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Jan 11, 2013

On the Road Again

Some of you saw this yesterday and wondered, "what in the world is THAT!?"  Especially if you were on the road between Asheville Hiway and Middlebrook Pike! 

It’s big (really big!), weighing 200 tons and it’s called a Cyclotron!

The big ole piece of medical equipment left Forks of the River industrial park around 9 am yesterday morning and ended up at the medical complex over at Dowell Springs Business park.

Jan 10, 2013

Want to lose weight?  ABSOLUTELY!  But what really works?  Check out the top rated diets right here!   Lose it!

Jan 10, 2013

While stories of online bullying make headlines almost weekly, some teens are combating the cyber abuse by using social media to encourage their peers and highlight others' strengths.

This summer, high-school football captain Kevin Curwick anonymously started targeting bullied teens with kindness on Twitter.

And now another student's kind tweets are in the news.

In late 2011, Jeremiah Anthony, an Iowa City teen, read a story about cyber-bullying and decided to take action. He created a Twitter account to compliment his peers at West High School.

Jan 10, 2013

It’s a New Year and what most women want is to lose weight. It’s the number ONE New Year’s resolution and for many of us, you’ll try anything to lose the weight.  But what really works? What drops the pounds?  

For the third year in a row, the DASH Diet Eating Plan has been named the best overall diet by U.S. News & World Report.

Jan 10, 2013

Do you remember the recent publicity involving waiters or waitresses writing things on patrons checks? Like the bartender who found himself in hot water for referring to customers as “fat chicks” on a bill and a pizza employee who wrote something slang on an asian womans receipt about her eyes!

I bring this up because there’s been more writing...

Jan 10, 2013

One of the worst things that can happen to you is identity theft. Many folks will tell you IF it does happen it may take years to restore your credit properly.

So when it happened to Susie and Chris Linford of Anchorage, Alaska, you can bet they started to worry.  BUT there's good news: they had protection!  

Jan 10, 2013

A toddler is safe, and his father is in police custody, after a statewide Amber Alert.

The alert was canceled late Wednesday afternoon, when a few quick-thinking truck drivers spotted the pair on Interstate 24.

It started in Houston County, where authorities say 23-year-old Austin Whitehead got into an argument with his wife that turned physical.

Then he took their two-year-old son, traveling more than 150 miles, before being stopped in Marion County.

Jan 9, 2013

Remember the Golden voiced homeless man, Ted Williams?

He was the guy featured in a video that went viral. He got invited on the Today Show and then Kraft gave him a job doing voiceovers for their macaroni and cheese.

Then we found out about his very strained relationship with his 7 children and his mother; he fell back into the drugs and alcohol, went to rehab twice, and it looked like Ted was just not going to be able to beat his demons...

 

So we did a little research and found out some NEW news on Ted.. and it’s GOOD news!

 

Jan 9, 2013

My brother told me a story last night that just shocked me! It made me wonder how often this happens at the workplace, because you know it does!

He is a delivery guy for Exide Battery. He loads up the batteries into his truck and then heads out and delivers to their retailers. And he is up EARLY, and many times he does not get back until 9 or so at night. 

Jan 9, 2013

When we read this story yesterday the first people we thought about were Gary and Deena Christian (Channon Christian’s Parents) and Hugh and Mary Newsome  (Chris Newsome’s parents).

 

This is the story:  Ann Grosmaire and Conor McBride were high school sweethearts.  They had dated for several years and were top students, so their families knew each other fairly well too.

Then something snapped with Conor.