Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and warm…High 72
Fun Fact: Tonight’s Islanders-Rangers Hockey game is more than just a hockey game. It will be the first sports broadcast in 3D in the US.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/19/islanders-vs-rangers-domestic-d-broadcast/?test=latestnews
Recall: More than 1 million baby slings made by Infantino are being recalled because the products have been linked to three infant deaths.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said babies could suffocate in the soft fabric slings. You should immediately stop using the slings if you have babies under 4 months old.
The recall involves over 1 million In-fan-tin-o "SlingRider" and "Wendy Bellissimo" slings in the US and Canada. Recall info: http://service.infantino.com/UnitedStatesRecalls.html
The Bright Leaf Drive-in on Andy Griffith Parkway in Mt Airy is no longer in business. According to their website, the closing was a surprise to them as well. Jason with the Bright Leaf Drive In commented that they leased the land where the drive in was located. Their lease was up this month and the owner did not wish to renew it. Looks like the land is going to be sold = no more drive in. Everything is For Sale…from the grill equipment, freezers, furniture. They are selling it all!! Contact, Jason at 336-244-7390 with any questions.
Email: brightleaf1955@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.brightleafdrivein.biz/
President Obama will sign an Executive Order today that ensures existing limits on the federal funding of abortion remain in place under the new health care law. The White House said the executive order re-affirms longstanding restrictions on the federal funding of abortion in the new Healthcare law. Rep. Bart Stupak and fellow pro life Democrats in the house will attend. The signing of the Executive Order will be closed to the news media
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/24/obama.abortion/index.html?hpt=T1
Immediately after President Obama signed the new Healthcare Bill into law, 14 Attorneys General from across the nation filed a lawsuit in Pensacola yesterday challenging the new healthcare plan. All of the attorneys general are Republicans except for James "Buddy" Caldwell of Louisiana, who is a Democrat.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted 6-3 to start laying off about 600 teachers. The school board also voted to cut the pay for all 224 assistant principals in the coming school year.
Ladies if you want to limit weight gain…you need even more exercise. A Harvard study finding that women need an hour of exercise a day…double the amount recommended by some Federal guidelines…in order to minimize weight gain as you get older. The findings, published in the Journal of the AMA, is one of the first to show how much exercise may be necessary for healthy weight women to prevent weight gain as they age. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI of less than 25…meaning that an adult who is 5’ 5” must weigh less than 150 pounds. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a9nNSVFs6E90
Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a headmistress she had accused of performing poorly at her South African girls school, amid claims that some students were abused. A trial had been set to start next week in federal court in Philadelphia, but both sides have met to resolve their differences. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100324/D9EKNVAG0.html
Auditions to sing the National Anthem at a Winston-Salem Dash game this season will be held this Saturday (March 27) Noon to 5pm Food Court (lower level) Hanes Mall. If you are among the first 150 people to sign up online you will be guaranteed a performance time. If you are not one of the 150, you can also show up as a stand-by performer on Saturday. Sponsored by the Winston-Salem Journal and the Dash http://extras.journalnow.com/dash_contest/
For more information about the National Anthem Tryouts, contact Trey Kalny with the Winston-Salem Dash at (336) 714-2287.
http://extras.journalnow.com/dash_contest/
2010 Census forms. Don’t forget to fill it out and send it back in…
More info at www.2010census.gov/
SPORTS:
Men’s N-I-T: UNC advancing to the NIT semi-finals with a win over UAB last night…60 – 55.
Men’s NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16) Duke Blue Devils will play Perdue at 9:57pm on Friday night
