Your WX:  It's going to be a warm one.  Partly sunny, chance of a pop-up shower or storm. Hi 87.  50% chance of storms tomorrow. Hi 85.  Thursday,  mostly cloudy, 40% chance of storms. Hi 83.  Cooler Friday, 30% chance of storms. Hi 76.  Memorial Day weekend: Partly sunny, 30% chance of showers on Monday.  Highs mid 70s.

A massive, mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph spent 40 minutes on the ground as it devastated homes, schools and businesses across southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon.  Keep the folks from Moore, Oklahoma in your thoughts and prayers.  

-A giant tornado killed 51 in Oklahoma.  That includes 20 kids

-Officials could see as many as 40 more

-The tornado, a half-mile wide with 200 mph winds tore apart Moore, Oklahoma, a city with 41-thousand people. It's about 10-miles south of Oklahoma City. 

-Briarwood Elementary in Oklahoma City and Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma were destroyed.

-Hail as large as baseballs were reported from Georgia to Minnesota

Two videos that will give you an idea how "massive" the damage was Monday.

Gleaning For The World founder Rev. Ron Davidson says his organization is lending a helping hand to the Oklahoma tornado victims.  GFTW is hooking up with an Oklahoma church to buy a tractor trailer load of water. They're also going to send 5 loads of items for the victims and go to Oklahoma.

If you would like to help with their efforts:

You can mail a donation to:

PO Box 645, Concord, VA 24538

Or call:

1-877-913-9212 (Toll Free)

434-993-3600 (Office)

Click on the Gleaning logo for their website.

To reach the Red Cross in the area.

Downtown Roanoke took a soaking yesterday, causing lots of "urban flooding" on the city streets.   In fact, the roof of a building near the old #1 Fire Station on Church Ave collapsed.  The building was vacant.  Firefighters feel it was from the rain.

A handful of people spoke at Roanoke City Council last night protesting the 28.5% pay increase for RCC.

Once again the national "Click It or Ticket" campaign is underway.

In the Roanoke Valley police and fire officials met up on the Blue Ridge Parkway to help get their point across.  There the groups conducted a multi-agency traffic checkpoint. The BIG goal is to get Virginians to buckle up.  In Virginia the average is just 78 percent while nationwide usage averages 86 percent.  The campaign runs thru June 2.

Roanoke College's recreation center namesake - Homer C. Bast - has pasted away at age 98.  He was professor, administrator, and coach at the college from 1946 to 1979.                            

TONIGHT: Winston Salem visits Salem @ 7:05.  Hillcats travel to Wilmington and return home for the Memorial Day weekend.

The Dish

On Dancing with the Stars - Zendaya and Val rule, but only 1 point separates the Top 2.   Kellie Pickler moved the judges to tears with her "freestyle".  After three dances, here's how the leaderboard looks.

Zendaya: 65

Kellie: 64

Aly: 61

Jacoby: 56

There's a 2 hour finale' tonight on ABC. 

On The Voice - the final 10 did their best to impress voters in America.  The moment that just "gotcha" was the opening when Blake addressed the tragedy in Oklahoma: "Bad news just keeps coming, and makes it hard to actually sit here and do this tonight."   From there, Blake's Holly Tucker took the stage with a powerful rendition of the gospel song How Great Thou Art.   Danielle Bradbery nailed it for the country fans last night with Jo Dee Messina's "Heads Carolina, Tails California".  Michelle Chamuel may have had the performance of the evening with Pink's "Give Me A Reason"

Jay-Z is opening up saying that his superstar wife, Beyonce, is not pregnant.

Seth MacFarlane bows out of the Oscars.  He announced the news yesterday on Twitter.

Mary J Blige's financial troubles have gotten a whole lot worse.  She's been hit with a $3.4 million tax bill.

Mariah Carey kicks off Good Morning America's Summer Concert series this Friday.

Kim Kardashian may be having a girl. She sent out party invites that featured a twirling toy ballerina dancing to Kanye West's song 'Hey Mama'

13.6 million people watched the American Idol season finale. That's down from 21.5 million last year

A rare VOX guitar played by Beatles bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison was sold for $408,000 in New York at Julien's Auctions.

