Friday, August 17, 2007
Three rescue workers killed and 6 others injured after a disastrous cave-in last night in central Utah. The rescuers were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners that have been missing since August 6 at the Crandall Canyon mine. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/utah.mine/index.html
The search for loved ones continues in Peru…
CNN reporting that the death toll is over 500…after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru on Wednesday night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/17/peru.earthquake/index.html
Heat wave continues in the south and mid-west: Over the past 10 days the heat has claimed the lives of more than three dozen people. On Thursday, Officials were forced to shut down part of a nuclear reactor in Alabama because the river water used to cool it was too hot. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293557,00.html
Tropical Storm Erin still dumping lots of rain in central Texas. Seven deaths reported because of the storm. http://www.click2houston.com/weather/13895320/detail.html
In the Atlantic: Hurricane Dean is taking a Caribbean path toward the US.
Dean is the first named hurricane in the Atlantic of the 2007 season.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1494
NASA technicians on the ground saying NO to fixing a small, deep gash in space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1522
George and Laura (The President and the first lady) are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Bush, to Mr. Henry Hager. Hager proposed to Jenna on Wednesday in Maine. No date has been set. Hager went to Wake Forest University for his undergraduate studies. He is returning to the University of Virginia in the fall, where he is getting his master's degree in business. (CNN)
About 80% of high school students said they've witnessed the use, sale or possession of illegal drugs on school grounds, or have seen someone who was drunk or high at school. That’s according a 2007 survey by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607402
SPORTS:
-The Wyndham Championship going on through the weekend Forest Oaks
Country Club in Greensboro. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
-Minor League Baseball: Warthogs AND the Grasshoppers both winners last night.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Thunderstorms possible…High
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 67
The Weekend: Sunny…Highs in the upper 80s
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday
