WKNJ Newscast

12/19/14
Alex Wisniewski
Good afternoon, its Friday, December 19th at 2:00 and youre listening to
WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and Im ____________________ with the news.
In Local News
A church in Old Bridge has taken innovative steps to protect their Christmas decorations
from theft this holiday season. The Ambrose Church placed a GPS tracking unit inside
their infant Jesus statue in the event that someone pilfers the icon. Parishioners of the
Church consider the decoration very personal and special and want to safeguard it.

In Ocean County a Judge has ordered a woman to release her ferocious house pet. Ginne
Fine, a resident of Stafford Township had been keeping a bobcat named Rocky as a pet.
The bobcat has been the subject of a number of legal battles claiming that it frequently
escapes from captivity. Fine had admitted to letting the animal run free in October and is
now facing $500 fine and $560 in restitution.

In National News
In Salem, Oregon, seismologists recorded a 3.2 scale earthquake in the early hours of
Friday morning. According to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network the quake was
about sixteen miles deep. Local Authorities stated there were a number of 9-1-1 calls
regarding the tremors, but no damage had been reported.

In Sacramento, California, Authorities are commending the efforts of a chocolate

Labrador Retriever who alerted his owner to a fire inside his home. According to the
Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Roberto Padilla, a man contacted the fire
department after his dog, Buddy, nudged him from his sleep Thursday night. The man
then saw the flames billowing from a bedroom in the back of the house. Apparently the
house did not have a functioning smoke detector.

In International News
A little-known book written by Pope Francis had recently emerged which provides
insight into his views on Cuban politics and society. The book contains a recount of
Francis' and former Pope John Paul II's unprecedented visit to Cuba in 1998. In the book
Francis criticizes the United States embargo and economic isolation, but also denounces
the socialistic political structure of Cuba.

Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant sprung a leak that may have caused six tons of
contaminated water to be released into the ground. Crews were in the process of
transporting the water to storage tanks when it spilled out of the pipes. The leak is
especially concerning to a plant that underwent power outages and explosions due to the
earthquakes in 2011.

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In Sports

Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks National Hockey League team believes the
recent Mumps epidemic among NHL players may have spread from the St. Louis Blues.
This season, Beauchemin, along with teammate Corey Perry and several other
professional hockey players were infected by the Mumps virus. According to
Beauchemin, before the infection had been determined to be Mumps several players on
the St. Louis Blues team were shown exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms. These symptoms
have yet to be confirmed as Mumps by the St. Louis medical staff. Beauchemin stated it
was after a game against the Minnesota Wild, who had played against St. Louis the night
before, when he first noticed the Mumps symptoms. As of now the entire Anaheim Ducks
team is cleared of the disease.

James Neal of the Nashville Predators National Hockey League team has been fined
$7,000 for embellishing an injury in a recent game. Neal was issued a warning back on
November 13th, and received a second citation on December 13th which triggered the
fine. The NHL's Board of Governors revised their rules for disciplining repeat offenders
for the 2014-2015 season in an attempt to crack down on embellishment, diving, and
other dishonest plays. If Neal receives another citation he will be fined an additional
$3,000.

In Entertainment
Sony Pictures decided earlier this week to cancel the release of their latest film The
Interview after a recent hacking attack on their network. On Friday actor and political
activist George Clooney released a statement arguing that the film should still see a
release. According to Clooney, the decision to not release the film means that another
country is dictating what Americans are allowed to watch for entertainment. Clooney
believes the film should be released anyway, stating that doing so would take a stand
against terrorist threats. Despite this, there have been no signers for the petition to release
the film.

After performing in nearly 1,500 episodes of his television program, Stephen Colbert has
retired from Comedy Central. Colbert was pegged to host The Tonight Show on NBC
following David Letterman's departure. For his final program on Comedy Central Colbert
brought on an ensemble of stars including, but not limited to Gwen Stefani, Gerard
Butler, Tim Allen, and David Grohl. The network will be filling Colbert's timeslot with a
new program titled The Nightly Show hosted by Larry Wilmore starting January 19th.

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