Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Major delays: SB 52 between Moore / RJR Road and Westinghouse Road…
An over-turned tractor trailer is blocking the right lane.
Donate blood and help our Troops this week:
The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be at the US Army Reserve Center on MLK
(located south of WSSU) in Winston-Salem from 8 til 4pm this Wednesday.
To make an appointment call 766-8436.
All eyes on Dean: Hurricane Dean slamming into the Yucatan Peninsula…making landfall around Costa Maya, Mexico early this morning. Dean is now a category 3 hurricane. Sustained winds 125 mph. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/?from=footer&ref=/weather/narrative/27101
The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will return back to earth around noon today. The landing was moved from Houston to Cape Canaveral in Florida.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R5BNQG0.html
Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges for his role in an illegal dog fighting operation. Now Vick is waiting to hear if he'll play professional football again. Vick could go to jail for up to 5 years. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/20/vick/index.html
Disaster relief workers have given up hope in finding any more survivors after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Lima, Peru last Wednesday. Crews are now concentrating on clearing the streets of rubble. The earthquake has claimed over 540 lives so far. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352448007
UNC-G alum Carolyn Bason Long, a 1943 graduate and Youngsville native
has given the school a Million dollar gift. The donation will be used in UNC-G’s Students First Campaign scholarship fund. UNC-G has raised more than $81 toward the 100 million dollar goal. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352449324&path=%21localnews&s=1037645509099
The remains of the last person missing after the I-35 west bridge collapse in Minnesota have been found. The bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago. This brings the official death toll to 13. (CNN)
Hotel mogul Leona Helmsley (deemed as the "queen of mean" back in the 80’s) died of heart failure on Monday. Helmsley was 87. Helmsley became a household name in 1989 when she was tried for tax evasion. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_re_us/obit_helmsley%3B_ylt%3DAhvzl4jRua7_aneCshqcFRADW7oF
HELSINKI, Finland…The Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps likely dates back thousands of years. Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing. Archaeologists said that the tar was also used to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R55P4G0.html
SPORTS: NASCAR:
Another Rain delay on Monday in Michigan. Green flag around 10am.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and HOT. Breezy…. High 98
A late day shower or thunderstorm possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72Wednesday: Sunny and Hot…High 95
