Monday, December 17, 2007
Sharing is Caring…Need Knows No Season
TODAY is the final day to get your filled stockings in for
the Great Stocking Stuff with WBFJ and the Salvation Army
Drop-off locations: Chick-Fil-A of the Triad, participating Christian Bookstores, Wachovia Bank, ABC45 / My48 and WBFJ studios. Need assistance? Call the Salvation Army in Winston-Salem…722-8721
WINTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS THIS Saturday (December 22nd). A major Winter Storm dumped snow and ice from Maine to Michigan over the weekend. The storm is blamed for at least six deaths.
The US Postal Service saying that today will be the busiest day of the year. On average, the Postal Service processes over 650 million pieces of mail…today it will be closer to 900 million pieces of mail. Wednesday will be the biggest delivery day.
His hits included "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne"…Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died Sunday at his home in Maine. He was 56. Fogelberg was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer back in 2004. http://www.danfogelberg.com/news.html
Bah-Humbug? Greensboro Police arresting 19-year-old Kevin Michael Feeley in connection with the vandalism of an outdoor Nativity scene at Greensboro College. The Nativity was vandalized back on December 8th. Feeley is a student at UNC-Greensboro and charged with injury to personal property.
The Pioneer Family Restaurant in Archdale had their outdoor Christmas decorations stolen last week. Owners of the restaurant put up a message for the thieves… “May God Bless whoever stole our Christmas lights.” The stolen decorations were worth a couple hundred dollars.
A cream made with caffeine may make women's thighs slimmer.According to a report in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Brazilian researchers studied 99 women treated with a cream consisting mostly of a 7 percent caffeine solution. The women used the cream twice daily for 30 days. When the researchers took their subjects' measurements at the end of the study, more than 80 percent of the women had a reduction in the circumference of their upper and lower thighs. Nearly 68 percent also reduced their hip measurements.
http://www.wxii12.com/health/14831393/detail.html
Today is the anniversary of the historic ‘first flight’ by the Wright Brothers near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1903 was the year and the airplane spent 12 seconds in the air. (No delays?) A ceremony marking the date will be held this morning at 10:35am.
SPORTS:
-Congrats to the Wake Forest Men’s Soccer Team…winning the NCAA ollege Soccer Cup finals.
-NFL: New England Patriots remain unbeaten
Miami Dolphins get their first win
Carolina Panthers beat the Seahawks (13-10)
-Congrats: ASU winning their third straight National Football Title on Friday night.
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Traffic News: In Greensboro: A 4 mile section of the Western Urban Loop will open Tuesday morning between Bryan Blvd and I-40.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies. Breezy…High 45
Tonight: Clear and cold…Low 22
Tuesday: Mostly sunny…High near 50
