Dramatic and well planned rescue operation in Columbia on Thursday. Three American Defense Department contractors and a former Colombian presidential candidate were among 15 hostages rescued yesterday after years of captivity by leftist guerrillas. No shots were fired in the rescue operation. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92151789
The NC House of Representatives have approved a nine month moratorium on so called ‘forced’ annexations in the state. The bill now goes to the Senate. (http://www.journalnow.com/)
Kroger is expanding its recall of ground beef sold in Michigan and Ohio after the USDA identified Nebraska Beef Ltd in supplying ground beef that may be contaminated with E coli bacteria. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=617142
Approaching his 20th anniversary as a talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh has signed a lucrative new deal with Premiere Radio Networks worth an estimated $38 million dollars a year. The new contract runs through 2016. Limbaugh does his 3 hour show from his office in Florida.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080702/D91LUSDG0.html
Officials have unveiled the prototype of the first U.S. coin with readable Braille characters. The new 1-ounce coin silver dollar will be available in spring 2009, the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Louis Braille…the creator of the alphabet for the blind.
www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/02/braille.coin.ap/index.html
Burn off some of that energy and help fight hunger:
BOUNCE-U is collecting food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. The kids will get one hour of FREE bounce time for the donation of non-perishable food item at either Triad location of Bounce-U on Thursday or Friday of this week. http://www.bounceu.com/ (Greensboro News /Record)
Locations and Free bounce times:
Greensboro: 615 Dolley Madison Road
Winston-Salem: 5086 Styers-Ferry Road
Free Bounce times: Thursday 11-2pm and Friday 9-noon.
Hair by any other color? She calls it burgundy, but her employer calls it outrageous.
Meyosha Love, 17, an employee at The Grande movie theatre in Winston-Salem, said she was suspended last weekend after the company said her colored hair didn't meet company dress code guidelines. Her new hairstyle is described as two-inch red tips – a clear violation of the company's policy that states hair color must be naturally occurring. The manager at the theater suspended Love for 10 days citing that she was out of uniform. www.wxii12.com/news/16772582/detail.html
In theaters now: "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" based on the popular line of American Girl dolls stars Abigail Breslin as a 9-year-old aspiring newspaper reporter during the Great Depression. www.americangirl.com/movie/
SPORTS: Local Baseball Action
WS Warthogs at home tonight thru the weekend http://www.warthogs.com/
Greensboro Grasshoppers at home tonight (Thursday) thru the weekend www.gsohoppers.com/
DOT is suspending road construction during the Fourth of July holiday weekend from this afternoon through Monday morning. Posted speed limits in work zones still apply. THERE IS A $250.oo PENALTY FOR SPEEDING THRU WORK ZONES
