Mayor Matt Harter and his first 100 days!

Well, how is he doing? I live in Minnesota, so am not quite as in tune with what the new Mayor has been up to and from what I am hearing, he is doing all the right things, but it is still to early to tell. Click here for story!

Cash for Clunkers is broke!

That's it, all the money is gone!! Wow, we just started this program and had 1 billion alotted for it! Holy smokes, America had a lot of clunkers on the road! After just one week, they may pull the plug on the extremely popular program. Click here to learn more.

Happy Hour arrives at the White House.

President Obama knocked back some cold beer in the Rose Garden with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and police Sgt. James Crowley of Cambridge, Mass., the two men at the heart last week of a heated debate over race in America. Vice President Biden also joined them in a gathering that some dubbed the "beer summit" to clear the air after the recent uproar. Obama described it afterward as a "friendly, thoughtful conversation." "I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart," Obama said. "I am confident that has happened here tonight, and I am hopeful that all of us are able to draw this positive lesson from this episode." Click here for more.

A Seinfeld Reunion?!

Yep, HBO's comedy series "Curb" will feature the Seinfeld cast in the season finale. It marks the first time in 11 years that Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards have appeared together on screen. They will appear in 5 episodes during the season in a storyline about the cast reuniting. He says he worked closely with Seinfeld on the show-within-a-show script. Click here for more!

Hollywood Trash

Country singer Tim McGraw does not like to see a woman being abused...at his concert in California last weekend he saw a man abusing a woman, stopped his concert and refused to continue unless the man was removed from the Venue! You go Tim! Actor Sidney Poitier will receive quite an honor from the President. He and 15 others will recieve the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The president will present the awards at a ceremony on August 12th.

Pose naked??

These guys from a Virginia Retirement Community did and it was for a good cause....a volunteer rescue squad...click here....if you dare :)

The baby is alive!

At least there is a positive ending to a tragedy. A baby girl who was cut from her mother's womb has been found alive and two people were arrested in the woman's killing, police said. What would possess someone to do something so horrific to another human being. It's very sad. Click here to read the complete story.

"Beer Summit" is here!

The president will drink Bud Light, Gates has said he likes Red Stripe, while Sgt. James Crowley mentioned to the president that he prefers Blue Moon. Quite the variety and weather permitting, the three will hoist a cold one on the picnic table next to the White House's new swing set around 6 p.m today! Click here for more.

Phelps sets new world record!

Michael Phelps set a new world record in the 200m butterfly final in the FINA World Swimming Championships.

Mr. Vick "No thanks"!

Boy, oh boy, no luck so far for Michael Vick. So far the New York Giants, Jets, Dallas Cowboys and now the Washington Redskins have all said "No" to Michael. Some think the New England Patriots is where he will land a gig! We shall see, read more here.

International Cancer Experts say it's deadly!

International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. Now that is scary! For years they have been listed as Probable Carcinogens - boy, not any more. They say that the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. If you need for some reason to have an extra glow, consider Spray Tanning. Click here for the complete story.

It is not over for Dr. Murray

This will go on for a long time. Authorities raided the Dr's home yesterday morning without warning. Dr. Murray was home at the time and many things were confisgated including a hard drive and more. An official close to the investigation said that Jackson relied on propofol like an alarm clock, instructing doctors to stop the IV when he wanted to wake up. It's a drug authorities believe he may have been using for two years. How scary is that?? "Everyone needs to take a breath and wait for these long-delayed toxicology results," Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, said . "Things tend to shake out when all the facts are made known, and I'm sure that will happen here as well." Read more here.

Blue M & M dye could be a cure??!!

Tests in rats showed the dye, called brilliant blue G, a close relative of the common food dye Blue no. 1, crossed into the spinal fluid and helped block inflammation - so, we should eat a bunch of blue M & M's if we have a back ache?? Ok, maybe not, but it's good to hear about a cure! Click here for details!

Brett says "No" to Vikings and "Yes" to staying retired!

