The annual Moravian Christmas star lighting and worship service happening this afternoon. The service (postponed from Monday) will take place at 5:30pm this evening at the employee parking lot on Cloverdale Avenue across from the Shell gas station. The public is invited.
Details at the WBFJ Christmas celebrations link at wbfj.fm: http://wbfj.fm/christmascelebrations.html
Nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards announced last night…
Nominations for Best Gospel Song category: Third Day, TobyMac, Matthew West, Israel Houghton, and Mary Mary. This is the first nomination for Matthew West.
The Grammy Awards on CBS: Sunday, January 31, 2010
(Click on the link for more ‘gospel’ Grammy nominations)
http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx
Novant Health Inc. and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center agreed yesterday to a settlement that could result in community hospitals being built in Advance, Clemmons and Mocksville in phases through 20-17.
http://www.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/03/hospitals-agree-to-bury-hatchet/
The House Committee on Homeland Security is scheduled to ‘hear’ from the couple that crashed a White House State dinner recently. However, the Chairman of the committee has been informed that Salahis may not appear as requested. The Committee is prepared to issue subpoenas to the couple to make an appearance. The director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, also has agreed to testify. The Salahis are aspiring reality TV stars who made it through the security checkpoint at the White House.
COMCAST AND NBC UNIVERSAL ANNOUNCING THEIR MUCH-ANTICIPATED $30 BILLION DOLLAR MERGER. FYI: Comcast would gain control of the NBC broadcast network, the Spanish-language Tele-mundo and about two dozen cable channels, including USA, Sci-Fi and The Weather Channel. FYI: The merger could mean that movies could reach cable more quickly after showing in theaters, and that TV shows could appear faster on cell phones and other devices. http://www.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/03/comcast-buy-controlling-stake-nbc-universal/
Bank of America Corporation will re-pay its portion of the TRAP or government bailout money in the next few days. The Charlotte based bank received $45 billion dollars of TARP money during the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year. http://www.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/03/bank-of-america-says-it-plans-to-pay-back-tarp/business/
More trouble for Tiger… On his website, Tiger Woods apologizing for his ‘transgressions’ saying that he has ‘let his family down’ after further revelations about infidelity.
Hours after the outgoing Greensboro City Council voted 7-2 to fund a $18.3 million dollar aquatic center, the incoming council voted to reconsider the contract and open the decision up to further discussion.
SUSAN BOYLE'S "I DREAMED A DREAM" ALBUM HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST FIRST WEEK SALES FOR ANY FEMALE ARTIST IN THE HISTORY OF THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. The album hit number one on Amazon-dot-com within 48 hours of its announcement. It has also reached the number one spot in the U-K, Australia, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand. Boyle has over three hundred million YouTube hits and nearly two million Facebook friends.
SPORTS: College Basketball: Big Ten wins ACC / Big Ten Challenge
Wisconsin topples Duke…73 - 69
ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards and Elon wide receiver Terrrell Hudgins two of the three finalists for the Walter Payton Award (that’s the FCS equivalent of the Heisman Trophy). The winner will be announced on December 17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
