Frost Advisory for central North Carolina including the Triad and Foothills. Temperatures will dip into the low to middle 30s late tonight and early Thursday morning. Potted plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside.
THE IDEA OF A SECOND ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE ISN'T GETTING MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. The Bush administration says it doesn't believe that the proposals it's seen from Capitol Hill would actually help the economy.
Internet search engine YAHOO! is cutting 1,500 jobs before the end of the year.
India has ‘high hopes’ with today’s launch of an unmanned rocket that is now heading for the moon. The lunar probe will spend the next two years mapping the surface of the moon. Five other nations have sent probes to the moon. So far, the U.S. is the only nation to ever put a man on the moon.
VOTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL SOON DECIDE WHETHER THEIR CITY SHOULD STOP ENFORCING LAWS AGAINST PROSTITUTION.
The question, known as Proposition-K, will appear on the November ballot. Because state law prohibits prostitution, the city of San Francisco cannot actually legalize the practice.
According to a Swedish study…having two servings of yogurt a day greatly reduces the risk of bladder cancer. The study followed 80,000 people for nine years. While daily consumption of yogurt reduces bladder cancer risk by 45%
in women and 36% in men…other dairy products didn't provide the same benefit.
The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=620487
For the second year in a row, the White House Christmas tree will come from Ashe County. The White House Chief Usher and his staff made the trip from Washington DC to Ashe County yesterday to hand-select the Frasier Fir from the River Ridge Tree Farm in Creston. Crews will come back in about a month to cut down the ‘soon to be’ Christmas tree and transport it to the Blue Room, where an estimated 2,500 people will see it every day.
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The Winston-Salem Salvation Army is accepting applications for Christmas assistance through this Saturday. Last Christmas, more than 2,700 families received food, clothing and toys through the Salvation Army. For more information you can contact the Salvation Army in
Winston-Salem at 723-6366 (Ext 106). The WBFJ Great Stocking Stuff with the Salvation Army starts on Monday, November 10th.
The North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh runs thru October 26.
Christian artists scheduled to perform: Skillet (with Leeland)…Friday, Oct. 24
State Fair details on the News Blog at wbfj.fm. http://ncstatefair.org/2008/
Early voting continues in North Carolina until November 1st. ELECTION DAY is Tuesday, November 4th (less than 2 weeks away)
The Tampa Bay Rays will host the Philadelphia Phillies in Game one of the World Series tonight.
