for the pictures that will reportedly appear in the August/September issue. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: |
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| Monday - 6/15/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Go Fly A Kite Day… Nature Photography Day… Smile Power Day… National Sneak a Kiss Day 1775 The Second Continental Congress votes unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. The 101 Number One song of the Day was the first American chart topper to be sung in a foreign language. But the title was so unpronounceable that a new one was made up that had nothing to do with the song itself. The original title roughly translates to “I Look Up When I Walk” but since the language was not one that western audiences could handle very well, the record company simply took the one word from that language that would be instantly recognizable. As Newsweek Magazine pointed out, it was like releasing “Moon River” in Japan and calling it “Beef Stew.” Regardless, it arrived at number one in America on June 15, 1963 for Kyu Sakamoto – “Sukiyaki” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge - Calendar Quiz - 2003: A specialty grocery store opened in London that sold only tomato ketchup. Tammy Omoniabipi and sister Patsy stocked their store with 9,432 bottles of ketchup. This just strikes me as wrong. Vice-President Joe Biden was on Meet The Press yesterday and said everybody ‘guessed wrong’ on the $785-billion dollar stimulus program…and then backed off on the estimates it would create or save 3.5-million jobs.-Guessed wrong?!?!?! They spent $785-billion dollars…and they were guessing!!! In another tragic side effect of the recession, retired employees of Canada's Molson brewery have been told that their free beer benefit will be phased out. It costs Molson $900,000 (US) a year to provide its retirees with six dozen free bottles a month, and that will fall to zero over the next five years. Current workers will also see their free beer cut from 72 dozen bottles a year to 52 dozen. One retiree complained that it was totally unfair; they just got a letter saying the free beer would end and they weren't even consulted. PETA has a new cause: protecting the dignity of dead fish. The animal rights group sent a letter to the American Veterinary Medical Association, calling on them to cancel a fish-throwing demonstration by Pike Place Fish Market fishmongers at their upcoming convention in Seattle. PETA wrote that fish "are intelligent, sensitive animals who deserve better than to be torn from their ocean homes, only to have their corpses used as toys at a convention of veterinarians." * Nature would prefer that fish be ripped to shreds by grizzly bears while they're still alive. The fanciest meal you could ever eat is now available in London. You'll even be able to chew and swallow real gold. The London Sun reports Bombay Brasseries now serves the "Samundari Khazana," translated as "Seafood Treasure" for nearly $33-hundred dollars a serving. The seafood meal includes Devon crab, white truffle, Beluga caviar, quails' eggs, sea snails, and a Scottish lobster coated in an edible gold leaf. Head chef PRAHLAD HEDGE says "There are still people out there with money to spend and this curry is a real experience." Some Maryland bird lovers are happy to see Grumpy, a mute swan who lives in a doghouse by a Carroll County pond. The bird is an unofficial mascot of the local Humane Society. Staffers were worried about Grumpy after he disappeared a month ago. He returned last week, dirty but unharmed. The bird is called Grumpy because his former owner said he didn’t get along with the other swans. A pair of jeans the size of six tennis courts, stitched together from thousands donated for charity, will likely end up in the Guinness World Record book. According to Croatia’s Cockta Jeans Fashion Project, 8,023 pairs of unwanted denim jeans were donated to make one giant pair of jeans. They have a leg length of 148 feet. Daniel Baldwin says fellow “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” contestant Janice Dickinson is “undereducated and over-medicated.” The actor told People magazine Friday after being bounced from the NBC reality competition that the model, along with Heidi and Spencer Pratt, had a “sense of entitlement” that got under his skin. Baldwin said Dickenson “urinated in the camp rather than walk an extra 25 steps, she stole food and lied about it... It’s almost a sociopath’s behavior.” He also downplayed the difficulty of the competition taking place in a Costa Rican jungle. “There was food, there were cots under cover, there were (toilets) and showers,” he said. “I thought I’d have to suck the spider venom out of my brother’s arm. But they even have medics there for that.” They came out with the list of the top earning actors in Hollywood for last year. A surprise at the top…Harrison Ford is back…based solely on the $65-million dollars he earned on the fourth Indiana Jones movie last year. The rest of the top five were Adam Sandler, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy and Nicolas Cage. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Friday - 6/12/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Here's one heck of a great dog that needs a good home "Krypton" is at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. He's very mellow. National Peanut Butter Cookie Day…Today is Crowded Nest Awareness Day, to focus attention on adult children returning home for either financial or emotional reasons…National Buy Yourself a Toy Day. 1839 - According to legend, Abner Doubleday, who later became a major name in book publishing, created the game we know as baseball. It happened in Cooperstown, NY which is the present home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. That was dedicated 100 years later… The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a group consisting of former backup singers and written by a “General.” Edna Willis worked with Johnny Rivers and Ray Charles, Carolyn Willis toured with Lou Rawls and Shellie Clark was an Ikette behind Ike and Tina Turner. The three teamed up to sing backup vocals for Burt Bacharach on a 1969 TV special starring Andy Williams. It was then they got the idea to form a group of their own. Their biggest hit – which reached number one on June 12, 1971- was written by the lead singer of the group “Chairman of the Board” whose name is General Johnson – here’s your 101 number one song of the day for the “Honey Cone” A man who was born a woman before undergoing gender realignment surgery has given birth to his second child. Thomas Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs, attracted worldwide headlines last year after revealing his first pregnancy. The 35-year-old gave birth to a baby girl in Oregon last July and this week celebrated the arrival of a baby boy. Mr Beatie was last year dubbed the 'pregnant man' after appearing on Oprah Winfrey's talk show to discuss his pregnancy. "I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child," he said. Mr Beatie revealed that he'd been "shocked" by the amount of publicity the couple had received, insisting they were just like any other family. "We are a man, woman and child. It's ironic that we are so different but yet, we're just a family, just the same as anyone else," he said. When asked why he made many people uneasy, he said, "I think China's equivalent of eBay has banned an online trader from selling the saliva of pretty teenage girls. The seller claimed the saliva was a 'tonic' and was asking the equivalent of $4 a small bottle. Listings for the bottles included pictures of the 18-year-old girls the saliva was supposedly taken from. However, auction house Taobao.com says it’s taboo and deleted the listings after receiving dozens of complaints from web surfers. The retailer, whose name was given as Zhou, said he had only been interested in testing the popularity of his ideas. He now wants to market girls' drool instead - but admits that so far he has failed to sell one bottle of either product. "The drool was all collected from 18-year-old pretty girls when they were sleeping. And buyers can pay later after they certified the authenticity of this product," he said. Couples who marry or live together are more than twice as likely to become obese than those who live apart, say scientists. A new study, to be published in the journal Obesity, also showed that the risk of obesity rises the longer people live together. Penny Gordon-Larsen, associate professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, found some positive health benefits to marriage, including decreased cigarette smoking and lower mortality. But she added: "We also see greater weight gain than in others of the same age, and greater risk of obesity. "Maybe the cause of weight gain is not just age, but the pressure of shifting behaviors that result in weight gain." She said people living together tended to eat meals together, possibly cooking bigger meals or eating out more often than they did when they were single. They were more likely to watch television together instead of going to the gym or playing a sport. TripAdvisor has announced the top 5 “germiest” world attractions. According to a recent tripadvisor.com poll of more than 4,600 travelers, 34% of travelers reported being more “germaphobic” and washing and disinfecting their hands more frequently when traveling since the swine flu outbreak. Additionally, TripAdvisor forums indicate that travelers have got germs on the brain, with the use of words like “germs,” “sanitizer” and “disease” up 97%, 182%, and 112%, respectively when compared to 2008. The Top 5 Germiest World Attractions: A dog that ran from its owner in Seattle’s Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and copped a pretty good buzz. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell said the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was “just stoned” May 12th after they returned home from the park. The dog’s eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking. The vet said Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana. After some medication to induce vomiting and a night of rest Jack was back to normal. Waddell told police about the drugs and joked they could borrow Jack to find them if they paid the $1,500 vet bill. Paul McCartney has dealt a blow to his former record label by taking away his numerous hits and transferring them to a smaller independent music firm. McCartney parted ways with EMI last year, because he felt the company had become "boring." His latest move was to take his collection of hits and move them to One Little Indian - a London-based label that release Sir Paul's "Electric Arguments," his third album from his experimental project The Fireman. McCartney was with EMI for 45 years. Daniel Baldwin became the second contestant evicted from the jungle on “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here” last night. Daniel was the fifth contestant to leave the show, but only the second one to actually be eliminated by the public vote. Last week, Angele Shelton from comedy duo Frangela, was the first person voted off. Spencer and Heidi Pratt quit the show several times before finally leaving for good over the weekend. Then, Francis Callier, Angela’s comedy partner and best friend, walked out on the show soon after her buddy was eliminated. As Baldwin left, Holly Montag, who recently joined the cast, said the group would do what they could to help out Daniel’s charity of choice, his mother breast cancer charity, the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund. Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she lost her crown after she refused to pose for Playboy or appear on “I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!” Donald Trump and Miss California Pageant organizers announced Wednesday that Prejean had been fired because she violated her contract and endorsed outside groups without authorization. Pageant chief Keith Lewis denied Prejean’s claims that the firing was related to the proposed Playboy and “Celebrity” gigs, saying he was only passing the offers on to Prejean, not trying to persuade her to take them. Jessica Alba has escaped charges for plastering shark posters on public property in Oklahoma City because the owners of the buildings she targeted refused to press charges. Police launched an investigation after Alba was caught on camera putting the posters up as part of an animal rights protest earlier this month. The actress has since apologized for her actions saying she “should have used better judgment.” Now it looks as if the matter is closed; the owners of the property she defaced say they have little interest in pursuing criminal charges. 