According to Non-Profit Times 100 a company that ranks nonprofits and charities, Compassion International jumped from 63 to 54 in 2006.
Compassion International has been recognized for superior financial integrity by several accountability groups including Charity Navigator, The Chronicles of Philanthropy and The American Institute of Philanthropy.
To sponsor a child through Compassion International …go to
www.wbfj.fm for all of the details.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake caused wide spread devastation on
Sumatra island in western Indonesia. So far, at least 70 people are known dead.
The shaking was also felt hundreds of miles away in Singapore.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=2&storyid=1144
Nearly 300 workers at Bassett Furniture will be losing their jobs. The company announced Monday that it will cease operations at its wood manufacturing facility in Henry County located in southwest Virginia. The figure is about 15 percent of the company's work force. http://www.wxii12.com/news/11176182/detail.html
Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith said he wants to prevent the case against 22-year-old Keith Carter from being tried by the media.
Carter faces first-degree murder charges in the Feb. 23 shooting death of Sgt. Howard Plouff, a 17-year veteran of the Winston-Salem Police Department.
The DA has filed two motions to keep some information about the case from being made public.
Plouff was shot outside the Red Rooster nightclub as he and other officers tried to break up a fight in the parking lot.
www.journalnow.com
Representative Sue Myrick will re-introduce a bill in Congress that would deport any illegal immigrant convicted of driving while impaired. The "Scott Gardner Act" is a bill named for a teacher from Mount Holly who died in a wreck in 2005. During a question and answer session, the head of a local Latino advocacy group said drinking and driving isn't limited to Hispanics but is a problem for the whole community. www.charlotteobserver.com
After complaining of pain in his left leg on Monday,
After running some tests, doctors have found a blood clot in Vice President Dick Cheney’s left leg. The 66-year-old Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, will be treated with blood-thinning medication for several months.
Doctors suggesting that Cheney’s 65 hours on a plane during a nine day trip recently likely caused the blood clot.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=3&storyid=1120
Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank have pulled their ads from
AnnCoulter.com…after receiving customer complaints regarding a specific derogatory remark made by far Right commentator Ann Coulter against Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Friday. Interesting: The companies didn't know that their ads were on the website until they received complaints over the weekend. www.cnn.com
Daylight-saving time arrives earlier and will last longer this year:
This Saturday night/Sunday morning (March 11) we ‘spring’ forward one hour
(and will last until November 4)
Sports:
ACC Tournament starts Thursday in Tampa.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 52
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low around 30
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Breezy…High 63
'Click Back' often for the latest news and happenings from Verne (the News Guy) and the WBFJ Family Friendly Morning Show.
