Goodwill and WXII 12 are sponsoring a Job Fair TODAY from 10 – 3pm at the Joel Coliseum Annex building. For a list of companies click here: www.wxii12.com/money/18921383/detail.html
Tax Day is coming…Over 500 TEA, parties (or Taxed Enough Already rallies) are planned tomorrow at noon in front of city halls across the nation on April 15. A ’TEA Party’ happening in downtown Winston-Salem at Winston Square Park (next to the Sawtooth Center on North Marshall Street), tomorrow at Noon (Wednesday, April 15, 2009) Details: www.ncteaparty.com
The emphasis of the Tax Day TEA Party is to raise awareness about attempts by both the Federal and State governments to levy excessive taxes. FYI: Average IRS refund will be $2,700
GM Corporation is recalling 1.5 million vehicles. The problem: drops of oil could fall into the exhaust system and cause a fire in the engine. The recall involves GM vehicles with a 3.8-liter, V6 engine. Some of the recalled vehicles are no longer in production.
FYI: The recall includes the 1998-1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, the 1997-2003 Pontiac Grand Prix, 1997-2003 Buick Regal, and the 1998-2003 Chevrolet Lumina, Monte Carlo and Impala.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3TgIrx1q3-jZIE3wAyKMgasetoAD97HS9503
FYI: State troopers said at least 16 people died in vehicle accidents over Easter weekend on North Carolina roadways.
Mel Gibson's Divorce Could Be Most Expensive in Celebrity History: Gibson may soon be writing one of the biggest checks of his life – to his wife. With no indication that the estranged couple – who married 28 years ago – had a ‘prenup’, Robyn Gibson, 53, is legally entitled in their divorce to half of everything the actor-director-producer earned during their marriage: A fortune estimated at close to $1 billion. www.people.com/people/article/0,,20272209,00.html
Also, Mel Gibson Confides Shares Divorce News at Church
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20272014,00.html
AMERICANS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN CUBA WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO SEND MONEY AND TRAVEL TO THE COMMUNIST ISLAND NATION. The changes in U.S. policy announced yesterday by the White House do not include a total lifting of the 47-year old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. However, the new policy does allow for U.S.-Cuban tele communications and fiber optics partnerships. It also expands the list of humanitarian items that can be sent to Cuba. Somali pirates have hijacked three more ships in the Gulf of Aden of the coast of Somalia. US Navy gunships will likely be sent to the Somali coastline in an effort to disable pirate "mother ships."
Radio and TV broadcaster Harry Kalas (the voice of the Philadelphia Phillies) collapsed and died in the broadcast booth right before the Phillies – Nationals game yesterday. Kalas was 73. Kalas was the voice of NFL Films. In addition to doing NFL games for Westwood One, he was also the voice of Notre Dame football. The Phillies won their second World Series title last fall.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/04/13/harry.kalas.ap/index.html?eref=si_nfl
NFL Films takes a look back at the career of legendary broadcaster Harry Kalas…
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80fc0ee4
NORTH KOREA SAYS IT'S WITHDRAWING FROM SIX-PARTY DISARMAMENT TALKS AND RESTORING ITS PARTLY DISABLED NUCLEAR FACILITIES. Today's announcement from Pyongyang comes hours after the U.N. Security Council passed a statement condemning North Korea's recent rocket launch. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,515496,00.html
FYI: Casting Crowns will perform in Communist North Korea this week at the annual Spring Friendship Arts Festival. Just heard that the band has made it to Beijing, China safely. Next stop North Korea! http://twitter.com/castingcrowns
Longtime music producer Phil Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 death of Lana Clarkson…who died of a gunshot wound in Spector's LA home. The 69-year-old Spector will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0413092spector1.html
Mexico is protesting what it says is a ‘whopper of an insult’. An advertisement for Burger King's Texican Whopper burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. Mexico has very strict rules about using the flag. Read More...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090414/D97I125G0.html
You’re invited to the WBFJ Dove Awards Party happening Thursday, April 23rd from 7-10pm at Confluence Coffee on Hwy 150 in Winston-Salem.
VOTE now for Dove ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘New Artist of the Year’ at http://www.wbfj.fm/