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| Thursday - 6/11/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Who'd have guessed all that crazy hair in the Phil Spector pictures wasn't actually his? Today is National Feed the Ducks Day. (Pigeons don't count). National Nursing Assistants Day and the beginning of National Nursing Assistants Week. 1776: The Continental Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The 101 Number One Song of the Day travelled a tough road to the top. Its creators had been disappointed with the response they got from a record exec for Australia and New Zealand who wrote, “You’ve sent us quite a few records and this is the worst one you’ve sent us yet. It was written by a couple of Brits who got their inspiration from the American Civil War. It in turn inspired a battle of the bands. One of those bands, Paper Lace, which had success with the song “The Night Chicago Died” recorded it about the same time as the band you’re about to hear. Paper Lace peaked at number 96 but by this week in 1974, a group that had gained a national following thanks to Dick Clark’s Action ’73 TV show was at number one: Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (Billy, Don’t Be a Hero) 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A New York man is suing Match.com for $5 million for causing “humiliation and disappointment” for people “who feel rejected when their e-mails get no reply.” Sean McGinn, 37, said in his federal suit against the dating Web site that it commits fraud by displaying profiles of people who are no longer subscribers to the service. McGinn said the practice leads to broken hearts when users write e-mails to inactive profiles and never receive responses. An Israeli woman threw out her elderly mum's old mattress - not realizing it was stuffed with $1,000,000. When she learned the truth she dashed outside but was too late to stop workers taking it away. The Tel Aviv woman, known only as Anat, who had treated her mum to a new mattress, is now frantically searching local dumps for the cash. Dump manager Yitzhak Borba told Israeli Army Radio his staff was helping her and that she appeared "totally desperate". He said 2,500 tons of rubbish arrive at the site every day. Mr Borba even increased security to keep out treasure hunters who had heard Anat's story. The woman's mother had stashed away her life savings in US dollars and Israeli shekels after "a traumatic experience with banks". Anat remained hopeful but, prepared for the worst, she said: "People have to take everything in proportion and thank God for the good and the bad." Believe it or not, Oprah Winfrey is NOT among the 20 richest women in the world. The exclusive list of ladies have a combined net worth of $160 billion, according to Forbes. Topping the list is Christy Walton, who is worth $20 billion. Walton is the widow of Wal-Mart heir John Walton, who died in a plane crash in 2005. Right behind her is Alice Walton, worth $19.5 billion. Alice is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. The top 10 richest women: Kevin Miller, 41, of Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, dressed in a woman’s bathing suit and harassed several people during the span of a week. Miller has pleaded not guilty to five misdemeanor counts of public indecency and three misdemeanor counts of menacing on Tuesday. Prosecutors said Miller chased two women in a canoe and a pair of juveniles leaving an ice cream shop. The public indecency charge resulted from Miller partially exposing himself to people as a result of wearing the swimsuit designed for different anatomy. He was arrested while wearing a tiny green bathing suit – paired with white socks and walking boots. A New Jersey concert promoter has filed a $40 million lawsuit claiming Michael Jackson breached a contract to play a reunion concert with other family members. Allgood Entertainment says in a lawsuit filed yesterday that it made a deal with Jackson’s then-manager to produce a reunion concert with the Jackson family this summer. The deal called for Jackson not to perform elsewhere before the event or for at least three months after it. The lawsuit says Jackson, manager Frank DiLeo and event promoter AEG broke the contract by signing on to do a series of concerts in London this summer. Donald Trump fired Miss California Carrie Prejean yesterday. Trump released a statement saying he fired Prejean for failing to honor her commitments as Miss California USA. Pageant officials said first runner-up Tami Farrell will take over Prejean's duties. Photos have surfaced that appear to show actress Jessica Alba defacing Oklahoma City property with posters of a great white shark. Police discovered the posters glued to several places, including a bridge and billboard. Alba is in Oklahoma filming "The Killer Inside Me." Authorities have launched an investigation. Paris Hilton's publicist said the socialite has broken up with reality TV personality Doug Reinhardt after six months of dating. “They remain friends and ask that you please respect their privacy,” Hilton’s rep told People magazine, without giving reason for the split. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: |
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| Wednesday - 6/10/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
A Chinese family borrowed a pet cat from their neighbour to catch a mouse which had invaded their home - only for them to become best friends. The story is below. Today is Race Unity Day…Today is National Iced Tea Day...Today is Write Your Father Day. 1692: Bridget Bishop became the first person hanged for witchcraft, during the ordeal known to history as the "Salem Witch Trials." In all, 20 people died before theological jurisprudence was restored in this isolated Puritan community in Massachusetts. The 101 number one song of the day was pure child’s play – literally. It got to the top with vocals recorded by a group of second graders. Ray Ragsdale wrote and produced the song as his first effort for his new label, Barnaby Records. To underscore the optimisn of the song, he took a portable tape recorder to his daughters’ school and arranged for her class to go to the auditorium and sing the chorus. They enjoyed the experience and America enjoyed the result. By June 9, 1970 it was the number one song on Billboard’s Hot 100 and it’s today’s 101 number one song of the day. By the way, by this time Ray changed his last name from Ragsdale to – Stevens. (Everything is Beautiful) 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: The Border Patrol arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on his surfboard off the San Diego County coast. The man was spotted Sunday morning about 200 yards off Imperial Beach, near the Mexican border. The man threw a blue duffel bag into the water when Border Patrol agents ordered him to come ashore. The duffel bag contained five packages of pot worth nearly $75,000. You can't spend the money -- but you can sell it. South Carolina is selling state-issued Civil War currency. The money was supposed to have been destroyed more than a century ago. But some of the Confederate state's old money was stashed away. Now, officials of the state archives are putting the old bills up for auction on eBay. That supposedly worthless money has brought in about $200,000. There’s a glimmer of light at the end of the recession tunnel as 10 of the nation’s biggest financial companies were given the green light to return $68 billion in federal bailout money. While the move could be a sign that the economy is stabilizing, analysts say it is far from over. The $68 billion in paybacks would be the largest since the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Programs kicked in eight months ago at the peak of the financial crisis. The U.S. District Court for Eastern California tossed out a fraud lawsuit by Janine Sugawara, who claimed she was dismayed to learn, after buying a box of Cap'n Crunch cereal, that Crunchberries are not actual berries. They are instead merely berry-flavored balls of cereal. The judge ruled that the law is designed to protect a reasonable person, and it is impossible for any reasonable person to believe that there are actually Crunchberry bushes growing somewhere on Earth. He noted that Sugawara's attorneys once tried to press a previous claim against the makers of Fruit Loops because it didn't contain actual fruit. Germany's Max Planck Institute discovered that men who marry much younger women live longer. They don't know why: it's possible that younger women might take better care of their husbands, or maybe they're just innately attracted to men who seem stronger and healthier. The researchers studied death statistics for the entire Danish population between 1990 and 2005 and found that men with wives 7 to 9 years younger than themselves were 11 percent less likely to die prematurely. A man with a wife 15 to 17 years younger cut his risk of early death by 20 percent. But men who married older women were 11 percent more likely to die young. TODAY'S PHUNNY PHOTO: A Chinese family borrowed a pet cat from their neighbor to catch a mouse which had invaded their home - only for them to become best friends. Mr Li, of Changchun in north east China, was annoyed by the mouse which had sneaked into his house through a broken window. "It was very foxy. I tried many ways to catch it, but it always escaped and then gained revenge on me by gnawing at the family utilities," he told Huashang Daily. Li came up with the idea of borrowing his neighbor's cat, Da Huang, after paying them a visit. To make the cat more enthusiastic for the task, Li asked his neighbour to starve the cat overnight before he borrowed it. Residents and scientists in Japan have been baffled after it started raining tadpoles. Clouds of dead tadpoles appear to have fallen from the sky in a number of cities in Ishikawa Prefecture since the start of the month. In one incident, a 55-year-old man who was caught in a tadpole downpour described hearing a strange sound in the city of Nanao. Upon further exploration, he found more than 100 dead tadpoles covering the windscreens of cars in a civic centre car park. Dead tadpole downpours were also reported by local officials 48 hours later in the city of Hakusan. The raining down of small creatures such as frogs and fish is a rare meteorological phenomenon that is reported from time to time across the world. Scientists have widely attributed the surreal raining of animals to strong winds, storms and water sprouts sucking up creatures before depositing them further inland. However, this explanation has not satisfied meteorologists in the Ishikawa region. An unidentified male teacher in Philadelphia is in hot water after allegedly throwing a stapler that hit a student in the head. The mother of the 15-year-old boy took her son to the hospital last Friday, where he received four stitches. A spokesman for the school district said the teacher threw the stapler when his class became unruly. The stapler bounced off a wall and hit the student. Mom says the incident happened as her son was passing the classroom and stopped at the door to talk with a friend. A Washington state appeals judge has tossed a woman’s claim that honking her horn for prolonged intervals in front of a neighbor’s house is protected by free speech. Helen Immelt got into a dispute with her neighbor in 2006 after she learned that he had filed a complaint with their homeowners association about her chickens. She responded by parking in front of his house at 5:50 a.m. the next day and leaning on her horn for 10 minutes straight. After he called the police, she returned for a second round of honking two hours later. Immelt was cited for a noise violation and appealed her conviction to the superior court, saying her honking was free speech. But Judge Richard J. Thorpe ruled Monday that it was a harassment issue and not a free speech issue. Before the first show has even happened, there are reports that Michael Jackson’s 50-date stint at London’s O2 Arena won’t happen. Arthur Phoenix, a former publicist, says he’ll be surprised if Jackson sets foot on the O2 Arena stage next month. Phoenix says, “I just don’t see it happening.” There were originally 10 shows planned, but overwhelming tickets sales led to another 40 concerts being added. “But Michael is not mentally, physically or spiritually ready for these shows,” Phoenix says. “He’s like Mike Tyson – it’s over.” Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson tied the knot for a third time last Saturday night. Tyson married girlfriend Lakiha Spicer. The marriage came just two weeks after the death of the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, who died in an accident at their home in Phoenix. The little girl was found hanging from a cord connected to a treadmill in the house. Tyson and Spicer were married at the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton. Ben Stiller says he wants a job with the Mexican government. At least that’s what he told reporters who grilled him about a May news conference in D.C. in which he allegedly washed his hands with anti-bacterial gel after shaking hands with Mexican reporters. The incident took place when Mexico was making headlines over the swine flu. Stiller was in Mexico on Tuesday to promote his latest movie, “Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” when he told reporters that it was all a “misunderstanding.” Ben says he’d like to meet with Mexico’s president to express his support, joking, “Maybe he can even give me a job.” The second half of Frangela didn’t last long on “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!” Frances Callier pulled out of the game on Monday night’s episode. She said she missed her best friend and comedy partner Angela V. Shelton too much to stay in the jungle without her. Last week, Angela was the first person voted off the reality show. Also on Monday night, Heidi and Spencer from “The Hills” quit again. This time, because Heidi was too sick to continue and had to be sent to a hospital. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Tuesday - 6/09/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Here I am on a recent trip back east. How could I have lived there so long? The hustle bustle really stressed me out! Today is National Cuddle Up Day…Today is Profess Your Love Day. 1869: Charles Elmer Hires sold his first root beer in Philadelphia. The 101 number one song of the day became a merchandising bonanza and it all started with a riddle. It was written by an actor who had aspirations to be a singer/songwriter. After auditioning some of his ballads for the president of MGM records he was asked if he had anything else. The only other thing he had was in his own words, “the bottom of the barrel.” And it all started as a joke, literally. A friend asked him a riddle and after he heard it, he thought he had the makings of a song. Not a good song necessarily, after all, he rated it the bottom of the barrel. But it wound up leading to the merchandising of hats, t-shirts, even ice cream. So now the riddle that led to today’s 101 number one song of the day which ruled the charts on this day in 1958: What has one eye, has a horn and eats people? Here’s Sheb Wooley with the answer. (Purple People Eater) A Croatian farmer called police when he forgot where he'd stashed his £34,000 nest egg - only for it to turn up under a chicken. Forgetful Ivan Rasperger, 73, knew he'd hidden his hoard somewhere around the family farm in Medjimurje but couldn't remember where. But his wife Katarina called off the police search after she found the cash under a nest while collecting eggs from the hen house. "I had it inside the house and then one day I thought it wasn't that safe in case we ever got burgled so decided to put it somewhere on the farm," Mr Rasperger said. "I hid it and then forgot about it and when I went to check on it the other day I couldn't remember where it was. "We turned the whole farm upside down looking for it and in the end we found it. The birds did a good job though. It was all perfectly intact, and very warm," he added. Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey have found a new way to chart climate change and penguin populations: by studying piles of penguin poop so big, they can be seen from space. Emperor penguins leave behind vast expanses of reddish-brown guano. The penguins are having to shift the locations of their annual mating grounds due to changes in sea ice, and the shifts are being tracked by studying the guano stains via satellite. A spokesman says the next step will be to obtain high-resolution photos of the penguin poop. A half-naked, drunk, wrong-way driving, cell-phone-chatting woman kept Port Edwards,Wisconsin, cops busy last Sunday morning. The Wausau Daily Herald reports 29-year-old JESSICA JACKSON had one hand on her pickup truck's steering wheel, another on her cell phone, and her pants hanging from her window to dry. We don't know how Jessica's pants got wet. As she drove eastbound on Highway 54, nude from the waist down, Jessica over corrected, crossed the center line, then rolled her pickup and wet pants into a ditch. Jessica's injuries were minor; her blood-alcohol level, not so much. It was more than double the legal limit. --How many, ahem, skid marks did police find at the scene? THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA |
