The WNAX Report The stories and issues you should know about to get you through the day! Opinions attributed to Steve Crawford
Chelsea Clinton is getting married this weekend. It is estimated to be a $5-million wedding. The cake alone was $11,000. While appearing on The View, President Obama said, "He wasn't invited".
Friday's Temp's:
Here is what you need to know...
More National News..
New York Rep. Charles Rangel can expect a September trial before the House ethics committee, the same month he has a primary. House investigators accused the veteran congressman Thursday of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards, including failure to report rental income from vacation property in the Dominican Republic. (This is so serious that if found guilty of all 13, he might not get reelected.)
The showdown over Arizona's immigration law resulted in protests yesterday on the streets of Phoenix with protesters chanting that they refused to "live in fear". (A group supporting the law chanted, "Good, the border's that way".)
Sarah Palin is criticizing President Barack Obama for appearing on "The View." The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee said Thursday on Twitter that Obama has "no time" to visit the U.S.-Mexico border yet can chat on the ABC daytime talk show.
President Barack Obama says the uproar that led to the resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod (shuh-RAHD') was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. But in an interview on ABC's "The View," he also said his administration overreacted by forcing her out. Sherrod, meanwhile, says she'll sue the blogger who posted an edited video in which she appeared to be making racially-charged comments.
State/Regional News
A self-described country lawyer from Scottsbluff has made his candidacy for governor in Nebraska official by filing paperwork at the Capitol. Mike Meister is a 49-year-old trial lawyer and Democrat who on Thursday formally replaced Mark Lakers as the party's candidate to challenge Republican Gov. Dave Heineman. Lakers dropped out after being beset by allegations he inflated or falsified campaign-finance filings.
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad's campaign illegally purchased two vehicles, violating a law he signed when he was governor in 1991. One is a $52,000 Winnebago RV plastered with Branstad campaign logos. The other is a 2005 Pontiac minivan. Iowa law bars campaigns from buying vehicles, requiring them to lease them instead. The law was enacted after Branstad bought a van from his campaign in 1990 for less than half its market value.
I'm guessing Miss Iowa will not be booed when she takes the mound at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals say pageant winner Katherine Connors will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the team's home game against the Philadelphia Phillies on tonight - a few days after Nationals pitcher Miguel Batista made reference to Miss Iowa. Batista was forced into pitching -- starting Tuesday's game when rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg was scratched because his right shoulder felt stiff. Many in the crowd of more than 40,000 booed when told of the switch. He said, quote: "Imagine if you go there to see Miss Universe and you end up having Miss Iowa - you might get those kind of boos."
Other intersting stuff
According to new research, the average cell phone carries 18 times more germs than a toilet.
Astronomers announced that there's a 1-in-1000 chance that a giant asteroid will strike the Earth in September of 2182.
Brigham Young University has banned a student's motorized couch from being used on campus because it attracted too much attention at the ultra-conservative college. (Plus, the couch because it was ONLY big enough to seat three wives.)
Ellen DeGeneres announced yesterday that she is leaving "American Idol" after one season. It only took a few hours for the rumors to begin about who is replacing her and the lead candidate, according to the rumor mill, is Jennifer Lopez.
Elsewhere on the "Idol" rumor mill, one report has Steven Tyler replacing Simon Cowell.
Lindsay Lohan's mom Dina says her little snowflake is really roughing it in jail. "She doesn’t have cell phone privileges, that’s absurd", says Dina. "She’s treated like a common criminal".
The Hard to Believe
People whose mothers showered them with warmth and affection from infancy through childhood grow up to be adults who have the greatest sense of self-confidence, as well as less anxiety, hostility and general distress, according research from Duke University.
When beautiful women marry not so good-looking men, they're both happier. Why? Men place much value on beauty, while women want a husband who is supportive and positive. But, get this, men who believe they are better looking than their wives tend to be more disgruntled and have more negative feelings about their marriage.
Donald Crosby, a pastor who is a new resident of Warner Robins, Georgia, is on a campaign to get his son's high school to change its mascot. He doesn't want his son to shout, "Go demons!" during sporting events. He's trying to get members of the community to sign a petition.
Frank Boren, a pastor in Springhill, Alabama, has been successful in his campaign to get Wal-Mart to change the packaging on their men's underwear. He was apparently shocked at the pictures on the packaging that showed men modeling "skimpy" underwear. He called the pics "pornographic".
Sports!
The Twins have acquired All-Star closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals for minor leaguers Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa. The Twins say they will also receive cash from the Nationals. Capps got his 26th save in 30 opportunities earlier Thursday in the Nationals’ win over the Atlanta Braves. He will help bolster a bullpen that was missing its closer, Joe Nathan, since the beginning of the season.
WNAX Trips & Promotions...
