Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy. High 43. Everyone is keeping an eye on Wednesday. Parts of central North Carolina including the Triad may see more rain than snow.
A woman suspected of kidnapping an infant from a New York hospital in 1987 is expected to appear in federal court later today to face kidnapping charges. Ann Pettway turned herself into FBI authorities in Connecticut. On Friday, a warrant had been issued in North Carolina for Pettway's arrest. She is suspected in the abduction of Carlina Renae White. White was reunited with her biological family earlier this month. http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/24/new.york.kidnapping.suspect/index.html?iref=NS1
THE ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE IS BEING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC TODAY. The pro-life event is held every year around the anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe-v-Wade decision legalizing abortion in the US. www.marchforlife.org/
Both Focus on the Family and the Parents Television Council are expressing major concerns over the new ‘teen’ show on MTV called “Skins”. The show depicts teenagers engaging in a variety of adult and illegal activities, including promiscuity and drugs. The Parents Television Council has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the MTV show. According to Focus on the Family's Plugged In Online, the show is NOT an accurate (depiction) of today's teenagers. http://www.afa.net/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?id=2147502501
The Pediatric Sleep Center at Brenner Children’s Hospital has been awarded a five-year accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The AASM accreditation recognizes sleep disorder facilities committed to quality of services and care for patients. www.brennerchildrens.org
Area community colleges and universities are creating more gerontology classes to help students learn everything from statistics on the elderly to Social Security and Medicare basics and dementia symptoms.
www.journalnow.com/news/2011/jan/23/wsmet01-gerontology-classes-are-growing-ar-717737/
Forsyth Tech gerontology program:
www.forsythtech.edu/credit-programs/credit-track/programs-a-z/human-services-technology---gerontology
Winston-Salem State University gerontology program: www.wssu.edu/WSSU/UndergraduateStudies/College+of+Arts+and+Sciences/Behavioral+Sciences/Bachelor+of+Arts+in+Gerontology.htm
Now serving 10 billion. Officials with Apple report that the ten billionth download was made over the weekend by someone in the United Kingdom. The person who downloaded the ten billionth app will receive a ten thousand dollar iTunes gift card from Apple. FYI: The Apple ‘App Store’ began just two-and-a-half years ago and offers more than 350 thousand apps to iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users in 90 countries around the world.
LONGTIME FITNESS EXPERT JACK LALANNE PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY. LaLanne had been ill for the past week and died due to complications with pneumonia yesterday afternoon. LaLanne was 96 years old. LaLanne was a self-described junk food and sugar addict as a child, but he began studying health, fitness, and bodybuilding by his teen years. Jack LaLanne's wife of 51 years, Elaine, saying that she had ‘lost her best friend’ and the "most loving partner anyone could ever hope for." CNN / RnR
‘Made to Crave’ week three topic: Exercise
TONIGHT 8pm: LIVE webcast with Dr Ski Chilton and Lysa Terkerst ( president of Proverbs 31 Ministries ) online at http://www.madetocrave.org/
You can watch the repeat webcast again today at noon, 3pm, 8pm and 10pm. This 6 week webcast focuses on Lysa’s new book, “Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food”
Follow Tami during her trip to Mexico City with Compassion International
www.compassioninmexico.blogspot.com/
ACC Basketball: Duke handing Wake Forest another loss on Saturday and North Carolina State holding on to beat Miami
Green Bay Packers will play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl 45 on Sunday February 6th in Texas Stadium.