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| Monday - 6/08/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Best Friends Day…National Taco Day…Today is Upsy Daisy Day, a day to remind people to get up gratefully and gleefully each morning On this date in 1938, New York's WGY became the first experimental TV station to broadcast a regular program schedule -- three days a week for starters. 101 number one song was the title cut to an album that was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria which was chosen for one reason and that turned out to be the wrong reason. The location was selected for its sunny climate. Unfortunately, the group arrived during the rainy season and it was wet and cloudy the whole time. To make matters worse, during a break from the studio, they were held up at knifepoint and robbed. Nevertheless, the album was completed and it produced several singles that proved to be big hits. But the biggest hit was its title cut and on June 8, 1974 it became the third number one hit Paul McCartney since the Beatles broke up. Here he is with Wings and today’s 101 number one song of the day. “Band on the Run” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: It’s bad news for those of you who keep tabs on the Best Polka Album category at the Grammys. That award is being eliminated. The Recording Academy says it did that “to ensure the awards process remains representative of the current musical landscape.” There are still 109 other categories in which to win a Grammy. In a society that usually promotes by seniority, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il made a surprise choice of his youngest son, Kim Jong-Un, to succeed him. He's 26, and little is known about him except that he speaks English, likes American pop culture (especially the NBA and Michael Jordan), and is rumored to have a drinking problem. Some insiders say he was picked over his older brother and step-brother because they weren't "manly enough." For instance, one of them once sneaked off to Japan to visit Disneyland, and relatives whisper that the other has "the heart of a woman." A scientist reckons that long-distance space travel will leave us short, fat and bald. Astrobiologist Dr Lewis Dartness revealed at the Cheltenham Science Festival that living without gravity would cause space travelers' bones and muscles not to develop properly, leaving them stunted and weak. Meanwhile, the lack of effort needed to move around in low gravity and a temperature-controlled environment would mean that "future spacemen and women are likely to become pretty chubby." And it gets worse. "Without gravity, fluid would float up to pool in the skull, which would cause the head to look permanently swollen out of proportion", Dr Dartness added. Warming to his subject, he continued: "Also, with no need for hair to insulate the head or eyelashes to flick dust from their eyes, future humans may become completely hairless." The Kepler space telescope, which was launched earlier this year, is expected to find a number of fertile Earth-like planets dotted around the cosmos. A 41-year-old Alexandria, Virginia, woman has become a three-time Virginia Hot Dog Eating Champion. Sonya “Black Widow” Thomas wolfed down 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes Saturday during the competition at MacArthur Center in Norfolk. She was just disappointed she couldn’t top her personal best of 39. The 100-pound Thomas said, “You know, I’m not really that full. But we’re eating so fast, it can make me sick. I could eat more if we had more time.” A married couple in Boulder, Colorado, isn’t asking for much – they just want to be able to garden in their front yard – wearing nothing but thongs and pasties. Catharine Pierce, 51, and Robert Pierce, 58, aren’t breaking the law by tending to their flowers while wearing next to nothing – as long as their naughty bits are covered. But their landlord is considering labeling the Pierces’ outdoor activities as a nuisance and having them evicted. The owner of the house is Boulder Housing Partners, which administers the city’s affordable housing program. Executive Director Betsy Martens admits it isn’t a legal issue, “it’s a community issue.” But the couple says the landlord is infringing on their basic rights. A Vassalboro, Maine, man has been charged with operating under the influence after he and a friend made a beer run on a riding lawn mower. Danforth Ross, 51, was charged May 29th. Trooper Joe Chretien had been flagged down by several motorists warning of a wayward mower and made the arrest after Ross and his friend emerged from a store with two cases of beer. Ross’ driver’s license had been revoked, so the pair opted for the lawn mower. Miami Beach tolerates a lot of things, but one thing it won’t stand for is a white rooster named Mr. Clucky who rides on his owner’s bike. Owner Mark Buckley has been ticketed for keeping a farm animal, which likes to wake up neighbors every morning at 6 a.m. Buckley faces a $50 fine and an order to get rid of the famous fowl. Mr. Clucky was the grand marshal of last fall’s King Mango Strut in nearby Coconut Grove. David Carradine’s family, unhappy with the way Thai investigators are handling the death of the actor, have asked the FBI and an independent pathologist to step in and help. They’ve also threatened legal action against any media outlet that prints images of the actor after he died. The family wants an independent autopsy by famous forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden to determine whether another person could have been involved. Results of an autopsy performed Friday in Bangkok were not expected for at least three weeks. Thai officials have ruled out foul play. A grainy photo published on the Saturday cover of the tabloid Thai Rath shows a naked body suspended from a clothes bar in a hotel closet, hand apparently bound together above the head and feet on the floor. The face is blacked out and other areas are obscured. The paper isn’t saying where they got the image, but Thai police said they believe it was a picture taken of Carradine’s body by a forensic team. NBC is planning to air 2-hour editions of its Costa-Rican-set competition series “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” tonight and Wednesday. The network will carry Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow. This week’s “Celebrity” episodes will showcase Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s adventure inside the “Lost Chamber” and the fate of their return. Heidi was hospitalized Saturday after a stunt supposedly left her sick and vomiting. She was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer. Spencer claims they were deprived of food and water for almost three days while being forced to live in blacked-out seclusion and he plans to sue. A show insider says reports that the pair was mistreated were greatly exaggerated. Speidi quit the show last week, but have been campaigning to get back on. One person who won’t be coming back is Angela, who was the first to be voted off. Her stage partner and best friend Francis is safe. They make up the comic duo Frangela. Torrie Wilson was the other celeb in the bottom-two last week. Police were called to the set of Robert De Niro’s new film in Michigan on Friday after the actor was accosted by a drunken female fan. De Niro is shooting the upcoming movie “Stone” with Edward Norton, but production was halted when the set was disrupted by a drunken woman who managed to bypass security. Carlyn Campbell allegedly accosted De Niro before police were called to remove her. Campbell was given a breathalyzer test and subsequently admitted to a local hospital. It is not known whether she will face charges over the incident. Lindsay Lohan took Twitter to defend herself after “Celebrity Rehab’s” Dr. Drew Pinsky expressed concern over the actress in comments to Parade Magazine. “I thought REAL doctors talk to patients in offices behind closed doors,” she Tweeted on Friday, “Am I wrong? Hmmmmm. I think NOT! Yay!” Dr. Drew told Parade he was “convinced that (Lohan) will get sober one day. But I’m afraid that between now and then, she may get a nearly mortal wound of some type.” THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE: |
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| Friday - 6/05/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Gingerbread Day…Today is World Environment Day, sponsored by the UN. Today is National Shut Up Day, a day to give quiet people a chance to talk. 1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier were brothers. They made their first balloon ascension on this day. This means that their balloon went up, successfully, we might add, to 1,500 feet for about ten minutes. The 101 number one song of the day was written and sung by a self confessed introvert whose songs were almost always based on personal experience. Although he was too modest to admit it, he had tremendous influence on many of rock’s biggest stars. He was born in Vernon, Texas and grew up in Wink. His father gave him a guitar when he was six years old. By the time he was eight, he was playing on a Sunday morning country show on KVWC in Kermit. He almost gave away his first national hit to Elvis and the Everly Brothers. He arrived at Graceland at 6 in the morning and nobody was out of bed yet. Elvis sent down word that they could meet later in the day in Nashville. There he ran into Phil Everly and played him the song he’d written with his writing partner Joe Melson. Phil played him one of his own songs not realizing that today’s featured artist was playing him a song for the Everly Brothers to record. He was too shy to bring it up and Elvis hadn’t showed so he decided to record it himself. 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Lawmakers in Illinois passed a bill 51-4 last Friday that aims to shield bowling alley owners from lawsuits by people who slip and fall after getting their bowling shoes wet outside. The bill, which passed the House and is now waiting for the governor’s signature, would allow owners to warn people through posted signs that bowling shoes should be worn only inside the alley. That way, if bowlers venture outside and get their shoes wet and then slip while bowling, alley owners wouldn’t be held responsible. 63-year-old Sam Charles Spuchess of Brisbane, Australia, is lucky not to be in jail. Last August, traffic was stopped on Story Bridge for two hours for an annual fireworks display. Spuchess was so upset at the delay, he began yelling at a cop, then grabbed his police flashlight and hit him with it. Finally, he grabbed the officer's testicles and squeezed them. Spuchess pleaded guilty to serious assault. Judge Deborah Richards accepted his excuse that he was suffering depression and frustrated at being kept from getting to his wife's birthday party. She gave him a year in prison, then immediately paroled him. Today is National Donut Day. First celebrated in 1938, National Donut Day is always celebrated on the first Friday in June. According to one donut website, we make more than 10 billion donuts in the U-S every year. Curious surprising fact: Per capita, Canada has more donut shops than any other country in the world. In the middle of all the people who are suffering financial hardship because they joined the ranks of the recently unemployed, there are also those who are fully enjoying their "funemployment." The LA Times says those who describe themselves as happily jobless are generally single and young. They live with their savings, unemployment checks, severance packages, or their parents' money and "do not spend their days poring over job listings." Instead they go to the beach, travel cheaply, volunteer, and drink lots of margaritas. "Experts say it's both a reflection of the country's cultural narcissism --and attitudes of entitlement and self-centeredness-- and a backlash against corporate America and its 'Dilbert'-like work environment. "Recession gives people permission to be unemployed," said one expert. "Why not make use of the time and go do something fun?" If you avoid the dentist because the drill makes you nervous, a new invention may The world's largest private jet complete with its own concert hall is being built at a cost of $600 million. Plans have been unveiled for the customised 240ft-long Airbus 380 Superjumbo, which is expected to be snapped up by mega-rich Arabs. The "flying palace" also boasts a Turkish bath steam room, a boardroom and garage for its owner's Rolls-Royce. It is so huge a normal version could carry up to 850 passengers. The deluxe version's owner will be driven up a hydraulic ramp into the garage. A red carpet will automatically unfurl. The concert hall will have a stage, a baby grand piano and seating for ten people. Builders Design Q expect to deliver the first plane in three years. A Wayne, New Jersey, man who cut off his pinky finger when his mother tapped him on the shoulder has been awarded $95,500 plus nearly $20,000 in medical expenses. John Garrity was working with a miter saw in his mother’s garage in 2006 when she tapped him on the shoulder. Garrity was startled by the tap and turned around quickly, causing his finger to move into the path of the saw. The State Superior Court jury ruled Garrity and his mother were each 50 percent at fault for the incident, awarding Garrity half of the $191,000 award he had sought and half of the $37,000 he has paid in medical expenses. A suburban Chicago man who recognized his wife grabbing a child’s money in security camera footage identified her for authorities. Deerfield, Illinois, Deputy Police Chief Tom Keane said the man approached a patrol officer after recognizing his wife in the Baskin-Robbins security footage and told him that she was the culprit in the May 15th incident. Police said the video shows a 12-year-old girl setting a $20 bill on the ice cream shop’s counter while mulling over her choices. A woman, described as a store regular in her 40s and accompanied by three children, grabbed the money from the counter and left the store. The woman told police she grabbed the money by accident. She will not face charges. David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel yesterday. Carradine was found naked and hanging from a rope in the closet of his luxury Bangkok hotel room, according to Thai police. The body of the 72-year-old actor was sent to a hospital for an autopsy, police said. Sources in Bangkok say the actor died during an act of auto-erotic asphyxiation. Carradine was in Thailand to shoot a new movie titled “Stretch,” which began filming on Tuesday. Seven-time Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong had one special tweet for his fans yesterday. Armstrong announced the birth of his son on Twitter late last night. He even posted a picture of the baby. Lance announced the birth of Max around 11:15 p.m. [EDT]. The mother of the child is girlfriend Anna Hansen. 