With airlines charging for checked baggage…what about people who try to stuff oversized bags in the overhead bins. American Airlines will charge passengers (with an oversize carry-on) a $15 dollar fee to check it at the gate. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080630/D91K5B7O0.html
Starting this week in Washington State, drivers must hang up their handheld cell phones while driving. Violators will face a $124 dollar ticket. Hands-free devices are still permissible. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_hi_te/cell_phone_driving
Close to 1,400 wildfires are still burning this morning in Northern California…and there seems to be no relief sight for weary firefighters. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080630/D91KCGB01.html
Fire consuming a home on Claridge Circle in Winston-Salem early Saturday morning. The home belonged to George and Nan Griswold. Nan Griswold is the director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. The home was currently under renovation. www.wxii12.com/news/16736247/detail.html
JOHN MCCAIN MEETING WITH BILLY GRAHAM AND FRANKLIN GRAHAM on Sunday. McCain said he had an excellent conversation with the Grahams and was grateful for the opportunity to visit them. Franklin Graham did not offer an endorsement after the meeting.
http://wcbstv.com/campaign08/mccain.billy.graham.2.759844.html
Tragic accident at Six Flags Over Georgia. The popular "Batman the Ride" rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia remained closed Sunday while authorities continued investigating the death of a teenager who jumped over two fences and was struck by the ride.
www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/06/28/six_flags_death.html
The economic impact that Appalachian State University has on Western North Carolina area calculates out to $506 million dollars for the 2006-07 fiscal year. The report complied by the Walker College of Business. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports
www.alumni.appstate.edu/blog/index.php?s=watauga
"WALL-E," Tops at the Box office over the weekend. The Pixar Animation tale of a trash collecting robot racked in $62.5 million in ticket sales. www.pluggedinonline.com/
SPORTS: NASCAR: Kurt Busch gets a rain shortened win at New Hampshire.
Two weeks shy of her 20th birthday, Inbee Park of South Korea is now the youngest woman to win the U.S. Women's Open golf championship on Sunday.
Local Baseball Action
WS Warthogs: At home Wednesday through the weekend. http://www.warthogs.com/
Greensboro Grasshoppers: at home Thursday – the weekend. www.gsohoppers.com/
