September 11 2010 September 18 2010

The fourth week of September 4 2010 until September 11 2010, I continue to work at WJSU FM 88.5. This week I supplied News Voicer and scripts for the Nooncast. I produced the newscast for the Radio Station this week. This week  I videotape Marchers in support of the Scott Sister's from a crime that occurred almost 16 years ago. Here's a copy of  The script I did for Radio Newscast and Raw Video. Also on September 17, I videotape footage of Rapper MC Lyte who spoke at the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium. This program will be featured in October on JSU22.

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Hundreds of people from all walks of life came out today in support of the jailed Scott Sisters…Jamie and Gladys Scott were convicted of armed robbery.  The sisters got life in Prison for the Crime over eleven dollars in 1993. News Now Update Reporter Kourtney Christopher Paige was in attendance, alongside supporters of the women.  He has our story from the streets of downtown Jackson

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On a warm humid Sunny Wednesday Afternoon, Marchers with signs in hand follow in step with precision from the elderly to the young college student, Blacks and Whites with one goal in mind as they chanted from their starting point at Hamilton and Farish Streets in downtown Jackson.  The one mission in mind.

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Jamie and Gladys Scott were each convicted of 2 counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two life sentences in 1993. According to court records, they were found guilty of luring two men down a road near Forest, Mississippi where three young assailants used a shotgun to rob the men. The men have been free but the women are still behind bars.

Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes echoed the words of many people we spoke today, Stokes is outraged.

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Regina Kelly from Texas shared her thoughts about the crime the women committed. Her argument is not that the women did the right thing at the time, but the crime didn’t fit the number of years served by the Scott sisters. She also feels that just because it’s an Election year that Governor Haley Barbour should do the right thing minus the politics.

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Organizers for the Scott sister’s know the power to pardon is in the hands of the Governor, Barbour has all the power to according to them…They feel that 16 years is too long for 11 dollars as they sit in jail in 20-10.

On the streets of downtown Jackson, I’m Kourtney Christopher Paige, News Now Update at Five.

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Almost one thousand people were in attendance today as the march moved to the Steps of the Capitol. Marchers also spoke outside the gates of the Governor’s Mansion along the way. They’re hoping the march was not in vain, because one of the sisters has lost the use of both her kidneys and they have exhausted all of there appeals.

September 4 2010 September 11 2010

The third week of September 4 2010 until September 11 2010, I continue to work at WJSU FM 88.5. This week I supplied News Voicer and scripts for the Nooncast. I produced the newscast for the Radio Station this week. Dr. Fridge and I've continue to talk about new plans for JSU22, including the formation of the JSU22 Newswatch with students from the MC 409 class. Here's a copy of Monday's Newscast for September 7th 2010.

WJSU NEWS NOW News Now Update At Noon

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.

Have a terrific afternoon and stay with us for the best in Jazz…On Cool and Current W-J-S-U. Jackson State University, “Bridge to a Brighter Tomorrow.”        

August 28 2010 September 4 2010

The second week of August 28 2010 until September 4 2010, I continue to work at WJSU FM 88.5. This week I supplied News Voicer and scripts for the Nooncast. I produced the newscast for the Radio Station this week. Dr. Fridge and I've continue to talk about new plans for JSU22, including the formation of the JSU22 Newswatch with students from the MC 409 class. Here's a copy of Monday's Newscast for September 1st 2010.

WJSU NEWS NOW News Now Update At Noon

PRODUCER KOURTNEY CHRISTOPHER PAIGE

ANCHOR DR. SUNNY FRIDGE

1.   A LAWSUIT IS FILED IN JACKSON AGAINST UNIVERSITY MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER.

2.   PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESS THE NATION.

3.   MICHAEL DOUGLAS LOOKS FORWARD TO A FULL RECOVERY.

Good Afternoon Everyone I’m Student News Anchor Kourtney Christopher Paige…And this is W-J-S-U News Now. Right Now Its ____ degrees outside with Sunny Skies.

Three major hospitals in Jackson, Baptist, Saint Dominic, and Central Mississippi Medical Center, filed an injunction against the state's largest medical research institution, the University of Mississippi Medical Center. It’s our Top Story Today on the News Now Update at Noon.

The debate goes back to Certificate of Need Laws and whether UMMC should receive another major piece of medical equipment called a "linear accelerator" for radiation treatment in cancer patients.

UMMC currently has two housed in their cancer center at the Jackson Medical Mall, but want to add one to their main campus. Vice President of Business Development for Saint Dominic-Jackson Paul Arrington says Saint Dominic has two linear accelerators, but in order to obtain these, first they had to apply for a CON through the state health department.

