An Amber Alert has been issued for Chesney Anne Gaskin…a missing three year old. The Sampson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a female driving a Gold Chevy Malibu with a Washington State license plate # 1 1 3-Y A E. If you have any information contact law enforcement by calling 911 or *HP.
Charlotte police have released surveillance images of a man who they said left a baby in a southwest Charlotte McDonald's Wednesday morning. The baby boy was found in a car seat (unharmed) in the women's restroom of the McDonald’s. The infant, who was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for observation, was about two or three hours old when he was found.
(FYI) The North Carolina General Assembly passed a law in 2001 making it legal for a woman to surrender a newborn to a ‘responsible adult’ without fear of criminal prosecution. Newborn Abandoned In McDonald's Restroom
http://www.wxii12.com/news/17973541/detail.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/347685.html
The FDA has put a ‘hold’ on Chinese food products made with milk. The federal hold order is a precaution to keep out foods including snacks, drinks and chocolates possibly contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine which can cause serious kidney problems. www.npr.org/newsinbrief/index.html
Fewer than 1 In 5 U.S. adults now smoke. The nation's adult smoking rate has fallen below 20% for the first time since the federal government began tracking it in the 1960s. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96950224
President-elect Barack Obama will officially resign from the US Senate effective Sunday, in order to focus on his transition to the White House. Its now up the Illinois Governor (a Democrat) to name a replacement to serve the remaining two years of Obama's six-year term. www.npr.org/newsinbrief/index.html
Wanted: One missing Russian church. Last seen in July. Orthodox church officials in one central Russian town say that a once abandoned church building has been ‘stolen’ by local villagers…literally one brick at a time. Officials calling that act "Blasphemy". http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081113/D94E8V080.html
High School Football Playoff schedule: www.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/14/140025/prep-football-tonight/sports/
ACC Basketball:
-Home opener for Wake Forest at the Joel Tip off…7pm
-2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough is not expected to play in the UNC season opener against Penn on Saturday.
College Football: ASU hosting Elon in Boone Saturday afternoon (3:30pm). ASU can clinch another So Con title and a berth in the play-offs. http://www.goasu.com/