November 6-7 Vikings-Cardinals / Nebraska-Iowa State Combo! On Saturday, we travel to Ames, IA for Nebraska-Iowa State. Following the game, we drive straight north to Minneapolis to spend the night. At noon on Sunday, you will see the Vikings battle the Cardinals. You can go on this trip for just $329 per person double!
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Life in the fast lane...
President Obama told The View that he wasn't invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
It's on the way: soap opera star Susan Lucci is working on her memoirs.
"CSI: Miami"'s Emily Procter is pregnant with her first child.
The next round of "Survivor" is in Nicaragua, pits the young versus the old and kicks off September 15.
Stephen Spielberg flies off to London on Monday to begin working on his first movie in two years. It's called "War Horse."
For those keeping track, Demi Moore has switched from the Master Cleanse detox program to the Clean Program 21-day detox.
Christie Brinkley's selling her Sag Harbor house on New York's Long Island. Yours for just $15.75 million.
California has ruled that even thought the new Chevy Volts are all-electric, you still need at least two people in the vehicle if you want to use the express lanes. There was a move to make it so that if you drove electric, you'd get to use the HOV lanes.
Now we're hearing Betty White may be heading to "Desperate Housewives."
The Video Everyone Might Be Talking About... News reporter makes unbelievable shot with the camera rolling.
The Dirty Gene Pool...
In Bloomfield, Indiana, Justin S. Johnson, 21, somehow got his hands on a blank check from a local company, filled it out and tried to cash it at a bank's drive-thru. The amount he made it out for? $1 million!!! The teller refused to cash it and gave police the copy of Johnson's driver's license that she had made before he drove off.
Long Island's Jamie Hicks, 49, was busted for DUI after her 12-year-old daughter called the cops and reported her as they drove along Interstate 84. This didn't sit well with mom and when emergency services called the girl back on her cell phone, they could hear Hicks screaming at the girl. When the car was located, Hicks had already pulled over and was still screaming at the kid.
A Sacramento woman by the name of Tara Fitzgerald couldn't find the nude pictures of herself on her computer's hard drive so she called Dell customer support and a Dell employee in India helped her find them by taking remote control of her computer. Big mistake. Soon they were all over the web and there was even a site dedicated to her. It gets better. She contacted the same Dell employee again and he said he could take the site down but he wanted Tara to send him a new laptop for his "help". She did.
Tokyo officials went to congratulate the city's oldest man on his 111th birthday but the guy's family ran them off more than once. They got suspicious and got the police involved. Cops got into the house and found the old guy’s mummified remains lying in his bed. They estimate he'd been dead for nearly 30 years. The family had apparently been helping themselves to his pension.
The Survey...
According to a recent study (or someone just really good at math) The average person will eat over 10,000 bars of chocolate, shed 121 pints of tears and have sex more than 4,200 times in their lifetime. Here are some more results:
We will own 8 cars
Have eaten 15 pigs
Spoken 123 million words
Read 533 books
Walked 15,000 miles
4,239 rolls of toilet paper
July 30th on this date...
In 1898 Corn Flakes were invented by Will Kellogg.
In 1954 Elvis Presley made his first paid performance opening for singer Slim Whitman in Memphis.
In 1974 Three articles of impeachment were voted against President Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee. Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.
In 1975 Former Teamster's President, Jimmy Hoffa, mysteriously disappeared in suburban Detroit, Michigan. Although presumed dead, his remains have never been found.
In 2003 In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line.
Birthdays for July 30th
Jaime Pressly : 33 (Joy Turner on "My Name is Earl")
Hilary Swank : 36 (Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry; Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby)
Lisa Kudrow : 47 (Phoebe Buffay on "Friends")
Laurence Fishburne : 49 (Morpheus in The Matrix Trilogy)
Neal McCoy : 52 (Country singer)
Delta Burke : 54 (Suzanne Sugarbaker on "Designing Women")
Frank Stallone : 60 (Brother of Sylvester Stallone)
Jean Reno : 62 (Captain Bezu Fache in The Da Vinci Code; Ponton in The Pink Panther)
Arnold Schwarzenegger : 63 (38th Governor of California; actor)
Paul Anka : 69 (Wrote the theme song for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson")
- Dick Wilson : (1916) (Mr. George Whipple in Charmin toilet paper commercials - 1965-'89, '99)
- Henry Ford : (1863) (Founder of the Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines for mass production)
Fast Facts
The average American has $104 in their wallet.
In poker, a pair of queens is also referred to as a "Siegfried & Roy."
Actor Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas.
The practice of misperceiving random shapes as specific things—such as when we see the face of Jesus on a tortilla, or animals amongst the clouds—is called "pareidolia."
"Dipsomania" refers to an insatiable craving for alcohol.
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
According to the experts, December 23 is the most dangerous day of the year to drive.
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.
"Hoplophobia" is the fear of guns.
That's all folks!
Close to 50% of people say it shouldn't be sold on Ebay. What is it?
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. -Elinor Smith
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