-The first hike in the Minimum Wage in 10 years takes effect today…going up 70 cents to $5.85 an hour. In NC…the minimum wage is $6.15 an hour.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/economy/minimum_wage/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
A cup of your favorite Starbucks coffee will cost you a little more by the end of the month...up 9 cents on July 31. http://www.wxii12.com/food/13742124/detail.html
The NFL has ordered Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick not to report to pre-season training camp after he was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on dog-fighting charges. Vick will receive his full salary during the suspension, pending the league's own review of the indictment. http://www.usaradio.com/sports_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1324
It wasn’t the 8 Democratic presidential candidates but the questions that stole the show last night during the first CNN - YouTube debate at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.
39 selected ‘video questions’ by way of U-Tube included people in costume,
people with flash cards…and even a talking snowman asking questions about global warming. (CNN)
FEMA officials saying that they will keep selling and donating surplus disaster-relief trailers like the ones used after Hurricane Katrina even after reports that the temporary homes have made some sick. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1433
CBS confirming that Comedian Drew Carey will replace Bob Barker as the new host of "The Price is Right." Barker, age 83, retired last month after 35 years on the Price is Right.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1362
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment by
J.K. Rowling sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the US over the weekend. "Deathly Hallows" has averaged more than 300,000 copies in sales per hour -- more than 5,000 a minute -- in the United States. The book costs $34.99.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290346,00.html
To put the latest Harry Potter ‘book sales’ in perspective:
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” total single-day sales handily top the biggest opening weekend ever for a movie ( this summer's Spider-Man 3…$151.1 million)
and the book dwarfing the best first-week album sales so far this year, Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight (623,000 units). Before the latest volume even hit store shelves, total global sales for the Harry Potter books had already topped 325 million books in 66 languages.
nytimes.com, 7/22/07; Culture Clips archives
The WBFJ “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive is still going on. Help us make our goal of 1,000 pairs of new shoes. It’s not too late. You can drop off new shoes for needy kids at participating Christian bookstores through July 30th. Details about the WBFJ “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive and Buckner International online…wbfj.fm.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms…
High 83. (70’s in the mountains)
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 63
Wednesday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms…High 83
Temperatures staying in the low to mid-80’s through Friday.
