Friday, September 7, 2007
President Bush has declared today through Sunday as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance for the victims (and their families) of September 11, 2001. Next Tuesday marks the sixth anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC.
The AP reporting that the parents of 4 year old Madeleine McCann -the British girl who disappeared four months ago… will be named as formal suspects in the case today.
Day 5 in the search for millionaire aviator Steve Fossett who has been missing since Monday.
THE CDC in Atlanta has released a disturbing report about suicide among pre-teens and young adults. Suicide by people between the ages of ten and 24 rose eight percent in 2004. That was the largest increase in 15 years.
Good News / Bad news: The National Survey on Drug Use and Health finds that overall illicit drug use among children ages 12 to 17 is at a five year low. But, the report stresses that prescription drug abuse is up among teens.
How about a store credit? Apple CEO Steve Jobs has responded to hundreds of irate customers who were some of the first to purchase the Apple i-phone…after Apple announced that it was cutting the price of the 8 gigabyte i-phone by $200 dollars. Apple is offering a one-hundred dollar credit to all those customers who paid full price for the iPhone.
The US Navy has re-directed one of its ships to the coast of Nicaragua to help with relief efforts from Hurricane Felix which made landfall earlier this week. The death toll from Felix has risen to 100.
The attorneys for three players falsely accused in the Duke lacrosse case will be filing a $30 million dollar civil rights lawsuit against the city of Durham.
A simple game of Hide - and – seek gets a kindergartner kicked off the school bus for two weeks.
A 5 year old at Erskine Elementary school in Indiana was suspended from school transportation for two weeks because he hid from a bus driver. After dropping off students, the bus driver then left to pick up children at another school - with the boy still on the bus. The driver discovered him after hearing him giggle. School slapped the kid with a 2 week suspension from the bus. The child's mother says the punishment was too severe. http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/
SPORTS…
NFL: The Colts rolling over the Saints: 41 - 10.
The Carolina Panthers at St Louis on Sunday…
College Football…
-ASU playing at home in Boone this weekend…
-Wake Forest plays Nebraska (at B.B. and T. Field in WS)
-UNC at ECU
-NC State at Boston College
NASCAR: Racing in Richmond on Saturday night.
The Second annual Chris Paul Weekend will take place September 14 thru 16 in Winston-Salem. Bobby Jones, former NBA All-Star and UNC Tarheel All-American, will be the featured speaker at the CP3 Community Church Service on Sunday, September 16 at the Benton Convention Center in downtown WS. Money raised during the Chris Paul weekend will benefit the Forsyth County Habitat for Humanity.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local blood supplies are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
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Code Orange Air Quality Alert (Ozone) til 9pm…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and dry…High 93
Tonight: Clear skies (Friday Night Football)…Low 65
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