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| Thursday - 6/04/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is Frost Your Hair Day, a day for people who have never frosted their hair either to do it or to proclaim yourself a hair chicken…Today is National Frozen Yogurt Day…Today is National Cheese Day. 1896: Henry Ford took his first car called a "quadricycle," for a night-time drive in Detroit. The test was delayed briefly because the car was wider than the door of the shed in which it was built. In the first six months of 1964 only one American group had a number one song in the U.S. They were three black women who were discovered by the famed production and writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. They came across a song that was written for the Ronettes by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. Leiber and Stoller wanted to have their new trio record the song but Phil Spector objected to the idea. No matter – they went ahead with their plan anyway and it became a huge hit – sitting atop the American charts on June 4, 1964 for the – Dixie Cups (Chapel of Love) Matthew Anderson will have to find a new place to get his morning cup o’ joe. The Portsmouth, New Hampshire, man is being banned from all Dunkin’ Donuts in town as part of his punishment for stealing an eight buck bag of coffee. Anderson was also given a suspended 60-day jail sentence when he was sentenced on Monday. Anderson pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of shoplifting for swiping the coffee from a Dunkin’ Donuts shop. The Dallas Morning News reports that an unnamed ninth-grader at Shepton High School in Plano, Texas, discovered a really bad way to make money. He took up a bet with some biology classmates that he wouldn't swallow parts of a fetal pig they were dissecting. They picked the testicles, which he swallowed like pills to avoid having to bite down. But school officials say the pigs are preserved in toxic formaldehyde, so they called his mom, who took him to the hospital. He collected $40, but his mom made him pay her $100 for the checkup. The paper couldn't reach her for comment, but her son said she asked him, "How could you be so stupid?" A British father of two goes to his local pub on the back of his zebra. Bill Turner bought 14-month-old Zebedee for £4,500 from a Dutch game reserve. "He loves being ridden and it means I don't have to worry about being breathalysed." It took the former horse trainer three weeks to persuade Zebedee to accept a saddle and carry him to the King's Arms near Sherborne, Dorset. He added: "It's a mile-and-a-half to the pub and Zebedee pricks up his ears every time we go. The RSPCA says it's OK to ride him." A Florida man is suing a nightclub and a stripper for injuries he received when the exotic dancer allegedly kicked him in the face. A lawyer for Michael Ireland said his client was seated at the bar of the Cheetah nightclub in West Palm Beach on September 28, 2008, when he was struck “suddenly and without warning” by the leg or foot of exotic dancer Sakeena Shageer. The incident allegedly left Ireland with a broken nose and broken bones around his eye. The lawyer said his client, who underwent surgery for his injuries, has permanent double vision and will need a second surgery to repair the damage. Ireland says he was forced to sue because the nightclub’s insurer refused to pay his medical expenses. Phil Spector’s wife Rachelle swears her husband is innocent and says she plans to stay with him even though he’s locked up in a California jail. The 69-year-old Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 fatal shooting of Lana Clarkson. He was sentenced last week to 19 years to life. “(Phil’s) like a little boy. He’s locked up in a 5-by-9 cell. He’s caged like an animal,” Rachelle Spector, 28, told “Inside Edition.” She also denied reports her husband was Twittering from the Los Angeles County Jail, saying he has limited contact with the outside world. She also shot down claims she married Spector for his money and maintains she plans to stay with him because she loves him. It looks like “The Hills” couple Heidi and Spencer are staying put on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” after all. The self-proclaimed “super-celebrities” walked off the show earlier this week, but returned last night begging to be allowed back. However, they have to spend the night in the “The Lost Chamber” alone together – and the other celebrities have to agree to let them back. Producer Paul Telegdy said Holly Montag, Heidi’s sister, was on her way to Costa Rica as a replacement. Daniel Baldwin arrived yesterday. Actor and “Dancing with the Stars” runner-up Gilles Marini has undergone surgery to fix a shoulder he injured on the dance show. Marini checked into a hospital yesterday and e-mailed E! News after he was in recovery to tell them, “Shoot, it hurts. LOL.” Angelina Jolie has nabbed the No. 1 spot on Forbes’ 2009 Celebrity 100 list, topping Oprah Winfrey who slipped to No. 2 after two consecutive years at the top. According to Forbes, wealth is only one factor in determining the most powerful celebrity, and Jolie’s $27 million in earnings last year combined with her fame determined her ranking. Notable newcomers to Forbes’ power list include Taylor Swift (No. 69), Toby Keith (No. 59) and Alec Baldwin (No. 91). Meanwhile, Barack Obama (No. 49) became the first sitting head of state to appear on the list. His historic election made him the most famous person in the world, Forbes says, and also increased his book sales. The top 10 on the list:
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| Wednesday - 6/03/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC Today is Love Conquers All Day… Tattoo Day… Today is Pull Your Pants Up Day, a day for hip hop fans to see if they can keep their pants up for 24 continuous hours and enjoy having two free hands for a change. The New York Knickerbockers were the first major league baseball team to wear uniforms as they came onto the field in straw hats, white shirts and blue pants on June 3, 1851. 101 number one song of the day was instrumental in transforming a woman who had spent six years going nowhere while recording show tunes into rock and roll royalty. And a deceased singer/songwriter played a big part. She had been under contract to Columbia Records where lush orchestral arrangements did nothing to take her considerable talents and turn her into a star. A producer at Atlantic Records – Jerry Wexler - was sure she’d connect with the public if only she abandoned the Broadway stuff and return to her roots in gospel music. It was that kind of style and energy that would unleash her rather remarkable vocal powers and get her the respect she deserved. And as it just so happens, the late great Otis Redding had written just the right song that would complete the transformation from show tune singer to the person who would become the Queen of Soul. And so it is…the 101 number one song of the day rose to the top of the charts on June 3, 1967 for Aretha Franklin. (Respect) 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Fans of a cult radio station which broadcast nothing but birdsong are protesting after it was axed in favor of 'more commercial' music. The soothing tones of Birdsong Radio attracted an estimated 500,000 listeners, including the author Sir Terry Pratchett, during the 18 months it was on air. It played a 20 minute-long recording of birds singing in a British garden on a continuous loop from 6am until midnight. It was cancelled this week to make way for Amazing Radio, a station which plays a mix of indie, urban, rock and jazz music by unsigned artists. The decision has caused outrage among its fans, who have flooded forums and websites calling to have the program reinstated. Its creator Quentin Howard, a radio executive, recorded the birdsong 20 years ago in his garden in West Lavington, Wiltshire, for the backing track to a stage play. "It's always difficult to know exactly how popular something like this is, but judging by the emails and letters from people, 29-year-old Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tennessee, appears to have set a new U.S. record. He was taken to court for non-payment of child support, and authorities discovered he's fathered 21 kids with 11 different women. He makes minimum wage, so his lawyer says the state has to support the kids. Many angry Knoxville residents are calling for him to be castrated. But Hatchett defended himself, saying he knows the names and ages of all his 21 kids. He said it wasn't deliberate: "It just happened." But it won't happen again. He said, "I'm done. I'll say I'm done." A court in Quebec ordered a movie theater to pay $10,000 for violating a family's privacy. The theater had a policy of searching patrons' bags for video equipment. A woman took her two daughters to see "Shrek the Third" in 2007, and the search turned up no cameras, but they did find outside snacks. The patrons agreed to put them in the car, but the ushers kept searching and pulled out one daughter's birth control pills. The unhappy mom didn't know her daughter was on the pill until then. The judge found in their favor, assessed $10,000 damages and put strict limits on searches by movie theaters. A nationwide skinny-dip ought to wash away the stress Americans are feeling. One gassy British man is building a burping dynasty. Paul Hunn has a “disgusting talent” when it comes to burping. The “Burper King” once held the Guinness World Record for the loudest burp, and now, while working to regain his title, Hunn’s decided to turn his family into a belching force to be reckoned with. Hunn hopes to turn his five-year-old daughter into the female burping world champion, training her and, unlike most parents, encouraging her to belch as loud and as often as possible. He’s teaching her his surefire method for a powerful gas pass, which consists of breathing in lots of air on an empty stomach, bending over, and when the urge to purge rises, “letting it rip.” Hunn says his daughter is working on it, with often hilarious results. The burping duo even take their talent to their local pub when they need a bit of practice and dazzle patrons. A New Zealand man is staging a treasure hunt on Twitter to get rid of an engagement ring after his proposal was turned down. Anyone keen to pick up the £2,000 diamond ring has to be in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, on Saturday to join the hunt, the Dominion Post newspaper reports. Anthony Gardiner, 29, a call centre worker, said: "I met this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn't as keen." Clues to the ring's whereabouts will start being posted on Twitter at 8am local time on Saturday, 6 June. Mr Gardiner said he will keep posting clues, and if the ring is not found by the end of the day, "my clues will suddenly change into directions". Having bought the ring in Hong Kong, he couldn't return it, and didn't want to sell it or hang on to it, so he hit upon the treasure hunt idea. "Obviously, it's been a pretty unlucky ring for me," Mr Gardiner said. He hopes it will be found by somebody who has "found a cool chick and who wants to give them something A Pennsylvania woman is desperately searching for her runaway pet – a 52-pound, 2-foot-long African sulcata tortoise named Nala. Simmer Dougherty, whose pets and rescued animals include a lamb, miniature horse, dogs, goats, chicks and ducks, said Nala escaped from her yard yesterday after the gate was left slightly ajar following a duck food delivery at her Chester County home. Dougherty said Nala, who is estimated to be between 5 and 15-years-old, can cover a lot of ground when she wants to. She said the tortoise traveled three miles in a single day during an escape two years ago. Dougherty is terrified somebody will turn Nala into dinner or she’ll be found in a river or stream. “It would kill her,” Dougherty said. “She can’t swim.” About 10,000 bees were evidently too tired to fly, so they decided to hitch a ride on the wing of a plane used for flight school training at Beverly Airport in Massachusetts. At first, the bees swarmed over the left side of the aircraft, then landed on top of the left wing. The owner of the flight center called police, who told him to call local bee removal expert Al Wilkins. Wilkins used a specially designed vacuum to suck up the bees, and then relocated them to hives. Wilkins said the queen probably decided to take a break on the wing, and her servants followed. Heather Mills – who lost her left leg below the knee in an accident in 1993 – had to be rescued by two teenage boys when she tumbled over in a supermarket after losing her false leg in an accident. She wrote on her Twitter page: “Slipped on spilled milk while being followed down supermarket aisle by two teenage boys, ended up on my a** but they rescued my leg and me.” Heather thanked her “heroes” and was unhurt by the accident. Meanwhile, Heather has unveiled plans to release a meat-free dog food and is preparing to open her first vegan restaurant, V-Bites. Daniel Baldwin is reportedly jetting to the jungles of Costa Rica to replace Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt to join his brother Stephen as a member of “I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!” “The Hills” couple walked off the show shortly after the first episode aired Monday night. NBC reportedly drafted Daniel Baldwin to pair up with his younger sibling. Sources say the network is also lining up a second secret replacement. Other d-listers include Lou Diamond Phillips, Janice Dickinson, John Salley, Sanjaya Malakar, Patti Blagovich, Torrie Wilson, and comedy duo, Frangla members, Frances Callier and Anglea V. Shelton. The men were safe from elimination last night and nominated Patti to be exempt from being ejected. The last remaining “star” will be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle, winning the largest share of the prize for their favorite charity. Simon Cowell’s spokesman says “Britain’s Got Talent” sensation Susan Boyle is getting better after an anxiety attack, and Cowell plans to help her launch a professional career. The Scottish singer, who finished second in the competition, landed in a London hospital Sunday night after suffering what one of her brothers described as severe anxiety. Show judge Amanda Holden and Max Clifford, said Boyle should recover quickly now that she is getting treatment. Holden said Boyle does not have any underlying mental problems. Clifford said Cowell, who helped create the show, plan to work with Boyle after she’s better to make sure her career gets off to a good start. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Tuesday - 6/02/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Rocky Road Day 1886 President Grover Cleveland becomes the first and only president to marry in the White House while in office. He marries Frances Folsom.
