Martha Stewart told the Today show that the best way to avoid food poisoning when preparing your raw Turkey is to wear “surgical gloves”.

- That’s a little culinary tip she picked up while she was working in the prison cafeteria.

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Casey Kasem’s widow claims his three kids conspired to kill him in order to get his money… meanwhile the kids claim SHE did it to get the cash.

- Both sides have their motives… And we’ll be Countin’ Down the Top 40… right after this.

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Ford is working on technology that will eliminate the “new car smell” in vehicles… because a consumer in China complained about it.

- Wow. Sum Young Guy in China doesn’t like it… and the whole company comes unglued.

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250 passengers on a 737 in Beijing, China were forced to cough up cash for an airport mechanic who refused to fix a problem with the plane unless they paid on the spot.

- And there you have it… Communism at work!

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A man in New Orleans who threatened to “blow up the bathroom” of a Willie’s Chicken Shack restaurant now says there was no bomb, he was referring to a, um, shall we say, “nature calling”.

- As proof, he said the bomb squad ended up diffusing the situation with a can of Febreeze.

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Bo Derek turns 62 today.

- She’s still pretty but now “10” refers to the grams of fiber she needs each day to keep her system from running in slow motion.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick