Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. Cooler…High 58
FYI: Don’t forget to wear GREEN tomorrow (St Patrick’s Day)
Interesting fact of the morning: For the first time, Facebook has topped Google and Yahoo as the most popular website in the US. Facebook could go ‘public’ sometime in the next year or two
You should be receiving your copy of the 2010 Census form in your mailbox by Wednesday.
The US Constitution requires counting ‘everyone’ in the US every 10 years. In May, Census workers will be making home visits to those who do not return their census forms.
More info at www.2010census.gov/
A vote on the current version of the Healthcare Reform Bill in the House is expected within the next few days. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the current Senate health-care bill in the House without having members vote on it. Instead, Pelosi would rely on a procedural tactic known as a "self-executing rule" or a "deem and pass" – which has been commonly used…although never to pass legislation as big as the $875 billion dollar health-care bill. Republicans quickly condemned the strategy suggesting that Pelosi's plan would be unconstitutional.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503742_pf.html
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council Action, said the current Healthcare Reform bill drastically loosens abortion restrictions and would be financially destructive.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503742_pf.html
Please let your Representatives know your opinion and concerns about the current Healthcare Reform Bill. Find out more about the FRC-Action Webcast on healthcare tonight. Look for the links on the right side of this page...
Officials with Toyota are dismissing the ‘runaway Pris’ story. The driver, James Sikes, told reporters last week how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, sending him on a wild ride on a Southern California freeway. The 2008 Prius is subject to a recall for floor mats but not sticky accelerators. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100316/D9EFK4F80.html
A single-engine plane with oil on its windshield struck and killed a man on a Hilton Head beach yesterday afternoon…as the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing. The man was walking or jogging along Palmetto Dunes when the experimental aircraft hit him. The FAA is investigating.
http://www.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/16/plane-hits-kills-man-along-hilton-head-beach/
Breastfeeding in public: Legal in North Carolina but where’s the modesty?
A woman was asked to stop breastfeeding her child while at the Winston-Salem Employment Security Commission Office last Tuesday. Elizabeth Abbott, a mother of four, said she went to the employment office to search for a job. While waiting at the office, she started breastfeeding her infant son when a female receptionist asked her to stop, stating it was a distraction mainly to the men in the office. North Carolina law protects mothers and gives them the right to breastfeed their child anytime, anywhere. A spokesman for the NC Employment Security Commission said that they do have a breastfeeding policy. The office offers private rooms, if available, for the mother. If not, they ask the mothers wanting to breastfeed to cover-up or step outside. North Carolina is one of 44 states that have laws protecting mothers wanting to breastfeed in public. http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-breastfeed-policy-100316,0,6082191.story
Ten people, including seven students, were taken to the hospital yesterday morning after that school bus crash involving two other vehicles in Lexington. The bus driver traveling south on Cotton Grove Road crossed into an oncoming lane and collided head-on with a GMC Envoy around 8 a.m. The driver of the SUV was pinned inside her vehicle and had to be airlifted to Baptist Hospital. She was listed in critical condition.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-davidson-school-bus-ax-100315,0,1808648.story
ACC teams playing in the NIT tonight…
Tarheels taking on William and Mary (9:30pm)
NC State vs South Florida (8pm)
Virginia Tech plays on Wednesday
The Demon Deacs will begin ‘spring football’ practice today…
Wake will have to replace nine starters including QB Riley Skinner…