101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A Chinese man lost his hand when it was ripped off at the wrist during a tug-of-war contest. Mr Shi, 30, of Shenzen, joined the beach tug of war competition with more than 100 of his colleagues. Entrants were divided into teams of five with Shi taking up the back position on his team. To stabilize himself, he wrapped the rope around his wrist and threw the loose end over his shoulder. His match was heading for a draw when members of the audience started helping both teams to try to end the stalemate - without noticing Shi's hand trapped in the rope. "I called on people to stop, but my voice was too quiet to be noticed," he said. The competition was eventually halted when people noticed Shi holding up his damaged limb. He was rushed to the Guangzhou Harmony Hand Hospital where his severed hand was reattached in a five hour operation. Hospital president Liang Ming said it would be another 10 days before it was known whether the operation had been a success. Next month, prison officials in France will let 196 prisoners out to ride bicycles around France in the first penal Tour de France. The 196 prisoners will be monitored by 124 guards and sports instructors, and they're under strict orders to stay together and not suddenly go riding off. It's designed to teach prisoners teamwork and self-esteem, and help them reintegrate into society. One prisoner said they hope to get early release if they behave well, and called it "a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison." Despite all the economic worries and predictions of depression, war and disaster, a new Gallup/University of Kansas study finds that most people around the world are optimistic. Nearly 90 percent believe the next five years will be as good or better than now, and 95 percent expect their own lives will be as good or better. The Irish, Brazilians and Danish are most optimistic, with Americans coming in 10th. The researchers said it's not surprising, since previous studies found people to be optimistic by nature. For instance, most people tend to underestimate their chances of getting divorced and think they will live longer and be more successful than average. Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi out-munched San Jose’s Joey Chestnut in a pizza-eating contest Saturday at Sony Studios in Culver City, California, in an event sponsored by Pizza Hut. The contest featured the P’zone, a pizza weighing one pound with pepperoni and other ingredients sealed inside a crust. Kobayashi, a six-time world hot dog eating champion, consumed 5 3/4 P’zones in a six-minute time span to edge out Chestnut, who wolfed down 5 1/2 P’zones. Portions of the eating event will air on Spike TV’s “Guys’ Choice” show on June 21st. The rivals will meet again at the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating showdown on New York’s Coney Island. A 21-year-old Silverdale, Washington, man picked the wrong time for a snack run. The Kitsap Sun reports that he pulled into the drive-thru lane of Wendy's late at night. But Wendy's was closed, and he fell asleep. Police found him there the next morning, asleep at the wheel of his still-running truck, with beer in his cup holder, marijuana in his pocket and drool running down his chin. Guys, if you want to know where the economy is headed next, look in your underwear drawer. If you're like most men, you've got more than a few skivvies in, well, less than perfect condition. If you're put off buying replacements -- and your significant other hasn't done it for you -- then guess what? The recession probably ain't over yet. Entertainment database company The Ulmer Scale has released its first major overview of star bankability with the addition of the Actors Hot List. Only two actors – Will Smith and Johnny Depp – managed to climb onto The Ulmer Scale’s renowned A+ list, scoring 96 and 95 points, respectively, out of a possible 100. Former No. 1 star Tom Cruise saw his ranking fall to 11th place, with 80 points, down 18 points from his 2007 tally. Mel Gibson suffered the biggest drop in star power, falling 26 points, followed by Jim Carrey with a 21-point dip. The Ulmer Scale’s Top 10:
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison came together yesterday to kick off the 2009 E3 Media & Business Summit with the world premiere of “The Beatles: Rock Band,” to be released worldwide on September 9th along with the entire, original, digitally re-mastered Beatles CD catalogue. Different venues played by the Beatles will be recreated for the game, including the Cavern Club in Liverpool, the Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium and the Budokan in Japan. Ten of the 45 songs in the game include “I Saw Her Standing There,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “I Feel Fine,” “Taxman,” “Day Tripper,” “Back In The USSR,” “I Am The Walrus,” “Octopus’s Garden,” “Here Comes The Sun” and “Get Back.” Meanwhile, “All You Need Is Love” will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 as a downloadable song through Xbox LIVE on September 9th, with all proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders. Check it all out at www.thebeatlesrockband.com. Nicole Kidman and hubby, country singer Keith Urban, are reportedly set to adopt a Vietnamese baby. Kidman and Urban want to give their 10-month-old daughter Sunday Rose a sibling and have already approached authorities to start the process. The U.S. government refuses to deal with adoptions from Vietnam over fears of baby trafficking and corruption. Although the couple lives in the U.S. they are using their Australian citizenship to help them. There have also been rumors that Kidman is pregnant, though there’s been no confirmation. TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Money, Money Monday - 6/01/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC .jpg)
A sad note: Dexter, KCs crayfish passed away. We don't know exactly when because the tank was pretty rank. At left is his grave and tombstone in our own 101 Gold Boot Hill. Today is Don't Give Up the Ship Day… National Leave the Office Earlier Day… Pen Pal Day… On this date in 1813, Captain James Lawrence of the "USS Chesapeake" was fatally wounded in a sea battle with the "HMS Shannon" -- Lawrence's dying words became the battle cry of the US Navy: "Don't give up the ship!" 101 number one song of the day was a surprise hit for everyone involved but mostly for the person who sang it. In fact, after it was recorded, she never expected to hear it again. It was a demo she did for music legend Quincy Jones who, at the time, had yet to achieve that vaunted status. He was a staff producer for Mercury Records who happened to hear today’s featured artist during her band’s very first paying gig. He liked what he heard and asked her to come in and lay down a couple of tracks but expectations were not very high. In fact, she was told that record companies often let these things sit on the shelf indefinitely. But as it so happened, one of the songs she recorded that day was about to be released by a rival record company and so Mercury rushed her single out to radio stations in NYC. A mere six days after she sang the song for the first time, she heard it on one of those stations and she almost drove off the road. It was then offered for wide release and it quickly climbed the charts. It arrived at the top on June 1, 1963 and became Quincy Jones first number one song. And the seventeen year old who recorded it, found herself with many more paying gigs from that time on. Here’s your 101 number one song of the day for Leslie Gore. “It’s My Party” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: An executive involved in the sale of pieces of the old Yankee Stadium says urinals are a hot commodity for those seeking New York Yankees mementos. Steiner Sports CEO Brandon Steiner said that while his company routinely receives requests for Yankee Stadium urinals, the potties from the former MLB stadium are not for sale. However, for those seeking an item from the former home of the New York Yankees there is a July auction that will find the actual Yankees dugout telephone up for sale. The old stadium’s foul poles will also be up for sale, along with the carpet from the team’s clubhouse. Residents who were fed-up living in Butt Hole Road have finally had the name changed. The street which houses four homes in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, has now been renamed Archer Way. The road was named after a communal water butt used centuries ago. Peter Sutton, who has lived on the street for six years said he got bored of all the jokes. Pranksters used to visit the street and bare their backsides for photographs while delivery firms refused to believe it existed. Elizabeth Brennan, 77, who uses the street for access to her home, told The Sun: "It was a bit tedious having the street laughed at all the time. The new name is much nicer." However, an internet petition to get the name changed back again has already started. Police in Boulder, Colorado, arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of slashing the tires of 46 vehicles. Police say he admitted the crime, but he had a good excuse. He blamed the tire-slashing spree on his frustration over his relationship with his mother. Also, on radiation from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. And on having to get braces on his teeth in the 1990s. At the Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair, researchers from North Korea's government health department introduced a new natural toothpaste that they claim has 10 traditional Korean pharmaceuticals. They claim it removes and prevent plaque and tartar, while killing germs that cause gum disease. Also, it can prevent colds and other diseases, it can be applied to burns and insect bites, and it can be rubbed into the scalp to cure eczema. An Ohio man arrested for mowing the tall grass at a public park said he just wanted to make his city look nice. John Hamilton said he took control of the situation because the grass in Sandusky’s Central Park was about a foot high. He said he was inspired by reports of Toledo’s mayor cutting grass around that city on his day off. Police said they arrested 48-year-old Hamilton after he refused to stop mowing and charged him with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct. City Manager Matt Kline called the arrest unfortunate and said he understands Hamilton’s frustration. Kline said budget cuts have left Sandusky understaffed for seasonal maintenance work. A Philadelphia man asked a judge to perform a wedding ceremony while the jury in his criminal trial was still deliberating his fate. Timothy Zalut, 20, was on trial for assault charges last week in Bucks County Court. When it appeared that he might have to go to jail, Zalut decided to tie the knot with his fiancée, Hayley Dykstra. The judge agreed to perform the ceremony while the jury was still out. A plea bargain finally brought the trial to a halt and Zalut was sentenced to five years probation. Scotland’s Susan Boyle, who became an Internet sensation with her ordinary looks and amazing voice, has reportedly been hospitalized from exhaustion. According to British newspapers, Boyle, who came in second to dance troupe “Diversity” on Saturday night’s “Britain’s Got Talent” finale, was taken to a clinic in London yesterday. In the days leading up to Saturday’s big show, things had not gone well for Boyle. She was caught on tape in a confrontation with two reporters, which ended up with police intervention. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA
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| Friday - 5/29/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is Hug Your Cat Day…Today is National Lovey Dovey Day. Decide how to celebrate it with someone special.