Thank you Brett!! That was the best news I heard all day!! No #4 on a purple jersey!! Click here for all the details!

This dog never leaves the house without his sunglasses on!

Fei Fei's owner wanted his dog's eyes to be protected but never thought he would actually wear them, and now he never leaves the house without them!

Jackson's doctor game him the deadly dose...

The night before Michael Jackson died, his own live-in doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, administered a powerful drug that may have killed him. It is an extremely dangerous drug that is used in hospitals to bring people under before surgeries and the patient needs to be monitered at all times. The investigation continues....read more.

Jihad plotted in North Carolina!

Man, it's right here and I am sure there is more than we know going on too. This guys looks like just a regular "Joe", but he and a group of men, including 2 that are his sons, were planning violent Jihad. The attacks were planned for abroad, not here in the states. Read more.

'Vick'tory for Vick?

Well, he is back. Nearly 2 years after he was con'vick'ted of a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia, Michael Vick was reinstated to the National Football League on a conditional basis. He will be considered for full reinstatement and to play in regular-season games by Week 6 based on the progress he makes in his transition plan. Can he stay out of trouble?? I think he will cause problems within a year....what do you think. Read more here.

This Video is amazing....close your eyes and listen to the rain!!

Does this show really work...do the relationships last?

The Bachelorette Jillian Harris has chosen her man! Do you care?? I never saw an episode, but this story reads like a romance novel, ya know, something you'd curl up on the couch with on a rainy day! What a way to find love! Click here for all the details!

She really did step down!

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning "to chart a new course to advance the state." Hmmmm, will she start off with her Memior or maybe have a TV or Radio Show of her own?? Hard to say, but she sure did have a lot to say in her final speech...She warned against "anti-hunting, anti-Second Amendment circuses from Hollywood" that use "delicate, tiny celebrity starlets" to push their cause. "Hollywood needs to know -- we eat, therefore, we hunt," Palin told a cheering crowd. Click here for more.

I would like to have a beer and chill with the President too!!

President Obama's sit-down with Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. over some brews is expected to take place early this week. He called both men last Friday and invited them to the meeting in which the President will try to broker the peace between Crowley, whose supporters say he was unfairly maligned by the president's comments for doing his job, and Gates, whose backers say he was a victim of racial profiling. Click here for more.

Did Lance win??

Nope! He did come in an impressive 3rd though. His clan was there showing their support and were wearing yellow, but Lance was not. His rival and teammate Alberto Contador was wearing the coveted and hard-won yellow jersey. Click here for more!

American Idol Contestant was hit by car & died.

25-year-old former two-time "American Idol" contestant has been struck and killed by a car in a New Jersey shore town. I am sure you remember her if you were an Idol watcher...she was always angry by the judges opinions and would go off on an angry rant. Read more here.

Who sang like a Canary?

Someone tipped off the police on the illegal Canary Fighting Ring...will they sing and tell all?? I had to read this story a few times...did not believe it, but gamblers will do anything to gamble I guess. 100+ canaries and finchs were seized in Connecticut this past weekend, $8000 in cash and 19 people arrested. Click here for more details.

The Police are angry!

Ok, I watched this news story last night on one of the major networks and have my own opinion from what I heard. A lady passing by the home of this Harvard Professor saw someone breaking in through the front door, or at least that's what it looked like to her. She called the police. By the time the police got there, whomever it was had already gone inside the home. The officer followed standard proceedure for a possible break-in and knocked on the door and asked for ID from the gentleman and explained why he was there. The story goes from there that the professor accused the cop of harrassment/and being racist. My thoughts are that if a neighbor or passerby thinks my house is being robbed and called the cops and they came to question me....I'd be grateful that someone was looking out for me and our neighborhood. Why was it such a big deal to give the officer an ID and explain that the door was sticking and thanks for coming to check on the situation......Maybe I do not have all the facts...that is possible. Now Obama is under fire....read more here.

Today's the Day, the Minimum Wage goes up!

