Breakfast Club - Show #47 - 6/17/08

It's the Tuesday, June 17th edition of The Breakfast Club on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ. For all of yoru local news, weather, and sports head to KFIZ.com.

6:17am: Marv's Weather: TODAY...Sunshine with a high of 76....Tonight, clear with a low of 53...Wednesday...Sunny with a high of 78.

6:40am: The KFIZ History Vault: IN 1885 The Statue of Libery was delivered to New York City...IN 1972 five men looking to bug the Democratic Headquaters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC were arrested...In 1994 OJ Simpson led LA authorities on a 60 mile slow speed chase as millions watched on TV and on overpasses.

6:50am: KFIZ News Quiz: Rich Smith of Fond du Lac won a Hormell Prize Pack and a pair of tickets to Breakfast on the Farm for knowing that FEMA stands for Federal Emergency Managment Agency.

7:04am: NBC will have big shoes to fill as they look for a new host for "Meet The Press" Tim Russert suddely died last week at the age of 58 of a heart attack. Some names rumored to be candidates include; NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams, correspondentes David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell, and MSNBC Hosts Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, and Keith Olbermann.

7:25am: CW Smith Birthdays: Barry Manillow is 62...Olympic champion skater Dan Jansen is 43...Radio legend Art Bell is 63...Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is 65.

7:50am:
Costa Rica-Banana Defense
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Two men caught with $372,000 in cash
near the Costa Rica-Panama border are telling police they just
wanted to buy some bananas. Police say the two appeared to be
nervous when their car was stopped by police over the weekend. So
officials searched the vehicle and found the cash in a briefcase.
The men apparently told officials they were banana brokers. But
police are holding them on possible money laundering charges.
Bananas cost about $1.65 a pound in Costa Rica.

8:04am


HEALTHCARE COSTS
Study: Health costs to rise nearly 10 percent
NEW YORK (AP) - Employer health care costs are poised to rise
almost 10 percent this year and nearly that much again in 2009
according to an industry report released today. That's more than
double the annual inflation rate.
The study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers predicts that medical costs
will increase 9.9 percent in 2008 and an additional 9.6 percent in
2009.
The head of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute
says "Health care providers, insurers and employers will have to
monitor medical costs carefully if we are to avoid a resurgence of
the double-digit annual increases seen in the past."
The report identifies a hospital building boom and the expenses
insured people are paying for the uninsured as two factors driving
the increase.

8:20am: Jerry from the Fond du Lac Area Job and Career Center visted The Breakfast Club with his weekly update on the areas job outlook. For more information on the Fond du Lac Area Job and Career Center head to their website at fdljobcenter.com. You can also give them a call at 929-3900 or visit their office at 349 North Peters Avenue in Fond du Lac