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A plan to allow longer tractor trailers on more North Carolina roadways is rolling through the House in Raleigh. The House Finance Committee signed off on a plan yesterday to allow 53-foot tractor trailers on all primary roadways. Current state law restricts them to intestates and designated highways. www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6958529&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
An East Davidson High School student died Thursday morning due to injuries from a car accident in Denton on July 4th. According to the Winston-Salem Journal…17-year-old Mallory Cranford was riding with her fiancé, 18-year-old Nathan Kindley, when the car wrecked.
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If you happen to be driving by Four Seasons Town Centre on Sunday morning and see a bunch of firefighters and fire and rescue equipment at the mall, don't be alarmed. That's because the Greensboro Fire Department will be conducting a three-hour training exercise at the mall beginning 8:30 a.m.
The new iPhone from Apple is on sale this morning. The new iPhone has been upgraded with faster Internet navigation and dozens of new software programs. The price: $199 and $299. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080711/D91RK5AO0.html
Toyota will start producing the hybrid Prius in the U.S. for the first time starting in 2010. The hybrid Prius will be built at a Toyota plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/10/news/companies/Toyota_manufacturing.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes
The nation’s airlines cancelled close to 65,000 flights during the first half of 2008…almost as many cancellations as all of 2007.
Forecasters say a tropical storm watch could be issued for Bermuda as Hurricane Bertha moves slowly toward the island. As of 5 AM, Bertha had maximum sustained winds at 85 mph. http://www.weather.com/
The National Institutes of Health reporting that Teen pregnancies in the US rose in 2005…for the first time since 1991. www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/teen.pregnancy/index.html
The bodies of two U.S. soldiers kidnapped more than a year ago during an ambush in Iraq were found by the U.S. military on Wednesday. Information from an informant led investigators to the remains. www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/11/missing.soldiers/index.html
Officials in CHINA have stopped five terror groups (including the arrest of 82 suspected terrorists) who were plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics.
BMX RACING IS MAKING ITS DEBUT AS A FULL MEDAL SPORT AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. The United States is sending four elite BMX cyclists to compete in Beijing.