12.04.2008

Thursday, December 04, 2008

All lanes back open along I-85 near Hopewell Church Road after a multi-vehicle accident closed I-85 northbound in Trinity early this morning. Authorities say the accident was caused by a deer running across the highway.
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7999167&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Airports in India are on High Alert today after new terror warnings were issued
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081204/D94RTHA80.html

AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs due to economic downturn
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081204/D94RTSPO0.html

Leaving their private jets behind…the CEO’s of the big 3 auto makers drove ‘Hybrid’ vehicles to Washington DC. The heads of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors hope to convince Congress to provide them with a multi-billion dollar bailout loan. Today they testify before the Senate Banking Committee.

A J-V basketball player from Parkland is still in critical condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. 15 year old Kha-lid Prince collapsing during the Parkland – North Surry game on Tuesday evening. All athletic games and practices at Parkland were canceled yesterday.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/18192223/detail.html

In the first 10 months of this year, bankruptcy filings have jumped 12% in Winston-Salem and up 13% in Greensboro compared to the same period in 2007. Local plant closings and other layoffs have forced more families with kids in Guilford County to request assistance in paying for school lunches. In 2007…48% of students in the Guilford County school system qualified for full or reduced lunches. www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7995294&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

What would you have done??? When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman yesterday, she assumed it was a crank call.
So Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen did what anyone of us would likely do…she hung up. But, this was no prank. Read more: www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7999309&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1

Sports: ACC – Big 10 Challenge (College Basketball)
Last night: UNC vs Michigan State…98-63…Wake Forest over Indiana…83-58

So what’s the name gonna be? The new team name, logo and uniforms for the new baseball team in Winston-Salem (formerly the Warthogs) will be revealed at the Millennium Center around noon today.