CHILD-RELATED RECALLS: The Consumer Product Safety Commission saying that Evenflo is recalling about 95-thousand of its Majestic High Chairs. The Regal Lager Corporation is recalling 16-hundred of its Phil and Ted’s Dash Buggy Strollers and the Xtreme Toy Zone is recalling about 480 toy dinosaurs. Consumer Product Safety Commission: http://www.cpsc.gov/
Slow sales and no bailout in sight...CHRYSLER WILL SHUT DOWN ALL OF ITS MANUFACTURING FACILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY.
The cost-cutting move will affect nearly 46 thousand workers. Chrysler normally shuts down its factories between Christmas through New Year's Day.Ford Motor Company will add a week to its usual two week factory shutdown. The Detroit Free Press
More job cuts locally…
-Semi-conductor maker RF Micro Devices plans to eliminate 250 employees.
-Automotive Motors is closing its Thomasville facility and eliminating 82 jobs.
An explosion Tuesday afternoon in Winston-Salem blew the living room of a house on Forest Drive into the back yard. The fire was quickly extinguished, but not before the home suffered $65,000 in property damage. Two adults and two teenagers who live in the home were not at home at the time of the blast. The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.
Some liberal groups are not very happy about President –Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback church in California, to deliver the invocation at the upcoming inauguration. Rick Warren is also the author of the best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life". www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=358228
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/17/obama.warren/index.html
In an e-letter sent out to customers, The Master’s Loft will be closing its retail location on Miller Street effective January 31, 2009…and shifting to a web-based internet store. Details about the ‘new’ site: http://www.mastersloft.com/
A man dressed up as Santa Claus has been added to the ‘naughty list’?
A New York City traffic agent gave Chip Cafiero a ticket while he stopped to deliver gifts to children in Brooklyn on Black Friday’. The 60-year-old retired schoolteacher was riding a horse-drawn carriage and handing out toys and candy canes. An SUV carrying the toys and protecting the horse from traffic was double parked next to him. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081217/D954E0CO1.html
ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards has been named to the Associated Press’ FCS All American team. Edwards is one of 4 Southern Conference players named to the first team. http://www.goasu.com/
Records are made to be broken: UNC center Tyler Hansbrough is nine points away from breaking Phil Ford's scoring record at UNC. Carolina plays Evansville tonight at the Dean Dome.
Phil Ford, now an assistant with the Charlotte Bobcats, is expected to attend the game at the invitation of Coach Roy Williams.
This Saturday (Dec 20)...Wake Forest vs Navy in the Eagle Bank Bowl
Kick off: 11 a.m. Location: RFK stadium in Washington, D.C.
www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/acc-m-footbl-body.html
