Umbrella alert today! Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Today: Occasional showers…Temperatures holding in the upper 50s
The estranged wife of Robert Stewart, the man charged with shooting 8 people at a nursing home in Carthage, has apologized to some families of those killed. Wanda Neal told WRAL-TV that she wishes she had been the victim instead. Stewart has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/04/01/article/suspects_wife_sorry_for_carthage_nursing_home_shooting
More teaching positions and school support staff in Guilford County face elimination as principals prepare their school spending plans over the next few weeks. Last week, Superintendent “Mo” Green announced he would withhold half, or $6 million dollars, of per-student funding from schools. Principals use that money for everything from supplies to field trips,
but some use that money to hire additional teachers.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/04/01/article/more_teachers_could_face_layoffs
A statewide non-smoking ban gained tentative approval in the House yesterday. The slightly watered ‘ban’ would put a halt to smoking in most restaurants, bars and almost all workplaces. A second vote must be taken today before it can be passed on to the Senate. If approved, North Carolina would become the 35th state with a smoking ban. (Greensboro News/Record)
The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect yesterday…with that 62-cent federal tax increase on a pack of cigarettes. This…after President Obama's promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000.
This is only a TEST? You could be paying more to access Road Runner. Time Warner introducing it’s a new ‘metered’ Internet bandwidth cap program in Greensboro. . What does it mean? Once downloads and uploads hit the set limit, you will have to pay extra -- potentially $100 or more extra, depending on how much bandwidth you consume. The program started March 31st.
www.businessinsider.com/time-warner-cable-putting-more-bandwidth-hogs-on-a-diet-2009-4
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING A FEDERAL JUDGE TO DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST FORMER ALASKA REPUBLICAN SENATOR TED STEVENS. The Washington Post reports that concerns about the prosecution's handling of the case led the Justice Department to seek the dismissal of the charges.
ISRAEL HAS A NEW GOVERNMENT. Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as the Jewish state's new prime minister on Wednesday.
The Domino's pizza chain has given away nearly 11,000 free pizzas because of a never-used promotion that a Web customer stumbled upon. A spokesman for Domino’s stating that that the company had prepared an Internet coupon for an ad campaign that was considered in December but never activated. The code word "bailout" was good for a free medium pizza ordered online. The owner of 14 Domino's locations in the Cincinnati area says his stores gave away more than 600 pies. (Domino’s is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan). http://www.enquirer.com/
A Cleaner World is offering FREE dry cleaning to anyone who is currently unemployed. To qualify for the FREE dry cleaning at area ‘A Cleaner World’ locations you will need to bring a current statement from the Employment Security Commission. The offer continues through August 31st. www.acleanerworld.com/
How would you like Chilc-Fil-A breakfast FREE for a year?
It’s the Chick-Fil-A ‘Breakfast Bailout'
The first 100 customers IN LINE (and re-registered) at any participating Chick-Fil-A restaurant in the Triad at 6am this Saturday morning (April 4th) will win FREE Chick-Fil-A breakfast for a year. http://www.chick-fil-a.com/
VOTE now for Dove ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘New Artist of the Year’
at http://www.wbfj.fm/. The 40th annual GMA Dove Awards happens April 23rd.
www.doveawards.com/doveawards/
