Oops? A Wyoming mother sited for ‘educational neglect’ because her daughter wasn't registered in school has been cleared. The reason: The daughter isn’t old enough to attend public school. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104038
'World's Oldest' Mom who gave birth at age 66, has died of cancer…at age 69. Maria del Carmen Bousada leaves behind 2-year old twins. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532742,00.html
Shuttle astronauts will inspect Endeavour’s thermal shielding later today after NASA engineers on Earth spotted debris breaking off the fuel tank and striking the shuttle during yesterday’s launch.
The foreclosure plague is not going away. A record 1.53 million properties were in the foreclosure process during the first six months of 2009.
AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ARMED MAN BY CAPITOL POLICE. The shooting occurred late Wednesday afternoon near the U.S. Capitol Building. U.S. Capitol Police say the incident began when they tried to pull the man over for a traffic stop.
Seven campers attending Camp Broadstone, an outdoor education center run by Appalachian State University, have tested positive for the H1N1 virus (or "swine flu"). Ten campers and a counselor came down with flulike symptoms last week. There are now over 400 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in North Carolina.
Clothes line bill ‘hung out to dry’ Representative Pricey Harrison (D-Greensboro) got a little bill (H 13-53) through the State House that would prohibit cities and counties from adopting blanket prohibitions on clotheslines. http://www.mountainx.com/forums/viewthread/1835/
Korner’s Folly, a Kernersville landmark, was officially declared ‘haunted’ by the Southern Paranormal and Anomaly Research Society at a news conference Wednesday. The self-proclaimed ‘Strangest House in the World’ was ‘tested’ in late May. Infrared cameras, digital thermometers, tape recorders and electromagnetic field detectors were brought in…with strange voices and some mysterious specks of light detected.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/07/15/article/this_house_certified_as_haunted
State senators postponed a vote yesterday on a bill that would ban the commercial production of wind energy in the mountains of North Carolina. The bill would allow small windmills used primarily to generate electricity for a private home. But it would ban larger windmills and all commercial wind farms.
Candidates for local offices have until noon Friday to file with their local boards of elections. The primary election will be October 6th. The general election will be November 3rd.
New music out in stores this week: "Glory Revealed - Two: The Word of God in Worship " features vocals from 21 different artists, including Amy Grant, Mark Hall, Sara Evans, Natalie Grant, and Brandon Heath. A continued project from Third Day's Mac Powell and author David Nasser
And the soundtrack from the movie "Fireproof" features a total of 17 songs from various artists including Third Day, Casting Crowns, and Warren Barfield.
SPORTS
NASCAR saying that Jeremy Mayfield has once again tested positive again for methamphetamine. The latest allegations are from a July 6 random drug test. NASCAR has asked the federal judge who lifted Mayfield's drug suspension to reinstate the ban.
(Scotland) Tom Watson has shot a 5-under 65 to claim the lead at the British Open.
