Great weather for taking care of the leaves or finishing putting up your outdoor Christmas decorations. Sunny skies…High 54. Tomorrow...mostly cloudy and breezy with a slight chance of a shower.
A link to the online deer-donation registry that connects hunters with people who want deer meat: http://ncbowhunter.com/
A junior varsity basketball player from Parkland High School is in critical condition after collapsing during a game last night. 15 year old Khalid Prince was rushed to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Parkland was playing North Surry. http://www.wxii12.com/news/18192223/detail.html
Around 400 students and staff at West Forsyth High School were evacuated from their classrooms after ‘smoke’ was detected. School officials saying that the smoke was caused by a malfunction in a fan motor in the building's heating and cooling system. www.wxii12.com/news/18189451/detail.html
In yet another sign of the economic Recession…more and more members of the armed services are re-enlisting. Pentagon officials say that they just finished their strongest recruiting year in four years.
A former Davidson County Sheriff's deputy was killed when his car was rear-ended by a fast-moving SUV Sunday afternoon while on the way to buy gifts for the needy. Jeffery Rollins and his wife, Vickie, were stopped at the intersection of East Hartley and Johnson Street in High Point when an SUV driven by Brady Snow plowed into the couple's Toyota Camry.Rollins died at the scene. His wife was taken to the hospital.
The couple had just celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary.
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7986904&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Pirates have released a Yemen cargo ship without receiving a ransom. So far this year, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels and successfully hijacked nearly 40 off the coast of Somalia.
A multi-national fleet has been patrolling the waters in and around the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.pirates.boat.released/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss claimed victory Tuesday night over Democrat Jim Martin in the Senate run-off race in Georgia…ending the Democrats hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters in the senate. Minnesota is the only state with a ‘contested’ Senate race (Al Franken vs Norm Coleman). www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/02/georgia.senate/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
An independent study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gives North Carolina and 48 other states an ‘F’ when it comes to affordability. North Carolina scored a "B-minus" for preparation and completion and a "C-plus" in a category that measures benefits from higher education. www.wxii12.com/news/18193036/detail.html
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7991250&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
Even though Thanksgiving is over, the Salvation Army is still giving thanks because of what was found inside a red kettle outside a grocery store in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Instead of cash…a half-carat diamond ring. A local jeweler appraised the half-carat diamond ring at $2,000 dollars. Capt. Jennifer Blessing with the Salvation Army is hopeful that the diamond ring was a true donation. If no one comes forward to claim it the money from the diamond ring will be used to provide hot meals for hundreds of needy folks this winter. www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/18186764/detail.html
Sports: ACC – Big 10 Challenge (College Basketball)
Last night: Duke over Purdue…76 - 60
Tonight: UNC vs Michigan State (9:15pm)…Wake vs Indiana (7:15pm)