The romantic drama "Safe Haven" is the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray

OBIT:  Alan O'Day died of cancer at his home in Westwood, Calif.. The "Undercover Angel" hitmaker was 72.   He also wrote several Number One songs.  "Angie Baby" for Helen Reddy, "Rock and Roll Heaven" for the Righteous Brothers and "Train of Thought" for Cher. 

New on DVD
The Last Stand (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Side Effects (Rooney Mara)
Parker (Jason Statham)
Stand Up Guys (Al Pacino/Alan Arkin/Christopher Walken/ Julianna Marguilies)
Beautiful Creatures (Alice Englert)
Struck By Lightning (Written by Glee's Chris Colfer)

TV tonight
ABC: The Bachelor (funniest moments), Finale of Dancing With the Stars
CBS: All repeats
NBC: The Voice and Grimm are new
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance is new
CW: All repeats

News from Nashville

Toby Keith is from Moore, Oklahoma - where Monday's MASSIVE twister hit.  He said "he's never seen a storm hit a school dead on before"

Who's planning a "No Shoes Nation" road trip to FedEx Field this Saturday to see Kenny Chesney?  You get a KC FREE concert - Aug 9 - when he appears on GMA's Summer Concert Series.

The Band Perry will perform on The Today Show's Summer Concert Series on Aug 2.   Luke Bryan on August 16

Carrie Underwood couldn’t resist pranking Hunter Hayes on their last stop on tour Saturday night in Canada.  If Brad Paisley is the King of pranks, does that make Carrie the Queen?

Brad Paisley is one of five country stars to join John Fogerty on his new solo album, 'Wrote a Song for Everyone.' The country superstar calls working with the rock superstar a "dream come true". Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson also make appearances on ‘Wrote a Song for Everyone,’ in stores and at digital retailers May 28. The collection of 14 songs includes two new originals, ‘Mystic Highway’ and ‘Train of Fools.’

Coca Cola 600 this Sunday AND Trace Adkins - the latest winner of Celebrity All-Star Apprentice - will perform a concert prior to the race.

Dierks Bentley says when you hear his next album "Riser" it will sounds fresh.  In fact, he says he's thrown away the playbook. They're just different.

It happens to the best of them.  Jake Owen ripped his pants while performing onstage in Charleston, S.C. on May 17.  It was quite eventful, he had to use his white t-shirt as an emergency sash to hold his pants together to avoid really putting on a show.  Chances are he'll NEVER skip his "undies" again.

Kree Harrison gets a nice consolation prize after not winning "American Idol." She will perform at the Grand Ole Opry on June 4 as part of the CMA Music Festival.  She'll share the stage with Keith Urban, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts and Lennon and Maisy from the TV show "Nashville."

A major music festival is drawing big names to Nelson County this fall, including Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Zac Brown, and the Black Crowes. Producers haven't announced all the bands yet.

If you thought FloydFest was something, the Interlocken Music Festival, Sept 5 - 8 only gets better at Oak Ridge Estate.  Four days of world class music and locally grown food.   Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Zac Brown, the Black Crowes,  the String Cheese Incident and more to come.  Early bird sale starts this Wednesday May 22.  http://www.interlockenfestival.com/

What's your pick when it comes to "Wagon Wheel"?

The Old Crow Medicine Show version...chances are good they'll do it at FloydFest in July.

Or Darius Rucker's version.    His new album "True Believers" is out today.

Today in country music history:

2002 - Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow teamed up for an installment of CMT Crossroads.

2002 - Emerson Drive's self-titled debut album was released.

2001 - The movie Pearl Harbor premiered in Hawaii. Faith Hill was on hand to open the event singing the national anthem.

1998 - Garth Brooks' No Fences became the first country album certified for shipments of 14 million copies.

1994 - Tim McGraw had the number one album with Not a Moment Too Soon.

1994 - John Berry topped the chart with "Your Love Amazes Me."

