Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds…High 82
Traffic is majorly backed up coming into Winston-Salem (9:30am). Over-turned tractor trailer SB 52 at 25th street (just past Akron). Left lane is blocked. Expect on looker delays on NB 52 as well.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12
Osama Bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda and the mastermind behind the 9-11 terror attacks in the US, was killed during a fire-fight with U.S. Navy SEALS during a raid on a compound in Pakistan on Sunday. Bin Laden was not found in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan but in a 3,000 square foot compound near Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. After confirmation that it was indeed bin Laden, his body was buried at sea in keeping with Muslim tradition. President Obama, in a press conference before midnight last night, declaring that “justice has been done .” The State Department has issued a travel alert for U.S. citizens abroad and local law enforcement across the nation is also on alert for any suspicious activity.
www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/01/usama-bin-laden-dead-say-sources/
Osama Bin Laden ‘Timeline’ www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/osama.timeline/index.html?hpt=T2
Why was Osama bin Laden buried at sea? http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-buried-sea-us-considering-showing-photos-body-prove-hes-dead
MEMBERS OF THE BAND RUSH OF FOOLS SAY THEY MOURN WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED EXTREME LOSS IN THE DEADLY STORMS THAT STRUCK THEIR HOME TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA LAST WEDNESDAY. The band will be working through their home church (Christ City Church www.christcitybirmingham.com/ ) in Birmingham to help meet the needs of residents that have lost everything. Read the entire blog entry from Kevin Huguley (Rush Of Fools).
www.facebook.com/notes/rush-of-fools/words-of-comfort-from-national-recording-artist-and-birmingham-based-rush-of-foo/10150162912978848
At the Box office over the weekend: #1 "Fast Five" #2 "Rio" #7 "Soul Surfer". Check out movie and music reviews from Focus on the Family at www.pluggedin.com/
Hope du Jour, eating out for a good cause in Forsyth County on Tuesday. 10% of proceeds from area restaurants will benefit Crisis Control. http://www.crisiscontrol.org/
Local National Day of Prayer events planned for this Thursday (May 5th ). This years's theme: “A mighty fortress is our God” based on Psalm 91:2. The official website: http://nationaldayofprayer.org/
How would you like to see the first document to use the word “America” or the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence or the original 1962 drawings for the comic book that introduced Spider-Man to the world? The Mobile Library of Congress will be on display in Lexington this Tuesday and Wednesday (May 3 and 4) from 10-6pm daily at the Davidson County Government Center upper parking lot. The interactive exhibit is FREE and open to the public.
Verne’s interview with Abigail (MLOC): www.wbfj.fm/interviews.html
Watch a video about the exhibit: www.gomra.com/?id=84
Details: www.co.davidson.nc.us/
More information about the tour and schedule www.loc.gov/gateway
Educational Resources are available www.loc.gov/gateway/resources
The new project from Steven Curtis Chapman is titled ‘Re:Creation’ due out in August. The CD will include three to five new songs as well as six to eight of his biggest hits ‘re-mixed or re-created’. http://stevencurtischapman.com/jimhouser/new-music-from-scc/
New research suggests many U.S. babies are fed herbal supplements or teas. About 9 percent of the 2,600 mothers studied say that they had fed their infants ‘herbal supplements’ at least once. Gripe water for colic and chamomile tea were the most common products.
BTW: Gripe water is simply purified water fortified with herbs (such as peppermint, chamomile or ginger or a combination of these herbs). The FDA study can be found in the journal Pediatrics http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110502/D9MV2P300.html
