National Weather Service has issued a Lake Wind Advisory for the Foothills and Piedmont of North Carolina until Thursday morning.
Strong storms pushing through the country’s mid-section yesterday. Dozens of flights were cancelled at the Dallas-Fort Fort Airport. Winds were clocked at 100 miles per hour. Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in Missouri. Hundreds were forced from their homes.
http://www.weather.com/
In a case before the Supreme Court yesterday, the justices were considering whether the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to individuals or to states. Sources saying that the High Court is leaning toward ruling in favor of an individual’s right to own a gun. A decision is expected before their June break. http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=72105
Black conservative leaders believe Senator Barack Obama did not go far enough in condemning the divisive sermons delivered by his longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright who shepherd’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. The Democratic presidential hopeful delivering a speech yesterday intended to repair damage his presidential campaign suffered by Pastor Wright's inflammatory rhetoric. Obama admits the sermons -- now circulating on the Internet and television -- "rightly offend white and black alike."
Barack Obama will make campaign stops in Charlotte and Fayetteville today.
www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=72233
Today marks the 5th Anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq. President Bush is expected to deliver a speech at the Pentagon.
An attack on a group of Christians in southern Ethiopia has claimed 4 lives. Envoy Ministries reports that hundreds of men armed with machetes and clubs attacked the worshippers without warning last week. Three Ethiopian church planters were among the fatalities. Another 70 people were wounded, 40 of them seriously. http://www.persecution.net/pnp.htm
Science Fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" has died. He was 90.
Destiny Hope Cyrus was her given name…Miley Cyrus (also known as the teen Pop Star Hannah Montana) has filed papers to legally change her name to ‘Miley Ray Cyrus’. Miley got her nick name ‘Smiley Miley’ from her dad…Billy Ray Cyrus.
http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/hannahmontana/
If you have DIRECT TV you now have the GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL.
(channel 338). Gospel Music Channel will air the 39th annual GMA Dove Awards LIVE on Wednesday, April 23 at 8pm. http://www.doveawards.com/
The NY Yankees played an exhibition game against the Hokies of Virginia Tech yesterday in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Yankees won 11-0…but the experience for both teams and the Hokie nation was priceless. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner donated $1 million dollars to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/03/18/yanks.vatech.ap/index.html
SPORTS: Men’s NCAA Tournament:
Mount St Mary’s beat Coppin State in the NCAA opener…
Mount St Mary’s will play UNC on Friday in Raleigh
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Windy. Occasional rain and possibly a thunderstorm
this afternoon…High near 70
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms early. Some storms could
be severe. Clearing skies after midnight. Windy…Low 45
Thursday: Sunny and breezy…High near 60
Good Friday: Mostly sunny…High 65
Easter Sunday: Some sun early. A late day shower possible…High 55