1988 - Kathy Mattea hit number one with her signature tune "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses."

1977 - Waylon Jennings began a six-week run at the top of the country char with "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)."

What's the BIGGEST selling item at Wal-mart?

The answer is BANANAS. Walmart sells more groceries there than any other grocery.

Should doctors be able to prescribe VACATIONS? 

We don't know if it's a realistic possibility, but it would be good for the country in two ways. One, doctors would prescribe us fewer mind-controlling pills, and two, we'd actually be FORCED to relax

And in a new poll, 56% of Americans think it would be a great idea for doctors to prescribe time off work.

The poll also found that 93% of Americans say they feel happier after a vacation . . . 77% think it improves their overall health . . . and 28% don't take annual vacations.

Is it Grillin' Season yet

A survey by the Weber grill company found that 71% of Americans plan to cook out on Memorial Day. That's a lot, but it's only the THIRD-most-popular grilling holiday.

The Fourth of July is the most-popular, with 90% of people grilling. And 76% of people say they cook out to celebrate birthdays. Memorial Day finished ahead of Father's Day, with only 53% of people cooking out for dad.

71% of Americans own a grill, and three quarters of them cook out at least once a week. Hamburgers are the most-popular food to grill, followed by chicken and steak

The Spin Cycle

A new survey by HushHush.com reveals that 25% of people have not washed their bed sheets for at least six months. Other findings:

- 19% of men claim to change their bedding every week, compared to only 15% of women

- 17% of people change their bedding every week, while 28% do it once a month

- 32% of people haven't cleaned their bathroom for six months

- 62% of people would hire a cleaner if they could afford it

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Sick Day 
According to a new survey, 60% of bosses say they usually DON'T believe their employees when they call in sick. The main reason for not believing an employee is that they don't SOUND sick enough. And one-third of bosses check social media to see if a sick employee is lying.

THE FULL LIST OF BEST AND WEIRDEST EXCUSES

A can of baked beans landed on my big toe

I was swimming too fast and smacked my head on the poolside

I've been bitten by an insect

My car handbrake broke and it rolled down the hill into a lamppost

My dog has had a big fright and I don't want to leave him

My hamster died

I've injured myself during sex

I slipped on a coin

I've had a sleepless night

My mum has died (this was the second time the person used this excuse)

I am hallucinating

I am stuck in my house because the door is broken

My new girlfriend bit me in a delicate place

I burned my hand on the toaster

The dog ate my shoes

My fish is sick

I swallowed white spirit

My toe is trapped in the bath tap

I'm in A&E as I got a clothes peg stuck on my tongue

I drank too much and fell asleep on someone's floor - I don't know where I am

My trousers split on the way to work

I'm using a new contact lens solution and my eyes are watering

I have a blocked nose

I've had a hair dye disaster

I've got a sore finger

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I've Got A Secret
According to a new survey, one in five people hide money from their spouse. Women are slightly more likely than men to do it . . . but when men do it, they stash more money. One in 10 people say they haven't told their partner how much they make . . . and one in 30 have LIED to their partner about their salary.

What Would You Do?

Portland Police Dash Cam - the officer is in hot pursuit of a car doing 52 in a 35 zone, until the officer SLOWS WAY DOWN for a reason.  Why would an officer do that? 

Lookin' Back

Today is the141st day of the year. There are 224 days remaining until the end of the year.  There are 26 days left until Father's Day 2013

Today is National Memo Day, and National Waiters and Waitresses Day (worst customer ever stories?)

--1881, The Red Cross was founded

--1914, The Greyhound Bus Company began operations

--1980, The Empire Strikes Back was released.

--1999, Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination

Cuttin' Cake Today

Judge Reinhold (56)     Mr. T (61)     Al Franken (62)

Joke of the Day

Where do frogs write things down? ans - On lily pads

Weird News Today

Grayson, Kentucky's East Carter High School did not allow seven seniors to participate in graduation on Saturday because of a Senior Prank. The seniors released thousands of crickets in the school. The school says, "Expenses will continue to rise as cleanup efforts are still underway. It is the stance of the Carter County School District that these actions, while meant to be a prank of sorts, are unacceptable."

