Yes…prices at the pump continue to rise: Retail gasoline prices have jumped around 5 cents over the last week to their highest level in six weeks.
http://www.usaradio.com/business_news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1075
Great Britain is planning on withdrawing troops from southern Iraq:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to withdraw nearly half of the 7,000 British troops in Iraq by Christmas. Blair after a conference call to President Bush declaring that the British mission in Basra in southern Iraq had been "completed" and "successful."
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=2&storyid=1014
President Bush will be coming to visit a Bio-Tech facility in Franklinton on Thursday. Franklinton is about 25 miles north of Raleigh. The President speak about his energy initiatives to reduce gasoline use by 20% in the next 10 years. Bush's Recent N.C. Visits
Satellite radio giants XM and Sirius are proceeding with merger talks…pending a nod from the FCC.
Big win for Big Tobacco yesterday: The Supreme Court has overturned a $79.5 million dollar punitive damages award won by the widow of a longtime smoker against Philip Morris.-By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled the huge damages award was unconstitutional because it was intended to punish the tobacco company for harming not just the plaintiff but other smokers as well.-Legal experts said the ruling could have a big impact on other types of product liability cases, such as lawsuits against drug companies and automakers.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1097
State lawmakers are considering a new rating system for adult care facilities. House Bill 248, introduced in the General Assembly last week, would establish standards for training, staffing and administering medications and create a star rating system comparable to the one now used for child care facilities.Factoid: 30% of North Carolina's 8.7 million residents are older than 50 and that 1.5 million receive Social Security.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007702200339&source=email
A U.S. appeals court, ruling in favor of Starbucks, has thrown out a decision that previously allowed a small New Hampshire coffee roaster to sell coffee beans under the "Charbucks" brand.A Manhattan federal judge ruled in December 2005 that the family-owned Black Bear Micro Roastery could keep selling its "Charbucks" coffee blends despite protests from mega roaster Starbucks.http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1010
Sadness not depression at the death of a loved one is the finding of a study from Yale University School of Medicine. It was commonly thought that the reaction to the death of a loved one from natural causes depression. Research now shows that loved ones are sad and they miss the deceased person. Experts also suggest that prolonged sadness could lead to depression.
The study confirmed that most people grieve in a sequence that was popularized by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in the 1960’s –including disbelief, yearning, anger, depression and acceptance.
The study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1129
The family of James Brown and his long-time girlfriend have agreed on where the late entertainer will be buried. The location has not been revealed to the media. James Brown passed away Christmas Day at age 73.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/20/james.brown.ap/index.html
WBFJ and the Lewisville Drug Company is hosting a premier showing of ‘Amazing Grace- the Movie’ this Friday night at 7pm at the WynnSong 12 in Winston-Salem. The winning continues all this week…on the WBFJ Morning Show. Details on line…wbfj.fm.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 63
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 42
Thursday: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 63
Looking ahead: Sunny and mild through the weekend…Highs near 60
Christian Music News:
Congrats to Natalie Grant (our Sharathon Artist last year) and her husband Bernie with the birth of twin daughters last Friday. ‘Grace Ana’ and ‘Isabella Noelle’ are doing fine.
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