Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and HOT…High 95
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert
Traffic update: Crews have re-opened Highway 52 southbound near the Pinnacle Exit / Scenic Overlook after a truck hauling fireworks caught fire Tuesday morning. The vehicle was hauling unsold fireworks to a warehouse in Winston-Salem when it caught fire around 7:50 a.m. this morning. Both southbound lanes were temporarily closed near milemarker 129 but reopened around 9am.
Sam's Club will offer small business loans of up to $25,000 dollars to its small business members. The program will focus on minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses. Sam's Club says 15% of its business members reported they were denied a loan in a November survey.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_GvPWwVD-TOqjxLQUPf6weXI6FQD9GPHSE01
Passport fees will soon be on the rise. Starting next Tuesday (July 13), adult passport book fees will jump to $135 dollars from $100, while those for minors will increase to $105 dollars from $85. Renewals fees on adult passports will elevate to $110. Twenty-four other fees, ranging from judicial services to reporting the births of American children born abroad, also are changing. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704535004575348562984682720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the neck yesterday afternoon near the Claremont Court Apartments in northeast Greensboro. The boy was listed in stable but very serious condition at Moses Cone Hospital. No witnesses have come forward. Police have not released the name of the victim. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-10-yo-shot-100705,0,820699.story
Royal visit to the US this week. Queen Elizabeth II will address the U.N. General Assembly this afternoon, her first speech at the UN in more than 50 years. The queen will also visit Ground Zero later this evening to lay a wreath at the site of the September 11, 2001, terror attack.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/06/england.queen.un.speech/index.html?hpt=T2
With the budget approved and no pay raises for the second straight year, officials in Winston-Salem are looking to have employees work 10-hour days, four days a week. The City Manager and department heads will have to approve the request. City services will have to stay the same. Workers in Winston-Salem's streets division have already agreed to the four-day schedule. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24147552/detail.html
Scientists at Duke University have figured out why mercury poses a bigger hazard in seafood caught in the ocean, verses fish caught in fresh water. The research showed that chloride in ‘ocean salt water’ sticks to the more dangerous form of mercury (known as methyl mercury) in a way that makes it harder for sunlight to break down the mercury. The scientists found that it took at least 10 times longer to break down the mercury in salt water than in fresh water fish. The findings were published in Nature Geo-science.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/24148315/detail.html
SPORTS
Minor League Baseball: On the road, the Winston-Salem Dash over the Lynchburg Hillcats 5 – 3 last night. The Dash will return back home on Wednesday to play the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. www.wsdash.com
The World Cup soccer action (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Final Four this week.
Uruguay vs the Netherlands (later today @ 2:30pm)
Spain vs Germany (on Wed @ 2:30pm)
Championship game this weekend
www.fifa.com