An African man shocked friends and family when he came back to life — at his own funeral.  Brighton Dama Zanthe, 34, was in his coffin when mourners noticed the “dead” man’s legs twitching.

Zanthe had been pronounced dead at his Zimbabwe home the day before his funeral.  Who says there’s isn’t life after death? 

Smarter Than Question 

The average man or woman will do this six times in their life. What is it?    

Tell Me Something Good 

A patron at an Albuquerque restaurant paid his tab in full — after 16 years.

In 1997, the then-17-year-old patron took his date out for Valentine’s Day but was $40 short on the check.

The restaurateur told him not to worry about it.

The anonymous diner popped up recently and gave the owner $100.

Lar's Thought of the Day 

 "All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

Your Wx:  A warm, humid start to the week.  Muggy with area's of fog this morning with scattered showers and thunderstorms, this afternoon and evening.  Hi 80.  Hit and miss showers Tuesday thru Friday.  We'll reach the mid 80s Tuesday and Wednesday.  Low 80s on Thursday. Temperatures upper 70s Friday and mid 70s for the Memorial Day Weekend.  Dry too. 

CNN is reporting at least 3 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday as severe weather swept the region.  At lease one person was reported killed in Oklahoma, some 21 injured. Another round of dangerous severe weather is expected to slam the Plains today.

Saturday's Powerball - $590.5 million.  One winning ticket in Florida from the Zephyr Commons Publix supermarket, in the Tampa suburb of Zephyrhills.  **I'm thinking they'll be purchasing beach front property in Clearwater later today.  One winning ticket.  Do you realize that would be enough money to buy at least 2,000 Mercedes that have a pricetag of $80,000.  33 tickets matched the first five numbers for $1M each

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Farmville has matched all six numbers in the latest drawing and will split the estimated $190 million jackpot with the holder of another winning ticket bought in New Jersey.  The ticket - purchased from the Farmville Food Lion - is worth $95 million.

Center in the Square had its grand re-opening over the weekend.  The aquariums in the atrium are pretty cool, not to mention the butterfly exhibit.

Festival 2013 begins this Friday and runs thru Memorial Day.  Festival 2013 will be held at the River's Edge Sports Complex in Downtown Roanoke, and will include amazing concerts, vendors, and all of the fun you remember from years past!  Festival 2013 is free and open to the public during the daytime activities (from 11am to 5pm).

Sports

Frederick 6, Salem 4.    Carolina 6, Lynchburg 2.   TONIGHT: Sox & Hillcats are off.  Winston Salem visits Salem tomorrow night @ 7:05.  Hillcats travel to Wilmington and return home for the Memorial Day weekend.

118th running of the Preakness Saturday - OXBOW wins.   NO triple crown winner again.  It hasn't happened since Affirmed in 1978.

NASCAR Sprint All-star race Saturday -  Jimmie Johnson won the event for the second consecutive season – and a record fourth overall.  He pocketed $1 million. Coca-Cola 600 is Sunday night from Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The Dish

Taylor Swift was named Top Artist and her CD "Red" Top Album at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas Sunday night.  Swift also earned the honors for Top Female Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist. She tied with Carly Rae Jepsen for the Top Digital Songs Artist title as well.  Justin Beiber snagged Top Male Artist.

The boardroom survivor on All-star Celebrity Apprentice is Trace Adkins.  Adkins beat out his fellow finalist, magician Penn Jillette, for the honor.

Star Trek Into Darkness set its box office phasers on stun, but managed only a glancing blow at theaters.  The sequel to the 2009 film did $70.5 million.  Iron Man 3 took second place with $35.2 million, followed by The Great Gatsby with $23.4 million.

E! News confirmed Friday Beyonce and Jay Z are expecting a second child.  Nothing official from either camp.

According to TMZ, the new faces joining Simon on X-Factor at the judges table will be former Destiny’s Child member, Kelly Rowland and international superstar, Paulina Rubio.

