Time change this weekend:
Don’t forget to ‘Spring Forward’ one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night
Even after a federal court told one California School Board that it could not censor classroom banners that reference ‘God’, the school board still wants the teacher to remove the signs.
BTW: Johnson's signs, two banners with references to God, including "In God We Trust" and "God Bless America." had been hanging in his classroom for more than 25 years. http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000012238.cfm
An appellate court has ruled that references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance do NOT violate the so-called ‘constitutional’ separation of church and state.
http://www.centurylink.net/news/read.php?id=17644777&ps=1018&cat=&cps=0&lang=en&src=email
Keith Carter has been found guilty of second degree murder for the shooting death of Winston-Salem police Sgt. Howard Plouff outside a night club in 2007. The sentencing phase will begin this morning at 9:30am.
www.myfox8.com/wghp-plouff-murder-trial-verdict-100311,0,3560874.story
THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID WERE INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Police said the Reids' van was rear-ended and crushed by a fully loaded tractor-trailer while driving in heavy traffic ON i-95 IN Fairfax County, Virginia. Senator Reid’s wife suffered a broken nose, broken back and broken neck. Their injuries are non-life threatening. (Fox News)
A New York judge is set to make a ruling in the $657 million dollar settlement for workers who became ill after the 9/11 terrorists attacks. The settlement, announced Thursday, covers about 10,000 plaintiffs. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/12/new.york.wtc.settlement/index.html?hpt=T2
Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen lost his battle with cancer on Thursday.
As an actor, Olsen starred with Michael Landon in “Little House on the Prairie” He was also a spokesman for F-T-D. Merlin Olsen was 69 years old.
A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to re-instate the Prom dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. The ACLU filed a lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen. The lawsuit seeks a court order for the school to hold the prom. It also asks that McMillen be allowed to escort her girlfriend, who also is a student at the school, and wear the tuxedo. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100312/D9ED2K5O0.html
The Israeli army has been ordered to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours and tightened security around the old city of Jerusalem. One Palestinian was injured in an altercation with Israeli police after worshipers were restricted from entering a mosque for Friday prayers. The closing of the West Bank follows Israel's controversial announcement this week that it plans to build 1,600 new apartments on land in Jerusalem claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/12/israel.palestinians/index.html?hpt=T1
SPORTS: Men’s ACC Tournament in Greensboro
Wake and Carolina…OUT in the first round. NC State shocks Clemson
Today’s games: Duke vs Virginia…NOON
Virginia Tech vs Miami…2:30pm
Maryland vs Georgia Tech…7pm
NC State vs Florida State at 9:30pm
The Brackets: www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html
Coach Brian Robinson and the Bishop McGuinness ladies basketball team are going for a fifth straight State 1-A basketball title on Saturday. Bishop McGuinness takes on Williamston in Chapel Hill.
Also…Salisbury playing in the 2-A Girls championship game in Raleigh
