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Candidates for local offices have until noon TODAY to file with their local boards of elections. The primary election will be October 6th. The general election will be November 3.
Details on funeral arrangements for Army Capt. Mark Garner who was killed in Afghanistan: The family will receive friends at the First Baptist Church in Elkin on Friday night at 6 p.m. The funeral will be this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the church.
The latest in a series of Triad bear sightings happened yesterday near the McDonald's on Fernhurst Way in Greensboro. The 911 call was made at about 11:30 a.m. stating that several customers were watching a mother bear and her cub. Animal Control officers came out but were not able to tranquilize the bears…who eventual wandered back into the woods. Officers that responded learned that customers at the McDonald's had been feeding the bears in the past. Several other bear sightings were reported last weekend in Forsyth County http://www.wxii12.com/news/20078413/detail.html
Winston-Salem police are still investigating the death of Dwight Sluder who was found shot at his home on Baux Mountain Road in Germanton.Sluder was a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.Authorities said they are investigating the case as a homicide.
32 year old Jorge Cornell, a member of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation Gang has filed to run for an at-large seat on Greensboro's City Council. Last year, Cornell held a news conference where he called for peace among local gangs. He also has asked blacks and Latinos to work together against racism.Cornell's candidacy paperwork indicates he has been convicted of a felony. Brenda Wallace of the Guilford County Board of Elections said a conviction does not disqualify a candidate. http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-gang-leader-council-090717,0,4979382.story
No serious damage: NASA saying that an inspection of the Space Shuttle Endeavour revealing no serious damage. Endeavour was hit by some pieces of foam which flew off of the orbiter's external fuel tank shortly after launch on Wednesday.
In an embarrassing acknowledgment, NASA admitted yesterday that it must have erased the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago so that it could reuse the videotape. But Hollywood has come to the rescue.
The studio wizards who restored "Casablanca" are digitally sharpening and cleaning up the ghostly, grainy footage of the moon landing, making it even better than what TV viewers saw on July 20, 1969. They are doing it by working from four copies that NASA scrounged from around the world. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090717/D99FSAKG0.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/16/nasa.videos/index.html#cnnSTCText
Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia earlier today, killing nine and wounding at least 50 more. Three Americans said to be among the injured. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533424,00.html
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BEING HELD TODAY FOR THE SLAIN FLORIDA COUPLE WHO SERVED AS ADOPTIVE PARENTS TO MORE THAN A DOZEN CHILDREN. Thousands of people turned out to pay their respects to Byrd and Melanie Billings during a public viewing at Liberty Church in Pensacola on Thursday. A gun likely used in the killings has been recovered.
Police have arrested eight people in connection with the double murder.The couple had 17 children, 13 of whom were adopted. Many of the adopted children had special needs.
Pope Benedict was briefly hospitalized last night after falling and suffering a minor fracture to his right wrist. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/17/pope.fall.wrist.broken/index.html
The country’s more than 100 National Parks are waiving admission fees this weekend. Also, many park partners including tour operators, hotels, restaurants, gift shops, and other vendors will offer additional discounts and special promotions. July 18-19 and August 15-16, 2009 More information: www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm
How is your garden doing this year? Growing veggies in a bale of straw?
Jerry Teague of Thomasville has produced massive tomato plants without any land or a tiller. All he uses is a bale of straw.He said by rooting the tomato plants in the straw, the bale keeps 'maters from drowning in heavy rain and as long as they're kept damp, the plants get the right amount of water.The tomato vines planted in mid-May are almost nine-feet tall.The technique reportedly works for other veggies as well.
http://www.carolinacountry.com/cgardens/thismonth/march09guide/straw2.html
SPORTS
(Scotland) Tom Watson still in the top 5 at the British Open
Tour de France: Lance Armstrong remains in 3rd as the 13th Stage Begins
MLB: The first place LA Angels are red hot…LA over the Oakland A’s 6-2 last night for their fourth straight win.
NASCAR: Next race… Allstate 400 at The Brickyard in Indy (July 26)
