Johnson and Johnson, the maker of Listerine, is recalling 4 million bottles of the recently launched Listerine Agent Cool Blue plaque-detecting mouth rinse
marketed to kids. The recall affects Glacier Mint and Bubble Blast flavors.
Tests showing that this latest Listerine rinse was contaminated with microorganisms. Recall details…www.agentcoolblue.com
http://www.wxii12.com/health/11661262/detail.html
No more ‘board of education’? A House committee in Raleigh has approved a bill that would ban corporal punishment in public schools across the state.
The measure heads to another committee before it reaches the full House.
Sponsors said other, more effective ways exist to discipline children in class.
Opponents saying it should be up to each school district to decide whether to allow spanking. http://www.wxii12.com/news/11621972/detail.html
MS-NBC has canceled the cable simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio show. The decision comes after remarks deemed racist and sexist that radio talk-show host Don Imus made last week about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
At least eight companies have pulled their ads from the show, including Staples, General Motors, Sprint Nextel, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, PetMed Express, American Express and Bigelow Tea.
CBS radio has put Don Imus on a two week suspension.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/imus.rutgers/index.html
All charges dismissed: The three Duke lacrosse players once charged with kidnapping and sexual assault have been cleared of all charges. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper making the announcement that there was "insufficient evidence" to move forward with the case.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1239
U.S. Soldiers will stay longer in Iraq and Afghanistan:
The Pentagon saying that active-duty Army units will remain in Iraq for 3 additional months. Currently, they are deployed for 12 months at a time. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=2&storyid=1240
Sports:
Minor League Baseball action:
Both the Winston-Salem Warthogs and Greensboro Grasshoppers
games were rained out on Wednesday.
Double-headers today…
The Warthogs and the Pelicans will start at 6 p.m.
Grasshoppers and Lake County will start at 5:30 p.m.
Two seven-inning games will be played.
-Mark your calendar: National Day of Prayer will be Thursday, May 3rd
This year's theme, "America, Unite in Prayer" based on
II Chronicles 7:14. www.nationaldayofprayer.org
-WBFJ Sharathon 2007 (May 8 – 11)
Sharathon Artist for 2007… AVALON… Tuesday May 8…
at First Assembly of God in WS. Details on Line…wbfj.fm.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Breezy…High near 70
Tonight: Clear. Windy…Low 38
Friday: Mostly sunny…High 68
Sneak Peak to the Weekend
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms possible…High 65
Sunday: Windy with showers…High 55