Today the federal minimum wage goes from $6.55 to $7.25. Will it help or kill jobs? Nation wide minimum wage workers will get a raise in 29 states. In the remaining 21 states and Washington, D.C., they'll see no change. Click here for all the details!

Bill Joel is finally dating someone his age!

Just a month after separating from wife No. 3, the Piano Man is dating Alex Donnelley, the former star of "The Young and The Restless." She is turning 50 soon! Joel -- who continues to break records touring stadiums with Elton John this summer -- met her through friends backstage at his recent Washington, DC, concert. Good luck Alex!

Volunteers needed for Chocolate Study!! Count me in!

A University in England is doing a study into the potential health benefits of dark chocolate and are looking for 40 new post-menopausal female volunteers with type 2 diabetes. Shoot, I guess I can't, but imagine HAVING to eat dark chocolate everyday!! Whoo hoo! They are testing whether the chocolate’s flavonoid compounds can help reduce the risk of heart disease. Whatever?! Anyway, click here to read more.

A man from a New York City suburb has been charged with joining al Qaeda and taking part in a rocket attack against a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Bryant Neal Vinas has worked as a truck driver and for the Long Island Rail Road, a major commuter rail line in and out of New York City. Vinas initially was arrested in November in Pakistan by security services there and extradited back to the United States in November 2008, according to a U.S. law enforcement official. Vinas was captured in Pakistan about a month after the September 2008 rocket attack on the U.S. base according to one official. Click here for more.

Michael murdered??

Well, it could have been manslaughter. Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, is under investigation for possible manslaughter, according to his lawyer. The officials said the agents had obtained a search warrant for a raid based on the preliminary results of Jackson's autopsy which showed the cause of death to be connected to the anesthetic drug Propofol. Click here for complete story.

Katie Holmes thinks she can dance...

We shall find out how well tonight on the 100th episode of the series, "So you think you can dance" on Fox. The Top 8 will compete and Katie Holmes will perform as well and share more about her support of the Dizzy Feet Foundation which she is a founding member of. Click here for more.

Gidget is gone :(

Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. Gidget suffered a massive stroke late Tuesday night at her trainer's home in Santa Clarita and had to be euthanized. "She was retired. She lived like a queen, very pampered," said Karin McElhatton, owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic, which owned the dog. Click here for more.

Strangers in Milwaukee saved a 4 year old from a burning SUV!

The off-duty firefighters who rushed into a burning SUV and cut a 4-year-old boy out of the seatbelt saved his life, the boy's doctor said yesterday. The young boy is in serious condition, but should pull through. The onlookers helped a woman and girl before off-duty firefighters cut a seatbelt to free D.J. in an amazing rescue attempt a neighbor captured on video. Click here to watch it but be warned it is intense!

The longest solar eclipse of the century!

It happened over Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Day turned into night. Temperatures turned cooler in cities and villages teeming with amateur stargazers. How cool, I wish I could have seen it. Some say it was pitch black like midnight and some missed the event due to cloud cover. Click here for pics!

Leanne Rimes is still seeing a married man...

What is up with that?? Well, the man in question is now seperated from his wife, as she has had enough. "Eddie and I have decided to take some time apart. I want to do what is best for our children. Eddie and LeAnn deserve each other." His wife, Brandi Glanville and Eddie Cibrian have 2 sons together. The straw that finally broke the camels back was when Cibrian and Rimes were caught together (again) in the early afternoon of July 17 outside the Malibu home of Jeff Berger, a longtime friend of Rimes and her husband, Dean Sheremet. Wow, what a twisted live style...read more here.

There working on a new 7 Wonders of the Natural World list.

This is a project to rejuvinate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept. The top 28 finalists have been announced and now you can vote for the top 7. Click here to do just that!!

What would Idol be like without Paula??

Could it happen?? Well, she wants more money for next season. They are offering her 10 million dollars and she wants 20....time will tell. Click here for all the details.

Hollywood Gossip for today!

Chris Brown is apologizing for what he did to Rihanna. He said what he did was inexcusable. Last month he pleaded guilty to a felony assault. Click here for more and to see his video apology.

