A Cleaner World is offering FREE dry cleaning to anyone who is currently unemployed and needs freshly cleaned and pressed clothes for your next job interview. To qualify for the free service customers will need to bring a current statement from the Employment Security Commission. The offer continues through August 31st. www.acleanerworld.com/
www.digtriad.com/money/your_money/article.aspx?storyid=121497&catid=248
Another band of severe thunderstorms rolling across the South early this morning, injuring at least one person in Louisiana. Yesterday, the small town of Magee, Mississippi town was devastated by a tornado…with winds estimated at 150mph.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090327/D976BEAO1.html
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AFTER FLOOD WATERS STARTED ERODING SECTIONS OF THE DIKES BUILT TO CONTAIN THE RISING RED RIVER. National Weather Service warned the Red River could crest as high as 43 feet. That's 2 feet higher than earlier predicted.
According to Triple-A: Gas prices back up over $2 dollars a gallon. The national average price for regular unleaded is $2.03.
Guilford County Schools Superintendent Mo Green plans to cut 90 positions and hold back $6 million dollars in student funding from next year's budget. The cuts are expected to save the school system about $2.9 million. www.myfox8.com/wghp-guilford-school-cuts-090326,0,6546578.story
In light of the debate over snow makeup days, Guilford County school board members voted on a new calendar for the 2009-10 school year.The new calendar would move more optional teacher workdays into the second half of the year. The school calendar vote will be open to public comment at the board's next meeting on Tuesday, April 7.
A little frustrated with changes to Facebook? You’re not alone. Facebook has been inundated with feedback on its new layout, much of it negative…but constructive. Most users have given Facebook’s latest re-design a thumbs-down in a user poll. While the social network isn't reverting back to the old page design, they are making a handful of changes including live updating and photo tags. www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/25/facebook.changes/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SET TO UNVEIL HIS NEW AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY TODAY. The president wants to send four thousand additional troops to Afghanistan
Televangelist Robert H. Schuller has reached millions worldwide with his weekly "Hour of Power" TV broadcasts, but when it comes to the Internet, he had a high-tech headache: an online impostor. When 82-year-old Schuller, the founder of the Crystal Cathedral megachurch, recently tried to set up an account on Twitter.com, he discovered another user masquerading as himself. San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. confirmed that the user was an impostor and suspended the account late Tuesday. Read more: www.myfox8.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-crystal-cathedral-twitter,0,5123876.story
VOTE now for Dove ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘New Artist of the Year’ at www.wbfj.fm. The 40th annual GMA Dove Awards happens April 23rd.
www.doveawards.com/doveawards/
Men’s NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16)
Duke losing to Villanova last night…77-54 in the East Regionals
Tonight: Carolina vs Gonzaga (late game…around 10pm)
www.ncaa.com
NASCAR: Martinsville
