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** This story was in the news yesterday, and people are understandably a bit upset about it. Looks like it's time to start storing all your cash in your mattress again.  Remember those banks we bailed out?  They still want to hold your money for you . . . but now when you take some OUT, they want to keep a piece for themselves.

--The latest?  Bank of America . . . the largest bank in the country . . . just announced that starting next year, they'll charge a $5 monthly fee for you to use your debit card. 

**DJB checked out a couple of new shows on the Fall TV Schedule.  He watched "Pan Am" on ABC and "The Playboy Club" on NBC.  He thought "The Playboy Club" was a bit better, but he did enjoy both shows.  Diane checked out the new "Charlie's Angels" on ABC, and thought it was pretty good.

Ran across this story over the weekend, and it sounds like the plot of a bad action movie!  Seriously, we couldn't make this stuff up!

--Maria Somoes is a housewife in eastern Brazil.  She suspected her husband was having an affair with a woman named Iranildes Araujo. 

--Maria was furious that her husband was spending time with another woman . . .

**  Big Debut on television last night of Simon Cowell's new show, "The X Factor."  Paula Abdul, Nicole Sherzinger and L.A.

** Today is WIKY’s annual Random Acts of Drive-through Kindness where we encourage you to go through a drive through and simply pay for the person in line behind you.  Why?  Because it’s a nice thing to do!  What’s in it for you?  Well, nothing really.  That’s the point.  But we guarantee that when you do, the reaction from the person is worth every penny!  The Random Acts of Drive-Through Kindness continues a

**With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we thought that the NFL really hit the right tone in their many tributes across the league yesterday. Perhaps none more moving than the ceremony before the Bears/Falcons game at Soldier Field in Chicago featuring the National Anthem sung by Jim Cornelison of the Blackhawks. It’s something that every American should see –

**A major concert announcement this morning at 7:20 – WIKY welcomes Jim Brickman for a return engagement to Evansville!  Jim’s A Christmas Celebration will be at the Victory Theater December 10.  It’s a musical celebration and a great family tradition for many around the Tri-state every year.  Tickets go on sale for the general public tomorrow (9/9) but you can be the first to purchase tickets by going to wiky.com and click on the Jim Brinkman link.  Be sure to ente

WIKY Morning Show September 6, 2011

**100 Men Cook for 100 Women, a fund raiser sponsored by Old National Bank and WIKY is coming to the Centre Saturday evening to benefit the 100th anniversary of Evansville YWCA.  100 local guys will get together Saturday and present 100 different dishes that you can spend the evening sampling.  Adult beverages will also

**In Vincennes, there's a 46-year-old man named JAMES BOND.  Seriously.  And for his entire life, he says, he's, quote, "taken a lot of ribbing" because of his name.

Well, James Bond of Indiana just won a $6.5 M

**The West Side Nut Club’s Fall Festival is only 33 days away and we’ve already heard about a few new items this year.  The Nut Club is adding 10 booths this year making a total of 136 food booths.  The 10 new booths will be located in the parking lot at 11th Avenue and Franklin.  Among the unusual items – deep fried Klondike Bars (already comes on a stick!) chocolate covered pork rinds, and deep fried Girl Scout Thin Mints.  Also, the Nut Club is offering ca

**Beloit College in Wisconsin just released its annual "Mindset List" for this year's crop of incoming college freshmen . . .

**We welcomed Tales and Scales for our Extortion Breakfast, brought to you by Old National Bank.  The breakfast was superb and the entertainment first rate!  Tales and Scales performs at every EVSC and Henderson County school along with many other venues around the region.  Tales and Scales, in their 25th year, a unique blend of story, music, theatre, movement, and creativity and call it “musictelling.”

More info and their schedule can be found at

www.talesandscales.org

Or call 812-