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Be Prepared for Severe Weather: What to do…
http://www.weather.com/ready/tornado/warning.html?from=newslinkerHeadlines:
The body of Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas next to her son. Smith's mother saying that she will not appeal the ruling.
The funeral is set for Friday.
The body of Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas next to her son. Smith's mother saying that she will not appeal the ruling.
The funeral is set for Friday.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1144
NASA will not be able to launch the next space shuttle mission in March as planned because the shuttle Atlantis sustained damage from a sever hail storm earlier this week. Golf ball-sized chunks of ice pelted Atlantis on Monday. NASA officials saying that the shuttle will be rolled back to a hangar for repairs.
Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
died of a heart attack in Manhattan last night. He was 89.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1009
Counterfeit medicines, some of them sold over the Internet, are swamping unregulated markets in developing nations with sometimes fatal results.
In a 2006 report by the International Narcotics Control Board …Some 25 to 50% of the medicines used in developing countries are now believed to be fake.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1128
A survey of over 80,000 students in 26 states found that a majority of U.S. high school students say they get bored in class every day. Indiana University researchers finding that one out of five High School students has considered dropping out. Three of four students surveyed said they expected to earn a high school diploma and go on to college. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1132
Officials hoping to crack down on bicycle thieves in China:
China is home to a world-record 470 million bicycles, but bike theft is widespread. Some Chinese cities are cutting back on ‘bicycle lanes’ to make more room for cars…while more Western cities are squeezing in more lanes for cyclists. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=12&storyid=1126
Sports:
State High School Basketball Regionals: Advancing…
Boys: Thomasville,
Girls: Greensboro Grimsley
ACC Basketball: Maryland wins its 6th straight beating Duke (85-77)
State over Wake (73-66)
UNC at Georgia Tech tonight…
March Madness…
-Southern Conference Tournament (Charleston, SC)
Advancing: UT Chattanooga, Georgia Southern and Western Carolina
Today…ASU plays Western / UNC-G plays Furman
-ACC Basketball: Women’s Tournament starts Thursday (Greensboro)
WBFJ Sharathon (May 8 – 11)
Sharathon Artist on Tuesday May 8…AVALON
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SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy skies. Breezy with showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon…High 63
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms could be severe.
Damaging winds possible…Low 50
Friday: Cloudy early. Then, sun for the afternoon…High 60
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Lots of sunshine…mild.
'Click Back' often for the latest news and happenings from Verne (the News Guy) and the WBFJ Family Friendly Morning Show.
