The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for SNOW in effect this evening until early Wednesday morning…for the Triad
Rain and snow today…Temperatures staying in the mid to upper 30s
Today is Dr. Seuss Day. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. "Children want the same things we want. To laugh…to be challenged…to be entertained and be delighted."
BIO: http://www.seussville.com/main.php?section=home&isbn=&catalogID=&eventID=
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY IN A LANDMARK GUN-CONTROL CASE ON WHETHER CITIES AND STATES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BAN HANDGUNS. The case challenges Chicago's decades-old city-wide ban on possessing a handgun. A similar handgun band in Washington D.C. was struck down by the High Court in 2008. The justices declared that the Second Amendment protects a right of individuals to have commonly available firearms -- including handguns -- in their home for self defense.
That decision applied to the federal government and to federal territories such as the District of Columbia.
Need a job? Listen up…The Children’s Home on Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem is having a Job Fair this afternoon. The Job Fair will run from 3:30 to 7pm in the Edwards Building. Currently, the Children’s Home has 20 openings. For a listing of job opening and descriptions…go to www.tchome.org.
The Greensboro man who beat then set fire to his girlfriend’s pit bull puppy last summer has been sentenced to at least 6 months in prison. 21 year old Lashawn Whitehead pleaded guilty yesterday to animal cruelty charges. SUSIE, the abused dog, was near death with second- and third-degree burns over 60% of her body and a broken jaw and teeth about two weeks later by a man walking his dog.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/03/01/article/man_received_6_to_8_months_in_prison_for_burning_puppy
Widespread looting continues in some cities hit hard by that massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday. Authorities in Concepcion the city closest to the earthquake’s epicenter extended a curfew overnight in an effort to stop the looting. The death toll from Saturday’s deadly earthquake in Chile stands at 723.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Continued-Looting-in-Chile-in-Aftermath-of-Earthquake-85940832.html
Jay Leno back at his old time slot last night on NBC. Leno reclaiming his old job at NBC's "Tonight Show" just nine months after giving it up to Conan O'Brien, and only 19 days after NBC pulled the plug on Leno's own 10pm prime-time adventure.
FYI: A young comedian named Jay Leno first appeared as a guest on "The Tonight Show" on this date back in 1977.
An astronaut, a former '90210' star, a gold medalist and a famous mother of eight among the 11 new cast of 'Dancing With the Stars' on ABC. Included in this season’s list…
-Buzz Aldrin, astronaut and best-selling author.
-Shannen Doherty, best-known for her TV roles in "Beverly Hills, 90210"
-Evan Lysacek, newly crowned Olympic gold medalist in figure skating.
-Kate Gosselin, mother of eight.
The new "Dancing With the Stars" season kicks off on March 22 on ABC.
http://blog.al.com/scenesource/2010/03/astronaut_former_90210_star_go.html
Petra Diamonds in London has sold a 507-carat diamond for $35.3 million dollars, breaking a record as the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond. Analysts had estimated the value of the stone, one of the 20 biggest high-quality rough diamonds, at around $25 million. The gem was found last September at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. The Cullinan mine has been the source of many large diamonds, including the world's largest rough diamond -- the Cullinan -- at 3,106 carats. That gem was cut into the Star of Africa stones that are now set in Britain's Crown Jewels. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100226/ts_nm/us_petra_diamond
As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureau locations around the country except for the bureau in Washington, DC. The number of its domestic correspondents will be cut in half and replaced with "digital" journalists who would be expected to shoot and edit their own stories.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/abc-news-to-cut-half-its-domestic-correspondents-shut-down-all-bureaus-except-washington.html
ACC basketball action tonight:
-Can the Tarheels win their 2,000th game tonight? Carolina hosting Miami (8pm)
-Georgia Tech vs Clemson
http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html