The 101 Number One Song of the day was written for Sam Cooke but his manager listened to it and tossed it into the trash. However, a bass player who had overheard a demo retrieved it from the rubbish and helped turn it into a hit. His name was Joe Osbourne, and when he heard Glen Campbell and others on the demo record he thought his boss would be the perfect guy to make it into something big. His boss thought so too and when he played it at the end of his TV show it was on its way to number one. It landed there on May 29th, 1961 for Ricky Nelson – “Travelin’ Man” Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion. A former steel worker from East London has secured his place in the record books by moving 37 pounds of live maggots from one container to another - in his mouth. Charlie Bell smashed the one-hour record for transporting maggots, but admitted afterwards that "It was disgusting". He said "I've been practicing at home with rice for months, but until that day I'd never had a mouth full of maggots. "I didn't realise that they would smell so revolting", he added. "It was like putting my head down a filthy public toilet. I was gagging and heaving violently but I was determined to do it." The record previously stood at 33 lbs, but Charlie isn't so sure he'd try again if someone beat his current mark. "If someone beats the maggot record, they're welcome to it", he told a local paper. It seems that Charlie's a bit of an all-round entertainer. He dabbles in stand-up comedy and has a YouTube channel that records his other "stomach-churning pranks". An El Paso, Texas, school principal says a missed high-five was an assault on her. The incident happened last week when school superintendant Lorenzo Garcia was giving principals high-fives while celebrating state test scores. When Garcia came to Brown Elementary School principal Mary Helen Lechuga and she didn’t raise her hand, Garcia whacked her on the head instead. Lechuga – a former district administrator who was recently demoted – filed a police complaint saying she felt pain and feared what he might do next. Garcia says she’s just a disgruntled employee. An investigation is underway. An Oregon man spent Memorial Day in jail after calling 911 to complain that a McDonald’s worker was rude and didn’t give him an orange juice he ordered. Police said the 20-year-old man wouldn’t listen when deputies told him the emergency number isn’t to be used for straightening out fast-food orders. A McDonald’s employee also called 911 during the incident, complaining that the man and the people with him were blocking the drive-thru lane and knocking on the restaurant windows. The man was accused of improper use of 911. He was bailed out Tuesday. Police in Lincoln, NE, are calling him the cigarette bandit. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the man walked into a convenience store yesterday wearing an empty Bud Light box on his head as a mask. He stole nine packs of smokes valued at nearly $50. Donald Trump says he’s a billionaire, but the author of a new book offers three unnamed sources who say he’s only a millionaire. Trump is suing writer Timothy O’Brien, saying the three unnamed sources who claim Trump’s net worth is between $150 million and $250 million has hurt his business. A judge said yesterday she would rule within two months on whether his lawsuit should be dismissed before it goes to trial. The lawsuit stems from the book “TrumpNation: The Art of the Donald,” which came out in 2006. Trump says O’Brien, who is now an editor at The New York Times, knew the lower estimates were not true and that it was malicious to include them. In a December 2007 deposition, Trump says his true net worth is harder to calculate because it includes the value of the Trump Brand. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: Join us tomorrow morning on Title Town Sports Talk with our guests, R. Todd Littlejohn the Aggie defensive backs coach, former Las Cruces High School basketball coach Mike Smith and Bulldawg head football coach Jim Miller. At 7 AM we’ll be discussing Title IX and its effect on high school sports. |
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| Thursday - 5/28/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
The quest for a Smurf gathering record...the story is below. Today is National Senior Health and Fitness Day… National Hamburger Day. 1888: Charlotte and Hiram Thorpe had a son near Prague, Oklahoma. They named him Wah-tho-huck, meaning "bright path," but the world would call him Jim. In 1950 the Associated Press called him the outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century. The 101 number one song of the day was the first released by its band’s self titled album and it was controversial – but no one was really sure what it was about – so the question remained just who should be offended. It was recorded in December 1969 at the famous studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama by a band once reviled as too scruffy and dirty for decent folk, but by the turn of the decade they became the ruling rock elite, gentlemen of leisure and members of the Jet Set. The first record released on their own label was simultaneously interpreted as a racist, sexist slur as well as referring to Mexican heroin. The vocals were somewhat scrambled following the advice of Fats Domino who once said, “You should never sing the words out very clearly.” In any event it was clearly destined to be a hit and on May 30, 1971 it was the number one song in America – for the Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar.” Today's photo: Students at Swansea University will take a rare break from their intense studying next month to attempt a world record gathering of Smurfs. More than 3,000 people will take part in the attempt by painting themselves blue and wearing white hats at the city's Oceana nightclub, on June 8. The current record for the number of Smurfs in one place - 1,253 - was set last July in Castleblayney, Northern Ireland. Under the strict rules for Smurf gatherings, each participant must be totally blue, with no "natural" skin visible at all. The students are receiving assistance from Jokers Masquerade, a fancy dress company in Newbury, which is lending them 3,000 Smurf and Smurfette costumes. Belgian cartoonist Peyo created the Smurfs - originally known as "Schtroumpfs" - for a local magazine in the late 1950s. However, they became a global phenomenon in the 1980s, when Hanna-Barbera produced a series based on their adventures. Prof. Jennifer Graves of Ireland's Royal College of Surgeons says that men may be on the road to extinction. She's a chromosome expert, and she says the Y chromosome that's responsible for maleness has decayed from 1,400 genes 300 million years ago to just 45 today. At that rate, men could be extinct in five million years. She says she doesn't know what would happen then, since women can't reproduce asexually, like lizards. The good news is that there are some male rodents like Japan's country rat that have no Y male chromosome and still reproduce, so some other gene must've taken over. Maybe men will evolve the same way. A Russian scientist has claimed that an alien spaceship sacrificed itself to prevent a gigantic meteor from destroying earth a century ago. Dr Yuri Labvin, head of the Tunguska Spatial Phenomenon Foundation, has found quartz slabs with strange markings that he thinks were part of a UFO control panel. He made the discovery near the site of the so-called "Tunguska event" - a massive and so-far unexplained explosion that devastated more than 100 square miles of Siberian forest in June 1908. Dr Labvin claims the slabs provide evidence that a spacecraft deliberately crashed into the meteor to prevent it slamming into Earth and wiping out life on the planet. "We don't have any technologies that can print such kind of drawings on crystals," he explains. "We also found ferrum silicate that can not be produced anywhere, except in space." Police in Fort Smith, Arkansas, were called Monday night to the E-Z Mart, where the clerk told them that a man entered the store and lifted his shirt to show a pistol tucked in his waistband. A man who called himself “Joel Stevens” told the clerk he “hated to do this,” but he was a diabetic and needed $40 from the register to buy insulin. The clerk said the money in the register wasn’t his to give out, but he could give him $40 from his own pocket. The robber accepted the money, thanked him and shook his hand before leaving. Things could have been a lot worse for a 52-year-old Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, man. Police said the unnamed man was trying to enter a gate community in the Poconos when he fell out of his truck while trying to open the gate and was run over by his own vehicle. The man wasn’t injured, but that’s probably because he was allegedly drunk at the time. Police are awaiting the results of a blood test before deciding whether to charge him with driving under the influence. “American Idol” sponsor AT&T admits a few overeager company employees helped Arkansas fans vote by text at viewing parties – but swears it didn’t influence the final results. Kris Allen of Conway, Arkansas, ended up winning the “Idol” title last week over frontrunner Adam Lambert. AT&T said that in the future the company will ensure employees understand that its sponsorship “celebrates the competition, not individual contestants.” Meanwhile, Fox and the show’s producers said they are certain the results are “fair, accurate and verified,” and that the integrity of the voting process was protected against unfair influence. Jessica Simpson is gearing up to star in a new reality TV show. A source tells Us magazine that Jessica and a friend will “set off on a road trip around the world in search of what people find beautiful and why.” “The Price of Beauty” will feature Simpson trying some of the “shocking things women do to make themselves beautiful,” the source said. Stephen Baldwin has a plan if he runs out of food during “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” He says if he has “to resort to cannibalism,” he’ll “be eating Sanjaya first.” But, Sanjaya doesn’t think it’s a good idea because he’s so skinny he doesn’t have that much meat on his bones. “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” starts Monday on NBC. Will Ferrell is raising money for a cancer charity by rolling out a new range of sunscreens. Ferrell has slapped his name and image on a trio of lotions, available in Sexy Hot Tan, Sunstroke and Forbidden Fruit, in a bid to encourage people to lather on protective cream while at the same time raising money for Cancer For College, a foundation which gives scholarships to cancer patients. All three bottles feature images of Ferrell in various states of undress. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA
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| Wednesday - 5/27/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Congressman Harry Teague was our in studio guest this morning on 101 Gold. If you need to get ahold of him for any reason call 1 888 9TEAGUE. Today is Bloomer Day, marking the birth of Amelia Bloomer on May 27, 1818. She crusaded for sensible clothes for women. The first athletic pants for women, "Bloomers," were named for her. National Clean Sneakers Appreciation Day. 1679: The Habeas Corpus Act, which guarantees prisoners must be brought before a court and not unlawfully detained, was passed in Britain. The 101 number one song of the day was sung by a guy who quit his band to be a dentist and getting him to rejoin the group was like pulling teeth. The group had a few hits but he was sure they’d hang it up after a few months of moderate success. His future, he was sure, was rooted in root canal. So he left the west coast to head east and pursue that career. But then one of the songs they had recorded became a top three single so the band’s leader and creative force called him up and after some persuasion got him to quit school and rejoin the group. When he did he got to sing lead on one of their biggest hits and on May 28, 1965 it was number one in America. The convincer was Brian Wilson; the convincee was Al Jardine and here’s the 101 number one song of the day – “Help Me Rhonda” The 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Do you have an inner-wolf? If you can howl like a wolf and are willing to spend a night making that sound in the Maine woods, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to hear from you. The Wolf Inquiry Project will hold “howling surveys” in several areas this summer in an effort to find out if wolves are resettling in Maine. Timothy Wayne Martin of Auburn, Washington, was charged with felony indecent exposure after witnesses at his apartment complex spotted him allegedly using his genitals to put on a puppet show. They say he was standing over an air conditioner unit, wearing nothing but a flannel shirt, with a string attached to himself and manipulating it with the string like a puppet. The FDA has approved a new anti-wrinkle drug to compete with Botox. Like Botox, Dysport is a toxin that temporarily paralyzes muscles that make wrinkles. But it's about 20 percent cheaper, and it could set off a price war that lowers the cost of looking younger for recession-strapped patients. One dermatologist warned that Dysport tends to spread more than Botox, so people who administer it will have to learn to apply it precisely and conservatively to keep from freezing someone's entire face. An Akron, Ohio, man who has lived on the same street for more than 40 years got the shock of his life when police ticketed him for criminal damage for cleaning out a pothole. An undercover officer spotted 81-year-old James Stacy in the street with a pickax and a broom last week. Stacy said he cleared the 3-foot-wide hole near his home because he expected a crew to patch it and he wanted the patch to last longer. The officer charged Stacy with criminal damage, saying he destroyed fresh asphalt and ignored a warning. Stacy says he was never cautioned to stop. He also says he didn’t destroy freshly laid asphalt as the officer contends. Stacy was in court yesterday and pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 90 days in jail if convicted. Police in Wheeling, WV, arrested a woman after she hit a parked car. It wasn't that Washington, D.C., tops the American College of Sports Medicine’s new list of America’s fittest cities. The list is based on personal factors – including the percentage of residents who smoke, are obese, get regular physical activity, eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and have conditions such as diabetes and heart disease – and on local resources such as parks, farmers’ markets, number of primary health care providers, and crime rates. The top 10 metropolitan rankings and their scores: Tweets from two of the most popular users of Twitter, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, could come to a screeching halt if Twitter TV becomes a reality. Producers say the Twitter TV show would put players on the trail of celebrities in an interactive, competitive format. Kutcher, who has nearly two million followers, tweets he doesn’t like “being sold out” and “it’s all fun and games until somebody gets stalked.” Demi Moore, who has more than a million Twitter followers, said, “Twitter time may come to a quick and sad end!” Do you know an older person who is fighting mad about the switch to digital THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA |
