Breakfast Club - Show #37 - 6/2/08

It's the first Breakfast Club of June on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ...where or where is the year going? For all the lastest local news, weather, and sports, you can head over to KFIZ.com.

Here are other highlights from today's program...


6:04am: The President of OPEC says the spiraling price of oil is not tied to the oil market. Algeria's engery minister says the high prices are due to market speculation, the U.S. sub prime crisis and the weak U.S. dollar. He adds that OPEC controls only 40% of the world oil production.

6:17am: Karl's early week forecast:
TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 80.
TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE FOR SPOTTY SHOWERS. SCATTTER THUNDERSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A LOW OF 56.
TUESDAY...COOLER AND CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH OF 64.
TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND RAN WITH A LOW OF 50.
WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 70.

6:40am: The KFIZ History Vault: In 1851 Maine became the first state to ban booze...IN 1886 Gover Cleveland became the first president to get married while in office...In 1928 Kraft sold Velveeta cheese for the first time...In 1935 Babe Ruth retired from baseball.

6:50am: KFIZ News Quiz: Fred Stansbury of Fond du Lac correctly knew that the Brewers compelted the three game sweep of the Houston Astros on Sunday. Fred wins a prize pack from Cascadian Farm Granola Bars.

7:18AM:

Top 5 movies for the weekend.
1. Sex & The City
2. Indiana Jones
3. The Strangers
4. Iron Man
5. Prince Caspian.

7:25am: CW Smith Jewelers Birthday: Actor Wayne Brady is 36....Actor Jerry Mathers (Beaver Cleaver) is 60...Actor Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer) is 67...Actor Dana Carvey is 53.

8:04am
GAS PRICES-STRANDED MOTORISTS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - With gas prices hovering at $4 a gallon,
some motorists are putting less fuel in their tanks and then coming
up empty on the highway. National statistics on out-of-gas motorists don't exist. But
there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that drivers who are unwilling
or unable to fill 'er up are gambling by keeping their tanks
extremely low on fuel. AAA Mid-Atlantic, which serves Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia, reports a 15
percent year-over-year increase in calls from members with empty
tanks. AAA spokeswoman Catherine Rossi says motorists could end up
paying more later. That's because running on fumes can damage a
car's fuel pump -- requiring repairs that make a full tank of $4
gas seem like a bargain.