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Two students were wounded yesterday afternoon by a 32-year-old convicted felon who opened fire at a Colorado middle school. Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Colorado is just miles from Columbine High School. The shooter was tackled by a math teacher as he reloaded. Both of the wounded students were taken to the hospital. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587300,00.html
A portion of I-40 in western mountains that was blocked by a rockslide will remain closed for an additional month. Severe winter weather has hampered work crews from staying on time. The I-40 rockslide occurred on October 25th near mile marker 3 in Haywood County near the North Carolina / Tennessee border. DOT officials hope that the section of I-40 will be back open by late April. www.ncdot.org/traffictravel/
The new downtown baseball stadium in Winston-Salem has a new name. Winston-Salem based BB and T has claimed the naming rights to the ‘Dash Stadium’ in a 15 year deal. The first game at BB and T Ballpark will be Tuesday, April 13th. (BB and T also has the naming rights on Wake Forest’s football stadium). www.wsdash.com/
Lutheran Family Services of the Carolinas (locally based in Greensboro) has stopped its refugee arrivals to the Triad, citing economic conditions among other problems with the non-profit. Existing refugee clients will be “transitioned” to other resettlement agencies in the Triad between now and June. LFS, which contracts with the U.S. State Department to relocate refugees who are uprooted by war and political upheaval, is one of four resettlement agencies in the Triad including Church World Services, World Relief of High Point and N.C. African Services Coalition.
About one-third of all refugees coming to North Carolina come to the Triad, the state refugee coordinator has reported, because of the concentration of resettlement agencies here.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/02/23/article/lutheran_family_services_ends_local_refugee_resettlements
THE PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA IS SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY. Several governmental agencies are investigating Toyota's recall of millions of vehicles due to reports of sudden acceleration problems.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has informed Congress that the Navy plans to lift its decades-long policy of banning women from serving on-board submarines. The change is scheduled to be implemented through the phased-in assignment of women to subs.
Woman says her ‘love handles’ saved her life? A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar on Saturday. Samantha Lynn Frazier said she heard two pops when she walked into Herman's Place. The 35-year-old then felt pain and saw blood on her hand after she grabbed her left side. Atlantic City police said Frazier was an innocent bystander. Frazier said that she had been wanting to lose weight. She now said "I want to be as big as I can if it's going to stop a bullet." http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/
A CHRISTIAN LEGAL GROUP IS SUING A FLORIDA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE RIGHTS OF FACULTY TO PRAY. A federal judge has decided to uphold a consent order that the Santa Rosa School District agreed to follow. A two thousand eight lawsuit by the ACLU led to baring school officials from promoting, advancing, endorsing, participating in, or causing ‘prayers’. They are also banned from orally expressing personal religious beliefs to students during or in conjunction with instructional time or at a School Event. Liberty Counsel
SPORTS: The Winter Games in Vancouver…
-World champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland added the men's Olympic giant-slalom title to his list of honors on Tuesday -- after Bode Miller skied out in his attempt to claim a record ‘fourth medal’ at the Vancouver Winter Games.
-Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette finished in third place in the short program last night. The judges marked Rochette with a personal best score. Rochette goes into the long program as a medal contenders. FYI: Rochette’s mother died of a heart attack just hours after arriving in Vancouver on Sunday.
-NBC continues to be the ‘big winner’ in Prime Time. NBC beat American Idol last Wednesday -- the first time that show had been beaten in the ratings since May 2004.
The US now has 26 medals (including 7 Gold) at the Vancouver Olympics
Today’s Olympic schedule: www.vancouver2010.com
ACC basketball action tonight…
Carolina hosting Florida State
Virginia Tech @ Boston College
Clemson @ Maryland
www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html
