The Senate has passed a bill that bans lead from children's toys and other products. Last year, lead paint was a major factor in the recall of 45 million toys and other children's items. Many of those items came from China. www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=618117
The National Hurricane Center predicting that Tropical Storm Edouard will likely reach near-hurricane strength before making landfall along the coastal areas of Louisiana and Texas.
A Pakistan army helicopter has airlifted 2 frost-bitten survivors from the
slopes of K2 after a deadly avalanche that killed at least 11 other climbers near the top of the world's second highest mountain. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5507846
Steven Curtis Chapman and Michael W Smith on the same tour? The United Tour kicks off in Columbus, Ohio and will run from October 9th through November 9th. The closest dates: Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach and Atlanta.
Say what? There’s a big reason why the American individual has packed on more pounds in recent years –we eat more! The New York Times reporting that the amount of food an American ate in 2006 was almost 2 pounds more than was ingested in 1970. According to the CDC, in 2007, 25% of adults between the ages 20 and 74 were classified as obese. www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=618117
Three pre-teen girls vandalized a residence owned by S. Truett Cathy in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The girls caused about 30-thousand dollars in damage. Cathy -- who is very vocal about his Christian faith -- decided not to press charges…instead he has imposed a different kind of punishment. Read more...http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlHEAD02EAST080108.htm
Longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray passed away on Sunday. Skip Caray, the son of Harry Caray (the famous voice of the Chicago Cubs) was 68 years old.
Carl Edwards edging out Tony Stewart to win at Pocono.
Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died. Solzhenitsyn came to faith in Christ during his time in a soviet labor camp (gulag) after writing letters critical of Stalin in 1945. As an author, Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970 for his work "The First Circle". He died at his home near Moscow on Sunday, at the age of 89.
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