The wind will be a factor today with temps not even making it out of the upper 30s today. Wind Chill making it 'feel like' the upper 20s.
SURRY COUNTY: Highway 52 NB back open between Cook School Road and Holly Springs Church Road. The SBI is investigating a high speed chase in Surry County early this morning that sent one man to the hospital. www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7888034&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
Former WXII News anchor Tolly Carr reached an undisclosed settlement yesterday…agreeing to make payments to the family of Casey Bokhoven, the man Carr hit and killed while he was driving while impaired in March of 2007. Carr is scheduled to be released from prison next May.
The agreement keeps details of the settlement, including the amount of the payments, confidential. www.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/18/carr-settles-civil-case-will-pay-victims-family/
Nearly half the respondents in a survey of primary care physicians in the US saying that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative. Many said they are overwhelmed with red tape from insurance companies and government agencies. Questionnaires were sent to more than 150,000 doctors nationwide.
www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/17/primary.care.doctors.study/index.html
Publisher HarperCollins adding the word ‘meh’ to its 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. ‘Meh’ means ‘indifference or boredom.’ The origins of "meh" are murky, but it grew in popularity after being used in a 2001 episode of "The Simpsons".
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-meh_earnov17,0,5517946.story
Survivor: Guatemala Goodbye to 'Granny Grey and Wanda Wavey'. The two contestants with the lowest amount of votes each day will NOT go home empty handed: They will receive a great prize pack including…the book from Rob Mitchell “Castaway Kid”, a T-Shirt from Caroline’s Promise, and music from WBFJ. Vote for your favorite NOW... http://www.wbfj.org/event3.htm
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
All this week…Shaohannah's Hope is partnering with Family Life and Focus on the Family to bring awareness to orphans around the world through "Cry of the Orphan". www.cryoftheorphan.org/Display.asp?Page=home
www.cryoftheorphan.org/display.asp?page=Radio
Sharing is Caring…Need Knows No Season
The Great Stocking Stuff going on NOW thru December 17 (Wed)
The Salvation Army in Winston-Salem serves families in Forsyth, Davie, Yadkin and Stokes
Pick up a stocking at Chick-Fil-A stores, Wachovia banks and select Christian Bookstores
Details online @ http://www.wbfj.fm/
Monday Night Football: A 56 yard field goal with less than 2 minutes left in the game lifting the Browns over the Bills…29 – 27.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (the NJIT) suffered its 35th straight loss falling to Penn State 74-47 last night. They were playing in the Philly Hoop Group Classic. (Unofficially, NJIT now has the most losses of any Division I team).
http://sports.myway.com/news/11172008/v1919.html