UMC's Vice Chancellor of University Relations, Doctor James Keeton, said in a statement that UMC should be exempt from the same abiding rules as other hospitals. Chief Legal Counsel Bob Fagan, from the State Health Department, released this statement about UMMC in regards to CON laws:

"The enabling legislation establishing UMMC provides it is to be a teaching hospital.  As such, the State Health Plan includes specific exceptions from the CON requirements for equipment purchases by UMMC which are for the teaching purposes of the hospital.  The exceptions in the State Health Plan to the CON requirements are in line with the Attorney General's Official opinion issued on June 9^th, 2010."

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A fire that damaged an Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem, burning food or arson. It’s News Across America at this hour. Instead, an insurance investigator concluded, the dead plants did it.

A report summary given to homeowner Brian Duncan stated that the fire was "caused by self-heating through decomposition of organic materials" in a flowerpot. Or, in layman's terms, the flowers spontaneously combusted.

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Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man on charges that he kept the body of his 94-year-old mother in a house for nearly six months.

Police in Burlington said Tuesday that local housing authority inspectors found the body of Lucy Mae Hutchins Wade on August 25^th. An autopsy by the State Medical Examiner's office determined that Wade died of natural causes six months ago.

Detectives determined that 50-year-old Don Lee Wade was aware of his mother's death last March and did nothing about it.

They said he gathered her mail, began cashing her Social Security checks and used her bank card. Wade is charged with concealment of death.

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Last Night the Commander and Chief of the United States of American, President Barack Obama address the nation in a Live television message from the newly made over Oval Office. The President outlined his support for our troops abroad and my telephone call to former President George Bush.

(Obama SOT 40 Seconds) I am mindful that the Iraq War has been a contentious issue at home. Here, too, it is time to turn the page. This afternoon, I spoke to former President George W. Bush. It's well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset. Yet no one could doubt President Bush's support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security. As I have said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hope for Iraq's future.

Federal agents have descended for a second time on Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the two Iowa farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall.

Its Medical News Right Now.

Spokeswomen for the farms said the agents who arrived Tuesday worked for the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and Justice Department confirmed that agents visited the farms but would not elaborate.

It is unclear whether this new investigation is the first step in a criminal probe. The FDA has jurisdiction to investigate crimes involving adulterated food, coordinating with the Justice Department. The FDA concluded its investigation into the conditions of the farms Monday. Eggs from the two farms have been linked to as many as 1,500 cases of salmonella poisoning.

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In News Around The State…Services for former U.S. attorney Thomas Ramage Ethridge was this morning in Oxford. He died yesterday at his home at the age of 92. The services were held an hour ago at First Presbyterian Church.

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Our last stop Around The State is in Jackson, as Governor Haley Barbour and a bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers are considering saving, rather than spending, one of the two pots of federal stimulus money Congress recently approved. Lawmakers say the state still plans to spend $97.8 million of education stimulus money this fiscal year.

And Finally This Afternoon…Michael Douglas says he's begun treatment for throat cancer and that his odds of recovery are high. In an appearance Tuesday on David Letterman's "Late Show," the actor said he faces an "eight-week struggle" that includes radiation and chemotherapy. Douglas said he has at least an 80 percent chance of recovery.

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Letterman told Douglas he looked good and was a "tough guy," and the men ended the interview with a hug, according to a CBS statement. Douglas stars in the upcoming film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," a sequel to "Wall Street" (1987), for which he won a best-actor Oscar. Douglas is also the voice of NBC’S Nightly News with Brian Williams.

And Now Your First Look at Weather This Afternoon, The clouds are no match for the beautiful day filled with Sunshine and moderated warm temperatures. Our Wednesday Forecast for Jackson, Clinton, Magee and the rest of Central Mississippi calls for a High of 92 but the tradeoff is a comfortable Low of 68 degrees.

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I’m Student News Anchor Kourtney Christopher Paige 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…From all of us at WJSU, Have a terrific afternoon and stay with us for the best in Jazz…On Cool and Current W-J-S-U.

August 21 2010 August 28 2010

The first week of August 21 2010, I continue to work at WJSU FM 88.5. This week I supplied News Voicer and scripts for the Nooncast. I produced the newscast for the Radio Station this week. We are still in talks with the powers that be to bring JSU22 up to speed.  Below is a copy of Monday's Newscast for August 23 2010.

