Today is Columbus Day
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GAS PRICES FALLING ABOUT A DIME OVER THE WEEKEND. The national average price for regular, unleaded is about $3.29 a gallon. That’s more than 50 cents cheaper than it was a month ago.
PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation) has established express routes for Rural Hall and King. The newest routes are available today. (Monday, October 13th).
For more information about PART @ http://www.partnc.org/
PRO-FAMILY GROUPS ARE CONDEMNING A MARRIAGE DECISION BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE SUPREME COURT. The state's high court on Friday ruled that Connecticut's law defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman is unconstitutional. The Alliance Defense Fund says the ruling demonstrates, quote, "the dire need for states to enact constitutional amendments to protect marriage."
The Federal Reserve has approved Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion dollar acquisition of North Carolina-based Wachovia. Citigroup will not challenge the Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal in court…but is seeking $60 billion dollars in damages for breach of contract.
Global stock markets rebounded strongly overnight after the U.S. intensified efforts to ease a financial crisis that threatened to the throw the world into recession. LONDON IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS TODAY…providing about 37 billion pounds to help stabilize its financial institutions.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain will hold a town hall-style stop today at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington.
The third and final Presidential debate will be this Wednesday, October 15th atHofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
ELECTION DAY (November 4th ) is less than 4 weeks away.
State Board of Elections LINK on the News Blog at wbfj.fm
BILLY GRAHAM IS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. Graham was admitted after tripping and falling over one of his three dogs at his North Carolina home on Friday. The 89-year old evangelist didn't suffer any broken bones and he was released on Saturday. Graham celebrates his 90th birthday on November 7th.
Sports:
NLCS: Dodgers beat the Phillies…7-2. Game 4 in LA tonight.
Philly up 2 games to 1 in the best of 7 division series.
ALCS: Tampa Bay at Boston…Game 3 this afternoon
‘Fireproof’, the relationship movie from the creators of ‘Facing the Giants’, coming in at #11 at the Box Office. Find a theater showing Fireproof @ http://www.wbfj.fm/