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| Tuesday - 5/26/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC Congrats to Tony Sanchez who is this week's Birthday watch winner from Jones & Company Jewelers and 101 Gold Today is Go Barefoot Around the House Day… The 101 number one song of the day was the first single to be number one simultaneously in America and Great Britain – five weeks here and seven weeks there. It came from the duo who would have one of the most public breakups in music history. After nine consecutive hits on Cadence records, this duo signed an unprecedented 10 year, $1,000,000 contract with a brand new label based in Burbank, California. 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A man with a beard in the shape of a snowshoe was awarded the top prize during the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships in Anchorage, Alaska. David Traver, 43, of Anchorage, bested 140 facial hair-wearing competitors from around the globe to win the commemorative gold pan and salmon fishing trip. Traver’s beard featured 20.5 inches of facial hair dyed multiple colors and woven into the shape of a snowshoe. Traver, who also took home the top prize in the freestyle beard category, now plans to shave for charity. His beard will be cut off in the name of whoever makes the largest donation to Covenant House. Then he plans to grow a moustache. A hooky-playing high school student who rear-ended a Tampa police cruiser was also doing another no-no. Katelyn Blaylock, 18, told police that she rear-ended Officer Tanya Manning’s police cruiser at a red light Wednesday because she was distracted by texting on her cell phone. Blaylock and a passenger riding in the front seat of her car were treated for minor injuries caused when the car’s airbags deployed. Officer Manning was not injured. Police said Blaylock and two passengers in her car were students who should have been at Freedom High School at the time of the collision. Police in Memphis said the large eye holes in a robber’s mask allowed a KFC manager to recognize him as a recently fired employee. Laketa Hollowell said she unlocked the front door of the restaurant Saturday morning after hearing a knock at the back door and a masked man armed with a knife rushed into the business and demanded money from a safe. Hollowell said she recognized the man as Ezederick Jones, 18, an employee who had been fired the previous day, because of the large eye holes in his mask. Her hand was cut during a struggle and Jones fled after she addressed him by name. The manager called police and Jones was arrested within hours, investigators said. A Cheyenne, Wyoming, man REALLY loves his dog. Bobby Jenkins saved his dog’s life after sucking venom from a rattlesnake bite out of the animal’s nose. Jenkins began feeling ill after getting his dog, Tank, to a veterinarian. He went to the hospital and received a dose of antivenin. In all, Jenkins needed four vials of antivenin at a cost of $3,500 per vial. Meanwhile, Jenkins said his dog’s head swelled up to three times its normal size. Tank had been bitten after running under some equipment on the family ranch. The dog also received antivenin and both Jenkins and Tank have since recovered. Police in Iowa City, Iowa, pulled over a man on a traffic violation and noticed he had pot on his breath and a green, leafy substance on his shirt. He eventually gagged, and a bag of marijuana came out of his mouth. He had been trying to get rid of the evidence by eating his stash of marijuana, plastic bag and all. Some of the world's best known books have been condensed down to Twitter size. Tim Collins, author of The Little Book Of Twitter, has transformed them into 140 characters. They include Shakespeare's Hamlet which becomes: 'Danish guy's mum marries his murdered father's brother. He sees his dad's ghost. Everyone dies.’ Wuthering Heights by Jane Austin becomes the pithy: 'Catherine Earnshaw marries Edgar Linton but really loves Heathcliff *sigh*.' James Joyce's Ulysses is reduced to: 'Man walks around Dublin. We follow every minute detail of his day. He's probably overtweeting.' Collins has also had a go at some modern best-sellers like Dan Brown's The Da Vince Code: 'Professor of symbology tries to solve a murder by following clues around touristy locations in Europe. Very few paragraphs are longer than tweets.' A small Japanese restaurant is booked out weeks in advance thanks to a member of staff - a monkey waiter. Fuku-chan greets guests and takes them hot towels at the end of their meals at the Kayabuki restaurant, 60 miles north of Tokyo. A diner said: "He has these airs and graces that make him look just like a French waiter at a posh restaurant." Restaurant owner Kaoru Otsuka said: "It all started when I gave him a hot towel out of curiosity and he took it to the customer." A man on a quest to visit every Starbucks has run into a logistical challenge: Starbucks is closing many stores before he can get there. The contracted economy has forced the chain to shutter hundreds of stores, including 300 early this year. The software programmer has been to more than 9-thousand Starbucks in the United States and abroad and his problem is that Starbucks doesn't disclose which stores are closing until shortly before their demise. 37-year-old RAFAEL LOZANO Jr, who goes by WINTER, tells the Wall Street Journal "I am in a race against time." He started his Starbucks adventures back in 1997, and likes "the variations between stores." Winter admits having "mildly obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and a mild addiction to coffee." Winter's single, by the way, with no kids. His parents think his hobby is "a waste of time." He estimates about 25-percent of his six-digit salary goes towards globe-hopping for java. Winters says "Pointless though it might it be, a goal is a goal." A rep for Billy Joel says the singer did not back out of last week’s “American Idol” finale. In a blog post, contestant Scott MacIntyre claimed that Joel had been invited to perform with MacIntyre and Matt Giraud on last Wednesday’s show but that he “was unable to make it in the end.” However, Joel’s rep adamantly insists that he “was never invited on ‘American Idol’ to perform with Scott. He did not pull out. He’s currently on tour.” “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan has slammed Ringo Starr amid reports the Beatles legend snubbed an elderly autograph-hunter. Ringo reportedly turned down an elderly lady when she asked for his signature at the Chelsea Flower Show in London last week. A livid Morgan launched a furious verbal attack on the rocker, saying, “Ringo was always the least talented, ugliest, jammiest member of The Beatles. We can now add the words ‘disgusting,’ ‘selfish,’ ‘greedy’ and ‘thoughtless’ to the list too.” Last fall, Ringo released a video on his official Web site telling fans that if they sent in any requests for autographs they would be shredded without reply because he has “too much to do.” After public outcry, Starr said it was a misunderstanding and retracted the statement. Paul McCartney has had his London home removed from Google street view after he made a complaint. McCartney was furious when he discovered fans could see his multi-million-dollar home online. It was photographed along with others on the posh street as part of Google’s ground-level views of the city. Sir Paul’s security team, who monitor access to the house 24 hours a day, complained to Google. McCartney has been extra careful about security since John Lennon was murdered in 1980. A Google spokesman said anyone can remove their house from the site by clicking a button. Jon and Kate Gosselin, from “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” arrived separately for their sextuplets’ fifth birthday party. During the bash, they barely spoke to each other. Clearly, there was some serious tension as the new season started last night on the TLC series. But Jon and Kate addressed the media firestorm that has engulfed them. “Did I ever think I’d see myself on the front of the tabloids?” Kate asked. “Or see those words that are there? No. It kills me,” she added. And Jon, who insisted he was “being innocent and hanging out” despite reports of an affair with a 23-year-old schoolteacher, said, “I never read a tabloid magazine until I was in one. And the first one I bought was the last one I bought.” As the couple reflected on their public lives and how it has made their marriage a bomb, Jon and Kate were filmed individually, each seated alone on a sofa. Both Gosselins seem to have a serious foul taste in their mind for the media, blaming them for much of the controversy that has surrounded them. Ben Stiller’s “Night at the Museum” sequel and Christian Bale’s “Terminator Salvation” had a big weekend at the holiday box office. Stiller’s “Museum” took in $53.5 million from Friday to Sunday. “Terminator Salvation” pulled in $43 million over the same period, plus $13.4 million on Thursday, opening day. Its total since opening stands at $56.4 million. A man stole Kevin Bacon’s cell phone in a New York City subway last Thursday. After a failed attempt at chasing down the thief that ran away with his Blackberry, Bacon enlisted the help of the NYPD. Bacon called the cops after losing track of the man while running through the station’s crowd. Twitter wants to do a TV series. The social-networking service has teamed with Reveille productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the site, which invites 140-character postings from members around the world. The show would harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities in an interactive, competitive format. No further details were available on the show’s format, or when it might hit the air. Hugh Hefner is reportedly lining up British billionaire Richard Branson to take over his Playboy empire. Hef’s company – founded 56 years ago – posted losses of $13 million for the first three months of 2009. Sources suggest the 83-year-old is thinking of retiring and is courting Virgin boss Branson as a potential buyer, with a price-tag of $300 million. A Playboy spokesperson denies any offers have been made, but admits Hef would “listen to proposals that could create value for all of our shareholders.” THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA:
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| Friday - 5/22/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Wig Out day, a day to celebrate wigs bobs, and mullets. National Maritime Day. National Vanilla Pudding Day. 1782: Responding to a suggestion from military leaders that Congress was inept and that the U.S. should become a monarchy, General George Washington refused the title of King George the First of the United States and insisted the schemers banish such thoughts from their minds. Only two human beings on the planet have ever shared label billing with the Beatles. The first was Tony Sheridan, and only by virtue of the fact that long before they were popular, the Beatles had backed him up on several tracks. The other is involved in today’s 101 number one song of the Day. The second was an American keyboard player. It was totally unexpected. “It was something,” he said, “that I could have never asked for or no manager could negotiate, just something they felt for me.” Many people have been called the fifth Beatle, but if anyone truly deserves the title, it’s Billy Preston – and that brings us to the number one song on May 22, 1969 and today’s 101 number one song of the day – the Beatles and Billy Preston “Get Back” A would-be gangster shot himself in the crotch when his gun went off half cocked in his pocket. Lukas Neuhardt, 27, had forgotten to put the safety catch on when he stuffed the gun into his trouser pocket to impress pals in Saarbruecken, Germany. He told paramedics that a masked mugger had blasted him in the crotch in a bungled robbery. But police found a hole in his statement when they saw that the gunshot had miraculously left his trousers intact. Now - after surgeons stitched his happy to see ya’ back together - he's facing up to three years in jail for breaching Germany's tough new anti gun laws. Fire officials in Washington State said a sunny day and a dog’s glass water bowl combined to cause a blaze that charred the back of a home. Bellevue Fire Department investigators determined the glass bowl of water focused sunlight enough to act like a magnifying glass and start the fire on the home’s wood deck Sunday. Investigators said there was no electrical wiring or other possible cause. The homeowners were away, but neighbors noticed the smoke and flames. The family dog was rescued. Damage is estimated at $215,000. You've never played this kind of tag, hopefully. Peninsula Daily News reports a Clallam County, Washington, man burned himself up playing "lighter tag" Monday night. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: |
