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Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity has been suspended from Appalachian State University’s campus until Fall 2010, due to violations of the Interfraternity Council and Student Code of Conduct, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. Sigma Phi Epsilon did not register a social event with the Office of Greek Life, resulting in their suspension
"The Blind Side" rose to first place at the box office this weekend with $20.4 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office. “Blind Side” has reached a cumulative gross of $129.3 million. It should have no trouble passing "The Proposal's" $164 million total to become Bullock's biggest hit.
The lead singer of the rock band Weezer was involved in a bus accident Sunday that left him and another passenger in an upstate New York hospital. Rivers Cuomo, 40, complained of rib pain and was transferred, along with one other passenger, to St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam, New York. The accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, while the bus was traveling eastbound on the New York State Thruway near the city of Amsterdam, according to Sgt. Brian Dollard with the New York State Police.The driver said the back end of the bus slid on ice, landing in a ditch. Police said they do not suspect drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident.
For more information, contact Stevie Duncan
Roman Polanski, the acclaimed film director who admitted in September to having relations with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, began his house arrest Friday, at a luxury resort in Switzerland after posting a staggering $4.5 million bail. The 76-year-old director won’t be allowed to leave the property while Switzerland decides whether to extradite him to the U.S., where he’s been a fugitive for 31 years.
President Barack Obama hailed a surprising drop in the November unemployment rate as a good sign the economy may be improving, but warned that "good trends don't pay the rent." The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent last month, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected figures provided a rare dose of good news for a labor market that's lost 7.2 million jobs in two years.
“Unforeseen circumstances” was the only explanation given for a canceled news conference that was expected to shed light on the relationship between Tiger Woods and Rachel Uchitel, the 34-year-old woman who has been linked to the golf superstar. Uchitel told the New York Post, when reports of the accident involving Woods surfaced, that there was no affair nor any text messages between the two.
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners approved a renewable-energy project at the former county landfill that could generate up to a half million dollars worth of electricity. The project will provide electricity to county sanitation facilities that would save $36,000 a year and generate about $85,000 worth of electricity to be fed back into the local grid. The landfill was capped and closed in the mid-1990s due to off-site contamination of water supplies.
For more information, contact Andy Schaefer
President Obama set forth a new chapter in the Afghanistan war Tuesday, committing an additional 30,000 U.S. troops while setting a goal of starting to bring forces home by July 2011.In his televised speech from the U.S. Military Academy on Tuesday evening, Obama outlined a strategy that plans to eliminate al Qaeda in Afghanistan and help the Afghan government defeat the Taliban uprising while aiding Pakistan's anti-terrorism efforts. The additional 30,000 troops would begin deploying early next year at "the fastest pace possible," said Obama
A low pressure system moving toward North Carolina from the Gulf of Mexico could bring flooding to the western part of the state. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the Piedmont and southern mountains for today. Forecasters predict that there could be more than two inches of rainfall. Damaging winds are expected.
The latest traffic patrol initiative put on by state officials, Operation Slow Down/No Need 2 Speed, produced over 83,000 traffic and criminal citations statewide. According to Governor Bev Perdue, the latest wave of stepped up patrols ran from November 16-29. Most of the citations were speeding tickets, as over 31,700 speeding citations were issued during the two week campaign. Local law enforcement agencies joined troopers to encourage drivers to slow down and follow the speed limit.
Boone native and Appalachian State freshman, Joseph Toney, won second place in a global ski design competition sponsored by one of the world's top professional freestyle skiers, T. J. Schiller. Toney, a graphic design major with a minor in entrepreneurship was one of more than 200 entries received from all over the world.
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