Breakup to Makeup: People is reporting "Twilight" actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have broken up again after three years of on-and-off dating.  Meanwhile, Demi Moore has broken up with restaurateur Harry Morton, her boyfriend of more than six months

James Taylor will headline a concert at the White House on Tuesday, when the Library of Congress honors Carole King with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival is coming to TV. The CW network says it has a three-year deal to air the music event — and stream it on CVTV.com once the broadcast is over. Other iHeartRadio events, including a Jingle Ball holiday concert, are also coming to CW.

TV Tonight

ABC: Dancing With the Stars followed by the premiere of Motive

CBS: Three finales: Rules of Engagement, Mike and Molly, and Hawaii Five-O

NBC: The Voice and Revolution are new

FOX: The premiere of The Goodwin Games

CW: 2 new episodes of Oh Sit!Dancing With the Stars wraps up tomorrow night. Zendaya Coleman, Kellie Pickler, Jacoby Jones, and Aly Raisman are left. Three dances each tonight (including the freestyle) followed by the awarding of the Mirror Ball Trophy tomorrow night. Here are the voting lines:Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough

Voting # 1-800-868-3401Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy

Voting # 1-800-868-3406Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas

Voting # 1-800-868-3408Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff

Voting # 1-800-868-3412

News from Nashville

Who went to Greensboro Saturday to see Jason Aldean? And then you got to see him on Tim McGraw's ACM "Superstar Summer Night" special Sunday on CBS.  That's a Aldean weekend.

Nice job from The Band Perry performing "Better Dig Two" at the Billboard Music Awards.  What an incredible ending with the drums.

Kacey Musgraves went "simple" at the Billboard Music Awards - no big splashy Vegas production - for "Merry-go-round".

Lady Antebellum has struck gold. The trio's Golden debuts at No. 1 this week on both Billboard's country and Top 200 all-genres albums charts via Nielsen SoundScan-confirmed sales of 167,314 copies.  Just behind Lady A at No. 2 is the new Pistol Annies CD, Annie Up. It scanned 83,460 units.

For the second week in a row, Florida Georgia Line's "Get Your Shine On" is the most-played country song.

Love Is Everything is George Strait's 40th album.  George celebrated his 61st birthday Saturday.

Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland has announced that she's recording a new solo album, and hopes to have it out this fall.   She says the project will be more intimate and emotional than anything she's done with partner Kristian Bush in Sugarland.

Why does Keith Urban want to return to American Idol as a judge?   He says, "I literally enjoy coming to work every day, and that’s a rarity.”  BTW: Keith was recently the shows "best judge EVER".

What was it Taylor Swift admired most about the late George Jones?   She tells Billboard Magazine, "George Jones never stopped wanting to be onstage.  He played live shows until the day he died, and that passion for performing is something I look up to."

Darius Rucker recently delivered the 2013 commencement address at the University of South Carolina .  During the ceremony he told the class to follow their dreams and make room for service to others.  DON'T FORGET: The album "True Believers" hits the streets tomorrow. I've kinda excited about Cut 4, "Love Without You",  it's a duet with Sheryl Crow.

“American Idol” runner-up - Kree Harrison - will make her Opry debut during CMA Music Festival week. 

Lonestar's "Life As We Know It" comes out June 4.

Today in country music history:

2006 - Jack Ingram scored his first chart topper with "Wherever You Are."

2006 - Charlie Daniels performed the national anthem at Shea Stadium as the New York Mets hosted the Yankees.

2004 - Trace Adkins' video for "Rough and Ready" debuted featuring Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

2000 - Faith Hill began a four-week stay at number one with "The Way You Love Me."

1998 - Vince Gill's "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" video premiered.

1997 - Sara Evans' debut album, Three Chords and the Truth, was released.

1994 - The movie Maverick hit theaters featuring cameos from Kathy Mattea, Reba, Vince Gill, Clint Black, Waylon Jennings and more.

1980 - Alabama's first charted album, My Home's in Alabama, was released.

1957 - Marty Robbins went to number one with the fashionable hit "A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)."