Another break in the heat and humidity…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 83
A new sleep study from Stanford University telling us what we already know…nearly one in five adults in the US suffers from ‘moderate to excessive daytime sleepiness’. About 18% of participants said they had fallen asleep or become drowsy in situations like meetings and conversations when they should have been concentrating. http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=639825
A new Washington Post / ABC poll finding that ‘anti-incumbent’ sentiment is at an all time high. The national survey shows that only 29% of Americans now say they are inclined to support their House Representative in November. Tuesday is the busiest single primary day of the year, with voters in 12 states going to the polls today. (ABC)
A volunteer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been honored with a new Guinness World Record for the most volunteer hours worked. Don Moss was treated at the hospital in 1980 after being struck by a tractor-trailer. Doctors at the time didn't think he'd survive, but after spending three months in a coma, Moss woke up during his birthday celebration. While he was undergoing physical therapy, someone suggested that he spend some time volunteering. So, Don did. Twenty-eight years later, he works a total of 48 hours each week Monday through Thursday delivering courtesy letters to patients and helping deliver flowers when needed. He also helps lost visitors find their way. BTW: Moss has registered more than 47,000 hours of volunteer time at Baptist Hospital. http://www.wxii12.com/news/23821689/detail.html
Joran Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway , has confessed to killing a 21 year old Peruvian woman room last week. The murder happened after Van der Sloot learned that the woman had looked up information about his past on his laptop. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100608/D9G710NO0.html
Bank of America will pay $108 million dollars to settle federal charges that Countrywide Financial Corporation collected fees from borrowers facing foreclosure. The fees far exceeded market rates. The settlement seeks to refund money to about 200,000 borrowers. Bank of America purchased Countrywide in 2008. The actions in the case took place before the acquisition. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/07/article/bank_of_america_to_pay_108_million_settlement
Steve Jobs introducing the next generation iPhone to a packed audience at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday. The new, slimmer hardware comes equipped with a much-improved screen, two cameras - including one facing the user for videoconferencing - a faster processor and a mobile version of Apple's video-editing program, iMovie. The phone will go on sale June 24 ($199 for the 16 gig model and $299 for 32 gigabytes).
Helen Thomas, a veteran White House news reporter, has ‘retired’ in the wake of controversy over remarks she made recently…calling on Israel to get "out of Palestine." She also said that Jews should go back to Germany, Poland or to the United States "or anywhere else." Helen Thomas, the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, covered the White House since the early 1960s. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100608/D9G6S62G0.html
Funeral arrangements have been released for Dana Key, of the legendary Christian rock duo Degarmo and Key, passed away Sunday night from a ruptured blood clot. Key was 56. A memorial service is planned for Thursday afternoon at The Love of Christ Church near Memphis. DeGarmo and Key formed their Christian rock act in high school. They signed with Lion and Lamb Records in 1977 at a time when Christian rock was just beginning to form and was viewed by many as "the Devil's music." DeGarmo and Key recorded a dozen studio albums and were nominated for 7 Grammy Awards and 17 Dove Awards. In 1987, DeGarmo & Key formed the Christian label ForeFront. Key founded The Love of Christ Church near Memphis back in 2002. DeGarmo and Key reunited in 2007 and performed together ocassionally. A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. Thursday at The Love of Christ Church near Memphis. (RnR)
Richard Butler wanted his girlfriend Bethany Lott to think they were just taking a scenic hike in the North Carolina Mountains. But, Richard had a secret plan. Once he and Bethany reached the top of the peak they were hiking…he planned to pull out a ring and ask her to be his bride.
However, a severe storm hit Max Patch Bald near Asheville where the Knoxville couple was hiking. A lightning bolt struck the couple. Richard and girlfriend, Bethany were knocked cold. “She didn't say anything. I turned around and she was laying a few feet away, and I crawled to her," he told reporters on Monday. Richard attempted CPR for 15 minutes and then tried to call out on her cell phone…but no signal. Richard left his fiancee lying on the hill and drove to the first home he found. A father and his son, who was home on leave from the Navy, jumped in Richard’s truck and raced back to assist Bethany. Rescuers tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate Bethany. A funeral service will be held this week in Tennessee. FYI: Richard suffered third-degree burns on his feet.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/07/article/lightning_kills_tenn_woman_before_fiance_proposed
SPORTS
NBA Playoffs (Game 3 tonight) Lakers vs Celtics. Series tied 1 - 1.
