Above normal temperatures through the weekend
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny skies…High 68.
Search teams looking for Zahra Baker, the missing 10-year-old from Hickory, came across what officials called "possible human remains" in Caldwell County on Wednesday. The Hickory Daily Record, the ‘evidence’ has been sent to Chapel Hill for DNA testing. www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20022595-504083.html
After running a red light and causing an accident earlier this week and NOT receiving a citation for the incident, Forsyth County Sheriff Bill Schatzman has requested that he be given a ticket. In an email to Winston-Salem Police Chief Scott Cunningham, Schatzman expressing his desire to be issued a citation for the incident on Tuesday that caused a traffic accident involving two other vehicles. FYI: Forsyth County will NOT be paying for the damage to the two other vehicles involved in the accident on Tuesday. The county has a ‘governmental immunity’ clause which means the county is NOT responsible for such claims even if the county employee is at fault. The two drivers in this accident will have to file with their own insurance companies under the ‘uninsured motorist’ provision. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-schatzman-101111,0,5173777.story
In Pakistan, a Christian mother of five has been sentenced to death for ‘blaspheming’ the prophet Mohammed…after she refused to convert to Islam. The Pakistan Christian Post reporting that Asia Bibi was working at a local farm when some Muslim women, who she was working with, called her an infidel and urged her to convert to Islam. The women refused, saying that Christianity was the only true religion. ‘Release International’, an advocacy group for persecuted Christians, is pleading her case. Asia Bibi is a resident of a town in the eastern province of Punjab. The group has launched an online petition on her behalf. More info at www.releaseinternational.org/index.php
Health officials in Haiti reporting that Cholera is continuing to spread. The death toll in Haiti has climbed to 724, with the total number of confirmed cases topping 11,000.
In Sri Lanka, flooding from the heaviest rains in 18 years has displaced at least two hundred-thousand people. More rain is expected for the island nation early next week.
Greensboro has been ranked as the 2nd most religious city in the country. In a list published by Men's Health magazine, the list of is based on U.S. Census data and phone book information on places of worship per capita. Religious organizations, number of volunteers as well as the amount of money donated. Other cities in the state making the list include: Charlotte (#9), Raleigh (#13) and Durham (#14).
One of the original employees with K&W Cafeteria is now retiring, after 69 years of service at the restaurant. 83 year old Charlie Lee Brown was originally hired when he was 14-years-old. Mr Brown started working at the first K&W Cafeteria located on Cherry Street in downtown Winston-Salem in 1941. Charlie left K&W for two years to enlist in the Army in 1945. He served as a radio communications specialist in the South Pacific where he earned the nicknamed "10-4"…which many friends still call him as today. Charlie Brown said that he "wanted a job to earn enough money to buy himself a big hat and a nice suit to wear to church."After holding many different positions with the company, Charlie was promoted to restaurant manager for three years, but asked to return to the stock room where he could work with his friends. Charlie is retiring from the K&W location on Healy Drive due to health issues.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-brown-101111,0,7247838.story
Today is the deadaline: TobyMac, Casting Crowns and MercyMe are in the running for the ‘Contemporary / Inspirational Artist Category’ of the American Music Awards. Voting ends this Friday (NOV 12). Winners will be revealed live during the 2010 American Music Awards on SUNDAY (NOV 21) 8pm on ABC. You can vote at www.amavote.com
FYI: YOU CAN NOW GET ALL TEN OF TOBYMAC'S MUSIC VIDEOS ON ONE DVD. The collection is called "Moving Pictures" in stores now.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN JAPAN TODAY...his final stop of a four-nation tour of Asia. The President left the G-20 Summit in South Korea without a Free Trade agreement.
Sports…
High School Football play-off games start tonight.
College Football games: Wake at NC State, Virginia Tech at UNC and Duke hosting Boston College. App State hosting Wofford in Boone…
NFL: Panthers taking on Tampa Bay
NASCAR: Two races left in the Chase in the Sprint Championship. Denny Hamlin leading Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick in the points race going into Sunday’s race at Phoenix.