WJSU NEWS NOW 

News Now Update At Noon

PRODUCER KOURTNEY CHRISTOPHER PAIGE

ANCHOR DR. SUNNY FRIDGE

1.      WEEKEND THUNDERSTORMS DAMAGE PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI.

2.      THE PRESIDENT GOES ON VACATION.

3.      AND JAY LENO HAS EVERYONE LAUGHING ALONG THE COAST.

Good Afternoon Everyone I’m Sunny Fridge…And this is W-J-S-U News Now.

Schools will be closed in the Lake community because of damage caused by a thunderstorm. It’s Our Top Story Today on the News Now Update at Noon.

Alvin Seaney, Scott County emergency management director, tells The Clarion-Ledger that no one was hurt in Sunday's storms, although a school principal was in her office when the roof was torn off the building.

He said all Lake Schools will be closed Monday and district officials will make a decision later about whether to close schools on Tuesday.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says roofs were damaged at Lake Elementary and High schools.

The Food and Drug Administration needs to be able to do more than just react to food safety problems after they occur. It’s News Across America at this hour And It’s Also Medical News Right Now.

That's the view of F-D-A chief Margaret Hamburg. She was on the network morning shows this morning, talking about the recall of more than a half billion eggs because of a salmonella outbreak. She said current law limits what the F-D-A can do to prevent these problems from occurring.

A man suspected in the "Grim Sleeper" slayings of 10 women is set to be arraigned in a Los Angeles courtroom.

An attorney for Lonnie Franklin Jr. has said he will plead not guilty Monday to 10 charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder.

Private attorney Louisa Pensanti took over two weeks ago for the public defenders assigned to Franklin's case.

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In other News…Tropical storm watches and warnings have been extended westward along Mexico's coast as Tropical Storm Frank churns slowly in the Pacific.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Danielle is getting stronger far out over the Atlantic.

On Monday, Mexico discontinued a tropical storm warning east but another tropical storm watch has been extended on its westward side. Meanwhile, Frank has maximum sustained winds near 60 mph and it's possible it could become a hurricane by late Monday night.

Hundreds of people have marched to a prison complex to demand the release of pro-secular politicians accused of plotting to bring down Turkey's Islamic-oriented government. It’s International News Right Now.

The protesters — mostly members of the left-wing Workers' Party — marched to the prison facility in the outskirts of Istanbul on Monday where hundreds of secularists are being held and tried. The party's leader, Dogu Perincek, is among them.  The demonstrators also are denouncing a planned September 12^th; referendum on constitutional reforms which opponents say will increase government control over the judiciary.

And Now in News Around the State…U-turns are outlawed in Hattiesburg -- a little-known fact that was brought to light by City Councilman Dave Ware during a council meeting back in January.

Apparently, city leaders adopted the "No U-turn" ordinance many years ago.

It was reintroduced to the council by Ware because it had become apparent there were spots in Hattiesburg where U-turns should be permitted.

The Hattiesburg American reports the city's traffic division has identified 25 major intersections where U-turns could be safely executed.

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A late night superstar made a “Tonight Show visit to Biloxi” this weekend to help victims of the Coastal Crisis. Jay Leno performed his standup comedy act for a big crowd Saturday night at the Beau Rivage Theater in Biloxi.

Leno, known for his philanthropic work has made the Gulf Coast's oil recovery his latest project. Earlier in the month, he announced that all the proceeds of his show would be donated to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and its Mississippi Oil Spill Recovery Fund.

Leno said, “I think it's very important to keep focusing on it this is a problem that's going to be around this area for a long long time and I see a lot of these people that are out of work shrimp boat people or whatever and businesses connected with the Gulf and it's an easy way to help out”.

And Finally This Afternoon…So far, the most exciting moment of President Barack Obama's vacation on Martha's Vineyard has been a trip to the bookstore. Obama has appeared just once in public, visiting the Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven with daughters Sasha and Malia. Other than that, he has ventured out only to golf — twice — and to enjoy a picnic with his family on a private beach.

And Now Your First Look at Weather This Afternoon A cold front that passed through our area cause some minor damage in the state, at least 23 reports statewide. Today will be much calmer and quieter; sunshine returns. Highs will stay in the mid-90s for today and drop to a very comfortable upper 60s during the overnight period for the next few days.

This Monday temperatures could be consider Marvelous for some, since we won’t see triple digits we’re expected a Less than Humid day with a High of 95 and a Low of 67. There is a slight chance of rain for later today.

 

      

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…Have a terrific afternoon and stay with us for the best in Jazz…

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