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| Thursday - 5/21/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
Today is National Waitstaff Day, a day to honor waiters and waitresses. 1819: The first bicycles, imported from England, appeared on the streets of New York City. Within a month, the city banned the new-fangled machines as being hazardous to public safety. 101 number one song of the day was the big payoff for a group that struggled for years after they lost their record deal and their name right around the same time. The quintet was formed in Chicago in 1960 and were signed by Mercury. Their first single, “Pots and Pots” failed to clean up. They were dropped from the label and had to relinquish the name they were using because another group had first claim to it. They added a “C” in front of their old name in a nod to their hometown. And they continued to perform – and struggle. Finally, in the seventies they began to click and on May 21, 1972, their perseverance paid off with the number one song in America. Their old name, by the way, was the “Hi-Lites” but with the addition of the “C” they became the Chi-lites and this is the 101 number one song of the day (Oh Girl) 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: The British PR firm Lucre conducted an experiment at four companies: a restaurant, an ad agency, an architect firm and a lingerie maker. For eight weeks, workers were allowed to take at least one shower break a day. Later, in questionnaires, the workers said the showers gave them a quiet break from the hectic workplace, refreshed them when they were tired, and they got some of their best ideas in there. All reported increases of 33 percent in creativity and 42 percent in productivity. And 23 percent said a shower at work put them in a better mood. Privacy advocates plan to call on the Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of “whole-body imaging,” the technology that critics say performs a “virtual strip search” and produces “naked” pictures of passengers. The national campaign, which will gather signatures from organizations and relevant professionals, is set to launch this week with the hope that it will go “viral.” Right now, without regulations on what the Transportation Security Administration does with this technology, “People need to know what’s happening, with no sugar-coating and no spinning,” according to the Privacy Coalition, a conglomerate of 42 member organizations. The sci-fi-looking whole-body imaging machine was first introduced at an airport in Phoenix in November 2007. There are now 40 machines, which cost $170,000 each, being tested and used in 19 airports. Critics say they are concerned not only with what the machines can do now, but what they will be able to do in the future. A top fossil expert from Paris believes he's solved the mystery of why the Neanderthals went extinct: the ancestors of modern humans ate them. He says the study of a Neanderthal jawbone indicates that he was butchered like a deer by humans, and his teeth possibly used to make a necklace. A Sandy, Utah, boy is trying to get into the record books by covering his face with live snails. Eleven-year-old Fin Keheler allowed 43 of the slimy mollusks to be put on his face Saturday. He wants the Guinness World Records to verify his effort. The Guinness Web site says the record set in 2007 for snails on the face for 10 seconds is eight. The boy says he has since learned the record was 36. Fin made three attempts on Saturday. Sitting in a reclining chair, snails gathered from neighbors were carefully placed on his face. Those that remained for at least 10 seconds were counted. His family is sending witness statements, video and media coverage to Guinness this week. A New York man who purchased dentures for his business partner is accused of taking the false teeth back at gunpoint. Joseph Nativo, 47, is accused of confronting business partner Gennario Sibbio, 40, at the Atec Environmental office in Clifton, New York, on May 7th. Nativo allegedly brandished a revolver and demanded that Sibbio hand over the choppers. He also allegedly took $1,200, two cell phones, a Bluetooth device and Sibbio’s jacket. Nativo, who denies there was a gun involved in the incident, said his actions were not a crime. “I didn’t steal (the teeth). I asked for them back because I paid for them,” Nativo said, adding he purchased the false teeth for Sibbio because “he didn’t look respectable when he talked to customers.” Nativo claims Sibbio stole $27,000 from the company. Police were called to the set of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Monday when No Doubt fans caused chaos after they were turned away from seeing the band perform. The band played an open-air gig for “Ellen’s Backlot Bash” in Burbank, and many of their loyal fans waited for more than seven hours in the sweltering heat to see their idols. But, despite having tickets, around 500 fans were refused entry and cops were called in to control the angry crowd. Apparently the show’s producers underestimated how many people could fit in the venue. DeGeneres is trying to make amends for the incident. A posting on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s” Web site asks fans to fill out a brief form and tell their story. “I never want to turn people away; if you were, we’re trying to reach you,” the posting says. THE TITLETOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA |
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| Wednesday - 5/20/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC Today is Eliza Doolittle Day, a time to promote the importance of speaking one's native language properly. 1506: Christopher Columbus died in Spain. There was no notice given of his death; only a few attended the funeral. Nobody knows for sure where he's buried, though some believe his remains were moved to the Dominican Republic. 101 number one song of the day was inspired by a busy schedule. The guys who wrote it had trouble making time… to make time. The year was 1967 and Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati were enjoying their success as leaders of a hot new band out of New York City. The only downside was they were working so hard and so long they didn’t get much of an opportunity to get together with their girlfriends. However, there was at least one day a week that they could relax and make time to make time. And that is the subject of the song which rose to the top of the charts on May 20, 1967 for the Rascals… “Groovin’” 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A Croatian politician has been swept to power after promising voters he would rip them off at every opportunity. Josko Risa was voted in as mayor in Prolozac with a landslide victory using the slogan: "All for me - nothing for you." "I just told them the truth. This town will be like my family business. If I get a little something, so do they," he explained. Locals who backed Risa said they would be happy to have him as mayor, despite his bizarre campaign pledge. Ivan Vjisnic, 57, said: "We know what we're letting ourselves in for. "We're going to get ripped off no matter who takes over. At least he's being honest and up front about it. And he has said that if things get better for him then they will get better for us." Vincente Fernandez was arrested in Aguascalientes, Mexico. He's accused of dressing in a charro, or singing cowboy, costume, and pulling out a machete to rob passersby. Worse, he forced them to listen to his singing. At least one man claims Fernandez held the machete to his throat and made him listen as he sang. A Pew Research Center survey on happiness found that Republicans are happier than Democrats, regardless of income. Seniors are happier than baby boomers, and old men are happier than old women. So the happiest people in America are old, male Republicans. Britain's Daily Mail reports that the Slovakian lingerie company Lisca is marketing a new bra called the "Smart Memory Bra." It has a memory foam that expands to fit the curves as the fabric warms to your skin temperature. But it might have an embarrassing side effect for women. If they get near a man they find attractive, and start feeling a little hot and bothered, the man will know because the foam will expand and their boobs will rise up and look bigger. The Florida Department of Corrections reports that "Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day" was something of a disaster this year. Of the kids who were taken to see their parents' workplaces at three state prisons, 43 were shocked during stun gun demonstrations, and another group was exposed to tear gas. It resulted in three guards being fired, two resigning, and 16 more people, including a warden, being disciplined. DOC Secretary Walt McNeil said he can't imagine what the officers were thinking to test a stun gun on kids, or why their parents gave them permission to try it. Credit card companies probably know more about you than you know about yourself. They track purchases and did a study. They found, for instance, that 22-hundred of the hundred-thousand card holders who used their credit cards in drinking places missed four payments within the next 12 months. By contrast, only 530 of the cardholders who used their credit cards at the dentist missed four payments within the next 12 months. People who bought premium wild bird seed rarely went bad on their debts. Whereas people who bought chrome accessories for their car, they walked away from their debts more often. The thinking was that if spent money on something you're going to give away --to birds you don't own, in this case-- you're the type of person to pay off a credit card on time, because they feel this sense of moral obligation. A big thing they look for is any change in your pattern. Say you never used your credit card to buy groceries before. All of a sudden, you start using it in the grocery store. The search is on for some little “Fockers.” The studio that’s making the third “Meet the Parents” film is looking for a boy and a girl to play the son and daughter of Ben Stiller and Teri Polo’s characters. Both kids need to be around 6, 7 or 8. The boy’s character is described as “a little oversensitive and kind.” The girl is a tomboy. Since kids can only work a little each day, identical twins or triplets could have an advantage. Filming on the movie, which doesn’t have a confirmed title yet, will be in California from July through October. Casting calls are May 30th in three locations: Newport Beach and North Hollywood, California, and New York City. For details, or to send your kid’s resume and photo, e-mail: castingfockers@gmail.com. THE TITLE TOWN SPORTS MINUTE WITH PAUL CARRARA: |
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| Tuesday - 5/19/2009 Posted By: Mike & KC 
The wall climbing cat story is below. Today is Circus Day, marking the first performance of the Ringling Brothers Circus on this day in 1884. It was formed by four brothers from Baraboo, Wisconsin… 1310: Shoes were designed specifically for the right and left foot for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Parents can now help their children do well in school - by buying a ball and chain that only unlocks when they have studied for long enough. Concerned moms and dads set the desired study time on the Study Ball and attach it to their child's ankle. A red digital display counts down the 'Study Time Left' and the device beeps and unlocks when the time expires. The prison-style device weighs 21 pounds, making it difficult to move while wearing it. It cannot be locked for more than four hours and comes with a safety key that allows the manacle to be opened at anytime. The ball and chain costs $150 and is sold online at curiosite.com. The website says: "Quite often, students who are having problems concentrating tend to get up every ten minutes to watch TV, talk on the phone, What does it take for airlines to be on time more often? A recession, apparently. The Department of Transportation reports that "U-S airlines' on-time performance during the first three months of 2009 was the best for that period since 2003." Nothing like a collapse in business travel and a slashing of flights to finally unclog the skies. WLTX-TV reports that Waffle House waitress Yakeisha Ward of Clarendon County, South Carolina, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill for allegedly shooting a disgruntled customer. Crystal Samuel said, "I thought I was gonna get me an All-Star. Grits, sausage, toast, eggs and a waffle." But she said Ward told them they couldn't eat from carry-out trays inside the restaurant. That started an argument that prompted Samuel to throw a waffle at Ward, who fetched a gun from her car. It discharged. A bullet fragment hit Samuel in the arm, then Ward allegedly hit her in the head with the gun. Deputies broke it up. Ward is free on $500 bail. Samuel had just three words to say about Waffle House: "Bad customer service." The BIC Cristal ball pen is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The pen was first introduced to the American consumer in 1959 and cost 19 cents. Despite an inflation rate of 622% since that time, the price of the pen has never changed. Today, U.S. retailers sell approximately 400,000 BIC Cristal ball pens everyday – 146 million a year! Here are more fun BIC facts: | ||