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PRODUCER KOURTNEY CHRISTOPHER PAIGE ANCHOR DR. SUNNY FRIDGE
1. IT’S THE END OF SUMMER, BUT THE START OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE (hur-MEEN)
2. PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKS ABOUT THE RECISSION.
3. AND WE’LL HAVE DETAILS ON SOME FREE TIGER TICKETS.
Good Afternoon Everyone I’m Sunny Fridge…And this is W-J-S-U News Now.
Tropical Storm Hermine (hur-MEEN') is lashing Texas with heavy rains and strong winds in an area battered by Hurricane Alex earlier this summer. It’s Our Top Story Today on the News Now Update at Noon.
Hermine made landfall in northeastern Mexico late Monday and crossed into South Texas within hours. It's threatening to dump up to 12 inches of rain in some areas and cause flash flooding. Mexican emergency officials worked to evacuate 3,500 people around Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, and schools on both sides of the border canceled classes for today. As Hermine moves inland, it's expected to weaken into a tropical depression.
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The lawyer for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba has dismissed claims by the Dutchman suspected in the case that he extorted money from the parents to get back at them. It’s News Across America at this hour.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday, John Kelly, a lawyer for Natalee Holloway's mother Beth Twitty, called Joran van der Sloot a pathological liar who always portrays himself as the victim.
In a Dutch television interview broadcast on NBC, Van der Sloot, who's charged with killing a woman in Peru, says people kept asking him about the case, so he decided to start telling them what they wanted to hear.
John Lennon's killer is again up for parole in New York. Mark David Chapman is scheduled to be interviewed at the Attica Correctional Facility this week. The interview could be as early as Today.
It will be the sixth try at freedom for the former maintenance man who has spent nearly 30 years in the upstate New York prison. He has been denied parole every two years since becoming eligible in 2000.
Exactly when Chapman will be interviewed this week will depend on how quickly the parole panel works its way through a lengthy list of inmates.
He's serving a sentence of 20 years to life for shooting Lennon four times outside the ex-Beatle's Manhattan apartment building in December 1980.
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An administration official says President Barack Obama will call for new tax breaks to allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011.
The official says the latest plan would save businesses $200 billion in taxes over two years, allowing companies to have more cash on hand.
The plan is the latest in a package of economic proposals Obama is announcing in hopes of jump-starting the economy ahead of the November election. He is also calling for a $50 billion investment in infrastructure and a permanent extension of research and development tax credits for businesses.
The President spoke in Milwaukee on yesterday about his resilient spirit to get Americans out of this recession, A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll suggests that the public is more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than with Obama’s performance.
An international rights group is calling on Zambia to crack down on police brutality. It’s International News Right Now.
Human Rights Watch says in a Tuesday report that Zambian police routinely hang suspects from ceilings and beat them to obtain confessions. Rona Peligal, the organization's Africa director, says, "The government needs to call an immediate halt to police abuse, investigate violations, and strengthen grievance mechanisms."
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Rooftop bleachers at Wrigley Field in Chicago are facing its share of foreclosures in this tough economic time…WJSU News Now Reporter Kourtney Christopher Paige has more on News on News on the Economy.
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A national recession and a baseball team that is in the midst of its own depression are adding up to tough times for the rooftop bleachers surrounding Chicago's Wrigley Field.
The rooftops are scrambling to find Chicago Cubs fans to sit in the gleaming mini-stadiums they've constructed in recent years.
Rooftop owners say the recession has made it more difficult to find corporate customers willing to shell out $30,000 to host an event during a Cubs game. And they say to lure smaller groups and individual fans to the rooftops they've had to drop their prices — sometimes drastically.
One rooftop has fallen into foreclosure and some others say they're not making nearly as much money as they did just a couple of years ago.
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Thanks Kourtney…And, Now…News Around The State.
The Mississippi School Boards Association says a recent survey found that 61 percent of the state's public school districts require uniforms or something similar. Many districts that don't require a uniform do require some sort of standard dress, such as khaki pants with shirts in school colors.
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Tennessee Department of Transportation workers are trying to make the Interstate 40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge earthquake resistant. Starting today, officials say the bridge over the Mississippi River near Memphis will be reduced to one lane in each direction for about two months.
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Closer to Home…Jackson youths will have to call it an early night if the City Council approves a new curfew. The council will consider the curfew at its meeting today. Under the proposed new law, children ages 17 and under would have to be home by 10 P.M. Sunday through Thursday and by midnight Friday and Saturday.
According to the Associated Press, parents would face a $25 fine the first time a child violates curfew. Each subsequent offense increases the penalty by another $25.
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And Finally This Afternoon…Back in the day, America Online was the place where celebrities went to talk to people finding their way online. Now, AOL is reaching out to celebrities with sites of their own to try to draw people back to the portal.
AOL has struck a deal with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. It will share traffic, content and promotions with the website for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." The new arrangement starts today.
And Now Your First Look at Weather This Afternoon…Tropical Storm Hermine is still causing problems to our west with flooding concerns; and now we have a bit of rain to worry about. Scattered showers are expected for this afternoon as afternoon heating and a build up of moisture will set the perfect stage for rainfall. Today with a 30 percent chance of Scattered Thunderstorms in our Tuesday Forecast there’s a High of 92 and a Low of 71.
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I’m Sunny Fridge and this is W-J-S-U News Now, Coming Up Later Today it’s the News Now Update at Five P-M with L-A Warren and the Newsteam. And a Program Note, the Newsteam at Five will be announcing the Big Winner for the Southern Hertiage Classic Game, There are some tickets with your name on them so stay for that on the News Now Update at Five.
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