WBFJ Family Friendly Forecast: Sunny and mild for the first weekend of November
Don’t forget to ‘FALL BACK’ one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night
Halloween Alternatives in the Triad: www.wbfj.org/halloween.htm
Breaking News: THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA OF TEXAS WAS SHAKEN BY TWO MINOR EARTHQUAKES OVERNIGHT. There have been no reports of any injuries or serious damage.
Saturday is the final day for Early Voting before Election Day next Tuesday.
Long lines for early voting across the state prompted the State Board of Elections to allow the extension of Early Voting poll hours on Saturday. Residents in Guildford County can early vote until 5pm on Saturday. Forsyth County Board of Elections will make a decision at noon tomorrow whether to extend poll hours. Most counties in our listening area are sticking to the 1pm deadline on Saturday.
http://news14.com/content/top_stories/600985/early-voting-sites-get-extended-hours/Default.aspx
www.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/31/forsyth-to-consider-4-hour-extension-of-early-voti/news-local/
www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/31/article/guilford_voting_to_close_at_5_pm_saturday
With more people than ever taking advantage of early voting, elections officials in Guilford County have launched a new service on their Web site to give voters estimated wait times at Early Voting poll sites in Guildford County. Check out the link: www.guilfordelections.org/
Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin is coming back to North Carolina. Governor Palin making a campaign stop at the Fairgrounds in Raleigh this Saturday afternoon. Free Ticket info: www.johnmccain.com/ste/eventrsvp.aspx?guid=c62c0d92-fec6-432b-b489-f7c6cd8e0157
Democratic Senate candidate Kay Hagan is suing incumbent Senator Elizabeth Dole over the quote ‘Godless’ political ad which exposes Hagan’s ties to an atheist political action group.
Hagan's attorneys sent a cease and desist order to the Dole campaign on Wednesday demanding that the ad should come down within 24 hours. www.wxii12.com/politics/17849658/detail.html
Dole ad: Godless Kay Hagan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb_k9qCxhGo
THE PRICES KEEP FALLING AT THE PUMP. National average price for regular unleaded is now down to $2.55. Back in July, regular unleaded hit a record of $4.11 a gallon.
The Cone Mills White Oak plant in Greensboro will lay off 150 workers by December 1st. www.wxii12.com/news/17851446/detail.html
A 500-Pound Pumpkin has been donated to Brenner Children’s Hospital by Ronald Keeton of Eastbend. The pumpkin was delivered to Brenner on Wednesday and will be on display beside the interactive wall on the seventh floor through today.
Enough already! Shawn Turschak of Chapel Hill was tired of someone stealing his McCain-Palin campaign signs from his yard. Turschak, who has an electrical engineering degree, hooked up (a third McCain- Palin sign) to a power source making it LIVE. Turschak also put up a surveillance camera. Well, the so called ‘secret sign theif’ was nabbed. Read more: www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881030008
College Football: First place in the Southern Conference on the line Friday night?
ASU hosting Wofford tonight in Boone. You can catch the game on ESPN2.
ACC: : Duke at Wake Forest @ 3:30 Saturday afternoon (BBT Field)
