Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. Late day thunderstorm possible. Hot…High 95. Record HIGH is 99 degrees set back in 1959
RECALL: Kellogg has issued a voluntary recall on 28 million boxes of cereal including Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Fruit Loops and Apple Jacks. Kellogg posting that the cereal box liners have an "uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell" Affected boxes have the letters "KN" printed before expiration dates.
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RECALL: Proctor & Gamble is recalling about 35,000 bottles of Scope mouthwash because of faulty child-resistant caps. www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10280.html
This only a TEST: Emergency officials in Forsyth County will be holding a mock HAZMAT drill in Kernersville this week. The training exercise will be held at the ABF Freight Systems location on Highway 66 in K-Ville between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. today through Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Alex back in the warm waters of the Gulf. Alex could reach hurricane strength later today and make landfall along the Texas – Mexico border later in the week. Forecasting models suggest that Alex should track far west of Louisiana and the Gulf oil spill. (TWC)
A Greensboro girl was bitten by a shark at Topsail Island on Friday. 13 year old Carley Schlentz, of Greensboro, was swimming with friends Friday afternoon when she bitten by a shark twice near the top of her left foot. She was taken to Cape Fear Hospital where she received 60 stitches. Carley is taking antibiotics and will be on crutches for two weeks while the wounds heal. (Fox news)
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ELENA KAGAN'S CONFIRMATION HEARING IS SET TO KICK OFF TODAY. Fox News reports Senate Republicans pledged Sunday to scrutinize what they called Kagen's "liberal activism and lack of judicial experience." (RnR)
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia passed away early this morning. Byrd was 92. Byrd became the longest serving congressional member in history last November. Byrd said that his greatest mistake was joining the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s.
FYI: When Robert Byrd entered Congress in 1953…
-a postage stamp cost 3 cents
-American kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr. Potato Head
-Dwight Eisenhower was president. Winston Churchill was Britain's prime minister and Josef Stalin was still the Soviet Union's leader. (CNN)
Only death and taxes are certain, right? Not necessarily in one small North Carolina town. Hemby Bridge just southeast of Charlotte has voted to do away with property taxes. Mayor Kevin Pressley suggested the idea to help the town's 1,500 residents during the recession. The typical homeowner saves only about $50, and residents still must pay county property taxes. The town will rely on state revenue and utility franchise fees. The North Carolina Revenue Department says Hemby Bridge joins nearly 20 other cities with no property taxes. (The Charlotte Observer)
Toy Story 3 still tops at the Box Office over the weekend for a second straight week. The Tom Cruise thriller "Knight and Day" struggling to make it in the top 5…at #3.
Karate Kid falling to 4th.
SPORTS: NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson winning at New Hampshire. Johnson getting his 5th win of the season.
The World Cup soccer action (Johannesburg, South Africa) England, Mexico and Team USA out. Ghana defeated the US on Saturday. http://www.fifa.com/
