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A Surry County couple is hoping that who ever took four English Bulldog puppies from their home early Monday morning…will bring them back. Amy and Tim Cook, who have been breeding dogs for three years, believe the thief knew they were breeders and knew they had newborn pups. The five-week-old dogs are worth up to $3,500 dollars each. Anyone with information on the missing pups should call Surry County Sheriff's Office.
Forsyth County residents, expect to pay more for water and sewer. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission approved an 8% water rate increase and a 9% sewer rate increase. The rates go into effect on Oct. 1. City officials said this and future rate increases will help to upgrade old treatment plants and replace old pipes. FYI: The new rates mean a household using 9,000 gallons of water a month will pay $60.31. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-water-rate-increase-110509,0,7472409.story
The Mississippi River is expected to crest at near record levels in Memphis, Tennessee today. Hundreds of residents along the Mississippi have evacuated their homes due to flooding or the threat of flooding. Louisiana appears to be next in the River’s path. www.wxii12.com/weather/27834793/detail.html#ixzz1LwpoIAKe
Dallas Wiens wanted to feel his 4-year-old daughter's kisses again, something he couldn't do after a near fatal accident disfigured his face back in 2008. Doctors and Wiens held a news conference on Monday. Wiens underwent the first full face transplant in the U.S back in March. He can smell again, and doctors say his speech will probably improve, too. The injury happened in November 2008 when Wiens, was painting his church as a volunteer: His head got too close to a high-voltage power line, and he lost almost his entire face from the burns. For 90 days, doctors kept him in a medically induced coma while they performed surgeries and he breathed through a ventilator. Many people didn't think he'd make it out of the intensive care unit.Wiens daughter actually said, 'Daddy, you're so handsome,' " he said at. "To her, I'm still Daddy. That in itself is an amazing thing." www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/09/face.transplant.boston/index.html?iref=obnetwork
That’s Dr Chapman to some, Steven to friends and family. Steven Curtis Chapman received an honorary ‘doctorate degree’ over the weekend from his college alma mater, Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. Steven delivered the commencement speech on Saturday. Anderson University is a private Christian college of about 26 hundred undergraduate and graduate students in central Indiana.
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria are separating after 25 years of marriage. In a statement, the two are ‘working on the future of their relationship while living apart and they would continue to parent their four children together’. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110510/D9N4FVE82.html
NASA HAS SET THE NEW LAUNCH DATE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR .Monday May 16th from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Microsoft Corp. is nearing a deal to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype, worth around $8.5 billion dollars.
The March 11 earthquake that hit eastern Japan was so powerful it pulled the entire country out and down into the sea. The mostly devastated coastal communities now face regular flooding, especially at High Tide, because of their lower elevation and damage to sea walls from the massive tsunamis triggered by the quake. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_CHANGING_TERRAIN?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
