The Biggest Loser - University Edition? Lincoln University in Pennsylvania is telling students to shape up - not academically however, but physically.
http://campuscontroversy.blogspot.com/2009/11/biggest-loser-university-edition.html
Check your BMI (here) www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body ‘fatness’ for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.
In conjunction with World AIDS Day, the Guilford County Department of Public Health will be offering FREE and confidential HIV and syphilis testing in UNC-G’s Elliott Center Auditorium from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m today (Dec 01). For more information about HIV/AIDS and testing, contact Guilford County Department of Public Health at (336) 641-7777 www.guilfordhealth.org
Postponed until this Thursday… The weather should be better on Thursday for the annual Moravian Christmas star lighting and worship service at Baptist Hospital. The service (postponed from Monday until this Thursday) will take place at 5:30pm 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
From a ban on texting while driving to more rules for people who own venomous snakes, more than 50 new state laws go into effect starting today. A list of the new laws: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/documentsites/legislativepublications/2009%20Effective%20Dates/2009%20Effective%20Dates.pdf
You'll have to scroll down to find the new laws for December 1st.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/78204302.html
THE NUMBER OF STATES REPORTING SWINE FLU INFECTIONS HAS DROPPED FROM 48 TO 32. Most of the Midwest, a few states in the Southeast, Washington State and Hawaii are experiencing a decline in H1N1 flu cases. The report is from the week ending November 20th from the Centers for Disease Control.
DEVELOPING STORY: Early this morning, Seattle police have fatally shot, Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected of gunning down four police officers at a coffee shop Sunday morning in Lakewood, Washington (a suburb south of Seattle). http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578292,00.html
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ADDRESS THE NATION THIS EVENING AT EIGHT EASTERN TIME TO LAY OUT HIS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
‘Cyber Monday’ shoppers bought more but spent less. On-line shopping sites reporting a surge in sales and traffic on Monday…spending a total of 11% more than they did a year ago at that time. But, the average size of each sales ticket had slipped nearly 14% from last year.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578291,00.html?test=latestnews
A minivan with a child's wheelchair inside was stolen outside the JCPenney store at Hanes Mall around lunchtime yesterday. The mother, Denae Ayers, told police someone stole her 2002 Ford Windstar Minivan around noon. According to Ayers, an expensive wheelchair for her handicapped daughter was inside the van. Heather Ayers, 10, suffers from a severe seizure disorder and generic muscular condition. She is able to walk with braces on her legs but primarily uses her wheelchair. A new replacement wheelchair will likely costs $4,500 dollars.
Fox 8 reporting that the stolen van is a 2002 Ford Windstar Minivan, tan, with a Make-a-Wish bumper sticker on the back. If you have any info contact WS police.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-van-wheelchair-stolen-091201,0,6238670.story
SPORTS: Monday Night Football: New Orleans over New England…38 - 17. Saints and Colts remain unbeaten at 11 – 0.
Panther’s QB Jake Delhomme suffered a broken finger on his throwing hand in the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss to the Jets. Backup QB Matt Moore will likely get the call to start this Sunday against Tampa Bay.
College Basketball: ACC / Big Ten Challenge continues tonight…
Wake Forest at Perdue (7pm)
NC State hosting Northwestern (7pm)
UNC hosting Michigan State (9pm)
Update: Tiger Woods has withdrawn from his own golf tournament, the Chevron World Challenge. More fallout from Tiger’s mysterious car accident.
