An e-mail message circulating throughout the Triad warning residents about a surge in gang initiations during the month of April is a hoax. According to the Greensboro Police Department's Gang Unit…there is no "season" for gang initiations. ww.wxii12.com/news/15734596/detail.html
Fire crews are still on the scene of a wildfire that has been raging on Sauratown Mountain since Wednesday. Around 300 acres have burned since the fire started…so far, no homes have been destroyed by the fire. Michael Huffman with the Forestry Service said Sunday that the fire was approximately 75% contained. Northwest North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross
To find out how you can help call: (336) 724-0511 www.nwnc-redcross.org/
THE OLYMPIC TORCH ARRIVED IN BEIJING, CHINA EARLIER TODAY.
After a tightly controlled ceremony at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the torch now begins a 19-nation tour of the world. It will end up back in Beijing in time for the Olympic Games in August. Meanwhile, Beijing is still dealing with anti-Chinese protests in Tibet.Tiananmen Square is known as the site of a pro-democracy effort that was smashed by Chinese officials in 1989
In Iraq: The Green Zone hit by another round of rocket attacks earlier today.
Al Jazeera News reporting that a strict curfew has been partially lifted in Baghdad. There were no reports of injuries.
Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son. Their efforts ended in disappointment on Sunday.
Army officials told the parents that their son’s remains had been found.
Sgt. Maupin had been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004,
The Army used DNA testing to ID maupin’s remains.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080331/D8VOBPVO0.html
THE MARRIAGE RATE IN Great Britain IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN 146 YEARS AGO. Of all the marriages performed in Britain in 2006, only about one-third of them involved a religious ceremony. The Times newspaper reports that Britain’s tax system encourages people to stay single. The report from the British government looks at marriages through the year 2006.
SAN ANTONIO: Their goal was an ‘honor code’ that discouraged cheating and plagiarizing. However, the wording in a draft by students at the University of Texas at San Antonio appears to match another school's code - without giving the school credit.
The student currently in charge of the honor code project said it was an oversight. Parts of the Texas honor code draft match word-for-word the online version of Brigham Young University's code.BYU credited the Center for Academic Integrity, but the San Antonio draft doesn't. Cheating experts say it illustrates a sloppiness among Internet-era students who don't know how to cite sources properly and think of their computers as cut-and-paste machines.
Student Akshay Thusu said that when he took over the project a month ago plans to include proper citation when the honor code draft is submitted to the faculty senate. Thusu said (quote) "We don't want to have an honor code that is stolen." The Associated Press (Mar. 30, 2008)
It was the best of both worlds for Miley Cyrus at the Kid’s Choice Awards.
Miley (also known as Hannah Montana) took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress at Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.
Faith Factor: Miley Cyrus is a multi-millionaire mogul…at just 15.
Even with the music, film and fashion fame… Miley (or Hannah Montana) has managed to stay sane (and sensible) amid her very adult-like life and credits Christianity for her good behavior.
"I think it’s my faith that keeps me grounded, especially because I’m a Christ follower for sure," Cyrus told us. "Live like Christ and he’ll live in you, and that’s what I want to do." Miley admitted that her famous father, Billy Ray Cyrus, initially didn’t want her to even enter the entertainment industry. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342610,00.html
SPORTS: Men’s Final 4 is set…but no Davidson College
The Kansas Jayhawks escaped with a 59-57 victory over Davidson last night.
Kansas joins fellow top seeds North Carolina, Memphis and UCLA.
This is the first time all No. 1 seeds have advanced to the national semifinals.
NCAA.com Interactive Site: www.ncaa.com/basketball-mens/default.aspx?id=147034
NIT second round… www.nit.org/
NASCAR: Denny Hamlin winning the Goodies 500 in Martinsville.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy with rain showers…High only 48
Tonight: Drizzle…Low 45
Tuesday: More rain. Afternoon thunderstorms possible…High 68