Beastie Boys cancel tour and the release of their next album because of cancer. Member Adam "MCA" Yauch will be treated for a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland with surgery soon followed by radiation treatments. Click here for more.

I saw a Purple Jersey with the number 4 on it at Rock Fest....

Vikings Coach Brad Childress said Sunday that he liked what he saw when he watched video of Favre throwing to receivers. "I liked his throwing motion, the little bit that I saw on tape. It looked fine to me,". Well, what do you think? I live in Minnesota and a lot of the Viking fans I talk to would rather he would have just retired. It should be an interesting season!! I will be watching!

The La Crosse Blue Stars are doing well this summer!

The Blue Stars placed seventh Saturday at the DCI Southwestern Championships at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was the corps’ best finish since the DCI World Champion-ships in 1977. All the world-class corps were there, and the Blue Stars beat the Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Ill., the defending world champions, for the third consecutive night. The Blue Stars tied a season-high 84.65 points to place seventh, less than a half-point ahead of the Phantom Regiment and the Boston Crusaders. Go Blue Stars!!

Boy, I am glad to be back in the studio...Rock Fest was fun, but I am tired!!

Rock Fest bound!

Enjoy your weekend!! My husband Paul and I are heading to Rock Fest in Cadott and hope to see you there! Be sure to stop by Radio Row and say "Hi"!!

There sure is a lot in the news today...

The Pope broke his wrist, bombings at hotels in Indonesia, Obama speaks at the NAACP and offers his most direct speech on race since winning the White House to crowd in New York. Can you tell I have Rock Fest on the brain? I am heading out shortly!!

Paul McCartney Rocks New York!!

This is so cool!! What a treat for New York! Click here to watch the video of Paul and his band as they perform on the Late Night Marquee in New York yesterday!

What's Wal-Marts favorite color? GREEN!

Wal-Mart is going green!! The world's largest retailer, plans to demand that all its suppliers measure the environmental cost of making their products so Wal-Mart can calculate and post an eco-rating for each item. The ambitious program, to be announced today, is likely to spur companies to redesign products from electronics to jeans, but it presents still more costs to contain as they pinch pennies to tackle the recession. I will take several years before the Green Rating will be on products for consumers to see. Click here to learn more.

Does our President wear "Mom Jeans"?

Nothing ceases to amaze me...now we are accusing our President of wearing dorky, Mom Jeans! Click here for video! You may have seen the skit on Saturday Night Live...very funny, but is Obama really guilty?? You be the judge!!

Never seen video of Michael Jackson and the Pepsi Commercial Fire.

Click here to see a video of Michael Jackson while making the Pepsi Commercial back in 1984. This is where a special effect went wrong and his hair caught on fire.

Not a strike, but nice pitch Pres!

Willy Mays gave President Obama a few pointers before he took to the mound last night to throw out the first pitch in the All Star Game! Throwing from the mound, Obama had the benefit of personal coaching by Mays, 76, who flew to St. Louis with Obama aboard Air Force One. "I am telling him, follow through," Mays said as they made their way from Obama's speech in Detroit to the game. "He's going to do fine, I guarantee you. ... I just want to make sure he follows through." Click here for more.

Paul McCartney will be on Letterman tonight!

Paul will be returning to the same stage that he and the rest of the Fab Four made their famous US debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" tonight as he hangs out with David Letterman!! He will be interviewed by Letterman and then perform later in the show as well. Click here to learn more!

Harry Potters latest getting fair reviews!

It opened at midnight around the country and many fans say it is good - funnier than previous Harry Potter movies. The biggest complaint was that they left out quite a bit, almost 1/2 of the book was one comment. Here is a review for you to read, but why not head to Marcus Theatres and watch it yourself and make your own opinion!! Enjoy!

Another plane crash?

They seem to be happening more frequently, passenger plane crashes are in the news almost weekly. Now a plane in Iran with 168 on board has crashed just minutes after take-off. All are feared to be dead. Click here for details.