Cloudy and HOT for the weekend...
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and warmer…High 82
Early voting continues through 1pm Saturday for the May 4th primaries. The State Board of Elections website is located at http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/VoterLookup.aspx?Feature=voterinfo There, you will find a ‘sample ballot’ and a Judicial Voter Guide for your specific county
-Click on “My Election Information”
-Fill in your information
-Hit submit…
Sixteen students suffered minor injuries yesterday when their school bus swerved to avoid an on-coming vehicle then slid off into a ditch. The accident happened on Old Liberty Road in Randolph County. School system officials said the bus was from Gray's Chapel Elementary school. Officials said 54 students and the driver where on the bus when the crash happened. http://www.wxii12.com/news/23309119/detail.html
Efforts to shut down the oil well that is spewing crude into the Gulf have been unsuccessful. Portions of that oil slick are already making its way onto the shoreline of Louisiana this morning. The oil slick is roughly 120-miles wide. Wildlife conservation groups have said the oil spill could be a disaster for the sensitive coastal wetlands Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coastal areas. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/30/louisiana.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1
If you are looking to buy a new home and you want to take advantage of tax credits for first-time and second-time buyers…today is the day. Home buyers will need to sign a binding contract today and then close the deal by June 30. First-time home buyers can receive an $8,000 dollar tax credit, and people moving into their second home receive a $6,500 dollar tax credit if they lived in their previous house for five years or more. http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-home-buyer-tax-credit-100425,0,4226360.story
Taking the census door to door: Thousands of Census workers have started visiting homes in the Piedmont Triad that did NOT return the 2010 US Census forms. Areas closest to colleges and universities will be visited first. (Greensboro News/Record)
Taking ‘pay TV’ out of the family budget. In one recent nationwide survey, one in eight consumers say that they plan on eliminating or scaling back their cable or satellite service this year. The study (conducted by the Yankee Group) of pay-TV operators and more than 6,000 U.S. consumers, found that many of us will choose to drop premium channels or cut their service down to a basic package, while others will choose to cut off their service completely. Just over 90% of U.S. households subscribe to some form of pay TV. http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/30/technology/dropping_cable_tv/
A new “first of it’s kind” prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received FDA approval yesterday. “Provenge” trains the immune system to fight tumors and offers an important alternative to more evasive treatments like chemotherapy.
“Provenge” treats disease rather than prevents it.
http://www.wxii12.com/health/23307732/detail.html
SPORTS: WS Dash over the Fredrick Keys last night…8 – 3.
Dash on the road until next Friday
Greensboro Grasshoppers at home tonight at 7pm…
Pro golf: Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte.
