Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a 50/50 chance of an afternoon
shower and thunderstorm. Humid…High around 90
Iraqi officials say at least 5O people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in a suicide bomb blast outside an army recruitment center in Baghdad. The blast comes as the US prepares to withdraw the last of its combat troops from Iraq by the end of this month.
www.voanews.com/english/news/Suicide-Bomb-Blast-Kills-41-at-Iraqi-Army-Recruitment-Center--100864519.html
The rains just won’t stop. Monsoon rains have flooded roughly one-fifth of Pakistan. Millions of children are at risk for deadly waterborne diseases. Floods have killed more than 1,400 people and damaged close to a million homes. www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/pakistan.floods/index.html
The director of the North Carolina Education Lottery (Tom Shaheen) is stepping down to take a job in the private sector. His last day at the state lottery is Sept. 17th. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24652158/detail.html
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocking same-sex marriages from resuming in California. The order was issued late yesterday, setting aside a federal judge's decision earlier this month that would have permitted same-sex marriages to resume in California as early as Wednesday. The appeals court is set to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved initiative defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Arguments will now be held the week of December 6th. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/17/same.sex.marriage/index.html?hpt=T2
The Bright Leaf Drive-In in Mt Airy, which closed in early March, could be re-opened. Mt Airy’s Mayor Deborah Cochran announcing that an “angel investor” has expressed an interest in buying the former theater property along Highway 52 in Mt Airy. The angel investor has not been identified, but only as “an out-of-town person with ties to this area http://www.wxii12.com/news/24643705/detail.html
A man, who was arrested after allegedly breaking into a local Red Lobster early Monday morning to steal cash and liquor, is also believed to have cooked pizza and eaten cake at the restaurant during the break-in. Greensboro police responded to the Red Lobster on Wendover Avenue early Monday. Inside, they found 32-year-old Bradley Dwight Michael, who had broken through the front door of the restaurant. Michael is charged with smashing up the restaurant…causing an estimated $30,000 in damage.And according to the restaurant’s manager, all that destruction made the suspect hungry. Manager Tom Brown said. “He also cooked pizza and tasted some cake. It looks like he sat down and ate.” He is being held on a $50,000 bond at the Guilford County jail in Greensboro. The restaurant reopened Monday afternoon. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/16/article/cooked_pizza_eaten_cake_found_in_red_lobster_break_in
When off duty Mount Airy fire engineer Scotty Wolfe responded to a life-threatening call, little did he know the person in distress happened to be his best friend. Scotty had just finished his shift and was running errands when he heard the 911 operator on his scanner. When Scotty arrived, he found a man lying on the ground who wasn't breathing and had no pulse, so he began CPR. A few minutes later, when someone said the man's name, Wolfe realized he was trying to revive his lifelong friend, Ron Haynes. Haynes, 34, was trying to plug in a fan to dry newly poured concrete when he suffered an electrical shock that sent him to the ground. After 12 minutes of performing CPR, a shock to Haynes' heart from a defibrillator brought him back to life. Read more:
www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/9157327/article-For-firefighter--this-call-was-different?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
The JC Penny ‘round up’ ends today. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through the end of business today. (August 17th).
Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course during this week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro. Tournament officials saying that they would allow fans to use mobile phones- as long as the devices are kept in silent mode and calls are made only in designated areas around the course. FYI: fans won't be allowed to take pictures or video during the four competitive rounds. The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Minor League play: The Winston-Salem DASH vs the Salem Red Sox. First pitch at 7 pm www.wsdash.com
