Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and breezy…High 43
Wind gusts as high as 23mph.
Travelers flying in and out of PTI in Greensboro have yet to see many changes in security after last Friday’s thwarted terror attack on an international flight into Detroit. In flight restrictions since the weekend have been eased. It is up to the captain on each flight to decide whether passengers can have blankets or other items on their laps…or if they can move around during the last hour of a flight. More security info at http://www.tsa.gov/
It could be mid-week by the time power is fully restored to people in Watauga and Ashe counties. Last week's ice storm took out power to more than 8,000 homes. As of Sunday evening, 6,000 were still without electricity. Officials say more than 200 line men are working daily to restore power. Crews from neighboring utility co-ops are also helping.
http://news14.com/triad-news-94-content/local_news/triad/619729/full-power-still-days-away-for-mountain-residents
NORTH KOREA SAYS IT HAS ARRESTED AN AMERICAN WHO ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CHINA LAST WEEK. U-S Christian missionary and human rights activist Robert Park entered North Korea on Christmas Day. Park was reportedly carrying a Bible and a written human rights appeal for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
AL-QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY MONDAY FOR THE CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK ON A DETROIT BOUND PLAINE. The Al-Qaeda affiliate says it was in retaliation for alleged U-S strikes on Yemeni soil.
POLICE IN NORTHHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS ARE LOOKING FOR AN ARSONIST WHO SET 18 FIRES LAST NIGHT. Two people lost their lives as a result of the blazes.
THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES HAS RISEN TO 40 IN A TERRORIST BOMBING IN NW PAKISTAN.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNINA MEGACHURCH PASTOR CHUCK SMITH HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HAVING WHAT DOCTORS DESCRIBE AS A MINI STROKE. Close friend and fellow pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California reports that Smith was taken to the hospital late Saturday night. He urges prayers for the 82-year-old minister. Smith started pastoring Calvary Chapel in 1965
SPORTS: Monday Night Football: Vikings fall to the Bears in OT…
John Fox will likely keep his job based on the turn around of the Carolina Panthers over the last 3 games.
College Basketball: Wake Forest over UNC-G…75 – 60
Wake blocked 16 shots in the win
Frank Spencer Holiday Classic tournament…
Reagan vs Winston-Salem Prep play at the Joel tonight in the Championship game
